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Neishutang (inner Secdang book hall) in Ming Dynasty was subordinate to Silijian, a remarkable institution for training young eunuchs. They had just been selected into Neifu and provided them with a place to study.Throughout the Ming Dynasty, neishutang did not formally name the administrative unit, and the related nouns such as Neiguan, Neishuguan and Silijian Shutang were used in ancient Chinese. When the young eunuchs succeed in their studies in the future, they will be granted the clerical work of other units in Neifu. However, the teachers of the little eunuchs were not Taijians (Eunuch with official rank) of the Neifu. During the reign of Emperor Yongle and Emperor Hongxi, the eunuch education model began to take shape. At this time, the eunuch teachers were selected from the civil Secretary officials around the emperor. In the period of emperor Xuande, the selection of eunuch teachers tried to change. Finally, the system of neishutang was established in the early period of emperor Zhengtong. Eunuch teachers were gradually selected by the historiographers of Hanlinyuan (the Imperial Academy). Hanlin officials were the most elite political group and talent pool of the state Dynasty. They are not only the Secretary of the emperor, but also the teacher of the emperor or the prince, the teacher of Shujishi, the examiners of the imperial examination, and the administrator of the Guozijian (the Imperial College). This research is called the new discussion, which is based on the research results accumulated by the predecessors of scholars on eunuch and neishutang, which can be reinterpreted from four aspects : The first is the background and process of the formation of the system, through the observation of two backgrounds, the establishment and transformation of politics and system in the early period (from emperor Hongwu to Emperor Tianshun), and the formation and division of the promotion mechanism of secretaries set up in the Forbidden City after the emperor Xuande's reign. With these two breakthrough points, we can reexamine the significance of the offical historiographer as teachers of Neishutang. The second is the political influence of Hanlin as the teacher of neishutang. To explore the path of the promotion and development of the official career of the little eunuch who once read books in Neishutang, Then, the author tries to restore the essence of their authority from the perspective of the system by collecting the relevant examples of the relationship network and political mutual assistance between the small eunuchs in the neishutang and the teachers of the Hanlin. The third is to revise some viewpoints and re discuss the previous scholars' research that emperor Hongwu prohibited eunuchs from reading and from interfering in government affairs. The author wants to understand the differences between the emperor and the scholar bureaucrats on the admonition of ancestors, and the change of attitude and way of getting along with eunuchs. As a platform to establish the friendship between teachers and students between the imperial court and the inner government, this paper wants to discuss whether the scholar-bureaucrats after the middle of the Ming Dynasty were discussed by previous scholars. They began to think about the trend of actively educating eunuchs to change the emperor, and then reconsidered the status of eunuchs. The fourth is the textual research and argumentation on the details of relevant issues. This study wants to stand on the shoulders of giants, try to explore the old topic. In view of the related issues between Neishutang and Hanlin teachers, the paper demonstrates more specific conclusions.
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