In "Water Margin", how much power does Gao Qiu, who is the "President of the Palace Commander", have?

There are many big villains in "Water Margin", such as Cai Jing, Gao Li, and Tong Guan. The three were extremely high-ranking treacherous ministers in the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty. Among them, Gao Li was only Su Shi’s book boy before his success, relying on Su Shi’s The introduction gradually entered the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty, and finally became the high official of the Imperial Palace.

Gao Liyuan is Su Shi’s little book boy, responsible for some copying work for Su Shi. Gao Qi is a man who knows a little bit of writing and ink, writes beautiful calligraphy, has a certain foundation in poetry, and can make guns, he has a little martial arts foundation, his own conditions are still very good, and he can be regarded as both civil and military. Coupled with the fact that Gao Qi is well-behaved and sensible by Su Shi's side, and is meticulous in doing things, Su Shi really likes him. Maybe it was because he felt that with Gao Qi's ability, just being a "little official" by his side was obviously a talent, so he introduced him to a good friend, Duwei Wang Xu, Wang Xu married the daughter of Yingzong, the chief of the Kingdom of Shu. The princess is the brother-in-law of Shenzong and the uncle of Huizong. Relying on the relationship between Wang Yu, Gao Yu was able to see Zhao Ji, who was still the King of Duan at the time, and because he was good at playing Cuju, he was very pleased with Duan Wang. After Zhao Ji became the emperor, Gao Qi was able to rise up step by step and finally became the emperor. Senior officials like the Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Mansion. The official name of the Taiwei

originated from the Qin Dynasty and was one of the three males. According to the "Han Shu·Baiguan Gongqing Formation", it was recorded that "the Taiwei, the Qin official, the gold seal purple ribbon, and the military affairs." It was the highest military position in the Qin and Han dynasties. After that, the dynasties were either revoked or reset, and completely abolished in the Ming Dynasty.

However, there was no palace commander's mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was only found in the Ming Dynasty in history, and it was only set up in the capital. It was called "Dongying Dianshuai Mansion". Its function was similar to that of the Qing Dynasty's "Nine Gate Admiral" and was responsible for the defense of the capital. And law and order. Shi Naian, the author of "Water Margin", was from the Ming Dynasty and should have forcibly installed the "Dongying Palace Commander's Mansion" in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, in the Five Dynasties, Later Zhou Shizong founded the "Dianqiansi" to command the Dianqian army, which was an elite army of the emperor. Before Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chen Qiao mutiny, he served as the "Hall Front Checkpoint" and was the highest commander of the Palace Front Army. Taiwei

, as one of the three males (Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong), has a respectable status. However, in history, Taiwei was mostly a named military chief, and in fact had no real power. During the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong once again promoted Taiwei to the head of military attache. The official position of Taiwei was restored and became the most popular official position at that time. Although the Northern Song Dynasty "emphasized literature over military", because Taiwei was a capital officer and ranked first in military ranks, he often participated in important matters, and his status was no worse than those of civilian officials.

In the novel, Gao Li is definitely a powerful traitor. Lin Chong and Wang Jin, who are the heads of Tokyo’s 800,000 imperial army, are both under Gao Li. As the highest commander in chief of the Forbidden Army, Gao Qi, if he could only "wield his long sleeves" in a small place like the capital, then you would underestimate him. After Song Jiang led the Liangshan heroes in the uprising, Gao Liu led the imperial army to crusade against Liangshan. Gao Liu should be able to restrain the 10 military officials with a single sentence. This shows that Gao Liu’s power is not only limited. In the capital city, even the local army's ambassadors had to bow their heads to him, let him command the army and take control of the overall situation.

However, novels are novels after all. Gao Yu looks very powerful in a position like Taiwei, but he has no real power.

The founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, was a military attaché. He served as the highest commander of Shizong Zhou’s pro-military palace front army, "Dianqiandu check", and established the Song Dynasty by launching the Chen Qiao mutiny to overthrow the rule of Zhou. Therefore, after Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, he tried his best to contain the power of military generals and reclaimed the military power of some founding generals through "a cup of wine to release military power". In order to dilute the military power of the military attache, the Northern Song government also made careful arrangements.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Privy Council and Zhongshumen were called the second government. Among them, the Privy Council was the highest military institution in the country. The status of the privy envoy was equivalent to that of the prime minister (the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty also served as the prime minister for a period of time). As the highest military institution in the Northern Song Dynasty, it not only monitored All the troops of the Song Dynasty, and have the power to dispatch troops. The military post of civil servants is a portrayal of the Northern Song Dynasty’s consistent emphasis on civil and military affairs, while the deputy envoys are often held by military officials. For example, Yue Fei served as deputy envoy before Yue Fei was killed. As the leader of the Palace Front Army, the emperor gave him his own army, and it can be seen that the favor of him is very high. However, Gao Qiu’s "Dianshuaifu" is just an organization that controls and controls troops. It does not have the power to transfer or send troops. In the true sense, the organization that controls the military power of the Song Dynasty is the "Privy Council." The ability to deploy troops belongs to different departments, and its purpose isMutual restraint to prevent individual military commanders from arrogating power and making chaos, such as the disaster of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin himself was a military commander, and through the launch of a military coup to change the dynasty, he is naturally very sensitive to the military officer's power.

"Water Margin" is, after all, an artistically processed historical novel. There is no lack of facts that Shi Nai'an imagined out of thin air. In the novel, Gao Li is portrayed as a treacherous and powerful traitor, and the official history is against Gao Li. In fact, there are not many records, and the historical evaluation of him is also vague, which means that he is not considered a traitor. Because this kind of character has room for free play, the "Water Margin" named him, Tong Guan, Cai Jing, and Yang Jian, as the four treacherous ministers.