During the Qi and Wanli years of Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian controlled the government, secretly formed alliances with courtiers, and established the Dongchang Killer Organization. All ministers who had objections to him were killed.
Li Chengen, a relative of the country, was falsely accused of stealing the emperor's car and was sentenced to death by Dongchang.
When Zhongshu Wu Huaixian read Yang Lian's memorial impeaching Wei Zhongxian for his twenty-four major crimes, he was very impressed. A servant at home revealed that Wei Zhongxian tortured Wu Huaixian to death, and his property was also confiscated.
Military attaché Jiang Yingyang defended Xiong Tingbi, and his body was found in the bushes the next day.
When ordinary people chatted, if they offended Wei Zhongxian, he was often arrested and killed by Dongchang, and he was never left alive. His cruel methods made the people frightened.
When people meet on the road, they can only gesture with their eyes and dare not talk to each other.
A few years later, Wei Zhongxian became extremely powerful and his family was finally exterminated. The imperial court appointed members of the Donglin Party. Unexpectedly, partisanship broke out again, and the eunuchs were re-employed again...
——Adapted from "Historical Records: Biography of Wei Zhongxian"
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