Wei Zhongxian, the word is finished, and he is a native of Suning, Beizhili.

Originally known as Li Jinzhong, the emperor gave him the name Wei Zhongxian after becoming a driver and a eunuch.

Wei Zhongxian's family was poor when he was young, wandering the streets, illiterate, but he knew archery and horseback riding, liked to gamble, and was obsessed with alcohol.

Wei Zhongxian often gambles with a group of evil teenagers.

Once, he felt very distressed after losing a big gamble, so he hated himself and changed his name to Li Jinzhong.

Because of the acquaintance and accommodation with the eunuchs in the palace for a long time, it is rumored that the whole body has not been purified, and there is still a testicle.

Later, he changed back to his original surname, and was given the name Wei Zhongxian by Emperor Xizong.

It's also ironic to say.

Xizong Zhu was given the name Wei Zhongxian by the school, because Wei Zhongxian was loyal and virtuous.

He felt that Wei Zhongxian was not only capable and virtuous, but also loyal to him and to the Ming Dynasty.

That's why he was named Wei Zhongxian.

But where did he think that he was deceived by Wei Zhongxian's appearance, in fact, Wei Zhongxian and Zhongxian are completely incompatible.

Wei Zhongxian was elected to the palace during the Wanli period, and was subordinate to the eunuch Sun Xianam, and he entered the Jiazi library by tying him up.

He also asked to be a pawn meal for Wang Cairen, the mother of Zhu Youxiao, who was still the emperor's eldest grandson at the time, so that he became a brother of the Wei Dynasty and the Hakka family, and became a brother with the Wei Dynasty.

The Wei Dynasty was the "Three Dynasties Eunuch" in the Wanli, Taichang, and Apocalypse periods of the Ming Dynasty, and the subordinate of the eunuch Wang An, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, and had a certain right to speak in the eunuchs of the inner palace.

He praised Wei Zhongxian many times to Wang An, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, and even recommended Wei Zhongxian.

So Wang An, the celebrant and eunuch at that time, also took a look at Wei Zhongxian.

In addition, Wei Zhongxian is already very sleek, and being good at sycophants and flattery can be said to be his specialty.

Therefore, the eunuch Wang An, the master of ceremonies, also had a good impression of Wei Zhongxian.

As for the Hakka, it is even more remarkable.

This Hakka Keshi Xizong Zhu Youxiao's nurse, although it is said to be a nursing mother, but Xizong Zhu Youxiao's feelings for this nursing mother are a little unusual.

Not only does he trust Hakka, but he also loves him very much.

With the Hakka family constantly saying good things in front of Xizong Zhu Youxiao, and the Wei Dynasty in front of Wang An, the driver and eunuch of Bingbi.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian soon entered the power core of the harem, and for a while, he was in the limelight among the eunuchs in the harem, and his status was constantly soaring.

until he sat in the position of the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen.

Wei Zhongxian is illiterate, and he can't read a single big character.

According to reason, he is not qualified to enter the celebrant supervisor at all, but Xizong broke this case for Wei Zhongxian.

let Wei Zhongxian, who was illiterate and illiterate, enter the celebrant supervisor.

Many people may not know the meaning of the eunuch who is the celebrant and the eunuch.

Here is a brief introduction to the eunuch system of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to get a eunuch.

The so-called eunuch is the leader of the eunuchs, and not everyone is qualified to be called a eunuch.

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty had many ranks, and when they first entered the palace, they could only be pawns, long-term followers, and emperors.

If you perform well, you can be promoted to a eunuch, and the eunuch will be promoted to a young eunuch, and the immediate boss of the young eunuch is a eunuch who has been famous for a long time.

It's not like in the TV series, as long as you take that knife, you are a eunuch!

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty had a special organization, a total of 24 yamen.

There are 12 eunuchs: the celebrant supervisor, the internal official supervisor, the royal eunuch, the secretary of the superintendent, the imperial horse superintendent, the divine palace superintendent, the Shangshan superintendent, the Shangbao superintendent, the seal ribbon superintendent, the Zhidian superintendent, the Shangyi superintendent, and the metropolitan governor.

Four divisions: salary, bells and drums, treasure money, mixed hall.

Eight bureaus: soldiers, silver, raccoons, scarves and hats, needlework, internal weaving and dyeing, wine vinegar noodles, Si Yuan.

Only the eunuchs who were the supreme rulers could be called eunuchs.

These 24 yamen have their own division of labor, not only handling palace affairs, but also handling part of government affairs.

Among them, the power of the celebrant and the royal horse supervisor is the greatest.

Almost all the famous eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty came from the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch.

Wang Zhen in the Yingzong period, Wang Zhi in the Chenghua period, Liu Jin in the Wuzong period, Feng Bao in the Wanli period, Wei Zhongxian in the Xizong period, and so on.

These great eunuchs were all from the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch.

The celebrant is in charge of the internal and external chapters.

The emperor gave the power of voting to the cabinet and retained the right to approve the red.

And by the time of Ming Xuanzong, because there were too many documents, Zhu Zhanji himself did not have time to read them, so he would ask the celebrant to copy them according to the content of the ticket, and exercise the power of approving red on his behalf.

This person who ghostwrote for the emperor had a special title - the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the pen.

But this eunuch is not the most powerful eunuch, and there is another eunuch above him, that is, the eunuch who holds the seal - the eunuch who holds the seal.

And the so-called Imperial Horse Supervisor is to manage the royal talisman.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Ministry of War and the Governor jointly hold the military handle, which is actually the "cardinal house" of the inner court.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor also had to manage the pasture and the imperial village, operate the imperial store, and manage the finances with the households, and was the "internal steward" of the Ming court.

The celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor are the two most prominent eunuch departments.

In many dynasties in history, eunuchs interfered in politics, and even some dynasties had even greater power in the hands of eunuchs than the emperor in the later period.

You can almost completely control the power of the country.

It is precisely because of the vigilance of the eunuchs in the previous dynasty in history that in the early Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang had clearly stipulated that eunuchs should be killed.

But the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were all heavyweights.

The emergence of this phenomenon is inseparable from Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong.

Zhu Zhanji changed the ancestral system of eunuchs who were not allowed to read, and set up a study hall in the palace to let scholars teach eunuchs to read.

As a result, the eunuch group entered the political center and disrupted the political situation of the Ming Dynasty!

It's far away, let's talk back to Wei Zhongxian.

After being promoted to the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, Wei Zhongxian became even more arrogant.

Because there is a Hakka clan behind his back to bewitch Xizong, even if many imperial historians and officials at all levels in the court are impeached, Wei Zhongxian is safe.

Even higher status and greater power.

Later, he single-handedly controlled the East Factory, and directly killed the ministers of the DPRK and China who were not right with him.

And Xizong has been kept in the dark by the Hakka family, and he also ignored all this, which led to Wei Zhongxian's power leaning towards the government and the opposition and dictatorship without authority.

It is also the establishment of an internal exercise army in the inner palace, which can reach 10,000 people at the most.

These internal soldiers wore armor and swords in and out of the deep palace, and arbitrarily acted as a threat and abuse.

Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka were embarrassed, and they dared to attack Emperor Xizong's harem.

All the pregnant concubines were poisoned by them.

This also led to the fact that Xizong had no heirs in his life.

Wei Zhongxian not only caused chaos in the court, but also extended his hand to the yamen and local people at all levels.

The people and cronies under him are all bullying men and women, and taking them by force.

Under Wei Zhongxian's attack on dissidents, no one in the court dared to stand up and speak against him.

From the inner palace to the court, Wei Zhongxian was completely in charge of the internal and external powers.

At that time, the power in his hands was even the same as that of the emperor for a time.

Therefore, there is a folk saying that it is 9,900 years old.

The world only knows that there is a nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, but they don't know that there is the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty and the people spent a dark decade under the clutches of Wei Zhongxian.

All this changed after the death of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse.

At the beginning of the death of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian did have the idea of wanting to ascend to the throne himself.

But he was always just a eunuch and a eunuch.

Even if he has monstrous power in his hands, it is also given by the royal family of the Ming Zhu family.

Once Wei Zhongxian has the courage to rebel, he is afraid that everyone in the world will attack him in groups.

And the forces behind Zhu Youxiao's wife, Empress Zhang, will not agree.

It is estimated that the feudal kings in various places will also take the opportunity to cause chaos.

Under Empress Zhang's righteous words, Wei Zhongxian dispelled this idea with interest.

Or in accordance with the edict of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, was brought into the palace to take over the throne.

When Zhu Youzhen was still the king of Xinwang, the internal and external situation of the Ming Dynasty was treacherous.

Zhu Youxiao's close confidant eunuch Wei Zhongxian united with the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other friends of the DPRK to defeat the Donglin Party and take control of the government.

The entire Ming Dynasty Hall became Wei Zhongxian's Yiyan Hall, which was completely controlled by Wei Zhongxian.

The outside of the Ming Dynasty was threatened by the rise of the Later Jin.

Although Houjin was blocked by Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan, the border defense was still tight.

In the southwest, the rebellion broke out in luxury, which can be described as a large base in the suburbs.

Although Zhu Youzhen was a vassal king, he could not participate in political affairs, but he also had to be careful to protect himself.

At that time, he was just a vassal king with no real power, and he was not an opponent in the face of the powerful and powerful Wei Zhongxian.

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian kept obstructing Zhu Youzhen's meeting with Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youjian is Zhu Youxiao's younger brother, and he can't see him once or twice a year.

Even if we finally met each other, I could barely speak.

All this was caused by Wei Zhongxian's covert obstruction.

Even Wei Zhongxian secretly plotted to attack Zhu Youzhen, and he was almost involved in Wei Zhongxian's conspiracy.

Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youzhen was not interested in him, and some of his crimes were also seen by Zhu Youzhen.

And Zhu Youzhen is a vassal king, and once he gains power, it is possible to liquidate Wei Zhongxian.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian had long listed Zhu Youzhen as a threat to him.

As long as he can, Wei Zhongxian will directly attack Zhu Youzhen.

However, Zhu Youzhen is a vassal king after all, and he is a descendant of the royal family of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.

is the younger brother of the current emperor Zhu Youxiao, so in the end, Wei Zhongxian still dispelled the idea of attacking Zhu Youzhen.

When Zhu Youzhen was still a believer, he had already experienced Wei Zhongxian's methods and saw Wei Zhongxian's lawlessness.

Although Zhu Youzhen saw all this, he couldn't do anything.

At that time, he was just an idle prince with no real power.

Facing Wei Zhongxian, who had the support of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he had no choice.

can only silently remember Wei Zhongxian's crimes in his heart, and even secretly write down all those henchmen of Wei Zhongxian.

In order to be able to liquidate Wei Zhongxian one day and give Daming a bright future.

Give the people of Daming a blue sky and a white day.

Fortunately, this day finally made him wait.

It was the day the Emperor of the Apocalypse died.

After the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he ushered in the day when he sat on the throne.

The first thing Zhu Youzhen wanted to do when he took the throne was to eradicate Wei Zhongxian and his eunuch clique.

However, Wei Zhongxian has been entrenched in the DPRK for many years and has many henchmen.

The relationship is intertwined, and it is simply a constant cut, a mess.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not attack Wei Zhongxian at the first time.

Because he knew that Wei Zhongxian was deeply rooted in the court and the deep palace, and his eyeliner and cronies were everywhere.

To deal with Wei Zhongxian, you can't act rashly.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen also rewarded Wei Zhongxian and his henchmen as usual, and those who should be crowned officials were still crowned.

But the more Zhu Youzhen was like this, the more uneasy Wei Zhongxian felt.

Because Wei Zhongxian knew Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards him very well in his heart, he knew that Zhu Youzhen didn't like him, and could even be said to dislike him.

Now that Zhu Youzhen is the emperor, he must not have his own good fruit to eat.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian is also constantly testing Zhu Youzhen's attitude, if Zhu Youzhen can't wait to attack him, then Wei Zhongxian will definitely not sit still.

After all, Zhu Youzhen has just ascended the throne, and his wings are not yet full.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian repeatedly asked Zhu Youzhen to resign and resigned from his official positions such as the commander of Dongchang.

But Zhu Youzhen did not agree.

Not only did he not agree, but he also rewarded Wei Zhongxian's eunuch clique.

It seems that Wei Zhongxian is very important and dependent.

As a result, Wei Zhongxian's vigilance gradually relaxed a little.

Just when Wei Zhongxian was lax, there were constantly imperial histories and feudal officials in various places who impeached Wei Zhongxian's eunuch group.

The first to fall was Choi Chengxiu, one of the five tigers of the eunuch party.

After Cui Chengxiu fell, Zhu Youzhen also had confidence in his heart.

And Wei Zhongxian finally sensed the uneasiness, but it was too late.

Because Zhu Youzhen has secured the throne and has the support of the courtiers.

And the forces he himself cultivated in the deep palace and the court have also been slowly disintegrated a lot.

Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youzhen would definitely not let him go, and his own would definitely not be able to escape this catastrophe.

Sure enough.

Just when Wei Zhongxian was uneasy, he waited for the impeachment of him.

It doesn't matter if this impeachment is made, what matters is that the crimes of impeachment are all crimes that will be punished by the nine clans.

There are a total of 10 such crimes, all of which are fatal.

No matter which one it is, it is to cause Wei Zhongxian to die.

After Zhu Youzhen received this impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, he was also moved.

He had long wanted to eradicate Wei Zhongxian, but he was afraid that Wei Zhongxian's dying struggle would cause some unnecessary turmoil.

Therefore, I took Cui Chengxiu first.

Cui Chengxiu was taken down without accident and quietly.

So it's time for Wei Zhongxian to use it for a knife, but Zhu Youzhen has never found a quick knife.

And this impeachment of Wei Zhongxian is the quick knife that Zhu Youzhen has been waiting for.

Any of the top ten crimes listed above is extremely sharp, and they can directly crucify Wei Zhongxian to death without any possibility of turning over.

After seeing this recital, Zhu Youzhen ordered someone to recruit Wei Zhongxian to the Fengtian Palace, and asked the chamberlain to read the ten sins directly in front of Wei Zhongxian and the hundred officials.

(End of chapter)