(Yang Jiaofeng on the 137th article of "Daming Dynasty 1566")
The fall of the Yan Party is the result of a mixture of various reasons, not one thing or several things.
Although Yan Song explicitly told Yan Shifan when he was confined at home:
"The Ming Dynasty can't do without your father!"
In the end, the Ming Dynasty still left Yan Song, but in the process of overthrowing Yan, there was a person whose role had to be mentioned, and he was Yan Maoqing. Why did he return from a salt patrol and successfully complete the task of the Jiajing Emperor, but became the last straw that overwhelmed the Yan Party?
Yang Jiaofeng on "Daming Dynasty 1566" No. 137: Daming Dynasty: Smart is mistaken by cleverness, why did Yan Maoqing only hand over one million taels of silver to the Jiajing Emperor?
One
Yan Maoqing, a person with a more interesting name, was also an arrogant and lavish person in history. Jiajing has been a scholar for twenty years, an official to the right attendant of the Punishment Department, in our folk words, it is indeed his ancestral tomb that is smoking green smoke.
In "Daming Dynasty 1566", he and Luo Longwen are also Yan Shifan's hardcore minor followers, after Hai Rui's confession about Yan Dang was burned by the Jiajing Emperor. In exchange for benefits, Yan Song recommended Yan Maoqing to patrol the salt to fill the emptiness of the national treasury, and successfully collected more than 5 million taels of silver.
The real anger of the Jiajing Emperor to completely destroy the fuse of the Yan Party lies in Yan Maoqing's distribution of more than 5 million taels of silver.
According to the play, he handed over 1 million taels to the Jiajing Emperor on his private account and 2.3 million taels to the national treasury, but there was another boat to Yan Song's hometown in Jiangxi, a boat to Yan Maoqing's hometown, and a boat to the capital.
When the Jiajing Emperor learned of this news, he was furious:
"Well, 2 million two silver three boats, travel south and north, I built this canal for them in the Ming Dynasty."
Subsequently, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said to Lu Fang:
"The money of the decay, they take 2 million, the share of 1 million, but also thank them!"
Therefore, the Jiajing Emperor decided to close the net, and before closing the net, let the Yan Party have another good year...
Then we can't help but wonder, the Yan Party represented by Yan Song clearly knew that the Jiajing Emperor was already dissatisfied with himself, so why did he have to deceive the emperor to the death?
Two
Yang Jiaofeng can responsibly tell everyone that the reason why Yan Dang is in this situation is that he was harmed by Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing!
In fact, the deaths of Zheng Bichang and He Maocai were also given by Bai Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing, why do you say so?
We have to push the time forward, why did Yan Shifan send Gao Hanwen to Zhejiang in the first place?
To put it bluntly, I don't want my own people to eat too ugly, even if they still eat in the end, then let Gao Hanwen go to the guilt. And what is the premise of all this?
In fact, Zheng Bichang and He Mao have the strength to implement the change of rice to mulberry and can successfully complete the task. When Gao Hanwen blocked the purchase of land at a low price, Zheng Bichang told He Maocai:
"We have to make up for the deficit, and we have to burn our faces... They want the horses to run, and they want the horses not to graze. ”
And how did He Mao answer:
"Then let them tree arches, we're bitches, it's a big deal, we don't share the money in it."
That is to say, if it were not for the Strict Party's greed for money, the matter of changing rice to mulberry could have been completely accomplished. In fact, when the play first formulated this national policy, it was not unworkable, and the reason why Hu Zongxian opposed it was because he had a fairly good grasp of human nature.
And the reason why Zheng Bichang and He Maocai did not succeed is because of this sentence:
"If I can be a bitch, I also recognize it, but now I'm afraid that I can't even be a bitch, we don't divide the money, and the people in the palace don't share the money?"
The key to this sentence is that the rest of the Yan Party are also waiting for the money to be divided, and combined with the fact that Zheng Bichang is angry because he read Luo Longwen's letter, it can be seen that it must be Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing who are waiting for the money in the dynasty!
Three
Why didn't Xiao Ge Old Yan Shifan write a letter?
The reason is that he sent Gao Hanwen to make trouble, not to make a fool of himself, but to make a clear attitude, that is, to remind everyone:
"Don't be greedy about changing rice to mulberry, let me do a good job!"
So why did Yan Maoqing only hand over 1 million taels of silver to the Jiajing Emperor?
First of all, Yan Maoqing entered Beijing and reported with Yan Song, and only reported 3.3 million taels, plus 200,000 taels of the drama team, but only 3.5 million taels. He did not tell Yan Song that there were two boats to Yan Song's hometown and his hometown, in fact, until the end of the play, he did not say how much money they had transported.
The only evidence is that Lü Fang reported to the Jiajing Emperor, and the first evidence is Zhu Qi's words:
"Before dark, Zhu Qiqi came to see the slaves, and he said that Yan Maoqing still had three boats before he took the silver back to Beijing."
Zhu Qi, as everyone knows, is the deepest hidden Anti-Yan Sect, and we will talk about his story in a special issue later. Therefore, his sentence has a deliberate ingredient in it, and it may also be to add oil and vinegar.
The second piece of evidence is the news from the people in Nanzhili:
"Yan Maoqing collected at least 5 million taels of tax and silver from this year's salt patrol, and in addition to the 3.3 million yuan reported, he also secretly concealed at least 2 million yuan."
Does Yan Song know these contents?
You should not know, at least it is not mentioned in the play, otherwise, with his sensitivity to the current situation, he would not condone Yan Maoqing to do this!
Four
So why did Yan Maoqing die?
There are three reasons for this:
First, the method of calculating the share is different:
According to what the Jiajing Emperor said at the beginning, the limit he could tolerate was one or two pieces of silver, ten dollars to him, and six dollars to the Yan Party.
His algorithm is like this, more than 5 million taels of silver, deducting the 2.3 million taels handed over to the national treasury, the remaining 3 million taels to participate in the sharing. Then he divided 1 million taels, yan dang divided 2 million taels, so that he could only control 1/3.
If you calculate according to the total of more than 5 million taels, only 1/5 of what he can control is unbearable.
The algorithm of Yan Maoqing and others is different, the entire Ming Dynasty is your Zhu family, gave you 3.3 million taels, we only left 2 million taels, which is in line with the Jiajing Emperor's saying that ten dollars belong to the emperor and six money belong to the Yan Party.
Therefore, turning over the Jiajing Emperor 1 million taels, Yan Dang did not think less, and even Yan Shifan once shouted excitedly:
"With these 3.3 million, let the emperor see who is the loyal subject of the Ming Dynasty!"
Second, the Yan Party's grasp of the current situation is not in place:
Yan Dang's nemesis is the Qing school, and the balance of forces is also in contrast with the Qing school, although Yan Shifan is out of the cabinet, but Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong are also out, one for two, no loss.
Although the two-yuan tiger general, Zheng Bichang and He Maocai were lost in Zhejiang, they were also cut in time to avoid greater losses. More importantly, because of the "Tongwu" biting Qi Dazhu back, it involved Hai Rui and Yu Wang, which was also a constraint on them.
More importantly, they still believe that the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from Yan Song, not to mention the huge power of the Yan Party, but in terms of patrolling salt alone, they think that it is a great victory:
"Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and those people wanted to overthrow us, and got a Zhao Zhenji to take over the weaving bureau, how about it?" It was almost the end of the year, and half a million silks were less than half the number. ”
Five
Yan Song was still rational and advised Yan Shifan:
"Don't cause trouble, after all, you are holding Yu Wang behind your back!"
And Yan Shifan was already overwhelmed, he didn't care about Any Yu Wang at all, he must kill Hai Rui!
Third, Yan Maoqing must have some reservations:
Some people may not understand, obviously they are already very rich, why do you have to be greedy for 2 million taels, directly give the Jiajing Emperor 2 million taels, keep 1 million taels yourself, isn't it okay?
In fact, the Jiajing Emperor himself also calculated with Lü Fang, who only received 1.7 million taels of silver from the previous year's patrol salt, and last year it shrank to 1.4 million taels. Of course, according to the tax policy of the Ming Dynasty at that time, some salt taxes were taken away by the Southern Zhili, but some were deducted by officials at all levels.
Yan Maoqing can collect more than 5 million taels, which is already the limit, on the one hand, it is to make up for the deficit in previous years, on the other hand, Yan Dang has also consciously handed over some of it.
If you give the Jiajing Emperor 2 million taels this year, what about next year? What about the year after?
Obviously, if the Yan Party wants to maintain such a large force, it is impossible not to give dividends to officials at all levels, and once the dividends are distributed, they will be divided into the red of the Jiajing Emperor. He has increased his appetite once, what will he do later? After all, at this time, the Yan Party did not realize that the crisis had arrived, and it was still planning a long stream of water.
Moreover, the Jiajing Emperor was indeed suspicious, and after settling the account, he questioned Lü Fang:
"How can Yan Maoqing recover so much silver?"
3.3 million taels still make the Jiajing Emperor mad, and then another more than 5 million taels of real accounts, he still has to collapse?
In fact, as far as the Jiajing Emperor was concerned, it didn't matter whether he was strict or not, he didn't care at all, what he cared about was whether he could get money?
Later, the Yan Party fell, and Xu Jie became the first assistant, just as the national treasury was empty, there was no money for fighting, and officials could not pay silver. In the front, Yan Shifan moved money everywhere to the Jiajing Emperor's monastic temple, and xu Jie's son in the back still transferred money everywhere to the Jiajing Emperor's monastic hall. Yan Dang changed rice to mulberry, Xu Jie engaged in Songjiang cotton cloth, died a Shen Yishi, and jumped out of a Gao Hanwen. Before, a Qing official like Hai Rui could not reach the heavens with his loyal words, and after that, a Qing official like Hai Rui, the loyal words still could not reach the heavens...
Therefore, the matter of falling strict, fart use is not used, the imperial court is still that imperial court, the emperor is still that emperor, nothing has changed!
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