Yuan Chonghuan was executed on the order of the emperor.
The pass where the Hou Jin Army entered was under the jurisdiction of Ji Liao Prime Minister Liu Ce, and Yuan Chonghuan learned that the Hou Jin Army had entered the pass and was approaching the capital, so he came all the way to rescue him, thinking that he was guilty and not guilty. , but many people in the DPRK ministers believed that Yuan Chonghuan released Qing troops into the pass, so they all slandered Yuan Chonghuan for colluding with the Jin army. Zhu Youjian was also very suspicious of this. At this time, Hou Jinjun also designed a quarrel, saying that Yuan Chonghuan and Hou Jinjun had a secret agreement. In December, Zhu Youjian imprisoned Yuan Chonghuan.
Wang Yongguang, Gao Jie, Yuan Hongxun, Shi Zhi and others from Wei Zhongxian's remaining party wanted to take the opportunity to avenge Wei Zhongxian, and convicted Yuan Chonghuan of two crimes: negotiating peace with the Hou Jin army without authorization and killing Mao Wenlong without authorization, and planned to kill him together. Kill Qian Yongxi. In August of the third year of Chongzhen (1630), Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi. His family was displaced three thousand miles away and their property was confiscated. In fact, the family had no money left.
Extended information:
Yuan Chonghuan (1584-1630), courtesy name Yuan Yuan, was born in Shijie, Dongguan, Guangdong, and was originally from Wuzhou, Guangxi (native place is disputed). In the late Ming Dynasty, he was the governor of Ji Liao.
He was a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), and later served in Liaodong border through self-recommendation, and was favored by Sun Chengzong to guard Ningyuan. In the war against the Qing army (Later Jin Dynasty), he successively achieved great victories in Ningyuan and Ningjin, but Wei Zhongxian resigned and returned to his hometown because he was not happy.
After Ming Sizong Zhu Youjian came to the throne, Yuan Chonghuan was able to re-enable him. In the second year of Chongzhen (1629), he defeated Huang Taiji and solved the siege of the capital. "," "negotiating peace with the Qing court", "selling rice to subsidize enemies" and other charges to impeach Yuan Chonghuan, Huang Taiji took the opportunity to implement counterintuitive tactics. Yuan Chonghuan was eventually executed by Zhu Youjian as having a secret agreement with Hou Jin.
Although Yuan Chonghuan was a famous general who fought against the Qing Dynasty, he was also a controversial figure. There is a "Collection of Master Yuan's Posthumous Works" extant, and today there is a "Collection of Yuan Chonghuan".
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuan Chonghuan (general in the late Ming Dynasty)