In other words, if you are caught, it proves that you are still a little powerful, but on the other hand, it proves that you are basically helpless.

The four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, the Hu Weiyong case, the Lan Yu case, the empty seal case, and the Guo Huan case, totaling more than hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

This huge trial and arrest work was almost all led by the Jinyiwei, which shows how powerful the Jinyiwei was. At that time, there were more than 10,000 people in the Jinyiwei, and there were tens of thousands of people controlled by the Jinyiwei.

The organizational structure of the Jinyiwei is actually very simple; the Jinyiwei's military official system is one commander, with a third rank, and is also the highest officer of the Jinyiwei.

The two Tongzhi, the official rank was the third rank (equivalent to the deputy commander), the three Jinshi, the fourth rank, and the two ranks of the Northern and Southern Dormitors respectively managed the North and South Dormitors (equivalent to two wardens), the official rank was the fifth rank, and the total was 14, the total was 14, the official rank was the fifth rank, and there were several hundred households below.

The way these people work is to manage one level at a time, and there will be no communication between the upper and lower levels.

In other words, all the informants of the Jinyiwei are contacted by one line and will never inquire about their information on the top and downlines. If they go beyond the level, they will be dead end.

According to the Jinyiwei system, once the surveillance object is discovered, he will be replaced or committed suicide to avoid intelligence leakage.

The informants of the Jinyiwei were all undercover in the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles, and some were undercover for several years. At that time, all the ministers in the court were very panicked about the Jinyiwei.

When the bureaucrats during the Hongwu period heard that they were going to join the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei, some of them were even frightened.

The Jinyiwei's monitoring of the words and deeds of all officials can be said to have reached the level of omnipresence. At that time, an old man named Qian Zai. He recited a poem when he went to court:

The four drums were wearing clothes, and it was still too late to see the Meridian Gate.

When will I have the joy of the pastoral world and sleep until the meal is ready?

As a result, the next day, Zhu Yuanzhang asked when he saw him the first sentence: Your poem was well written yesterday, but I didn’t think you were too late?

Or do you change it and replace it with worry? Zhu Yuanzhang's words contain murderous intent - do you actually dare to complain about the emperor?

Qian Zai was so scared that he kowtowed and apologized immediately. He resigned and returned to his hometown soon after.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not relax his surveillance. It was not until his death that Zhu Yuanzhang was transferred back to the Jinyiwei who monitored him.

Similar to the Jinyiwei, the Dongchang was also the Dongchang. The Dongchang in the Ming Dynasty was more powerful than the Jinyiwei. The spies in the Dongchang had even reached the level of surveillance of civilians, which could show that the dynasty was full of white terrifying aura. The court scepter agents were detective and the sky and earth nets were everywhere.

But by the Qing Dynasty, the Qing rulers learned from the experience and lessons of the Ming Dynasty and did not set up open spy agencies.

But as we all know, the southern region in the early Qing Dynasty was the largest area with the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. In order to consolidate its rule, Kang Zhaoshi established the "Three Weaving Agency" in Jiangnan. In addition to supplying silk fabrics to the palace, the most important thing was to provide secret information to the emperor.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin provided a lot of important information to Kangxi when he was in Jiangning weaving. Kangxi even repeatedly reminded Cao Yin: "If you hear about small matters in the future, you must report them in a secret way."

The secret folds were presented directly to the palace and were only seen by the emperor. The two first people who used the secret fold system were Cao Yin, the Jiangning Weaving Manufacturer and Li Xu, the Suzhou Weaving Manufacturer.

Cao Yin's secret folds are written on long paper, which are folded into an accordion shape, and can be spread flat or folded into a booklet that is 20 cm long and 10 cm wide.

Put it in a small envelope sealed with a seal, with the top of the seal written "Gu" and the bottom of it, and the envelope said "Memorial".

Then use a large envelope to cover the small envelope, tie a white strip of paper, and write your own stairs and name under the strip. The outer packaging is wrapped in white paper, and write the stairs and name again below the packaging mouth. The last few words used to seal the Wei are "Chen Yin" and "Knock the seal".

The secret note will be placed in a special leather box. The leather box has two keys, one handed to the memorial official and the other is kept by the emperor, and no one can open it.

Kangxi attached great importance to confidentiality. He reminded Cao Yin: "If there are any difficult things, you can submit a secret copy of the order. You cannot write memorials, but there is news, and it has a lot to do. Be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful."

We often say "say important things three times", and Kangxi said them four times in a row, which shows that he attaches great importance to secret writings.
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