In Chinese history, the Ming Dynasty was the last Han Dynasty. As for the reason for its demise, the theories can be described as divergent opinions. From Zhu Yuanzhang's implementation of the system of sub-feudalism, which led to the flooding of clan offices and the inability to make ends meet with financial revenues; to the climate of the Xiaoice River, drought, locust plague, and plague; serious land annexation, the revolts of li zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong peasants one after another, and the strength of the Manchu Qing in the northeast region; the chongzhen emperor's incompetence and incompetence, and the belief in the Donglin party, and so on.
As one of the imperial reasons, a very important evidence of this view is that the Chongzhen Emperor, who reigned for seventeen years, although diligent in state affairs, was lackluster in his governance, not only did not solve the financial problems, the peasant revolt problems, and the Manchu Qing problems in the northeast, but the cruelty of history lies in the fact that it is precisely the same as the arguments. The only thing he could really do was to eradicate Wei Zhongxian's castration party.
However, on the issue of eradicating Wei Zhongxian, posterity actually has two views, and even has the saying that "Wei Zhongxian does not die, Daming does not die", so what is the reason for this statement? What is the difference between Wei Zhongxian and Wei Zhongxian?
Wei Zhongxian was born into a peasant family in Hebei. He was not a eunuch who had entered the palace at the beginning, and even had a daughter. And he is a gambler by nature, and after gambling on his family property and daughter, he still can't quit the vice of gambling. Later, in order to avoid gambling debts, he took himself into the palace and became a eunuch. Wei Zhongxian, who "can't read words", has the advantage of "being able to take responsibility, gu guessing is very self-use, and happy things are still good". And soon he became acquainted with two nobles in his life, Wei Dynasty and Keshi.
The person in charge of food in the Wei Dynasty was Wang Shi, Zhu Changluo's mother. As a follower, Wei Zhongxian was also able to accompany the later Emperor Zhu You of the Apocalypse day and night. As for Keshi, she is Zhu Youxiao's nursing mother. In the deep affection for Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian was so "coincidentally" around the imperial power.
In 1620, the Wanli Emperor died and Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, but the emperor died in only twenty-nine days. His son Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne as emperor, and Wei Zhongxian also became a confidant of the humerus. The Emperor of the Apocalypse, in many documents, was a gentleman who liked carpentry and did not like the government. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, who was the superintendent of ceremonies, became the hand of emperor Zhu You's bureaucracy. And just when the Heavenly Revelation Emperor Zhu Youxiao was busy with play and pleasure, Wei Zhongxian relied on this opportunity to monopolize power.
At this time, there were Xu Dahua, Huo Weihua, Sun Jie, and other castrated parties in the DPRK, and these were obviously intolerable to the Donglin Party, a group of civilian officials. However, as a tentacle of imperial power, Wei Zhongxian's means were so numerous, in 1625, Yang Lian, a member of the Donglin Party, impeached Wei Zhongxian and chen his twenty-four major crimes, but in the end he falsely accused Wei Zhongxian and died in prison. Under its blows, the power of the Donglin Party, which originally occupied the imperial hall, was further weakened, and under the dictatorship of Qian Gang, Wei Zhongxian was even more "nine thousand years old" and repeatedly acted in arrogance.
From this point of view, the Chongzhen Emperor's removal of Wei Zhongxian at the beginning of his reign was indeed a great pleasure. However, in the evaluation of the role of a historical figure in history, it is not judged by "good" and "bad", but by "merit" and "merit".
So what merits did Wei Zhongxian have?
At the same time that the Emperor of the Apocalypse ascended to the throne, the war between Liaodong and Houjin was still ongoing. Xiong Tingbi was dismissed because of discord among the civilian-official clique. His successor, Yuan Yingtai, was killed in battle at the Battle of Liaoyang. The situation in Eastern Liaoning was also gradually chaotic, but it was also at this time that Wei Zhongxian came to power. After he came to power, he reinstated Xiong Tingbi as the Shangshu of the Bingbu And put him in charge of the defense of Liaodong.
For the military generals who had been suppressed by the Donglin Party, they were also appointed by him, such as Zhao Nanxing, Sun Chengzong, and Yuan Keli, the left attendant of the Bingbu, who were all used for their use, and Yuan Chonghuan praised Wei Zhongxian as a "Jiqi Dragon". For the financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty at that time, it was Wei Zhongxian's "castration party" that was able to levy taxes for Emperor Mingxi and alleviate the financial crisis; and when the Liaodong region faced the menacing Eight Banners, he mobilized the officials at that time to donate horses to the Ming army in Liaodong.
And it was precisely these means in the current situation that made the Houjin Nurhaci and Huang Taiji of Liaodong have no major victories. However, after Zhu Youjian, who had not studied the art of emperors, ascended to the throne, although Zhu Youxiao had a language that Wei Zhongxian could use at the time of his death, the Chongzhen Emperor did not understand the reasoning behind this after all, thinking that politics and employing people were divided into "good and bad" and were indignantly eliminated. Unfortunately, a group of empty talk donglin party members, although "righteous and righteous" and "convincing", could not collect taxes, could not quell civil strife, and could not resist foreign insults, and in the end the Ming Dynasty only ended up as a result of human flesh.
Finally, just when the Chongzhen Emperor saw that Li Zicheng was unstoppable and the city of Beijing was in danger, he remembered that Wei Zhongxian, who had been dead for more than ten years, sent people to collect his bones and bury them, and soon Li Zicheng attacked the city of Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself.
Reference: History of the Ming Dynasty