Volume 4 Chapter 102 Endless Loop
Yang Cong was really angry with Jiajing, the so-called "a slap can't make a sound", the reason why Yan Song was able to grow into one of the most famous corrupt officials in history is that Jiajing, a fool, bears an unshirkable responsibility.
In all dynasties, there have been more emperors and more traitors, but it is really rare to see people like Jiajing who are confused, and big corrupt officials like Yan Song are even rarer.
A person who is an emperor, so confused but so capricious, is going to perish.
Historically, although the Ming Dynasty did not die at the hands of Jiajing, it had a great relationship with Jiajing.
For example, he encouraged courtiers to form gangs and fight each other, laying the groundwork for the subsequent party struggle in the Wanli Dynasty, which can be said to be one of the main reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the root cause was because of Jiajing, a fool.
For another example, he was willful and reckless, and played a very bad role in leading the later emperors.
His grandson, Emperor Wanli of Mingshenzong, learned from his wayward actions in the Great Rites Discussion, and came to a dispute over the country's capital, frantically suppressing and purging the courtiers, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Ming Dynasty.
His great-grandson, Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Sizong learned from his favor of Yan Song, and cultivated another traitor Wen Tiren, it can be said that Wen Tiren of Chongzhen Dynasty is Yan Song of Jiajing Dynasty, the two also rely on whiskers to pat the throne, and the two have also controlled the government for nearly 20 years, frantically eliminating dissidents, crazy corruption, and making the Ming Dynasty a miasma.
It's just that Jiajing was lucky, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and others wiped his buttocks, and Chongzhen was unlucky, no one wiped his buttocks, and Daming died directly!
Of course, this is just history, and now, Yang Cong is here, and the trajectory of history has begun to change.
However, he was not sure that he could completely change the trajectory of history.
Because, Yan Song is still the first assistant of the cabinet at this time, and Jiajing is still willful.
If this continues, what will be the end?
Yan Song will definitely continue to fight for maritime interests, and there is no doubt that the Japanese will surely rise again with his support.
Also, if Yan Maoqing does not step down, there will inevitably be problems with the food and salary of the Northwest Frontier Army, and when the time comes, Yan Song is likely to reverse black and white again, and take the opportunity to support the agents to seize military power in the northwest, and Altan Khan will also take the opportunity to recover.
These two problems that have always plagued the Jiajing Dynasty will surely arise again.
In other words, if Yan Song does not fall, history will still be slowly dragged into the original trajectory by this guy.
So, how can Yan Song fall?
At this time, it seems impossible to bring down Yan Song.
Historically, Yan Song's downfall was not because of corruption, at least, the main reason was not because of corruption.
The main reason for Yan Song's downfall was because Jiajing was foolish and made a mess of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were complaining, and he had to find a scapegoat to block the mouths of the people.
So, Yan Song fell.
To put it bluntly, Yan Song is just his scapegoat.
And this time is different, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be in a good situation at this time, the southern and northern captives have died down, the Ming Dynasty can be described as the four seas are leveling, coupled with the continuous development of maritime trade, the southeastern provinces are becoming more and more prosperous, the people of the Ming Dynasty can be said to live and work in peace and contentment, Jiajing does not need a scapegoat to block the mouth of the people, why did he want to get rid of Yan Song?
This seems to be a dead loop, the situation in the Ming Dynasty is very good, it is impossible for Jiajing to get rid of Yan Song, and once there is a problem in the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing will let Yang Cong go to fight the fire, that is to say, Yang Cong has worked hard to fight in the south and the north, which is to protect Yan Song!
Does Yang Cong want to continue the cycle like this, and play with Jiajing and Yan Song for ten or even twenty years?
Of course he didn't want to.
Originally, he thought that the reason why he couldn't overturn Yan Song was mainly because of Xia Yan, but now, he understands that the reason why he can't overturn Yan Song is entirely because of Jiajing!
This Jiajing, who seems to be shrewd on the surface, is actually extremely confused, and every time he is sold, he helps people to make money.
Yan Song just grasped Jiajing's weakness and figured out Jiajing's temperament, so as to play Jiajing in the palm of his hand.
Countless facts have proved that with Jiajing here, it is impossible for anyone who wants to move Yan Song, unless Jiajing has caused public anger because of his mistakes in governing the country, and he needs to find a scapegoat, and he will pull Yan Song out as a scapegoat.
And this kind of thing is basically impossible, because Yang Cong will not watch Da Ming fall into that kind of predicament, in the end, he will still act as a firefighter and fight fires everywhere.
In short, he will not let Daming fall into trouble in order to clean up Yan Song, and let the people suffer unjustified disasters.
This seems to be stuck in a dead loop again, what should I do?
As the saying goes, "Anger starts from the heart, and evil grows to the side of the guts." Since Jiajing is so confused, he always believes in Yan Song's slander and blindly defends Yan Song, then even Jiajing will clean it up!
Jiajing continues to be the emperor, it is not the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, rather than letting him be willful here, wasting time, and harming the Ming Dynasty, it is better to let him accompany Yan Song to die together, one hundred!
Yang Cong had this idea in his heart for no reason, and he couldn't contain it!
Is it difficult to let Jiajing die?
Actually, it's not difficult at all.
According to historical records, Jiajing faced danger to his life several times and survived.
For example, he was murdered by the palace maids and was almost strangled to death.
For example, he was almost burned alive in a fire.
The palace maids worked together to murder him, but they didn't strangle him to death, maybe because their strength was too small or their courage was too small, this problem is not difficult to solve, just find a way to give those palace maids a little poison, it is more troublesome to strangle, it is better to be directly poisoned!
As for Jiajing's survival from the fire, it is rumored that Lu Bing carried him out, this problem is simpler, when the time comes, find a way to take Lu Bing away, and see who will carry him!
In short, there are many ways to let Jiajing die, and Yang Cong doesn't have to take action in person to achieve his goal.
It's not very difficult, it just needs a right time.
As long as Jiajing dies, it will be Yuwang Zhu Zaikun to succeed to the throne, and when the time comes, Yan Song's ability to pass through the sky is in vain, you know, Yuwang Zhu Zaikun is his disciple of Yang Cong!
As soon as he thought of this disciple, his brows furrowed again.
This disciple seems to be good at everything, humble, well-behaved, and approachable, and he doesn't have the slightest idea of being a prince.
However, this temperament, being an emperor, is not necessarily a good thing.
To be an emperor, you don't have to be ruthless, and you don't have to be arbitrary, but you must have self-confidence, you must have courage, and the cautious nature of Yuwang Zhu Zaikun, even if you become the emperor, I'm afraid it will be difficult to last.
Historically, the Longqing Dynasty only lasted for six years, and it can be said that Zhu Zaikun hung up the dragon chair before he could sit on it.
What is the reason for this?
Perhaps, it was because he had been suppressed for too long and needed to vent, and he had no control to vent, so he vented himself to death.
Perhaps, it was because he was too weak and people felt that there was an opportunity, so they secretly harmed him.
In short, the temperament of Yuwang Zhu Zaikun is not very suitable to be an emperor.