Of course, few people will believe this kind of rumor, the Ming Dynasty is particularly strict in this regard, and the emperor is not as free as the Qing Dynasty emperor, and there are few rumors that the emperor has illegitimate children among the people.

And even if there is a 1 in 10,000 possibility, the emperor's illegitimate son will only be in Beizhili, and he will definitely not be able to run as far as Liaoxi.

This kind of rumor mainly reflects everyone's admiration for Wei Bao's rapid promotion and the legendary degree of popularity, which is very dramatic, so there are such gossip rumors.

Wei Bao was also very polite to Man Gui, Zuo Fu, Zhu Mei, Cheng Weiao and others in addition to Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, and even Jin Qiliang and Wei Bao specially talked to Jin Qiliang.

"Master Kim, it's been a long time." Wei Bao smiled at Jin Qiqi.

Jin Qiliang showed an embarrassed smile, and stubbornly said: "Lord Wei, Lord Lao still remembers the lower officials, and I thank Lord Lao." ”

Wei Bao nodded and smiled, but didn't say much.

The past has passed, and Wei Bao's gas is still okay.

Although others wanted to kill him, Wei Bao also killed a lot of people, and they all kept it in his heart, so he couldn't kill all the people in the world.

Although it is a bitter cold place outside the gates, it is no problem to prepare a good table of wine and food.

After Lord Wei's attendants checked whether the wine and food were poisonous, the banquet began.

Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, Zuo Fu, Zu Dashou, Zhu Mei, Cheng Weiao, Jin Qiliang and others all secretly worried in their hearts, wouldn't they be so careful? You are a minister and a lord, so dare we still murder you?

And you even have such a grand tasting of dishes, you really think you are the emperor yourself.

Wei Bao raised his glass and said: "Everyone has let go of eating and drinking, no one is polite today." I would like to toast my mentor Master Sun for this first glass of wine, do you have no opinion? ”

Everyone said that there is no opinion, what can be the opinion of this.

Sun Chengzong doesn't care what the use of building a Guanningjin defense line with hard work and no benefit is for the Ming Dynasty, not to mention, at least Sun Chengzong has done a very successful job in getting interpersonal relationships, being supported by his subordinates, and twisting the Jiliao soldiers and horses into a rope.

If there was no good foundation laid by Sun Chengzong, there would not be the original history, Yuan Chonghuan was young, and he succeeded Jiliao Supervisor with one mouth.

Wei Bao actually recognized Yuan Chonghuan's ability a little, Wei Bao was just disgusted that Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong and destroyed the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

In Wei Bao's view, Yuan Chonghuan's role will definitely not be able to catch up with Mao Wenlong, and the role of the Guanningjin defense line will not be able to catch up with Mao Wenlong's base behind enemy lines.

Historically, the Battle of Ningyuan was indeed led by Yuan Chonghuan, and it was indeed a victory with less.

It is a fact that Nurhachi can lead more than 60,000 troops to attack, and Yuan Chonghuan can lead 20,000 people to defend it.

Based on this alone, it can be said that Yuan Chonghuan is a talent.

Lord Wei evaluates a person, and he will never choose the way to beat him to death with a stick.

Lord Wei looks at people in different periods, positive and negative, and looks at people from multiple angles.

Although Yuan Chonghuan defended the city in the Battle of Ningyuan and won a big victory, there was nothing to say, and he also lost Juehua Island, resulting in a large amount of grain being robbed by Jiannu, and many ordinary people and the border army of Liaodong were killed by Jiannu.

But Wei Bao felt that the problem of Juehua Island had little to do with Yuan Chonghuan.

Juehua Island was the grain storage base of Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty, and the area at this level was usually assigned to the governor or directly under the jurisdiction of Jingluo.

And Yuan Chonghuan was only a Taoist official before the fall of Juehua Island, so it should be understood based on common sense alone that Ning Qiandao could not have any governing relationship with Juehua Island.

In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a very detailed explanation of the authority of Ning Qiandao, and this scope of authority did not change until Sun Yuanhua took over from Yuan Chonghuan.

A member of the Ningqian Army. Spring and summer, stationed in Zhaningyuan. Autumn and winter, stationed in Zaqiantun. East to Ningyuan Tuda Mountain, west to Qiantun Zhongqian, Arrival Guan, Ningqian Erwei, Castle Station, a total of 32 places. He is also in charge of Tuntian and Ma Zheng.

It can be clearly seen from the terms of reference of Ning Qiandao in the "Ming Huidian" that it does not govern money and grain.

In the interpretation of the duties and powers of the governor level stipulated in the "Ming Huidian", it includes money and grain. All the affairs of the conscription, the lijia, the money and grain, the translation, the warehouse, the zhichi, the fort pass, the soldiers, the horses, the military salary, and the editors according to the large household grain chief, the people are happy, and other local matters, all are subject to the governor's disposal.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan, who was in the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, did not have the authority to govern Juehua Island, a grain storage base.

After Ningyuan's victory, Yuan was promoted to governor of Liaodong.

At this time, it has the authority to directly govern Juehua Island.

In the Battle of Ningyuan in the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Juehua Island was another sub-battlefield.

The troops guarding Juehua Island are the Juehua Naval Division.

This unit is also not under the command of Ningqian Dao, and the scope of authority of Ningqian Dao does not include a naval division.

So which civilian official directly governs this army should be Liaodong Jingslightly Gaodi.

Liaodong Jingluo Gaodi passed the official document in Shanhaiguan to remotely control the Juehua Naval Division to deploy defense, specifically digging ice trenches for self-defense.

Gao Di also said: The first time I heard that the slave reported that he crossed the river, the general of Juehua Island chiseled the ice for self-defense, and the wind and snow were severe and the ice was opened, and the slave soldiers suddenly burned the rice beans of the Longgong Temple to die 200 hundreds. Juehua said that it was the order of the food, the ship, the equipment and the personnel who responded to the crime to confirm the performance.

If it weren't for the fact that there was one more Wei Bao in history this time, Gao Di would probably be the most mediocre Liaodong strategy.

Emperor Tianqi issued a clear decree to Gao Di, telling him to hold on to the cities and withdraw the grain of Youtun Juehua inside.

The first one of the high was not executed.

That's it, during the entire campaign, he sat in the Shanhaiguan Governor's Mansion and did not go to the front line.

After Gao Di ordered the ice to be dug up, the generals of the Juehua Water Division fought day and night and made heroic efforts to protect their homes and defend the country.

But unfortunately, because the weather was too cold, the ice opened to compound. Leads to a lack of success.

On the issue of accountability after the loss of Juehua, after Ningyuan's victory, the Ming court not only rewarded the personnel who defended Ningyuan, but also punished the responsible personnel during the war.

For example, the right tun was abandoned, and the general Zhou Shoulian was beheaded.

In the loss of Juehua, there are two people who are held responsible, Liaodong Jingluo Gaodi, and Shanhaiguan General Yang Qi.

Why was the Shanhaiguan General Soldier pulled in, this is because Gao Di Shangshu accused Yang Qi of not going to rescue Juehua Island.

After a little higher than the first book, rectify the cowardly town ministers. In accordance with the holy decree: There is a decree to move the grain and grass accumulated on Juehua Island in Youtun, how to not obey it, as much as possible, and hide it. His counselor Yang Qi replied to the military department at its discretion.

So why did Emperor Tianqi accept Gao Di's words and remove Yang Qi from office? It's a very interesting thing.

Because Gao Di ordered all the people outside the customs to be evacuated, due to Yuan Chonghuan's disobedience to Ning Yuan, all the people and horses outside the customs who did not withdraw gathered in Ningyuan, and all the people who withdrew went to Shanhaiguan.

This led to the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and the strength of Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan became a clear account.

The total strength of Liaodong was 117,000.

The total number of troops in Ningyuan City is more than 10,000 people, and the 10,000 people of the Juehua Water Division are deducted.

This means that the total strength of Shanhaiguan is at least 90,000.

And Yang Qi, who was sitting on an army of 90,000, did not go out to rescue, for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Lao Yang's sin was very great, and the plot was very bad.

Yuan Chonghuan was not responsible for the loss of Juehua, as one of the civil officials in Liaodong, for the fiasco of Juehua Island, 82,000 stone grain was burned, and nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians were slaughtered. It cannot be said that Yuan Chonghuan has no responsibility and morality.

Yuan Chonghuan was mainly unable to save Juehua, or could not do anything.

In the Battle of Ningyuan, the city of Ningyuan was besieged for several days, completely impassable, and completely cut off contact with the Ming court.

After the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Jin had at least 60,000 horses, while there were only more than 10,000 people in Ningyuan City, and the strength was very different.

Therefore, in the face of Houjin's division of troops to attack Juehua, although Yuan Chonghuan had the obligation to rescue morally, he was actually powerless at all.

Of course, in this period of history, Lao Yang has already been squeezed out by Lord Wei, and now the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan is Lord Wu Xiang, the father of Lord Wei's second wife, Wu Xuexia.

Everything will be slightly different, but what will not change is that the general trend will not change.

Of course, Wei Bao still doesn't like Yuan Chonghuan very much, not only because Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong.

Lord Wei didn't recognize Yuan Chonghuan's military level very much.

As far as the battle of Ningyuan in the original history is concerned,

Whether Nurhachi died from cannon wounds in the Battle of Ningyuan remains to be considered.

After all, after the battle of Ningyuan, Nurhachi still did a lot of things, and he had to take off for eight months before he died, which is not quite like the situation that a seriously injured person may have.

And even if it is, it cannot be concluded that Yuan Chonghuan's military level is very strong.

As for Yuan Chonghuan's military level?

Wei Bao can easily speculate that in the war against Houjin, Yuan Chonghuan successively won two major victories in the defensive battles of Ningyuan and Ningjin, as well as a narrow victory in the defense of Beijing.

Prior to this, Yuan Chonghuan did not have any actual combat experience as a civilian official who dared to speak out about military affairs, but he personally traveled to the border terrain, personally went down to the grassroots level to comfort the veterans, and learned about the real battlefield situation through his own efforts.

And in the years that he followed Sun Chengzong, he learned the strategies that are applicable to small-scale defensive wars.

And in the subsequent battle of Ningyuan and the victory of Ningjin, it was fully tested in actual combat.

It is a pity that before Yuan Chonghuan had time to form the military literacy of large-scale cross-regional coordinated operations, Huang Taiji's iron hooves had already broken through the Great Wall and smashed the Beijing Division.

used the cruel reality to shatter Chongzhen's dream of returning to Liao for five years.

As a result, Yuan Chonghuan became the reckoning after the dream was shattered.

So from these points of view, it is not difficult for Wei Bao to know that not to mention Yuan Chonghuan's military level, at least Yuan Chonghuan is a capable person who has courage and courage and is willing to do practical things himself.

As for whether his military level can be as high as in the past, it is unknown.

History cannot be changed, the outcome is inevitable, then the process is not so important.

There is no doubt that Yuan Chonghuan is a politician who is good at packaging himself and hugging his thighs.

The growth of an excellent military strategist is not only about being familiar with military books, but also about the experience in war.

And this kind of experience is not something that many people can complete.

This kind of growth is often accompanied by painful sacrifices, great setbacks, catastrophes of blood and fire, trials of life and death.

To complete this experience, it takes a strong will, a good mind, and the luck to be able to escape death.

Mao Wenlong did this, but Yuan Chonghuan did not.

For Yuan Chonghuan, to become a genuine celebrity, the road is very difficult, the odds are very low, almost the same as winning the lottery, it needs to be tempered. But it is much easier to package yourself as a "side talent" who deceives the world and steals fame, you only need to read a few military books, understand some of the most basic knowledge, say a few professional terms that you can't understand, quote some irrelevant allusions, express some non-startling opinions, write a piece of music that you don't believe in, fool your superiors, and package yourself, it's enough! Many things, with different value orientations, take different paths. It is too difficult to become a military strategist, not only do you have to endure hardships at the grassroots level, but you will also lose your life if you don't do it, after all, there is a risk in going deep behind enemy lines, and people will die in battle. It's easy to become a "military strategist", just listen to a few veterans fool around, spend a little more effort to pack it, or spend some money to hug your thighs! Which one will you choose? Yuan Chonghuan naturally chose what was most beneficial to himself, and his greatest ability was here, which was to package himself, which was simply called flickering. Whether it was Jiang Ricai or Hou Xun at the beginning, it was like this. He can let Yushi recommend himself, of course, because of the credit of running the money in the department, but without enough packaging and self-packaging, these Yushi will not recommend him. Anyway, Yuan Chonghuan, who has never been to the border, can package himself so that Yushi can recommend him, which is also a kind of ability. Yuan Chonghuan's speculation was related to the general environment at that time. Since Nurhachi raised the army, Liao affairs have been a lingering nightmare for officials in the late Ming Dynasty, and the military department and Liao officials are even more hot. However, high risk means high return, high return means high attention, officials in the late Ming Dynasty, if the official position is big enough, will not go to Liaodong, do a good job of political score increase is not much, do not do well in ruin. But for petty officials, this is obviously an opportunity! But if you study it specifically, it can be summarized like this: there are no people who like to go to Liaodong, but they like to pay attention to a lot of Liaodong; There are not many people who do things in person, but a large group of people who are looking for others; There are very few who take the initiative to solve problems, but a large group that manages to reap the benefits; Because the latter is always easy relative to the former. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan was not the Jiliao Governor, he didn't need to do things personally, he just needed to let the above appreciate him. After issuing the bold words of "I have enough money and food for my soldiers and horses", he went to Liaoxi. Let's talk about it first, like the sentence "Five years of Pingliao", Yuan Chonghuan's sentence "With my soldiers, horses, money and food, I am enough to defend alone" is basically nonsense, because after the defeat of Guangning at that time, the Ming Empire lost a large number of troops, and the finances were also in trouble, and what was lacking was soldiers, horses, money and food! If the problem is not solved, the cowhide will shake the sky, and the practical things will not be done, and the effort will be spent on the surface. There are enough soldiers and horses, what do you want you to do? No, a hundred of you are useless. Why would he say such a thing, because he doesn't need to make general decisions, and he doesn't need to be responsible for his words! But the problem is, someone packed him! If he works hard, it will be fine, whether you can do it or not, at least you work hard to do it, but Yuan Chonghuan uses his brain elsewhere, that is, to study the political weather vane. As a civilian official, if you don't have much ability, hugging your thighs is a compulsory course in officialdom. Although hugging the wrong thigh may cause you to harm the pond fish, when you are a lonely minister, unless you have great ability, you will be excluded. Yuan Chonghuan, who had a vicious eye, found that Wang Zaijin had an Achilles' heel, that is, his foundation was shallow. Although Wang Zaijin has experienced at the grassroots level, after all, he has not experienced the catastrophe of blood and fire, and he is not much stronger than other cattle people. After discovering that some people in the court were dissatisfied with Wang Zaijin, he felt that the opportunity had come. You just need to find Wang Zaijin's mistakes. I have to say that he is very good at pretending and doing things like two or five boys, but he was wronged and led to his own people. While letting Wang Zaijin be a confidant (what kind of eyes does Wang Zaijin have), he sued Wang Zaijin for being black! also took the line of Sun Chengzong by the way!