The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with great political influence of eunuchs. The power of eunuchs is second only to that of the Tang Dynasty. Eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty can abolish emperors, which is unmatched by eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. However, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are the most famous in history, because they are important political tools in the hands of the emperor, and they are opposed to the civilian scholar-officials group who hold the right to compile historical books. Therefore, in the literati's pen, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were famous, and of course most of them were notorious.

There are two different types of eunuchs in Ming Dynasty. One is Zheng He, the eunuch of Sambo who led the seven voyages to the Western Seas in the Ming Dynasty, and the other is Wei Zhongxian, a nine-year-old with a high position at the beginning of tomorrow. Zheng He's influence was mainly external, and he did not participate in the internal political struggle of the Ming Dynasty. Wei Zhongxian's otherness is manifested in the cultural level. Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were allowed to study, and the royal family also encouraged eunuchs to study in order to serve the emperor in the future. The only son who can be a eunuch and illiterate is probably Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian Group is an indelible mark of the political circle in the late Ming Dynasty. After the apocalypse, the emperor was politically deserted. Basically, it is up to Wei Zhongxian to find a way to raise money to maintain the front-line salary of the Commissioner. He also integrated a group of non-Lindong Party officials to engage in political disputes with Lindong Party, so as to prevent one party from dominating and barely driving the ships of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Wei Zhongxian's tactics were rough, and he got the support of the emperor. It turned out to be him.

There are few comments on the positive and negative effects that Wei Zhongxian played at home and abroad during the Apocalypse. Many articles have related contents. This paper mainly refutes a popular saying that Wei Zhongxian was alive, and the Qing Dynasty, which was outside the customs, could not enter. This entry refers to the five times that the Qing army entered the customs during the Chongzhen period. It is even said that if Wei Zhongxian is still alive and can continue to be in power, the Ming Dynasty will not perish, and the so-called "Wei Zhongxian will not die".

These statements are probably the resentment of some friends who like the Ming Dynasty towards the Lindong Scholar-bureaucrat Group, one of the chief culprits that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Then they think that if Wei Zhongxian, who can suppress the Lindong Party, still exists, it may correct some mistakes and delay the demise of the Ming Dynasty, at least it should not be destroyed by the Qing Dynasty. So if Wei Zhongxian is alive and not killed by Chongzhen, can he play this role well? Can we continue to keep this big ship of the Ming Dynasty from falling apart? Because history cannot be changed, we can only make simple inferences according to our own understanding.

First, after Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, Wei Zhongxian has become a key chip to quell the serious opposition between the civil service group and the imperial court. With the acquiescence of the emperor, Wei Zhongxian of the Apocalypse Dynasty gained the upper hand in the political struggle with Lindong Party, but it also aroused the anger of the highest level of Lindong Scholar-officials Group, and six gentlemen in Lindong died tragically. If Wei Zhongxian is alive and continues to have certain authority, it means that Emperor Chongzhen will continue to suppress civilian groups, mainly the Lindong Party Group, with the help of eunuchs. Once this political opposition is formed, Chongzhen's situation will probably be worse than that without Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian can suppress Lindong Party, but he cannot destroy Lindong Party. This force is not a few people, but a collection of gentry, scholars and literati from several southern provinces. No one can completely eradicate them. Even the Qing dynasty, which took a high-handed stance behind it, suppressed a number and brought in a number. What's more, in addition to Lindong Party, the scholar-bureaucrat groups in other regions, even if they are not a faction, prefer the scholar-bureaucrat groups to be in power.

In ancient times, gentry and literati represented public opinion. Since it can't be completely eliminated, there must be some compromise. Chongzhen continues to reuse Wei Zhongxian, an important rich area in the southeast, and will not cooperate with any policies that Chongzhen wants to implement. There was chaos in the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Chongzhen was able to persist for more than ten years, relying entirely on the south to pay food and pay taxes through the canal. If there is a serious opposition with Lindong Party in the use of Wei Zhongxian, then this paper analyzes the behavior of some Lindong party member in Nanming.

Second: Wei Zhongxian may not be able to raise the expenses needed for two-front operations. Chongzhen needs the cooperation of civilian groups and will give up the role of Wei Zhongxian in the apocalypse. The most important thing is the ability to collect money. However, according to the textual research of the author in the book A Study of Liao Soldiers in the Late Ming Dynasty, by the end of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the court owed Liaodong a salary of 20 1.2 million, and the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was only 4 million, which means that Wei Zhongxian actually paid it.

During the Chongzhen period, the late Jin entered the customs several times. In the Ming dynasty, in addition to paying the military pay for the Guanningjin defense line, it was also necessary to strengthen the defense along the Great Wall, and the increase in military pay was estimated to be quite large. In addition, the cost of destroying peasant rebels in the pass alone is a huge figure, so that Chongzhen has repeatedly increased taxes despite frequent natural disasters. Under the double threats from inside and outside, Chongzhen did not dare to offend Lindong, who held the financial power in the southeast and Wei Zhongxian.

During the Apocalypse Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian's tax revenue and extra money barely supported its foreign defense. In Chongzhen Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian could not support this expense, and all factions in the imperial court needed to work together. In addition, there are many smart people in Lindong Party. In the case that Chongzhen needs them to stabilize the amount of fiscal and taxation, or even increase it, it can be a bargaining chip for them to punish Wei Zhongxian. Therefore, even if Chongzhen can allow Wei Zhongxian to exist in the early days of his reign, he will give up him in the later period under the urgent demand, even if he is not killed, he can only be idle.