Zhao Yongxian was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province in the fourteenth year of Jiajing (1535 AD).
In the fifth year of Longqing (1571), at the age of seven, Chinese New Year's Eve was selected as a Shu Jishi and served in the early years of the Wanli Calendar.
The "History of Ming" records: "Zhang Juzheng's father lost his affection, and used his virtuous resistance to relieve him: 'The courtiers who steal the strange Juzheng can be loyal to the righteousness of the monarch for several years, and they cannot use the love of father and son for less than one day, and the state has set up a taiwan counselor to correct the judicial discipline...""
In the autumn of the third year of the Wanli Calendar (1577), the father of the auxiliary chancellor Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and according to the official practice at that time, Zhang Juzheng should return to his hometown of Jiangling and serve his father for three years.
At that time, the little emperor was only twelve years old, and in Zhang Juzheng's own words, he was ostensibly the prime minister, but in fact he exercised the power of regency. ”
Zhang Juzheng was worried that there would be great changes in three years, when he returned to the imperial court, his original position would no longer exist, and the empress dowager and the little emperor did not want Zhang Juzheng to return to his hometown, so he "seized affection" to keep him, Zhang Juzheng did not want to return to his hometown at all, and the emperor 'seized affection' was right in his arms.
"Seizing affection" means that the imperial court thinks of the society, deprives the ministers of the love of father and son, mother and son, abandons the long holiday of filial piety, and continues to stay in office.
Wanli Emperor
This matter caused controversy between the government and the public, and the strongest opposition was Zhang Juzheng's protégé Zhao Yongxian.
Zhao Yongxian was a man of integrity and fierceness, did not rub sand in his eyes, even if his mentor had a fault, he would never let go, he said to the emperor: "The subject feels very strange in private, Zhang Juzheng has been loyal to the imperial court for many years with the righteousness of the monarch, but he cannot take a day to fulfill his filial piety, the imperial court set up a platform advisory, just to correct illegal behavior, but now he is chattering and asking the prime minister to stay in office, openly violating public opinion, scorning filial piety, and putting forward strange talk, for this reason, I am worried that the imperial court will become more and more chaotic after this!" ”
Zhang Juzheng's reason for "seizing affection" is really not sufficient, without Zhang Juzheng, would Daming have to close his door and close his business?
Zhao Yongxian's words were too harsh, and the result of the court discussion was that the staff was dismissed from his post and repatriated to his original hometown, and at the same time, Wu Zhongxing was also encountered with the court staff, and his words were also very fierce.
Zhang Juzheng was furious and punished Zhao Yongxian, Wu Zhongxing, Ai Mu, Shen Sixiao and other opponents with a court staff.
In fact, the wooden staff is made of hardwood chestnut wood, wrapped in a layer of iron, with barbed nails on it, and when executed, the prisoner has to take off his clothes and pants, even if the executioner is merciful, the prisoner will open the flesh.
At the time of execution, after five rods, another person will be replaced to ensure the intensity of the execution, and the nail barb will tear part of the skin and flesh, leaving a disability at the slightest and killing on the spot.
Wu Zhongxing was reprimanded by the staff for sixty, fainted on the spot, and only woke up after applying the medicine, so that "one limb was empty", resulting in a leg disability.
Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao were each tortured with eighty rods, and they both passed out, and only woke up three days later, Ai Mu was carried out of the city by a door panel, and then exiled to Liangzhou, Shen Sixiao was dismissed, and after Zhang Juzheng's death, these two were restored to official positions.
Zhao Yongxian was reprimanded by the staff for sixty, "Fat with sage voxel, the flesh collapsed like a palm, and his wife was hidden." ”
He was fat and fought some of them, but he also died nine times, the size of a broken flesh palm, and his wife made the skin and meat into bacon and treasured it as a relic of his loyal subjects, leaving it for future generations to watch.
Zhao Yongxian's daughter had promised to marry Wu Zhen, the son of Wu Zhiyan, and Wu Zhiyan was worried that Zhao Yongxian would implicate him, so he desperately tried to seduce Zhang Juzheng and get the post of Inspector of Fujian, while at the same time being arrogant and rude to Zhao Yongxian, mocking him as "the son of a maid".
Soon, When Zhao Yongxian learned that Wu Zhiyan was under the command of Zhang Juzheng's henchman Wang Zhen, he was extremely angry and angrily withdrew from his daughter's marriage.
In the second year after Zhang Juzheng's death, the imperial court revived Zhao Yongxian and served as a lecturer at the feast, but he still did not change his personality, arrogant and arrogant, and repeatedly impeached the ministers, which were hated and rejected by Wang Xijue, Wu Zhiyan, Shen Shixing, Xu Guo and other ministers.
Zhang Juzheng
Zhao Yongxian was framed for "extorting his wife for money, and despising the law and abandoning the law", and he argued and asked to resign.
The Wanli Emperor finally agreed, Zhao Yongxian was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, and four years later, in the twenty-fourth year of the Wanli Dynasty (1596), Zhao Yongxian died of illness at home at the age of sixty-two, leaving behind works such as "Songshi Zhai Ji" and "IngeLu", and the imperial court posthumously presented the crown prince Taibao and The Rebbe Shangshu.