If you like to watch costume dramas, then you must not be unfamiliar with the word military aircraft department, in various film and television works, the military aircraft department is a very gorgeous place, the ministers who can work there are usually the people who speak in front of the emperor, and it is precisely because of this that all the ministers are squeezed out of their scalps and want to go there to work. But do you really know the Military Aircraft Division? If you have been to the Forbidden City, you will find that the famous military aircraft office is only a particularly small broken house, if it were not for this small house next to the emperor's residence, no one would have thought that this place that is difficult for everyone to notice is the most famous military aircraft office in the palace. So how much do you know about the establishment of the Military Aircraft Division? Next, Xiaobian will lead everyone to witness the emergence and development of our military aircraft department!
After the Yongzheng Emperor got the world, he deeply realized how important it was to have some ministers who could push their hearts and minds to accompany him. In order to reward these ministers for helping him to obtain the throne, and also to stabilize the entire imperial court, he built a small house next to his bedchamber, and usually if there was anything important, he would gather a few able men around him to come to this small house to discuss the affairs of the country. When he first got the throne, the court was still fragmented, and each minister had his own allegiance, and it was obviously inappropriate to remove all those who could not play with him as soon as he took office, so he thought of a particularly good way, that is, to add another boss to this group of people, and these bosses were naturally the people who were in the broken house with him all day. The dilapidated house has since had its own name, called the Military Aircraft Division.
After Yongzheng's death, he passed on the four ministers he valued most to his son, and for these auxiliary ministers, Qianlong chose to accept them gladly, and he did not abolish the military aircraft department founded by his father, but chose to pass them down and further improve them. During the Qianlong period, the power held by the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department was further expanded, although they did not have a salary, they just gathered there when there was a problem, but their position in the emperor's heart could be said to be very important, and even sometimes the emperor did not have time to review the table, and he would also hand over this matter to the minister of the Military Aircraft Department to deal with.
However, this also led to another thing, the courtiers in the same military aircraft department must also be divided into different ranks, which means that there is a person whose rights will be second only to the emperor. The abolition of the official position of chancellor was the hope that the power of the entire country could be completely concentrated in the palm of the emperor's hand, so that the emperor did not have to worry about the ministers having too much power, and then spy on his own throne. However, the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department is undoubtedly contrary to the original idea, it is precisely because of the existence of the Military Aircraft Department, the Qing Dynasty appeared a large number of ministers second only to the emperor in power, the most famous is Hezhen, they occupy a very important position in the imperial court, they use the power in their hands to obtain great benefits for themselves, although the Military Aircraft Department has no salary, but the money obtained by using this job is far higher than the salary.