The Ming Dynasty was established by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. This is the last dynasty established by the Han people in history. This dynasty has existed for 276 years.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, problems appeared one after another. At this time, there were serious party disputes in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty began to decline. At this time, the name was precarious.
In the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, in order to control officials and monitor these officials, the Ming Dynasty emperor established many spy organizations in order to be able to monitor officials well.
In this way, the officials' every move can be obtained. Later, the blood drops in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty are very similar to the Ming Dynasty.
A total of four spy organizations appeared in the Ming Dynasty.
They are Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Xichang and Six Doors respectively. So which of these four spy organizations is more powerful?
Jin Yiwei is very familiar to people, and now its image has been put on the big screen.
Jinyiwei was established in the fifteenth year of Ming Taizu Hongwu. During the Ming Dynasty Hongwu period, it was divided into "wei" and "suo".
The Jinyiwei here is of a very high level. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made changes to his guards, and Zhu Yuanzhang changed out 12 guards, the most important of which was Jin Yiwei.
The highest officer of Jin Yiwei is the commander of Jin Yiwei. This position is held by the emperor's cronies. In other words, those who can do this are not ordinary people.
The Jinyi guards in Zhu Yuanzhang's period were very powerful. They were given supervisory duties by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the two towns in the north and south were set up to carry out reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation and other activities.
From this point of view, Jin Yiwei was omnipotent during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, no matter how big an official was, he was afraid of Jin Yiwei three points.
Jin Yiwei directly reported to the emperor.
Jin Yiwei is even more powerful in "handling the court stick", which is a torture against Ming officials.
In the period of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, the function of Jinyiwei still existed, but Jinyiwei was soon replaced.
Zhu Di’s throne was obtained by usurping the throne, and because of this, his throne is not right. Someone must be unconvinced.
So Zhu Di established the East Factory.
In the early stage of the establishment of Dongchang, the main responsibility is to prevent ministers from conspiring against rebellion and arresting some wicked people, and secondly to monitor civil and military officials.
Later, the strength of the East Factory continued to increase, and then there were eunuchs to manage, not only twice, but also established his own prison.
The responsibilities of Dongchang in the history books are recorded as "visiting rebellious demon and evil, etc., equal power with Jinyiwei", in the relationship with Jinyiwei, Dongchang It is from behind.
After the East Factory was established, the West Factory appeared. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the existence of Xichang was the shortest.
During Ming Chenghua, the emperor's control of Dongchang and Jinyiwei weakened at this time, so the emperor had to establish a new organization, which was the West Factory.
This organization is managed by the confidant eunuch.
The purpose of the establishment of the West Factory is very simple, that is, the emperor monitors the officials through his confidant eunuch, and secondly is to spy on the information of some civil and military officials.
West Factory has deployed a detective network throughout the country. The main targets are officials inside and outside Beijing, which is similar to Jin Yiwei.
West Factory can arrest officials at this time, even without passing the emperor.
The people who offended Xichang, Dongchang and Jin Yiwei, few have a good end.
Secondly, Xichang will also manage the people. If some people make unkind remarks, they will be arrested by Xichang.
The West Factory has only been established for five months, and its power has been shown. At this time, the West Factory was panicked and even afraid to go out.
In this case, Ming Xianzong cancelled the West Factory. Although it was withdrawn, the West Factory was restored within a month.
At this time, the eunuch Wang Zhi assumed the position of the West Factory. From the perspective of the restoration of the West Factory, Wang Zhi handled countless "big cases" in five years.
However, most of these major cases were to injure Zhongliang and did nothing.
Later, Wang Zhi gained the emperor’s trust, but his desire for power grew. As a result, the emperor was uneasy. In the end, Wang Zhi transferred from the capital and the West Factory was cancelled. Never recovered.
The last one is the six doors. It is the most mysterious organization. Officially, it is the collective name of the Three Laws Department, Dali Temple and Duchayuan.
Among the people of the Ming Dynasty, the six doors were a very mysterious place, but in the Ming Dynasty, the six doors were an auxiliary place for handling cases.
Among the four spy organizations, six doors have the lowest power. Dongchang has the highest power, followed by Jinyiwei.
Later, after the emergence of the West Factory, the strength of the East Factory weakened, and the West Factory was later cancelled. At this time, the power of the East Factory also continued to weaken, and Jinyiwei became the strongest.
