What about two hundred years of aristocracy?Xia Yan cleaned him up like this.
Theoretically, Shousuke's influence is only one generation, while the aristocracy is passed down from generation to generation and has deep roots. Therefore, Shousuke could not compete with the nobility in any case. However, in the twenty-first year of Jiajing, a nobleman died in prison without explanation, which was obviously a political conspiracy, and Xia Yan, the first assistant who led all this, was unharmed.
In the twenty-first year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing demoted the ministers of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple due to an emergency. This is because these ministers staged a prison scene in front of Jiajing, and it involved the cause of death of Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding.
Although Jiajing had ordered that Guo Xun should not be executed, he died in prison without warning, apparently in an intentional homicide. The Criminal Department and Dali Temple shifted the blame to the prison environment, trying to make Jiajing dumb and eat Yellow Lotus.
So, what kind of aristocrat is Guo Xun who can get Jiajing's special care?Tracing Guo Xun's aristocratic lineage can be traced back to the founding period of the Ming Dynasty.
Guo Xun's ancestor Guo Ying was a generation of famous generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, and Zhu Yuanzhang was still struggling to resist by the river at that time, and Nanjing was an unattainable dream. However, with extraordinary courage and wisdom, Guo Ying participated in every key battle, whether it was in the battle to conquer Nanjing, or in the battle to eliminate Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, or in the process of expelling the Yuan Dynasty in the north, pacifying Liaodong and Yunnan, he always stood at the forefront and made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang's cause.
One might ask why he was able to survive Zhu Yuanzhang's brutal ruleYou must know that Zhu Yuanzhang is notoriously ruthless in killing heroes.
The Twenty-second Historical Notes once recorded: "All meritorious heroes will come to an end", but Guo Ying successfully avoided Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher's knife with his loyalty and resourcefulness, and became a legendary general of a generation.
The key to Guo Ying's survival lies in three factors: first, his sister is Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine, known as "Concubine Guo Ning", and gave birth to a son for Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, Zhu Tan, the king of Lu.
Secondly, his son married Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter. The most important point is that other heroes have relied on their own status to do misdeeds, the most obvious is to seize private land, and he has never seized an acre of private land in his life.
When Zhu Yuanzhang asked him why, he replied that he was originally an ordinary person, all this was not easy to come by, and he dared to covet others. Originally, because of the relationship between relatives and relatives, Zhu Yuanzhang was already a little hesitant, and he acted in a low-key manner, if he acted on him, it might cause panic among everyone.
You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes in batches, one was the Hu Weiyong case, and the other was the basket jade case, not all of them were killed at one time, if the heroes felt dangerous, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Guo family has gone through more than 200 years since Guo Ying passed on to Guo Xun, and the current Guo family is different from before.
Today, there are people in the Guo family who occupy people's land, and there are also people who sell illicit salt. In fact, Guo Xun is not the only one who violates the law and discipline, but why does Xia Yan regard him as a target?
The reason is that Guo Xun is an ally of Xia Yan's political enemies. Xia Yan's position as the first assistant comes from Zhang Fujing, and Zhang Fujing's first assistant status is ** Yang Tinghe. So, how did Zhang Fujing defeat Yang Tinghe?
The answer is Guo Xun's support. Guo Xun manages the forbidden army and holds the thugs. Without Guo Xun's support, Zhang Fujing would not only not be able to defeat Yang Tinghe, but might even be killed by his ministers because he supported Jiajing in acknowledging his biological parents.
Some people may wonder if it is possible that their biological parents are not their biological parentsThe answer is yes. Jiajing's throne did not come from his father, but from his cousin Ming Wuzong.
Since Ming Wuzong had no heirs, Jiajing had a chance to inherit the throne. According to the regulations, the throne should be inherited by the Ming Wuzong lineage, so Jiajing naturally wanted to join the Ming Wuzong lineage and become the nominal son of Ming Xiaozong and the nominal younger brother of Ming Wuzong.
However, he resolutely refused to do so, and the ministers were too stubborn, so Zhang Fujing was given the opportunity to play.
Guo Xun did not blindly support Zhang Fujing, but saw Jiajing's position clearly. His choice proved to be correct, but Zhang Fujing was defeated by Xia Yan because of his alliance and influence Jiajing's rule.
Guo Xun originally thought that Xia Yan would cooperate with him for the sake of their identity, but Xia Yan had already blacklisted him and was unmoved.
If you take the first step, you will be able to take the lead", Guo Xun wrote ** Xia Yan, Xia Yan was not to be outdone, and the two went toe-for-tat. However, it was not them who bothered the most, but Jiajing.
One was an old nobleman, and the other was a chief minister, which made his decision extremely difficult. So, he made an excuse and called Xia Yan into the palace on the grounds of typos and criticized him fiercely.
Jiajing's attitude towards Guo Xun is ambiguous, if there is no accident, Guo Xun should not encounter accidents, but fate is not.
Jiajing ordered Guo Xun, Wang Tingxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Sui Anbo Chen Hui to go to various places to clean up the military registration to ensure the quality of the army. Although they were chasas, they still had to receive edicts in order to secure the approval of the magistrates.
Wang Tingxiang and Chen Hui both received it, but Guo Xun refused. Two months have passed and he still hasn't picked it up. Any ruler would be outraged by such neglect and disrespect, especially Jiajing.
Guo Xun did not intend to disobey the holy decree, but as the leader of the Houjun Governor's Office, it was his duty to check the military registers, and there was no need for additional edicts. At this point, he should have submitted a work report, but he did not do so, and defended himself in a peculiar way, accusing Jiajing of being redundant.
Originally, Jiajing was angry, Guo Xun added fuel to the fire, Xia Yan took the opportunity to ** Guo Xun's top ten crimes, and Guo Xun was imprisoned.
Jiajing originally just wanted to punish Guo Xun for two days so that he could remember the lesson. However, Xia Yan was not satisfied with this, he wanted to completely eliminate Guo Xun. The Criminal Department and Dali Temple submitted two consecutive petitions, strongly demanding that Guo Xun be executed, because he had committed many crimes and the charges were readily available.
Jiajing understood Xia Yan's intentions, but he was not afraid, because he knew that as long as he didn't issue an order, no one would be able to kill Guo Xun.
Jiajing forgot that even if he didn't follow the normal channels, Xia Yan could execute Guo Xun in many ways. In fact, Guo Xun did die at the hands of Xia Yan. Although Jiajing knew that Guo Xun was killed by Xia Yan, there was nothing he could do about it because there was no evidence.
If the case is expanded, everyone is in danger, and the court will fall into chaos. For the sake of a distant nobleman, it is not worth it. Moreover, the Guo family still has the title, but Guo Xun himself died.
In the eyes of some people, the aristocracy is no less powerful than the first auxiliary minister, but in fact, compared with the first auxiliary minister, the aristocracy is like a window paper as thin as a cicada's wings, which can be broken when stabbed.
Do the first and auxiliary ministers have power, and the nobles do?The answer is no. For example, the first auxiliary minister like Zhang Juzheng, not to mention the nobles, even the prince is not their opponent.