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The Jinyiwei was an exclusive military and political spy agency of the Ming Dynasty. When talking about the system construction of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei was an unavoidable topic. The "secret politics" it represented affected the development direction of the entire Ming Dynasty. They directly obeyed the emperor's orders and could arrest anyone, including the emperor's relatives, and conduct private interrogations. They were also involved in collecting military information and instigating rebellion against enemy generals. It is this mysterious characteristic that makes many people unclear about its true appearance. This book is to remove the false and retain the true of this institution, restore the real Jinyiwei in history, and tell the story of the power entanglements and the fortunes and fortunes within it.

This book systematically describes the power struggle between the Manchus and the Han, the clan and the emperor, the imperial power and the cabinet, and the civil servants and military generals surrounding the "Military Aircraft Department". From the Luobuzangdanjin rebellion in the Yongzheng period to the third year of Xuantong, when the Qing government implemented the cabinet system, what role did the Military Aircraft Department play in these more than 180 years? It had a very profound impact on all aspects of politics, economy, and military affairs in the Qing Dynasty. A military information transmission and processing agency can gradually transform into an all-encompassing political decision-making agency, even openly usurping the power of the cabinet and replacing it. The Military Aircraft Office can be called a very strange phenomenon in the thousands of years of ancient Chinese political history.