In the later period of Jiajing, Emperor Zhu Houxi not only indulged in Taoism, but also practiced Dan Cultivation in the palace every day in an attempt to live forever, but on the other hand, he also favored Yan Song, a powerful minister who was "good at writing green words", and mutilated Zhongliang.
In March of the 27th year of Jiajing, Yan Song used the crime of "lightly provoking border challenges" to instruct his henchmen Qiu Luan to slander the patriotic general Zeng Qiao and use him to implicate Xia Yan, the head of the cabinet, and imprisoned him.
Then, Yan Song also sent people to spread rumors, so that Jiajing mistakenly thought that Xia Yan had slandered himself in prison, and in a fit of anger, he beheaded Xia Yan to show the public, so Yan Song became the first assistant of the cabinet and began his journey to the peak of power and government!
As the saying goes: villains are the same but not together! Zeng Milling was killed, and Qiu Luan was turned to Jiajing's favor, but he was not willing to be attached to Yan Song and let him be at his mercy, so he secretly went to a secret to expose the actions of Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan, Jiajing was originally suspicious, and from then on he began to alienate Yan Song, and gradually favored another cabinet minister, Xu Jie.
Xu Jie, Zi Sheng, Shaohu, a native of Huating County, Songjiang Province, Jiajing served as a Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites for twenty-eight years, and later entered the cabinet, like Yan Song, he was also trusted by Jiajing for writing green words. Shi Zai, Xu Jie was short in stature, had a fair face, and had an extremely flexible mind.
At first, Yan Song had exclusive power, and he refused to go along with it, but as a result, Yan Song repeatedly said bad things about him in front of Jiajing, and Xu Jie's situation was once very dangerous, so he Raised Obscure Taoguang, ostensibly began to follow Yan Song, and even married his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson and formed a family.
As a result, Xu Jie quickly gained the trust of Yan Song, yan Song's son Yan Shifan had a strong personality, and repeatedly insulted him unreasonably, and he also swallowed his anger and pretended to be confused.
At this time, Xu Jie saw Yan Song and Qiu Luan attacking each other, and he wanted to profit from it. First of all, he tried his best to please the Jiajing Emperor, specifically picking out the words that the emperor liked, and did not let Yan Song in writing green words at all, and finally won Jiajing's favor, added Xu Jie as the title of Shaobao, and entered the cabinet to participate in the pre-flight service.
After entering the cabinet, Xu Jie secretly thought that Yan Song had controlled the government for many years, and his cronies were all over the country, and it was difficult to shake it for a while, so it was better to get rid of Qiu Luan first, so he secretly played some crimes of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and the Jiajing Emperor was really angry, and ordered him to remove all his official positions, and Qiu Luan was terrified, and soon died of sores in his back.
The first assistant Yan Song was also old at this time, and deaf and blind, for the courtiers to write the proposed reply (the Ming Dynasty called the ticket), but also by the son Yan Shifan, but at this time, Yan Song's old wife died of illness, according to the reason that Yan Shifan should escort the funeral homecoming, but Yan Song used his old age as an excuse to ask Jiajing to leave his son to take care of himself, Jiajing, although faint, but filial piety, agreed but did not allow Yan Shifan to re-enter the cabinet to prepare a vote, so that Yan Song received the emperor's edict again, often did not understand the holy will, and the vote was confused. Thus also lost Jiajing's joy.
Soon, another thing happened that was unfavorable to Yan Song. One day, the Yongshou Palace where Jiajing lived suddenly caught fire, so he was forced to move to the Yuxi Hall for a while, but the Yuxi Hall was too narrow and extremely inconvenient.
Jiajing wanted to rebuild the Yongshou Palace, he first asked Yan Song's opinion, but Yan Song did not know what to think, he suggested that Jiajing move to the Nangong to live, the Nangong was the place where Emperor Jing had forbidden Yingzong, as soon as the words came out, Jiajing's face suddenly changed, and he waved his hand to let Yan Song go down.
Subsequently, Jiajing summoned Xu Jie to inquire, and Xu Jie discovered the holy will and suggested that the remaining materials of the palace be burned and the palace be rebuilt. Jia Jing was very happy after hearing this, so he ordered Xu Jie's son Xu Fan to be in charge of repairing the palace.
Under the careful planning of Xu Jie's father and son, a Wanshou Palace was soon built, and Jiajing was very satisfied after moving in, so he promoted Xu Jie to the post of Taishi, and Yan Song was even more snubbed by the emperor.
In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562 AD), the Jiajing Emperor Rong favored the alchemist Lan Daoxing, who was good at counting the fortunes, and one day, he asked Lan Daoxing to calculate whether there were traitors in the dynasty. Lan Daoxing did not know whether out of justice or had been bribed by Xu Jie, he accused Yan Song's father and son of treachery and power, and just when Jiajing was suspicious, there was also Yushi Zou Yinglong who impeached Yan Song's father and son for their monopoly on the country, jiajing thought that this was providence, so he ordered Yan Song to retire, exiled Yan Shifan and his henchmen Luo Longwen to go to Leizhou, Guangdong Province, and added Xu Jie as the first assistant to the cabinet.
Unexpectedly, Yan Shifan was bold and arrogant, and on the way, he fled back to his hometown without authorization, and wantonly expanded the mansion to collect outlaws, hoping to take revenge on Zou Yinglong and Xu Jie. When Xu Jie learned of the news, he instructed Yushi Linrun to impeach Yan Shifan for secretly communicating with him, complaining about the imperial court and the expansion of the Fubi Inner Palace, and the absurdity and other crimes. Jia Jing was furious and ordered Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen and others to be imprisoned and handed over to the Fa For detailed interrogation.
During this period, Yan Shifan falsely confessed to the crime of falsely accusing the loyal ministers Yang Jisheng and Shen Lian of imprisonment in an attempt to divert the attention of judicial officials, but was pierced by Xu Jie, who said to the interrogation official: "If you report according to this confession, then Yan Shifan will be able to get away with it, and you will be convicted and imprisoned." ”
Everyone was puzzled, and Xu Jie analyzed: "Yang and Shen are responsible for the crimes drawn up by Your Majesty, how can the emperor admit his fault?" If you find that you have used Yan's fault to blame him, you are bound to anger Long Yan, and the result can naturally be imagined! After listening to this, everyone suddenly realized, and they all said "it's dangerous!".
After Xu Jie finished speaking, he took out a copy of his own draft music from his sleeve and asked them to copy it and report it, in which Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen, and others recruited outlaws, colluded with Wokou, and attempted to flee to Japan as the main culprits. Sure enough, sejong read it with a big stroke of the pen and ordered the three halls of the Metropolitan Temple, Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei to be tried.
Finally, in March of the 44th year of Jiajing, the edict cut Yan Song from his post to the people, killed Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen and others, and confiscated more than 30,000 gold of the Yan family, and the value of silver, antique treasures, etc. was nearly 70 to 8 million taels, which were naturally obtained by Yan Song's father and son for many years of looting the people's fat and people's ointment.
It is said that after Yan Song returned home, he was homeless, could only live in the tomb and secretly lived, and then on April 21, 45, Jiajing died in poverty and illness, at the age of eighty-seven, and after his death, there was no coffin to bury, let alone mourning relatives and friends, which was also the end of his life. (More exciting, pay attention to the public number: Li Guangyuan)
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