There were many fights in the official arena of the Ming Dynasty, but the highest level was Yin Shidan and Gao Gong. At that time, Yin Shidan and Gao Gong were both assistant ministers of the cabinet. After Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang deposed the chancellor system, the cabinet assistants became the actual prime minister team. In the later period of Emperor Muzong of Ming, Yin Shidan was the deputy prime minister, and Gao Gong was the prime minister.
Yin Shidan and Gao Gong, similar in their early experiences, were both teachers before Muzong ascended the throne. Judging from the historical records, the seniority of the high arch is earlier. Muzong had four teachers, two of whom were in the early period, "Muzong ju Yu Di, please read out of the cabinet, arch and review Chen Yiqin and preach for the attendants" (Ming Shi Gao Gong Biography); later, Mu Zong had two more teachers, "Shi Dan and Chen Yiqin, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Yu Di Staff" (Ming Shi Yin Shi Dan Biography).
Among the four teachers, the high arch is the most eye-catching, the most capable of tossing, and the most joyful. Relying on the big tree of Muzong, Gao Gong had entered the cabinet as early as March of the forty-fifth year of Sejong Jiajing (1566), and although he was later out of the cabinet, he was revived by Muzong in the winter of the third year of Longqing (1569) and re-entered the cabinet. In May of the fifth year of Longqing (1571), Gao Gongdou defeated li chunfang, the first assistant, and replaced him with the first assistant of the cabinet, that is, the prime minister.
In contrast, among the four teachers, Yin Shidan entered the cabinet at the latest in November of the fourth year of Longqing (1570). Prior to this, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, and Zhang Juzheng had all entered the cabinet, and "all three of them were in charge, and the shidan was still a shangshu, and could not be hopeless" ("Ming Shi Yin Shi Dan Biography"). Not to be left behind, Yin Shidan also wanted to enter the cabinet, but was opposed by Gao Gong, and the two were suspicious of each other. Later, Yin Shidan had no choice but to take the door of the eunuch Chen Hong to enter the cabinet.
The reason why Gao Gong rejected Yin Shidan was because he deliberately let his confidant Zhang Siwei enter the cabinet. Yin Shidan entered the cabinet and broke Gao Gong's dream of promoting Zhang Siwei, so Gao Gong was very disgusted with Yin Shidan. Although the two are both assistant ministers, the relationship is very stiff and irreconcilable. When Yin Shidan entered the cabinet, Gao Gong was busy fighting with the first assistant Li Chunfang, and did not have the energy to take care of Yin Shidan. Wait for the high arch to squeeze away Li Chunfang, do the first assistant, monopolize the power, and the next target is Yin Shidan.
The high arch and the Yin Shi Dan Fighting Technique are mainly borrowed from the strength of the two people. One was to instigate Yushi Zhao Yinglong to impeach Yin Shidan because of the relationship between the eunuch Chen Hong and was not worthy to participate in politics; the second was to instruct his protégés to threaten Yin Shidan to Han Kai. In the winter of the fifth year of Longqing (1571), at an enlarged meeting of the cabinet in the middle of the month, Yin Shidan said to Han Kai, who was attending the meeting as an observer, "Wenjun regrets me, regrets himself, and does not make it for others" ("Ming Shi Yin Shi Dan Biography"), I heard that you have prejudices against me, I don't have anything personally, you must not be used by others, let people be guns.
Obviously, Yin Shidan's words were for Gao Gong to hear. Gao Gong was annoyed when he heard it, and the public angrily rebuked Yin Shi Dan for what kind of system! Seeing that Gao Gong's tone was too hard, Yin Shidan also broke out, and scolded Gao Gong, "If you chase Chen Gong, chase Zhao Gong, re-expel Li Gong, and now drive me out for the fourth dimension, if you can always have this seat", you drove away Chen Gong (Chen Yiqin), drove away Zhao Gong (Zhao Zhenji), and also drove away Li Gong (Li Chunfang), and today you want to drive me away because of the fourth dimension (Zhang Siwei), can you sit in the seat of the first assistant forever? After saying this, Yin Shidan was still angry, "fighting with his arms" ("Ming Shi Yin Shi Dan Biography"), swinging his fist to beat the high arch. Zhang Ju saw the situation and immediately stood up to persuade him to fight, but he was also scolded by Yin Shidan.
Yin Shidan is a native of Jinan, Shandong Province, and he is tall and tall, and it is not a problem to beat the high arch. Under Zhang Juzheng's obstruction, Yin Shidan's old fist did not hit the high arch, and the high arch was able to escape. Because he did not suppress his anger for a while, Yin Shidan's excessive words and deeds were impeached by Yushi. As a last resort, Yin Shidan resigned in December of the same year and returned to his hometown. Eleven years later, in June of the tenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1582), Yin Shidan died of illness, and Washu Wentong was later changed to Yuwen Zhuang.
Will you be able to sit in the seat of the first assistant forever? Sure enough, in June of the sixth year of Longqing (1572), Gao Gong was deposed, and it was Feng Bao, a member of the eunuch clique he had always despised, who frustrated him.
Yin Shidan was "born with a profound wisdom and wisdom, a very different demeanor, and was able to speak at the age of one year,...... Gongsheng ten years can write literature, fourteen and doctorate" ("The State Dynasty Tribute Record Yin Gongshi Danxing"), is an official with extraordinary qualifications, should have done great things, but resigned indignantly under the constraints of the high arch, when he was not yet fifty years old. Although Yin Shidan coveted fame and fame, he dared to confront the powerful, and although he failed, his spirit was commendable! (Liu Bingguang)
