Is Yuan Chonghuan really right to kill Mao Wenlong?

The theory of collaborating with the enemy is not credible. There is no record in the history books and no obvious traces. Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong for several reasons.

First, Yuan Chonghuan could not control Mao Wenlong, and Mao’s The credit is greater than his. According to historical records, Yuan Chonghuan's "good talk" was that he liked to launch satellites and fire cannons. The representative example is that he leveled Liaodong in five years and reached Beijing in one year. It can be seen that Yuan Chonghuan is extremely conceited and pursues the extreme unity of power. However, as the governor of Jiliao, he could not control Mao Wenlong, because Mao Wenlong returned to Denglai, Shandong to control the situation. The only person who has the power to supervise Mao Wenlong is his second-grade Youdu Cha Yushi's part-time job. However, in the Ming Dynasty, as long as he became a governor, he basically had this part-time job. actual power. The Shangfang Sword in Yuan Chonghuan's hand can only kill officials below the fifth rank and suspend officials below the third rank. Mao Wenlong also holds a Shangfang Sword in his hand. In other words, if Yuan Chonghuan, a second-grade civil servant, had any dissatisfaction with Mao Wenlong, he could only report it to the emperor. He himself could not do anything to Mao Wenlong, who was a first-grade military general and an imperial envoy.

Yuan Chonghuan's greatest contribution recognized by the court was the 280 heads obtained in Ningyuan. Mao Wenlong could confirm the results of thousands of heads, part of which was because Yuan Chonghuan had not yet become the governor of Jiliao. It was confirmed when he was a teacher. Yuan Chonghuan checked it himself and said that "they are all truly strong barbarians."

You see, Lao Yuan, as an extremely conceited person with a certain tendency to violence, spends millions of taels every year. With the military pay of Yin, the 300,000 troops in Ji and Liao were under control. As soon as the emperor said he was short of armor, he immediately issued 600,000 sets of armor. It can be said that the army was well-equipped and the number of soldiers under his command was greater than the population of Houjin.

With such an extreme advantage, not only did they not regain an inch of territory, but they were stuck in the fortress every day, and several castles were lost. The only result of such miserable losses was only 280 heads... five Nian Ping and Liao were all empty words

Then Lao Yuan turned around and found a guy not far from him. He started from scratch and led two hundred people to the rear of Hou Jin to establish a base. He didn't receive enough military pay for several years. Relying on his own overseas trade, he supported tens of thousands of troops and recruited 300,000 fleeing Liao people. Although he suffered many defeats, he always persevered and once he regained his strength, he would attack Houjin with all his strength.

The results of the battle also reached thousands of heads, many of which were irrefutable by Lao Yuan's personal inspection

What's more important is that this Mao has not returned yet. Lao Yuan is restrained, everything he does is in sharp contrast to Lao Yuan's series of failures

Faced with this situation, if you were Lao Yuan, would you feel happy?

Second, Mao Wenlong himself is too bad at being a good person. Lao Mao has a bad mouth. In the past, he had a loud quarrel with Shandong officials over the arrears of military pay, which almost offended all Shandong civil servants. Of course, this cannot be blamed on Lao Mao. The entire Dongjiang Town was created by Lao Mao and his two hundred family members who went to sea to fight in the rear of Houjin. He did not need a single soldier from the court, and almost all of the military pay that the court should pay was owed. Mao relied on his own overseas trade to support tens of thousands of troops and the 300,000 Liao people who came to seek refuge with him. Lao Mao thinks he is great, and in fact he is indeed great, so there is nothing wrong with being a bit rude.

After the Battle of Ningyuan, Mao offended Lao Yuan again.

Yuan Chonghuan’s statement that he killed Nurhaci with artillery has never been recognized by official history, and it cannot be justified from a rational point of view. The 18-pound cannon at the top of Ningyuan City was really going to hit Nurhaci, let alone Nurhaci, it was just an elephant. Gotta hang up. But Nurhachi was still active for more than eight months after retreating from Ningyuan. He would fight the Mongols and choke Chen Jisheng. If a 68-year-old man could still be so lively after being hit by an 18-pound cannon, he would definitely be a super match. Asians are not Nurhaci

The earliest mention in history books that Nurhaci was bombarded in Ningyuan was when the Koreans recorded that their envoys had a banquet with Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan. When Lao Yuan got drunk and said that he had bombarded Nurhachi.

Considering Lao Yuan's "big talk" character, this should be Lao Yuan bragging when he was drunk, and he really wanted to take credit in the morning.

Originally, it’s normal for everyone to laugh and joke together when they’re drunk and brag about something that can’t be proven, and it’s okay. But at this time, Mao Wenlong's mouth became itchy. As soon as he heard about this, he reported it: I heard from the King of Korea that Nurhaci was bombed to death by Lao Yuan. Why was my scout still watching somewhere a few days ago? I was soaking in the hot springs in Nurhachi

Isn't this tantamount to making a big mouth out about Lao Yuan, saying that Lao Yuan lied about his military exploits and deceived the emperor?

You are Lao Yuan, do you feel comfortable?

Third, the evidence of Hou Jin’s alienation plan is the old Manchu letters saying that Mao Wenlong surrendered to the enemy. The last half of the letter was obviously the traitor Liu Aita’s tone of claiming credit for Huang Taiji, saying that Mao Wenlong was He was killed because he told Yuan Chonghuan that Mao Wenlong had a problem, for which he was promoted. Obviously those letters were written by Liu Aita and were sent to Huang Taiji as evidence of his plot to kill Mao Wenlong. The second half of the letter was asking for credit and reward.

Fourth, Lao Yuan asked for peace. I mentioned Hou Jin's plan to alienate Hou Jin earlier, but I guess Lao Yuan did not fall into the trap, because from the section where Liu Aita claimed credit, it seems that the alienation was just his self-assertion, and he did not say hello to Hou Jin in advance, so on the one hand Liu Aita Aita said that Mao Wenlong was a spy. On the one hand, the condition raised by Hou Jin and Yuan Chonghuan during the peace talks was to kill Mao Wenlong. Because there was no prior communication between the two parties, such an obvious flaw was left.

Faced with this flaw, anyone with a minimum IQ should be able to see the problem. Yuan Chonghuan is obviously not mentally retarded. But why did he still kill the hair?

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billowriver said

Yuan Chonghuan knew that his five years of Pingliao must be bragging and an impossible task, so peace talks were his only option. The way out can be seen from the fact that he drove away the brave general Man Gui (the first hero of the Battle of Ningyuan) under his command. He didn't want to fight. If Yuan Zhen wanted to fight, how could he drive away the most awesome general under his command? reason?

And that Mao Wenlong ran to Houjin to rob him all day long when he had nothing to do. He was like a cockroach that could not be killed. He fought many defeats but could always incite the Liao people under Houjin's rule to follow him and fight against Houjin. Jin, the history books of the Manchus said very troublesomely that "Wenlong will not eliminate the good people's unrest every day."

It can be seen that as long as this Mao exists, it is impossible for the Later Jin Dynasty to negotiate peace with Yuan Chonghuan, and Yuan Chonghuan And he couldn't control Mao Wenlong. Even if Lao Yuan used his right to censor the censor to make a report, the Heizhuang Emperor who sued Mao Wenlong would probably not tolerate him. So I had to take a chance and cut off Mao Wenlong first, and then report it to the police. I bet that the status of military generals in the Ming Dynasty was underground. I bet that Mao Wenlong had offended too many civil servants and no one could speak for him. Bet that after Mao Wenlong was killed, the emperor could only rely on Yuan Chonghuan... , he still has a glimmer of hope. If he doesn't gamble, if he can't defeat Liaodong in five years, it will be a crime of death for deceiving the emperor. So he bet...