How cruel is the East Factory in history?

Dongchang is a local product of the Ming Dynasty, a privileged supervisory intelligence agency of the Ming Dynasty, and also a spy intelligence agency. Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, set up the East Factory, with cronies as the prefect, supervising officials and scholars, and most of the East Factory were eunuchs. The Ming Dynasty was an era when eunuchs were rampant. The establishment of the East Factory gave eunuchs great power, so many unjust cases were caused in this period, and the means were outrageous.

When it comes to the brutality of the East Factory, we have to mention that when Wei Zhongxian and Wei Zhongxian took over the East Factory, Mingxizong had acceded to the throne. In the era of centralization, the East Factory is now close to the top of power. The eunuch is in power, and the East Factory can arrest its subjects at will. The so-called judiciary is just a decoration. Anyone who provokes the people in the East Factory and makes enemies has nowhere to be buried. Wei Zhongxian took over the East Factory. Because a lot of bad things happened before, someone came to the court to impeach Wei Zhongxian. The leader is Yang Lian, Minister of Life. However, Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of Mingxi, did not listen to the advice of loyal ministers, and his impeachment went away. Although Wei Zhongxian's interests were not lost, Yang Lian was hated by Wei Zhongxian. Later, he was convicted of Yang Lian on trumped-up charges. According to historical records, Wei Zhongxian used steel nails as a writing brush to write on the Yang Lian. It won't take long for this cruel punishment to beat Yang Lian to a pulp, and the tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. Besides Wei Zhongxian's viciousness, others in the East Factory stepped on him, and the people in the East Factory broke his ribs. Under such torture, Yang Lian didn't last long before he died. Wei Zhongxian is vicious and actively rejects dissidents. He is called "nine years old". Above the imperial court, except the emperor, he is the biggest, and everyone flatters him. Later, someone said, "I only know nine years old, but I don't know there is an emperor." This is a very deformed court, with eunuchs in charge and everything following their own interests, which also accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the control of the East Factory, honest officials will not go to the wall, and cooperation with them will make the people restless. Due to the high concentration of power, the eunuch leader of the East Factory can be regarded as the actual emperor, who did whatever he wanted and had countless unjust cases. In addition, some strange instruments of torture and instruments of torture also make the people miserable. The viciousness of Dongchang lies in not asking right and wrong but listening to interests. Dongchang has been a secret service from the beginning. Judy set up this organization to curb official corruption, but he didn't lead to such a result in the end. The eunuch activities in the Ming Dynasty are unprecedented at any historical moment, and the Ming Dynasty, which was eventually hurt, gradually declined until it died.