Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch at the end of the Ming Dynasty, after Ming Xizong ascended the throne, began to rise to the top, opening the prelude to the darkest eunuch dictatorship in Chinese history, for a time the poison of the factory guards flowed all over the world, and a large number of officials and scholars who were dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian died tragically in prison; a large number of shameless people were attached to him one after another, and some of the ministers of A Yang built shrines for him everywhere, costing tens of millions of people's wealth. He claimed to be 9,000 years old, excluded dissidents, and arbitrarily dictated state affairs, so that people "only knew that there were loyal and virtuous, but did not know that there was an emperor." After Ming Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, he cracked down on and punished the eunuchs, punished Wei Zhongxian's ten crimes, ordered him to be arrested and punished, hanged himself, and the rest of the party was completely purged.

There is an important reason why the Hakka family wants to support Wei Zhongxian - because they are "two people" and have a partnership. In the ancient court, eunuchs and court maids could not lead a normal family life for a long time, and their physical and psychological imbalances were inevitable. In order to solve this problem, a kind of "anti-food" relationship is popular. Literally, it means that men and women eat together, but in fact they are temporary couples. Although the two can't really be "that", the meaning is better than nothing.

As early as the Han Dynasty, this kind of mutual aid between men and women in the palace was called "matching food". In the Ming Dynasty, because the palace maid often served a fixed eunuch with hot dishes, the woman was also called "vegetable household", which means "temporary wife". Single men have difficulty washing and cooking, and single women have no strength to carry water and chop firewood, so as soon as they complement each other, they will be coordinated, which will help stabilize the team of service personnel in the palace. Emperor Wanli originally hated the pairing of men and women in the palace the most, and once forbade this kind of indecent relationship, but where can the basic needs of people be stopped?

This Hakka was originally "Xiao Wei" - the "vegetable household" of the Wei Dynasty, the steward of the Qianqing Palace and the eunuch of the Staff Bureau. The Wei Dynasty was the first eunuch to serve and protect Youxiao, and was a real guard. You Xiaoxiao trusted Wei Dynasty very much, and as soon as he took the throne, he arranged these two important positions for him. He and the Hakka family are both old people from the school, and they are the same age, so they can be said to be a very good match.

In this way, the Hakka family is still the younger sister of the "Great Wei" Wei Zhongxian. But after coming and going, Wei Zhongxian also fell in love with the Hakka family. After Wei Chao was promoted, he was busy and dizzy, so Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the situation to enter. As stated in the "Jiashen Dynasty Chronicle", these two Wei "shared a private guest clan". However, Wei Chao didn't know it at first, and wore a big green hat on his head. The rest of the palace knew the details and waited to see the joke.

After all, the paper can't contain the fire, and Wei Chao is even sluggish, and he is aware of it. Only then did he realize that the "Brother Wei" he had saved with great efforts turned out to be a white-eyed wolf! Wei was so angry that he went to scold the Hakka family. But who knows, the Hakka family is more optimistic about Wei Zhongxian, and they turned their faces with Wei Chao on the spot, and the two scolded each other loudly.

The matter is public, and Wei Zhongxian must have an attitude. At this time, the Hakka clan was in full swing, Wei Zhongxian weighed the weight, and then kicked the younger brother with relatively low utilization value, and openly formed a pair with the Hakka family.

The Wei Dynasty, of course, was obsessed. Just a few months after Emperor Tianqi ascended the throne, one night, it was almost the night (midnight), Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family were playing in the West Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace. It happened that Wei Chao was passing by, and when he heard the laughter inside, he couldn't help but feel angry and blood-although the egg was gone, his self-esteem was still there. He kicked the door open, grabbed Wei Zhongxian, and hit him with his fist.

The two of you come and go, and I have a vicious fight. Although Wei Zhongxian is old, he has practiced horseback archery when he was young, and his skills are much more agile, and he beat Wei Chao to a black eye with a few punches.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wei Chao dragged the Hakka clan and ran, and Wei Zhongxian followed behind. The two "drunk and scolded each other" and fought until outside the Qianqing Palace, alarming the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who had already slept. The eunuch Lu Shou, the eunuch of the celebrant Zhangyin, the eunuch Zou Yi of Dongchang, and the eunuch Wang An, Li Shi, Wang Tiqian, and Gao Shiming, the eunuchs of Bingbi, were also awakened.

What kind of person is so bold? Emperor Tianqi got dressed and arrived in the palace, Lu Shou and other eight eunuchs stood on both sides, and Er Wei "knelt in front of the emperor to listen to the punishment." When several eunuchs learned about it, they said to Emperor Tianqi: "The anger starts from the Hakka clan." ”

Emperor Tianqi understood as soon as he heard it, not only was he not angry at all, maybe he was still happy in his heart, and said to the Hakka family with a kind attitude: "Milk, just say who is in charge of the affairs for you, and I will decide for you." ("Chronicles")

There was an emperor who was willing to be a referee, and the Hakka boldly expressed her choice. She has long been disgusted with the Wei Dynasty's "sloppy and sparse", and likes Wei Zhongxian's "simple and strong". With this statement, Tianqi ordered the mandarin duck spectrum on the spot, and let Wei Zhongxian take charge of the Hakka family in the future. Nominally, Wei Zhongxian was put in charge of the affairs related to the Hakka family, but in fact, the emperor made a big matchmaker for the two of them.

When Wei Chao saw that he was going to be completely out, his heart was like a knife, and he hurriedly begged the Hakka clan not to be too ruthless.

Wang An couldn't stand it from the sidelines, so he was angry and slapped Wei Chao a few times, ordered him to go to the Staff Bureau to recuperate, and was transferred out of the Qianqing Palace.

No one could have imagined that this "family matter" of the eunuchs in the palace had a crucial impact on the political situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the fate of several important people involved.

History has a strange door, and it is quietly opening at this moment. The giant rape beetle has been able to enter the house since then. After several of the eunuchs present went back, they may have just laughed in their hearts. But that was the night when the big changes began!