According to relevant historical records of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Wenlong's rent was in Qiantang County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. After finishing sixth in the imperial examination, he was appointed by the imperial court as an Anshan Hundred Household. In the following years,

According to relevant historical records of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Wenlong 's rent was in Qiantang County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. After winning the sixth place in the imperial examination, he was appointed by the imperial court as an Anshan Hundred Household. In the years that followed, Mao Wenlong regained Zhenjiang, and in one fell swoop After winning the great victory of Zhenjiang, it can be said that Mao Wenlong made great contributions to Houjin 's battle, but he caused the disaster of murder. Why did Yuan Chonghuan want to kill this hero?

What kind of person is Mao Wenlong?

In fact, there have always been two different views on the historical evaluation of Mao Wenlong. Some people believe that although Mao Wenlong has meritorious service, he collaborated with the enemy and should be killed by Yuan Chonghuan. Others think that Mao Wenlong is the pillar of the country, and Yuan Chonghuan killing him is like Qin Hui killing Yue Fei. So, what is Mao Wenlong’s real face like?

In the entire Ming Dynasty, military attaches were specifically responsible for combat, while civilian officials were specifically responsible for logistics and supervising the army. But as a military attaché, when Mao Wenlong took command and opened a town overseas, the salary he received was less than half of Guan Ning's army. But even so, Mao Wenlong still insisted on fighting against Hou Jin, which shows that he was very loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Because the military pay allocated by the imperial court was too low, in order to make his soldiers live a better life, Mao Wenlong also took the initiative to start business, such as exporting cloth or importing ginseng. Under Mao Wenlong's development, the Dongjiang Army continued to grow and control. The scope also exceeds the Guanning Defense Line, and the attack scope covers the entire Liaodong region to rebuild the anti-golden forces.

Because Wang Huazhen was turned into a " eunuch " after his failure in Guangning, Mao Wenlong, who he had promoted before, was also implicated. Although there were many supporters of him in the court, Chongzhen succeeded After taking the throne, a major change was made in the DPRK and the Central Government. After some shuffling, Mao Wenlong became a fish that slipped through the net far away.

This also gave many courtiers the opportunity to impeach him, so it can be seen that Mao Wenlong's life was not easy at that time. Moreover, Mao Wenlong also believed that his future ending would either be death at the hands of Hou Jin, or he would be impeached and tortured after defeating the war. In Mao Wenlong's view, it would be a matter of time before his head was moved, it just depended on the time.

Under this pressing situation, he must preserve his own strength and preserve the army. So Mao Wenlong began to search for himself. Later, he tried to find a middleman to conspire with Hou Jin to achieve the purpose of stopping his troops and protecting himself. On the other side, Huang Taiji also hopes to temporarily stabilize Mao Wenlong, so the two sides have maintained an inseparable relationship.

Mao Wenlong was plotted by Yuan Chonghuan and was killed.

Although Mao Wenlong was far away from the court, Yuan Chonghuan would never allow it. He made a promise to Emperor Chongzhen to pacify Liaodong within five years. To this end, Yuan Chonghuan carefully designed a plan to integrate All resources and power in Liaodong are for his use.

If Mao Wenlong could assess the situation, he should directly obey Yuan Chonghuan's orders. However, Mao Wenlong was stubborn and refused to bow to Yuan Chonghuan, which gave Yuan Chonghuan a headache. Since Mao Wenlong was so disobedient, it was better to kill him directly.

In the days that followed, Yuan Chonghuan found an excuse to watch military exercises and deceived Mao Wenlong's trust into letting him come to visit. When Mao Wenlong arrived at the scene, Yuan Chonghuan controlled him. After some questioning, he used Shangfang's sword to directly behead Mao Wenlong.

Some people can't help but question: "How much power does Yuan Chonghuan have, and he is so bold to kill Mao Wenlong directly?" Judging from the position, Mao Wenlong is the commander-in-chief of the Zuo Army, which belongs to the first rank, while Yuan Chonghuan is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and belongs to the second rank.

But the Zuojun Commandery was only responsible for fighting, and belonged to the Fifth Army Commandery House, while the Ministry of War was responsible for managing the generals. In other words, although Mao Wenlong was a first-grade official, he was also managed by Yuan Chonghuan.

From a certain point of view, Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Mao Wenlong was not in compliance with the court's laws. After all, Mao Wenlong was tall and possessed the Shangfang Sword. Even if he wanted to kill him, he would have to get an order from Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan's move was not only Wrong and even illegal.

However, Yuan Chonghuan naturally understood this, so he was fully prepared in advance and listed more than ten crimes for Mao Wenlong. One of them was false reporting to the army and false payment of food and wages, which is a capital crime at any time.

I have to say that Mao Wenlong did something wrong on some issues, but considering the situation of internal and external troubles, Mao Wenlong could not be killed, because the Hou Jin Dynasty was still eyeing him. For the imperial court, Mao Wenlong was a rare talent. He was needed to guard the border. It can be seen that Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong was undoubtedly shooting himself in the foot.