After the establishment of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty set up Jinyiwei in order to supervise the world and the hundred officials of civil and military affairs, and in the ming Dynasty Zhu Di's period, Zhu Di set up an east factory outside of Jinyiwei for his own use. So today we will explore the Ming Dynasty already has Jinyiwei and East Factory, why did Ming Xianzong set up another West Factory?
According to the "History of Ming", "In the twelfth year of Chenghua (1476), in the palace of Hei Xi, the demon Li Zilong used a spell to marry the eunuch Wei She, who secretly entered the Great Interior. The emperor's heart is evil, and he wants to know foreign affairs. "In the twelfth year of Chenghua, the demon Li Zilong attempted to assassinate Ming Xianzong, but he failed and was eventually killed, which made Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen very dissatisfied, because he felt that he could not control the East Factory at all, otherwise such a thing would not have happened.
Therefore, Emperor Mingxianzong chose the clever and cunning Wang Zhi to go to the people to observe the people's feelings instead of himself, and for this reason, he also established the West Factory. In fact, the East Factory had existed for more than fifty years before the establishment of the West Factory, and its influence on the Ming Dynasty could be said to be deeply rooted, and even Ming Xianzong, who had become emperor, was afraid, and he urgently needed an obedient, loyal, and highly capable institution to supervise the civil and military officials for himself, and even to supervise the East Factory.
In ancient times, eunuchs were a very special group, and not every eunuch was loyal to the state, but only to the person in power in front of him, that is, the emperor of the dynasty. Therefore, whenever the new emperor ascended the throne, the eunuchs became an uncontrollable factor, such as the Ming Dynasty's East Factory, after the Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne, the eunuchs of the East Factory could not let go of the power in their hands, afraid that the new emperor would liquidate them, so they wanted to control the government when the new emperor was not yet stable.
Therefore, Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen wanted to supervise the civil and military officials for himself, and even his own cronies supervised the East Factory, so the West Factory came into being. After that, only a few short months, the West Factory surpassed the East Factory in terms of scale and authority with the support of Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen.
In addition, there is a reason for balance. Although the birth of the JinyiWei and the East Factory could make it easier for the emperor to exercise his rights, a single secret service agency could easily cause the so-called "privilege" phenomenon, and if this institution was allowed to develop, then this secret service agency was likely to regurgitate the imperial power. Therefore, after Zhu Di became emperor, in order to balance the overly large Jinyiwei, he set up the East Factory, referred to as the East Factory, on the original establishment of the Jinyiwei.
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