Xia Yan is not suitable to be a courtier, or rather, he is not suitable to be a courtier under an emperor like Jiajing, because he is too arrogant and takes himself too seriously.

Jiajing is also a madman, he is crazy in front of others, and sooner or later something will happen.

Most of the madmen in this world have a delusion, they probably think that everyone in the world has to revolve around them, and those who don't revolve around them are all problematic people.

Jiajing is crazy, it's not much of a problem, because he is the emperor, and others have to revolve around him.

Xia Yanmad, it's a big problem, who do you think you are, why do others revolve around you?

Originally, Jiajing didn't plan to do anything to Xia Yan, after all, Xia Yan Shoufu has been the first assistant for so many years, and there is no credit and hard work, and the main thing that made the mistake this time was not him, but Zeng Miao.

At best, he didn't know anyone, and then told a few lies to cover up his mistakes.

Such a crime is really not a big crime for a cabinet chief, and a more lenient king may be done with a few words of lesson, and a more severe king can be deposed at most.

question, he was too crazy, not only did he not admit his mistake, but also shouted in front of Jiajing.

Of course, he didn't despise Jiajing, but sometimes, the tone of people's speech is difficult to change, and he was used to commanding in front of his officials.

His shouting was no less than adding fuel to the fire, and Jiajing's temper came up with a rub.

You dare to shout in front of me, and the sky has turned you upside down!

Jiajing immediately said angrily: "Zeng Mo was recommended by you, isn't Yan Maoqing recommended by you?" If such a big thing happens at the border, don't you have the responsibility of a cabinet chief? You're still talking about it, are you really so easy to deceive? ”

When Xia Yan heard this, his face couldn't help but stagnate, he only reacted at this moment, but the emperor was opposite, and he seemed to pay attention to what he said.

It's a pity that it's late.

Jiajing is not the kind of magnanimous person, and if he provokes him, the consequences are not ordinarily serious.

What's wrong with the cabinet chief, do I really dare not clean you up?

Immediately afterwards, he shouted outside: "Come on, send this traitorous villain who bullied the king to prison!" ”

When Xia Yan heard this, he was stupid on the spot.

He is the head of the cabinet, according to the example, even if he makes a mistake, at most he will be dismissed and cut down, after all, the court also has the face of the court, isn't it, the head of a hundred officials like the first assistant of the cabinet, if he is arrested directly, won't he slap himself in the face?

He really didn't expect that once Jiajing lost his temper, he wouldn't even care about the face of the court.

Jiajing doesn't care about any rules and regulations, shamelessness or something, and provokes him, it's not as simple as going to prison.

Immediately afterwards, he issued an order to order Mao Bowen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to inspect Shanxi and investigate the mutiny.

Mao Bowen went to Shanxi to take a look, good guy, the army on the western border of this mountain is in chaos, the barracks are full of slogans begging for food, and some generals are even injured by the hungry soldiers!

Zeng Milling saw that the paper could no longer contain the fire, so he could only honestly confess that the Shanxi border army had not paid food and salary for several months, and since Yan Maoqing became the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, the rations of the border army had not even been gathered, and if the imperial court did not want to find a way to allocate food and salary, it was estimated that Shanxi would be in chaos.

After Mao Bowen understood the situation clearly, he hurriedly rushed 800 miles to report to Jiajing, asking Jiajing to allocate food and salary to stabilize the morale of the army.

When Jiajing received the news, he was so angry that he almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of blood.

You rebellious ministers and thieves, what are you talking about recovering the Hetao and cleaning up the Tartars, now the Tartars are nothing to do, but the towns on the western side of the mountain are in chaos, it's a dull soul!

As for the salary, where did the imperial court get so much food, he could only let Yan Song find a way, first raise a little food, plug the mouths of those border troops, and then ordered Mao Bowen to slowly disband the assembled border army and let him go back to his hometown to Tuntian.

In this way, after nearly a month of tossing, the situation in Shanxi finally gradually stabilized, but there were only more than 20,000 border troops left.

Mao Bowen can't help it, because the imperial court really doesn't have the money to support so many border troops, and the Nanjing household department can't transfer the food and salary in time, if the scale of 90,000 people is maintained, I'm afraid that in less than a month, these border troops will make trouble again because of the lack of food.

A farce, it seems to be over like this, from Xia Yan proposed to recover the Hetao and clean up the Tartars, to Zeng Milling was dismissed and investigated, and was arrested and returned to Beijing for interrogation, the period lasted nearly half a year.

Can this matter be passed so easily?

Of course it's impossible, even if Jiajing doesn't want to pursue it anymore, Yan Song will "take advantage of the victory to pursue" and find a way to completely trample Xia Yan to death, not to mention, Jiajing is not angry at all, and is determined to severely punish Xia Yan and Zeng Miao, the two rebellious ministers and thieves.

Next, under the auspices of Yan Song, Zeng Mian was charged with lying about the military situation, deducting food and salary, and bribing the officials, and was directly beheaded, and his family was also exiled for 3,000 miles.

Poor Zeng Miao, accidentally involved in the power struggle of the imperial court, was beheaded so inexplicably.

To tell the truth, he is really a pretty good border commander, at least, in the more than ten years since Yang Cong left office, the Tartars have repeatedly violated the border and have not obtained any benefits, to talk about the ability to lead the army to fight, he is not known how many times stronger than Xianning Hou Qiuluan.

It's a pity that he followed the wrong person, he followed the wrong Xia Yan, an invincible madman, no matter how strong he is, the madman Xia Yan can't play the yin man Yan Song!

After being imprisoned, he also wrote a poem, including a sentence: Yuan Gong was originally a hundred years old, and he made a mistake and caused the danger of the Seven Kingdoms.

This poem is taken from an allusion in the Western Han Dynasty, when the imperial historian Chao Cuo suggested that Emperor Jing cut the feudal domain, which led to the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and Yuan An, known as the "Peerless Warrior", suggested that Chao Cuo be beheaded to appease the anger of the princes.

In fact, the mistake of killing Chao could not quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and in the end, it was Emperor Jing's personal expedition that quelled the rebellion.

Zeng Milling means that I am really wronged!

He is indeed wronged, because he did not lie about the military situation, did not deduct food and salary, and did not bribe Xia Yan, he has been fulfilling his duties at the border pass, and he has been trying to find a way to clean up the Tartars and pacify the northwest border troubles, which can be said to be dedicated to the country.

It's a pity that in these years, no matter how good you do, no matter how capable you are, no matter how dedicated you are to the country, the key is to follow the right people!

Like Qiu Luan, that's a piece of shit, fighting a war or something, he doesn't know anything at all, lying about the military situation, deducting food and salary, bribing Yan Song or something, people often do it!

Problem, people are following the right person, so at this time, people are living well, but he was beheaded.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song slandered in front of Jiajing, implying that Xia Yan had expressed dissatisfaction with Jiajing in front of him many times, and even blamed Jiajing for some court mistakes.

Jiajing was so angry that he immediately issued an order to cut Xia Yanwaist into the city!

A generation of powerful ministers was beheaded like this, and when he died, he didn't even understand what mistake he had made, and he abandoned the city, as for it?

He really didn't make any big mistakes, his biggest mistake was to bring Yan Song, a traitor!