Wei Zhongxian in history
Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty, was born a street scoundrel. Love gambling, gambling in the end, can be said to be ruined. At that time, Wei Zhongxian paid off his gambling debts and couldn't even take out any possessions, so he took a knife from the palace and entered the court. At first, Wei Zhongxian was introduced by eunuch Sun Sian, and later he courted another big eunuch, Wei Chao. It was with his relationship with Wei Chao that Wei Zhongxian gained a firm foothold in the eunuch circle. But Wei Zhongxian was not satisfied with this. He put his hands and feet into the court.
In the seventh year of the apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao died and Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne as emperor. Zhu Youjian was an emperor who hated corruption and advocated being honest. Zhu Youjian knew Wei Zhongxian's sin and designed Wei Zhongxian step by step. Wei Zhongxian fled and was forced to hang himself by Zhu Youjian, and the Hakkas were flogged to death in Huan Yi Bureau. In the second year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian wiped out Wei Zhongxian's henchmen. After Wei Zhongxian's death, he had no control over doctors and civil servants in the south of the Yangtze River, and soon transferred the original tax to farmers. Therefore, after Wei Zhongxian's death, the whole country began a frenzy of peasant uprising, which accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
The other side of Wei Zhongxian
In the early days, Wei Zhongxian was a very capable courtier, who maintained the overall situation, knew people well, and made clear rewards and punishments. Before Wei Zhongxian came to power, he boldly activated Yuan Chonghuan and others, which greatly safeguarded the sovereignty integrity of the late Ming Dynasty. In addition, Wei Zhongxian's taxation of Jiangnan business also enriched the national treasury, the economy developed rapidly, and there was sufficient military expenditure to expand the army; Finally, Wei Zhongxian, who came from a peasant family, sympathized with the peasants and didn't give them money. This is also an important reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to resist the invasion of foreign enemies wholeheartedly at the end of the stormy period.
However, after Wei Zhongxian's death, Lindong Party regained control of state affairs. They abolished various policies that were not conducive to their own interests, such as industrial and commercial tax and tariffs, and actively advocated making peace with the late Jin, giving him a breathing space. Their policies led to domestic peasant uprisings, and they were unable to quell these civil strife, which made the domestic situation worse and worse.
When Wei Zhongxian died, the Ming Dynasty fell into the abyss in an instant and soon went on the road to extinction. Some people say, how can a eunuch in Wei Zhongxian affect the national luck? I don't know what you think.