The official position of the eunuch in the Ming Dynasty and its role are explained in detail

I only remember that the celebrant of Guan Wen and the imperial horse supervisor of Guan Wu are the most promising in the eunuch line. The others are all minions, and both of these are powerful.

In fact, according to the downstairs, there is another point, not all eunuchs are eunuchs, and eunuchs are the biggest position among eunuchs.

Twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus. Each supervisor, department, and bureau has a eunuch with a palm seal, and each performs his or her own duties.

Among them, the imperial horse supervisor is in charge of the twelve battalions of the Beijing Division, mainly in charge of the soldiers and horses, the money and grain, the pen, the eunuch, the two of them, one helps the emperor to approve the folds, the other is the palm seal eunuch, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty treats the eunuchs differently, so the position of each emperor is different.

First of all, not all eunuchs can be called "eunuchs".

The Ming Dynasty had twelve eunuch yamen who dealt with the internal affairs of the palace, called the twelve eunuchs, and only those who were in charge of the twelve yamen could be called eunuchs. The second most important is the Imperial Horse Warden, who is in charge of the horses in the palace.

During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the prime minister was abolished, and the power was distributed to the six ministries, and the emperor alone handled the affairs of the world, but he was soon overwhelmed, so the emperor's secretary, the cabinet, was produced to deal with it collaboratively.

During the Xuande period, the eunuchs were trained to read and write, and helped the emperor deal with the chapters, and the six pieces sent by the cabinet were selected by the cabinet, abridged, and sent to the emperor for approval. The emperor chooses the eunuch to approve or not according to the emperor's wishes, which gives the eunuch the opportunity to deal with the government.

The celebrant is composed of a palm seal eunuch and a number of eunuchs with a pen, and the eunuch is responsible for instructing the emperor's opinions, and the eunuch is responsible for sending the seal to the cabinet to convey to the six ministries.

The celebrant was therefore called the Minister of the Interior, and the cabinet of the outer court knelt at the height of its power.

And the Imperial Horse Supervisor holds the last armed force in the palace and is the last barrier around the emperor.

After the establishment of Dongchang during the Yongle period, the eunuchs gained the power to supervise hundreds of officials and became a spy agency that lasted until the end of the Ming Dynasty. The supreme person in charge is generally served by the eunuch Bingbi, known as the eunuch of the commander of Dongchang, who is above 10,000 people under the two people of the Quanming Empire, and the two above him are the emperor and the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch.

The same spy agency, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the military general of the third grade, also knelt down when he saw the eunuch of the Dongchang Commander. Only during the Jiajing period, Jinyi Wei overwhelmed the East Factory, and the rest of the time he had to call his father.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were only four eunuchs who supervised Dongchang with palm prints, and even Wei Zhongxian and Liu Jin did not do it. They are known as "Printing Tape Factory".

The upward path of the celebrant is not simpler than the imperial examination of the outer court, but it is more difficult and dangerous, and it is a real single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops.

In the Ming Dynasty, he could become a eunuch with a pen and a palm print;

Eunuch of the Admiral of the East Factory;

The eunuchs of the imperial horse eunuchs are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and they are all powerful characters. There were too many low-level eunuchs serving them, and there were many more eunuchs who didn't even have the qualifications to enter the palace and died silently outside the city.

The 24 yamen of the Ming Dynasty: Xi Li Supervisor, Imperial Supervisor, Internal Official Supervisor, Imperial Horse Supervisor, Si Shi Supervisor, Shang Bao Supervisor, Shengong Supervisor, Shang Shan Supervisor, Shang Yi Supervisor, Yin Shou Supervisor, Zhidian Supervisor, Du Zhi Supervisor, a total of 12 eunuchs. There are four more divisions:

Salary Division, Treasure Money Division, Bell and Drum Division, and Mixed Hall Division. Eight Bureaus: War Bureau, Scarf and Hat Bureau, Needlework Bureau, Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau, Siyuan Bureau, Silver Bureau, and Huanyi Bureau.

Note: All eunuchs.

Twelve eunuchs (one eunuch per prison, one member of the four eunuchs, one member of the left and right young eunuchs, one member from the four eunuchs, one member of the left and right eunuchs, one member of the five eunuchs, one member of the book, six eunuchs, long attendants, no fixed number of Fengyu, from the six grades.

This Hongwu old system also. After the gradual change,): Celebrant Supervisor, Internal Supervisor Supervisor, Imperial Supervisor, Division Supervisor, Imperial Horse Supervisor, Shrine Supervisor, Shangshan.

Supervisor, Shang Bao Supervisor, Seal Ribbon Supervisor, Shang Yi Supervisor, all know the prison.

Four divisions (the old system, each division is one person, five products; One deputy on the left and one on the right, from the fifth grade. After gradually becoming easier,): Salary Division, Bell and Drum Division, Treasure Money Division, Mixed Hall Division.

Eight bureaus (one ambassador per bureau in the old system, five products; One deputy envoy on the left and one on the right, from the five products): War Bureau, Silver Bureau, Huanyi Bureau, Towel and Hat Bureau, Needlework Bureau, Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau, Siyuan Bureau. Twelve prisons, four divisions, eight bureaus, and the so-called twenty-four yamen. Resources.

The leader of the Dongchang Dongchang is called the Dongchang palm seal eunuch, also known as the factory duke or the superintendent, and is the second person among the eunuchs after the eunuch who holds the palm seal of the ceremonial supervisor. It is usually ranked first among the eunuchs who are the celebrant and the pen.

2. The third party shall hold the full title of "Eunuch of the Official School of the Governor of the East Factory of the Governor of the Qincha", referred to as "Governor of the East Factory".

The subordinate officials of the East Factory have one member of each of the 1,000 households and the 100 households, and they are served by the Jinyi Wei 1,000 households and 100 households, and they are called the criminal officers. In addition, there are more than 40 people in charge, foreman, and secretary, who are allocated by the brocade guard, and are divided into 12 sons, and the stewards wear round hats, soap boots, and brown shirts. The rest of the people have the same boot cap but wear a straight fit.

The commander is equivalent to the squad leader, also called the "stall head", there are more than 100 people, and there are also 12 ugly people, all wearing pointed hats, white leather boots, brown clothes, and small tapestry. There are several commanders of each commander, and the officers are also called "fans" and "officers", and these people are also composed of capable elements selected from the brocade guards.

It's the celebrant of ceremonies.

The celebrant is signed by the official and is clearly placed. It is one of the "twelve eunuchs" who manage eunuchs and palace affairs in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty, and was placed in the seventeenth year of Hongwu (1384) of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. There are eunuchs such as commanders, palm prints, bingbi, and attendants.

The admiral eunuch was in charge of supervising all ceremonies, punishments, and management of errands and servants in the imperial city. The celebrant is known as the "first office".

The celebrant was in charge of the eunuchs, who did not have much power in the early Ming Dynasty and were restricted. In the middle and late periods, due to the emperor's neglect of government and young chong and other reasons, the emperor often asked the celebrant to approve the red on behalf of the emperor.

In this way, the celebrant took advantage of this opportunity to continuously expand his power and interfere in the decision-making of the Ming Dynasty, which caused bad consequences to the political, economic, military, and judicial affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Although the celebrant had so much power, he could not arbitrarily depose the emperor like the eunuchs of the late Tang Dynasty. The celebrants of the Ming Dynasty were always subject to imperial power.

The chief of the 24 yamen of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, and the highest position in the entire eunuch system. The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, such as Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Feng Bao, Wei Zhongxian, etc., were all eunuchs. There are three main functions and powers of the celebrant supervisor, one is to approve the reply and proclaim the decree, which is the most important authority of the celebrant supervisor; The second is to be in charge of eunuch affairs, and the celebrant is not only in the position of "first agency" in all eunuch institutions, but also in fact in the position of managing and directing other eunuch institutions; The third is to take into account other important official positions, some other important official positions in the eunuch system at that time, such as the commander of Dongchang and the garrison of Nanjing, were either exclusively led by the celebrant or sent by the celebrant to the outsider, which was also an important aspect of the power of the celebrant supervisor.

The first function of the bronze medal of the imperial horse supervisor became the largest power possessed by the eunuchs in history, and it was also the fundamental reason for the power of the master of ceremonies in the Ming Dynasty.

The titles of the eunuchs of each division are;

celebrant of ceremonies; Internal Officials and Supervisors;

Queen's Warden; Division Supervisor;

Imperial Horse Supervisor; Shrine Supervisor;

Shang Shan Jian Jian Shang Baojian;

Seal Ribbon Supervisor; Straight Palace;

Shang Yi Supervisor; are all superintendents.

1. The 12 inner eunuchs are the yamen of the eunuchs in the palace. We are wrong to call all eunuchs "eunuchs". Only the palm prints of the twelve eunuchs and their important assistants are the real "eunuchs", and the official rank is the fourth grade.

2. Under the eunuchs, there are young eunuchs from the left and right of the four grades. The left and right supervisors of the five products, and so on. Among the twelve eunuchs, the celebrant is the most important.

In addition to the eunuchs with palm prints, there are "Admiral Eunuchs" in the prison, who are in charge of the ceremonial and criminal names of all eunuchs in the palace, and there are eunuchs who write a pen, and then in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, they actually approved official affairs for the emperor.

3. In addition to the 12 prisons, there are four divisions, including salary, bells and drums, treasure money, and mixed hall (bathroom), and eight bureaus, including soldiers, silverwork, raccoon clothes, scarves and hats, needlework, internal weaving and dyeing, wine and vinegar noodles, and Si Yuan. Taken together, they are collectively referred to as the "Twenty-four Yamen of Internal Officials".