Wei Zhongxian was originally a great traitor, why did some people say that if the Chongzhen Emperor did not kill him, Daming would not die?
After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, if the castration party still existed, then Daming might extend for more than ten years, or shorten it for more than ten years, but in the end he would not be able to escape the fate of extinction.
Wei Zhongxian was the biggest adulterous eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty, there was no one, his body was full of crimes, his hands were stained with blood, such an evil person really deserved to be killed. Chongzhen's punishment of the castration party was justified, and in the end, Wei Zhongxian hanged himself and I, which was also deserved.
So what evil deeds did Wei Zhongxian do? Is there anything desirable about him? Let's analyze one or two of this.
Poison the harem
In the Ming Dynasty, if you want to realize your own value, or realize your ambitions, becoming an official is the best choice. As long as the test results are good, a soldier in the examination, and a Shu Jishi, then the future will be infinitely bright, and the title of Marquis and Worship is just around the corner. But like Wei Zhongxian, a street, who couldn't read a basket in big characters, he didn't have the ability to participate in the scientific expedition, so Wei Zhongxian was fierce, kicked his legs, went to the root, and became a eunuch.
Officials and eunuchs do not need to take exams, and if they are well mixed, they can also be extremely popular. Wei Zhongxian was introduced to the palace by chance, and later became acquainted with Wei Chao, Wang An and others, and the eunuchs were also good to Wei Zhongxian. However, Wei Zhongxian did not repay the favor, but instead expelled the Wei Dynasty and killed Wang An, and after uniting with the Ke clan, Wei Zhongxian's power was out of control.
Keshi was originally Zhu You's nursing mother, and due to the care of her young age, Zhu You's school had great trust in Keshi. When Zhu You's principal became an adult, the relationship between the two sides was ambiguous, and with zhu You's favor, Keshi could be said to dominate the world in the harem, and he and Wei Zhongxian joined forces to act recklessly.
Historical records:
"Concubine Zhang of the Yu clan has a concubine, and the Ke clan kills it." He was also made a concubine of the Li clan. Empress Zhang Shiyi, Ke Shi aborted her fetus, and the emperor lacked heirs. ”
Generally speaking, the struggles in the harem are very bloody and tyrannical, and many times, these women fight fiercely than men, but it is relatively rare to poison concubines and concubines. In order to prevent the emperor's concubines from becoming pregnant, keshi used various means to mutilate each other, such as assassination, such as abortion and poisoning.
Yufei Zhang was assassinated by Keshi, and when Empress Zhang became pregnant, Keshi arranged for someone to deliberately have her aborted, so no matter how hard Zhu Yuxue tried, he had no son. These are all conspired and operated by Wei Zhongxian and Keshi together, which can be described as heinous. The emperor's son is Guoben, the next emperor, Wei Zhongxian and Keshi dare to kill innocents so blatantly, if Zhu Youxiao does not choose a good heir, then the world will be in chaos or in the middle of the day.
Bullying the people
Many people say that Wei Zhongxian tortured and killed only officials, and in order to eliminate dissidents, he did kill many officials, but Wei Zhongxian also wrongfully killed many people. In other words, as long as there is an opinion about Wei Gonggong, or a few bad words about Wei Gonggong, and is known by Dongchang, then 80% of them will not be able to escape death.
"Folk puppets, or touching the faithful, are caught, even skinned and tongue-in-cheek, and the number of people killed is innumerable, and the road is blind."
No matter how fierce the struggle in the imperial court was, it had little to do with the common people, and Wei Zhongxian abused the people, which rose to the level of the public enemy of the whole people. Therefore, for the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor, for the people of Daming, Wei Zhongxian was the cancer cell that killed people, and there was almost nothing remarkable about it.
Threaten the Emperor
Before and after the death of Emperor Mingxi Zhu Youxiao, Wei Zhongxian also did something even more out of the ordinary with Keshi. As a top eunuch with power in power, Wei Zhongxian naturally hoped that his power would last forever, and wei Zhongxian himself certainly could not be emperor, which he should know very well, so he wanted to steal liang for pillar, make an unknown baby, and act as Zhu Youxiao's son.
Not knowing where Keshi found a pregnant woman, he arranged to enter the palace and threatened Empress Zhang, asking that the child in the pregnant woman's belly be made emperor. Wei Zhongxian was so foolish, where did he put the Daming Sect Temple Society? Did Wei Zhongxian really consider Daming's future?
At the most critical moment, Empress Zhang stood up, and the only woman That Wei Zhongxian feared in the harem dissuaded Emperor Xizong in time to successfully pass the throne to Zhu Youjian. If Wei Zhongxian had succeeded and made an unknown baby emperor, and he had come to control the world, then the Ming Dynasty might have died seventeen years earlier.
"Zhongxian asked the king to enter, but the king was in danger, and he took the food in his sleeve, and did not dare to eat the great official Kuya."
On the eve of Chongzhen's ascension to the throne, in the face of the powerful castration party, he was also afraid to live forever, because he did not have any cronies around him, even drinking water and eating, he had to carry it himself, for fear that Wei Zhongxian would poison his meals. This is not alarmist, with Wei Zhongxian's vicious personality, if he is forced to have no way to retreat, it is really possible for the dog to jump the wall.
If Chongzhen was a less cautious person and did not listen to Wei Zhongxian's arrangement, then it was very likely that Wei Zhongxian would kill Chongzhen. Wei Zhongxian was not loyal to Daming or the monarch, but only to his power. Persecuting the emperor's heirs, threatening the emperor and empress, if Chongzhen let him continue, it is estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang will crawl out of the coffin and jump to his feet and scold the mother.
Checks and balances
If Wei Zhongxian could continue to participate in the chongzhen dynasty, he might be able to play some role in balancing party struggle. The party struggle in the Chongzhen dynasty was very serious, and everyone was always fighting in the court, most of them had no practical significance, but always hindered Chongzhen's various judgments.
Chongzhen originally wanted to negotiate peace with Hou Jin, and a few ministers had been plotting for a long time, but it was because of this gang of Donglin Party that they all insisted on resisting the war, so that the Ming army and Hou Jin would stumble to the end, that is, they did not agree to negotiate peace. Since it was impossible to negotiate peace, Chongzhen could only go to a dead end until the final end.
On the eve of Li Zicheng's capture of the capital, Chongzhen also made a plan to move south, and the same ministers still disagreed, and Chongzhen could only seek perfection. If Chongzhen can negotiate peace with Jin, then he can free his hands to deal with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, then the Ming Dynasty still has a glimmer of life.
If Chongzhen can move south to Nanjing, then the Southern Ming will not be leaderless, and even the recovery of the Central Plains will be expected. On the contrary, in the end, Chongzhen was martyred and died, and those ministers immediately surrendered to Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng was not accustomed to these high-ranking officials, and almost killed a jingguang.
Duke Wei may have been the nemesis of the Donglin Party, but if these people feared Duke Wei or all submitted to Wei Zhongxian, then the castration party would become another Donglin party. In Wei Zhongxian's view, he would not think of any balance of power, he would only do whatever it took for his power, and if the castration party continued to exist, then it was likely that the imperial court of the Chongzhen Dynasty would be even more chaotic.
Duke Wei was not the savior of Daming, he was just a bad eunuch. Of course, no one can change the number of lives, the regime is the same as human life, there is no eternity and immortality, and the prosperity and decline, and the extreme and the extreme of things, the opposite is an unchangeable law.