Abstract: Inherited from the Ming state, the system of administrative communication in the early Qing court after conquering China proper was founded on the circulation of a document, the Routine Memorial (Tiben). In the middle of Kangxi reign, the emperor made two significant changes to adapt the system to the new imperial administrative practice, that is, to rule in the imperial landscapes" or during an imperial tour. The first change reversed the submission of Routine Memorials, making the Great Secretariat, instead of the emperor, the first to receive and process documents. The second change was to establish a new office, the Rescript Office (piben chu) to reduce the emperor's daily paperwork burden. Despite the appearance of slothful rulership, the new system improved the efficiency
of central government by mobilizing the officials like the Great Secretaries and Manchu servants of Imperial Household Department, forming a firm Inner Court that emphasized imperial power in the long eighteenth century China.

Key words:  , high qing, routine memorial, great secretariat, rescript office, inner court

摘要：        清入关后， 上承明制，以题奏本章为朝廷日 常政务文书。康熙帝出于“居园理政”和“巡游之治”的需要，将本章“先呈御览、下阁票拟”的流程改为“径交内阁，票拟进呈”，又设立批本处以减少君主批答章奏的工作量。这一改革看似怠政，实则是清朝皇帝发挥臣下处理日常事务的主动性，构筑内廷以强化皇权运使能力的有益尝试。