Some people say: When Wei Zhongxian came to power, the country was a disaster for the people, so why couldn't Nurhaci's army come in?
So does this theory hold?
Wei Zhongxian was the biggest adulterous eunuch during the Apocalypse, and he manipulated right and wrong, disrupted the imperial program, privately held military power, betrayed officials and lords, and killed Zhongliang, committing countless crimes, and was a cancer that brought calamity to the country and the people.
Under subjective conditions, Wei Zhongxian did almost nothing to benefit the country and the people, and he brought only disasters and misfortunes to the country. During the Apocalypse, it was at the time of the Great Invasion of Later Jin that a large area of land in Eastern Liaoning was also lost at this time.
On the territory of Daming, the Jurchens plundered and slaughtered unscrupulously until the Battle of Ningyuan, when Nurhaci was defeated by Yuan Chonghuan, which slowed down the pace of the Later Jin invasion. Nurhaci has been delusional about occupying the Central Plains since the beginning of the army, touching the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty again and again, and even once all outside Shanhaiguan was the scope of activity of the Later Jin Army.
In the first year of the Apocalypse, the Later Jin army sent troops to Shenyang, the generals You Shigong and He Shixian were killed in battle, the imperial court sent reinforcements, and a cruel bloody battle broke out, and Tong Zhongyi, Qi Jin and other generals were killed. Then the Jin army attacked Liaoyang, and Yuan Yingtai, the Governor of Liaodong, was forced to set himself on fire and die.
Historical records:
"The Qing army took Shenyang, and the chief soldiers You Shigong and He Shixian were killed in battle. The generals Chen Ce, Tong Zhongyu, Qi Jin, and Zhang Mingshishuai, who were in charge of Liao, fought at the Hun River and were all defeated. Nong shu, the Qing army took Liaoyang, and Yuan Yingtai waited for death. ”
In the second year of the Apocalypse, Nurhaci attacked Xiping Fort and other places, and the Ming army was poorly garrisoned, without a single victory, and inspector Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi were defeated and retreated to Shanhaiguan. The Battle of Quang Ninh turned all the land west of the Liao River into enemy-occupied areas, and forty cities, including Yizhou, Pingyang Bridge, Xixingbao, Jinzhou, and Tiechang, fell, and Nurhaci also carried out inhumane killings.
At this point, Liaodong has basically fallen, and Nurhaci has become daming's most fearsome enemy, let's look at what Wei Zhongxian was doing during the apocalypse.
Eliminate dissidents and strengthen power
Wei Zhongxian ascended to the throne as a member of the Ke clan (熹宗朱由校孫娘娘), and although Wei Zhongxian could not read, he used the power of the Ke clan to become a eunuch of the Si Li Supervisor Bingbi. In the palace, there were palace ladies and eunuchs who formed a habit of "eating", originally keshi's friendship was a eunuch named Wei Dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian took the throne, eliminated Wei Dynasty, and he became Ke's friend.
Wei Chao was originally the introducer of Wei Zhongxian's entry into the palace, and logically speaking, he was kind to Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian was ungrateful and drove Wei Chao out of the palace. The eunuch Wang An was also a guide for Wei Zhongxian, and Wang An was also a relatively upright eunuch, who protected the crown prince Zhu Changluo many times during the Wanli Dynasty, and also helped Yang Lian, Liu Yiyi, and others to help Emperor Xizong Zhu succeed to the throne.
Wei Zhongxian was able to enter the Si Li Supervisor with the help of Wang An, but Wei Zhongxian joined forces with keshi to kill Wang An. When Wei Zhongxian's power gradually matured, Wang Tiqian, Li Yongzhen, Shi Yuanya, and Tu Wenfu in the inner palace all became his henchmen and acted arbitrarily, and no one in the palace dared to say a word.
The war in Liaodong was extremely urgent, and Wei Zhongxian only did for his power and position, he flattered the emperor every day, immersed Zhu Youxue in advocating for the pleasure of superiority, and he cultivated henchmen, eradicated dissidents, and developed his own power. This was roughly what Wei Zhongxian was doing in the first year of the Apocalypse, and at this time Shenyang and Liaoyang were still being ravaged under the iron hooves of Hou Jin.
He framed Zhongliang and was unjustly tortured
"Loyalty and virtuousness are unscrupulous, and there are tens of thousands of people in the internal manipulation, and they are sincerely in and out, and they are arrogant." Emperor Guangzong chose to serve zhao shi to die. Yu Concubine Zhang had a concubine, and the Ke clan killed it. He was also made a concubine of the Li clan. Empress Zhang Shiyi, Ke Shi aborted her fetus, and the emperor lacked heirs. ”
In order to consolidate his position, Wei Zhongxian also controlled part of the army, increasing the number of internal troops to 10,000, and wearing armor to enter and leave the palace, which was quite arrogant. The vicious Ke clan made a fortune in the harem, falsely passed on the holy will to kill the chosen servant Zhao Shi, the pregnant Yu Concubine Zhang Shi was killed, and even the empress's children were designed to be aborted.
In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Yang Lian, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Capital, neglected Wei Zhongxian's twenty-four major sins, and we transcribe a paragraph here:
"The establishment of the East Factory was originally intended to be an attempt to commit adultery. Self-loyalty and righteousness, daily life is a matter of quick personal enmity and falling into trouble. Fu Yingxing, Chen Jugong, and Fu Jijiao, the sons of Zhongye, cast a trap. The words of the piece are slightly violated, and the driving post is established, and it is bound to be the same as the Wenguan prison and then has been committed, and the major crime is twenty. ”
After Wei Zhongxian took control of the East Factory, he often announced personal vendettas and framed Zhongliang, and his righteous sons Fu Yingxing, Chen Jugong, Fu Jijiao, and others acted recklessly with their power, and if they did not agree with each other, they would incur criminal punishment.
In order to retaliate against Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui and others, all of them were framed by Wei Zhongxian and imprisoned, and then tortured to death by Xu Xianchun. In particular, Yang Lian died the most tragically, from being imprisoned in Zhao, he was beaten to the skin, and then pressed with a dirt bag, and then poured iron nails into his ears, and when he died, he was long out of human form.
Countless officials who were framed and killed by Wei Zhongxian, the crimes were too numerous to count, and on the way to do these things, Wei Zhongxian would still consider the issue of war in Liaodong, obviously all this was for his power, and the chaos in the imperial court led to the wantonness of Hou Jin, and Wei Zhongxian's crimes were unforgivable.
Seize the military merit and seal the grandson of the Yin clan
Even if Wei Zhongxian was more powerful, there were people he did not dare to move, such as Sun Chengzong, in the second year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong took the initiative to undertake the defense of Liaodong, promoted a large number of generals such as Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Lijiao, Zu Dashou, and so on, and systematically repaired the Liaodong Castle Fortress and established the Guanningjin Defense Line.
At this point, the situation in Liaodong took a turn for the better, and in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong was deposed and Gao Di succeeded Liaodong Jingluo, if Sun Chengzong could always serve in Liaodong, the future trend of Liaodong might be better. The initiator of all this was Wei Zhongxian, who repeatedly slandered Sun Chengzong and said bad things about Sun Chengzong in the emperor's ear, which led to Sun Chengzong's dismissal.
After Gao Di came to power, he immediately withdrew all the garrison forces outside the Guanwai, and if it were not for Yuan Chonghuan's insistence on guarding Ningyuan, then everything before that would have been done in vain. In the vast area outside Guanwai, only a small city of Ningyuan and 10,000 Ming soldiers were left, and under the leadership and persistence of Yuan Chonghuan, after a hard battle, they repelled Nurhaci's troops.
Ning Yuan's great victory was of great significance, and from zhongwei Zhongxian only did the task of demolishing the bridge, without providing any help. However, after the fact, the credit was counted on Wei Zhongxian's body. After the Ning Jin Great Victory, he also credited the credit to Wei Zhongxian.
And Zhongxian volunteered to be unmatched, and Yuan Chonghuan played Ning Yuanjie, and Zhongxian ordered Zhou Yingqiu to play him from Sun Pengyi to An Pingbo. Recounting the three major works, He was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Dong'an, the Prince of Jialiangqing, the Young Master of Pengyi, and the Prince of Liangdong. Because of the courtiers. Chengxiu was used as the Shangshu of the Bingbu and the Imperial History of the Left Capital, and the Du Shu Chonghuan Gong was not recorded. ”
Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's triumphant report, Wei Zhongxian first made his grandson Wei Pengyi a count, a nephew as Liangdong as the Marquis of Dong'an, and Liangqing as a young master. Wei Zhongxian's courtiers were also added to the rank of knight, but Yuan Chonghuan's merits were ignored. Obviously, Wei Zhongxian did not take the Liaodong war to heart at all, and all he could think of was his minions and descendants.
In recent years, many people have given some national heroes, Yue Fei, Yuan Chonghuan, and even Zheng Chenggong in order to gain eyeballs, in order to refute them in exchange for attention. There are also some people who have overturned the case for Qin Juniper, Wei Zhongxian, Yan Song, and so on, but we still have to have the concept of good and evil.
In my opinion, Wei Zhongxian objectively played a part of the role of restraining the Donglin Party, which was also Xi Zong's plan. But from Wei Zhongxian himself, he didn't care about Liaodong and Nurhaci. Keeping such a scum is more than enough to bring calamity to the country and the people, and it is purely a pipe dream to revive the country.