In fact, Yuan Chonghuan forged such a big lie, and he was quite panicked in his heart. After the court's reward came down, Yuan Chonghuan resigned, but he was not allowed.

The governor of Liaodong, the right attendant of the military department, and the shadow of a thousand households, this reward must be said to be rich, but compared to Ning Yuan's victory, it is still a little meager.

The reward that does not match the merit, Yuan Chonghuan, the host of the great victory of Ning Yuan, resigned three times, but the generals of Liaodong were unexpectedly silent, and the reason for this has to be pondered.

Of course, in Yuan Chonghuan's own opinion, he was forced to falsify this trick of military exploits. Later, Jin attacked Ningyuan and seized various granaries that had long since ceased to exist, although they could be used to offset the accounts of him and the Liaoxi generals who stole and sold military rations.

However, 14,000 soldiers and civilians on Juehua Island were slaughtered by Jiannu, and hundreds of thousands of stone military rations on the front line fell into the hands of the enemy because he violated Gao Di's withdrawal order, and there was no justified reason, even if the princes of the imperial court did not hold him accountable for disobeying the order, his career would be considered to be over.

The reason why Yuan Chonghuan dared to report the capture of 17,000 people was, on the one hand, because he wanted to offset the guilt of standing by and watching the slaughter of 14,000 soldiers and civilians on Juehua Island.

On the other hand, Yuan Chonghuan believed that this figure was enough to cover up the defeat of the military rations and casualties because he insisted on not withdrawing the troops.

And with this great victory, the tens of millions of taels of silver spent by the Liaodong Army in the past few years can be regarded as an explanation to the imperial court. Yuan Chonghuan figured out the minds of these Liaoxi generals, and under the slogan of Sun Chengzong's Liao people guarding Liaotu, these officers of the Liaodong Army have developed into big landlords in Liaoxi.

As long as the Ming Dynasty continued this policy of defending the Guanwai, these officers would be able to enslave the Liao people who had fled from the Jiannu territory, farm and serve for themselves, and by the way, they could also share the profits from the annual salary of millions of taels in Liaodong.

And if they obeyed the orders of Gao Di and Wang Zaijin and gave up the land outside the pass to defend Shanhaiguan, these military leaders not only lost their land, but also changed from semi-independent warlords to the Ming army under the constraints of civilian officials.

Ning Yuan's victory was not only the demand of Yuan Chonghuan and other civilian officials in Liaodong, but also the demand of the armed groups in Liaodong.

Yuan Chonghuan knew very well that these Liaoxi generals would stand on his side and help him fulfill this lie. Even if the imperial court doubts his good news, at most it will be a lawsuit and cut off some merits.

Yuan Chonghuan's plan really succeeded, and the victory he concocted for Ning Yuan became a great victory praised by the government and the opposition. Not only did the center of the imperial court not pursue his disobedience to the order, but also lost all the military rations on the front line, and the crime of the slaughter of the soldiers and civilians on Juehua Island, and gave him a knighthood.

But Yuan Chonghuan himself didn't want to make this forged victory so powerful, and the purpose of his fake exploits was to exonerate himself, rather than relying on the forged victory to make himself a hero against Houjin.

If the imperial court doubts the authenticity of the great victory, it is nothing more than a lawsuit between the central government and the Liaodong army, but when the imperial court undoubtedly regards this great victory as a key battle to turn the overall situation of Liaodong, everything about Ningyuan's great victory will become the object of concern of the people of the world.

Yuan Chonghuan knew that he could deceive the high-ranking princes of the court, but he definitely couldn't deceive the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong who had participated in this war.

Once the truth of Ning Yuan's victory was spread, and the center of the court was annoyed and angry, his adventure would become a joke.

But then, Yuan Chonghuan discovered that even if the center of the imperial court vaguely found out the truth about Ning Yuan's great victory, it still concealed it for him, and it seemed that any questioning of the authenticity of Ning Yuan's great victory had become a taboo for the imperial court.

Yuan Chonghuan realized the fact that in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to be reused, it is not to see what you are doing, but what you say.

After the Ningjin War, although Yuan Chonghuan was settled by Wei Zhongxian and dismissed from his position in twilight, Yuan Chonghuan was not worried at all, he thought that he had touched the supreme law of Ming officialdom, and the temporary depression would not have any impact on him.

And since he faked Ning Yuan's victory, he and Liaoxi Jiangmen have been deeply tied together, because they both have a common original sin.

Yuan Chonghuan had a teacher in the Donglin Party, and the large sum of silver taels he sent to the eunuch party also established a good interpersonal network for him.

As long as there is a slight change in the direction of the stroke, those friends in the DPRK will naturally make him come back again. And with the support of the Liaoxi generals behind him, he naturally regarded the land of Liaodong as a personal reserve.

After His Majesty the Apocalypse died and the new emperor ascended the throne, Yuan Chonghuan thought that his opportunity had come.

He shrewdly judged that Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs would inevitably lose the trust of the new emperor and step down, while the Donglin party, who had been heavily suppressed by the eunuchs, would regain control of the court.

So Yuan Chonghuan began to actively contact teachers and friends in the Donglin Party, trying to regain momentum for himself.

Yuan Chonghuan went from being the head of the Ministry of War of the sixth grade to being the right attendant of the Ministry of War of the third grade within a few years, relying on being familiar with side affairs.

Therefore, he sought to restore the official position, that is, the position of governor of Liaodong. But then Chongzhen recalled Wang Zaijin's order to serve as the secretary of the military department, which immediately shattered his illusions.

Yuan Chonghuan knew very well that he had resisted Gao Di's order and stubbornly defended the Ningyuan defense line, and he undoubtedly became a representative of the Liao Guarding faction. And Wang Zaijin, a supporter of the Liao faction who held the same position as Gao Di, would never allow him to get the post of governor of Liaodong.

And Emperor Chongzhen, who ordered the recall of Wang Zaijin as soon as he ascended the throne, was also biased towards abandoning the officials of Liaodong from a standpoint.

In front of Wang Zaijin, Yuan Chonghuan's resume is simply shabby and unbearable.

Yuan Chonghuan immediately realized that he could not serve as the governor of Liaodong under the obstruction of Wang Zaijin, and monopolize the affairs of Liaodong.

So he moved Han Yi's recommendation and persuaded the master Sun Chengzong to come forward and compete with Wang Zaijin for the dominance of the military affairs in Liaodong.

However, above the court, I don't know what Chongzhen said, this Mr. Sun actually gave up in a daze, and competed with Wang Zaijin for the management of Liaodong affairs, and instead began to prepare for the establishment of a new army and a general's school.

Although Yuan Chonghuan was recommended by Sun Chengzong, he only got the title of director of the military department, and concurrently served as the director of the military training school.

Yuan Chonghuan was shocked by the low starting point of this reinstatement. Later, his colleagues in the ministry told him that this was His Majesty's new rule, and unless it was a dismissal caused by a wrong decision of the imperial court, the reinstatement would be reduced by 3 degrees from the original official position.

Yuan Chonghuan was naturally impatient to start from the director of martial arts and then slowly climb up. He was born in the twelfth year of Wanli and is now 43 years old.

If he goes up step by step, by the time he becomes a general, it is estimated that he will be restored to the rank before he was dismissed, and the position of the squire of the military department.

He carefully read the newspaper sent to him by Sun Chengzong, a copy of the new army, the preparation of the military academy, and the restructuring of the health center.

Sun Chengzong's original intention was to let Yuan Chonghuan care about the preparation plan for the new army and the military academy to see what was missing.

He had great expectations for his disciple, believing that in the future, only Yuan Chonghuan would be able to replace him in the defense of Liaodong, and the others would be inadequate.

Whether it is a new army or a military academy, it is created from scratch, and it will take at least 3 or 5 years to wait until it blossoms and bears fruit.

Yuan Chonghuan only slightly flipped over the former, thinking that presiding over these affairs can only make some oil and water, but it is about difficult to use this to make meritorious contributions and be promoted.

He was very interested in the reform of the guard behind the tie. With his experience in Liaodong, he knew that this military tun was not only a lot more boring, but also had ready-made guards, and he would soon be able to pull out an army.

In front of the young son of heaven, or in front of those courtiers who are eager for success and profit, this is a remarkable achievement.

Yuan Chonghuan thought that he had found a shortcut to the south, so he rushed to the capital day and night despite the cold and freezing, hoping to take over the restructuring of the guard station and the cleaning up of the military tun.

Unexpectedly, from the mouths of friends in the capital, Yuan Chonghuan learned that the clean-up of the military camp provoked a counterattack from the local gentry and nobles who had encroached on the land of the guard, and Sun Chengzong and Han Yi were discussing how to suppress the speech officials and forcibly promote the normal progress of the reform of the guard and the occupation of the military camp.

Yuan Chonghuan felt rushed to the front of the two teachers, and said to the two: "This Tian Ergeng is a eunuch eagle dog, and he is also one of the murderers of my Donglin predecessors. ”

Han Yi was silent, while Sun Chengzong frowned and said, "But the person in charge of the restructuring of this guard and the cleanup of the affairs of the military camp is the old man." And whether these affairs can be carried out is also related to the completion of the new army, if the old man is indifferent, won't he destroy his foundation? ”

Yuan Chonghuan immediately said: "The key to the establishment of the new army lies in the restructuring of the guards, not in cleaning up the affairs of the invaded military camps. What those noble and wealthy families want to stop is also to clean up the affairs of the invasion and occupation of the military camp, not the reform of the health center.

And how can the New Army's fundraising relationship with the teacher's work be entrusted to a group of eunuch eagle dogs? In the future, wouldn't Lin Qingliu, a corporal in the world, attack the teacher and the factory guard for colluding and oppressing local celebrities? ”

Sun Chengzong was immediately furious, but he also had to admit that what Yuan Chonghuan said still had some truth.

In the end, Han Yi and Sun Chengzong were persuaded by Yuan Chonghuan, and took the opportunity of the impeachment of Tian Ergeng by the noble and wealthy clans to seize the power of the Wei Institute to reform back into the hands of the Donglin Party.

The concessions to clean up the land occupied by the army in exchange for these noble and wealthy families only targeted Tian Ergeng and other Jinyi guards, rather than expanding to Sun Chengzong and other Donglin party members who presided over the restructuring of the entire Wei Institute.