In 1528 A.D., that is, in the seventh year of Jiajing's Ganzhi chronology, the large tower of the Louvre in France suffered large-scale destruction from the people due to poor supervision. In this tumultuous year, the University of Bern was officially established in Switzerland, and although its faculty was not very good, it was unique in history because it was the first university in the world to accept women.
At the same time, the Ming Dynasty in the land of China, but there were no major events. There are only two people, one born and one dead, and the names of these two people are famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty and do not need much introduction.
Who are they? The person who died was Wang Shouren, and the newborn was Qi Jiguang.
Emperor Jiajing has been in power for seven years, and he has experienced the bloody storm of the "Great Etiquette Dispute", and he is no longer a young man. His prestige is getting higher and higher, and he controls the lifeblood of the entire Ming Dynasty.
The criticism and education that once gave him could no longer shake his position. The ministers who once confronted him above the court have been wiped out by round after round of political confrontations and have bid farewell to their political careers.
In the era of the new Emperor Jiajing, the emperor needed a good minister to assist him, and Zhang Xuan was that candidate, who helped the Jiajing Emperor defeat the civil official group of the previous dynasty and consolidate the throne.
Although Zhang Xuan was very loyal to the emperor, he was arrogant towards his ministers and often commanded in the cabinet, and the six scholars respected him. However, among these ministers oppressed by Zhang Xuan, Xia Yan is the one who dares to fight, and he is the protagonist of our article.
Xia Yan, the word Gongjin, a native of Guixi, Jiangxi, was born in Zhengde for 12 years. During the reign of Emperor Jiajing, Xia Yan had been working hard in the Ming Dynasty officialdom for many years, and he was serving in the Ministry of Officials at that time.
But this matter is a little strange, you must know that Xia Yan is only a ** in the ministry, even if he is a secretary of the ministry, he will feel afraid when he sees Zhang Xuan. However, it turned out that Xia Yan had no special skills.
He did not have a tough backstage, nor did he occupy an important place in the emperor's heart. In general, people who dare to stand up and challenge authority have real skills, because people who don't have real skills tend to fail quickly.
However, Xia Yan is an exception. The reason why he dared to challenge Zhang Xuan was because he couldn't get used to Zhang Zhang's arrogance. He would publicly accuse Zhang Xuan of his mistakes in the early dynasty, and after returning home at noon, he would write a note to denounce Zhang Zhang, although these notes would not be sent to the emperor, and most of them would be suppressed by the cabinet, but Xia Yan would still write directly to Zhang Zhang.
At night, when the emperor wanted to rest, Xia Yan still refused to give up, often broke into the palace to meet him, and asked to remove Zhang Xuan as soon as he saw the emperor.
Zhang Xuan's struggle with Xia Yan Zhang Xuan's struggle with Xia Yan began with an ordinary cabinet meeting. Zhang Xuan is the emperor's right-hand man, and Xia Yan is a small ** in the ministry.
Zhang Xuan said that he did not provoke Xia Yan, and the contradiction between the two seemed unnecessary. However, Xia Yan was targeting Zhang Xuan every day, which made Zhang Xuan feel very troubled.
Zhang Xuan thinks that he is the hero, while Xia Yan is just a little-known person, and there is nothing to be afraid of. However, he ignored Xia Yan's influence.
Xia Yan took the opportunity of reporting ** Zhang Xuan and successfully broke into the emperor's field of vision. His appearance, image, and spiritual temperament are very outstanding, and he dangles in front of the emperor's eyes every day, which makes the emperor deeply impressed with him.
The emperor appreciated Xia Yan, and his position became one of the six secretaries, which was unprecedented. Xia Yan used his position as an advisor to many ** and became the "political and legal committee" of the Ming Dynasty.
He defeated Zhang Xuan and other competitors and became an important figure in the **.
Xia Yan relied on the talent of others to defeat his opponent and eventually became the first assistant of the cabinet. His road to promotion was full of blood, not on seniority and political achievements, but on a never-ending battle.
However, years of political career have smoothed out his uprightness, and the **** of power has made him clear-headed. He used to be a young voice for justice, but now he has become power-hungry in order to protect his position as the head of the cabinet.
Despite his thirst for power, he remained on the right path. He cared very much about the position of the first assistant to the cabinet, because he wanted to have power for a long time and help the emperor govern the country.
According to the records of the "History of the Ming Dynasty", Xia Yan was a heroic and proud person, even in the face of Mount Tai's pressure, he would not give in. "The Great Etiquette Controversy"Emperor Zhu Houxi realized the power of the civil official group.
Emperor Jiajing was well aware of a truth, if he wanted to sit on the throne, he must dismantle those powerful ministers. He skillfully sow discord between the ministers and ministers, making them fight each other and consume each other's strength, while he himself reaps the benefits of the fisherman.
Once the ministers fought, they could not form a unified camp, and they fought separately, and the emperor could easily control and manage them. Zhang Xuan was a pawn of Emperor Jiajing, and he used Zhang Xuan to provoke a dispute, which led to Xia Yan and triggered a fight between the government and the opposition.
Although Xia Yan saw the game outside the chessboard clearly, he didn't realize that as long as he was still in the chessboard, he would always be a pawn of the emperor. He tried to rebel against the emperor, but only ended up being an outcast.
So, the emperor chose a new talent, and the name of this talent was Yan Song. In 1548 AD, Yan Song gathered his henchmen and teamed up with his ministers to create an unjust, false and wrongful case approved by the emperor himself, and the protagonist of the case was the first assistant Xia Yan.
In October of the same year, Xia Yan was beheaded on the street at the age of sixty-seven. Now, it was Comrade Yan Song's turn to be overjoyed. He really feels lucky, he has been in the Ming court for half his life, and he has not been promising, but now he has taken a turn for the better, and he has been reused by the emperor and has become a powerful figure in the government and the opposition.
Yan Song is very happy, Yan Song is very happy. Now, he is going to start turning the clouds and rain and dealing with the ministers in the court who are against him. The struggle between the chess pieces began again.
Emperor Jiajing was happy to do it, knowing that Yan Song was treacherous, but he let it go. No way, he needs Yan Song, because Yan Song is also his pawn. It's just that neither the emperor nor Yan Song expected that Xia Yan, who had become an abandoned child and was removed from the chessboard, fought back against them fiercely before he died.
Before being beheaded on the street, Xia Yan finally got rid of his identity as a chess piece and played a chess move by himself. This move also has a very loud name, he is called - Xu Jie.