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The Jinyi Wei was the secret service
Secret service

Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc....
 of the Ming
Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
 emperors
Emperor of China

The Emperor of China refers to any monarch of Imperial China reigning since the founding of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912....
, Imperial highest Central Intelligence Agency.

As Political commissar
Political commissar

A political commissar, or politruk, is an officer appointed by a government to oversee a unit of the military. They are used by the government to ensure that previously appointed officers and troops are loyal to the new regime....
 on any Ming‘s army during the war which was Jinyi Wei another function.

Originally a 500-man organization set up in 1382 by Emperor Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang) to be his personal bodyguard
Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....
s, it was soon entrusted and empowered to watch over his officials. By 1385 they numbered 14,000 and were the emperor's eyes and ears(Ming‘s Chinese nicknamed them were Central officials eagles and military dogs????) press people especially in political and military.






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The Jinyi Wei was the secret service
Secret service

Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc....
 of the Ming
Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
 emperors
Emperor of China

The Emperor of China refers to any monarch of Imperial China reigning since the founding of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912....
, Imperial highest Central Intelligence Agency.

As Political commissar
Political commissar

A political commissar, or politruk, is an officer appointed by a government to oversee a unit of the military. They are used by the government to ensure that previously appointed officers and troops are loyal to the new regime....
 on any Ming‘s army during the war which was Jinyi Wei another function.

Originally a 500-man organization set up in 1382 by Emperor Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang) to be his personal bodyguard
Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....
s, it was soon entrusted and empowered to watch over his officials. By 1385 they numbered 14,000 and were the emperor's eyes and ears(Ming‘s Chinese nicknamed them were Central officials eagles and military dogs????) press people especially in political and military. At their peak( time of Zhengde Emperor
Zhengde Emperor

The Zhengde Emperor was emperor of China between 1505-1521. Born Zhu Houzhao, he was the Hongzhi Emperor's eldest son. His era name means "Right virtue" or "Rectification of virtue"....
), the Jinyi Wei had about 200,000 members. They had the power to bypass judicial precedures and could arrest, imprison and punish without going through due process
Due process

Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law of the land, instead of respecting merely some or most of those legal rights....
 just only obey by emperor‘s will.

By the time of Emperor Yongle control of the Guard was largely in the hands of the eunuch
Eunuch

A eunuch is a castrated man, in particular one castrated early enough to have major hormonal consequences; the term usually refers to those castrated in order to perform a specific social function, as was common in many societies of the past....
s, who had the ears of the emperors, In fact, Eastern Factory(??) control by the eunuch
Eunuch

A eunuch is a castrated man, in particular one castrated early enough to have major hormonal consequences; the term usually refers to those castrated in order to perform a specific social function, as was common in many societies of the past....
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
Wan Hu

According to legend , W?n Hu or W?n H? was a minor China official of the Ming dynasty who attempted to become the world's first recorded "astronaut"....
 

Usually their commander was emperor‘s kinship
Kinship

Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating....
 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 Kung fu masters. They manage and control officials named [Qeng Hu](??).

Research newly weapons that was Jinyi Wei‘s one of tasks by Nan Wan Hu, early rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
 test occurred in Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
 was possible even remain one picture on today.

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    Zheng Zhilong

    Zheng Zhilong also known as Nicholas Iquan Gaspard was a 17th century China merchant, pirate and admiral for the Ming dynasty. He was the father of Zheng Chenggong , also a List of military commanders....


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