In the feudal dynasty of our country, there was a very special group, they were not people in the imperial court, but because they were closely related to the emperor's living in the deep palace every day, sometimes they got more trust from the emperor, and these people were eunuchs in ancient times.
With the demise of the Qing Dynasty, this type of people did not exist, in ancient times their status was very low, but because there was a lot of intersection with the emperor's life, they were more likely to please the emperor, with the trend of centralized power at that time, the emperor held more and more power in his hands, so at this time who received more favors The more rights will be more, this time is the opportunity for eunuchs to get power.
There are also many favored eunuchs in successive dynasties, and the more famous one is the "nine thousand years old" of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the famous eunuch Wei Zhongxian in history. He can be said to have no good evaluation in history, and he has done all the bad things, entered the palace since he was a child, and learned a lot of flattering tricks.
The emperor at that time trusted him very much and entrusted everything to him. This is also the reason why he was able to cover the sky with one hand later. At that time, he framed all the loyalists during his reign, and many people were very jealous of him.
Finally Chongzhen ascended to the throne, but he hated the eunuch very much, so he uprooted step by step, eliminating Wei Zhongxian's cronies, and finally pulling him down, which was very gratifying.
But the good times did not last long, Nurhaci soon came in, and the emperor who had just held the power in his hands was also hanged on the crooked neck tree, why didn't he have these things when he didn't eradicate Wei Zhongxian, and after the eradication, his own Jiangshan was not protected?
In fact, the reason is very simple. Although Wei Zhongxian was a very cunning person, he knew that he only wanted power and money, and did not have too much ambition, and it was certainly impossible for him to be an emperor as a eunuch.
But the emperor would support him as long as he was on the throne, so at this time he was very afraid of Nurhaci's march. Exhaust a lot of military power to suppress them, if they let them in, their position will certainly not be preserved. So he's doing a very good job in that regard.
On the other hand, Wei Zhongxian was a very fierce person, and the focus was that this person did not hesitate to eliminate dissidents, and there were some people in the imperial court at that time who were very opposed to him, and these people were called the Donglin Party at that time.
They were formed to oppose him. At that time, his mind may have been shattered, and I was not targeting the Donglin Party, but killing all the opposition, I did not do wrong. But this party can be said to be gritting its teeth at him.
Later, some time before Wei Zhongxian's death, he had been impeaching the emperor and could not reuse the Donglin Party. However, Chongzhen thought that this person was hopeless, and immediately stopped thinking about eradicating others, so he ignored him.
After his death, the Donglin Party abolished taxes in some places, and these taxes were originally given to the soldiers on the frontier. In the past, they took this money to eat and wear warmth, and their combat effectiveness rose steadily. Now that there is no money on the frontier, there is a shortage of grain and grass, so what can we do to fight?
Another point is that Chongzhen was really suspicious of this person, and he was also very suspicious of the generals on the frontier at that time, and he killed the generals at that time, and the loyalists around him began to be afraid, so everyone surrendered.
When Chongzhen first eradicated Wei Zhongxian, he thought that he had eradicated a scourge, but he did not expect that everything was good or bad. At that time, if Chongzhen did not eliminate Wei Zhongxian, the power could not go to his own hands, and after the eradication, Jiangshan was sent away, so this was also a difficult problem for him, I don't know what he would do if he chose again?