Emperors of all dynasties liked talented people, especially those who were brilliantly literate. Not only are they full of learning, but they are also doing their best to do things. But talented people sometimes have many shortcomings, and they are often arrogant and arrogant, and they do not know how to restrain themselves.
The reason is probably because these talented people, often very intelligent at an early age, are often praised as prodigies, which often make them highly appreciated, so their growth process is too smooth, often feel that they are superior, lack of respect for people's mentality. They don't understand that in fact, the so-called emperor's favor is often unreliable, because the most essential relationship between people is still the use of relationships, when he thinks you are useful, he will naturally favor you a little, and when he feels that you are useless, it is impossible to take care of you. And the mentality of the talent is that he is particularly good, so good that he does not need any conditions, people will like me, this is a wishful thinking, you know, any relationship needs to be maintained by each other, and the relationship that is not maintained will sooner or later face a collapse.
Today we will talk about a talented man who was once loved, but finally died tragically in his prime. He is Xie Jin, who is known as the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty. Xie Jin's talent can be said to be universally recognized, he just stepped into the career, in Zhu Yuanzhang's era was much favored, Zhu Yuanzhang once said to him: Although you and I say that the name is Junchen, in fact, it is the same as father and son, if there is anything wrong with me, you can say it directly. As a result, Xie Jin really said directly, he pointed out a lot of shortcomings with Zhu Yuanzhang, completely disregarding Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly tolerated because he admired Xie Jin's talent too much, but then finally couldn't tolerate it, felt that this person was too lacking in human feelings, so he let his father take him home, and allowed him to use you again after 10 years, in a word, you have not grown up now, and then use you when you grow up. This is a particularly good fate for those who provoked Zhu Yuanzhang, because many innocent people who were officials during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty were implicated, and those who were exterminated by Ling Chi of the Three Nationalities and even the Nine Ethnic Groups can be said to be innumerable, just like Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, and others, and xie jin was the only one who annoyed Zhu Yuanzhang like this and received such gentle treatment.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, xie Jin returned to the imperial court, he was also favored by Emperor Jianwen, recruited him as a close attendant, and later Xie Jin chose to defect to Zhu Di on the eve of Zhu Di's army attacking Nanjing. Zhu Di also had a special appreciation for him, and once said to the minister: Daming cannot be without me for a day, and I cannot be without a solution for a day, which shows the importance attached to him. But for a talented man, the more you praise him, the more he feels taken for granted, in the relationship with Zhu Di, Xie Jin did not have the feeling of not taking care of Zhu Di, he always thinks that since the emperor values me so much, then what opinion I have must tell you, you should not punish me, in fact, this is a kind of pampering and arrogance, although Xie Jin is not greedy and lawless. But his mentality doomed him to failure. He didn't understand that in fact, there were many reasons why Zhu Di valued him.
The first reason was that Zhu Di had already killed Fang Xiaoru and other civil officials of the Jianwen Dynasty. When Zhu Di had not yet entered the capital, Yao Guangxiao had warned him that Fang Xiaoru would definitely not surrender to you, because he was particularly Fangzheng, but you must not kill him, because he was the seed of reading in the world, and if you killed him, the seed of the world's readers would be extinguished. That is to say, to some extent, Fang Xiaoru was the spiritual leader of the Daming readers at that time. However, because of Fang Xiaoru's special rejection and disgust for Zhu Di, Zhu Di did not control his emotions in the end, and finally killed Fang Xiaoru, and in a fit of anger, created a tragedy that had never been seen before the destruction of the Ten Tribes. Although Zhu Di was relieved of his momentary anger, he was trembling in the face of the readers in the world, because he did not know what the consequences would be. Fortunately, later Xie Jin, a talented man, turned to him, so he specially attached great importance to Xie Jin, so as to show his pity for talents to the people of the world.
The second reason was that he wanted to compile the Yongle Canon, and Xie Jin was the most suitable candidate. As a polymath, he read poetry since he was a child, and he also had experience in revising the "History of the Yuan" and supplementing the "History of Song". Although Zhu Di had a Yao Guangxiao who was very knowledgeable and talented at that time, Yao Guangxiao was already in his sixties at that time, so he needed a young man like Xie Jin to take on the big head, and Yao Guangxiao only gave guidance. That is to say, Zhu Di's weight on Xie Jin was often due to his useful considerations.
The third reason, and perhaps the most important one, is that Xie Jin is a subordinate, and he wants to show Emperor Jianwen's old ministers that he will be very kind to anyone who surrenders to him. Because the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen at that time were unknown, Zhu Di was afraid that Emperor Jianwen would escape and start a civil uprising, which could reduce Emperor Jianwen's appeal, which was also the need to stabilize his rule.
However, in the end, after Zhu Di appointed Xie Jin as the first assistant to the cabinet, he was eventually imprisoned as a "no one courtesy", and in 1415, after being drunk, he was buried in a snowdrift and froze to death. At this time, Xie Jin was only 47 years old.
With the passage of time, the "Yongle Canon" is also almost completed, and Xie Jin, who has the name of a subordinate, but does not know self-respect, is still the same personality, and even for Zhu Di's appointment of Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu, who is the crown prince, and other royal matters, he has pointed fingers at Zhu Di, and there are even "good saints" for Zhu Di to point directly to Zhu Zhanji. This obviously also violated Zhu Di's reverse scales, and even more offended Zhu Gaoxu himself, and also planted the seeds for his tragic ending.