When it comes to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, people first think of the masters who are skilled in martial arts films, but in fact, the real Jinyiwei is not like this, the Jinyiwei in film and television dramas are all fabricated, so what kind of secret organization is the real Jinyiwei?
Time came to the period when Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was in power, during which the famous Hongwu Four Major Cases occurred, these four cases involved too many officials, including some top high-ranking officials, their power is so great that it is impossible for ordinary judicial organs to judge them, and even if they are caught, they will not be punished too much. Such a situation is naturally what Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to see, so Zhu Yuanzhang reorganized the Praetorian Guard around him, and began to be responsible for guarding the palace and arresting criminals and investigating intelligence.
But after the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, a war broke out in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebelled, attacked Zhu Yunwen, and finally ascended the throne as the emperorIt also became a gathering place for the children of the nobility.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was more difficult for parents to arrange jobs for their children, because in the official system, there were two different types, one was the military, because the Ming Dynasty implemented the military household system, only the descendants of military generals could inherit the mantle of their father, and this position was to go to the battlefield, which was very dangerous, so this way is still limited for most people. In addition to being a soldier, it is the imperial examination, under the strict scientific examination system of that year, no matter how big the official is, he cannot place his children at will, so unless it is a high school or a soldier, it is very difficult to place a job.
Of course, in addition to these two choices, for the high-ranking families, there is another way, that is, Jinyiwei, here, the children of the nobles do not need to take any exams and take risks, so that Jinyiwei has become a fragrant bait, they are not only the emperor's right-hand men, they can bypass the official system and directly arrest people for trial, and most of the Jinyiwei have a deep background, combined with such reasons, none of these people are ordinary officials can provoke, and this also makes Jinyiwei the most terrible existence in the minds of many people, in addition, the power of Jinyiwei is too great, and this also makes Jinyiwei in the eyes of ordinary people, with an extra layer of mystery, with such a filter, in many novels of later generations, Jinyiwei has been described as a group of gods with extremely high martial arts, strange behavior, and ordinary people can't approach at all.
Although this sharp knife is easy to use, it also has its shortcomings, such as leading to the corruption of Jinyiwei, because their rights are not restricted, many Jinyiwei corruption and bribery, creating a lot of wrongful convictions, Jinyiwei's reputation is getting worse and worse, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor gradually lost his trust in Jinyiwei, so there was an East Factory and a West Factory, and the era of eunuchs in power began. However, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, the emperor of the late Ming Dynasty could not completely abolish the Jinyiwei, because without the Jinyiwei emperor, he lost an important source of information channels, although there were many ministers who hated the Jinyiwei to the core, lest the Jinyiwei come to the door, but they also hoped that their descendants could join the Jinyiwei and obtain a higher status and treatment than ordinary people.
The last Jinyi Wei commander of the Ming Dynasty, called Ma Jixiang, from Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Southern Ming, and during this period, the Jinyi Wei commander Ma Jixiang became one of the decision-makers of the Nanming regime, and even he wanted to ascend the throne as the emperor, but with the change of the situation in the Southern Ming, his plan was also in vain, and the Jinyi Wei commander Ma Jixiang also fled to Yunnan in embarrassment, and in Yunnan under the persecution of Wu Sangui, the last Jinyi Wei commander also fell in that catastrophe, so that the Jinyi Wei was destroyed.