The Jinyiwei was the military and political intelligence gathering organization of the Ming Dynasty. Its predecessor was the "Gongwei Department" established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Later, it was renamed the "Qinjun Duwei Fu". It ruled the Yiluan Department and was in charge of the emperor's honor guard and guards.
As the military organization of the Emperor's guards, the Jinyiwei's main functions were to " control the imperial guards, patrol and arrest ", engage in reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation, and other activities. They also participated in the collection of military intelligence and the work of inciting enemy generals.
The Royal Guards were in charge of criminal prisons and gave them the power to patrol and arrest. They set up a Zhenfu Division to conduct reconnaissance, arrest, and interrogation activities without going through the judicial department.
The Brocade Guard responsible for criminal investigation was the Nanbei Town Fu Division. The Nanbei Town Fu Division was responsible for the law and military discipline of the guards.
The "North Town Fu Si" specialized in handling cases decided by the emperor. It had its own prison (imperial prison) and could arrest, torture, and execute on its own without going through the judicial system.
There were many external tasks in the North Town Department, and they often went on business trips all over the country. The spies of the North Town Department were all imperial envoys.
As the Northern Garrison Department was directly responsible to the Emperor, the local officials were very respectful when they saw the people from the Northern Garrison Department. They were not careless at all and addressed them as " superior envoys " or " imperial envoys ".
There were five guards under the South and North Zhenfu Sect. The commanders were called Thousand Households, Hundred Households, General Flag, and Small Flag. The ordinary soldiers were called Lieutenant Colonel and Lishi, and they were called " Tiqi ".
As the emperor's personal guards, in order to ensure the emperor's safety, the Jinyiwei had to take preventive measures. Therefore, they were often dispatched to spy on actions and statements that might threaten the imperial power and endanger the court, and to capture and interrogate suspects.
Later, their mission was granted special permission by the emperor and gradually evolved into the function of military spies.
During the Wanli Korean War, North Korea was no match for Japan at all, so they sought help from the Ming Dynasty from the beginning.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty didn't care, but they didn't expect North Korea to be useless. In just a month, it was almost destroyed by Japan. They had no choice but to send troops.
However, as the general manager of the Japanese, Song Yingchang did not understand Japan at all and the combat power of the Japanese pirates, so he applied to Wanli for the Jinyiwei to investigate the intelligence of Japan.
Wanli also understood Song Yingchang's difficulties, so he immediately agreed to let the Jinyiwei cooperate with Song Yingchang to investigate the Japanese pirates.
Originally, Song Yingchang thought that even Ye Bushou of the Liaodong border army would find it difficult to find out the Japanese strategy and information, and the Jinyiwei would probably take a long time.
However, unexpectedly, as the world's leading secret service agency at that time, the Jinyiwei only took two months to understand the various strategic policies of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the specific number of troops.
At that time, the Jinyiwei could be said to have talents beyond the imagination of later generations. There were a large number of foreign language talents in the Ming Dynasty and foreign trade. Many Jinyiwei who returned to Japan and Korean mixed into North Korea and Japan.
When Li Rusong went to North Korea, the Jinyiwei could be said to have clearly marked every Japanese stronghold and food supply to Li Rusong. The Ming Dynasty could be said to know Japan like the back of their hands.
However, due to the long-distance battle in the Ming Dynasty, there was a problem with supplies, and the front line was too long. Therefore, they had been fighting for many years and had always been in a stalemate. No one could destroy the other.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's supplies could not keep up at this time, and they were about to fail. At this time, the Jinyiwei told Li Rusong that the Japanese had hoarded a large amount of grain in Longshan, which could be said to be all their grain.
Li Rusong, who knew the news, immediately sent people to attack Longshan's warehouse and burned all the Japanese army's food. In the end, the Japanese army retreated because they did not give them food.
It could be said that without the intelligence of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, this war might have lasted even longer.
In the wars of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei were often involved. The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to the collection of intelligence. It could be said that the Jinyiwei's role was often overlooked.
Zhu Bomu, who came to this era, had his entire family plundered, led a wandering life among the people, and then begged in several provinces to the south.
Even after he obtained the system and his own land on Mount Liuzhao, he still felt that there were three sharp knives hanging above his head forever, and the owners of these three knives were Kangxi, Yongzheng, and the newly born Qianlong.
When 3,000 Jinyiwei in crimson clothes, led by a Jinyiwei in bullfighting clothes, appeared in front of Zhu Bomu, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
"The commander of the Northern Garrison, Shen Lian, greets you!”Shen Lian, who was dressed in a bull costume, held the Yanling Sword and knelt on the ground. He shouted loudly. The three thousand Jinyiwei behind him knelt down and shouted in unison.
"North Garrison Guard Jinyiwei greets you!!!”
The cheers of 3,000 people made Zhu Bomu enjoy himself for a moment. At this moment, he finally had a certain strength in the information war.
Looking at the 3,000 Embroidered Uniform Guards kneeling on the ground, Zhu Bomu was secretly delighted."Yongzheng, ah, Yongzheng…You have your stick, and I have my Jinyiwei. We will see who is stronger and who is weaker in secret in the future!”
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