History has warned us countless times that in a feudal society, any speech that challenges the imperial power can lead to cruelty"***"。Zhou Yunyi boldly accused the emperor of immorality and strict party dictatorship on the grounds of a long drought and no snow.
We need not say much about the possible consequences of this incident. Although he was killed, this did not prevent the situation from deteriorating, and a major case could hit the government and the opposition at any time.
Although on financial matters, Emperor Jiajing was a staunch supporter of the Yan Party and reimbursed all the financial deficits for the Yan Party. However, in the treatment of Zhou Yunyi, Jiajing did not follow the opinions of the strict party, but insisted on rehabilitating Zhou Yunyi, praising him as an upright courtier with "no selfishness", and supporting Zhou Yunyi's family out of his own pocket. ”
Emperor Jiajing rehabilitated Zhou Yunyi, a dissident minister who insulted him and challenged his authority, what is the deep thinking behind this? Today, let's take a look at it.
Although Zhou Yunyi pushed the "big black cauldron" to Jiajing, which has doomed him to death, it is easy for the emperor to kill a person, and how to eliminate the political impact of Zhou Yunyi's "guilty words" is a tricky problem.
Emperor Jiajing, who carried the "black cauldron" in desperation, chose the action of "Guilty Edict" and fasting and praying for snow, which made people sigh "There is really such an operation". After fifteen days of fasting, Emperor Jiajing finally asked for a heavy snowfall, which not only saved everyone, but also allowed Emperor Jiajing's prayer to worship heaven to be answered, and Zhou Yunyi's words "Emperor Jiajing's infamy cannot be escaped" was also avoided.
This is a very happy ending, because without this snow, many people would probably have suffered from it.
The arrival of a heavy snowfall cleverly concealed Zhou Yunyi's words of attacking the imperial court (Jiajing), making his attack insignificant. Jiajing, as a Ming Jun, has measurements, at least on the surface, he is no longer entangled with Zhou Yunyi.
And Zhou Yunyi was able to be rehabilitated, all thanks to Yan Shifan, a stunned young man. At the pre-imperial finance meeting, Yan Shifan tried many times to involve Xu, Gao, Zhang and others with Zhou Yunyi, triggering a major political case.
However, the elder does not know that the core of politics lies in balance. Emperor Jiajing would never allow the Yan Party to dominate without clear checks and balances.
Yan Song knew this very well, so when Jiajing asked him what he thought of Zhou Yunyi, he could only answer: "Zhou Yunyi has no backstage. "Originally, the matter could have ended here, and Jiajing would not have overturned the case for the person who scolded him.
However, Yan Shifan didn't understand and continued to point out: "Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's words are the same as Zhou Yunyi's words. This is tantamount to letting Jiajing rehabilitate Zhou Yunyi.
If you don't do this, how can you let Qingliu get rid of suspicion and maintain the balance of court politics?
So it turned out that Yan Shifan's painstaking behavior not only did not cause the slightest harm to Qingliu, but instead sent them love. It seems that in officialdom, it is indeed difficult to gain a foothold if you don't understand the general trend!