The Jiajing Emperor was furious.
A few days ago, he personally made five incense leaf crowns and gave them to the five closest ministers.
This morning, everyone put on the crown of incense leaves, and Yan Song also specially covered a layer of green yarn on the outside of the crown, which showed special attention.
Stills of the Jiajing Emperor wearing a crown of fragrant leaves
Seeing that everyone cherished the fruits of their labor so much, Jiajing couldn't help but show a happy smile, and his eyes flickered, and suddenly found that Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, was not wearing a crown of fragrant leaves.
Jia Jing was a little upset and asked, "Elder Xia Ge, what about your fragrant leaf crown?"
Who knows if it's okay not to ask, when I ask Xia Yan is still energetic, I see Xia Yan Zhenzhen has a word: I am a minister, what do I wear this thing for, emperor, you don't want to wear it in the future...
Looking at the impassioned Xia Shoufu, Jia Jing felt liver pain, well, you white-eyed wolf, see if I can't clean up after you in the future.
1. Xia Yan is divided into heaven and earth
In the ninth year of Jiajing, the Jiajing Emperor had a sudden idea and wanted to separate the heavens and the earth from the sacrifices. The ministers objected one after another, and the first assistant, Zhang Xuan, told Jiajing that the harmony of heaven and earth was a rule set by the ancestors and could not be easily changed.
The cabinet did not support it, the ministers were all opposed, and the Jiajing Emperor was very depressed.
Statue of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty
At this time, a letter was handed to Jiajing's desk, and the recital was sprinkled with foreign words, quoting the scriptures, and the core meaning was only one, that is, the separation of heaven and earth and sacrifice was in accordance with the ritual law and should be carried out.
The author of this recital was named Xia Yan, and the officials at that time gave it to the matter.
Jiajing, who had received the most precious treasure, decided to follow Xia Yan's suggestion and begin to divide heaven and earth, and put Xia in charge of transforming the Temple of Heaven. Since then, Xia Yan's official Yun Hengtong has been promoted from the official Kedu to the rebbe Shangshu in less than a year, which can be described as a smooth step.
Second, Xia Yan was reused because he was good at green words
In the fifteenth year of Jiajing, Xia Yan was appointed as a scholar of Wuyingdian University and entered the cabinet. In the seventeenth year of Jiajing, the first assistant Li Shi died, and Xia Yan succeeded him as the first assistant.
A large part of the reason why Xia Yan is reused by Jiajing is that he is good at writing green words.
Qingzi is a kind of standard composition, which is a Taoist song and blessing for the heavens when holding a fast, which is extremely difficult to write, and it just so happens that Xia Yan has a lot of research on this kind of body fantasy, and every breath is formed, which is deeply pleasing to Jiajing.
Third, Xia Yan was arrogant and arrogant, and Jia Jing couldn't bear it
It is estimated that after serving as the first assistant, the work was busy and stressful, and Xia Yan's enthusiasm for creating green words began to decline, so that the draft was not handed in, jiajing urged several times, and Xia Yan coped with things.
In May of the eighteenth year of Jiajing, Jiajing inspected dayu Mountain, Xia Yan went to accompany the driver to be late, jiajing received a silver medal and a handbook, and asked for a tribute, Xia Yan had to confess his mistake.
In June of that year, the Fengtian Temple was tragically struck by lightning, Jiajing summoned the chancellor, and Xia Yan was once again reprimanded by Jiajing for being late.
In August of the nineteenth year of Jiajing, Xia Yan actually made a typo in his recital to Jiajing, which was once again criticized by Jiajing, and Jiajing asked Xia Yan to pay tribute for the second time. Xia Yan quickly wrote a few qingzi cheng, considering the rare talent, Jiajing forgave him.
What Jiajing did not expect was that Xia Yan was even more arrogant and arrogant at this point, and there was no one in sight.
Jiajing is not allowed to take a car in Xiyuan, xia yan prefers to take a car in xiyuan; Jiajing hopes that everyone will wear a fragrant leaf view of Xia Yan and not wear a fragrant leaf view; if Jiajing does not go to the dynasty, Xia Yan will not go to work...
Emperor Jiajing's bottom line was challenged by Xia Yan again and again, and it was only a matter of time before it broke out.
Fourth, after the Guo Xun incident, Jiajing suspected that Xia Yan was not an isolated minister
All along, Xia Yan has been reused, in addition to strong ability, there is another important reason, poor popularity. However, since Guo Xun's death, Jiajing has gradually changed his mind.
Guo Xun was the fifth grandson of Guo Ying, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, and a favorite of the Jiajing Emperor.
Guo Xun and Xia Yan did not deal with each other, and each time they disagreed. Guo Xun had impeached Xia Yan for monopolizing power and despising the courtiers, and Xia Yan was not willing to show weakness, and Shangshu counterattacked, and the soldiers on both sides came to block it, so it was not lively.
Later, Guo Xun was imprisoned for not receiving the edict, and Jiajing originally intended to be imprisoned for a few days before looking for an opportunity to release, so he implied that the minister was suitable and knew. However, the ministers seemed to have closed their minds from then on, and they all went up to the court and demanded that Guo Xun be executed. What Jiajing did not expect was that it was not long before Guo Xun actually died in Jinyiwei's prison.
Guo Xun's death made Jiajing suspect that Xia Yan was not an isolated vassal, isolated and helpless, but deeply rooted and had a wide range of henchmen.
First, Yan Song was bent on taking Xia's words and replacing them
Yan Song and Xia Yan were both from Jiangxi, and Yan Song was still hand-picked by Xia Yan.
Yan Song did the Ritual Department Shangshu, invited Xia Yan to dinner several times, Xia Yan either directly refused, or let Yan Song pigeons go, it was difficult to go to an appointment once, and left the table early, making it extremely embarrassing. From then on, Yan Song began to hate Xia Yan.
Later, Xia Yan fell out of favor, yan Song continued to pat Jiajing's ass, while taking the opportunity to beat Xia Yan's small report, and finally in Jiajing twenty-one years, he took over the position of Xia Yan's first assistant. Xia Yan was not willing to show weakness, and repeatedly instructed Yushi to impeach Yan Song many times.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing, in order to restrict Yan Song's rights, he summoned Xia Yan to return to the dynasty. As soon as Xia Yan returned, he emptied Yan Song, and all the official documents did not seek Yan Song's opinion, and many people who were promoted and appointed by Yan Song were dismissed. Under pressure, Yan Song did not dare to directly confront Xia Yan, but his hatred for him gradually deepened, and the contradiction between the two was irreversible.
Statue of Yan Song
Second, Lu Bing hated Xia Yan thoroughly
Lu Bing is Jiajing's hair and has saved Jiajing's life, so he is deeply valued, and has always been known to the Governor of Jinyiwei.
Jinyi Wei
However, Lu Bing's hands and feet are not clean, and he likes to fish for black money. He was once impeached by Huguang Dao's imperial history Chen Qixue. Xia Yan was about to arrest Lu Bing. Lu Bing hurried to give Gifts to Xia Yan, but was refused, and in desperation, Lu Bing had to kneel and cry for a long time, that is, he changed his former wrongs, and Xia Yan let him go. Since then, Lu Bing's hatred for Xia Yan has been so much that he wants to get rid of it quickly.
Third, the eunuchs around Jiajing also did not like Xia Yan
Jiajing often asked the little eunuch to go to Xia Yan's place to preach his messages, and Xia Yan never looked at them squarely and called him around like a slave; on the contrary, Yan Song was polite every time and stuffed money into their sleeves. After a long time, they began to say in front of Jiajing that Yan Song was good and Xia Yan was bad, so that Jiajing did not trust Xia Yan as much as before.
In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, the governor of Shaanxi, Zeng Milling, requested that troops be sent to retake Hetao, which was supported by Xia Yan. The following year, Zeng Qiao once again requested the recovery of Hetao, but Jiajing was shaken by the fact that all the ministers agreed to recover it. At the end of this year, Hou Qiuluan of Xianning was arrested by Jiajing for being impeached by Zeng Milling.
In the first month of the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, the military department played the previously agreed plan to the emperor. After Jiajing saw it, he doubted whether it was feasible to recover the Loop.
Seeing that Jiajing was shaken, Yan Song hurriedly attacked Zeng Hao Daxigong and the poor soldiers, and attacked Xia Yan's arbitrary government. So Jiajing once again asked Xia Yan to pay tribute.
As soon as Xia Yan left, Yan Song drafted a letter on behalf of Qiu Luan, impeaching Zeng Yan for not repaying the defeat in the war, greeding for military salaries, and entrusting Su Gang to bribe Xia Yan to conceal the crime, which completely confirmed Xia Yan's crime of "colluding with his close subjects".
Song and Yuan, Bingmou, sit and mill to form a close attendant, Gang Shubian, dispatch the official school to arrest the speech. When he arrived at Tongzhou, he heard that Milling was sitting, and he was shocked and fell into the car: "Oh! I'm dead. (Ming Shi Xia Yan Biography)
Jiajing first ordered the arrest of Zeng Milling and Su Gang, and then ordered Jinyi Wei to thoroughly investigate the matter. At the behest of Lu Bing, the conclusion was naturally that impeachment was "true", so Jiajing sent Jinyiwei to arrest Xia Yan, and after trial, sentenced him to death.
Xia Yan like
On October 2, 2007, Xia Yan was executed at the age of sixty-seven.