The Ming Dynasty, which has always been known as the dynasty with the hardest backbone of the Han people, was mistaken by the literati and had the same magic as the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was due to the national policy of emphasizing literature and light weapons, but the Ming Dynasty was due to the "strange" emperors, and the imperial power seems to have been restricted by the civilian official clique, making it impossible for the Ming emperor to truly control the civil and military officials and give orders.
Counting the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that only the founding emperors Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Chengzu Zhu Di could firmly control the hundreds of officials under them. But if you think about it, there is another "introverted" emperor who is no less than his ancestors, he is the Jiajing Emperor, only because he has extraordinary means.
Portrait of the Jiajing Emperor
The Jiajing Emperor had the most comprehensive intelligence network at that time, and the so-called powerful minister Yan Song was just like a pawn in the eyes of the Jiajing Emperor. It can be said that the Jiajing Emperor had absolute power, but only in order to balance the power of the DPRK and China, he favored Yan Song as a powerful courtier.
But the question also comes, at that time, Zhu Zaiyuan, the King of Yu, was the only heir of the Jiajing Emperor, so why did Yan Song's father and son still make enemies with him? This makes people very confused, and Hanhai simply analyzes and analyzes it.
First of all, we must know that Zhu Zaiyuan was only the third son of the Jiajing Emperor, and he had some differences in government affairs with the Jiajing Emperor, and when he was not crown prince, the Jiajing Emperor was very disgusted with the prince. However, later, the Jiajing Emperor lost two crown princes in succession, and the position of crown prince finally fell to Zhu Zaiyuan.
Portrait of Emperor Mingmuzong Zhu Zaiyuan
The Jiajing Emperor was good at weighing the art, although he favored Yan Song alone, in fact, Yan Song was not so important in the eyes of the Jiajing Emperor. As mentioned above, Yan Song was a pawn of the Jiajing Emperor, and the Jiajing Emperor was trying to use Yan Song's father and son to amass wealth and restrain those loyal ministers.
Because a dynasty, whether it is a clean official or a corrupt official, as long as one side gets an absolute advantage, then it may not be a good thing for a dynasty, and the Jiajing Emperor is well versed in this way, so the Jiajing Emperor wants to use Yan Song's father and son to balance the loyal subjects.
Portrait of Yan Song
At that time, the loyal ministers represented by Xu Jie were precisely in the same camp as the Yu King Zhu Zaiyuan, and Yan Song's father and son belonged to the same camp as the crown prince at that time, and the Jiajing Emperor used the Yan Song faction in order to weigh the forces of all parties, after all, the Yan Song party was more useful to the Jiajing Emperor than xu Jie's faction at that time.
After losing two crown princes in succession, the Jiajing Emperor still favored Yan Song on the surface, but the actual situation had already changed. At this time, Zhu Zaiyuan became the successor of the Jiajing Emperor, who naturally chose to start to be close to his son. That is to say, at this time, the Jiajing Emperor's affection for Zhu Zaiyuan was greater than Yan Song's affection for the monarch.
Portrait of Xu Jie
But contradictions also arose, and the Jiajing Emperor still could not show signs of favoritism toward Zhu Zaiyuan on the surface. If Zhu Zaiyuan, as the crown prince, suppressed the Yan Song faction, the power of Xu Jie and others would become more and more enormous, and the Jiajing Emperor would be difficult to control, and even cause national turmoil. As a last resort, the Jiajing Emperor chose to continue to favor Yan Song and continue to let him stand against Zhu Zaiyuan.
Since Yan Song had been favored by the Jiajing Emperor for many years, he naturally understood the intention of the Jiajing Emperor. Knowing that Zhu Zaiyuan, the King of Yu, was the heir to the throne, the reason why Yan Song still wanted to oppose it was also revealed: this was not only to protect his own interests, but also to protect his own life.
Yan Song stills
<h1>Hanhai said:</h1>
The heart of the emperor is as deep as the sea. If Yan Song was not opposed to Zhu Zaiyuan, then in the eyes of the Jiajing Emperor, Yan Song had no value in existence.
Digging deeper into the reasons, it can also be understood as follows: in the Ming Dynasty, Shoufu had the ability to support the throne, in case the Jiajing Emperor died, Yan Song had the heart of an emperor, he could completely support the king of the clan to compete with Zhu Zaiyuan, yan Song chose to oppose The Yu King Zhu Zaiyuan to the end for his own desire for power.
Of course, this is a bit too thick black learning, which is impossible under the eyes of the Jiajing Emperor.
Yan Song sculpture
It can only be said that Yan Song was only a pawn of the Jiajing Emperor's imperial skill from the beginning to the end, and xu jie and others were also. Yan Song was also well aware of this path, but he was already deeply trapped in it, and he couldn't help it.
Yan Songming knew that the emperor's throne must belong to Zhu Zaiyuan, and in the early stages, he opposed him in order to protect himself in front of the Jiajing Emperor, and later he also opposed Zhu Zaiyuan for self-protection.