all one's life
Zhongjingshi
Like many children of the same age at that time, Yan Song had some wisdom. His father is a man who has failed the exam for a long time and is obsessed with power. He naturally pinned all his hopes on his son, so he cultivated and taught him carefully.
Later, Yan Song fulfilled his father's wish. At the age of 25, he became a scholar, was elected Jishi Shu and was awarded the editorial office. Just when he was full of ambition, Yan Song got a serious illness, which forced him to resign and return to China. 10, when Yan Song retired, it was the time when eunuch Liu Jin was in power.
Gao Pan Xia Yan
After Liu Jin and his henchmen were destroyed, Yan Song went north to Shuntian and was officially reinstated. During the ten years since he was reinstated, Yan Song has worked in Beijing and imperial academy in Nanjing, deeply understanding the importance of power. At the same time, he learned the "kung fu" of intrigue and flattery, and understood that if he wants to get power, he must find a backer.
After the death of Ming Wuzong, Ming Shizong succeeded to the throne. Sejong indulged in Taoism, prayed for longevity with Taoists all day, was indifferent to political affairs, and handed over all the affairs of the DPRK to his minions. At that time, Xia Yan, the minister of rites, was highly valued by Sejong, and he was also a native of Yan Song. So Yan Song seized this opportunity to please Xia Yan and became a celebrity in the government and the public.
On one occasion, Yan Song gave a banquet at home and invited Xia Yan, but Xia Yan declined Yan Song's kindness, so Yan Song ran to Xia Yan's door, lifted his robe and knelt in front of Xia Fu. Xia Yan saw that he was so respectful and embarrassed to repeatedly refuse, so he went to Yan Song's house for dinner.
Get such an opportunity, Yan Song immediately please Xia Yan, at the party while vomiting-inducing toasts cloth dishes, while sweet talk, make Xia Yan very happy. From then on, Yan Song became Xia Yan's confidant and recommended Yan Song to many parties. On the recommendation of Xia Yan, Yan Song was promoted step by step from now on, and even got an official position working beside the emperor. Later, when Yan Song learned that Sejong liked to be flattered, he showed off his amazing ingratiating kung fu, which won Sejong's love, and he was promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites and joined the cabinet.
Bite Xia Yan back.
Yan Song was full-fledged, so he began to attack Xia Yan's conspiracy. Later, Yan Song instigated Sejong to leave Xia Yan by means, and encouraged Sejong to depose Xia Yan. After Xia Yan was deposed, Yan Song did whatever he wanted, increasing his relatives and friends and wings, and consolidating his power in the ruling and opposition.
Unfortunately, just two years later, Sejong suddenly remembered Xia Yan, so he used it again. Xia Yan knows Yan Song's character, so he is restricted everywhere. Seeing that he was under control everywhere, had no real power and held a grudge, he decided to make Xia Yan unable to fight back.
Later, he seized the opportunity of Tatar's invasion of the Central Plains and persecuted Xia Yan. During the Tatar invasion, Shaanxi Governor got the news and mobilized his men to retake the Hetao area, so he put forward his own opinions and got the full support of Xia Yan. Xia Yan recommended Zeng to Sejong and discussed the plan with Zeng.
At the beginning of the plan, Sejong was determined to recapture Hetao and praised Zeng Xi. But at this time, Yan Song bribed Sejong to stay with him, and let them say in front of Sejong that recovering the construction of Hetao was just nonsense with Zeng, which would only bring endless sequelae in the end. At the same time, Yan Song bribed Bian Jiang to write a letter falsely accusing Xia Yan of colluding with Zeng, and recommended Zeng in front of the emperor. Yan Song even said in front of Sejong that they had ulterior motives in retaking Hetao, and Sejong really believed it.
Later, Sejong ordered Xia Yan to return to his hometown. Later, Yan Song used rumors to let Sejong "know" that Xia Yan had slandered himself, so he ordered Xia Yan to be beheaded, and Xia Yan's cronies were either demoted or punished.
Father and son have the power to rule the world.
After Xia Yan's death, Yan Song became the cabinet record and monopolized the power. Meanwhile, Sejong has been in charge of state affairs by Yan Song. At this time, basically no one has seen Sejong except Yan Song, Taoist and Zuo you.
After becoming the cabinet records, Yan Song continued to please Sejong, who gave him a silver seal of "loyalty, diligence and sensitivity". Later, Yan Song was old, so he helped his son Yan Shifan to take power. Yan Shifan himself was incompetent, but under the protection of his father, he became an assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry.
"Like father, like son", Yan Shifan is more likable than his father. He bribed Sejong to keep close contact with him, reported his daily life, diet and every move to Yan Shifan, and then showed his kindness to Sejong. The minister even called them "big prime ministers" and "little prime ministers".
These two fathers and sons have been in power for twenty years, and all the bad things have been done, which has caused great chaos in the world. Many ministers were impeached because Sejong sheltered them. In the end, the influence of Yan's father and son was overthrown by a few words from a Taoist priest. Yan Shifan was beheaded and wept bitterly before the execution, while his father Yan Song was confiscated, cut off his official position and returned to his hometown, homeless. He died of illness two years later.
Yan Song's talent and Qianlong's self-knowledge.
Yan Song was a powerful minister in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Compared with eunuchs Wang Zhen, Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, Yan Song is a gifted scholar with a family background. His literary talent is not only unmatched by those eunuchs in the palace, but also recognized by the world even among contemporary civil servants. It's a pity that he and Yan Shifan are talented and wicked. Such people do bad things in by going up one flight of stairs.
According to historical records, Yan Song has fine features, a graceful figure and a loud voice. He was born in Jiangxi, but he can't speak dialects. He speaks standard Mandarin and looks first-class among civil servants. Besides, he did well in the army. This is, of course, the capital of his success, but his greatest capital is to "get into the dead end" and try to figure out the emperor's mind. In the era of imperial power, it should be said that this is not a problem that is particularly ashamed to mention, but a necessity for survival. First, the emperor appreciated his clear words. Jiajing hopes to live forever and is good at Taoism. He likes to pray with clear words. At that time, most of the ministers who entered the cabinet wrote clearly. In the twenty-first year of Jiajing, the emperor made five "fragrant leaf hair towels" worn by Taoist priests and gave them to ministers. Xia Yan, a fellow villager from the same county in Yan Song, who was in the cabinet, thought it was indecent and didn't want to wear it, so he offended Jiajing. Yan Song was not only flattered to wear this Taoist crown to visit the emperor, but also put a layer of gauze on the cage outside the Taoist crown to show his royal gift, which should be cherished. There is nothing wrong with doing so. At that time, it was said that "thunder and rain are all blessings", and there was nothing you could do. The bad thing about Yan Song is that he used the emperor's trust to sell officials for bribes and persecuted Xia Yan, Yang Jisheng and other honest officials to death. Later, his son was killed, his grandson was expelled from the army and his property was confiscated. He lived to be in his eighties and begged for food in the cemetery in his later years. -that is, to ask the ancestors for the rest of the offerings, and the ending is miserable enough.
This treacherous court official not only writes well, but also has excellent calligraphy, which is similar to the level of Cai Jing and Qin Gui, two "treacherous court official calligraphers" in the Song Dynasty. As you can imagine, when he was in power, I don't know how many people begged Mo Bao, and the value of his calligraphy was absolutely amazing. It is a law that the price of politicians' calligraphy fluctuates with the rise and fall of power. After Yan Song's ruin, the reputation of calligraphy was drowned in the name of treachery, but after all, some handwriting remained in later generations.
According to Qi Rushan's records in a book, in the Qing Dynasty, the capital city had a Hiram's Hospital after the provincial examination in Shuntianfu, which was called the "Northern Wei Dynasty" and was the first in the world. The emperor attached great importance to it, and the examiners were all ministers. But the plaque in the main hall of the Hiram's Hospital has the words "Supreme Court" written by Yan Song.
No one will feel uncomfortable hanging a plaque inscribed by a big traitor in such a magnificent court to select talents. Emperor Qianlong wanted to change it, so he ordered Manchu calligraphy to write these three Chinese characters well. As the son of heaven who likes dancing and writing ink, he has also written the Supreme Court countless times. Later, he found that his official script and the books written by Manchu civil servants were not as good as those written by Yan Song, so he had to let the treacherous court official's words hang high.
With my limited historical knowledge, I always thought that Emperor Qianlong was a very proud emperor. Of course, this rich son of heaven, known as the "perfect old man", is entitled to be proud. During his 60 years in power, at least on the surface, his literary skills surpassed those of the previous generation. So he likes elegant things, such as poems and inscriptions.
To tell the truth, although he left more than 10,000 poems, he is not a poet, because most of his poems are rhymes praising the peaceful and prosperous times, and there is not much poetry, just a little more elegant than "Scholarly Dreamland" and "Wan Lihong". His handwriting is a typical "rich style", thick, kitsch and well-behaved, and can still be seen in many places now. Although there are no characters in Qianlong's calligraphy, it is suspected of being a "ink pig", but the basic structural skills of one character are still there, and it is still top grade today.
What if the wheel of history goes back a few years? No matter how beautiful the big traitor's handwriting is, you can't hang it. This is not a question of calligraphy, but a question of political correctness. No matter how ugly the words of the emperor or the chief military aircraft are, they are also hanging around without humility.