Wei Zhongxian's power at that time was indeed quite frightening. Wenchen has "five tigers", military generals have "five biao", and there are also "ten dogs", "ten children", "forty grandchildren", etc. It can be said that he is his people up and down the government and the public, inside and outside the army. Not only was he known as "nine thousand years old", but his family was also a high official in the dprk, and even his infant nephew Liangdong was also given the title of Marquis of Dong'an. Another nephew, Liangqing, even took the place of the emperor and went to the southern and northern suburban shrines to sacrifice the Taimiao Temple. It can be said that in the later period of Zhu Youxiao, he had completely become a puppet, and the Ming Dynasty actually became the domain of Wei Zhongxian.
(Wei Zhongxian stills)
Then, since such a strong person, who had just ascended to the throne, had no foundation, and was only 17 years old, said that he would take it, why did he take down Wei Zhongxian?
First, Zhu Youjian uncovered Wei Zhongxian's plot to plant eyeliner around him.
Zhu Yu died of a drowning illness. Originally, Wei Zhongxian and Keshi thought that the emperor who guarded an illiterate carpenter and was tired of the government could sit back and relax in the world. I didn't expect Zhu Yu to die like this. Before Zhu Youxiao fell ill and died, Wei Zhongxian and Keshi had just miscarried Empress Zhang and could not have children, and Zhu Youxiao had no other heirs. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian and Keshi hurriedly found some pregnant women from the people, posing as palace women, saying that Zhu Youxue had made her pregnant. I hope that the child will be born and become a prince. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yu did not survive. Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao did not set up the child in the belly of the palace girl as the heir, but established his younger brother Zhu Youjian as the heir. This completely broke Wei Zhongxian's deployment.
It can be said that Wei Zhongxian did not place eyeliner around Zhu Youjian and knew nothing about Zhu Youjian's situation.
In order to grasp the situation of Zhu Youjian, Wei Zhongxian not only tried to paralyze Zhu Youjian by offering beautiful women to Zhu Youjian, but also allowed him to indulge in sex, but also to plant eyeliner around Zhu Youjian. But Zhu Youjian did not touch these beautiful women at all. As a result, Wei Zhongxian could not find a way to deal with it for a while.
(Zhu Youjian stills)
Second, Zhu Youjian crushed the castration party through his ambiguous attitude.
Wei Zhongxian was strong and his henchmen were all over the world. At the same time, due to Wei Zhongxian's series of cruel blows, his political enemies were suppressed and did not dare to speak easily.
Of course, Zhu Youjian wanted the ministers to speak, and indeed there were ministers including Lu Chengyuan, Qian Yuanhuan, and Shi Gongsheng who impeached Wei Zhongxian. However, Zhu Youjian did not take a position at this time. He knew that a gesture meant striking grass and frightening snakes, attracting Wei Zhongxian's attention, and making him reckless and rash. Therefore, Zhu Youjian not only did not say anything, but also softly comforted Wei Zhongxian.
Something happened at this time. Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan attacked Cui Chengxiu.
In fact, these three people were all Wei Zhongxian's henchmen. Was this move directed by Zhu Youjian? Or did Wei Zhongxian want to give up the car to protect the marshal? There is no historical conclusion about this. However, it was unlikely that Zhu Youjian would command him, because he was not sure that these people would be willing to stand up against Wei Zhongxian. After all, although there may be contradictions within the castration party, the most important thing at that time was unity, one glory and one loss. If you attack each other and turn the fire away, it will not end well.
Therefore, I think it is very likely that Zhu Youjian's ambiguous attitude caused the internal collapse of the castration party. Everyone did not dare to attack Wei Zhongxian, so they attacked Cui Chengxiu
At this time, Zhu Youjian's attitude was very critical, he was no longer polite, and he re-treated Cui Chengxiu.
Zhu Youjian's practice of protecting Wei Zhongxian and re-dealing with Cui Chengxiu made the ministers understand Zhu Youjian's attitude, so the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian flew like a snowflake.
(Impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, trying to take his intentions)
Third, Zhu Youjian's actions were very clean, leaving Wei Zhongxian no time and opportunity to counterattack.
Originally, Zhu Youjian had always adopted the method of comforting Wei Zhongxian, and even if the minister wrote many times, Zhu Youjian was not moved. However, when a Jiaxing Gongsheng attacked Wei Zhongxian's recital, Zhu Youjian showed it to Wei Zhongxian. And on the pretext of protecting him, he was sent back to Fengyang for resettlement. By doing so, Zhu Youjian was tantamount to relieving Wei Zhongxian of all his rights.
In the process, the impeachment of the ministers became extremely fierce, and Wei Zhongxian's psychology completely collapsed, and he finally chose to hang himself.
(Reference: History of the Ming Dynasty)