Jiajing has not been in the dynasty for twenty years, and why he has been able to firmly control the government and politics is not unrelated to his play of checks and balances to the point of divinity. The Jiajing Emperor placed the ministers on both sides of the scale, adding some weights on the left side today, and increasing the weight on the right side tomorrow, although the ministers under him held great power, they maintained a delicate balance, and Jiajing could still control the government. Speaking of the ministers who assisted Jiajing, we have to talk about Yan Song, one of the six major traitors of the Ming Dynasty, whose treachery and cunning have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people through the dissemination of literary and artistic works such as operas and books, but still did not escape the palm of Jiajing's hand, and finally was raided.
In the sixteenth year of Emperor Mingxian's reign (1480), Yan Song was born in Jieqiao Village, Fengyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi, and his father placed all his hopes for a meritorious name on Yan Song. Yan Song was carefully taught from an early age, and began to study at the age of five, and entered the county school at the age of nine. Yan Song, who is talented and hard-working, also lives up to expectations, and can pass the county exam at the age of ten, and has already won the examination at the age of nineteen, and finally at the age of twenty-five, he completed his father's wish.
After Yan Song entered the high school, he was awarded the official position of editor, and just when his career was beginning, Yan Song had a serious illness, so that he had to retire and return to his hometown, this time for ten years. During this decade, Yan Song's main job was to compile the fuzhi for the Yuan Prefecture capital, and finally by chance, Yan Song was able to return to Shuntian to officially resume his official duties. Yan Song seemed to want to fill the gap in his career in this decade, using various means to climb up desperately, but the effect was not obvious. During the Jiajing period, Yan Song desperately tried to curry favor with Shangshu Xiayan, who was deeply favored by the Jiajing Emperor at that time, and his career began to rise step by step.
In the fourth year of Jiajing (1525), Yan Song was promoted to the position of Guozi Supervisor of Wine Sacrifice, and later successively served as the Shangshu of the Nanjing Ceremonial Department and the Shangshu of the Nanjing Official, but always lingered outside the central court. In the fifteenth year of Jiajing (1536), Yan Song went to Beijing for a pilgrimage, and he seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform very brightly in front of the Jiajing Emperor, staying by the side of the Jiajing Emperor and serving as a scholar of the Libu Shangshu and Hanlin Academy. After that, Yan Song's contacts with Jiajing became closer and closer, and even sometimes he summoned Yan Song three times a day, and the astute Yan Song became more and more favored by the Jiajing Emperor. Once the Jiajing Emperor quarreled with the ministers of the court on the issue of the emperor's temple number, and Yan Song was also an opponent, but the cunning Yan Song saw that the Jiajing Emperor had a resolute attitude, and then changed his position to support Jiajing and criticize other ministers.
As Jiajing's former favorite, Xia Yan, gradually fell out of favor, Yan Song, who was deeply trusted by Jiajing, not only did not help those who had once helped him, but fell into the well. After being promoted to crown prince, Yan Song even more openly attacked Xia Yan and instigated Jiajing to depose Xia Yan, and sure enough, Xia Yan stepped down. In the twenty-third year of Jiajing (1544), the Hetao area was invaded by the Tatars, Xia Yan recommended Zeng Qiao to the imperial court to lead the army, Jiajing also thought it was very good, but Yan Song obstructed it and said that Xia and Zeng had different intentions, Jiajing really believed, and in the end the two did not receive commendations. In the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing (1548), the Jiajing Emperor once again listened to Yan Song's rumors and gave Zeng Milling death, Xia Yan was also forced to go to prison, Yan Song entered the rumors again, and finally Xia Yan was also beheaded. From then on, no minister in the DPRK could compete with Yan Song, and Yan Song became the first assistant of the cabinet, and from then on the power fell to the opposition.
Yan Song, who held great power, did not stop, and eradicating dissidents became his important task. Qiu Luan was not willing to be restrained by Yan Song, and wrote a letter exposing what Yan Song had done, which attracted the attention of Sejong, and Yan Song was snubbed. But Yan Song's luck can be described as good, and soon after Qiu Luan fell seriously ill and died, Yan Song also grasped the unfavorable information of Qiu Luan, and the mustard between the Jiajing Emperor and Yan Song was eliminated.
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Although no one in the DPRK was invincible, the Jiajing Emperor was suspicious by nature, so Yan Song paid close attention to his opponents, and those who impeached him could quickly eliminate him through various tricks. Shen Yu, Yang Jisheng and other ministers had written to clearly list Yan Song's crimes, and the Jiajing Emperor had repeatedly suspected Yan Song. Unfortunately, Yan Song's collusion with traitors and deception methods were very superb, and the Jiajing Emperor was confused by various news, and finally believed the news of Yan Song's forces.
Yan Song not only controlled the power of the court, but even extended his hand to the royal family. Without appointing a crown prince, Jiajing arranged for the marriage of Zhu Zaiyuan the Prince of Yu and Zhu Zaizhen the Prince of Jing, and held weddings in various provinces. Yan Song disagreed with this, and jiajing repeatedly talked about the inappropriateness of this matter, in the absence of a prince, the princes should not live outside, a year later Yan Song said that now the establishment of a prince is the first priority. Although Jiajing was very dissatisfied with Yan Song's interference in the affairs of the imperial family, he did not punish Yan Song in any way.
Yan Song's evil deeds in the past few decades of power and opposition can be said to be innumerable, but he has been carefully serving the Jiajing Emperor, for fear that the Jiajing Emperor will snub himself. Yan Song and his gang bribed the eunuchs around Jiajing, learned about Jiajing's every move, and wanted to put an end to all things that were not conducive to them. Yan Song was also considered to be concerned about Jiajing's affairs, and when Jiajing pursued immortality, Yan Song did his best to curry favor with Jiajing, no matter how much manpower and material resources were expended, the people and the people were hurting their wealth, so that the national treasury could not make ends meet. However, for the deteriorating political situation, Yan Song did not have any measures to improve it, allowing it to become worse and chaotic, and even fueled it. In this chaotic situation, Yan Song and his gang can be said to have made a lot of money, and his son Yan Shifan was even more arrogant in saying, "The imperial court has no wealth!" "
The so-called many acts of injustice will kill themselves, Yan Song's various measures often touched the sensitive nerves of the Jiajing Emperor, jiajing was tired of Yan Song's father and son for a long time, but Yan Song's father and son became more and more high-profile. In the end, the Jiajing Emperor decided to eliminate Yan Song's father and son, and in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), Yan Shifan was sentenced to be beheaded, Yan Song was confiscated of his family property, and he was forced to cut his official and return to his hometown but was already homeless. A year later, Yan Song died in poverty and illness, and there was no coffin to bury, let alone anyone who went to mourn, which was quite tragic.
After decades of forbearance, he finally fell into the opposition in middle age, harming colleagues and eradicating dissidents in order to achieve his goals. Decades in power have ignored the political situation, focusing only on corruption and currying favor with the emperor. Yan Song seemed to have no worries about the future, he could raise his life, how could Jiajing have a holy will, destroy his delusions, and eventually he could only die tragically.