After entering the palace, Wei Zhongxian changed his name to "Li Jinzhong", but he could only be a little eunuch at the bottom, and he did dirty work such as pouring toilets, Li Jinzhong was of course unwilling to be only a little eunuch at the bottom, he gave full play to his ability to learn when he was a scoundrel, and he became a sworn brother with the powerful East Palace servant Wei Dynasty, and became a sworn brother with the Wei Dynasty. The Wei Dynasty recommended Wei Zhongxian to Wang An, and Wang An saw that Wei Zhongxian would come to do things, and he had good eyesight, so he arranged for him to be in charge of the catering of Wang Cairen in the East Palace. At that time, the crown prince Zhu Changluo was not liked by Emperor Wanli, and the status of the East Palace in the palace was naturally not high, but Wei Zhongxian finally hugged a thigh, and he was naturally hardworking, and he was appreciated by Wang Cairen, and promoted him to be the "pawn" of the East Palace, which was considered a small power.

Wei Zhongxian was not satisfied, his goal was to be a great eunuch like Wang An, and to be a great eunuch, he had to be literate, so Wei Zhongxian began to consciously learn culture. As the so-called hooligans are not terrible, they are afraid that the hooligans are educated, and the literate Wei Zhongxian has since opened his counterattack!

Later, Wang Cairen died, Wei Zhongxian hugged the thigh of the more favored Li Xuanshi, after the "palace transfer case", Li Xuanzhi fell again, Wei Zhongxian could only find another backer, he found that Zhu Youxiao was very dependent on the nursing mother Hakka, so he started the idea of the Hakka again, the Hakka and Wei Zhongxian's sworn brother Wei Dynasty has formed a "pair of food", in order to snatch the Hakka from the Wei Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian spent all his efforts to please the Hakka, Wei Zhongxian knew and was interested, and soon got the favor of the Hakka and kicked the Wei Dynasty. In order to prevent future troubles, Wei Zhongxian sent his sworn brother Wei Chao to Fengyang to guard the imperial mausoleum on the grounds of "alarming the holy driver", and killed Wei Chao on the way with a false holy decree!

After the Emperor of the Apocalypse ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian, with the help of the Hakka family, overthrew Wang An, who had the grace to support him, and served as the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi, and gradually controlled the power of the court!

Writing here, we should have a clearer understanding of Wei Zhongxian and his person, he is a scoundrel who seized the opportunity to make a fortune, he may have ruthlessness and shrewdness beyond ordinary people, but it is by no means eloquent, it is obviously impossible to expect such a person to save the Ming Dynasty that has gone into decline.

But then again, there is still a difference between Wei Zhongxian and his previous eunuchs such as Liu Jin, who only knew that the autocratic power amassed wealth and brought disaster to the country and the people, and he still contributed to the Ming Dynasty. Because he was born at the bottom of the society, he developed a ruthless and decisive character, which is exactly what the indecisive Emperor Chongzhen and the Donglin Party who like to rip off the skin do not have. Because he reads less, he attaches great importance to excavating and cultivating talents, and he will first win over people who have real talent and hard work, and if they can't be used for themselves, they will be suppressed, which can be seen from his attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan, and he is very protective of calves, as long as he takes refuge in the people, he will do his best to protect them, so he can gather so many henchmen, which is also an important reason why he can control the government, his five tigers, five biao, ten dogs, forty children and forty grandchildren are not all incompetent, otherwise they will not be able to defeat the Donglin Party where the heroes gather, This is much more clever than Liu Jinzhi and others.

At the same time, because Wei Zhongxian was born in poverty, he knew that he couldn't squeeze much oil and water just by looting the poor people, so he insisted on levying commercial taxes, ensuring that the finances of the Ming Dynasty did not collapse at that time, and his reckless Jianghu spirit also made him very resolute in resisting the invasion of Jiannu and did not lag behind on key issues, so during his dictatorship, although the Ming Dynasty was in a weak position in the confrontation with Jiannu, it was able to keep Jiannu out of Shanhaiguan.

In addition, there is another detail worth pondering, I went to check a lot of historical materials, and there is no record of how much property Chongzhen searched for Wei Zhongxian's house, but I did not receive the effect of "He Shen fell, and the world was full" is certain, otherwise Emperor Chongzhen would not have deducted the rope and worried about the emptiness of the treasury. This also shows that although Wei Zhongxian is authoritarian, he is not purely to satisfy his personal desires, he still has the intention to help the Emperor of the Apocalypse manage the government well.

So should Wei Zhongxian be killed? I think it's time to kill! Politics first. From the perspective of governance, at that time, Wei Zhongxian's power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and there were many party henchmen, "the world only knew that he was 9,000 years old, but did not know that there was an emperor", and Emperor Chongzhen first ascended the throne, his prestige was insufficient, and if Wei Zhongxian was not killed, it would be difficult for him to sit on the throne. In fact, killing Wei Zhongxian was one of the few political highlights of Emperor Chongzhen, allowing him to quickly establish his reputation in the court and among the people.

In addition, Wei Zhongxian is ruthless, he does bad things, his subordinates are also good and bad, many of them are ruffians, they brutalize ministers, oppress the people, commit a lot of bloody cases, the people's grievances are very deep, Wei Zhongxian's eunuch power has become a tumor of the Ming Dynasty, it should be removed.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen was very talented, and after getting rid of Wei Zhongxian, he thought that everything was fine, but he let the Donglin Party take advantage of the situation to rise, and completely turned the court into a battlefield for their party struggle, so that the Ming Dynasty went further and further on the road of defeat.

The digression is a bit long, but I think the interesting thing about writing historical fiction is this, restoring historical figures, exploring the truth of history, readers who don't like it can skip it, let's get down to business. Guo Zhiyuan is precisely because he understands Wei Zhongxian, who originally recorded the time and space of history, so he did not avoid it because he was a powerful eunuch who has been infamous in history for thousands of years, he wants to use Wei Zhongxian to win more voice for himself, so that he can turn the tide in times of national crisis!

Wei Zhongxian was depressed because he didn't stop the ministers from taking Zhu Youxiao to Wenhua Hall and was scolded by Li Xuanshi, and he was depressed, when he heard that Guo Zhiyuan took the initiative to come to him, he was surprised and a little flattered, and hurriedly came out to greet him, and after some greetings, Wei Zhongxian asked a little breathlessly: "What do you have to teach Master Hou when he comes to find the miscellaneous family?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan smiled slightly: "Somehow, as soon as I saw my father-in-law, I felt very kind, and I couldn't bear to see my father-in-law in disaster, so I came to show my father-in-law a clear way......"

"Disaster is coming?!" Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard this, but he was confused in his heart, and said blankly: "The miscellaneous family has little reading, and it is really confused, and I ask the Hou Ye to ......make it clear."

Guo Zhiyuan wanted such an effect, and said with a slight smile: "The emperor has completed the enthronement ceremony, and your master Li Xuanzhi will definitely not be able to be the queen mother, but she is the favorite concubine of the emperor, and the ministers are not good to her, but the father-in-law is in danger, just now in the Wenhua Palace, Lord Yang and they are discussing to ask the internal officials who helped the abuse this time, kill the chickens and monkeys, and set an example!" ……”