Nurhaci unified the Jurchens, and after the establishment of Houjin, his power gradually became stronger. In the course of successive conquests, many Ming generals surrendered to Houjin for various reasons. Today, let's take stock of the five Ming Dynasty generals who surrendered early and then, to see how they developed after their surrender, and what the final outcome was.
First, Li Yongfang
Li Yongfang was a native of Tieling, joined the army in his early years, and later served as a guerrilla general. The guerrilla generals in the Ming army, referred to as guerrillas, had no rank and no quota, and their status was second only to that of the generals. Li Yongfang led the garrison to Fushun. At that time, Fushun was the front line of the war, and Li Yongfang had occasional contact with Nurhaci.
In April 1618, Nurhaci sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the goal of this battle was Fushun. Nurhaci's iron horse was unstoppable and quickly besieged fushun city. Li Yongfang in the city was not determined to defend the city and began to waver. Nurhaci wrote a letter to persuade him to surrender, threatening and luring at the same time. After Li Yongfang read the letter, he boarded the south gate and asked for a surrender. At the same time, Houjin increased its siege of the city, and after the city was destroyed, the Houjin army began to massacre. Li Yongfang surrendered to Nurhaci and crawled on the ground to meet Nurhaci. Nurhaci then ordered the slaughter to stop.
Fushun City was the first Ming border city captured by Later Jin, and Li Yongfang was the first Ming general to surrender to Jin.
Nurhaci was very appreciative of Li Yongfang, appointed him a third-class vice general, and ordered a granddaughter to be married to him. After that, Li Yongfang was loyal to Nurhaci, not only refusing the surrender of Ming generals, but also plotting against many Ming generals. Li Yongfang also participated in the Later Jin conquest wars and played an important role in them.
After Nurhaci's death, Emperor Taiji succeeded to the throne and his trust in Li Yongfang remained. In 1634 (the eighth year of Tiancong), Li Yongfang was made a viscount of the third class and hereditary replacement. Soon after, Li Yongfang died of illness.
Among Li Yongfang's sons, the second eldest, Li Litai, was the most prominent, and he was made a university scholar and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and was awarded the title of baron of the first class.
Second place, Fan Wencheng
Fan Wencheng liked to read when he was young, took the road of the imperial examination, and was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 18. After Nurhaci captured Fushun, he plundered the city, and Fan Wencheng and his brother were captured and became slaves. After Nurhaci's death, Emperor Taiji changed his ways and reused the literati. After the famous courtiers, Fan Wencheng of the Shuxiang Family was reused and became one of the most important advisers around the Emperor Taiji. He made great contributions to the smooth entry of the Qing Dynasty, the dingding of Beijing, and the unification of the whole country
Fan Wencheng went through the four dynasties of Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, Shunzhi, and Kangxi, and was constantly favored, and was known as the head of Wen Chen. In the fifth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1666), Fan Wencheng died at the age of 70. The name wensu.
Fan Wencheng had many sons, all of whom held high positions, and there were two governors alone. Among the grandchildren, he was also a high-ranking official, and his grandson Fan Shi chongguan went to Zuo Du Yushi and Bingbu Shangshu, and Fan Shixuanguan to Gongbu Shangshu.
Third, rather finish me
Ning finished my person, there are not many people familiar with it. He was born in the twenty-first year of the Wanli calendar of Emperor Mingshenzong (1593), and his ancestral home was in Liaoyang. When I was a child, I read books, received a good education, and had a relatively high cultural quality. He was not like Li Yongfang, who was a General of the Ming Dynasty, nor like Fan Wencheng, who had passed the Xiucai Examination, and he was an ordinary young man and had no reputation before he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Li Yongfang and Fan Wencheng both met Nurhaci in person when they surrendered, he was captured by the Later Jin army, initially a slave of Prince Ying Sakhalian, and later because he knew how to write, he slowly helped Saharan to do things and handle some government affairs. In his later years, Nurhaci was very distrustful of the Han people, so I never got reused after Ning Quan. After Emperor Taiji succeeded to the throne, Ning Finished and ushered in the spring of my life. Huang Taiji needed literate readers to help him with government affairs. Therefore, Ning Quan and a group of literati entered the ranks of The Emperor Taiji. After Ning finished entering the palace, he recommended many talented people to Emperor Taiji. I was mainly engaged in civilian duties in the palace. His job was to advise Huang Taiji, and he did it very well. "Fixing the official system and dividing the color of the clothes" is what I proposed after Ning Quan.
Ning Quan had always been favored by the emperor, and in August of the eleventh year of Shunzhi (1654), he was crowned as the Crown Prince Taibao. In the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), he was added as a young fu and crown prince. Fifteen years after Shunzhi, he wrote to request retirement, and the Shunzhi Emperor agreed. In the fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Ning Died after I died, and my nickname was Wen Yi. My son and grandson are all officials in the Qing Dynasty, and their grace is continuous.
Fourth place, Hong Chengyu
Hong Chengyu and Ning Quan are the same age, both born in 1593. His hometown is in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and he passed the examination for the forty-fourth year of the Wanli Calendar. He can be said to be an official and prosperous, and he has made meritorious contributions to the suppression of the peasant uprising war and has been promoted continuously. Due to the tight war in Liaodong, the Chongzhen Emperor ordered him to supervise the troops in Liaodong and serve as the governor of Jiliao. In the Battle of Songjin, the Ming army was defeated and Hong Chengyu was captured. Finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After clearing the customs, Hong Chengyu adopted the marching strategy of "taking care as the mainstay and suppressing as a supplement" and pacified Jiangnan at a relatively low cost. He made great contributions to the unification of the world by the Great Qing Dynasty.
Hong Chengzu has always been deeply valued in the Qing Dynasty, and has been passing through the local areas for a long time, which has played a great role in stabilizing the rule of the Qing Dynasty. In the fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1665), Hong Chengzu died of illness, and the imperial court gave him the title of Wenxiang. Hong Chengzu's eldest son, Hong Shiming, was a scholar in the twelfth year of Shunzhi' examination, and was the head of the ceremonial department, and the official was the shaoqing of Taichang Temple.
Fifth place, Zu Dashou
Zu Dashou was born in the seventh year of the Wanli Calendar of emperor Mingshen (1579), the character Fuyu, a native of Ningyuan, Liaodong. He was Wu Sangui's maternal uncle. He has been an official in Ningyuan for a long time and has deep roots. Zu Dashou was also loyal to the Ming Dynasty and loyal to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His troops were also very strong in combat, and once fought against the Houjin army in Ningyuan and won the "Ningyuan Great Victory". However, in the face of the ming emperor's distrust and Hou Jin's coercion and inducement, Zu Dashou's determination to resist was shaken. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641), in the Battle of Songjin, Hong Chengzu was defeated and captured, and finally surrendered. Hong Chengyu also led his men and horses to surrender to Houjin.
After Zu Dashou surrendered, yu followed Fu Lin to Beijing in the first year of Shunzhi. After that, he was idle and died of illness in Beijing in the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656). Several of his sons were enfeoffed for military merit, and all of them served as officials in the imperial court, but they were not large officials.