Chongzhen was able to kill Yuan Chonghuan without hesitation, but what was the reason why he was helpless against the chancellor who slammed the door? This reason is to put it bluntly, the difference between the two things at the point in time.
Chongzhen's killing of Yuan Chonghuan occurred in the second year of Chongzhen, when Chongzhen had just succeeded to the throne as emperor and encountered a major incident in which Manchu Qing soldiers besieged the city of Beijing. Beijing was in crisis for a time, although later, with the support of various Qinwang armies, the Manchu Qing retreated. But this incident undoubtedly slapped Daming hard and slapped Chongzhen's face greatly.
Although the Manchu Qing dynasty withdrew, someone had to take responsibility for its plundering of Gyeonggi and the siege of the city of Beijing. The Chongzhen Emperor, who had just taken the throne at that time, was undoubtedly unwilling to shoulder this responsibility. It has to be said here that the lack of responsibility was a fatal wound of the Chongzhen Emperor, and the manchu ministers were certainly not willing to take responsibility, and needed to have an object that could throw the pot. Although Yuan Chonghuan, who was in charge of the liaodong military, made meritorious contributions when he returned to Beijing, who called him in charge of this piece was the best target for carrying the pot. Moreover, at that time, Chongzhen had just succeeded to the throne and also needed to erect prestige, so it could be said that it was a good choice to take Yuan Chonghuan's knife. Yuan Chonghuan was not killed by Chongzhen alone, but by the Manchu ministers who were eager to throw the pot together with the emperor who needed to establish his power.
Chongzhen had just succeeded to the throne at that time, and Daming's world had not yet reached the situation of poverty at dusk, and Chongzhen was also preparing to show his ambitions to revitalize Daming. At that time, Chongzhen could not have imagined that after more than ten years, Daming would eventually be overthrown, and when Li Zicheng's army forced Beijing more than ten years later, Chongzhen ordered The King of Qin, but no one led guanning iron horseback back to the capital like Yuan Chonghuan.
Chongzhen was helpless against the chancellor who cut the door, this was the last afterglow period of Daming, this period was different from when Chongzhen killed Yuan Chonghuan, and almost everyone had already seen that Daming was poor at dusk. At this time, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty chose Mingzhe to protect themselves, and no one was willing to sink with Daming's broken ship. Although Chongzhen was the emperor, if all the ministers were willing to cooperate with the emperor, then the emperor would be nothing more than a clay puppet, and his orders would not come out of the Forbidden City at all.
Li Zicheng forced Beijing, Daming was in danger, Chongzhen called for donations of military funds, but even the empress's father was unwilling to pay. Because everyone was afraid, afraid of paying too much at this time, and was regarded as a die-hard loyalist of Daming, Li Zicheng was used to sacrifice the flag after entering Beijing. At this time, Chongzhen had lost his prestige and had no ability to control the court. Chongzhen's life as emperor was to constantly kill the ministers who listened to him, to show that he could still control the imperial court and kill people, and when all those who listened to him died and could not control the court, Daming was almost dead. Yuan Chonghuan obeyed the order to return to Beijing, yuan Chonghuan died; Sun Chuanting obeyed the order to leave Tongguan, Sun Chuanting died; Hong Chengzu obeyed the orders of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the result collapsed, and Hong Chengzu surrendered. As for those who did not obey orders, Chongzhen had no way at all.
Chongzhen killed Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning of his succession, the power of Daming was still there, and the Manchu ministers also wanted to find a back pot, it can be said that most of the ministers killed Yuan Chonghuan together with the emperor. However, the minister did not donate military expenses at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when everyone was no longer willing to stay on the broken ship of Daming, Chongzhen had already killed the obedient ministers, and the rest of them disobeyed and lost Chongzhen, who controlled the imperial court, and naturally had no choice.