The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are very familiar to us, and there are many well-known figures, such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian. The ming eunuchs were so famous, of course, because of their power, and they were the closest to the emperor's center of power. In fact, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was not eunuchs who were powerful, but Jinyi guards.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born a peasant, tried his best to maintain the stability of the dynasty and ensure that jiangshan sheji had been passed down to their old Zhu family. Among them, the most distinctive thing is to attach importance to the collection of internal intelligence, vigorously promote espionage methods, and strengthen control, which is synonymous with secret service politics.
In 1382, the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang officially announced the dismissal of Yiluansi and the replacement of Jinyi Wei. JinyiWei officially walked from behind the scenes to the front of the stage. These guards were directly controlled by the emperor, no one was allowed to touch it, they were responsible for collecting all intelligence on the emperor, and they had the power to investigate, arrest, interrogate, and sentence.
Therefore, the power of the Jinyi guard is particularly large, to what extent? We can see one person, that is, the Jinyi Wei Ji Gang during the Ming Chengzu Zhu Di period.
Ji Gang can be said to be the most powerful Jinyi guard in the Ariake dynasty, so powerful that he directly let his subordinates call themselves Long Live, and even the emperor's women were robbed, you say how arrogant this is.
Ji Gang was a native of Shandong, originally he had no chance of the imperial court, because he could not study well, was expelled from school, basically can be said to have broken his career, but fate is sometimes so peculiar. Zhu Di rebelled in Beijing under the banner of "Qing Jun's side" and went south with the intention of replacing Emperor Jianwen.
When he walked to Shandong, Ji Gang saw that the opportunity had come and decided to bet on the treasure. Later experience proved that this discipline was indeed powerful. Zhu Di chatted with Ji Gang for a while, feeling very satisfied, and he was now on the occasion of employing people, so he left him by his side. Ji Gang is a bit of a martial artist, but also a bit of culture, and he has a skill, "just to dispel tricks, good at hooking people's intentions", which means that this person has a changeable personality, cunning and cunning, especially good at guessing the intentions of others and insightful people's hearts.
And Ji Gang, who defected to Zhu Di, also showed great activity, always rushing to the forefront of the most arrest and murder of Jianwen's widows, and as a result, Zhu Di was very happy, so after Zhu Di became emperor, Ji Gang ascended to heaven step by step. Became the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the Commander of the Imperial Guard, and the Commander of the Imperial Guard.
Zhu Di was originally a person who seized the throne and came from the right path, so it was very necessary for a fierce person like Ji Gang to reject dissidents for him, and he was very good at pandering to Ming Chengzu's will. Under the command of Ji Gang, JinYiwei very neatly and neatly completed various tasks such as reconnaissance of clues, snaring charges, interrogation and arrest, and framing and slandering. In this killing operation after killing, we can always see Ji Gang's active figure.
So he was particularly favored by Ming Chengzu. Ji Gang became a powerful vassal of power for a while, and worked harder to eradicate dissidents for Chengzu. As his desire for power grew, so did his ambitions, relying on the huge secret service organization he had in his hands and relying on the trust of the emperor. At this time, Ji Gang seemed to be complacent, even oblivious. Up and down the imperial court, everyone was afraid of its three points.
Of course, at the beginning, Ji Gang only showed his desire for money, using the privileges he had in his hands to amass wealth. Come up with all sorts of routines for this. For example, when he discovered that the emperor had developed a dislike for an official eunuch, he would quickly rush to the eunuch's house and instigate them to spend money to buy peace.
Who among the officials would dare not follow suit? They had to obediently let Ji Gang slaughter them. In order to hide his eyes and ears and leave no words, Ji Gang often cheated all the savings on the eunuchs' bodies, and then he would kill them suddenly. Because it can sell the stolen goods in time, it is not noticed by ordinary people. And several of his capable generals were desperately searching for them.
Later, Ji Gang's boldness became more and more bold, to what extent? Even the emperor's women dared to rob. Five years after Yongle, Empress Xu died of illness, and Ming Chengzu ordered a national beauty pageant. After the beauties sent from all over the world arrived in The Capital Division, Ji Gang first looked at the first choice, originally for the emperor to take the pulse, and as a result, he took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy his beautiful self first, "privately accepting the special one".
Of course, this is not more exaggerated, what is even more exaggerated is that in order to accumulate more money, Ji Gang even forged the emperor's holy will and ordered his subordinates to take these "holy wills" to extort and extort money everywhere. In the process of presiding over the confiscation of criminals' property, Ji Gang will also take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of it.
Once, after Ji Gang raided King Wu's crown clothes, he hid them at home privately, sometimes wearing them on his body, ordering left and right to drink and congratulate, and directly shouting long live, which was simply lawless. Not only that, Ji Gang raised a large number of outlaws in his home, secretly built tunnels to make tens of thousands of knives, guns, armor, and bows and arrows.
In order to test his own power, Ji Gang decided to emulate Zhao Gao and repeat the trick of "pointing deer into horses".
In 1416, the Fourteenth Year dragon boat festival of Yongle, Zhu Di personally presided over the willow shooting competition. Before the game began, Zhu Di said to his men: "I deliberately can't shoot accurately, you folded the willow branch, shouted that I shot, and saw if the crowd dared to come out and correct it." ”
After the game began, Pang Ying did as Ji Gang instructed, and as a result, none of the officials present dared to stand up and correct them in person. For this reason, Ji Gang felt very satisfied, and he felt that the time was ripe to speed up the pace of rebellion.
Unfortunately, Ji Gang thought too simply, because Zhu Di was not Qin II. I think that at the beginning, in order to seize this precious throne, Zhu Di fought with his nephew for a long time, which can be described as fighting for his life, and he also had to bear a thousand years of infamy, you gave you a ji gang to give you some color, you opened a dyeing workshop?
Soon, a eunuch appeared. The eunuch came out with only one purpose, that is, to stand up and denounce Ji Gang's plot. Of course, it was authorized by Zhu Di. After receiving this information, Zhu Di pretended to be shocked, and then quickly arrested Ji Gang and ordered him to go out together with Yu Shi Dafu to report and expose Ji Gang's various illegal acts.
The tree fell and scattered, and a series of crimes ensued. Zhu Di was furious, and was immediately slashed by Zhu Di with a knife, a thousand knives, and the whole family, men, women and children were distributed to the side.
Ji Gang's death also marked the imminent replacement of Jinyiwei's power, and it was the eunuchs who replaced him, and the East Factory came into being.
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