All crows under the sun are black
Why did the Ming Dynasty say 'death is death'? (5)
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1、 There are proverbs such as' The world is as black as crows', 'Three years of the Qing government, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver', and 'Since ancient times, when the yamen faces south, do not enter without reason or money', all of which refer to civil servants. The Jinyiwei and Dongchang mainly constrain civil officials, which can be seen as a "anti-corruption" force to some extent. But it cannot be denied that it has played a very negative role in the national machinery.
2、 There are other reasons why eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty left such a bad impression on future generations: firstly, what we see are materials written by civil officials and literati, who have an instinctive aversion and discrimination towards eunuchs; Secondly, this is related to the current public opinion and media.
3、 Eunuchs, especially Wei Zhongxian, must take responsibility. The struggle between the eunuch party and the Donglin party, with him as the main core, exhausted the remaining justice and spirit of the Ming Dynasty, and he also set an extremely bad precedent - eunuchs dominating the court.
4、 Ming Dynasty historian Wang Shizhen said, 'Don't be fooled by some eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who wielded great power. As long as you hand over a two inch wide piece of paper from the Huiji Gate the night before, the eunuchs who wielded such power will have their heads dismembered the next day.'. In fact, there is no need for a two inch piece of paper. If the emperor doesn't see him for two days, other eunuchs will kill him because they are watching him one by one.
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