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Summary of the passage: Chen Ping An explains the Eastern Factory to Jiang Lai as a powerful intelligence and monitoring organization controlled by the emperor. Its primary purpose is to surveil officials, prevent rebellions, and provide the monarch with a secret weapon against potential threats. The factory would be staffed by palace eunuchs loyal to the emperor, serving as a long-term strategic institution to balance power dynamics, monitor potential emerging threats like academic factions and local tyrants, and ensure imperial authority remains strong beyond the elimination of aristocratic families.

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