It is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and the great traitor in history seems to be loyal
The position of loyal and traitorous subjects in history is very different, because in our minds, they have passed the test of time and been given a clear moral label.
However, if we were born in the same era as the traitors, we may not even be able to distinguish between the loyal and the traitor. We can easily see through the acts of villains, but it is often difficult to distinguish between big treachery and evil.
Take Yan Song as an example, he was loyal to the court all his life, but was eventually identified as a traitor. His poem "Serving the country in his life is only loyal, and his death is right and wrong", which is a confession of his loyalty and sincerity, and also a summary of his life.
Yan Song's life gives us a deep understanding of the meaning of "treacherous and loyal".
The entry only focuses on the last two decades of Yan Song's control of the government, and relatively few evaluations of the first few decades of his life. This unbalanced distribution of information makes our impression of Yan Song facial.
In fact, Yan Song is not only a diligent employee, he has been working in the duty room every day for 20 years, even on Chinese New Year's Eve, treating his work meticulously and handling affairs very strongly.
In addition, Yan Song is also very talented, which is worthy of recognition. However, we can't ignore the fact that he single-handedly killed Shen Lian, Yang Jisheng and others, and brutalized Zhongliang countless times, which makes his loyalty debatable.
Therefore, we need to understand Yan Song more comprehensively and objectively in order to have an accurate evaluation of him.
Yan Song performed well when he was young, not only was he brilliant and intelligent, but he also had great respect for his ancestors' incorruptible tradition. When his ancestor Yan Mengheng served in Sichuan, because the ship was too light, he moved a stone ballast, symbolizing his incorruptible quality.
Yan Song himself also showed loyalty and intelligence after entering the Hanlin Academy at the age of twenty-seven, and became a highly respected **.
Emperor Qianlong saw that the plaque of the Gongyuan was Yan Song's handwriting, and felt that it was not appropriate, after all, Yan Song was a traitor. So he wrote it himself a few times, but he felt that the gap between his words and Yan Song's was too big.
So, he ordered a nationwide recruitment of outstanding calligraphers, but no one could write more beautiful characters than Yan Song. Even Zuo Zongtang, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty who regarded himself very highly, tried to write these three words, but in the end he still felt that it was not as good as Yan Song's words.
Liubiju: Yan Song's handwriting, filial piety, integrity, and dedication. Yan Song was filial to his parents, kept filial piety for many years, refused to be recruited by the imperial court, stayed away from **, and during the ten years, it was the dark period when the great eunuch Liu Jin controlled the government.
Yan Song is a good man, and after the middle move, he stayed with his childhood sweetheart Ouyang Shuduan for the rest of his life, and he had no interest in taking concubines, and even Xiangmei that Ouyang Shuduan deliberately arranged by his side would never be touched.
Li Mengyang and the famous Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty both praised Yan Song, and even when pacifying the rebellion of King Ning, they specially invited Yan Song to participate in the military.
If these two great gods lived another twenty years, would they drop their jaws in shock?
No matter what you want to do, you must pass the pass of Emperor Jiajing. The country is the king, and just like our current workplace, the company is the boss, and the boss is the company.
In the seventh year of Jiajing, Yan Song found an auspicious stone on the way back from sacrificing to the queen, so he carved auspicious words and reported it to Jiajing.
This may have been an important shift for him, as he learned how to pat on the back. However, Yan Song was not a traitor at this time, and he also reported the severity of the disaster in Henan, the hungry people had already gnawed away the bark, and the local area was still rampant.
Jiajing therefore ordered disaster relief. Then, Yan Song was sent to Nanjing, where he stayed for nine years. There is hardly any record of this period in the history books, and for him, Nanjing was basically a place of idleness.
Maybe he thinks he can be honest all his life, but half of his life has passed, so what's the use of being honest?
In the officialdom of Yan Song in power, opportunism is called filial piety, but people without talent can be promoted, and the reason for promotion is honesty. Nothing can be accomplished without bribing the officials.
Yan Song is going farther and farther on the road of catering to Jiajing, maybe kneeling can allow him to climb higher. In the end, Yan Song gained Jiajing's trust and became a capable courtier.
Since ancient times, traitors have been capable people. Yan Song reused Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang to pacify the wokos and border troubles, and reached the peak of power with the acquiescence of Jiajing.
In the process, many people have been sacrificed and many people have been offended. In my opinion, this is mainly due to Emperor Jiajing. Yue Fei's death cannot be completely attributed to Qin Hui, and Zhao Gou can't get out of it.
Yan Song's treachery cannot be blamed entirely on himself, and Jiajing is also responsible. Similarly, He Shen's ** cannot be completely blamed on himself, and Qianlong can't get rid of it.
Even if there were no Qin Hui, Yan Song, and He Shen, there would be someone else to take their place.
Emperor Jiajing, played by Chen Baoguo, is unique among ancient emperors with his unique wisdom and talent. However, his talents were not used to govern the country, but to power the arts.
He firmly believes that as long as the people at the bottom can survive, they must not rebel, and they must enjoy supreme power. But in the end, a talented but unbelieving person often chooses to seek a non-existent other shore, which is the tragedy of Jiajing.
The reason why Emperor Jiajing is like this may have something to do with the way he ascended to the throne, which was a kind of throne from heaven. He was so afraid of losing power that he held it very tightly all his life.
The political struggle between Yan Song and Xu Jie reached an unbelievable depth, they understood each other, but they also used each other. Yan Song knew that Xu Jie would bring him down, and Xu Jie also knew that Yan Song knew that he would bring him down, but they were still able to get along for many years.
Although Yan Song felt that Xu Jie was his most terrible political enemy, he was also his son and daughter's in-laws, and this distorted relationship between friend and foe made Yan Song feel confused. Similarly, Xu Jie also felt lost.
He knew the relationship between Emperor Jiajing and Yan Song, Yan Song was a good tool for Jiajing to make money, and at the same time his old friend. Emperor Jiajing will definitely not be strict, and Yan Song will only listen to Emperor Jiajing's words.
Xu Jie's attitude also made the anti-Yan faction dissatisfied, and they eventually became the anti-Xu faction.
Emperor Jiajing overthrew the Yan Party, but left Yan Song. Although Yan Song is still there, the Yan Party has fallen. Before he died, Yan Song lamented that Jiajing had failed him. Regarding **, after researching and Shen, I understand a truth: how did a thief become the richest man in the village, and his family property was more than the whole village?
After checking the information, I found that Heshen's franchise is actually an official businessman. His network was so vast that he even had dealings with the East India Company. Yan Song and Yan Dang must have a similar situation.
However, no matter what his wealth is, Yan Song is a traitor after all. Because our perspective is always on the side of the people. Yan Shifan is his success and his defeat.
Yan Shifan's goal of making money has always been locked on the businessman, and his image recorded in history is unique: first, he has an ordinary appearance, a fat head and big ears, and a disabled eye; 2. Lustful sexuality, nine wives and concubines, creating "lewd chips", and the house is very lively every night; 3. Outstanding wisdom, never forgetful, known as a ghost talent; Fourth, he is proficient in speculating on the emperor's intentions, and he is handy in writing green words.
When Yan Shifan was checking the salt tax, he was always quick to find problems.
Yan Song is old, and his hands and feet are not as good as before, but at this time, the court is full of people from the Yan Party. He cleverly arranged for Yan Shifan to take over the overall situation, and finally the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and even King Yu had to take the initiative to show goodwill.
In the TV series, King Yu is Jiajing's only son, and he should have a good relationship with the future prince. Yan Song also understood this, but he didn't expect that Jiajing's first son would die soon and stay"The two dragons don't see each other"Hexagrams.
Jiajing kept his distance from his sons, but he still followed Yan Song's advice to establish a prince, which shows his trust in Yan Song. However, when the prince was fourteen years old, he only met Jiajing once and died, which made Jiajing even more superstitious about hexagrams.
Jiajing had a total of eight sons, five of whom died. After the death of the crown prince, Yan Song bet on Zhu Zaizhen, but he did not expect that he would also die at the age of 29. Yuwang, who survived in the end, studied with Xu Jie since he was a child, and the team around him was his opponent - Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
Yan Shifan became arrogant and arrogant, because even the crown prince had to bow to him. If he could be a little more restrained like Yan Song, the ending might not be so tragic. Before Yan Shifan returned to Yuanzhou to build the Wannian Bridge, he asked Yan Song to buy land in his hometown.
His reason for accumulating money made Yan Song speechless for a while: "Dad, I can't compare with you." You only have one son...... meBut I gave birth to six of my own, plus two of them, for a total of eight sons......Although Yan Song is from Jiangxi, he has made a lot of contributions to his hometown and donated a lot of money.
In the debate of Yan Song's loyalty and treachery in later generations, the emotions of Jiangxi compatriots undoubtedly provide a perspective that cannot be ignored for the re-examination of history. This made Yan Song appear more loyal and treacherous, and his inscriptions have been widely preserved.
This is a story about the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty, although Yan Song and his son are **, they have a strategic vision. Yan Shifan followed Zhao Wenhua's suggestion to open up the sea frontier, and at the same time boldly used Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and others, and achieved certain results in the anti-Japanese war.
Wang Zhi's inducement of surrender is a long-term strategy of the Yan Party clique to pacify the Japanese invaders, and if successful, it may have a far-reaching impact on the situation in Northeast Asia. However, the Yan Party eventually lost control of Wang Zhi, and Xu Jie's persuasion led to Wang Zhi's death.
Yan Song was finally cut back to his hometown, his family property was confiscated, and he died of loneliness, poverty and illness. The story tells us that corruption can undermine the normal functioning of the country and lead to the decay of the country, while the lack of faith and the lack of a correct outlook on life can also lead smart people astray.