(Yang Jiaofeng on the 139th article of "Daming Dynasty 1566")
Yan Maoqing's return from the salt patrol was unevenly divided, and it also foreshadowed that the Yan Party was coming to an end, and at this point, Lü Fang and the Jiajing Emperor had the same idea.
The fall of the Yan Party also heralded the complete breaking of the balance between the three families, and Lü Fang had to think of a way out for herself, so there was a plot of tujiajing emperor giving immortal elixirs.
Baoyang Jinshui is to protect himself, giving the elixir to Yang Jinshui to eat, it is equivalent to giving him a gold medal to avoid death, just imagine, the elixir that symbolizes immortality is given to Yang Jinshui to eat, does the Blue Immortal dare to let Yang Jinshui die?
Lü Fang is temporarily safe, so for the Yan Party, where should they go?
(Correct the mistake of the previous article: Lü Fang does call herself a slave in the play, and what she writes in the book is to call herself a slave, correct it.) ）
Yang Jiaofeng on "Daming Dynasty 1566" No. 139: Yan Song gave the Kunqu opera team worth 200,000 taels to Xu Jie, what medicine did he sell in the gourd?
One
When Yan Song and the others were listening to Kunqu opera in the palace, Lü Fang and the Jiajing Emperor were working intensively to settle accounts in the Jingshe, calculating the taxes collected by Yan Maoqing on this salt patrol.
At the beginning, the Jiajing Emperor was somewhat proud, complacent about his great feat of sending Yan Maoqing to patrol the salt:
"Now you understand why Yan Shifan didn't pursue yan Shifan last time, but instead sent Yan Maoqing south to patrol the salt?"
The reason for his pride was also very simple, that is, the previous patrol salt could only collect more than one million taels, and this time Yan Maoqing collected three million and three hundred thousand taels at once. The Jiajing Emperor was still relatively satisfied with this number, but at the same time there was a hint of anger, that is, the keys to the treasury of the Ming Dynasty were all in the hands of Yan Dang, and others could only rely on Yan Dang to use money, which made him very unhappy.
At this time, Lü Fang's mentality was completely different from that of a moment ago, because he had accomplished a great feat, that is, the Jiajing Emperor had acquiesced in giving him the elixir to Yang Jinshui to eat. Judging from Lü Fang's tacit understanding with the Jiajing Emperor, he had a way out, and naturally he had no fear:
"Master Shengming, slave and slave still have the next love!"
So Barabala informed the Jiajing Emperor of the information that Yan Maoqing had actually collected more than five million taels of salt and three ships were sailing elsewhere. Sure enough, it aroused the anger of the Jiajing Emperor, and now that he was determined to kill the Yan Party, since he wanted to kill the Yan Party, he had to find a way to maximize his interests:
"It's time to close the net, but it's not the time to raid the house."
In fact, it is very easy to understand that in order to maximize the interests of the family, the ideal situation is that when the Yan Party believes that it has the right to win, it suddenly falls to the bottom, which is the main strategy of the Jiajing Emperor to overthrow Yan.
Two
However, if we want to stabilize the Yan Party, then the yan party has to do one thing that is dead set on, that is, the Qi Dazhu Tongwu incident.
And this matter, the Jiajing Emperor naturally knew that this was something out of nothing, and in the face of Lü Fang's fire, he also developed an aversion to Yan Shifan's behavior:
"What does he mean by Yan Shifan, that the son of Yuan's son will also pass through?"
It was only at this time that Qi Dazhu's life and death determined the whereabouts of Yan Dang's property, and in order to maximize his interests, the Jiajing Emperor also acquiesced to Qi Dazhu's death:
"Then let Zhen Fusi be tried first, and this person was put to justice years ago, to reassure their hearts and to break their thoughts."
Maybe it was because he had a sharp mind, when the Jiajing Emperor was angry, Yan Song, who was listening to Kunqu opera, suddenly sat up, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes...
In fact, at this time, Yan Song already felt that the crisis was coming, and he knew where the problem was, but he couldn't control the situation. When Yan Dang's big ship came to this situation, he was already powerless, especially yan Shifan wanted to make a big fuss with Qi Dazhu Tongwu, and Yan Song felt inappropriate.
Kunqu opera is really good, and this drama team is still a new Kunlu that Wei Liangfu has been tuning out behind closed doors for ten years, and Yan Maoqing bought it for 200,000 taels of silver, which can be described as quite rare.
When Yan Song offered to send this drama team to Xu Jie overnight, the housekeeper asked a question:
"I'm just afraid that Elder Xiao Ge, Lord Yan and Lord Luo will be unhappy if they know!"
From this, it can be seen that Yan Song really can't control the overall situation, and once the flood beast can't control it, it will herald its demise, which the Jiajing Emperor himself is also very clear.
Three
So, why did Yan Song send the drama team to Xu Jie overnight?
It depends on what he went through before sending the drama team, before he sent it, he just experienced a thrilling imperial meeting, this meeting, laid the development of the later plot.
Let's see how the Jiajing Emperor controlled his emotions, sang double reeds with Lü Fang and the two of them, and fooled Yan Song and Xu Jie:
First, enough preferential treatment was given to the two, and the obvious symbol was that the original embroidery pier was removed and replaced with a burning sandalwood stool, which was warm, and even destroyed the rule that the elite house could not have fireworks.
Secondly, he affirmed the credit of Yan Song's men for this salt patrol, and also said to Xu Jie:
"What can anyone who is still trained by Yan Ge's old tuning be, with this money, you will not cry to the poor in the New Year this year."
Xu Jie obviously didn't know what the Jiajing Emperor was trying to do, but they were all thousand-year-old foxes, and he had endured it for twenty years, and it was not bad this time, so he immediately echoed the praise.
Again, the Jiajing Emperor shifted direction and began to satirize Xu Jie:
"Yang Jinshui was arrested, and a Zhao Zhenji was sent to concurrently manage the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and it was almost the end of the year, and half of the half-thousand silk had not yet been woven."
This sentence is the same as what Yan Shifan said just now in Yan Mansion, which makes Yan Song confused, is it true that the Jiajing Emperor is dissatisfied with Qingliu as Yan Shifan thought?
Subsequently, the Jiajing Emperor again sent Yan Song a great gift, asking who was framing Hu Zongxian, and after Xu Jie explained the origin of the hui merchants, he suddenly interrupted:
"Zheng Bichang and He Maocai are dead, and the account cannot be recorded on the head of the dead!"
Four
This set of combined punches came down, Yan Song became more and more confused, Xu Jie became more and more lost, of course, the big move was still behind, the Jiajing Emperor immediately mentioned Hai Rui, the person behind this person also wanted to give him a promotion, and also recommended him to go to Jiangxi Fenyi to become an official:
"Zhao Zhenji also granted his request... Fen Yi is the hometown of Elder Yan Ge, what do they mean by this? Elder Xu Ge, do you know what it means? ”
This trick is more clever, and continuing to pull the contradiction to the Qing school is equivalent to asking Xu Jie, is it arranged by you, do you want to overthrow Yan Song?
Xu Jie's cold sweat came down, where dare he admit it, and he really didn't know, and Yan Song was also confused, would this be another kind of temptation, just like when Hu Zongxian came with the account book?
"Lead the land, can not be the king's subjects, the emperor thinks whoever should serve wherever he wants."
In order to further confuse Yan Song, the Jiajing Emperor let Zhu Qiqi also stage a bitter meat plan, the detailed process was mentioned earlier, and it was omitted here. In short, the Jiajing Emperor showed the same thing as this sentence:
"If it is related to Hai Rui, it will do Hai Rui, and if it is related to others, it will do others!" If it has nothing to do with anyone, get rid of this curse! ”
Of course, this sentence was said to Yan Song, and Yan Song naturally understood where the bottom line of the Jiajing Emperor was, after all, Hai Rui involved Yu Wang, and Yan Song also had to take a stand:
"The minister thinks that the matter of Tongwu has absolutely nothing to do with Hai Rui!"
Five
In the end, the Jiajing Emperor did not agree to Hai Rui going to Jiangxi to become an official, and even asked Xu Jie to send a message, and in the future, Yu Wang would not blindly recommend people, which was equivalent to showing Yan Song again...
This operation of the Jiajing Emperor not only concealed Yan Song, but also concealed the King of Yu, and the killing of Qi Dazhu was equivalent to the death without proof, which further confirmed the evidence of the crime of Hai Rui Tongwu and The King of Yu. This is a defeat that the Qinglius cannot bear, and the key is deterrence, before the death of Zhou Yunyi, this is the death of Qi Dazhu, all of which are yan dang's means of deterring other officials.
Therefore, if Qi Dazhu could not die, it would also indicate a major defeat of the Yan Party and would inevitably become the last straw that overwhelmed them.
This is also the reason why the later plot revolves around Qi Dazhu.
And Yan Song, after this imperial meeting, returned home and asked the housekeeper to send Kunqu opera to Xu Jie, which had three purposes:
First of all, Xu Jie's ass is not clean, he is not less greedy than Yan Song, the Qing school is the next Yan Party, the only difference is that the objects they depend on are different, one is the future emperor, the other is the current emperor.
Xu Jie has done so many years of assist, and the cooperation with Yan Song is also a tacit understanding, the reason why Yan Song dares to send it like this, it is equivalent to having sent it before. This is a process of overtures, in order to declare that the two should abandon their previous suspicions, restore their previous tacit understanding, and continue to cooperate.
Secondly, it was also a test of Xu Jie, after all, the Jiajing Emperor had just summoned them into the palace, and he still didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd. Giving the drama team to Xu Jie was to see his reaction, and if he categorically refused, then Yan Song would have to raise a hundred points of vigilance. After all, Xu Jie had not publicly indicated his break with Yan Song so far, and even after the Jiajing Emperor's retreat, the two of them met for the first time, and Xu Jie also said that he could not do without Elder Yan Ge. If Xu Jie did not refuse, it would also indicate that the words that emperor Jiajing had just said were not aimed at overthrowing yan at least in Xu Jie's view.
Finally, Yan Song is also a kind of "kidnapping" of Xu Jie, to know that a Kunqu opera team, eating, drinking, and sleeping every day, all need silver. Xu Jie could afford to raise this big drama team, which naturally showed that the family had a lot of foundation, and once the Jiajing Emperor knew, he would think in his heart. Yan Song tied Xu Jie to himself, which was also a warning to Xu Jie not to make any moves, otherwise it would damage the interests of both sides.
More importantly, Yan Song did not leave yan Maoqing's big gift, which also laid the groundwork for yan song not to fall yan song later.
However, from the plot point of view, Xu Jie did not refuse, it can be seen that Yan Song's co-optation strategy is still successful. More importantly, Emperor Jiajing's ecstasy tactics were also successful, and Yan Song really did not expect what happened later, otherwise he would not have appeased Xu Jie...
I don't know if you have any deeper views on yan Song's sending the drama team to Xu Jie?
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