The officialdom of feudal society is full of deceit and mutual deception, fighting for power and profit for one's own selfishness, and I hate you to swallow me, I eat you. Surviving in such an environment was very difficult for Xie Jin, a student who did not have much official experience.
Looking at the process of Xie Jin's entry into the army, on November 7 of the second year of Hongwu (1369), Xie Jin was born in a scholarly door in Jianhu, Jishui County, Ji'an Province, Jiangxi Province, and was known as a "prodigy" since childhood. In 1388, at the age of 19, Xie Jinzhongjinshi was appointed as a hanlin scholar in the same year, and Zhu Yuanzhang valued him very much and ordered him to always be by his side.
It can be said that Xie Jin's starting point in life is very high, and he has been living in a key place at a young age. But the ancients said that "a young man has great misfortune in life." Xie Jin belongs to this situation.
He lives in a big place, but he does not have a day of grassroots work experience, is very unfamiliar with people's feelings and sophistication, is very unfamiliar with the rules of the official field, lacks planning for life, and is not alert to the dangers around him. Xie Jin was like a cute little lamb walking into the official field where tigers and wolves were rampant.
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Xie Jin, "You and I are morally monarchs, and in terms of kindness, we are like fathers and sons, and you should know everything." This was just Zhu Yuanzhang's casual remarks, and Xie Jin was regarded as a golden rule, first submitting a book of ten thousand words the next day to discuss the government and politics. Later, he was published in the "Ten Strategies of Taiping". This reflects that Xie Jin's mind is too simple, and the leader's speech has no ability to distinguish.
Looking at his actual actions, Xie Jin, who had just become an official, was dissatisfied with reality, accused the bingbu of dereliction of duty and offended the bingbu Shangshu, and was falsely accused and degraded to Jiangxi. But Xie Jin did not understand the reason, and continued to exert his writing expertise, first defending Li Shanchang, Li Shanchang's case was decided by Zhu Yuanzhang, is this not looking for bad luck?
Later, he impeached Yuan Tai and punished him. These things fully show that Xie Jin is a nerd, does not understand people's feelings, will not become an official, and will only make empty arguments, and the result has also attracted countless resentments.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to be dissatisfied with Xie Jin, so he told Xie Jin's father to take him back to cultivate well and reuse it after ten years. Xie Jin had to go home to read and write. Eight years later, Zhu Yuanzhang died, and Xie Jin went to mourn, only to be falsely accused by Yuan Tai of being demoted to a lieutenant of Hezhou, located near present-day Lanzhou, where the Ming Dynasty was a barbaric land.
Four years later, Dong Lun, a squire of the Ceremonial Department, gave him a few words of explanation in front of Zhu Yunjiao before he was able to return to The Beijing Division as the first assistant of the cabinet. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Xie Jin was highly valued and presided over the editing of the Yongle Canon. Although he was repeatedly hit, he did not change his nature, and once again made a fatal mistake and participated in the establishment of the reserve. This is very taboo, xie jin not only is not taboo, but also actively advises and does not stand up for the sake of standing up. Instead of getting the benefits, he violated Zhu Di's intentions and offended his second son, Zhu Gaoxu.
Since then, Xie Jin has been repeatedly framed, in fact, the excuses of these people who framed him are not a big deal, but he is usually self-conscious, does not know how to be obscure, does not know how to restrain the edge, offends many people themselves do not know, once the time is ripe, these people will pounce on him like hungry wolves and devour this little sheep.
In the end, Zhu Di ordered the Jinyi guards to execute, first to prison, and then buried in the snow pile and freeze to death. The tragedy of Xie Jin is that he suddenly occupied a high position without much practical experience in his life. Lack of understanding of human sophistication and official rules and inability to adjust their mentality in time, they insist on going their own way, and finally die of self-absorption and naïveté.