Yuan Chonghuan was a famous anti-gold general in the late Ming Dynasty, he was held high by Emperor Chongzhen, and was thrown down by Emperor Chongzhen.
During Yuan Chonghuan's time in Liaodong, the biggest controversy was that he used the power to act cheaply to behead Mao Wenlong, who had been entrenched in Phi Island for many years, why did Yuan Chonghuan have to kill Mao Wenlong?
What's even more incredible is that within 14 months of Mao Wenlong's death, Yuan Chonghuan was robbed by Emperor Chongzhen with city rice, beheaded the commander for money, and ...... without a fightand other crimes.
Yuan Chonghuan's death, is it a strange injustice through the ages, or does he deserve it?
All this has to start with Yuan Chonghuan's first visit to Beijing to report on his work.
1. From a scholar to a horseman
Yuan Chonghuan was born in an ordinary merchant family in Guangdong, and the 35-year-old Yuan Chonghuan went through four scientific examinations, and finally won the list in 1619 (the forty-seventh year of Wanli) and became a jinshi, and later in Shaowudang County, Fujian.
In 1622 A.D. (the second year of the Apocalypse), Yuan Chonghuan entered Beijing to accept the ** assessment, and during the assessment, Yuan Chonghuan single-handedly went to Shanhaiguan to inspect it.
As a result, it didn't take long for Guangning to be captured by Nurhachi of the Later Jin, and the imperial court had to pay special attention to the war in Liaodong and began to recruit good talents. After the Ministry of War noticed Yuan Chonghuan, after assessment, Yuan Chonghuan was transferred to the head of the Ministry of War, and Yuan Chonghuan was promoted from the seventh grade to the sixth grade.
Later, Yuan Chonghuan followed Yan Mingtai, the governor of Liaodong, to start the work of resisting the Houjin. Once, Yan Mingtai asked Yuan Chonghuan to inspect the recruits to check if there were any impostors. As a result, Yuan Chonghuan found the two replacements and killed them directly, without reporting to his superiors afterwards.
This incident also reflects Yuan Chonghuan's rash and impatient side.
2. Fight to fame
As early as 1618 A.D. (the 46th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), Nurhachi officially declared war on the Ming Dynasty and launched the "Battle of Sarhu".
The Ming Dynasty was defeated in this war, the Ming army was annihilated on the west road, the north road was defeated, the east road was defeated, and the south road was defeated, and the Ming army on the four roads fought worse than the other.
After this war, Jin completely gained the initiative in the Liaodong battlefield, and the Ming Dynasty began to greatly increase taxes because of huge military expenditures, which not only had external troubles, but also internal worries.
In the year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army lost Liaoyang, Shenyang, Guangning and other important military towns along the way, and many people in the DPRK and China even talked about the "Nurhachi" color change.
In 1626 A.D. (the sixth year of the Apocalypse), Nurhachi once again waved his army under the city of Ningyuan, at this time, it was the time when the morale of the Ming Dynasty was declining. Unexpectedly, Yuan Chonghuan refused Nurhachi's temptation to surrender, stabbed blood for books, inspired soldiers, and made the generals and soldiers in the army willing to live and die with Ningyuan City with him.
Yuan Chonghuan used the power of the "red-clothed cannon" and the "reed flower quilt", as well as the high momentum of the soldiers, not only achieved a great victory in Ningyuan, but also accidentally injured Nurhachi. What is even more surprising is that Nurhachi died of illness half a year after he returned.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed after receiving the good news:"There has been nothing in the past seven or eight years, and it is enough to breathe out for the frontier"!
In 1627 A.D. (the sixth year of the Apocalypse), Nurhachi's son Huang Taiji once again besieged Jinzhou and attacked Ningyuan, and Yuan Chonghuan once again repelled the Houjin troops, known as the "Ningjin Victory" in history.
According to the normal development trend, it is a good future for Yuan Chonghuan. Unexpectedly, because Yuan Chonghuan had proposed to negotiate peace with Houjin, he gave Yuan Chonghuan less rewards this time.
Yuan Chonghuan was angry and resigned directly to return to his hometown.
It can be seen from this that Yuan Chonghuan is not only a rash and impatient person, but also a narrow-minded person.
Three, hold it high
In 1628, the Emperor of the Apocalypse died, and the throne was succeeded by Emperor Chongzhen, the younger brother of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. Emperor Chongzhen was not like his foolish brother, he was a very ambitious young emperor.
After Emperor Chongzhen cleaned up Wei Zhongxian, he began to deal with the military affairs of Liaodong, and reused Yuan Chonghuan again on the recommendation of others. Feng Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the supervisor Ji Liao, the right deputy capital Yushi and other positions.
Emperor Chongzhen was desperate to reverse the dilapidated situation of the entire Ming Dynasty, and when he summoned Yuan Chonghuan, he humbly asked Yuan Chonghuan what was the best way to calm Liao?
I thought that Yuan Chonghuan would talk endlessly about the current situation in Liaodong, but I didn't expect Yuan Chonghuan to say four big words:"Five years of recovering Liao".
As soon as this sentence came out, Emperor Chongzhen completely admired Yuan Chonghuan so much that he threw himself on the ground, and at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen had ambitions for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
Yuan Chonghuan is different from Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen is the son of a brother who has never been out of Beijing, and Yuan Chonghuan is a border general who has dealt with Houjin for many years.
In order to make up for what he said, Yuan Chonghuan put forward all kinds of harsh requirements. The Ministry of Household is required to provide him with sufficient military salary, the Ministry of Industry to provide sufficient equipment, the Ministry of War to provide enough soldiers, and the Ministry of Officials to provide the right to appoint and dismiss.
This is not enough, Yuan Chonghuan continued to say that he had no problem with Pingliao, but he was afraid that those officials would talk nonsense behind his back and disturb the monarch's heart. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen immediately replied, all this is no problem, I will give you the town, and Yuan Dudu will only be in charge of the battlefield in front.
Before leaving, Emperor Chongzhen gave Yuan Chonghuan the right to act cheaply, as well as the sword of Shang Fang.
Fourth, he fell hard
Yuan Chonghuan did not wait for Liaodong, because the imperial court was in arrears of military salaries, and the Ningyuan and Jinzhou mutinies broke out successively.
Yuan Chonghuan used both grace and power, killed several rebel leaders, and asked the court for 740,000 taels**, but the court couldn't make up the money, and Yuan Chonghuan even asked Emperor Chongzhen to take out his own private money to supplement the military.
This made Emperor Chongzhen very unhappy, but he was still counting on Yuan Chonghuan's plan of "recovering Liao in five years", and still approved 300,000 taels to Yuan Chonghuan.
After Yuan Chonghuan dealt with the mutiny, he began to ask Emperor Chongzhen for power, and began to reshuffle the appointment and dismissal of officials in Liaodong. But there is another person who Yuan Chonghuan can't fully control, and that is Mao Wenlong, who has been stationed on Phi Island all year round.
Mao Wenlong was mixed up by ** physiognomy, he began to mix in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, and he had a lot of ruffianism on his body, and Yuan Chonghuan, who was born in Jinshi, naturally looked down on people like Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong has been holding Phi Island for many years, and he doesn't want anyone to control himself.
When Yuan Chonghuan was not yet in Liaodong, he had a general attitude towards Mao Wenlong, that is, he could use it if he could use it, and kill him if he couldn't use it.
After Yuan Chonghuan saw Mao Wenlong, sure enough, Mao Wenlong neither wanted to go home to retire nor plan to bow down to his subordinates, so Yuan Chonghuan listed twelve pieces of evidence to Mao Wenlong, and then used the Shang Fang sword given to him by Emperor Chongzhen to directly land Mao Wenlong's head.
Let's not discuss whether Mao Wenlong should be killed, but Mao Wenlong should never be killed by Yuan Chonghuan. Mao Wenlong's official position is indeed smaller than Yuan Chonghuan, but Mao Wenlong also has the sword of Shang Fang given to him by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the only one who can kill Mao Wenlong is the emperor himselfYuan Chonghuan's approach is to say that there is no king's law.
Emperor Chongzhen valued Mao Wenlong as the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and when he replied to the folds, he never called him by his name, but called him Mao Shuai.
Yuan Chonghuan came to a prelude, and Emperor Chongzhen was shocked. But after all, Mao Wenlong is dead, and he has to count on Yuan Chonghuan to "return to Liao in five years", and Emperor Chongzhen can only reply to Yuan Chonghuan, saying that Mao Wenlong killed right and killed well!
After Yuan Chonghuan got rid of Mao Wenlong, Huang Taiji, who had no worries, led 100,000 Eight Banner Iron Cavalry, and took advantage of Mongolia to wave his army south
In fact, at this time, Yuan Chonghuan had two choices, if you beat me in Beijing, then I will beat you Shengjing, and force the Huang Taiji class to return to the dynasty, which is called "encircling Wei to save Zhao" in the art of war. But Yuan Chonghuan did not do this, but chose to rescue the city of Beijing.
It's no problem to rescue Beijing City, and it shouldn't follow Huang Taiji's troops all the way to fight under Tongzhou City. You must know that most of the fields and warehouses of the nobles in Beijing are outside the city. After Huang Taiji's army arrived in Tongzhou, those fields and warehouses were seriously damaged.
Therefore, at this time, the ministers whose own interests were lost began to ** Yuan Chonghuan, saying that this Yuan Inspector escorted Huang Taiji all the way, and deliberately led Huang Taiji to the city of Beijing.
In addition to Huang Taiji's counter-plot, he deliberately designed a eunuch surnamed Yang to hear himself and his subordinates whispering, all of which he and Inspector Yuan had already discussed. and let the eunuch surnamed Yang "escape" back to Emperor Chongzhen, but after Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he naturally believed that Yuan Chonghuan was disobedient.
Emperor Chongzhen finally decided to send Yuan Chonghuan to Zhao Prison, and eight months later, Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi!
5. Finally
After Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Liaodong, he blindly demanded power and money, and put his hand into the emperor's private money. That's not all, but it will also get rid of Mao Wenlong, who has been holding back Houjin for many years.
After Mao Wenlong's death, there was no one in Liaodong who dared not to obey Yuan Chonghuan's words! In the entire Liaodong region, Yuan Chonghuan has a conspicuous bag in the Liaodong region, and one person is the only one! This is a taboo for all emperors, how can this not be suspicious of Emperor Chongzhen, who has just succeeded to the throne?
Yuan Chonghuan, as a courtier, even boasted of Haikou's "five-year resumption of Liao", which is a naked pie for the emperor. Emperor Chongzhen was eager to win, and waited for the day when Yuan Chonghuan would return to Liao, but he didn't expect that not only was there no hope of recovering Liao, but he let the enemy soldiers come to the city of Beijing, so that Emperor Chongzhen would not be disappointed!
Therefore, there is no doubt that Yuan Chonghuan is a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty.
But if Yuan Chonghuan is not dead, Daming is not dead! This is also absolutely impossible. The Ming Dynasty taken over by Emperor Chongzhen itself is a dead end, and it is impossible to rely on a certain person to completely reverse this situation.
Judging from Yuan Chonghuan's reaction to the "change of his own power", he is definitely not a military genius.
However, it cannot be denied that Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong and Chongzhen killed Yuan Chonghuan, which also accelerated the pace of Houjin replacing Daming!
And the flaws in Yuan Chonghuan's personality, such as narrow-mindedness, rashness and impatience, self-centeredness, lack of political wisdom ......Wait, it is also doomed to his tragic end!
On the Internet, if there is any infringement, please contact to delete).