Li Chengliang, the word Ruqi, ancestral home in North Korea, Gaozu Li Ying moved from North Korea to Liaodong, became the commander of Tielingwei, and his descendants began to live in Liaodong for generations.
Li Chengliang, who was born in the family of Jiangmen, is rumored to be heroic and brave and good at riding, but he cannot take up his post because of his family's poverty, and he is still a student at the age of forty. Later, he finally met the imperial history above, because he was highly valued, and was sponsored by him to enter Beijing for further study, and he had to take up his post, and accumulated merit as a general in the dangerous mountains of Liaodong. In the battle of guarding dangerous mountains and lonely mountains, he made many achievements, so he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief.
In September of the fourth year of Longqing, Wang Zhidao, the general soldier of Liaodong, was killed in battle, and Li Chengliang naturally became the general soldier of Liaodong.
Since then, Li Chengliang has shown his talents in the post of Liaodong General Army. He overhauled combat equipment, selected generals, recruited Quartet athletes as family members, gave his subordinates the best treatment, and cultivated a large number of generals who could fight through the battle. The military prestige of Liaodong was also greatly boosted.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, where the relationship was extremely complicated, even good people could be killed, so that they would be laid off at least and imprisoned.
During Li Chengliang's tenure as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, it was not that he was not subjected to **, but **did not move him.
Because he met someone who appreciated him. This person is none other than Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet in the early years of Wanli.
As we all know, Zhang Juzheng governs the country according to the law, and also governs the border according to the law. Because he appreciates Li Chengliang's handsome talent very much, even if Li Chengliang has some defects and problems, Zhang Juzheng also ignores his talent and only blindly rewards him. This also made Li Chengliang grateful, and he was angry and tried to defend the pass.
The History of the Ming Dynasty said: "At the beginning of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng was a country, a law rope side officer, nothing to indulge, and he won (Li) Chengliang more than the marshals, and (Li) Chengliang worked hard. ”
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng has been the first assistant for 10 years, and Li Chengliang has been the first general of the border for 10 years.
After Shen Shixing became the first assistant of the cabinet, he still followed Zhang Juzheng's consistent policy and gave Li Chengliang the fullest trust.
In September of the 11th year of Wanli, Feng Jinglong, the Nanjing Engineering Department gave the incident, on the wreck of Daning Fort in Liaodong, and investigated the general Xiong Chaochen and Zhu Yanqing for the crime of fear and evasion, ** Zhou Yong, the governor of Jiliao, and Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, had no dispatch, and allowed the generals to abandon the castle, which damaged the prestige of the imperial court and was a great crime, and then exposed Li Chengliang for repeated meritorious work and rewards, and the imperial court actually let it go.
At that time, the emperor also refuted Feng Jinglong, saying: "The side affairs are important, and the generals are rare, if the generals are loyal and brave and make a death force for the court, but they mistakenly believe the rumors and denounce them, it is better to avoid things and steal peace can be exempted." This kind of reversal of right and wrong, and the unclear merit and crime, how can it convince people's hearts and morale? Li Chengliang was knighted as usual, and he worked harder, don't be depressed by people's words, and have negative national grace. Feng Jinglong said rashly and recklessly, and he was transferred to another post. ”
The emperor's stance had a lot to do with the attitude of Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the cabinet. Kaiyuan Provincial Politics Counselor Wang Mian exposed Li Chengliang's "greed for merit and killing many innocents", which was also defended by Shen Shixing without hesitation.
It is precisely because of this that Li Chengliang began to have no scruples, was proud of his achievements, and dared to make false war exploits, avoid the truth, and kill and plunder, which also attracted more and more criticism from courtiers.