Among the many innovative systems of the Ming Dynasty, what I admire most about Zhu Yuanzhang is the factory guard system founded by him and his son, the factory guard system refers to the secret service agency created by Zhu Yuanzhang in order to monitor the group of subjects, in fact, the factory guard system of the Ming Dynasty in the Zhu Yuanzhang era was not perfect, there was only one Jinyi guard, as the emperor's institution to monitor the subjects. He made an indelible contribution to Zhu Yuanzhang's protection of his power, and the fall of Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu and other chaotic thieves in the early Ming Dynasty was inextricably linked to the Jinyi Wei.
Flying fish suit
Remember the story of the university scholar Song Lian? Song Lian invited Zhu Yuanzhang to be able to accurately say what he ate, who he invited, and what the seat table was, which scared us, the first great talent of daming, into a cold sweat. Jinyiwei has always been a mysterious existence in the Ming Dynasty, dressed in flying fish costumes, coming and going like a trace. As the eyes and ears of the emperor, Jin Yiwei gave full play to the role of the eyes and ears, and he played a great role in cracking down on the corruption and bribery of Ming officials, and breaking the law and committing crimes. In the later period, Jinyiwei also became a pawn who indiscriminately killed innocents and framed Zhongliang, because Jinyiwei was subject to another institution in the later period.
Daming Jinyi Guard
This institution is the East Factory, and if the Jinyi Wei is the emperor's minions, then the East Factory is the big hand behind the control of the minions. The full name of the East Factory is the East Factory. Since the establishment of the East Factory, its leader has been a eunuch, so I explain that the eunuch is the emperor's good baby. The head of the East Factory, the East Factory, was the second-largest eunuch after the Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies. In Chinese history, most of the eunuchs in power were psychopathic figures. Since its establishment, the East Factory has appeared cao jixiang, Wei Zhongxian and other notorious eunuchs, and the east factory directly obeys the emperor and is not interfered with by the judicial organs, which has caused great trouble to the independence of the Daming judiciary. However, the existence of the East Factory made the imperial power more undisturbed, and made the Emperor Daming, who was not very diligent in the first place, even more unscrupulous to entrust the government to the eunuchs. In everyone's eyes, the biggest purpose of the existence of the East Factory is to frame Zhongliang and exclude dissidents, in fact, most of the things he does are also like this.
Eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty
After talking about the East Factory, let's talk about another institution, the West Factory, that is, the West Factory. Compared with the East Factory, the West Factory existed for a shorter time, and it only existed during the years of Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty and the Zhengde years of Emperor Mingwuzong. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a case of Li Zilong (it is rumored that this goods are descendants of the Tang Dynasty royal family and have always wanted to restore), in this case, the eunuch Wang Zhi made a great contribution, Xianzong was very satisfied, and later established the West Factory, Wang Zhi served as the eunuch in charge of the Seal. Later, because the West Factory was too powerful and threatened Xianzong, Xianzong was shocked and ordered the dismantling of the West Factory. Originally thought that the fate of the West Factory had come to an end, but when Emperor Wuzong of Ming, this greedy emperor ordered the restoration of the West Factory, under the control of Liu Jin, and five years later, Liu Jin fell, and Emperor Wuzong woke up like a dream and ordered the dismantling of the West Factory. From its establishment to its abolition, the West Factory disappeared into the rolling torrent of history in less than 10 years, and its nemesis, the East Factory, continued until the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Whether it is the JinyiWei or the East and West Fields, no matter how much power they have, they will always only be ordered by the emperor, and their fate is completely the emperor's words, and the East Factory, the West Factory, and the JinyiWei are the inevitable products of history and the inevitable product of the strengthening of imperial power!