It's not surprising that Jin Shang didn't make a fortune by this.

In the words of later generations, Mao Wenlong was a "thorn".

Of course, Yuan Chonghuan didn't kill people just because of this.

The reason is that Yuan Chonghuan needs to kill chickens and monkeys and completely control Mao Wenlong's army.

At that time, the Ming army had been defeated by the Qing army and had no power to fight back, so it could only adopt strategic defense.

Yuan Chonghuan Yuan Inspector, a righteous life, two sleeves of clean air, eyes can not tolerate half a grain of sand, of course, people are not sages, he also has some small flaws, such as love to brag.

This is well documented, for example, in order to appease Emperor Chongzhen, who was worried about state affairs, he even stated that "five years of resumption of Liao".

To say that at the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen didn't take it too seriously, after all, the situation at that time, Houjin was almost beating the Ming army, how could this gap in strength be reversed in five years?

But the problem is that I didn't take it seriously, but I took it seriously.

Yuan Chonghuan began to introduce the method of recovering Liao in five years to Emperor Chongzhen in detail with "reasonable and evidence".

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen began to believe, and the tragedy began at this time.

The so-called military order, how can this kind of thing be a joke?

Yuan Chonghuan thus became the governor of Jiliao and really took over the defense of Jiliao, only to find that this thing really couldn't be done.

But the bull is blown out, so you can only bite the bullet, the so-called conditions must be on it, and if there are no conditions to create conditions, you must also go up.

Inspector Yuan really worked hard, poured all his heart and soul into this cowhide, and was anxious about what the emperor was anxious about.

But here's the problem, Mao Wenlong doesn't accept him.

So, in order to convince the public, Inspector Yuan cut off the head of the thorn with a knife.

To be honest, Yuan Chonghuan had no way to do this, the Ming army in Liaodong at that time was just a plate of scattered sand, passing the buck to each other, and it was not the opponent of the Qing soldiers at all.

Yuan Chonghuan did this to kill chickens and show monkeys.

But the problem is that Mao Wenlong's death did not bring the expected effect to Inspector Yuan.

After killing Mao Wenlong, only three months later, Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners Army, bypassing the front Guanningjin defense line, and using Mongolia to attack Beijing, causing the "Jisi Change" that shocked the Ming court.

Losing Mao Wenlong's containment behind him, Huang Taiji had no worries at all, and drove straight in, looting around the capital before returning with all his might.

And Yuan Chonghuan, although he struggled to retreat from the enemy in the "Change of His Own" and almost lost his life, he finally lost the trust of Emperor Chongzhen for various reasons, and was finally executed by Ling Chi.

It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that Yuan Chonghuan was the direct cause of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not wrong to say that he had a way to die.

The strategic defense line, which was originally a horn of each other, became difficult to support because of the killing of Mao Wenlong.

This directly caused Huang Taiji to go south unscrupulously.

Therefore, Huang Daozhou directly advised Emperor Chongzhen several times to pardon the ministers implicated by Yuan Chonghuan, but he never excused Yuan Chonghuan, and he also bluntly said that "Yuan Chonghuan only killed one Mao Wenlong in the spirit of reading the moon for seven years, and wanted to take a five-year period of immobility, sit and win, die, and laugh for the world."

It can be seen how much the court hated Yuan Chonghuan at that time.

Huang Daozhou really complained, and he complained not entirely because Emperor Chongzhen deposed him, but because Emperor Chongzhen lost the country.

If Yuan Chonghuan made Houjin break through the defense line of the Ming Dynasty and Ningjin, then after Emperor Chongzhen took away the last backbone of the Ming Dynasty, he pushed down the load-bearing pillars of the court.

Looking at Huang Daozhou's anger, Wu Zheng was indeed a little helpless.

It was not easy to persuade Zodiac Zhou, and Wu Zheng could only change his thinking and say it in another way.

"What does Mr. Youxuan think is the most important thing about the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of sight?"

Zodiac Zhou rushed out, "All are united in ......." ”

Speaking of this, he immediately paused, he naturally knew what Wu Zheng meant.

Wu Zheng said: "That's right, it's unity. I heard that Emperor Longwu united the remnants of the Great Shun and the Great Western Army to jointly resist the Qing Dynasty, or Mr. advised, even the thief army of the past can be united, not to mention that Emperor Chongzhen has been dead for four years? No matter how you say it, the first emperor died of martyrdom, just by virtue of this, no matter how big the grievances of Mr. are, can they be resolved? ”

Zodiac Zhou fell silent.

Wu Zheng said: "Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Eight Banners Army has lost nearly half of the battle, and most of the people who are now fighting with our dynasty are Han Chinese. The combat power is far less than that of the Eight Banners Army, but there are many people. Mr. didn't want to think about it, why do these Han people want to fight for foreigners and compatriots? Fighting with the same clan, this was not brought into the customs by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but existed before the Qing army entered the customs, including the two armed armies of Dashun and Daxi, if it were not for internal strife, how could the 300,000 Qing troops enter the customs? And nearly half of the 300,000 Qing troops who entered the customs were Han Eight Banners. ”

Zodiac Zhou remained silent.

Wu Zheng sighed lightly: "Mr. also said before that when the current emperor ascends the throne, this king already has the strength to stand on his own. But why would this king rather stand on his own than stand on his own? In fact, it is very simple, this king is not supported by the Jiangnan Shi clan, because this king has a different concept from them, I shouted the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor, although I did not really implement it, but for this class, I am respectful and far away. ”

"But I know in my heart that they have huge human and financial resources at their disposal, and they have a very great influence on the major merchant gangs in the north and south. If it is according to my nature, then it will completely flatten this class, and reshape the world with the support of the broadest masses of the people. This can definitely be done in peacetime, but not now. One plus one, no matter how weak the other party is, must be greater than one, and one minus one, no matter how strong I am, is also less than one. I know this, and so does the other party. ”

"So, I acquiesced to their existence, they acquiesced to the savage growth of my power, and the two sides were at peace. But the premise of maintaining this balance is that I can't cut down the flag of Daming, as soon as this flag falls, they lose hope, and that is also the two sides tearing their faces and not sharing the sky. The current emperor is this flag. Can you understand me, sir? ”

Huang Dao Zhou took a breath, nodded and said, "The old man can understand." ”

Wu Zheng naturally knew that Huang Daozhou could understand that countless people in the Yixing Dynasty, including Qian Sule, Chen Zilong, including Zhang Guowei, Zhang Huangyan, and even Qian Qianyi, etc., were all elites of this era, and no matter which one they were, they were all more talented than themselves.

But the problem is that the elites of this era, full of literary talents, are of great use to the country and the people, but they are blocked in their throats and cannot be poured out.

The educational and social atmosphere of this era is undoubtedly problematic, and if it is wrong, it must be changed.

But it's very difficult to change.

These people are already adults, with a lot of eyebrows and mustaches, and the ideas formed have been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Wu Zheng can only take a simpler way, and that is to reshape.