Third, Yan Song's greed for money. In fact, Yan Song is a person with very serious personal ethics. When he was young, Yan Song had no career, and he only had a wife.

Unlike other cabinet officials, who have a group of wives and concubines, Yan Song has only one woman in his life, at least he has never brought other women home.

A cabinet leader who doesn't love women, will he really be greedy for money without limits? No, those who are familiar with Yan Song know that Yan Song has three good things in his life.

A good talent, he attaches great importance to learned people. Even if he is a political enemy, as long as he has extraordinary talents, he will be merciful.

It is said that his son Yan Shifan once wanted to kill his political enemies Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, and the reason why Yan Song blocked it was because he cherished his talents.

Yan Song is a pity that Xu Jie is old and has been a colleague for many years, Zhang Juzheng was born as a prodigy since he was a child, and his knowledge is admired by Yan Song's father and son.

If it weren't for Yan Song's obstruction, there would not have been Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Juzheng. Yan Song is the second best book, and he has a lot of unique books at home.

Even Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houxi knew Yan Song's hobby, and rewarded Yan Song with the collection of books in the palace many times.

Yan Song's students also often collect books from all over the world and bring them back as gifts for their teachers. Yan Song had to dry books every year in his later years, and when he couldn't do it himself, he asked his son and students to help.

Drying books twice a year is Yan Song's major event, and no one dares to disturb him on this day. Yan Song is the third most delicious, Yan Song doesn't love women or money, so he likes to eat some food.

Yan Song not only loves to eat, but also often dedicates delicious things to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, who also loves food.

It is said that there is also a story about

The story of "Six Must Live". There is a workshop in the capital that specializes in making pickles, and often delivers the most seasonal pickles to Yan Song's house.

Once the owner of the pickle garden worked hard to find an opportunity to meet Yan Song, and he asked Yan Song to write an inscription for his family's workshop.

At that time, Yan Song had been grounded by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and Yan Song knew that he couldn't do it. For the sake of years of friendship and the cost of the last batch of pickles, Yan Song wrote

"Six hearts" three words. After Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi knew, he added a stroke to Yan Song's inscription and put it

The word "heart" became

The word "must". The scarlet letter was like a bloody dagger inserted into it

"Heart" in the word. Because of this allusion, this inscription not only did not lead to the closure of the pickle garden, but also created a century-old brand.

Yan Song, as the first assistant of the first generation of cabinets, is he still afraid of lack of money? Yan Song only has a wife and a son, what's the use of asking for so much money?

Yan Shifan is greedy for money, it doesn't mean that Yan Song is also greedy for money, but this dirty water is still poured on Yan Song.

In fact, this is Yan Song carrying the black pot for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. It turned out that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was one of the poorest emperors of the Ming Dynasty at that time, because this was caused by the historical background.

When Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao was seriously ill, because he had no heirs, it was a big question who would inherit the throne.

Because she didn't know who came to inherit the throne, the mother of Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao had to leave a way back for her own sake.

The old queen mother took all the private property left by Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde to her palace.

As a result, after Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi ascended the throne, he only had some real estate and almost no cash.

If it weren't for the cost of enthronement and daily expenses borne by the household department, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi would not even be able to take out the money to be the emperor.

Although Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi asked the old queen mother to reward some cash through others many times, the old queen mother did not pay attention.

Later, the old queen mother's worries became a reality, and Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was not the biological son of the old queen mother after all, and he would not have real filial piety to her.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi completely turned his face with the old queen mother in order to promote his biological mother to the queen mother.

The old empress dowager hated Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu even more, and would rather reward the money to outsiders and return it to the household department than leave it to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

Therefore, the biggest problem of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi is that his position is unstable, and the most anxious problem is that he has no money in his hand.

The reason why Yan Song won the trust of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu was, first, because Yan Song defended Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and secondly, because Yan Song helped Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu solve financial problems.

In order to fund the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, Yan Song secretly sold all the land left to him by his ancestors.

After learning about it, although Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu was grateful to Yan Song, Yan Song's family's money was far from satisfying Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's expenses.

At that time, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's first confidant, his brother Lu Bing, had already controlled Jinyiwei, and he often blackmailed some officials who committed crimes to supply money to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

After Yan Song served as an examiner and a priest for the country, he privately helped people buy fame and arrange for them to go to school, and all the money he got was given to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi trusted Yan Song from then on, and thought of an idea to make money, secretly selling some unimportant official positions to people who could afford it.

Of course, Yan Song is the best and most suitable candidate, thirty percent of the money obtained from selling officials is Yan Song's, and seventy percent belongs to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

This solved Emperor Jiajing's financial crisis and made a bad start. Originally, Yan Song's meaning was just a temporary emergency, just buy a few inconsequential positions.

Unexpectedly, this Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi became lavish when he had money, not only did he keep up with the food, but also had a lot of tricks.

The money for selling a few petty officials is not much, of course, it was immediately squandered by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. If there is no money, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi wants Yan Song to continue to sell his official position, and the more he sells, the bigger his position will be.

Even Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houxi acquiesced to Yan Song selling some titles to some meritorious service. The titles exchanged for the exploits of the heroes are not permanent, and generally speaking, the titles are lost after a few generations.

Exploits without titles are like a phoenix with lost hair, not only ugly but also without status. For these people, how to keep their status in their family is the most important thing.

Yan Song took the initiative to come to the door and said that he had a way to arrange the continuation of the title for everyone, but he just asked everyone to pay Yan Song.

In fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts that the money is not for Yan Song, but for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi himself.

They didn't dare to offend Yan Song, let alone Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, so as long as Yan Song opened his mouth, they would give as much as they wanted.

Fortunately, Yan Song is very trustworthy, not only will he not take money and do nothing, but the price offered is affordable to everyone, and he will definitely not ask for a sky-high price.

Thirty percent of the money obtained was given to Yan Song, which was regarded as Yan Song's communication expenses and labor expenses, and seventy percent was spent by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

Later, the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, whose appetite was getting bigger and bigger, forced Yan Song to put his idea on the current officials.

Yan Song also knew the importance of some important positions, but Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's appetite was too great and he needed a lot of money to satisfy his desires.

For this reason, Yan Song secretly paid money to buy officials for people he trusted, and arranged for his cronies to take important positions.

Outsiders don't know that they think Yan Song is cronyism and let his cronies control key departments. Although Yan Shifan later sold some official positions without telling his father, most of the official sales were approved by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and most of the heads were taken by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu himself.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi said in his later years that Yan Song was corrupt and that the income from selling officials fattened Yan Song's father and son, but in fact, he put all the responsibility on Yan Song.

Yan Song was also loyal to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, silently endured everything, and even sacrificed his only son Yan Shifan to carry the black pot for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

Fourth, it is not authoritarian and arbitrary, nor has it elevated imperial power. Yan Song was a courtier who was absolutely central to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and he was not stupid enough to want to be the emperor.

Yan Song's proudest thing in his life is that he became the first assistant of the cabinet, and he also taught a son Yan Shifan who is even better than himself.

Whether it is for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, or for his son Yan Shifan to inherit his position as the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, Yan Song will not do things too much.

Yan Song would not and did not dare to override Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. For the sake of his own reputation and that of his son, Yan Song will not poison some political opponents and hit them to death.

Yan Song arranged the future for his son, not only let Yan Shifan enter the cabinet in his forties, but also cultivated several cronies for Yan Shifan, who could assist Yan Shifan as the first assistant to the cabinet in the future.

These people include Hu Zongxian, Zhao Wenhua, Luo Shiqing and others, they can be local feudal officials, or they can enter the cabinet as Yan Shifan's assistants.

For the sake of his son, Yan Song will not do anything out of the ordinary, nor will he be too greedy for money. Fifth, Yan Song has never betrayed the country.

Everyone said that Yan Song betrayed the information to the Japanese and secretly sold some materials to the Japanese invaders. If these things are true, it is Yan Song's betrayal of the state and the enemy, which is a major crime of extermination.

Yan Song was very loyal to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and Yan Song would never do this for himself and his son Yan Shifan to serve as the future head of the cabinet.

Qin Tai used to be a first-hand experiencer and also reported this incident. This matter was done by Yan Song's son Yan Shifan from beginning to end, and Yan Song absolutely did not know.

Why did Yan Shifan do this? It's not because Yan Shifan is greedy for money, he is not a fool, and he won't know that the consequences of doing so will ruin his and his father's good future.

Will a person who will be the head of the cabinet in the future sell his future for some small profit? In fact, he was used by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and all this was instigated by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi is this traitor who only wants a future for himself. Who would believe that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was the culprit who betrayed the country?

Qin Tai once analyzed privately that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was a very selfish person. He is not the orthodox heir to the throne, so he has no sense of belonging.

From the very beginning, he separated the state from his own interests, and when his personal interests did not conflict with the interests of the state, he would think about the country, the common people and the court.

When there is a conflict between the interests of the state and his personal interests, he will not hesitate to choose his personal interests first.

For the sake of his personal interests, he has long acquiesced in Yan Song's betrayal of office, and would rather sell the interests of the country to the rich than concentrate on governing the country.

In order to be able to live forever, for personal enjoyment, he would rather have chaos in the southeast. In order to keep the war going on in the southeast, he was willing to let the Japanese invaders grow stronger, and deliberately sold intelligence and materials to the Japanese invaders.

In order to secretly sell some stolen goods from the house to foreign countries through resale, or to resell them to large domestic households as imported goods.

It's just that

"Killing chickens and taking eggs", fattening himself betrayed the interests of the country, but Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi didn't care at all.