天启年间的阉党专政,是明朝历史上最为黑暗的一页,读来惊心动魄,难以忘却。所谓阉党,乃是以太监为核心的帮派,为首的是司礼监秉笔太监兼东厂总督魏忠贤,帮凶是司礼监掌印太监王体乾,以及把持各个部门的大小太监。他们上下其手,架空皇帝,把持内廷大权。令人讶异的是,外朝的一批文武大臣拜倒在魏忠贤及其党羽脚下,内外勾结,沆瀣一气,有所谓“五虎”“五彪”“十狗”“十孩儿”“四十孙”。正如《明史·魏忠贤传》所说:“当此之时,内外大权一归忠贤,内竖自王体 During the Apology years, the eunuchs’ dictatorship was the most dark page in the history of the Ming dynasty. It was astonishing and unforgettable. The so-called eunuch, but the eunuch as the core of the gang, led by the Secretary Li Pen Bingji eighteen and East Governor Wei Zhongxian, the accomplice is the Secretary eunuch imprisoned Emperor Eunuch dry, and the size of the eunuchs in charge of various departments. They up and down their hands, overhead emperors, control the inner court power. What is surprising is that a group of civil and military leaders of the North Korea and the DPRK fell on the heels of Wei Zhongxian and his party’s feathers, colluding with both inside and outside. There were so-called ”five tigers“, ”five tigers“, ”ten dogs“, ”ten“ Child ”“ forty grandchildren ”. As “Ming Wei Wei Zhongxian Biography” said: "At this time, both inside and outside the sovereignty of Zhong Yin, within the vertical from the royal body