Wei Zhongxian was the fifteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Mingxi, the most powerful eunuch during his reign, known as "nine thousand nine hundred years old", he almost dealt with the real emperor Zhu Youxiao and became the emperor himself, so after the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian took the throne, he first executed Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian said a word to Chongzhen before he died, and Chongzhen suddenly realized before he died, but it was too late.
Wei Zhongxian was born in 1568, the family is poor, but like to gamble, and later because of the gambling loss, he resented himself in the palace, and because there were eunuchs in the palace who had a good friendship with him, he entered the palace as a eunuch, Wei Zhongxian was particularly good at flattery after entering the palace, although illiterate, he could speak the Tao, and he also made a good job in the palace, and made friends with Zhu You's nursing mother Keshi.
In 1620, Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne as emperor, ignoring the government and ignoring the government, and loving his carpentry creation, Wei Zhongxian and Keshi were like leaping dragon gates, controlling the life and death of almost all the imperial court officials, and the power was monstrous, and the ministers in the imperial court gradually established portals, especially like to speak surprisingly, and the more agitated the better.
The chancellor was also impeached and attacked by the officials, so he said that he was sick and retired, and the scholars were reluctant to bother with the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and attached themselves to the official Shangshu Gu Xiancheng, who was lecturing at the Donglin Academy, and the "Donglin" came as a result, Wei Zhongxian gained power and suppressed the Donglin Party very badly, and the Keshi dealt with Zhu Youxiao's concubines one by one, leaving Zhu Youxiao without heirs.
When Wei Zhongxian was alive, there were indeed many courtiers in the Ming court who died because of him, and the end was not good, but Zhu Youxiao reigned for only 7 years, and after the 17-year-old Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, he quickly dealt with Wei Zhongxian's affairs, and finally Wei Zhongxian knew that he would not be able to escape death, and hanged himself with Keshi, and he said to the Chongzhen Emperor on his deathbed, "After I die, Daming will die." ”
The Chongzhen Emperor did not know the reason at that time, after Wei Zhongxian's death, he once again dropped Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, the Donglin Party was dominant, but the Chongzhen Emperor soon discovered the problem, the Donglin Party a group of people can only speak beautifully, but do not do things, the country is worried about internal and external troubles, such a group of people can not achieve great things at all.
And Wei Zhongxian suppressed the Donglin Party very badly, and required them to pay industrial and commercial taxes, so the Ming Dynasty treasury was abundant, and Wei Zhongxian was a eunuch, how could he not be an emperor, he could only hold the power by relying on the emperor, so Wei Zhongxian was disloyal to the hundred officials of the imperial court, but he was loyal to the emperor.
When the Ming Dynasty was weak in returning to heaven, the Chongzhen Emperor found that when Wei Zhongxian was in a terrible position, the people did not suffer, the border wars were not a problem, the supply of grain and grass and military salaries was timely, and it was none other than the landlord class that suffered, but after the Donglin Party gained power, they did not pay taxes and did nothing, the treasury became increasingly empty, and the people revolted one after another, so the Ming Dynasty died.