The demise of the Ming Dynasty was a very far-reaching event in Chinese history. In this incident, many outstanding military generals emerged in the Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Chonghuan was one of them.
In 1622 AD, the Ming army was severely damaged by Nurhachi in Guangning. The 130,000 elite troops were annihilated. At this time, the Ming Dynasty had lost almost all military strongholds in Liaodong area and could only retreat to Shanhaiguan. At this time, the generals of the Ming Dynasty were silent on guarding Liaodong, because at this time, once Shanhaiguan fell to Liaodong, it would undoubtedly be a death to return. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, who was a civil official, stood up and took the initiative to ask Ying to guard Ningyuan City.
Everyone thinks Yuan Chonghuan is a journey of death without life.
In 1626, Nurhachi led a 60,000 army of military-industrial Ningyuan City, which can be said to be the most powerful cavalry unit in the world at that time, but Yuan Chonghuan had only 10,000. However, Yuan Chonghuan guarded Ningyuan City alone, wounded Nurhachi, and died. Yuan Chonghuan became the Optimus Prime that supported the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Yuan Chonghuan's ending is quite tragic. In 1629, Huang Taiji used Mongols to attack the capital. Yuan Chonghuan led troops to rush to support it. This ensured the safety of the capital. But Yuan Chonghuan sentenced him to death because of suspicion. Until now, there are still many people complaining about Yuan Chonghuan's injustice, thinking that if Yuan Chonghuan did not die at that time, there would still be a ray of life for Daming Jiangshan.
It is true that Yuan Chonghuan is loyal and courageous, but he cannot decide the survival of the Ming Dynasty. And in some military strategies, Yuan Chonghuan also made many mistakes, such as the execution of Mao Wenlong. As long as those who listen to Yuan Chonghuan’s words will be promoted, those who disobey will be squeezed out or even killed. This is also proven by historical facts.
But what people never expected is that Yuan Chonghuan's most grievance after his death turned out to be the Qing Dynasty.
At that time, when the Qing army entered the customs, they played the banner of revenge for Chongzhen. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had a very high evaluation of Chongzhen, which was also needed to stabilize the situation. However, in the Kangxi and Qianlong reign, at this time the Qing Dynasty no longer needed to rely on Chongzhen to stabilize the country, and the high evaluation of Chongzhen also caused some problems that might shake the dominance of the Qing Dynasty.
For this reason, Chongzhen began to be discredited in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and the best way is to "deify" another person, that is Yuan Chonghuan. The Qing Dynasty established Yuan Chonghuan as an invincible hero and the savior of the Ming Dynasty. Once people agree with this, isn't the Chongzhen who executed Yuan Chonghuan and Song Gaozong who killed Yue Fei the same kind of people? So the image of Chongzhen began to blacken from this time, and it remains the same today.
