Those who have watched the Qing Palace Drama must be familiar with the title of the Nine Gate Admiral. Moreover, this official has a close relationship with the emperor, and only those who are particularly trusted by the emperor will be appointed. Therefore, we see that the Nine Gate Admiral is generally full of people from serves. Why is this?
The full name of the Admiral of Jiumen is the Admiral Jiumen Infantry Police Fifth Battalion, which is referred to as the Admiral Jiumen or the Infantry Commander. It is a military officer stationed in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty and was established in the 13th year of Kangxi. He is mainly responsible for the guards and access control inside and outside the nine gates of the inner city of Beijing, and is also responsible for night patrols, firefighting, firing and checking baojia, bans, arrests, and jailbreaks. He is actually the commander of the imperial guards of the Qing Dynasty.
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So which nine gates refer specifically to? Jiumen refers to Zhengyangmen , Chongwenmen , Xuanwumen , Andingmen , Deshengmen , Dongzhimen , Xizhimen , Chaoyangmen , Fuchengmen . The Nine Gate Admiral was originally appointed as the second rank, and later was promoted to the first rank in Jiaqing years. According to this level, it is not low, but we know that since the Song Dynasty, we value civil servants and military officials, and valuable military officers are not very popular, so there are also many first-rank military officers like this.
But the Nine Gate Admiral is a special existence. Its special beginning lies in the fact that the Nine Gate Admiral is to protect the safety of the capital. To put it bluntly, it is a team that protects the royal family and even protects the emperor's safety. . Do you think it’s important or not?
Due to the special significance of this armed force, the Nine Gate Admirals basically maintain the size of the personnel of about 30,000. This number is neither too large nor too small. In case of rebellion, the external Green Camp Army can still have the strength to wipe out. It can also come in handy at critical moments to resist external invasions. It has to be said that when power was absolutely admired, the emperor also had his own little thoughts.
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Nine Gate Admiral commanded the Eight Banners Infantry of Manchu, Mongolian and Han Army and the cavalry and infantry of the Green Camp of the Capital. The specific tasks of the headquarters are divided into flood garrisons, inspection of the city gates, arresting thieves, and extermination of bans and patrols at night.
1900, the last infantry commander before entering Beijing was Empress Dowager Cixi's confidant Rong Lu. In 1901, the Qing court imitated the coalition method and set up the "After-discipline Counseling Camp", which later changed its name to the "Patrol Police General Office" to replace the police camp of the former infantry commander's office. In 1902, Prince Su Shanqi served as the commander of the infantry and supported the reform of the separation of the military and police. In 1905, the Qing court officially established the patrol department and opened a modern police school to cultivate police talents. Since then, the military and police have been separated, and the modern police system has been initially established.
1911, after 1 Revolution , in order to maintain its regime's rule, the Beiyang regime not only did not abolish the " Infantry Commander's Office ", but instead maintained it, but only renamed it to "Beijing Infantry Commander's Office" and governed the left and right wings of General Soldier . Using this as a tool, he interfered in the social security of the capital and restrained the police from handling cases, becoming a very special "yamen" in the early days of the Republic of China. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang led his troops into Beijing, and the last emperor, Puyi, was driven out of the Forbidden City. On October 5 of the same year, this special yamen was cut off.
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Looking at the development and evolution of the Nine Gates Admirals, it is a product of feudal imperial power in order to consolidate its own rule. Although the Nine Gate Admiral was a first-rank official, he was under the control of the Sixth Ministry of War. Therefore, the presence in the capital is not very strong. The Nine Gate Admiral Qiang is his duty to protect the security of the Gyeonggi. Therefore, those who can hold this important position are basically the people whom the emperor absolutely trusts.
is more famous like Longkodo during the Yongzheng period, Ronglu during the Guangxu period, and Mu Zhanga, who was also regarded as a nobleman and mentor by Zeng Guofan .
