In the process of Emperor Chongzhen's large-scale elimination of the remnants of the Wei Party, Emperor Chongzhen gently let go of one person. He was Mao Wenlong who was stationed in Dongjiang Town. Emperor Chongzhen was not stupid. He knew that Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was very important to the Hou Jin army.
There is a great threat.
The establishment of Dongjiang Town was almost entirely under the supervision of Mao Wenlong. Therefore, in the hearts of the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town, Mao Wenlong's prestige was very high. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen not only did not remove Mao Wenlong from his official position, but even
Even the Shangfang Sword given to Mao Wenlong by Emperor Tianqi was not taken back.
You must know that in order to support Yuan Chonghuan's unification of power in Liaodong, Emperor Chongzhen not only gave Yuan Chonghuan the Shangfang Sword, but all the Shangfang Swords in the hands of other generals were taken back by Emperor Chongzhen.
But Emperor Chongzhen let Mao Wenlong, a remnant of the Wei Party, go, and the Donglin Party members would not let him go. The rise and fall of a country is absolutely insignificant compared with the major events of party struggle. The great interests of the country should be subordinated.
It’s the small interests of our Donglin Party!
It can be seen from this that regardless of the fact that the Donglin Party and the Wei Party are fighting to the death, in fact they are all the same, and they are as black as crows in the world. Relatively speaking, the behavior of the Wei Party, who is on the side of the emperor, is actually
On the contrary, it was in the interest of the emperor.
At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, who had a background in the Donglin Party, went to Liaodong and became the governor. What is funny is that Yuan Chonghuan was related to both the Wei Party and the Donglin Party. Whichever party gained power, Yuan Chonghuan became a member of that party.
He didn't suffer at all.
After Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Liaodong, in addition to quelling the rebellion over pay, he began to take steps to fully control power in Liaodong.
At this time, in Liaodong, except for Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Town, there were several military attaches with the greatest influence and power: Zu Dashou, Zhao Lejiao, He Kegang and Man Gui. They were all left behind by the old governor Sun Chengzong, because Sun Chengzong
They are members of the Donglin Party, so these military attaches should be from the same faction as the current Yuan Chonghuan, and they should also share a common language with Yuan Chonghuan.
However, Man Gui is an exception. He is also a Mongolian, so Man Gui's temperament is relatively straightforward. As we have said before, the military attachés in Liaodong were somewhat disapproving of Yuan Chonghuan's previous achievements.
Although other military attachés thought so in their hearts, they did not show it on the surface. When Man Gui faced Yuan Chonghuan, he basically drove pigs in a small alley-he went straight. In this way, one can imagine that Yuan Chonghuan and
The relationship between the two men, Man Gui.
However, Man Gui was not completely short-sighted. When he learned that Yuan Chonghuan had come to Liaodong as the governor again, Man Gui immediately took the initiative to write to the court and asked for transfer. And the court officials who were familiar with the discord between Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui were also satisfied with Man Gui's request.
At Gui's request, Man Gui was transferred to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of Datong.
In this way, Yuan Chonghuan achieved An Nei's goal without any blood. In the process of gaining power, he began to fight against foreigners.
Yuan Chonghuan first began to struggle with Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army in terms of military pay and supplies. Of course Mao Wenlong would not buy it. While arguing with Yuan Chonghuan, he threatened Yuan Chonghuan: If Yuan Chonghuan did not send enough military pay and supplies to Dongjiang Town,
If so, Mao Wenlong will lead his army to the Denglai area of Shandong to directly attack.
Originally, Yuan Chonghuan was here to deal with Mao Wenlong. How could he be intimidated by Mao Wenlong's two threatening words? Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan continued not to provide military pay and support to Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army.
Then Mao Wenlong's banditry came to the fore, and he actually led the army to cross the sea to the Denglai area to rob. This action suddenly made Yuan Chonghuan, who had always been self-centered, unable to suppress his anger.
And Mao Wenlong's robbery in Denglai this time also made the people of Denglai hate the Dongjiang Army. In the future, this attitude of the people of Denglai will cause a major event that will affect the political situation of the Ming Dynasty. Here it is temporarily
Not to mention.
At this time, Yuan Chonghuan felt that if he wanted to fully control power in Liaodong, he must remove Mao Wenlong, a thorn in his side, from under his nose.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan took a boat to Pi Island to meet Mao Wenlong on May 29, the second year of Chongzhen. On the fourth day of June, Yuan Chonghuan first paid 100,000 taels of salary to the military attachés and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army. Then, Yuan Chonghuan ordered Mao Wenlong
Prepare to recapture Zhenjiang and Lushun.
But how could Mao Wenlong agree to this unreasonable order? Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army is a guerrilla force behind enemy lines, not a regular army. It is possible to harass and contain the Hou Jin Army, but to directly confront the Hou Jin Army is to seek death.
Acted.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan advised Mao Wenlong not to waste his time in the toilet, but to resign as soon as possible and return to his hometown for retirement. This was also Yuan Chonghuan's last chance for Mao Wenlong.
However, Mao Wenlong directly rejected Yuan Chonghuan's advice. In Mao Wenlong's mind, he had such a powerful force as the Dongjiang Army, and Yuan Chonghuan could not do anything to him. However, Mao Wenlong never thought that Yuan Chonghuan was such a bold and reckless person.
On the fifth day of June the next day, Yuan Chonghuan summoned Mao Wenlong and the main military attachés of the Dongjiang Army to his big tent. He took out Shang Fang's sword, announced Mao Wenlong's crime, and immediately beheaded Mao Wenlong in public.
Mao Wenlong had no mental preparation at all and was killed by Yuan Chonghuan in such a confused way. When the military attachés of the Dongjiang Army saw the Shang Fang sword that Yuan Chonghuan took out, they thought it was Emperor Chongzhen who told Yuan Chonghuan to kill Mao Wenlong, so
He just watched his coach being killed by Yuan Chonghuan.
Next, Yuan Chonghuan also did some things to distribute military pay, appoint the Dongjiang Army to take over the command, and even staged a scene in which Zhuge Liang cried to Zhou Yuling to appease the Dongjiang Army. On the surface, the Dongjiang Army was temporarily stable.
However, in the hearts of the military attaches of the Dongjiang Army, they were deeply afraid and wary of Yuan Chonghuan's behavior of killing Mao Wenlong. Even Mao Wenlong, who had outstanding merits, could be easily killed by Yuan Chonghuan, so they, the junior military attachés, would definitely not be able to survive in the future.
Better off.
In the days to come, a large number of military attaches and soldiers in the Dongjiang Army rebelled and defected to Huang Taiji's Houjin. However, although their behavior was excusable, as long as they were traitors, they would be the most tormented people.
Despised. No matter how many great reasons these traitors have.
Mao Wenlong had all the bad habits of the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, and some even worsened them. From a moral perspective, killing his head ten times would not be considered an injustice.
However, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army contained a quarter of Hou Jin's troops, that is, the strength of the two banners. Coupled with the geographical environment of Dongjiang Town, it was the main escape route for the Han people captured by Hou Jin in Liaodong.
We already know that the Mature women who came to power in the Hou Jin Dynasty were mainly engaged in cultivating food. In the past, they basically used the captured Han people as slaves to cultivate food for them.
After a large number of Han people fled, some mature women who were really able to work had to cultivate food themselves, which also weakened the strength of the Later Jin army in disguise. Therefore, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army actually contained even more troops of the Later Jin Dynasty.
.Based on this alone, Mao Wenlong can cover up all his ugliness with one handsome man.
Besides, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army was led by him to grow from 200 soldiers to tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Mao Wenlong is indeed a very capable general. And he was also loyal to the Ming Dynasty court and actively engaged in military affairs.
Fighting against the Hou Jin army.
For such a general, if Yuan Chonghuan killed him whenever he wanted, wouldn't that mean he was completely destroying the Great Wall? In addition, Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong was also an extremely serious illegal act.
Yuan Chonghuan had the Shangfang Sword in his hand, and Mao Wenlong also had the Shangfang Sword given by Emperor Tianqi. Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan had no power to kill Mao Wenlong. The reason why he was killed successfully in the end was because Yuan Chonghuan lied that it was the order of Emperor Chongzhen. Isn't this just assassination?
Is it a solid false edict?
When news of Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Mao Wenlong reached the capital, Emperor Chongzhen was shocked. In Emperor Chongzhen's mind, he was very aware of Mao Wenlong's role in Liaodong. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of eliminating Mao Wenlong at all, and even
Mao Wenlong did not take back the Shang Fang sword in his hand.
However, Emperor Chongzhen thought of Yuan Chonghuan's oath for five years in Pingliao, and under the persuasion of the Donglin Party ministers around him, and based on the principle of not using people who are suspicious and trusting those who are employed, Emperor Chongzhen still chose to support Yuan Chonghuan.
In his reply to the memorial submitted by Yuan Chonghuan on the reasons for the execution of Mao Wenlong, Emperor Chongzhen affirmed Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong. First, he blocked the loopholes in Yuan Chonghuan's false transmission of the imperial edict from a legal perspective. He also ordered the department to arrest Mao Wenlong's remnants.
In order to maintain Yuan Chonghuan's authority.
Even when Yuan Chonghuan asked the court to increase military pay to stabilize the morale of the Dongjiang Army, Emperor Chongzhen pinched his nose and accepted it. Yuan Chonghuan's request was also met. However, Yuan Chonghuan's behavior has been deeply rooted in Emperor Chongzhen's heart.
A thorn was pierced.
And when the news of Yuan Chonghuan's execution of Mao Wenlong reached the ears of Huang Taiji in Shengjing, Huang Taiji looked up to the sky and smiled. Huang Taiji never thought that the two thorns stuck in Hou Jin's waist could be solved so easily.
. And among them, Mao Wenlong's thorn was actually removed by the Ming Dynasty officials themselves.
Now that the Hou Jin army was free from threats from the east and west, it was completely free. In Huang Taiji's mind, he could finally launch a grand strategy to fight the Ming Dynasty.