This is not surprising. Didn’t the Shanxi merchants make a fortune by making a fortune?

In the words of later generations, Mao Wenlong was a "thorn".

Of course, Yuan Chonghuan did not kill people just because of these.

The reason is that Yuan Chonghuan needs to kill the chicken and respect the monkey and completely control Mao Wenlong's army.

At that time, the Ming army had been beaten by the Qing army and had no power to fight back, so they could only adopt strategic defense.

Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Supervisors had a righteous life, a clean and honest man, and could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. Of course, people are not sages, and he also had some minor flaws, such as bragging.

This is well documented. For example, in order to appease Emperor Chongzhen, who was so worried about national affairs that he could not sleep at night, he even stated that he had "restored Liao in five years".

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen didn't take it seriously. After all, the situation at that time, the Later Jin Dynasty almost defeated the Ming army. How could this gap in strength be reversed in five years?

But the problem is that I didn't take it seriously, but I took it seriously.

Yuan Chonghuan began to introduce the method of restoring Liao in five years to Emperor Chongzhen in detail.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen began to believe it, and the tragedy began at this moment.

As for the so-called military order, how can such a thing be joked about?

Yuan Chonghuan became the governor of Ji Liao and truly took over Ji Liao defense. Only then did he realize that this matter was really impossible.

But when you brag, you can only bite the bullet. As the saying goes, you have to go up if you have conditions, and you have to go up if you don’t have conditions.

Commander Yuan did work hard and devoted himself to this cowhide, and was anxious about the emperor's concern.

But the problem is, Mao Wenlong doesn't accept him.

So, in order to convince the public, General Yuan forged an edict and cut off the thorny head with a knife.

To be honest, Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to do this. The Ming army in Liaodong at that time was just a mess, shirking each other's blame, and was no match for the Qing soldiers at all.

Yuan Chonghuan did this to kill the chicken for the monkey to show.

But the problem is that Mao Wenlong's death did not bring the expected results to Commander Yuan.

After killing Mao Wenlong, just three months after Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners Army to bypass the front Guanning Jin defense line and rush straight to Beijing through Mongolia, causing the "Ji Si Change" that shocked the Ming court.

Losing Mao Wenlong's restraint behind it, Huang Taiji had no worries at all, rushed straight into the capital, and robbed around the capital before he returned.

Although Yuan Chonghuan tried hard to retreat to the enemy in the "Ji Si Change" and almost died, he finally lost the trust of Emperor Chongzhen for various reasons and was finally executed by Ling Chi.

It is a bit unfair to say that Yuan Chonghuan was the direct cause of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not unfair to say that he has the way to kill him.

The strategic defense line, which originally supported each other, became alone because of his arbitrary killing of Mao Wenlong.

This directly caused Huang Taiji to go south unscrupulously.

Therefore, Huang Daozhou repeatedly advised Emperor Chongzhen to pardon the ministers implicated by Yuan Chonghuan, but never excused Yuan Chonghuan. He also said bluntly, "Yuan Chonghuan only killed one Mao Wenlong with the spirit of reading the moon in seven years, and wanted to save Quansheng for five years, and died, which made the world laugh."

It can be seen how hated Yuan Chonghuan was in the court at that time.

Huang Daozhou really complained, but he was so resentful that Emperor Chongzhen deposed him, but Emperor Chongzhen lost his country because of this.

If Yuan Chonghuan made the Later Jin break through the defense line of Ning Guanjin of the Ming Dynasty, then Emperor Chongzhen took away the last backbone of the Ming Dynasty and pushed down the pillars of the load-bearing in the court.

Looking at Huang Daozhou's anger, Wu Zheng was indeed helpless.

To persuade Huang Daozhou to not be easy, Wu Zheng could only change his thinking and say it another way.

"Mr. Youxuan thought that what is the most important thing about rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty?"

Huang Daozhou rushed out, "Everyone is united..."

Speaking of this, he immediately stopped, and he naturally knew what Wu Zheng meant.

Wu Zheng said: "That's right, it's unity. I heard that Emperor Longwu united Dashun and the remnants of the Daxi Army to fight against the Qing Dynasty together, and his husband advised him. Even the bandit army of the past could unite, let alone Emperor Chongzhen had passed away for four years? No matter how much the former emperor died for his country, just with this, can he resolve the grievances of his husband?"

Huang Daozhou fell silent.

Wu Zheng said: "Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Eight Banners Army had lost nearly half of the battle. Now most of the people fighting with our dynasty were Han people. The combat power was far less than that of the Eight Banners Army, but there were so many people. Mr. Don't think about why these Han people wanted to fight for foreign tribes and compatriots? Fighting with the same tribes was not brought into the pass by the Qing Dynasty, but existed before the Qing army entered the pass, including the two civilian armed forces of Dashun and Daxi. If it were not for internal strife, how could the only 300,000 Qing troops enter the pass? Nearly half of the 300,000 Qing troops entering the pass were the Eight Banners of Han."

Huang Daozhou was still silent.

Wu Zheng sighed lightly: "Mr. I have said before that when the emperor ascended the throne, I already had the strength to be independent. But why would I rather support me than to be independent? In fact, it is very simple. I cannot get the support of the gentry of Jiangnan. Because I have different ideas from them, I shouted the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor. Although it was not really implemented, I stayed away from this class."

"But I know in my heart that they have huge manpower and financial resources, and have a great influence on the major merchant gangs in the north and south. If someone gets it, someone must lose it. If I follow my nature, then I will completely flatten this class and reshape the world with the support of the vast majority of the people at the bottom. This can definitely be done in peacetime, but it cannot be done now. One plus one, no matter how weak the other party is, it must be greater than one, and one subtracts one, no matter how powerful I am, it is less than one. I know this principle and the other party also knows it."

"So, I acquiesced their existence, they acquiesced the wild growth of my power, and both sides are at peace. But the premise of maintaining this balance is that I cannot cut down the Ming Dynasty flag. Once this flag falls, they will lose hope. It is also a breakup between the two sides and irreconcilable. Today's emperor is this flag. Can sir understand what I mean?"

Huang Daozhou sighed and nodded, "I can understand."

Wu Zheng naturally knew that Huang Daozhou could understand that countless people in the Yixing Dynasty, including Qian Sule, Chen Zilong, Zhang Guowei, Zhang Huangyan, and even Qian Qianyi, were all elites of this era, and any one of them was more talented than him.

But the problem is that the elites of this era are full of literary talent and have great uses for the country and the people, but they can be blocked in their throats and cannot be poured out.

The education and social atmosphere of this era are undoubtedly problematic. If you are wrong, you have to change it.

But it is very difficult to change.

These people have grown up, with a lot of eyebrows and beards, and the concept they have formed has penetrated into their bones.
Chapter completed!