The death of the Ming Dynasty does not lie at all in whether there is Wei Zhongxian, and whether the Ming Dynasty can reverse the situation, let alone whether there is Wei Zhongxian.
In fact, Wei Zhongxian's status and role are far less important than people think, or Wei Zhongxian's status and role have never been irreplaceable.
Without Wei Zhongxian, there can be Li Zhongxian and Liu Zhongxian.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty died, the key lies in the Chongzhen Emperor, it is Zhu Youjian, the emperor, who is incompetent, and his ability is okay to let him be a prince who eats and waits for death, but it is absolutely not okay to let him be an emperor who turns the tide.
When Wei Zhongxian was in power, he was not false in deception, nor was it false in his madness in accumulating wealth, and even Zhu Youjian, who was the king of Faith at the time of secret suppression, was not false, but at the same time he was also maintaining the normal operation of the Ming government.
Wei Zhongxian's wealth did not fit into his own pocket, right? The Ming dynasty government also had it.
Wei Zhongxian's suppression of the civilian-official clique was not a benefit for him alone, right? It can also maintain the imperial power of Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youjian became emperor, in order to be able to capture the imperial power into his own hands and consolidate his imperial power, he wanted to kill Wei Zhongxian, which is also true, but he also had to pick a good time, right? After all, the Ming Dynasty was already chaotic enough, and killing Wei Zhongxian would only make the Ming Dynasty more chaotic.
If Zhu Youjian really can't wait, he wants to kill Wei Zhongxian immediately and vent his anger in his heart, but if you kill Wei Zhongxian, you might as well support another Li Zhongxian or Liu Zhongxian or something like that!
Unfortunately, Zhu Youjian's ability was too bad, destroying the system of checks and balances left by Zhu You, but it would not create a new system of checks and balances.
You can't create, why do you destroy it? It can only be said that Zhu Youjian's head melon is indeed not bright.
After all, Wei Zhongxian was not Zhu Youxian's concubine, and Zhu Youjian's eradication of Wei Zhongxian was also beyond reproach, but if he could support a new eunuch after eliminating Wei Zhongxian, then the end would inevitably be different.
In the case of Cao Huachun, he was one of the few eunuchs who could still gain zhu Youjian's trust, and he had already been kicked to Nanjing by Wei Zhongxian, and Zhu Youjian had become emperor and specially summoned him back to Beijing.
Cao Huachun was a man of certain ability, and after returning to Beijing, he was ordered to deal with the unjust cases accumulated during Wei Zhongxian's reign, and it is said that more than 2,000 unjust cases were rehabilitated, which shows that his ability is not bad.
If Zhu Youjian could support Cao Huachun to become the leader of the eunuch clique, who would Cao Huachun help? Without thinking, Cao Huachun would inevitably be on Zhu Youjian's side.
As long as Cao Huachun could lead the eunuch clique against the clique of civil officials, then the court would inevitably form another system of checks and balances, and it would be completely under zhu Youjian's control.
However, Zhu Youguan was good, not only did he not let Cao Huachun or Wang Cheng'en and others lead the eunuch clique, but because Wei Zhongxian alone was eager to kill all the eunuchs, he also took the lead in suppressing the eunuchs, this emperor was too irrational, really thought that he could control everything when he became emperor? Nor do you look at how many pounds you have.
As soon as Wei Zhongxian died, the eunuch clique almost collapsed, and the Donglin Party took advantage of the situation to take its place, and the civilian official clique pushed Zhu Youjian step by step.
Zhu You examined the Donglin Party as the pillar of the country, and even pinned the hope of the revival of the Ming Dynasty on the Donglin Party, but why did the Donglin Party regard him?
At this time, the Donglin Party had become a vampire, and Zhu Youjian was in their eyes, that is, a stupid son of a landlord's family, and they bullied him as much as they wanted.
However, Fan ZhuYujian had a little ability, a little stronger, and could suppress the momentum of the civilian official clique before the situation became the worst, but he did not dare to do so.
Not only did he not dare to do this, but when he ran out of money, he had to go like a dog to ask the Gong Gong gong of the court to take some money to come out to help the country, but what was the attitude of the Gong Gong Gong? No money, no money, no giving! Why didn't an emperor have any money? Because the money went into the pockets of the Gong Gong gong who said that they wanted to serve the country and bowed to the emperor and died.
Compared with Wei Zhongxian, the greed of the Donglin Party can be said to be more than that.
He asked them to borrow money, they did not give, and as a result, after Li Zicheng came in, he was given a pot by Li Zicheng, which was ironic.
Zhu Youjian was ridden on the head by the Princes of the Donglin Party, and although his heart was not a taste, he had no choice, because apart from them, he did not know who to use.
It is also a sadness that an emperor does not know how to recognize and employ people.
As for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, some say that they died in the Donglin Party, some say that they died in Wei Zhongxian, and even like the "History of Ming", they say that they died in the Ming Sect, but in fact they died at Zhu Youjian.
When Emperor Mingshen died, was the Ming Dynasty rotten? In that era, it must not be said that it was rotten, at least the people's hearts were still on the side of the Ming Dynasty, even in the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty still had an absolute advantage in the people's hearts, but it was played a mess by Zhu Youjian.
Whether it was Zhu Youjian, the Donglin Party, or Wei Zhongxian, in the final analysis, none of these three parties at that time was not destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule.
However, for the death of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, Zhu Youjian is the person who should be most responsible, because the "steering wheel" of the Ming Dynasty has been in his hands since the time he took the throne, and how the Ming Dynasty should go is up to him, but he handed over the "engine" to the Donglin Party, and also destroyed the "braking system", resulting in "dangerous driving" and causing a "car accident".
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian's death or not will not affect the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, the key is that Zhu Youjian is not smart enough and his ability is not strong enough.