Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170427011926

The Grand Secretariat is the de facto highest institution in the Xinese Administration although it technically falls under anyone and any institution upon the Celestial Council even then the Grand Secretariat is still a lofty position only out ranked by a select few in Xin.

The Grand Secretariat as an institution is that of mid ranking officials that screen all documents sent to the Emperor and serve as the Emperor's Chief Advisor. The Grand Secretariat is also the head of the Censorate (Shared with the Councilor of Justice) and thus of law and order within the state.

The Grand Secretariat also is the head of the Imperial Secretariat which is a Empire wide agency that drafts and issues the Emperor's decrees they are also the eyes and ears of the Emperor and given at times near equal authority.

The Entirety of the Imperial Secretariat is feared by most in the Empire with the Grand Secretariat being a boggy men to scare children. In reality the Grand Secretariat is normally one of the middle class who has risen through the ruthless bureaucracy of the Empire and is in a position of great power and authority (It is the Grand Secretariat that rules as a regent when the Empire is selecting a new Emperor and in times of Chaos) 