Yan Song, a talented person, is pleasant in Jiangxi. This biography ranks in> medium. Under "traitor", there are "stealing the handle, insurrection, shaking the Sect, killing Zhongliang and doing evil." A lifelong thief will be notorious and dare not quit. This is the verdict of the experts in the biography of treacherous court official, and unfortunately it falls into a trap. However, after reading the official history of Jiajing Dynasty, unofficial history and Yan Song should not be included in the biography of treacherous court official. What a pity! Everyone has made a decision. Yan Song, a generation famous soldier, is a traitor, a saint, or a mediocrity. We really should re-recognize him.
From Yan Song's last words, we can see that he went to another world with endless grievances, unwillingness and resentment. "Ming History" said: "Song stole politics for 20 years, drowned in evil sons, poisoned the world, and people referred to traitors." Yan Song certainly couldn't have imagined that the stigma of "treacherous court official" he carried not only didn't disappear because of his death, but spread widely, and his name became synonymous with treacherous court official. Related to this, I have to mention Wang Shizhen, a famous historian in Ming Dynasty. Wang Shizhen and Yan Song became enemies, and it is said that there was a case-solving. Wang Shizhen's father was the king who was executed by Sejong. By chance, he got the priceless national treasure "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival". Yan and his son soon learned about it and asked for it. Under the force of Yan and his son, Wang Tuan asked the painter to copy one and gave it to Yan Song. Later exposed, Yan Song bears a grudge against it. Later, while the king could not keep the border, Yan Song wrote to kill him. Because of this bitterness, Wang Shizhen vilified Yan Song in the history books such as The Story of Yan Song since Jiajing, and Yan Song's reputation plummeted.
1, on Yan Song's "stealing authority"
In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system that existed in China for more than 1,500 years. It was not until Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty that the cabinet was established. According to the official records of the Ming Dynasty, the main duties of the cabinet college students are "to sacrifice the future, follow the old rules, look up questions, approve votes, and allow regular administration." It can be seen that the cabinet university is not an administrative officer. According to the article "Records since Jiajing" in Volume 58 of the General Catalogue of Sikuquanshu: "When Jiajing took office as the cabinet, the leader was especially responsible for it ... By the middle of Sejong, Xia Yan and Yan Song used things repeatedly, so they became prime ministers and suppressed six ministers." This statement is debatable. Sejong was very diligent in the early days of his administration, and he did not go to court since the eighteenth year of Jiajing. Even so, there is no dictatorship of powerful ministers.
"Biography of Yan Song in the Ming Dynasty" records that after Yan Song became the first record, "although the emperor was very pro-ceremonial, he didn't always believe his words, and he acted arbitrarily or showed differences in order to kill him." This shows that although Sejong lives in Oita, he is still very persistent in imperial power. Therefore, it is impossible for Sejong Dynasty to have any "powerful ministers" to "steal the handle". In this regard, other records may also be indirect. Wang Shizhen's "Biography of Cabinet since Jiajing" records: "(Sejong) in his later years, although he did not go to the Imperial Palace, he was constantly consulted; Therefore, although he lived elegantly, honestly and deeply, he was manipulated by Zhang Chi and his power would not move. " The Record of Sejong said that he was "worried about not hearing about foreign affairs." Li Weizhen was quoted as saying in Volume 64 of "The Lack of the Country": "(Sejong) has been alive for decades, and the world is in the palm of his hand, and China and foreign countries are the same as before." Fan Shou said: "I read the imperial edict of Tianxia Temple, and made some changes in the rank of Xu Shaoshi. Cloud people say that assistant ministers draft letters well, but there is a big difference. ..... Langan is just like an emperor, and Zhou Zheng is a man! ..... Relaxation, worship and reward are all arbitrary. " Yan Song can't steal anything, and Yu Shibi can prove it. Another example is The Biography of Soldiers, which has been published for four years. Ouyang Bijin (Zuodu Yushi of Duchayuan) and Yan Song are children's in-laws. Song wants to arrange for him to be promoted to the official department minister. After Song's pleading, Sejong only made Ouyang an official minister for half a year. Yan Song has worked so hard to arrange her children's parents-in-law, how can she still talk about managing state affairs and cronyism? From this point of view, it is just groundless to say that Yan Song "stole state affairs"!
2. The relationship between Yan Song and Sejong.
Sejong is an extremely difficult emperor to serve. Sejong is suspicious, suspicious and murderous. Not only that, he is indifferent to others, but also heartless to his wife and children, maids and servants, so that a group of weak women in the palace want to strangle him. This is the "maid-in-waiting change" that happened in October of the twenty-first year of Jiajing. Zhang Cong, who was highly valued by Sejong because of his "great ceremony", wrote in "A Dream in the Spring": "I counted all cabinet officials, and very few of them can die well. Covert places are easy to be suspected, and the responsibility of endorsement is easy to attract discussion. Not a way to protect each other. " These words mean that the records should take responsibility for the emperor's faults and be willing to be scapegoats. When Xu Jie overthrew Yan Song and was promoted to the position of records, his friend Wang Weizhen once said to him: "Fu Cha and the Prime Minister are the power of officials, and the supreme is the most important. But at present, there are three difficulties: the son of heaven has wisdom, but the ministers can't reach it, but thinking is beneficial and difficult; In the book, the responsibility should be in Si Xu, the gains and losses are important, and the second difficulty is also; Knee talk, courtiers can't smell it, courtiers smell it, far less than I know, and it is difficult to turn around and kiss easily. Those who are in trouble dare not sue, so they are called bitter "(Wang Shicun's Speech Draft 16). It seems that we should look at Yan Song from another angle.
Yan Song served as the records of fifteen years, and it was not easy to get along with a violent and murderous emperor for so long. Sejong's worship of Taoism, praise of metaphysics and dedication of Qing Ci are almost the requirements of being a cabinet minister, so "flattery" is the * * * characteristic of cabinet ministers, and Yan Song is not necessarily more flattering than other cabinet ministers. For example, after the change of maids, Sejong took refuge in Xiyuan, and a fire broke out in Yongshou Palace. Sejong wanted to rebuild the palace. Considering Sejong's long-term neglect of North Korea, Yan Song did not agree to rebuild the palace because it would cost huge wealth. Another cabinet minister, Jeff, urged reconstruction. In this respect, people at that time were "quite good at listening to the correct songs, but they were a little ignorant of the order" (Lu Zheng in Xi 'an 16). Here is the other side of Yan Song's stereotype. When analyzing the reasons for Sejong's preference for Yan Song, Yan Song in Ming Dynasty said: "Kuang Song can really serve the emperor; Emperor Jian, Song Rou; Emperor arrogance, Song Cheng; The emperor is clever and the song is simple; The emperor is arbitrary and the Song Dynasty is isolated ... The suspect likes to use gentle and charming ministers. " Only in this way can Sejong's bad temper be calmed down, and national affairs will not get worse. Sejong should know this floor very well. Therefore, Sejong also praised Yan Song, such as giving Yan Song the silver seal of "loyalty, diligence and integrity", giving him the title of "six benefits of Han Qiong", offering the title of "Yan Entang" in Xuantang and giving him the title of "Zhong Bi". Even when he was an official, Sejong said in the imperial edict that "Song should be cautious, loyal and cautious", and the treatment after being an official was better than other records. "After he became an official, he still sent Chiyi to help Mi Lu Baishi" (See Records of the World Temple, Volume 22). It shows that Yan Song can serve the victims sincerely, and only by having no second thoughts can he win the kindness of this suspicious monarch. Then, it is inconceivable to say that Yan Song is a traitor.
3. About Yan Song's "loyalty killing"
What is "loyalty", in fact, this is a very complicated and uncertain concept; For a long time, China's philosophy has trained China people's thinking according to the cultural orientation of "dual values", which has made some China people face the complicated reality and history and adopt the value orientation of being either good or evil, being either right or evil, being white or black, being different from ice and charcoal, and being different from water and fire, which often distorts the facts and history. The so-called "killing loyalty" by Yan Song is a bitter historical fruit that China people are still chewing!
After Yan Song joined the cabinet, many ministers impeached him. Some of these ministers were executed and some were dismissed, among which Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others were the most influential in history. Shen Lian was a scholar in the seventeenth year of Jiajing. The History of the Ming Dynasty is a biography of "being honest and clean, hating evil as hatred, but rather sparse". There is no record of Shen Lian's talent in the biography. Shen Lian and his boss, Shuai Lu Bing of the Royal Guard, are quite nice, and they are very close to Yan Shifan. Shen Lian is a heavy drinker. "A few people drink the world, and the world abuses customers with wine. This is different. " Obviously, Shen Lian's narrow-minded character is caused by trivial matters. Yan Song once said that Shen Lian was not a good man, but this word reached Shen Lian's ears. Afraid that there was no future, he broke up Yan Song in the first month of the 30th year of Jiajing. Recite the top ten crimes of Song Dynasty in your spare time. Sejong, after reading the memorial, said, "Great anger, court aides, death insurance." Shen Lian is restless in security. He often insults his father and son. I don't know how to be a good person in the local area, and it is also "to win the temper of the Song Dynasty, and the training is also great, and the Japanese and the Song and his sons are together." There are also grass for the people, like Li, Li, Song. If you are drunk, you will gather your children and shoot them. "This kind of' game' doesn't seem to be done by a gentleman. Shen Lian often quarreled with local authorities and was killed by Governor Yang Shun. Those who oppose Yan Song claim that Yan Song ordered Shen Lian to be killed, which is also unfounded in history, and Yang Shun is not a Song Party. Shen Lian listed Yan Song's top ten crimes, while Xu Xuemo thought that "several crimes are false and untrue" (Records of the World Temple (volume 15).
Tan Qian said in "Guo Que": "Shen Chunfu (essence) hated and rebelled against Hu. In the autumn of (1550), he glared at the Yan family, which made him stiff and arrogant. " Immersed in the wilderness, why not be complacent? As for spreading the evil of the imperial city, it is particularly important to ask the sword to sing. "As you can see, Shen Lian's death is entirely caused by his weakness in character, which has nothing to do with loyalty and treachery!
In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, Jinshi Yang Jisheng; According to Biography of Ming History, he is quite proficient in Lu studies, but not very good at it. In imperial academy, he was Xu Jie's protege; It's still close to Tang Shunzhi. Yang Jisheng's personality is very similar to that of Shen Lian. Let's quote a letter written to Yang: "The hero of deacon is quite generous, and his inspirational spirit is too strong, but he is not as good as subtle work ..." (Volume 6 of Collected Works of Mr. Jingchuan) This is a hint of Yang's weakness and lack of knowledge.
In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, he published "Please Punish Thieves and Ministers", listing the ten major sins and five major traitors in Song Dynasty. Most of Yang's accusations are empty and unfounded, which is no different from Shen Shu's. If Yan Song didn't govern the country well, Sejong might think it was an allusion to him, because many things were done according to his will; Another example is Shu, which says, "Check the traitors in Song Dynasty, or call two kings, Yu and Jing." This is undoubtedly Sejong's coma. Therefore, "the emperor has been angry because of his retreat ... and then he was imprisoned, so why did he lead two kings?" ..... In prison, it's a hundred sticks, a punishment for conviction. "After going up, Song repeatedly asked for a break, and Sejong repeatedly retained him, saying that Yang" invited reputation to sell straight "and Shu came after him. Sparse writing is very vague, indicating that there is no talent and no knowledge. Therefore, it is absurd to say that he will die or that Song did something about Yang's death.
Another influential figure is Xia Yan. In the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing, after the announcement of the cabinet, the imperial minister once discussed the resumption of Hetao. After arguing, Song Ji said no, so the official minister made a mistake illegally, and in the spring of the twenty-seventh year, he was recorded. This is the year when he was killed. "Yan Song Biography" said that Song was framed to return to his old job; Ming Biography, on the other hand, said that Song collaborated with Lu Bing, Xu and Cui Yuan, a captain. However, Tan Qian believes in "The Lack of Country" that "the Gui School () died not of defeat, but of slander and strictness." Visible Yan Song back the blame. In Yan Song's "Playing the Right Road", there are many miscellaneous people who plead for mercy to avoid death, and it is also seen that Song is not necessarily a "malicious" person. Also killed by Sejong was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Xun, governor of Hebei and Liao. Wang Xun is a professional and responsible general. In the spring of the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, tens of thousands of foreign invaders were temporarily allowed to enter Santun camp, which caused many family members and property losses of Zhonggui and Neiting. It is inevitable that people around these emperors will not complain to Sejong. When investigating this matter, it also led to Wang Xun's neglect of training. So Sejong was furious and approved that "all the generals will be beheaded." In thirty-seven years, Wang Yao was killed in Xi Shi at the age of fifty-three! But at the end of the biography, it is alleged that Song was responsible for Wang Xun's death. There is still a public opinion about merits and demerits. "The Memory of the World Temple" said: "The elders are afraid of the country, and they will not avoid death in the battle of Tongzhou. They plan to defend the city and save the whole country. The emperor prospered as soon as possible and ascended the throne. Jizhou has been preparing for a long time and it is difficult to rectify. It often breaks down, so it is at the extreme. ┅┅ Huating (Xu Jie) was convicted of Yan Song's crime and returned to kill Wu Mu. This is an evil life of a gentleman. " Tan Qian very much agrees with Zhi Dalun's judgment: "Wang Zhongcheng will die if he sits in Xinjiang, or he will die if he doesn't." These show that some people want to make Yan Song "dirty" and make Yan Song bear a heavy and terrible reputation.
There is a thought-provoking saying in the Record of Original Sin, "However, if you have been in office for a long time, you must be self-reliant and do whatever it takes." After Song Cheng's "Xia Yan", he dared not have a yes or no, and sometimes he found both ways and quoted him directly; Supreme will want to kill, helpless. ..... Then anyone who wants to kill people in the above way will compete in the world. "The secret of Yan Song's loyalty killing lies in his success. Yan Song's notoriety is widely spread, and his novels and legendary operas are indispensable. In view of (modern wonders), Shen Chu's Experience as a Teacher was written in Song Dynasty, and the operas of Song Dynasty, such as Zhao An, A pinch of snow, Zhao, Crazy Drum Officer and A Teacher's Example, were recited repeatedly among the people, confirming Goebbels' famous saying that rumors become "facts" after repeated times.
4. Yan Song and the Anti-Japanese Policy.
Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and drove Mongolia into the desert. The troubles in the northern border plagued the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. After the Yuan Dynasty moved northward, it still possessed considerable military strength. "There are no fewer than a million archers", which has always been Zhu Yuanzhang's mind. Zhu Yuanzhang used soldiers several times to drive Mongolian soldiers to the north of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, but failed to destroy the military strength of Beiyuan. Several expeditions have won and lost each other and cost a lot of money. Zhu Yuanzhang deeply felt that it was not easy to pacify the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so he changed his strategy and put Daning Wei, Kaiping Wei and Dongsheng Wei north of the Great Wall to prevent Mongolia from going south. After Cheng Zu succeeded to the throne, his five personal expeditions did not destroy his nomadic economic base and military strength. Later, the Ming Dynasty had to adopt the policy of appeasement, but it did not fundamentally improve Mongolia-China relations, and even sometimes the relations were extremely tense.
Because of the singleness of nomadic economy, it affects the livelihood of Mongolians. According to the biography of Tatar in Ming Dynasty, Mongolians "people don't farm and weave, and there is nothing else on the land", and pots, clothes and silks all depend on border trade and even plunder. At that time, herders didn't have pots, so they "had to use skins to store water and make a fire to cook and eat." Anda, the Mongolian leader at that time, also said that "there are many teeth" because "the market is not allowed to open on all sides and there is no clothing. Felt and fur can't stand the heat in summer, and cloth is rare. " This has had a significant impact on the lives of herders. Therefore, since the time of Xiaozong, the then Mongolian leader Dayan Khan sent envoys to beg for tributes many times; From the 13th year of Jiajing, Anda Khan, the new leader of Mongolia, hardly asked for a tribute from the Ming Dynasty. However, his request for tribute was repeatedly rejected by the Ming court, so he led troops to invade the border on a large scale. The most serious incident was in the 29th year of Jiajing, when Anda led 65,438+10,000 fighters to attack Beijing, which shocked the whole country and was known as the "Change of the Qing Dynasty" in history. What is Yan Song's position in Hokuriku? There are two very important points here. First of all, Sejong wanted to follow the example of Cheng Zu and lead the army to patrol the border. In February and March of the 28th year of Jiajing, Sejong summoned Yan Song twice to talk about his idea of "patrolling the border" with his army, but Yan Song politely opposed it both times: "Your Majesty, Saint Mo is ambitious, and his ancestors are very eager to go to France. However, this time is different from before. We just strictly supervise the generals and guard the defense lines, so we can't do anything. It seems that there is no need to be the same as before. " (Record of Sejong (Volume 346)) As a record, Yan Song did not blindly follow the invitation on this important issue. On the one hand, he continued the "tradition" of preventing the emperor from personal expedition, on the other hand, the Beijing camp was corrupt and had no fighting capacity, so he tried his best to stop it. Second, Sejong has always wanted to solve the northern border issue by military means. For example, in the 26th year of Jiajing, Xia Yan and the Trilateral Governor tried to recover the lost land in Hetao, which was approved by Sejong. However, Yan Song, Weng Wanda, Tang Shunzhi and other ministers with rich knowledge and military experience strongly disapprove of "complex set".
At the beginning of August 29, the border situation was very tense. Sejong summoned Yan Song twice to discuss countermeasures. Yan Song said, "The current situation is full of dangers, but it is the best policy for the border officials to try their best to protect themselves. If you want to drive away, you will be afraid. " He also said, "Times are really different from the past. If the soldiers don't practice, they won't get people, and the rewards will be repeated, but they won't have the resources to take them. The minister in charge of this matter is responsible for guarding the border, so that although he can't make a profit, he can't suffer. This was the military policy of the imperial court ┅ ┅ "(Volume 4 of" Plays ") Yan Song advocated focusing on defense, which was based on the national conditions at that time.
In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Wang Bangrui, assistant minister of the official department, said: "Today, there are more than 140,000 military equipment, but only 50,000 to 60,000 practitioners, but there are regulations and no deployment. It is deeper than the enemy riding, and it is said that there is no army. " (Allusions (Volume 17). When Geng Xu changed, the actual military strength of the capital was "only 40,000 to 50,000, old and weak". As for military equipment, officials in charge of ordnance manufacturing embezzled the price of materials, which made the equipment unusable. For example, A "It's totally inappropriate not to cover the heart in the middle, the umbilical cord in the lower part, the leaves are not strong, and the sleeves are long and the arms are pressed"; "Bow force but one or two fights, vector length but seven or eight. Pingxi can't shoot far. After the armor, the hand can't be lifted, and the gun stops after dozens of steps. The knife is very short and has no front. " (Ma Wensheng: Chen Ming Memorial Hall, Repairing Military Equipment) How can such an army and equipment be comparable to 65438+100000 fine riding! Yang Jisheng, the former foreign minister of the Ministry of War, can't be unaware of the military situation at this time! In Shushu, he accused Yan Song of not letting Ding Rukui, the minister of war, play when Anda committed a crime in Beijing, which was also incredible.
The enemy did not start from Jiajing dynasty, but suffered the most from Jiajing dynasty. The direct cause of Japan's invasion was the maritime ban. Yan Song's policy towards the enemy is different from that of Xia Yan. When Xia Yan re-recorded, the company closed down and Jiajing, "Japanese invasion" became more and more serious. Cabinet records at that time, Xia Yan and others completely ignored the huge loopholes in the imperial court's coastal defense, and blamed all the sins of the "Japanese invasion" on the existence of the company. Xia Yan believed that "Japanese pirates originated from foreign trade". Without this foreign trade company, the Japanese wouldn't have come to the Ming Dynasty. If they didn't come, where would these things happen! Therefore, Xia Yan strongly suggested that the company be abolished. I strongly doubt Xia Yan's motives. Is the cancellation of customs for tax evasion? Convenient for civil servants to smuggle? ) A man as elegant as Sejong in the Ming Dynasty didn't know what was going on at this moment, and actually thought that what Xia Yan said was very reasonable. So in that year, all the shipping companies in the coastal provinces were cancelled.
There is no legal trade, so we can only rely on smuggling, and the channels for maritime merchants to purchase goods are controlled by coastal giants. What needs to be done is to hoard under the pretext of an official ban and make the shipping business miserable. The friction between the two sides that have been working closely together is getting bigger and bigger. When the resentment is getting deeper and deeper. The maritime business group finally retaliated by force. Killing and setting fire. Took all his furniture. In order to dispel rumors, local officials declared the invasion of Japanese thieves to their superiors. Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and others have already tasted the sweetness. It also took advantage of the fear of enemies of Ming officials and civilians. Take the "enemy" as a banner at every turn. There are few real Japanese in it. And they are all coolies.
At this time, the so-called "Japanese" is inside. Also gave birth to differentiation. Some such as Wang Zhi and others. Flag the "enemy". Is to confront the government. Use | to protect your trade activities. So trade is the main thing. Treat robbery as a part-time job. But there are also things that think that "you can get it if you grab it openly." Why pay? "yes. For example, Xu Haima and others have completely turned into a pirate gang with an open flame. For a time, Fujian and Zhejiang coastal areas. Suffer the injury of the old place. Countless cities have been attacked and looted. The people who were robbed of property are even more inestimable.
When the shipping industry becomes the enemy. Great changes have taken place in the situation. They plundered the coastal provinces. Southeast officials have a great responsibility for this. Countless people were dismissed from office and beheaded. At the same time, the interests of extended families. It has also been seriously affected. In the face of strengthened shipping business. They can no longer guarantee a fair deal. It must cost several times the original price. Even the safety of life and property is threatened. At this point, Yan Song recommended Zhao Wenhua to supervise the army, which made great contributions. Xu Xuemo's "Records of the Temple on Earth" said: "... when Wenhua came out, governors and ministers of all walks of life were so frightened that they did not dare to seek meritorious military service until they failed to serve their lives." Under the transformation of Zhao Wenhua, the army gained a certain fighting capacity and played a certain role in pacifying the Japanese invasion.
More importantly, Zhao Wenhua believes that maritime trade is related to the national economy and people's livelihood and should be protected and legalized by the state. Yan Song's policy towards the enemy can best be reflected in Zhao Wenhua. Zhao Wenhua also used the famous anti-Japanese war star Hu Zongxian, and successively recruited a number of generals, such as Qi Jiguang, Yu, Tan Lun, Wang Chonggu and Lu Tang. They played a very important role in quelling the Japanese war in the late Jiajing period. This shows that Yan Song's policy of Northern Lunan Japan is positive in China, at least it is not a big mistake.
5. About Yan Song's greed
Yan Song's greed is one of the reasons for his notoriety. Wang Zongmao's "Huang Ming Shi Jingwen Edited to Correct the Mistakes of the State's Assistant Ministers": "To disturb the power of the official department, it takes 20 members for each election, 320 for the state and 520 for the general. World-famous areas will be selected. ┅┅ Song took over the power of the Ministry of War, and every election required more than a dozen members, including 320 in charge and 720 in command. ┅┅ From the headquarters to the general soldiers, the price of fruit is even thousands of dollars. ""For example, in the twenty-eight years of Jiajing, because of people's disintegration theory, I didn't escape, and I wanted to move back to my hometown. I had a good time with other properties, but as soon as I heard about it, a family asked me to check the number of gold and silver utensils in the warehouse. There are dozens of tables in the front row, and Song is sitting in the back, which is more and more strange. However, seeing the number of tables in front increased and the chairs in the back retreated, there was no place to put them. I don't know the number of covers. " Zou Yinglong's "Shi Jingwen Edited, Corrupt Officials Overlook the King and Promote the Country": "Song and his son were originally from Yuanzhou, but they widely bought beautiful houses in fertile fields in Ning and Yang, and took care of dozens of them, so they also took care of them in winter. Restrain encroachment and public grievances. " "Yan Song used things in the last years of the Ming Dynasty": "Yongshou * * * and Wei Xie, the son of Wang Shu, competed for their eldest grandson to thank him and offered him three thousand platinum." Zhao Shanzheng's biography of Bin Tuilu: "Yan Shifan's family has a gold account and hates gold ... as well as gold diggers and other things. The ruler thought he couldn't smell it and ordered it to be repaid in gold. "
Yan Song's greed, specious and indistinguishable records abound in the official history. How much property did Yan Song have at home when he was detained? The Record of Sejong's Forty-four Years in March records: "There are 32,962 pieces of gold, 227,920 pieces of silver, 857 pieces of jade cups and plates, 200 pieces of jade belts, 120 pieces of jade belts, 33 pieces of jade belts and 2,800 pieces of jade cups and plates. ……"
Chen Hongmo's Story of the Afterlife: "When Yan Song was born, gold, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and painting were estimated at 2,359,247 yuan. Zhili also visited Beijing's real estate according to the statement of the imperial envoy Sun Piyang, and this number will not decrease. " Sejong ordered that half of the lost property be used to pay for the border and half be put into the state treasury. At that time, only 65438+ 2 million yuan was put into storage. Sejong asked, "After the prisoner was sentenced in March, it has been more than October, and the property has not yet arrived and has not disappeared. Is it that the property is not at home, the state has not received it, and the people have not returned it? What is the result? " (Record of Sejong (Volume 5 19)) At that time, it was Xu Jie's record that presided over the book. Xu Jie is deliberately false, in order to enlarge the sins of Yan Song and his son? There are historical materials, and even The Record of Sejong edited by Xu Jie can't hide its truth. Volume 544 says: "Compared with the family, there is no strict family background, and the wealth has dissipated slightly. According to the imperial decree, it is urgent to pay the full amount. It's listening to Kong (,a strict' anti-Party' by Xu Jie) and other means, so Teng is innocent and saves trouble. "
When Zhang was absent in Wanli, Zhao Jinchuan, the minister of Zuo Qin, advised, "When Fang Shengzu was emperor, Yan Song, a great scholar, was particularly concerned about the maintenance of the first locomotive. He could not look up to the heart of the Holy Father and only cared about personal interests." His sophisticated son became a traitor. So Chinese and foreign people gnash their teeth and talk a lot. Fang Xuan, the Holy Father, realized his crime and ordered him to occupy the world. As for the speaker, he still holds a grudge and even says that the world is rebellious. So he took the family away for becoming a monk. When surveyors and ministers press it, they are afraid that it will disappear and do something unexpected, so it will be fake, but in fact, they will catch up with each other and search. What does the Holy Father think he belongs to, but he doesn't know that its power comes from innocent people and among people. "He also said:" At the beginning, I lost the world and ordered people to break in, but I still got nothing more! "Yan's huge wealth is not in the criminal's home, nor has it been confiscated by the state, nor has it been lost. It only means that it does not exist, and it was maliciously exaggerated by political opponent Xu Jie!
If Yan Song's greed is "so", then we can't help but doubt and accuse the truth of strict greed. Yan Song has a reputation for greed, while Xu Jie has a reputation for meanness. As an honest official, Xu Jie owns more than 400,000 mu of land. Although it is impossible to count how much wealth Xu Jie has, Harry, then governor of Yingtian, is also amazed: "The number of industries is amazing." ("Four Friends Say" (volume 13) Harry received complaints from many farmers, accusing Xu Jie of occupying farmland and dominating production, and ordered Xu to "retreat more than half", otherwise the case would not be closed. At that time, Xu Jie Zhishi lived at home, worried that DaiVi Yu's fame could not return some land to farmers, so he secretly bribed Dai Fengxiang, impeached Harry as a "fish gentleman", dismissed Harry from office, and saved his huge land. According to the biography of Yan Gongsong, a great scholar, Yan Song was born in a small family, and "his father was just a petty official"; In the same book "The Great Scholar's Biography", it is said that Xu Jie's family "cultivated for generations, never served as an official, and was sheltered by his father, supplemented by officials." This shows that when they started, their property was the same. Yan Song worked as a record for fifteen years, and Xu Jie only worked as a record for six years, but his fortune was 15 times that of the Yan family! Compared with real estate, it is obvious who is greedy and who is cheap!
6. Yan Song is a man.
Qian's Poems of the Past Dynasties: Yan Ge: "When I first entered the Ci source, I lost my talent and fame, and I returned to the East Hall of Qian Shan. He lived in the study screen for seven years, but he devoted himself to the festival, and he won. Yong Yang, for example, is famous all over the world for cultivating his generation. He hopes to return to school with public assistance. " This shows that Yan Song is quite literate, and his poems are elegant, fresh and unpretentious. Li Mengyang once said: "Among the scholars of Hanlin today, Yan Weizhong is the first." (Excerpt from "Four Friends Zhai Cong") Writing green ci with such literary talent will definitely be appreciated by Sejong; "Yan Song Biography of Ming History" said that Yan "has no other talents, only obsequiousness, and stealing power is useless. "It seems that this is also a lie. In addition, Yan Song also has a sense of propriety. The "Crime Records" only reads: "Lin is new here, and he is inspected according to his crimes; Song servant broke the law and was punished according to his crime. As soon as he entered the capital, Song respected him very much, and he could also respect this wise man. "Restraint family, take care of the sense of honor, and Xu Jie longitudinal evil children across a village, is really a world apart. Yan Song attaches great importance to rewarding and selecting talents to serve the country. Tang Shunzhi's Biography of Poems of Past Dynasties: "If you follow learning, you can see everything. If you are big, you can observe astronomical music. If you are very young, you can't help studying it carefully. Now that you have been divided by knowledge, let's go to Huaihai to die. It can be said that you are a man with lofty ideals! " The same book "Yin Gengchuan Biography": "It should be used with Hu Zanzong, whose knowledge is beyond others' reach. "
Huang Jingyun, a university student during the Chongzhen period, said in "Doubtful National History": "Xu Huating (Order) said that Zhang Xianghui (Yue) said:' Yan has been in China for twenty years, and he did not spend a penny on lottery tickets, but respected the public. "I still let the sage complete his reputation, knowing that this old man is not completely toxic! Yan Song is gentle, good at poetry, and a masterpiece of celebrities. Sometimes he can restrain his feelings and praise him. He has compassion and forgiveness. "A few decades later, Huang Jingyun passed by Yuanzhou and heard the local people's affection and nostalgia for Yan, especially what the political opponents said privately. Biography of Hu Zan's Poems in Past Dynasties: "I have lived at home for several years, but I have a prison for poetry cases. Wang Lian, the head of the household department, made a bad idea in Henan, and wrote a letter to Zanzong, which contained the words of "Tian Mu and Zhu Xiang" and Zanzong "enjoyed smelling Chu". The temple was furious and was sent to prison. Yan Fenyi, Tao Gongcheng and others want to save it, but they want to solve it. " In the 29th year of Jiajing, Zhu Guozhen's Memorabilia of Ming Taizu was published for 32 years, and Luo Zhi became a great monarch because of framing Wang Lian, involving more than1/kloc-0. "It was timely and unexpected, and Yan Song, a great scholar, explained that he was less angry." This praiseworthy thing is missing in the Biography of Yan Song in the Ming Dynasty. Contact Yan Song once saved Xia Yan, Ding Rukui and others, which shows that the old man never took advantage of people's danger to hit people when they were down. Compared with Xu Jie's whole death of Qiu Luan and Zhang Jing, Luo Zhi's "Yan Dang" killed Hu Zongxian and framed Yan Shifan's death as "treason" and so on.
Yan Song in the Ming Dynasty contains some family matters in Yan Song, such as "Ouyang, the wife of the Song Dynasty, is very virtuous, well-managed and especially strict in managing the world. Song also respects guests and does not need maids." Shen Defu's "Wan Li Ye De, Cabinet, Different Officials Living in Hometown": "Strict and appropriate, greatly polluted by the world, but treated my hometown very well. His wife Ouyang is good at giving, and Yuan people still recite it. " Yan Song's reputation in his hometown is also described in Zhu Guozhen's "Architectural Essays": "Tan thinks that what is suitable is evil, which is rare in ancient and modern times. He is from Jiangyou, and he is thoughtful, especially Yuan, who was also kissed. It can be seen that public opinion has its own differences. " It can be seen that Yan Song's famous festival was falsely accused by the "Imperial Genealogy"