- Jinyi Wei
The Jinyi Wei (zh-tsl|t=錦衣衛|s=锦衣卫|l="Brocade-Clad Guard") was the
secret service of the Ming emperors, Imperial highest Central Intelligence Agency.Originally a 500-man organization set up in
1382 byEmperor Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang) to be his personalbodyguard s, it was soon entrusted and empowered to watch over his officials. By1385 they numbered 14,000 and were the emperor's eyes and ears(Ming‘s Chinese nicknamed them were Central officials eagles and military dogs朝廷鷹犬) press people especially in political and military. At their peak( time ofZhengde Emperor ), the Jinyi Wei had about 200,000 members. They had the power to bypass judicial precedures and could arrest, imprison and punish without going throughdue process just only obey by emperor‘s will.By the time of
Emperor Yongle control of the Guard was largely in the hands of theeunuch s, who had the ears of the emperors, In fact,Eastern Factory (東廠) control by theeunuch s, Jinyi Wei belong to emperor directly.The Jinyi Wei was disbanded along with the remnants of the Ming Dynasty after the Manchu invasion of China.
Commander
Wan Hu Usually their commander was emperor‘s
kinship or general had military merit.Vice commander have 2 person, divided Bei(meant:north) and Nan(meant:south), Bei‘s rank higher than Nan that both them must be superKung fu master. They manage and control officials named [Qeng Hu] (千戶).Research newly weapons that was Jinyi Wei‘s one of tasks by Nan Wan Hu, early
rocket test occurred inMing Dynasty was possible even remain one picture on today.Popular Culture
New Dragon Gate Inn (film),Donnie Yen as vice commander.
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