Lindong Party is a bureaucratic political group dominated by Jiangnan literati in the late Ming Dynasty. It was founded by Gu Xiancheng, a doctor in the official department of the Ming Dynasty, and existed for about forty years from the beginning of its establishment to its demise in the Ming Dynasty. Lindong Party has always taken the slogan of opposing eunuch autocracy, mining tax and promoting Daming, and some practical actions they have taken have indeed achieved certain results, the most typical of which is that Wei Zhongxian was taken down by them.
Then talk about the eunuch dictatorship that has always existed in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in poverty, fully considered this when he established the Ming Dynasty. He was afraid that his hard-earned inheritance would be taken away by others, so he made a rule at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic: 1. The empress of the current dynasty should not have a good family (to prevent her consorts from going into politics); Eunuchs cannot go into politics.
The first provision was well implemented, while the second provision stipulated that eunuchs could not interfere in politics in name only, so there were big eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian.
These eunuchs are also responsible for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Because when they come to power, they will take advantage of the convenience of being close to the king, gossip in front of the king, cause party strife, and frame loyalty and wanton corruption. Under the influence of its negative effects, it undoubtedly accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
However, the Ming emperor clearly knew that the eunuch's authoritarian power would bring problems, so why should he reuse eunuchs? In fact, it was the kings of the Ming Dynasty who tried to balance the relationship between Chen Zi and Chen Zi, because the partisan struggle above the court was too fierce, and the Lindong Party was often the only one. In order to balance, the king of the Ming Dynasty had to reuse his courtiers-eunuchs.
It can also be seen from here that the party struggle in which Lindong Party participated also accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the general fatuity of emperors in the late Ming Dynasty was also a factor in the demise of the Ming Dynasty.