Since ancient times, when accompanying the king like a companion tiger, no one can necessarily guarantee that they will be lucky to return to their hometown, especially in the Ming Dynasty, starting from the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, there are many precedents for killing heroes, they think that this is for the sake of the country's social welfare, but will such a country really last?
In history, the Chongzhen Emperor was praised and criticized differently, but his sentence of the meritorious yuan Chonghuan Lingchi was a big mistake, and on the day of the execution, many people came to watch, and these people not only did not appreciate Yuan Chonghuan's merits, but also celebrated the crown, it can be said that such a dynasty will inevitably lead to the demise.
The unprepared Chongzhen Emperor ascended the throne
The Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian did not have a happy childhood, his father Ming Guangzong was the prince hated by the emperor's grandfather Ming Shenzong, when he was a child, because his mother was convicted, he was handed over to other concubines to raise, not his own son, naturally he would not get particularly good care, so at first no one paid attention to him.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Emperor Mingxi Zhu Yu went to Xiyuan to cruise the boat, and when he went to the deep water in a small boat, he was blown into the water by a fierce wind, and almost drowned, Zhu Youxiao was frightened too much, so he fell ill, no matter how the doctor treated him, he did not ease up, and finally passed away, but unfortunately Ming Xizong did not leave an heir, there was only such a brother, so the throne was passed to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian was also in danger, and became emperor without the slightest preparation.
Although the Chongzhen Emperor was the last emperor, he also did a lot of praiseworthy things, the first thing was to get rid of the grand eunuch Wei Zhongxian, which was a big traitor, but Chongzhen did not directly treat Wei Zhongxian as soon as he came up, but praised him greatly, at that time Wei Zhongxian's power was very large, if he rushed to oppose Wei Zhongxian, he would definitely suffer losses, and Wei Zhongxian naturally relaxed his vigilance when he saw that Chongzhen trusted himself so much.
Wei Zhongxian actually did not have the ambition to seize the throne, he wanted to be glorious and rich all his life, to be high, and let the emperor spoil him and get used to him, but Chongzhen had already made up his mind, and gradually Chongzhen eliminated Wei Zhongxian's wing guest Yin Yue and Bingbu Shangshu, so that he could take back the most important military power, and when he grasped the military power, he had the confidence to speak.
As soon as the ministers saw that Wei Zhongxian no longer had the military power, they knew that Chongzhen was going to get rid of Wei Zhongxian, so they hurried into the counsel, listed all the bad things and dirty things that Wei Zhongxian had done, and made concerted efforts to overthrow this big tumor, and finally Chongzhen took advantage of the opportunity of The Tribute Qian Jia of Haiyan County to impeach Wei Zhongxian for ten major crimes, and a letter of edict belittled Wei Zhongxian fengyang shouling, and Wei Zhongxian chose to hang himself.
At this point, even if Wei Zhongxian completely withdrew from the stage of history, there were about two hundred and sixty other castrated parties along with Wei Zhongxian, and their fate was also very tragic, either they were executed, or dismissed, and some were imprisoned for life, and people applauded the matter of Chongzhen's office, but after Wei Zhongxian and others were eliminated, the original political system of the country also changed, and many civilian officials began to swell, which still had a certain negative impact on the country in the long run.
Persuaded Yuan Chonghuan to return to the imperial court and make great achievements
One of the things that Chongzhen did very wrong now was to execute Yuan Chonghuan, and people commented that his move was to self-destruct the Great Wall.
Yuan Chonghuan was born in the twelfth year of the Wanli Calendar, and when he was young, he did not have any achievements, until he was 35 years old, Yuan Chonghuan was admitted to the Middle Jinshi, and was appointed as a Fujian Shaowuzhi County, which can be said to be a late success, but Yuan Chonghuan was very interested in the military, and whenever he met a soldier who returned from the border pass, he liked to inquire about the war with others.
In the second year of the Apocalypse, Yuan Chonghuan went to the capital to see Zhu You, the Emperor of Mingxi, because his outstanding military ability was appreciated, he was directly transferred to the military department, Yuan Chonghuan was a person who was very concerned about the country, after the Jin army captured Quang Ninh, he wrote to Mao to recommend himself to pass through Liushan Customs, and later personally stepped on the battlefield, and injured the Later Jin Khan Nurhaci in the battle, so that he died only half a year later.
Later, Yuan Chonghuan was ordered to guard Shanhaiguan and won two great victories in Ningyuan and Ningjin, but the imperial court was controlled by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian at that time, and his merits were not recognized or rewarded, so Yuan Chonghuan was deposed in a fit of anger.
After the Chongzhen Emperor succeeded to the throne, he thought of Yuan Chonghuan, and it was a pity that such a general could not rush to the battlefield, so he gave Yuan Chonghuan a Shangfang sword and allowed him to slash first and play later, which dispelled Yuan Chonghuan's grievances and returned to the imperial court.
After Yuan Chonghuan took office, the momentum was in full swing, the Town Guard's Shanhaiguan was also impregnable, the Emperor Taiji's team could not attack, and they were anxious all day long and did not know what to do, they were afraid of Yuan Chonghuan's military talents, but at the same time they also admired him very much, and the Chongzhen Emperor was even more impressed with Yuan Chonghuan.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, Mao Wenlong was in charge of the military, Yuan Chonghuan had long looked at him unfavorably, so he wrote to tell the Chongzhen Emperor that Mao Wenlong did not listen to discipline, and the Chongzhen Emperor also sent people to manage Mao Wenlong, but Mao Wenlong was very stubborn and did not take it seriously, Yuan Chonghuan counted his guilt in the name of inviting him to drink, and finally executed Mao Wenlong with the Sword of Shangfang, and then Wei Zhongxian's Yu Party found an excuse, saying that Yuan Chonghuan killed liang and wanted to replace him, so that Chongzhen also began to suspect Yuan Chonghuan.
In the second year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taiji led a large army to attack the Zunhua and Santun camps, and seeing that he was about to invade the capital, Yuan Chonghuan requested support and fought hard to resist the enemy, and finally repelled the Houjin army, but some villains accused Yuan Chonghuan, saying that he deliberately let Emperor Taiji enter the pass, and also forged many "evidences" of Yuan Chonghuan's conspiracy with the Qing army.
At this time, the Chongzhen Emperor completely distrusted Yuan Chonghuan, and the Chongzhen Emperor ordered that all men over the age of sixteen in Yuan Chonghuan's family be beheaded, his wives and concubines and brothers were equipped with border troops, and Yuan Chonghuan himself was executed as Ling Chi.
Listening to the words of the traitorous courtiers led to the execution of a generation of meritorious servants by Ling Chi
In August of the third year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan was executed, and the crowd of onlookers came to the execution room early, but they did not cry out for Yuan Chonghuan, but came to see the liveliness, Yuan Chonghuan slowly walked out of the cell, was escorted to the execution ground, along the way people celebrated each other, cursing him as a traitor.
At this moment, you can imagine how sad Yuan Chonghuan's heart is, these people are the people he swore to die to protect, he returned to the imperial court in order to serve the country, but he was framed to death, and he was sentenced to ling chi' punishment, a total of 3543 knives, and then look at those people, they have no gratitude, they also bought his meat to eat, and their mouths have been cursing.
This is the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, as early as the Zhu Yuanzhang period because of the crimes of Hu Weiyong's party, Zhu Yuanzhang killed 30,000 people implicated, and then executed the founding hero Li Shanchang and the founding general Lan Yu, what a chilling move, the king of a country does not distinguish between black and white, will be executed by meritorious ministers, the people are ignorant, do not know the truth of the matter, echo, such a dynasty is not extinct.
In 1644, the Chongzhen Emperor hung himself under the old locust tree of coal mountain with a white aya, and before his death, his sins were written on the blue robe, and he had no face to face his ancestors, and finally the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.