Wei Zhongxian was born in Suning in the Ming Dynasty. After the Forbidden City, he changed his name to Li Jinzhong. Later, the emperor named him Wei Zhongxian, a great eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty. Wei Zhongxian entered the court as a eunuch, and Xizong ascended to the throne. He was promoted to eunuch and inspector of Siribimbi. In 1623, he took charge of the East Factory. He excluded others and formed a broad group of party members, known as the "Five Tigers", "Ten Dogs", "Ten Sons" and "Forty Grandsons". The situation is very serious. Some people attached to his power called him "Nine Thousand Years Old", and local governors competed to build a birthplace for him. In 1627, Si Zong ascended the throne and ordered his arrest for crimes. After learning about this, he hanged himself.
Wei Zhongxian colluded with the emperor's mother-in-law and the Hakka people. They are so popular that they are known as the "Nine Thousand Year Olds". He also raised many "adopted sons" among the people, such as "Five Tigers", "Five Dogs", "Ten Seas", "Forty Grandsons", etc. In his heyday, officials from all over the country fawned over him and built ancestral halls in his honor. Emperor Zhu Chongzhen was impeached and exiled to Fengyang in 1627 after being elevated to the throne by prosecutors. Historically, the founding emperors of every dynasty cannot say the same thing. They will use one faction to suppress another, while also compromising with collective forces. At least Emperor Zongzhen did not do well. If a country wants to function normally without making mistakes, it needs leaders to balance the forces of all parties, otherwise problems will occur sooner or later. It is evident that although he was thrifty, he was not unfaithful to it. But he didn't have the courage to take responsibility.
If there is a problem, he will use the minister to carry the blame for him. Later, he wanted to negotiate with Jin Yihe, but the court ministers found out. He then shied away from responsibility, saying he wanted to leave without permission, and was killed. In his 17 years in office, he has turned over more than 20 leading bachelors. Nothing changed about his brother and his dad. Generally speaking, what happens is a bachelor problem. The emperor is fine. So after a long time no one dared to make friends with him. When Li Zicheng was about to enter Beijing, even if he wanted to escape, he had to ask the minister to tell him about the work situation. He didn't want to lose this person. He has no sense of responsibility. No matter how hard he tried, he wanted to eliminate the eunuch party. The eunuch party is corrupt and should be killed. But is Scholar Donglin really a gentleman?
In fact, the Eunuch Party was born in the Donglin Party. If the influence of this party is investigated and dealt with. But the Donglin Party will dominate the power, and the emperor will not be able to control it. However, the Donglin Party said that the Eunuch Party was corrupt, but in the end, when they plagiarized Wei Zhongxian's home, they didn't get much money! Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were all masters of money-loving. A favored eunuch had some property that was also occupied by so-called righteous people who were suppressed by Wei Zhongxian. Because the eyes and ears of the Eastern Palace Jinyiwei are a kind of decoration surrounding the emperor, I don’t know what you are doing. In the imperial court, the greatest danger is dictatorship.
However, Chongzhen completely liberated the scholars' scruples. By the time Li Zicheng came to Beijing, officials in the capital had already saved tens of thousands of taels of silver. What Shunjun extracted from it was only real gold and silver. Land and shops in the city are not included in the calculation. Corruption is more harmful than castration. Finally, the emperor lent money to the army and sold his family and palace for hundreds of thousands of silver. No matter how damn the eunuch party is, dogs can bite people. If it can't eat, it will starve to death at home. How many times have Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong broken up? Why are they rising again? I don’t think we can survive without resistance. Compared with previous dynasties, the demise of the Ming Dynasty was inexplicable and tragic. It seems there are many problems, but not enough to cause decisive damage. The Tatars of the Qing Dynasty had no revenge and no ideals of destroying China. More importantly, I have a navy in Ming Dynasty. The Jurchens shot an arrow, and the Manchu Tatars could not match the bravery of the Jin family. After Chongzhen came to power, there were three years of drought and three years of floods. However, these bandits and wandering bandits won't cause much trouble.