At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Chongzhen Emperor at this time was unable to return to heaven. Under such circumstances, the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty was still constantly emerging, and even at the critical moment of the late Ming Dynasty, party struggle was still an indispensable part of the DPRK. In this way, in the crisis moment of the late Ming Dynasty, party strife still existed, which makes it difficult to understand why the Ming Dynasty was going to die.
But the problem is that there were not a few powerful people in the late Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Chonghuan was definitely one of them. When it comes to Yuan Chonghuan, most people know this person, and even people who do not understand the Ming Dynasty are certainly not strangers to Yuan Chonghuan. During the critical period of the late Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan made important contributions to the defense of Liaodong.
It is undeniable that Yuan Chonghuan in the late Ming Dynasty made contributions to the town of Liaodong, that is to say, when Yuan Chonghuan was guarding Liaodong, the army of Later Jin could not enter Liaodong at all. Especially after Yuan Chonghuan appeared in Ning Yuan's great victory, this was even more a blow to The military heart of Hou Jin, and secondly, the confidence of the Ming Army soared.
Yuan Chonghuan's fate seemed to be very bad, and he who had made meritorious contributions to the town of Liaodong did not gain the trust of the Chongzhen Emperor at all. The Chongzhen Emperor did not trust Yuan Chonghuan at all, otherwise he would not have killed him, and at the critical moment at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were still people who framed Yuan Chonghuan. Because of this, some villains framed Yuan Chonghuan, coupled with the Chongzhen Emperor's distrust of Yuan Chonghuan, and eventually Yuan Chonghuan was executed by the Chongzhen Emperor Lingchi.
The Chongzhen Emperor had nine charges against Yuan Chonghuan, namely, "ineffective entrustment, arrogance and concealment, theft of money with city rice, beheading marshals with money, long-term driving of the enemy, no fighting, four sets of reinforcements, dismissal of all soldiers, and thin troops." "The main thing is that Yuan Chonghuan's governor Ji Liao, as a result, was defeated by the Qing army in the second year of Chongzhen, breaking through the barrier and attacking the city of Beijing.
Second, after Yuan Chonghuan's troops arrived in Beijing, they did not immediately launch a decisive battle against the Later Jin army. Instead, Yuan Chonghuan advocated peace, which made emperor Chongzhen begin to suspect Yuan Chonghuan of collaborating with the enemy. In addition, Yuan Chonghuan supported the peace and killed Mao Wenlong, who opposed the peace. This made the Chongzhen Emperor even more suspicious. Eventually, the Chongzhen Emperor killed Yuan Chonghuan.
So the question is, when Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, what did he do? First of all, Ling Chi's execution is one of the ancient tortures, which is unimaginable to people today. The earliest Execution of Ling Chi appeared in the Liao Dynasty, "Ling Chi" is commonly known as "a thousand knives and a thousand slashes", which is the most cruel punishment in the death penalty in China's feudal society. "Ling Chi" is mainly aimed at people who have committed crimes of rebellion, rebellion, and "oral rebellion" and other crimes of "great rebellion" and "rebellion.".
That is to say, in ancient times, only those who committed very serious crimes would be punished with Ling Chi. To put it another way, "Ling Chi" was mainly used to execute political prisoners who endangered the interests of the feudal ruling class. Most of the criminals who were executed by Ling Chi were political prisoners, and Yuan Chonghuan was no exception. When he was executed, Yuan Chonghuan was cut with a total of 3543 knives, and it is conceivable that no one could bear the pain he suffered in his flesh before his death.
For Yuan Chonghuan, the most painful thing is not physical torture, but psychological torture. The Chongzhen Emperor believed that Yuan Chonghuan had collaborated with the enemy, but it turned out that Yuan Chonghuan certainly did not collaborate with the enemy, and this was only a victim of the villains in the court, followed by the Chongzhen Emperor himself who mistakenly believed in the traitors. At the last moment of his life, Yuan Chonghuan still devoted himself to the Ming Dynasty.
However, such an approach was not recognized by the Chongzhen Emperor, which undoubtedly made Yuan Chonghuan very sad. In the end, the country did not trust Yuan Chonghuan, and even the people wanted to drink his blood and eat his flesh. He felt that his whole life had been a joke. So before he died, he shouted: "The career of a lifetime is empty, and the name of half a life is in the dream; after death, there is no fear of courage, and the loyal soul still guards Liaodong." ‘’
Yuan Chonghuan can only be the last: after (Yuan Chonghuan) "the skin and flesh have been exhausted, and between the heart and lungs, the screams are endless, and the half-day stops." Judging from the fact that Hou Jin broke through Yuan Chonghuan's Jiliao defense zone and threatened Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan should be killed. However, from the actual situation, Yuan Chonghuan should not be killed. The last hope of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting was loyal to the country, and was forced to fight and die by Chongzhen, and as a result, the Ming Dynasty went to extinction.