How did this famous young talent spend forty years in infamy?

Author: Zhu Jianghong, a specially invited author of this magazine, was a talented young man from Jiangxi Province in the eighteenth year. He won the second place with the first place, and then he was officially awarded a bachelor's degree from Hanlin, just like a bright star of tomorrow. Young talents who entered the official career originally wanted to be a good official, but after some ups and downs in officialdom, the former young man quickly blackened and became one of the six notorious treacherous court officials in the history of the Ming Dynasty. The wind and smoke of history shook the ripples of time, and people gradually forgot the young talent who won the fifth place in the country, but firmly remembered the teenager who had already been blackened-Yan Song. So, how did Yan Song, a famous genius in Daming, spend 40 years in infamy? First, when Yan Songgang, a gifted scholar from a poor family, took part in the work, he was in high spirits, determined to be a good official with the world in mind, and realized Kuang Jun's lofty ideal of assisting the country in Haiyan and Heqing. Unfortunately, the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny. After entering the officialdom, Yan Song found that Liu Jin, the eunuch, dominated the world, and officials in the DPRK were like meek kittens. No one dares to challenge the authority of the eunuch clique. The depressing working atmosphere made Yan Song unhappy all day, but it rained all the time. Just after Yan Song's mother died, Yan Song simply resigned and went home to be filial. After Yan Song resigned, he built a small house in his hometown and named it "Qian Shan Hall". After that, Yan Song studied in his hometown for ten years and was famous for his ancient poems. He never asked what happened in the world again. Yan Song's sincerity and filial piety soon spread all over the world. After hearing this, Yang Tinghe, an etiquette, appreciated Yan Song's noble character very much and personally wrote to invite Yan Song to enter the DPRK again as an official. Relying on the accumulated fame, Yan Song soared after returning to the officialdom, working as an assistant minister in Nanjing Imperial Academy, toasting in imperial academy, being an official in Nanjing, etc., with a bright future. At the same time, the shortcomings in Yan Song's character are gradually exposed. This boy who used to kill dragons finally became a dragon in the ups and downs of his career. 2. In the thirteenth year of sycophant Zheng De, Yan Song was ordered to go to Guangxi to deal with the official business of attacking a knight, but this errand exposed a big shortcoming of his personality: flashing fast. On the way to Guangxi on business, Yan Song happened to meet the Wang Ning Uprising in Jiangxi. When the rebels shouted ShaSheng sounded, Yan Song, who was quite famous, was scared out of her wits and ran away, leaving her official business far behind. It's not authentic to run away, but Yan Song has a smooth tongue and is the best flatterer in the world. When he was safe, he went back to North Korea to report to me. He even made his successor Zhu Houzong happy, so he passed the test safely. What's more, although Yan Song loves to kiss up to the emperor, he has done practical things for the people. For example, in the seventh year of Jiajing, Yan Song was ordered to go to Anlu, Zhu Houzong's hometown, to deal with sacrifices. After coming back, Yan Song specially wrote two letters, one of which recorded all the good omen along the way, which made Zhu Houzong happy from ear to ear, and the other was to truthfully report the disaster situation in Yuzhou and ask the government for disaster relief. When Zhu Houzong saw the passbook for disaster relief, he was already very happy by the previous good omen, so Zhu Houzong, who was in a good mood, agreed to Yan Song's request for disaster relief without thinking. At that time, everyone was very happy. Yan Song has done many similar things. As a result, the government and the public are very satisfied with Yan Song. Yan Song praised him while kissing up to the incorruptible, and watched his official position continuously improve. In addition to kissing up to the emperor crazily, Yan Song kissed up to all the important officials that Yan Song thought were powerful, including Xia Yan, the head of the cabinet. Xia Yan is a famous and capable minister. He is capable, innocent and fair, and has won the trust of Zhu Houzong. Clever as Yan Song, he naturally understands that if he wants to be promoted, he must leave Xia Yan's help. Therefore, Yan Song used his compatriot status to flatter Xia Yan and even serve Xia Yan like a slave. For example, once, Yan Song hosted a banquet specially for Xia Yan, but Xia Yan was in a bad mood that day and Yan Song refused to attend. This incident made Yan Song lose face, but when Yan Song came back from Xia Yan, he didn't mention Xia Yan's embarrassing story again. Instead, he sat respectfully in Xia Yan's chair in front of a full house of guests to show his respect for Xia Yan. A god operation embarrassed Xia Yan. Although Xia Yan has a strong ability to handle affairs, he is extremely simple in knowing people. Under Yan Song's flattering offensive, Xia Yan really regarded Yan Song as the confidant of his hometown, escorting Yan Song's promotion and salary increase all the way. Thirdly, Yan Song's official position is getting bigger and bigger through flattering gimmicks to frame Zhongliang, which makes some subtle changes in the relationship between Yan Song and Xia Yan. The fledgling Yan Song found that Xia Yan could no longer bring him benefits, but became a stumbling block to his entry into the cabinet. In order to join the cabinet as soon as possible, Yan Song decided to bring down Xia Yan and monopolize Zhu Houzong's favor. Yan Song found that Xia Yan's ability is very strong, but his temper is very bad, even dare to refute some unreasonable opinions of Zhu Houzong. In view of this feature, Yan Song provided Zhu Houzong with a comfortable experience with his flattering skills, and Yan Song unconditionally agreed to all Zhu Houzong's proposals, which soon made Zhu Houzong feel that Yan Song was better than Xia Yan. At the same time, Yan Song also practiced Qing Ci privately to cater to Zhu Houzong's hobby of worshipping Taoism and fasting. Zhu Houzong once gave Yan Song, Xia Yan and other dignitaries a crown of heavy fragrance, but Xia Yan opposed Zhu Houzong's obsession with Taoism and refused to wear it, while Yan Song specially caged the crown of heavy fragrance with fine gauze and wore it every time he went to court, winning numerous favors from Zhu Houzong. Seeing that Zhu Houzong gradually began to favor himself, Yan Song, who had endured for many years, finally gave Xia Yan a fatal blow. At that time, Xia Yan was bent on recovering the Hetao grassland, so he recommended Zeng as the coach. Less than three months after Zeng Xi took office, he repelled the attack of 100 thousand Mongolian cavalry and won a beautiful start for Ming Ting. After defeating the Tatars, Zeng Xi pursued the victory and prepared to attack the Tatars' lair. At a time when Na Zhi Yan Song bribed eunuchs, he said in front of Zhu Houzong that he had neglected to report defeat, deducted his salary and bribed records. Suspicious and sick Zhu Houzong was frightened by this sentence. Seeing that Zhu Houzong wavered, Yan Song immediately continued while the iron was hot: "If this incident of recovering the Hetao continues, I am afraid it will affect your life." The consequences were so serious that he immediately ordered to stop the plan to recover the Hetao and sent someone to catch Zeng, who was fighting bloody battles at the front. When he was taken away by the Royal Guards, the three armed forces were in a state of grief, crying loudly, and the sky of Hetao grassland was full of tears of soldiers. In the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, he was executed and his wife and children were exiled. Then, Zhu Houzong will ask Xia Yan to cut into western markets. Yan Song finally got his own career at the expense of endangering northern Xinjiang in the Ming Dynasty. Fourthly, after Xia Yan's death, Yan Song monopolized the power, and the Ming court officially entered the era of Yan Song's autocracy. After tasting the sweetness of power, Yan Song began to promote his cronies, and strict followers spread all over the world, known as "strict party" in history. With power, Yan Song started a crazy mode of collecting money again, just like Liu Jin, a powerful minister. Although corruption in the Ming Dynasty always existed, it was mostly a personal problem before Yan Song. However, with Yan Song's desperate corruption, corruption in the Ming Dynasty finally turned into a collective problem that all officials, big and small, were greedy. The collectivization of corruption has brought great wealth to Yan Song. According to historical records, only one of Yan Song's wealth is land, which accounts for more than one million mu in Beijing, Yangzhou and Yuanzhou. In addition, Yan Song bought more than 700 properties in Beijing. In his mansion, there is a treasure room. His son once looked at a room full of treasures and said happily, "The emperor's family is not as rich as mine." I don't know if Yan Song, looking at countless treasures in his home, can remember the back of the teenager who resigned angrily when Liu Jin was in power many years ago? 5. Sad to death, Yan Song's crazy corruption, manipulation and crackdown on dissidents finally attracted widespread indignation and resentment. Yan Song, who was once famous all over the world, became his most hated person. It took Yan Song forty years to go from a small official with seven grades to a very important official, but when Yan Song really reached the peak of the official, he found it difficult to climb this position, and it was even more difficult to keep it. Zhu Houzong is a suspicious emperor, and Yan Song's power has aroused Zhu Houzong's dissatisfaction. Plus, when Yan Song was old, his flattery skills were greatly reduced, and he relied on his son to help him read the emperor's mind. Just when Yan Song was at a loss, he met the news of his wife's death. Yan Song's son had to go home to observe filial piety and was unable to participate in politics, which made Yan Song's situation even more difficult. At this point, the courtiers headed by Xu Jie found this an opportunity to bring down Yan Song, and took immediate action to impeach Yan Song's son for indulging in debauchery during mourning. Zhu Houzong has been dissatisfied with Yan Song and his son. Hearing this, he immediately ordered Yan Song's son to be arrested and locked up, and Yan Song himself retired and went home. The Yanshi Group, which was in power in the ruling and opposition parties, collapsed. Soon, Zhu Houzong executed Yan Song's son and confiscated Yan Song's property. Yan Song, who was in his eighties, had to "support in the grave" and died silently in poverty and illness. Thousands of prosperity have vanished. Looking back on Yan Song's life a hundred years later, people can't help feeling deeply. Even if you are greedy for all the wealth in the world, you won't stay awake at night just for three feet. Fertile land is a thousand times, but three meals a day. References:

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