Li Zicheng's counselor.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, as the most prosperous leader in the war, had "warriors like clouds, counselors like rain". Now, only Yan Li and Niu Jinxing are widely circulated counselors.
Portrait of Yan Li
Li, his father, was born in an official's family. He used to be the governor of Shandong Province and the minister of the Ministry of War, but he was involved in the "Wei Zhongxian case" and did harm for the people. Yan Li is a civil and military generalist. He loves to oppose injustice and often helps the poor. He enjoys a high reputation in his hometown.
When Li Zicheng led them through his hometown, Yan Li joined the rebels. He and Li Zicheng chatted very speculatively as soon as they met, and both of them had a feeling of brief encounter. Since then, Li Zicheng has adopted Yan Li's policy of "appeasing people's hearts", which greatly improved the position of the rebels in people's hearts. The insurgents were able to change from bandits to rebels, and at this point, Li Zicheng was able to build a rich and powerful country. However, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, due to the expansion of Li Zicheng's self-confidence and his colleagues' jealousy of Yan Li, many important suggestions of Yan Li were not adopted, which led to the rapid failure of the rebel army. On his way out of Beijing, Li Zicheng listened to the slanderers of another counselor, Niu Jinxing, and killed Yan Li, which led to his moral decay.
Niu Jinxing is a juren in the seventh year of tomorrow consciousness. He is familiar with the art of war and is good at strategizing. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Yan Li introduced him to Li Zicheng.
After Niu Jinxing joined Li Zicheng, he put forward a nine-word proposal of "killing less and punishing less, helping the hungry and winning the hearts of the people", which was adopted by Li Zicheng. He is a staunch supporter of Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor, and it is precisely because of Niu Jinxing's promotion that Li Zicheng succeeded in proclaiming himself emperor. But Niu Jinxing was narrow-minded, jealous and greedy for power. Li Zicheng visited Li Zicheng on his way back to Beijing, which led to Yan Li's murder, which made Dashun's morale unstable and many generals ran away. After Li Zicheng's defeat, Niu Jinxing led his son to the Manchu Dynasty. At that time, the Manchu government did not arrange Niu Jinxing's position because of his bad reputation among officials. Finally, Niu Jinxing died of old age in yamen.
Li Zicheng killed Yan Li.
Li Zicheng and Yan Li were killed, which can be explained by the word "rabbit and dog cooked". Of course, Yan Li was killed for many reasons. Here, the author will analyze them for you.
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First of all, because of Yan Li's prominent family background, his father once served as the governor of Shandong Province. In Li Zicheng's eyes, Yan Li is always different from himself as a farmer. Although Li Zicheng appreciated Yan Li's talent very much in the early stage, with the growth of time, Yan Li's talent was gradually known by everyone, and his position in the military was getting higher and higher.
As Yan Li's status is getting higher and higher, Li Zicheng is paying more and more attention to Yan Li. As a farmer, he always believed that if this situation continued, Yan Li would eventually take his place. To this end, he gradually alienated Yan Li and cultivated Niu Jinxing, who was similar to himself, to compete with Yan Li. In the end, Li Zicheng listened to Niu Jinxing's slanderers and poisoned Yan Li.
The second important reason is that Niu Jinxing, then the counselor of Li Zicheng, contributed to this situation. Niu Jinxing was introduced to Li Zicheng by Yan Li. Niu Jinxing really played a great role in Li Zicheng, and his nine-character proposal laid a solid foundation for the establishment of Dashun regime in Li Zicheng in the future.
But in the later period, Niu Jinxing's self-confidence swelled, and he was greedy for power and jealous of Li Xin, who was also a counselor. On the way to Li Zicheng's defeat and escape from Beijing, Niu Jinxing, who is good at understanding people's hearts, pleaded with Li Zicheng. He slandered Li Yan for using astrology instead of Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng, who wanted to kill Li Yan, found a "proper" excuse and ended it.
Finally, an important reason is that Yan Li himself has a desire to die. Later, the Dashun regime was in chaos, especially after the occupation of Beijing, which brought great pain to the people. Yan Li repeatedly suggested to Li Zicheng to save Dashun, but they were all rejected. At this time, Yan Li was very disappointed. With Yan Li's prestige in the army at that time, he could lead a group of people out of Li Zicheng and start their own businesses. However, Yan Li, who takes the world as his own responsibility, chose to exchange his life for the temporary peace of the world.