The state of court politics according to Yang Lian regarding Ming China is that. The emperor and its government are unraveling before his eyes in my opinion. The Eunuchs Wei Zhongxian a lower level officials has had the ability to gain more power than the emperor himself. Yang mentions in the story that the people do not see an emperor they only see Wei. This shows that through Wei intimidation and manipulation of the government and the emperor himself power lays in the hands of Wei and no one else. Yang gives a list of crucial crimes Wei has committed and if Yang knows them so does the courts but in Yang words “no one dares to denounce Wei’s name. Yang goes on to mention how once powerful the emperors of the past used to be and how peaceful
