The power struggle of the Jiajing Dynasty - Zhang Xiao 2

Article reference source: Bright Moon masterpiece of that year

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Jiajing wants to manipulate an obedient puppet, and Zhang Xiao wants to enter the cabinet, but it is not easy. Zhang Xiao was not born in Shu Jishi, and entering the cabinet needed democratic recommendation, and the cabinet was also required to make a list and be decided by the emperor. Zhang Xiao's first two articles did not conform, and only the emperor agreed to this life-saving straw.

His Majesty the Emperor could issue a decree to let Zhang Xiao enter the cabinet. The Emperor may appoint and dismiss persons or issue decrees without discussion in the Cabinet.

But the problem is that the emperor is willing to give, and the minister is not willing to ask. In the eyes of the ministers, only those recommended by democracy are justified, and those who rely on the emperor's orders to promote officials do not have faces.

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Zhang Xiao did not want to take this road, but blamed himself for his bad reputation, the emperor had not yet issued a will, the cabinet ministers and officials released words, as long as the emperor issued the will, immediately use the right to refute and return the will. Zhang Xiao had to find Yang Yiqing to help.

Yang Yiqing agreed to Zhang Xiao, and the political veteran rejoined the cabinet before retiring. The emperor did order Zhang Xiao to be promoted, and as a result, the impeachment of Zhang Zhang was overwhelming. However, under Yang Yiqing's arrangement, Zhang Xiao finally entered the cabinet and became a university scholar.

Zhang Xiao was trampled by countless people, his psychology was distorted, and everyone who did not listen to him or disobeyed him was evilly rectified by him, and countless officials were afraid of him and hated him. In the eighth year of Jiajing, Zhang Xiao sent his subordinates to impeach Yang Yiqing and call him a "traitor", and Yang Yiqing defended himself by folding, and by the way, scolded Zhang Xiao and offered to resign.

The emperor disagreed, but instead accused Zhang Biao. It turned out that when Jiajing was young, his father, King Xingxian, once said that if there were three of these three people in the dynasty, the country would surely prosper and the people would have no worries. These three people are Li Dongyang, Liu Daxia and Yang Yiqing.

The officials had suffered Zhang Xiao's losses, and now when they saw him lose his position, they were again drooling. The Jiajing Emperor wanted Zhang Xiao to resign. Zhang Xiao and Gui E packed up their things and escaped from the capital overnight. Less than a month later, the emperor called Zhang Xiao back. After all, Zhang Xiao made a great contribution to Jiajing during the great discussion, and the emperor still had great feelings for him. After calming down, he let Zhang Xiao continue to serve as a cabinet minister.

Yang Yiqing also offered to resign, which was his personal wish. With the help of Yan Guan and Zhang Biao, Emperor En allowed Yang Yiqing to return home to spend his old age. Zhang Xiao did not let go of him.

Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong are good friends. After Zhang's death, his family asked Yang Yiqing to write an epitaph for Zhang Yong and gave Yang Yiqing two hundred and two pieces of silver. Zhang Xiao took this as an excuse, saying that Yang Yiqing had embezzled two hundred taels of gold, and he violently sued him. Yang Yiqing was stripped of his official position, withdrew his reward, and died without withstanding the blow.

After Yang Yiqing's death, Zhang Xiao, who had climbed to the position of the first assistant, felt that the future was bright. But as everyone knows, his good days are coming to an end. In February of the ninth year of Jiajing, the emperor suddenly handed Zhang Xiao a letter of recital, meaningfully asking him to take a good look at it and remember to return the favor.

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After Zhang Xiao saw the fold, he became angry and felt a strong threat. It is recommended that heaven and earth be sacrificed separately and the heavens alone to show solemnity. You must know that Zhang Xiao made his career by deliberating on etiquette, and in his opinion, Xia Yan, the person who wrote this letter, was robbing the job bowl.

Xia Yan was a native of Guixi, Jiangxi, and the Zhongjinshi was earlier than Zhang Xiao, only winning the third division, and did not have the opportunity to be selected as a Shu Jishi to enter the Hanlin Academy, and also improved six parts. Xia Yan stayed in Beijing and went to Xiaoyamen Yingren Division. The pedestrian division has only eight products, specializing in running errands, and is an inconspicuous department.

However, Xia Yan ran errands against the emperor, and specifically received the emperor's will, transmitted it to various ministries and places, and reported on the implementation. In this way, his work is very promising, after all, he can see the emperor every day. The risk of this job is also very high.

Although Xia Yan's position is low, he has a strong ability to do things. In addition he has three strengths. He is good looking, speaks Mandarin well, and is good at writing green words. At any time, a person is handsome, or has an advantage, and everyone is willing to get up in the morning to see a pleasing looking person.

During the Ming Dynasty, Mandarin was not yet the official language, and many officials would only speak local dialects, and when they reported their work, they would also provoke the emperor's head. Xia Yan was different, and his Mandarin was very standard.

These two advantages, Xia Yan was quickly promoted to the rank of soldier to shizhong. Xia Yan's performance offended Zhang Xiao, and he launched a letter from the accepted Yan official to scold Xia Yan, angering Jiajing. Zhang Xiao ignored one thing, Jia Jing naturally agreed with Xia Yan's view, otherwise he would not have shown it to him. Yan Guan was unlucky enough to go to prison, and Xia Yan was promoted to a bachelor's degree and received the title of Four Pins.

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Zhang Xiao was ready to deal with Xia Yan. He ordered his men to closely monitor Xia Yan's every move, and launched verbal attacks on Xia Yan day and night, trying to mentally crush the other party. But Xia Yan is very eloquent, sharp in writing, fast in reaction, and very talented in pinching. Zhang Xiao's scolding battle did not work.

In order to overthrow Xia Yan, Zhang Biao used his power to start forming a party to launch an organization to fight against his political enemies, and Zhang Biao's move inadvertently opened the era of party struggle. Xia Yan fought alone, fearless, and the so-called enemy came to destroy one by one, and to destroy a pair of pairs, and he had the strength to fight more and more courageously.

At this time, Zhang Biao's mental illness reached its peak. In order to get the emperor's approval, he had a sudden idea and hit the idea on Kong Lao'er's body, saying that Confucius was not worthy of the name, did not make specific contributions to society, and should remove the title and reduce his status.

The ministers did not dare to offend zhang biao, and the young Hanlin Xu Jie listed eight reasons to refute Zhang Biao. In desperation, Zhang Xiao made an appointment with Xu Jie, soft and hard, and the other party was not moved. Xu Jie even ridiculed Zhang Xiao for being promoted to an official by means of a ceremony, not Hanlin, and coming from the right path. Zhang Xiao was furious and demoralized the next day for "advocating heresy" and sent him to Yanping Province in Fujian Province.

Zhang Xiao's party grew, and the attack on Xia Yan became more and more fierce, Xia Yan was alone all day, calm, and his attitude inspired many ministers who hated Zhang Biao, and they were willing to unite around Xia Yan to defeat Zhang Xiao. But Xia Yan politely refused all help, preferring to carry it alone.

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The reason why Xia Yan fought against Zhang Xiao alone was because he knew emperor Jiajing. The emperor will not spare those who dare to threaten the throne. Zhang Xiao formed a party and made a vigorous noise, which naturally made the emperor wary. The expansion of power means death, after all, those who threaten the imperial power usually do not end well.

The emperor quickly changed his attitude toward Zhang Xiao, often scolding him, and repeatedly refuting his suggestions and twists, which made him lose face. Zhang Xiao soon found that the situation was not right, which made him even more determined to get rid of Xia Yan as soon as possible. In his opinion, as long as Xia Yan was solved, the emperor would trust him again.

In July of the tenth year of Jiajing, because the emperor did not have a son, Xue Kan, the head of the Pedestrian Division, was ready to go to the top and proposed to choose a clan relative to cultivate in the imperial family, after all, this was a major event related to jiangshan and sheji.

Xue Kan took his own recital and consulted with his good friend Peng Ze, who was Zhang Biao's party, and he pretended to approve of it, and also copied Xue Kan's recital to Zhang Qi, who gave it to Jiajing and said that Xia Yan instructed Xue Kan to write it.

Xue Kan violated Jiajing's reverse scales and was sent to prison and interrogated by the Punishment Department. Xue Kan was very tough and refused to identify Xia Yan. Inspector Yushi Wangxun was Zhang Xiao's man, and in order to marry Xia Yan, he also specially invited him to observe.

Wang Yushi directly targeted Xia Yan from the beginning. Xia Yan immediately took the case and wanted to beat Wang Feng. Xia Yan also tore his face with Zhang Xiao on the spot, and the judge had to ask Zhang Biao to avoid it.

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Zhang Xiao immediately ran to complain to Jiajing, saying that Xia Yan and the two officials interrogating him were accomplices in the crime. Jiajing was very confused, and he ordered the three people to be arrested, and asked for interrogation as soon as possible, and personally witnessed the testimony.

Zhang Xiao had a headache, and the matter was very tricky now. After tossing and turning for many days, the officials of the Punishment Department, the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and the Dali Temple came to the conclusion that xue kan had written the fold himself, and Peng Ze had framed Xia Yan.

Jiajing quickly released Xia Yan and the three of them. Jiajing was angry, and he hated people who dared to use him the most. Soon after, in the courtroom, in front of the hundred officials of the civil and military forces, he returned the transcription of Xue Kan's recital to Zhang Biao, and did not forget to mention that it was given to him by Zhang Biao.

At this time, the ministers all knew that Zhang Xiao was a despicable villain who married Xia Yan. Zhang Xiao's future was ruined because of this incident. On the contrary, Xia Yan was red and purple, and many people came to cling to him.

Zhang Xiao chose Zhi shi to avoid the limelight, Xia Yan was not carried away by the victory, he worked diligently and never formed a party, Jiajing was very satisfied, so he promoted him to the position of Rebbe Shangshu.

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Ten years after Jiajing, Zhang Xiao retired and returned home, and soon ran back, no matter how noisy he was, no one paid attention to him. In the fourteenth year of Jiajing, Zhang Xiao applied for retirement, and Jiajing retained him once, but his attitude was resolute, and the emperor finally approved it, commended him, and paid him a travel fee.

Zhang Xiao left Beijing in disgrace, and many years ago he entered Beijing proudly from this spring breeze, experiencing eleven years of ups and downs, he counterattacked from a small person, and now he is back to a small person. The world is capricious, but that's it.