Chapter 46 The lion elephant came to make trouble, and the roc showed his power
readx;****The reason is always average, and there is affection and desire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoShamen cultivators, breaking desire and forgetting love is Zen. You must be careful, you must be strong, spotless on the day of the month. The progress of the practice is to stop teaching mistakes, and the practice is completed to achieve the great awakening of immortals.
This poem obviously has some allegorical meaning, who is it alluding to? In fact, it refers to an emperor that Sun Wukong reflects. In the first two books, the monkey cried twice again, just to atone for the emperor's sins.
So Sun Wukong inexplicably opened the net of desire, jumped out of the love prison, and went even further in his spiritual practice.
Sure enough, Tang Seng walked in front of him and saw a high mountain, so he was scared. The walker smiled, "Master said that." Since the ancient road, the mountain has its own passenger road, and the water depth has its own ferryman. Is there no reason to be able to do so? ”
At this time, Tai Bai Xing turned into an old man, hanging a string of beads on his neck, holding a cane and showing his dragon head. Obviously, Lao Wu is saying that this Taibai is now being co-opted by the Buddhists.
The old man reminded everyone that there was a group of demons on this mountain, who had eaten up all the people in the Yanfu world, and they could not move forward! One is that the horse's feet are uneven, and the other is that he is unstable in the carved saddle, and he falls off the horse with a flutter, struggles and does not move, and sleeps in the grass and hums.
Lao Wu can be regarded as a thorough damage to the Buddhist monks.
The monkey turned into a handsome little monk, and asked the old man how powerful the goblin was? Taibai said, "The goblin sent a letter to Lingshan, and five hundred alo came to greet him; The dragon of the four seas was once friends with him, the immortals of the eight caves often met with him, the ten land Yan Jun was called brothers, and the society ordered the city god to love each other as guests and friends. ”
Good guys, these monsters are amazing. It shows that the characters that Lao Wu wants to map are extraordinary, his hands and eyes are all over the sky, he is either a dog eunuch or a powerful minister.
When the great sage heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and he also boasted, saying that my little monk had seventy-two faces, and then showed his true appearance. When the old man saw this, his face was so frightened that his face was pale, his legs and feet were numb, and he could not stand steadily, and he fell down.
Lao Wu can also compare the seventy-two changes of the earth to various faces, and at the same time he approved the two Taoist and Buddhist families.
The old man was frightened, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, so the great sage had no choice but to go back to Tang Seng.
The elder said, "Wukong, are you here?" The walker smiled, "Don't worry, don't worry! There is a goblin in the West Heaven, but the people here are timid and take him to heart." It's okay, it's okay! There's me!" the elder said, "Have you ever asked him what kind of mountain, what cave, how many monsters there are here, and that road leads to thunder?" Bajie said, "Master, don't blame me." If we talk about gambling changes, making pinching, and playing tricks on people, we are not as good as our senior brothers, and if we talk about honesty, like senior brothers, we are not as good as me. Tang Seng said, "Exactly, exactly! You are still honest." "Bajie said," he somehow got over the head and didn't care about the tail, asked twice, and ran back without embarrassment. Wait for the old pig to ask him for a true letter. Tang Seng said, "Wu Neng, you are careful." ”
The relationship between master and apprentice is very harmonious now, and the master did not scold Wukong for growing up, but he looked at Bajie even more. Sha Seng has always been timid, and he didn't dare to speak.
The old pig's performance was suddenly very strange, and he rarely took the initiative. Although a few words of flirting with the monkey are a trick to relieve boredom on the West Heaven Road of Bajie, I always feel that something is wrong, is there any collusion between the characters of Lao Wu and the old pig?
What a fool, he sprinkled the nail palladium on his waist, put the whole soap straight, twisted and pinched, ran up the hill, and shouted to the old man, "Father-in-law, sing." When the old man saw the walker go back, he was able to earn it with a cane, trembling and about to leave, and suddenly saw Bajie, and became more and more frightened, and said, "Grandpa! What kind of nightmare tonight, meet this group of wicked people! The first monk is ugly, and there are three points of human appearance; this monk, why is this such a puffed mouth, puff ears, iron face, hairy neck, no popularity!" Bajie smiled, "Your old husband is not happy, some are so praised, how do you think of me? ugly, ugly, Nai look, stop for a while and be handsome." When the old man saw him speak, he had to ask him, "Where are you from?" Bajie said, "I am Tang Seng's second apprentice, and my legal name is Wuneng Bajie." The one I asked first is called Wukong Xing, and he is my senior brother. Master blamed him for bumping into his father-in-law, and he didn't ask the truth, so he asked me to ask. Here is a mountain and a cave, the cave is a goblin, there is a road to the west, and the father-in-law is instructed and instructed. The old man said, "Are you honest?" Bajie said, "I don't dare to have anything in my life." The old man said, "You don't look like the monk who just came." "I'm not like him." ”
Lao Wu's description here is so vivid that Caesar couldn't bear it anymore and decided to copy it. If you express it in your own words, you can't write about the fun in it anyway. But if we look closely, we can understand how deep Lao Wu's antipathy to Buddhism is.
This mountain is called the Eight Hundred Miles Lion Camel Ridge, and there is a Lion Camel Cave in the middle, and there are three devils in the hole. The little demons under his command have 5,000 on the South Ridge, 5,000 on the North Ridge, 10,000 at the East Junction and 10,000 at the West Junction, 4,500 at the sentry gates, 10,000 at the Gatekeepers, countless fires, and countless firewood collectors, totaling 47,800. These are all named and branded, and they are dedicated to eating people here.
Hey, these monsters are too powerful to choke, it seems that this must refer to part of the army of the Ming Dynasty, because although the factory guards are numerous, they are not so evil, and there is no such big faction, this plan will never be wrong.
When the nerd heard this, he was frightened. Tang Seng was also frightened, Wukong hurriedly bragged and cheered up, otherwise this road can still be walked? Bajie was relieved, and Sha Seng also agreed with Brother Monkey's blowing method, only Tang Seng was already worried in his heart.
Wukong looked for this old man again, it turned out to be too platinum star, so he reprimanded Li Changgeng for being lazy! Venus hurriedly apologized. The Great Sage proposed to let Venus go to the sky to find the Jade Emperor to borrow troops, and Li Changgeng said, "Yes, yes, yes! You only bring it with you, even if you send 100,000 heavenly soldiers, there are also them." ”
This white-bearded old man lied and deceived people without pause, bragged without panting, and until the monkeys crossed the Lion Camel Ridge, he did not see a soldier sent by the Jade Emperor to help. The relationship between this Tai Bai Xing and the Buddhist family is now called an iron.
Sun Wukong was not afraid at all, so he said that he would go on a trip first. Sha Seng only taught, "Carefully, carefully!" We can see that Monk Sha is now genuinely concerned about Brother Monkey, and the relationship between master and apprentice is very good.
The good sage went to see what was going on, but he didn't want to see the little demon, who had a body of two feet and two feet.
Okay, a little demon, three meters tall. It is even more clear that these books are to make contact with the army of the Ming Dynasty.
The little demon actually said in his mouth, "We are looking for the mountain, each of us is a cautious embankment Sun Xing, he will become a fly!" When Wukong heard this, he was shocked, and he was suspicious. However, the little demon actually didn't see Wukong, but the big devil who led him somehow told him this, but it was a rumor, and he was so nonsense.
Why does Lao Wu want to explain this? In fact, he is telling us that most of the Taoist Buddha demons can't see the monkeys, and they are still breaking down, these monsters are not small, and they have a deep understanding of monkeys.
Wukong turned into a little demon who looked like him, that is, he was a little taller by three or five inches, so he went to say hello and talk by the way. As a result, the little demon became suspicious of Wukong, and said, "You were a sharp mouth just now, why don't you rub it and not be sharp? Puzzled by the son of man! It's hard to recognize! It's not my family's, it's not my family, it's suspicious and suspicious! My king's family law is very strict, those who burn the fire only take care of the fire, and those who patrol the mountains only patrol the mountains, otherwise they will teach you to burn the fire, and teach you to patrol the mountains?" ”
The little demon said, "Okay! We patrol the mountains, there are 40 people in the first class, and there are 400 people in the 10th class, each of whom is of different age and name. The king is afraid that we will mess up the shift, and it is not good to order it, so the family has a brand with us. Do you have any cards?"
Let's pay attention to such a detailed description, and we can see that the system of monsters is quite strict. Then there are strict norms for such a small scale, which only the military has.
When Wukong saw that he was a "little drill wind", he claimed to be a "total drill wind", so he scared this monster and hurriedly saluted the chief.
So what is drilling? Lao Wu later said that it was actually a patrol wind, that is, a soldier patrolling and guarding in the army.
But Lao Wu revealed from the monkey's mouth that in the Ming army, the subordinates met, and the superiors wanted to pay for the meeting. And a squad leader dared to ask his subordinates to take out five taels of silver each!
Although it is an exaggeration, it shows that the army in the middle of the Ming Dynasty did have too big problems.
Wukong saw a group of little drills, so he fooled them and said something. A little drill wind panicked, "I didn't know that my king would change, and if he wants to be able to support heaven, he will be as small as a vegetable seed." Because that year, the queen mother set up a peach conference, invited the immortals, he did not have a card to invite, my king wanted to fight for the sky, was sent by the Jade Emperor 100,000 heavenly soldiers to descend my king, it was my king to change the Dharma body, open his mouth, like a city gate, swallow hard, bluff the heavenly soldiers did not dare to fight, closed the South Heavenly Gate, so it was a mouthful of 100,000 soldiers. ”
Oh, at first glance, this king is a general who reflects Varat or Tatar, and this leader has been to the city of Beijing, so it will be easy to do, and there will not be too many characters to filter.
Then read the book first, and said again, "The second king is three feet tall, lying silkworm eyebrows, Danfeng eyes, beautiful voice, plaque teeth, and nose like a dragon." If you fight with people, you only need to roll away your nose, even if you have an iron back and a bronze body, you will lose your soul! My three kings are not monsters in the mortal world, their names are Yuncheng Wanli Peng, and when they move, they will carry the wind and the sea, and vibrate the north and the south. There is a treasure with you, called the Yin and Yang two cylinders. If you put people in a bottle, they will turn into slurry water in a moment or three. ”
When the walker heard this, he secretly exclaimed in his heart, "The demon is not afraid, but he is careful to guard against his bottle." ”
Good guys, these three monsters are not given in vain, judging from the description, it is more certain. The three kings must be alluding to a certain powerful figure in the Ming Dynasty. Xiao Zuanfeng continued, "My eldest king and the second king have lived in the Lion Camel Cave in Lion Camel Ridge for a long time. The three kings did not live here, but their original residence was four hundred miles away from here. There is a city in that compartment, called the country of lions and camels. Five hundred years ago, he ate the king of this city and the civil and military bureaucrats, and all the men and women of the city were eaten by him, so he took his country, and now it is full of monsters. ”
Ah, these three kings, it seems that they once had the power to control the government and the opposition, so there is no need to guess. These three kings must reflect Yan Song, only Yan Song can be so powerful in the Ming Dynasty. Why not Wei Zhongxian? Because when Lao Wu died, Wei Zhongxian was only 14 years old. When the old man wrote Journey to the West, Wei Zhongxian was estimated to have not been born yet, and it was far from his turn to be promiscuous.
Then the other two kings basically know it, and the ten ** implicitly referring to are Qiu Luan and Zhao Wenhua.
Wukong also walked forward, scaring the demons and saying that Sun Dasheng was grinding the boss's pole. These monsters are all wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, beasts and birds, and they all went away with a whin. If some soldiers and civilians were consecrated, they would not dare to leave if they died.
Yan Song has basically affirmed it, so let's take a look at what kind of person this guy is? Alas, it's hard to avoid this character, so let's take a hard look.
Yan Song was in power in the middle and late Jiajing period, Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi is the grandson of Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen, the nephew of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youji, the son of Xingxian Wang Zhu Youqi, and the cousin of Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, the reign of Jiajing.
Journey to the West in Che Chiguo once reflected some things in Jiajing's twenty-three years. Now that Lao Wu is pointing and poking at Emperor Jiajing again, it must be time to write that he ignores the government and allows Yan Song to dictate power.
Then we have to pay attention to it, Jiajing's name is Zhu Houxi, his father's name is Zhu Youqi, and his uncle is Zhu Youji. Oh, no wonder Zhu Bajie was so energetic before, and took the initiative to ask Tai Baixing about the situation, and there was some explanation, does wood make fire.
About Yan Song, from 1480 to 1567, he lived to be 87 years old. At the age of 63 (1548), he became the first assistant and held power for 15 years. But in 1562, he retired and died in 1567.
So the history of the Ming Dynasty said that Yan Song stole politics for 20 years, which is a bit far-fetched, but Yan Song entered the cabinet for 20 years, and Yan Song's real dictatorship was in 1548-1562.
In 1562, Zou Yinglong, the imperial historian, heard that Jiajing wanted to pick up Yan Song, so he wrote to impeach Yan Song and his son. Buying and selling officials, such as the head of the criminal department, will be transferred to the ministry for 12,000 taels. Pan Hongye learned about the state with 2,200 taels; Yan Song's father and son built dozens of beautiful houses in Nanjing and Yangzhou; and Yan Shifan was not subject to etiquette and disloyalty during his mother's funeral. Please behead Yan Shifan, Yan Song dotes on the evil son, and gets the ****.
As soon as Ming Shizong saw it, he ordered Yan Song to retire, and Yan Shifan and others were sent to a distant place after being imprisoned, and later committed another crime, and was reported by Lin Run, so Yan Shifan and his home were confiscated.
According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song was returned to his hometown by Jiajing in 1462. Soon the emperor remembered his praise for Xuangong, and he was unhappy, and he wanted to pass on the throne, retreat to the west, and pray for immortality. At the extreme of Chen He, the emperor said, "If you don't want to wait for you, you will all be ordered by the king, and you can do it with the auxiliary Xuanxiu." Yan Song has retreated, and his son Shifan has subdued the law, and those who dare to speak up should be beheaded. ”
This is to say that Jiajing remembered that Yan Song's benefits were coming, so he was unhappy all day long, so he called Xu Jie and others to come, saying that he wanted to abdicate and pray for immortality in the inner palace in the future. Xu Jie dared to agree, so he had to persuade the emperor to give up the idea of abdication. Because Xu Jie knew that Jiajing was just talking about conditions, not really wanting to abdicate and make way for Xian. If you say the wrong thing at this time, you will probably have to click it soon.
When Jiajing saw it, he said, since you have to be the emperor again, then you have to listen to me, and assist me in participating in Xuan's cultivation like Yan Song. Yan Song has retired, his son is also dead, and some people talk nonsense, even the Zou Yinglong who sued Yan Song was slaughtered.
Let's analyze carefully, Yan Song sold his life to Jiajing most of the time when he was the first assistant, Jiajing was satisfied with it, he was very relaxed, not only did he not need to deal with a lot of trivial matters, but Yan Song could also provide himself with various conveniences for participating in Xuan's life. So is Yan Song a traitor or not? Why does Jiajing still want to defend Yan Song at this time? Why do you want to abandon Yan Song when he has defended Yan Song? It can only be said that Yan Song is just a good pawn of Jiajing.
There are records in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and some clues may be seen. "The punishment of Shifan was issued by Zou Yinglong and completed by Lin Run. The loyalty of the two is not too much Yang Jisheng, his words are straightforward, not too Shen Lian, Xu Xueshi, etc., and Da Xi is awarded the head. Cover the evil accumulation and wipe out, and Zou and Lin Zhi's bullets are at the right time!" We looked carefully, and only mentioned that Zou Yinglong and Lin Run reported Yan Shifan, and did not say that Yan Song had evidence of a definite crime. And if you taste the last sentence carefully, you will understand that it is not that they are capable and loyal, nor that the two of them participated in the impeachment of Yan Song's father and son, but that Yan Song and Yan Shifan have accumulated a lot of small evils for decades and finally turned into a murderous disaster. It was Jiajing who knew that this chess piece could no longer be used, and there were too many enemies, so he would give up Yan Song completely.
Yan Song was also very pitiful in his later years, the old and sick were in charge, his son was executed, and he could only live near other people's cemeteries, saying that he lived on the offerings given to his ancestors by others. But even so, Yan Song actually lived for two years, and there is another theory that it was four years long.
The history of the Ming Dynasty said that Yan Shifan was an official to the left servant of the Ministry of Works, Yan Song later grew old and lacked energy, and the government was actually Yan Shifan to help deal with it for his father. After the imperial history Zou Yinglong impeached Yan Song's father and son, the emperor demoted Yan Shifan to Leizhou, but ran back to his hometown halfway, and was arrested after being denounced.
Nanjing Yushi Lin Run, in the letter to impeach Yan Shifan for his intention to rebel, and incidentally impeached Yan Song for unjustly killing Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others. But Xu Jie, the first assistant at that time, understood that the cause of death of Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others had a lot to do with Jiajing, so Jiajing must not be involved, otherwise it would be bad. only said that Yan Shifan's subordinate Luo Longwen colluded with Wang Zhi, the leader of the Haikou, and Yan Shifan and Yiwang Zhu Dianao conspired against each other. Therefore, Yan Shifan and Luo Wenlong were beheaded and abandoned the city. Then it also shows that Yan Shifan's crime of rebellion was actually arranged by Xu Jie to a large extent.
And the history of the Ming Dynasty also recorded, "Song has been stealing politics for 20 years, indulging in evil sons, poisoning the world, and people are regarded as traitors." It sits in the world and is rebellious, and Xu Jieyi is also. This statement is even a bit contradictory, but it also vaguely points out that Yan Songsheng's unlucky son is not good and is a bad guy. It should be noted that Zhang Tingyu wrote "Ren Xian refers to traitors". What does this mean? Many people say that Yan Song is a traitor, so what is Zhang Tingyu's personal opinion? Ming Shi didn't say anything, but just turned his pen and said that Xu Jie had implicated Yan Song in his son's case.
Yan Shifan, an evil son, has he done good deeds? The history of the Ming Dynasty records that "Lu Bing and Yu Dayou were good, and secretly invested in Yan Shifan with their own funds to release him from prison and make meritorious service stopped." "Oh, there are still some reluctantly, that is, Yu Dayou, a famous general who once helped fight against the Japanese.
When Zhang Tingyu and them were cultivating the history of the Ming Dynasty, their views on Yan Song were also very complicated, but there was no way, they had to write like this, Yan Song must be a traitor. However, the content of the writing is inconsistent with many inconsistencies, and it is estimated that Zhang Tingyu means that it will be left for future generations to verify and identify. In the Qing Dynasty, there were as many as four times in the compilation of the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor was not satisfied with the first few times, and in the end Zhang Tingyu gave the draft, and Qianlong gave the decision.
We all know that Yan Song's calligraphy attainments are very high, and they are quite high, "Six Must Live", "The First Pass in the World", "Manjianghong" poems, "Holy Mansion", "Zhushui Bridge", "Crane Year Hall", "Dule Temple", "Guan Shenglin", "Yongyan Emperor Zuo", "Qing Zheng and Honest Ming" and so on, no one can deny it; Yan Song once presided over the revision of the "History of the Song Dynasty" in 1533, which is ironclad evidence, although because of the transfer of work, it did not succeed later.
It is generally believed that after the killing of the then Shoufu Xia Yan and the Shanxi general Zeng Mo in 1548, the Yan father and son officially favored and abused power. But looking at the history, Xia Yan had already fallen out of favor and was disliked by the emperor at that time, and Zeng Mill was because he befriended the emperor's eunuchs and committed the biggest taboo of leading the generals. Although Zeng Milling was also for the sake of national safety, he had to take the next step to blow the importance of the emperor's recovery of the Hetao area. Jiajing is most afraid that this general will collude with the inner servants, not to mention the suspicion that Shoufu Xia Yan may also be involved (mainly because Su Gang has a good relationship with Zeng Milling and Xia Yan), so can Zeng Milling and Xia Yan's fate be good?
In 1546, he was appointed governor of Shaanxi, and later suggested that the imperial court send troops to recover the Hetao region. However, after the commander reached the military headquarters, the military department considered it necessary to invite the generals guarding the border pass to hold a meeting to discuss it. Originally, the ministers thought that the emperor agreed, but later, Jiajing suddenly issued an edict to the auxiliary ministers, saying, "Today, one set of thieves, is the division more famous? Is there more than enough fruit for the soldiers? Is success inevitable?
As a result, Yan Song and the military department at that time suggested that the Hetao could not be recovered. Strangely, Jiajing actually sent Zeng Mian to prison. At that time, Yan Song couldn't talk about too much dictatorship, because many people in the Criminal Department, Yu Maojian, and Zuodu Yushi Tuqiao, wrote to Xia Yan to intercede, but at this time, the more people pleaded for mercy, and the more people begged for mercy, which would only make Jiajing more determined to kill. Sure enough, the emperor not only did not agree to let Xia Yan go, but soon executed the two. Even Xia Yan's refusal to wear a rewarded hat was shaken out, and the ministers who pleaded for mercy were also demoted, and Jiajing was warning the ministers not to form a team.
Yan Song did have the behavior of pushing the boat down the well in it, but the death of the two was not necessarily related to Yan Song. Later, the emperor beheaded Zeng Milling and befriended the close servant and executed him with Xia Yan.
After Zeng Milling's death, the Tatar Titan was even more relieved to boldly invade the Ming Dynasty, but our Jiajing Emperor actually thought, "This milling wants to open the edge, so he will retaliate." This is the good emperor praised by Ming Shi, and it also shows that Jiajing originally wanted to execute Zeng Miao, and then he had no remorse.
Regarding Xia Yan, in fact, judging from the history of the Ming Dynasty, "The emperor thought that he was not a party, and he was squeezed by Yan Song." It shows that the emperor began to trust Xia Yan because Jiajing thought that although this person was arrogant, he had no circle of friends. Xia Yan is indeed a celebrity, and we must agree. In the early days of Jiajing, it could still be reused. But later, Jiajing was already very mature, but Xia Yan began to be arrogant, and the death of cabinet Guo Xun was inseparable from Xia Yan. Xia Yan is also quite ruthless in dealing with enemies, and he also likes dictatorship, so he is naturally suspicious of Jiajing when he grows in the world.
The history of the Ming Dynasty records, "On June 2, the 21st year of Jiajing, Sejong sent an edict to the Imperial Procuratorate, listing Xia Yan's crimes, saying that he wanted to change the Empress Dowager Ciqing Palace to the Prince's East Palace; On July 1, the edict ordered Xia Yan to resign from his post and stay idle. ”
Later, Xia Yan re-assumed the post of first assistant, and in the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, Zeng Mill suggested recovering the Hetao area. Xia Yan agreed very much, causing Jiajing to be suspicious of him. There is no doubt that the death of the two was at the hands of Jiajing.
The Jiajing Dynasty has always been in turmoil, with disasters in the southeast and border troubles in the north, and civil strife abounding, and this responsibility can only and must be borne by Yan Song.
Among them, in 1550, the Tatar Altan led the army to commit Datong. The commander-in-chief, Qiu Luan, bribed me heavily, so I led 100,000 cavalry to rush outside Beijing. Qiu Luan knew that it was not good, and he also hurried to King Qin, the king of Beijing. Jiajing was very happy when he saw it, so he worshiped Qiu Luan as a general and controlled the soldiers and horses from all walks of life. At this time, there were 78,000 troops in Qinwang and 50,000 troops defending the city in Beijing, adding up to about 130,000. But half of the troops in Beijing are old, weak, sick and disabled, and those strong members have been recalled to their own mansions by the princes and ministers just in case, so the real battle in Beijing is 20,000 people. Therefore, we think that the total combat strength of the Ming army at that time was a total of 100,000 troops. I understand, it turns out that the so-called swallowing of 100,000 soldiers in one bite of the big devil is reflected from the story of this Gengxu change.
Ding Rukui, the secretary of the military department, asked Yan Song how to fight this battle? Yan Song said that if he fought outside the Tiangao Emperor's far away, he would be able to fool the emperor if he was defeated. But at the gate of Kyoto, there is no way to hide it. The purpose of my answer is actually money and other things, and after robbing some of them, they will inevitably withdraw their troops. Therefore, Ding Rukui thought that he understood Yan Song's meaning, and strictly ordered the generals not to fight. The Tatar soldiers were allowed to burn and loot outside for eight days, and then they received the promise of tribute from the Ming Dynasty before returning to the Northern Desert from Gubeikou.
In fact, if we consider the background at that time, we will find that the ministers did not fight against foreign enemies, in fact, no one is wrong. But Jiajing felt that his face was disgraceful, and he had to have an unlucky guy to use to give his anger.
In fact, what most people don't know is that there is still a general in the Ming army who planned to fight the Tatar cavalry. Yang Shouqian's word Yunheng, No.2 Village, Xuzhou people. Jiajing was a jinshi for eight years, and Jiajing was the governor of Baoding for twenty-nine years. At this time, he also led his troops to the king and set up camp outside the Dongzhi Gate. Originally, he had already brought his 5,000 soldiers to meet the enemy, but because there were no reinforcements, he had to retreat again. Later, he and Ding Rukui, the secretary of the military department, became the culprits of the scapegoats, and were beheaded in Xishi on August 26. Before he died, Yang Shouqian said angrily, "The minister was convicted of King Qin, and the mouth of the slanderer really covered Shengcong." The Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have this heart, why hate death?"
The reason is quite simple: in the early Ming Dynasty, the Northern Expedition of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di defeated Mongolia and split it into two major forces, Walla and Tatar, and the contradictions between them were even greater than the conflicts with the Ming Dynasty. Then everyone wants to unify Mongolia, but the grassland lacks metal cloth and cotton or something, so they want to resume bilateral trade with the Ming Dynasty. But Jiajing did not agree, so it could only be solved by force. Of course, I won't give up my appetite so easily, and even if I agree, I will definitely come to harass and steal some property from time to time.
Jiajing is an emperor who wants to save face, and he refuses to pull down this face, so he doesn't agree, which contributed to the Gengxu Change. The Tatar cavalry really came to the city, and Jiajing had to agree on the surface later, first fool you into retreating. Sure enough, the treaty was broken, and the Tatars invaded and plundered almost every year.
It was still during the reign of Emperor Longqing, in 1571, Ming Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan crowned Altan Khan as the king of Shunyi and reopened the Tonggong market, which was basically solved in the end.
Therefore, Yan Song did not solve this problem, which cannot be regarded as a mistake.
When the Tatar troops approached Beijing, I replied and demanded tribute, but the only ministers in the court and China who suggested stern refusal and attacked by force were Zhao Zhenji and Shen Lian. But later, Jiajing still listened to Xu Jie's idea, pretended to agree, and fooled the enemy into retreating.
About a few characters in the Jiajing period, let's talk a lot of nonsense in the next book.