Brief introduction of Wei Zhongxian

Wei Zhongxian (1 5681627 65438+February1), also known as Wei Si, was originally named Li Jinzhong. The talent king resumed his surname and became a eunuch in the military pen. Later, it was renamed Zhongxian, and the name was finished. Eunuch in late Ming dynasty. North Zhili Suning (now Suning County, Cangzhou, Hebei Province) people.

Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch in China in the late Ming Dynasty, was originally named Li Jinzhong, and was born in Suning, North Zhili (now Luannan, Hebei). He was born in a street hooligan family, and his parents were street jugglers or craftsmen. They liked gambling. They once sold their daughter as a gambling debt. Do you approve of Wei Chao's behavior? Godfather? And changed its name and surname (according to the Secret History of Ming and Qing Dynasties). Later, forced by gambling debts, he entered the palace and became a eunuch, and made friends with Wang An, the eunuch of Taiuterus who was sheltered by him. Later, I met Zhu Youxiao, the eldest grandson of the emperor, as a wet nurse, and had dinner with him (the marriage of eunuch and maid). For the emperor's eldest grandson, he tried his best to flatter him and entice him to hold a banquet, which won his favor. In the first year of Taichang (A.D. 162 1), Zhu Youxiao became Emperor Xizong, with the year apocalypse. Wei was promoted to eunuch.

Ming Xizong is a? Carpenter genius? I like the work of cutting paint with a knife, saw and axe. Build day and night? ,? Every time you are proud, you can forget your meals and drinks, and you can't sleep in cold and hot. . He personally built a small palace in the yard, just like a dry palace. It is not more than three or four feet high, but it is subtle and ingenious. Wei Zhongxian always takes advantage of his concentration on carpentry to invite him to read important documents. Xizong said casually:? I have been informed! Why don't you take care of yourself. Wei Zhongxian became good at political affairs.

At that time, Zhao Nanxing, the official minister of Lindong Party, rejected the objection in court, so the non-Lindong Party was very angry and made friends with Wei Zhongxian. 1624, Wei Zhongxian was impeached by Yang Lian, but survived, so he began to persecute and suppress Lindong party member on a large scale. In the fifth year of the apocalypse (1625), Wei Zhongxian used the Xiong Tingbi incident to frame Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian, Zhou Qiyuan, Zhou Shunchang and Miao Changqi of Lindong Party for taking bribes. Six gentlemen prison? , wantonly searching for Lindong Party members. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian killed Gao Panlong, Zhou Zongjian, Huang Zunsu, Li Yingsheng and others, and Donglin Academy was completely demolished, and the lecture activities were suspended. Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and other honest ministers in charge of border defense were dismissed one after another because of their close relationship with Lin Dong. At this point, Lin Dong's party was completely wiped out by eunuch forces. What about Lin Dong? When you come into contact with each other, you will be punished first? .

Wei Zhongxian and the emperor's wet nurse, Hakka, were in cahoots, and they were extremely favored and trusted. Nine years old? I raised a lot of money in the private sector myself? Seme？ Like what? Five tigers? 、? Five dogs? 、? Ten children? 、? Forty grandchildren? Wait a minute. In its heyday, local officials flocked to him and set up shrines for him in succession. Even Yuan Chonghuan, the famous governor of Liaodong, actively participated in it. After Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen, ascended the throne in 1627, he decided to rectify the court and eliminate eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian and Hakka. Wei Zhongxian was forced to resign and was sent to Fengyang House to guard the imperial tomb. On the way, he knew his death date and hanged himself.

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On the eve of Li Zicheng's invasion, Emperor Chongzhen remembered the achievements of Wei's father-in-law, and at the suggestion of eunuch Cao Huachun, he buried Wei Zhongxian's body in Biyun Temple in Xiangshan. Kangxi was destroyed in forty years (170 1).