Datang Embroidery Department

The embroidered clothes envoys first began in the Han Dynasty. They were directly subordinate to the emperor and obeyed the emperor's orders. Compared with the Xiuyi Zhizhi in the early Han Dynasty and the Jinyiwei in the later Ming Dynasty, the authority of the newly established "Embroidery Department" established by Li Shimin in the early years of Zhenguan has been greatly reduced. The main responsibilities are to "follow the imperial edict to inspect traitors and hunt down evil spirits." As for the imperial edicts and prisons in Daxing, the Department of Embroidered Clothes has no right to get involved. All investigated cases must be handed over to Dali Temple for trial, and it has no right to trial itself.