Yuan Yingtai, a native of Fengxiang, was a scholar in high school in the 23rd year of Wanli, and was ordered by Linzhang County. During his tenure, he presided over the Zhangshui Long Dike Project, building dams for flood control. After being transferred to Hanoi, he organized the masses to puncture Taihang Mountain, introduced Qinshui and built 25 weirs. Under the auspices of Yuan Yingtai, the water conservancy facilities in the county were gradually improved, and tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land were irrigated. Yuan Yingtai also made remarkable achievements. He was promoted to be the director of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry selected doctors. Later, he was appointed as Huai Xubing.
When Yuan Yingtai arrived, he happened to encounter the Shandong disaster, and the people were displaced, hungry and cold. Faced with this tragic situation, Yuan Yingtai decided to open a porridge factory to help the victims, and even used all the extra taxes and tens of thousands of silver to help the victims. No one will say that Yuan Yingtai did something wrong today. Such a good official who loves and protects the people should be rewarded.
But at that time, what Yuan Yingtai did was not allowed by the court at all. Although it was used for disaster relief, it also violated the regulations, so finally, under the impeachment of the Ministry, Yuan Yingtai claimed that he was ill and went home.
A few years later, Yuan Yingtai resumed his right to participate in politics in Henan and was ordered to go to Yongping to control water. At that time, the late Jin army repeatedly attacked the border, and Yuan Yingtai took the time to train soldiers, prepare weapons, and prepare food and grass after water control. Xiong Tingbi, the person in charge at that time, appreciated Yuan Yingtai very much and supported him very much.
In the first year of Taichang, Yuan Yingtai was promoted to the right capital, replacing Zhou Yongtai as the governor of Liaodong. Soon after, Xiong Tingbi was dismissed, so he took charge of it again. After taking over the heavy responsibility, he wrote to Ming Xizong: "I swear to be with Liaodong from beginning to end, and I would rather be with the officials and officials from beginning to end."
Yuan Yingtai is loyal and has a good impression here in Ming Xizong. He got a chance and was allowed to act at a low price. With the support of the emperor, Yuan Yingtai immediately started to rectify the profile of Xiong Tingbi, a military prostitute, killed He Guangxian, a greedy general, and dismissed Li Guangrong and more than ten people below him.
Yuan Yingtai then prepared for the battle and decided to fight eighteen bends to recover Fushun.
Although Yuan Yingtai is honest and clever, he is not good at military affairs. When I was in Liaodong, I was more tolerant and changed many rules and regulations made by Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi himself was strict in imperial edict, unacceptable in legal principle and serious in military discipline, which made the troops reorganize in an orderly way. In contrast, Yuan Yingtai is far from it.
At that time, Mongolia happened to encounter a disaster, and many victims went to the customs to beg. At that time, Yuan Yingtai advocated taking in these victims, thinking that if Xiong Tingbi was not briefly introduced to them, this gratifying person would probably take refuge in the late Jin Dynasty. Taking them in now can increase the number of soldiers.
Yuan Yingtai thought very well and used these Mongols to help the Ming Dynasty fight against the late Jin Dynasty. But among these people, there are many spies and people with poor moral character. Many of these people were secretly raped and plundered, which had a great impact on the lives of the people in Shanhaiguan, and the people were deeply bitter.
At that time, there was a lot of discussion among the people and they all expressed their opposition. But Yuan Yingtai suppressed all these opposing voices and went his own way. Facts have proved that Yuan Yingtai's skill was really hasty. Later, the late Jin army attacked, and among the Mongols who took refuge, there were indeed spies in the late Jin Dynasty. Many generals of the Ming army died in the assassination of these spies.
Later, Jin met the Ming army. Because of these Mongols, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. Soldiers fled one after another, trying to die, and the Ming army was in chaos. Seeing this, Yuan Yingtai regretted it. However, the tide was gone, and finally he hanged himself.
After Yuan Yingtai died, his brother-in-law Yao Juxiu also committed suicide. Tang Shiming, a servant, caressed Yuan Yingtai's body and wept bitterly, setting fire to the building and dying. When the court heard the news, it ordered Yuan Yingtai to be posthumously appointed as the minister of war, and made a grand sacrifice for burial, so that his son could become an official.