Listening to Wang Chengen's words, Emperor Chongzhen was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that he would hear this name so soon, Yuan Chonghuan, what a famous name, but anyone who knows a little bit of the history of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not know this person. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are many controversies, various theories, and different opinions of experts and scholars, making Yuan Chonghuan a special figure in the late Ming Dynasty.

Some people say that he is the Great Wall at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if Emperor Chongzhen did not self-destruct the Great Wall, the Ming Dynasty still has something to do. Some people say that he was the biggest traitor in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was he who betrayed the Ming Dynasty. Some people say that he is ambitious and talented, and he has no ability at all except bragging.

Emperor Chongzhen had heard a lot of this kind of controversy in his previous life, and I am afraid that the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian did not have as much as Yuan Chonghuan's controversy.

Lowering his head and thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen threw the fold on the table, and said with a smile: "Let him wait, I don't have time to see him now, and when I want to see him, I will summon him." ”

Listening to Emperor Chongzhen's words, Wang Chengen was a little stunned, and he couldn't understand what was wrong with Emperor Chongzhen.

Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has been fighting against Wei Zhongxian, and when the situation eased slightly, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan to Beijing. The purpose of summoning Yuan Chonghuan into Beijing is also very simple, preparing to use Yuan Chonghuan as the governor of Liaodong to preside over the recovery of Liaodong.

For this point, Emperor Chongzhen is obviously very urgent, and Wang Chengen can understand Emperor Chongzhen's mood.

Why has it changed now, Yuan Chonghuan rushed to the capital, but Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry to see him. However, the heart of heaven is unpredictable, and Wang Chengen didn't dare to guess what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, so he had to bow down and say: "Yes, your majesty, the slave and maid understand." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and instructed Wang Chengen: "Summoning Shi Bangyao, the young secretary of Taichang Temple, I want to meet this person!" ”

The yamen of Taichang Temple, who is in charge of the ceremonies of the temple, has a very high rank and status, but has no real power. For example, among the six ministries, the Ministry of Rites ranks first, and if you want to enter the cabinet, sitting in the Ministry of Rites is the last step, and of course there are special cases for special promotion.

It's just that in reality, the official department is called the heavenly official, and the official hat of the officials in charge of the world is naturally the department with the most real power.

"Slave maid, go and pass the decree!" Wang Chengen is not familiar with Shi Bangyao, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and he doesn't know what Emperor Chongzhen wants to see this Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. Although he was puzzled in his heart, there was no expression on his face, and his actions were not slow in the slightest.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen's back, a little stunned in his heart, reached out and picked up Yuan Chonghuan's fold, and threw it on the table casually.

Mao Wenlong can't die, although Emperor Chongzhen's opinion on Yuan Chonghuan is uncertain, but there is one thing that Emperor Chongzhen is sure of, that is, Mao Wenlong can't die. Based on this consideration, Yuan Chonghuan's road to Liaodong was directly blocked.

Whether Mao Wenlong was a warlord or a Ming courtier, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care.

As long as he can contain the Tartars and buy time for himself, even if the entire Liaodong becomes a warlord, Emperor Chongzhen doesn't care.

In history, Mao Wenlong was like a nail to restrain Houjin's tail, so that he could not fight outside for a long distance and a long time, and Houjin tried to eradicate Mao Wenlong several times without success, but he died in the hands of Lord Yuan, so that Houjin could go on an expedition to Lin Dan Khan and make a detour of thousands of miles to harass the pass for a long time.

In the past, every time the main force of Houjin was dispatched, Mao Wenlong would lead Dongjiang Town to take advantage of the situation to attack its rear, once there was no Dongjiang Town, Houjin could run long distances and conduct long-distance and long-term battles abroad. Therefore, seven days after Mao Wenlong was killed on June 5, the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji could announce the "whole expedition to the west", and asked the Mongolian tribes outside Jimen to immediately rush to build ships, ready to use them to transfer grain along the Laoha River to enter the fortress along the river.

This deployment did not exist until June, and this is the sign that the site of the plug is identified as the thistle gate.

Yuan Chonghuan first weakened the strength of Jizhen, put heavy troops in Jinzhou to empty the troops in the pass, and then opened the horse market to prepare grain and grass for the southern invasion of Houjin, and finally killed Mao Wenlong, ruined Dongjiang Town, and solved Houjin's worries.

This series of measures personally contributed to Houjin's entry from Jimen for the first time, and completely turned the "Ningjin Defense Line" that he painstakingly operated into a veritable "Maginot Line". Later Jin not only made a detour to Mongolia in the second year of Chongzhen, but also made a detour to Mongolia four times, and the most decisive factor was the killing of Mao Shuai and the collapse of the Dongjiang River.

If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't defected, then his military literacy could be imagined.

As the governor of Liaodong, he didn't even understand the role and importance of Mao Wenlong, and he actually killed Mao Wenlong directly.

Emperor Chongzhen walked back and forth in place, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he could not send Yuan Chonghuan to Liaodong. The most important thing for me now is to gain time, not to let Houjin make trouble, and to gain time for me to stabilize the situation at home and organize and train the new army.

The great man said well, the power comes out of the barrel of the gun, which Emperor Chongzhen deeply believes.

If you want to make a difference, you must have military power, and this military power is not only the right to command, but also to have an army that obeys you and can fight well. He has a forward-looking vision and a golden finger, and Emperor Chongzhen believes that he will soon be able to pull up a team.

Once you have this team, no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.

Yuan Chonghuan can't go to Liaodong, Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind at this moment, then he has to find someone to replace Yuan Chonghuan, who is this person looking for?

"Two factions!" Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a long time, and finally thought of something, which he saw when Emperor Chongzhen was bored in his previous life. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the party struggle had developed to an extremely fierce level, and the two sides opposed each other for the sake of opposition over various policies.

With such a big situation in Liaodong, how can there be no position? The two sides may have different positions or different ideas in their strategies in Liaodong.

In the strategy of Liao in the late Ming Dynasty, there were two factions with overall strategic thinking, and the representatives of one faction were Xiong Tingbi, Wang Zaijin, Gao Di, Mao Wenlong and others, who could be called conservatives.

The other type of representatives are Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Keli, Zu Dashou and others, who can be called radicals.

The conservative view is to retreat to Shanhaiguan, mainly to harass and contain, try not to have a war with the enemy, and pay attention to preserving strength. Among the conservatives, the most strategically minded and mature man was Wang Zaijin, who had once patrolled Liaodong and had also stated his ideas to the imperial court.

It's just that Wang Zaijin's proposition was refuted by the radical Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong thought that if he stubbornly defended the Shanhai Pass, what if Houjin broke through the three customs? Where is the capital located?

Emperor Chongzhen also believed this sentence at first, but after thinking about it for a while, this statement was actually a little taken for granted.

In the era of cold weapons, break through the Shanhaiguan? In fact, it was just a joke, and it was impossible to get in.

Genghis Khan, who was invincible back then, also failed to capture this place, just by virtue of Nurhachi? Don't forget, there is a Mao Wenlong behind him, and Lin Dan Khan and North Korea on both sides, what capital does Nurhachi have to break through Shanhaiguan?

According to Yuan Chonghuan's strategy, Mao Wenlong was killed, and Houjin instead unified Mongolia and Korea.

Facts have proved that even in the end, Houjin did not have the strength to break through the Shanhai Pass, if it were not for Wu Sangui's surrender, Huang Taiji wanted to enter the customs, it was simply a dream. That means that holding on is a viable strategy, albeit somewhat negative.

Emperor Chongzhen spread out a piece of paper, picked up a brush from the pen holder, dipped it in ink, and gently wrote on the paper.

"Stick to containment, don't lose Mongolia and North Korea!" After writing these words, Emperor Chongzhen slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "Maintaining stability is the most important thing, maintaining the status quo, and nothing remains the same." ”

What did Da Ming die from? Emperor Chongzhen asked himself, some people will say that it is a party dispute, some people will say that natural disasters, some people will say that the peasants revolted, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the death of the Ming Dynasty is actually one word: money!

Without money, without military training, without disaster relief, without doing anything, how can the country not die?

In whose hands is the money? In the hands of officials, taxes can't come up, money can't be obtained, and the whole thing has fallen into a dead end.

There is another reason why Emperor Chongzhen likes the strategy of the conservatives, that is, money, Wang Zaijin's strategy against Liao, which only costs 960,000 taels a year, what about the radicals? It cost four million taels a year, and also operated a Ningjin defense line into a Maginot line.

The Houjin army was like entering a no-man's land, burning and looting all the way, and went straight to the capital.

After experiencing these things, how could Emperor Chongzhen not be angry? Who is the person causing these things? is Yuan Chonghuan, who painted a big cake for Emperor Chongzhen, and it is understandable for Emperor Chongzhen to kill Yuan Chonghuan.

"Wang Zaijin!" Emperor Chongzhen wrote down a name again, and then hung the brush back.

There are not many people who can realize the problem of Daming at this time, and Wang Zaijin must be one of them. From the military strategy formulated by Wang Zaijin, it can be seen that he clearly knows that the Ming Dynasty has no money and cannot support the large-scale use of troops in Liaodong, and the key is to defend the territory safely.

The subtext of Wang Zaijin is very clear, the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty cannot recover Liaodong.

Temporarily stabilize Liaodong and clean up the internal affairs as soon as possible, this is the way of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the original Emperor Chongzhen believed in the radicals and believed in Yuan Chonghuan's oath of Pingliao in five years, and as a result, the good situation in the last years of the Apocalypse made the people miserable, and the treasury was empty and could run mice.

"Use Wang Zaijin to replace Yuan Chonghuan as the superintendent of Liaodong!" After thinking about it so much, Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind, and he also wanted to see Wang Zaijin as soon as possible, and at the same time, he could compare Yuan Chonghuan and Wang Zaijin to see the difference between them.

Seeing that Wang Chengen was back, Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "According to the decree of the cabinet, six hundred miles to expedite King Xuan in Jin to enter Beijing. ”

"Six hundred miles?" Wang Chengen didn't react for a while, and repeated.

"What's wrong with Six Hundred Miles? Too fast or too slow? Emperor Chongzhen glared at Wang Chengen.