Because of my work, I went to Xingcheng a lot. In the summer, to go to Xingcheng is naturally to go to the beach, although the beach in Xingcheng is not as good as the beach baths such as Beidaihe, it is better than the West Sea, Xiongyue, Bayuquan and so on in Liaoning. Xingcheng is under the jurisdiction of Huludao City, Liaoning Province, and is also a county-level city, which was called Ningyuan until 1914.
Xingcheng was founded in 1428 and rebuilt in 1624 to strengthen the defense when Yuan Chonghuan was defending Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. The walls of Xingcheng are 8.8 meters high, 4.5 meters wide, and only 3200 meters in circumference, and the four corners of the city wall are guarded by Hongyi cannons. Xingcheng is also one of the four well-preserved Ming Dynasty ancient cities in our country so far. Although I have traveled all over Xingcheng, even to the temples in the mountains north of the city, I don't know what to write for a while.
Write about the hustle and bustle of the xingcheng waterfront? Write about Chrysanthemum Island that you have landed twice? Write about the variety of goods in the ancient city of Xingcheng? Write about the seafood of Xingcheng? Write about Zu Dashou, who was born and raised to guard Liaodong? Or do you write the inscription of my former brother-in-law Fan Zeng as a stone row building on the coast of Xingcheng? I don't think I'm interested in any of this. I think I'll still write about Yuan Chonghuan! Whether Yuan Chonghuan was a national hero of the Ming Dynasty or a sinner, I am not sure whether he is a conclusive. In order to write this essay, I heard the Manchu scholar Yan Chongnian talk about "Yuan Chonghuan" at the "Hundred Family Forum", and I also downloaded the commentary book "Yuan Chonghuan" from the Internet.
Every time I go to Xingcheng, I think of Yuan Chonghuan, as the main general of the Ming Dynasty town guarding Liaodong, who has won the Liaojin Victory and the Ningyuan Victory. Xiao Yong, who defeated Nurhaci and Huang Taiji three times, was convicted of three crimes by Chongzhen: killing the island marshal without permission. The city is a rival. Peace with the Clear. In the end, he was sentenced to Ling Chi. It really is: a lifetime of career is empty! Foreign enemies are flourishing, villains are manipulating right and wrong, people who are loyal to the king and serving the country are excluded, the emperor is faint, and the change of dynasty is not far away! To resent and kill loyal subjects is not to destroy the Great Wall?
You Yuan Chonghuan have achieved great success in Liaodong and have also won the support of the people, but as soon as the villain obstructs it, his fate is sad and lamentable! This is exactly what it is: to go to Liaodong with great pride, to decorate the military affairs and build a new city. Several defeated Qing army villains were jealous, hateful and cruel. What is even more tragic is that the unknown people in the capital compete for the bloody flesh cut from Yuan Chonghuan's body with the silver of the white flowers. While eating, he scolded that Yuan Chonghuan colluded with Qing soldiers to fight Beijing. The Zhao executioner surnamed Ling Chi Yuan Chonghuan also exhausted his lifelong sword skills, and with resentment towards Yuan Chonghuan, he raced to cut 3543 pieces of bloody flesh from Yuan Chonghuan's body, which also created the highest record for Ling Chi's technique in Chinese history.
If I were to curse the common people and executioners, I would be wrong, because they were also deceived and deceived! They don't know the truth! They are also full of enthusiasm for the Ming Dynasty!
Villains are to be scolded, and villains are to be cut through. The jealousy of the villain is extremely strong, that is, I can't see that others are better than myself, more capable than myself, and if you are stronger than me, I will try my best to trap you. I think some of these villains are considered from the factor of political orientation; some are considered from the factor of political power; some are considered from the factor of private emotion and the factor of personality homogeneity, right? Also, Mu Xiuyu Lin Feng will destroy it, aren't you Yuan Chonghuan deeply favored by the Chongzhen Emperor, the villain Wei Zhongxian and others have appeared; aren't you able to kill 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao State in the Battle of Baiqi Changping, Fan Sui and others have appeared; you Yue Fei is not meritorious in resisting Jin, don't you want to welcome the Second Saint's return to the Dynasty, Qin Juniper and others have appeared; you Su Dongpo is not an article covering the world, Li Ding and others have appeared. I really don't want to give any more examples, I don't want to write the names of these villains into the article.
I paced on the walls of the ancient city of Xingcheng, and the tall buildings in the distance and the chickens and dogs leisurely foraging in the farm yard under the city walls did not give me a little pleasure. My mind was in the smoke and cannon fire of the Battle of Ningyuan in 1626. It was as if I heard the cries of the 130,000 eight-banner iron horse in the sky; as if I heard the screams of the Hongyi artillery and the cries of the wounded soldiers whose arms and legs had been blown off by the Hongyi artillery; I seemed to see the layers of corpses of the Qing soldiers rolling down from the cloud ladder of the siege and the blood flowing like the rivers under the corpses; I seemed to see Yuan Chonghuan, whose face was full of smoke, personally ignited the Hongyi cannon, and the cannon sounded, and Nurhaci fell from the war horse in response,......
Pathetic Yuan Chonghuan! Although you are brave and strategic, you are single-mindedly trying to protect Daming Jiangshan; although you are loyal to Daming and exhaust your life's talents, you Yuan Chonghuan still lost to Emperor Taiji. This defeat was not the defeat of Yuan Chonghuan, but the defeat of the civil and military officials of the Ming Manchu Dynasty; it was the defeat of the Chongzhen Emperor, who was still a diligent government; it was the defeat of daming jiangshan!
In 1630, Emperor Taiji used divisive tactics, coupled with rumors from Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs, so that the suspicious Chongzhen Emperor dismissed Yuan Chonghuan from his post and imprisoned him. Anyone who knows a little bit about history knows that this is also a sin imposed! It is a pity that you Yuan Chonghuan is a giant militarily, but you are a dwarf in the political struggle!
There is a statue of Yuan Chonghuan in front of the Xingcheng Railway Station Square, I can see that he is mighty, he is steel, he is indomitable, he is guarding the land of Xingcheng with full of enthusiasm, but what I see in his eyes is vague and helpless. Although I am a flag bearer, I admire Yuan Chonghuan!
Note: The picture is from the network