It can't be said that eunuchs were in power at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there were no eunuchs in power throughout the Ming Dynasty. Although there were many "famous officials" in the Ming dynasty, since Judy, the Ming dynasty has always been a civil servant in power. The fundamental reason why there were so many "famous officials" in the Ming Dynasty was that the civil service group was powerful and could not be restricted. Even the emperor is no match for this group.
The emperor had no choice but to support eunuchs to compete with civilian groups. These eunuchs attached themselves to the imperial power, refused to take the advice of the civil service group and dared to think and do it. Therefore, the civil service group hated eunuchs, and it happened that the history books were written by literati, all of whom were members of the civil service group. Eunuchs are naturally described as having "black pens", which makes us feel that eunuchs are extremely domineering in many times in the Ming Dynasty when reading historical books.
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Zhongxian County, Wei Ming
Zhongxian County, Wei Ming, is the first prostitute in Yanhai.
Wei Zhongxian is a common person who can't read, but he is good at flattery. Soon after he entered the palace, he was promoted by eunuch Wang An, who was closely related to Emperor Wanli, and his status and power were increasing day by day. After Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, Ming Xizong and Ke began to take power and interfere in politics.
He turned defeat into victory over Wang An, drove away Wei Chaochen, killed him with a stick, unjustly imprisoned him in Daxing, killed the Party and planted henchmen privately, calling himself "nine years old", which was the highest peak for eunuchs to monopolize the whole country. He not only offered an aphrodisiac to encourage the emperor to indulge himself, but also took away his wives and concubines, robbed all the women in the world and killed many unfortunate women. After Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, Wei Zhongxian was dismissed.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Eunuch