Recently, a piece of news about a fight between tourists at a zoo in a certain place has aroused widespread public attention. Although the level of social civilization has made great progress in recent years with the improvement of the quality of the population, it is not surprising that some small conflicts and disputes occur in daily life. But the main reason why this little incident became a hot topic in the news is that the park used ingenious warnings and reminders to the public afterwards:

It can be seen that fighting is really not a good thing, and it will not only affect the public** * Order, teach bad children, even small animals will inevitably imitate. Therefore, if you encounter similar situations in the future, before you get too excited, it is best to think carefully before making a decision, so as not to set a bad example for cats, dogs, tigers, and bears.

Of course, the above are just gossips and jokes, and the fact that one cannot help shaking his fist when blood is on his head will probably not be stopped even after eighteen hundred years. After all, Master Meng had put this matter aside more than 2,000 years ago, "The reason why humans are different from birds and beasts is a few reasons" ("Mencius, Volume 8, Chapter 2 of Li Lou") - known as all things In fact, there are only a few differences between primate humans and animals, so it is human instinct to yell, curse, and fight. Even if it can be controlled to varying degrees through education and punishment, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Even a Chun Chun gentleman who is known as gentle as jade may not be able to help but use his fists to speak under certain circumstances.

So, today we will talk about the stories of fights that broke out among the most sanctimonious-looking emperors and ministers in history.

Before telling the story of the fight, let me tell you one that, although not physical, was more vile and shameless in nature.

One day during the Xianping period of the Northern Song Dynasty, two men named Xue Anshang and Xue Anmin went to Kaifeng Mansion to sue their stepmother Chai for trying to embezzle family property and remarry. It stands to reason that the Kaifeng government can directly make a judgment on this case without accepting it. Why? Because Er Xue's act of suing his mother (even his stepmother) is considered one of the ten evil crimes, the government can directly sentence the unfilial son to punishments such as caning, imprisonment, exile, or even death with a knife without having to study the facts of the case in detail. No problem. After all, "heinous crimes cannot be pardoned". Even if the emperor grants amnesty to the world, such criminals will still be among those who will not be pardoned, and there will never be a chance to reverse the case.

On the contrary, if parents sue their children or grandchildren, even if it is a false accusation, they will not be held accountable. Anyway, this is what the law at the time stipulated.

However, the Kaifeng Mansion did not dare to chop Er Xue off on the spot, and did not even spank him. Why, because Er Xue's father's name is Xue Weiji, and his grandfather's name is Xue Juzheng.

That’s right, it was Xue Juzheng, the editor-in-chief of the "Old History of the Five Dynasties" and the prime minister at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty. After his death, he still had to squat next to the spiritual throne of Song Taizong Zhao Jiong (to serve Taizong's temple). Therefore, the Kaifeng Mansion realized that a small temple could not hold down a great deity, so it quickly handed over the case and kicked the ball to the Yushitai.

As a censor, his profession is to get along with officials, let alone an official who has been dead for more than 20 years? But as the case progressed, Yushitai could no longer bear it. Why? Because the two current prime ministers Zhang Qixian and Xiang Minzhong were also involved.

It’s not that the censor couldn’t offend the prime minister, but on the contrary, whenever he had the opportunity to fight with the prime minister, his eyes would shine like a hungry wolf catching a sheep. After all, if a censor beats the prime minister, it means a bright future. Even if he loses, he will become famous all over the world. Why not? But the problem is that the configuration of prime ministers in the Song Dynasty was "three prime ministers and two prime ministers", but it was rare for the three prime ministers to be full or to be the only prime minister. Most of the time, the two prime ministers were aligned and different opinions were mixed. This is why the imperial censor was born. Live in a space where you can fight hard and profit from it. Now that both prime ministers are involved in the case, let alone whether the censor with small arms and thin legs has the ability to overthrow both prime ministers. Even if he can do it, what is the benefit? If it doesn't happen, the court will be in chaos, and even the emperor will have to bear a grudge against him. Who is willing to do such a useless thing?

So the panicked Yushitai continued to kick the ball and submitted the case to the court of Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng.

When Zhao Heng opened the case file and took a look, his head suddenly felt as big as a bucket.

It turns out that the widow Mrs. Chai is a rich woman, and her dowry alone is worth 100,000 yuan. So as soon as Xue Weiji died, the Chai family immediately became popular. Shameless men with brother Kong Fang in their eyes came to ask for marriage, and they almost knocked down the door of the Xue family. And Zhang Qixian and Xiang Minzhong were not immune to the vulgarity, and they showed their love to Chai one after another regardless of their dignity as prime ministers.

Without Zhao Heng to participate in the competition (of course Zhao Heng also married Liu E, a remarried woman, as the queen), the two prime ministers were of course the most competitive in the heart of the Chai family. However, compared to Xiang Minzhong, Zhang Qixian, who was "rich in appearance and generous in comments" ("History of the Song Dynasty, Volume 265, Biography 24"), was more favored by the Chai family who was a party member of the appearance party. Xiang Minzhong was not happy that his wife had lost face again, so he instigated Xue Weiji's two foolish sons to sue Chai for embezzling his father's property, which caused so much trouble.

Zhao Heng was not a wise king, and he had no interest in getting involved in his ministers' gossip, so he just wanted to get things over with Xi Ni. Unexpectedly, Xiang and Zhang refused to give in. They argued endlessly on the stage and made small moves off the stage. If they were not both bad old men in their 50s and 60s, they might have staged a "competition to recruit a bride" in front of Zhao Heng. .

In the end, Zhao Heng got annoyed and simply kicked away these two prime ministers who were not good at first glance - Zhang Qixian was demoted to Taichang Qing and was assigned to Xijing, and his son Zhang Zong was demoted. He left his post in Haizhou, where he served as Minister of Household Affairs, and went out to know the Yongxing Army. The widow Chai also failed to marry Zhang Qixian and was fined eight pounds of copper. Of course, the two Xue brothers who sued their mother for their son could not escape the corresponding punishment.

In this regard, Cheng Yi pointedly pointed out that these so-called gentlemen and famous ministers who seem to be sanctimonious are actually no different from ordinary people, and sometimes even worse. Even if we can't say that there are a lot of male thieves and female prostitutes, it's not much better:

It's a good thing that Zhao Heng is not a direct descendant of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, otherwise he might really learn from his ancestors and let Zhang Qixian and Xiang Minzhong be in front of the emperor. Play a martial arts competition to find a bride.

After all, Zhao Kuangyin has actually done similar things.

In the eighth year of Kaibao's reign (AD 975), the imperial examination of Yihai was being held. Emperor Zhao Kuangyin was sitting high on the throne, looking down at the talented people from all over the world who were about to "enter my palace". Suddenly, he saw two figures coming from The crowd jumped out and rushed towards him with lightning speed.

What is this for? Could it be that he was assassinating the king? No, it's just a new academician who came to hand in his papers.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, although the imperial examination system imitated the previous dynasty, it was not without changes. For example, the content of the palace examination was "one poem, one poem, and one theory", but the candidates who passed the examination of the Ministry of Rites were not bad at all. Zhao Kuangyin did not expect the "cool trick" of asking the learned ministers to mark the papers and determine their own rankings. At the same time, his own literary level was not very high, and he was afraid of losing face if he made a mistake, so he came up with an idea - "The first person who gets the best test paper will be awarded the first place" ("Guitian Lu, Volume 1").

In other words, whoever turns in the paper first will be the top pick.

Some people may question, if a candidate submits a blank paper in a hurry or writes a few random strokes, and then submits the paper with unqualified quality, can he still become the top scorer? This situation is basically impossible to happen, because this is called "bullying the emperor and ignoring the superior", which is also a heinous crime. Not only will you not get the number one scholar, you will not be able to keep your qualifications as a Jinshi, and you will have to be punished.

So Zhao Kuangyin’s idea is still very reliable. Under the premise of ensuring quality, quick submission means quick thinking and flexible brains, and it will probably not be much worse when you become an official in the future. But something unexpected happened this time. Wang Sizong and Chen Shi, who were the first to submit the paper, not only wrote equally well in their articles, but also ran in the same sprint speed. At least Zhao Kuangyin couldn't tell who came first with his naked eyes. A "hit line".

What can we do? It's actually easy to handle. Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and ordered Wang Sizong and Chen Shi to fight with bare hands. Whoever wins will be the champion. As a result, Wang Sizong "didn't talk about martial arts" and grabbed Chen Shi's hat. Zi Lu also said that "a gentleman will be crowned even after he dies." Chen Shi was not thick-skinned enough, so in order to keep his hat, he exposed a flaw and was knocked down by Wang Sizong. He fell to the ground and missed the chance to win the top prize.

Do you feel a little weird? Zhao Kuangyin humiliated the scholars so much, why did the Song Dynasty have a reputation for treating scholar-bureaucrats favorably? In fact, the so-called "not killing scholar-bureaucrats and those who wrote letters" were actually rumors spread by the later emperors of the Song Dynasty because they were too cowardly to allow the scholar-bureaucrats to spread unscrupulously. Old Zhao didn't care at all about killing a few scholar-bureaucrats, and he also killed many special officials. Killing - According to historical records, during his 16 years in power, Zhao Kuangyin killed more than 80 ministers in one go on charges of treason, corruption, dereliction of duty, etc., ranging from privy councilors, state governors, to commanders and county magistrates. Kill them regardless of whether they are civil or military. Zhao Laoer, who came to the throne after that, even dared to kill his own emperor brother, so how could he care about the "ancestral teachings"? So I killed a dozen in a row.

Zhao Kuangyin slaughtered scholar-bureaucrats like chickens, so why would he erect a monument to prohibit his descendants from continuing to have fun? This just doesn't make sense logically.

He doesn’t care about killing people, so what does it mean to Old Zhao to let two scholars wrestle in front of the emperor for a laugh? And compared to Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty who peed in the hat of a Confucian scholar, Zhao Kuangyin was no less generous in humiliating the scholar-bureaucrats.

For example, one time, when Lao Zhao was discussing the reign name with ministers, he thought "Qian De" was good, and he thought no one had ever used it before. At this time, Zhao Pu, who was good at flattering, also followed suit, but was slapped in the face by Lu Duoxun, who had always been in arrears with emotional intelligence. This reign name was used in Hou Shu 40 years ago. How could the mighty Song Dynasty use a second-hand one? Do the goods have year marks?

Now there is nowhere to put Lao Zhao’s face. But as an emperor, how can he admit his mistakes in front of his ministers? So he turned his anger on Zhao Pu, picked up a brush and scribbled on Zhao Pu's face, and then vented his anger. Moreover, Zhao Pu did not dare to wash his face when he returned home. It was not until he went to court the next day that Zhao Kuangyin felt that it was too shameful for the prime minister to show off his face with a big painted face, so he asked him to wash it off.

Zhao Pu just lost face. Zhao Kuangyin was angered by others and could not keep his front teeth:

Although it is rare for emperors like Zhao Kuangyin to wantonly humiliate and even beat his ministers, it is not uncommon. . And the more famous and powerful the emperor is, the more he likes to do such bad things.

For example, there are only two and a half emperors in ancient times who can be called one emperor - the undisputed ones are the First Emperor and Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the controversial one is the Kangxi Emperor, and these three seem to be There was too much violence in the court hall.

However, the First Emperor struck the assassin Jing Ke several times with his sword. According to unofficial records, once Li Shimin was angered by Changsun Wuji, he dragged his uncle into a side hall and beat him. Kick. What is relatively conclusive is that Aixinjueluo Xuanye, the Holy Ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, once severely beat Ma Qi, a bachelor of Wuyingdian and the Minister of Household Affairs.

After Prince Yinreng was deposed for the first time in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi (1708 AD), Xuan Ye quickly regretted it and began to plan for the prince's restoration. However, Yinreng could only be crippled for a while, and now he had to rush to straighten him up. Xuan Ye also felt a bit slapped in the face. But the way is not impossible, that is, let the close ministers take the initiative to nominate Yin Reng for resettlement, and then the emperor refutes it righteously several times, and finally reluctantly agrees. In this way, the matter can be solved, and the emperor can't lose face.

So Xuan Ye summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs and asked them to nominate one person to be the prince from among their many sons, and he also deliberately set aside himself first - you can choose the person yourself, I will follow the crowd:

However, Xuan Ye still tried his best to ensure that Yinreng could be elected. Not only did he talk a lot in front of the ministers about his deep relationship with Queen Hesheli (Yinreng's biological mother) and the queen's pity for her son, but he probably also ignored it in private to those important ministers who had the right to elect him. The knowing little eyes, maybe even passed a small note.

However, what surprised Xuan Ye was that after his painstaking planning, the important ministers in the court, headed by Tong Guowei, Ma Qi, Aling'a, Elundai, Kexu, and Wang Hongxu, actually Ignoring the "holy will", they jointly elected the eighth son of the emperor, Yinhu, as the crown prince.

This made Xuan Ye very angry, and he had to slap himself in the face, put away his promise of "I will follow whoever everyone thinks will belong", and personally make the decision to restore Yinreng. As the prince, he turned the solemn state ceremony into a farce.

But how could Xuan Ye swallow this tone? So revenge from the emperor soon came.

In the first month of the following year, Xuanye brought up the old matter again, traced the collusion between courtiers and Yinhu, and pointed the finger directly at Ma Qi.

Why Ma Qi? Because Xuan Ye wanted to find trouble, only Ma Qi's braid was in his hands. Long before the imperial edict was issued to elect the crown prince, Xuan Ye felt that Ma Qi was unreliable and specifically issued an edict asking him not to participate. As a result, not only did this guy get involved, he also jumped up and down more joyfully than anyone else when recommending Yinsu. If Xuan Ye didn't take care of him, who would he take care of?

So Xuan Ye scolded Ma Qi and couldn't help but curse when he got excited. But he forgot that Ma Qi was also an authentic Manchu. He was not only bad-tempered but also tough-tempered. He was not used to the emperor's illness at all, so he talked back to him on the spot.

At this time, Xuan Ye was in trouble if he didn’t take the lead, so he didn’t care about his status as emperor, and actually jumped down from the throne and “beat Ma Qi” (Chinese historical materials in the Records of the Korean Li Dynasty) ·Volume 11"), that is, a big fight.

It is said that when Xuan Ye was 56 years old and Ma Qi was 58 years old, the two old men used bastard boxing at the Supreme State Council of the Qing Dynasty. The scene was not too beautiful... But no matter how tough and martial arts Ma Qi was, No matter how powerful he is, he would not dare to throw punches at His Majesty the Emperor. He is probably just defensive, protecting his head and face. But even so, Lao Ma was beaten so badly that after being beaten by the emperor, he walked away in anger.

However, Xuan Ye was considered a wise king after all. Although it was very unseemly to beat the minister in public, and he lost his temper afterwards to cover up his shame, he still did not do anything to Ma Qi in the end. Two years later, he returned to Resurrected.

If the emperor beats his ministers in public, naturally the ministers will also beat the emperor violently. For example, Gao Cheng, a powerful official in the Eastern Wei Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Gao Cheng’s Laozi is the most famous psychopath in Chinese history, Gao Huan. It is said that Father Gao is mentally unstable. When he goes crazy, he kills people like pigs and dogs. He even beats his son until he is inhuman. Therefore, Gao Cheng also inherited this characteristic. He doesn't care about anything, even if he is in trouble. Face the emperor.

So when he was drinking with Emperor Wei Xiaojing Yuan Shanjian, this guy beat up the emperor:

Compared with the fist fights that happened between emperors and ministers, Fights between ministers were less sensational, but not uncommon.

In the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion that broke out in the last years of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's fierce general Yuchi Gong shot Li Yuanji with an arrow and intimidated Li Yuan. He was regarded as the number one hero. Afterwards, Yuchi Gong was arrogant and domineering. He often competed with the emperor's close ministers such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others for credit, which made him very unpopular, but he had no idea about it.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan (AD 632), Li Shimin held a banquet for all ministers, including Yuchi Gong, but he had a quarrel with them over the seating arrangements. At this time, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, came to break up the fight, but Yuchi Gong didn't know what to do, so he got angry at the former and almost blinded Li Daozhong with a punch.

This is too much. What's more, Li Daozong is not an ordinary clan. He has been the emperor's biggest supporter in the clan since the passing of Li Shen, the king of Huai'an County. He was also the only famous clan general who could lead and go on an expedition during the Zhenguan period. In terms of status and trust among the people, who is Yu Chigong?

If there were another emperor, such as Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there would be no explanation for Yuchi Gong's head being chopped off. But Li Shimin was different after all. Although he was ruthless to his father and brothers, he was surprisingly generous and tolerant towards his courtiers, so he just gave Yu Chi Gong a warning:

But for the rest of his life, Yu Chi Gong It has not been reused in the past 27 years, but it is an unchangeable fact.

Compared with other dynasties where there were only one or two fights between ministers in the past two to three hundred years, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty were obviously much more "warlike" - although they cannot be said to be countless. However, the probability of an all-out martial arts outbreak in the Ming Dynasty was unique in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Let’s take a look at a few famous examples.

Yang Shen, the first of the three talented men of the Ming Dynasty, is the author of the well-known "Linjiang Immortal" (i.e. "The Rolling Water of the Yangtze River Passing East") at the beginning of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Of course, Yang Shen is more famous in ancient history for his famous saying that made countless scholar-bureaucrats excited:

Xiao Yang is so desperate for his life! What happened to the Ming Dynasty? Are the Tatars besieging the city, rebels entering the capital, or are the rebels entering the city? Or is the emperor captured, the vassal king about to rebel, or Quan Eunuch trying to cause trouble?

Anyway, according to Xiao Yang’s hot-blooded and willing-to-die attitude, the Ming Dynasty will definitely lose its generals.

In fact, it is almost speechless to talk about the reason why Yang Da Caizi is dying - that is, Zhu Houcong, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, believed that Zhu Youqi, the king of Xingxian who gave birth to him and raised him, was his biological father. The scholar-bureaucrats represented by Yang Shen unanimously believed that only Zhu Youtang, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, could be Zhu Houcong's father. Even if Zhu Youtang could give birth to the latter a hundred times, he could only be regarded as a fake father and a copycat.

This is the Dali Conference incident that has been turbulent for more than 20 years and messed up the Ming Dynasty. The climax was the Zuo Shunmen massacre that forced Yang Shen and others to "die for justice." Why is it called a tragedy? Because Zhu Houcong, who was angered, picked up a big stick and beat the scholar-bureaucrats on the buttocks (a total of 134 people received the imperial stick, 17 of them were beaten to death), and kicked Yang Shen out of the capital, and was unable to use it for the rest of his life.

(As a side note, when the Ming Dynasty really needed someone to "celebrate the death of justice", the scholar-bureaucrats actually disliked "the water is too cold". Only in this high probability will they not die Only under such circumstances would the scholar-bureaucrats be willing to show their integrity even at the risk of death. )

However, it is difficult to tell how much of Yang Shen's ruckus was for the public and how much was for personal gain. After all, his father, Yang Tinghe, the former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet who personally promoted the Jiajing Emperor to the throne, had to resign and return home because of the Dali Conference incident. mind?

But even if he was angry again, he could only write endless memorials to disgust the emperor. But as for how to deal with other enemies, such as Zhang Cong and Gui E, Zhu Houcong's top supporters when he recognized his father, Yang Shen had more ideas.

He found Zhao Jian, the Minister of Punishment, to discuss the matter with Zhang Chong, and planned to contact a group of like-minded people to ambush Zhang Cong and Gui E at the place where they must pass before going to court, and it is also the "holy place for murder" in the imperial city. " (We will talk about why it is a holy place later) - Zuo followed the door, and suddenly launched his attack when he was on his way, beating these two "traitors" to death.

A bunch of scholars who had never killed a chicken thought this idea was perfect, so it was decided!

So in the next few days, there was always a group of civil servants with neither high nor low official positions gathering together near Zuoshunmen, and they were always poking their heads furtively, which attracted the attention of the emperor such as the factory guards. Notice. But before they could react, Gui E arrived.

Although Yang Shen and the others planned to finish their work in one battle and catch Zhang and Gui in one fell swoop, the relationship between the two was not so good that they had to hold hands and go to and from get off work together every day. Now they have another plan. If there is a risk of being exposed, it would be better to catch them one by one than in vain, right?

Then someone roared out, and a group of Wuyang Wuyang civil servants twisted their faces, screamed or roared, and maybe waved their fists and rushed towards Guihe.

Lao Gui must have been frightened for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, turned around and ran away.

Now the gap between the two parties becomes apparent. Gui E has served in successive localities and is an official who can do practical things. Since you have to run around to do things, the result of running around is that you are in better health and eat better, so now when you run away for your life, you can walk with the wind under your feet. As for Yang Shen, most of them are so-called "noble officials" who spend all day in the Hanlin Academy. Their special skills are loud talk and smooth writing. Usually, even moving the square step too fast is considered a mistake. The "posture" of the scholar-bureaucrats, even jogging can be called a hell-level physical activity for them.

Therefore, Yang Shen and others are either bean sprouts with a figure as delicate as a woman, or two-legged pigs with a height of six feet and a waist circumference of six feet. Even if they chase a few more steps, they may suffer from heart attack and cerebral infarction, so they can only watch helplessly. Gui E escaped in a flash and disappeared without a trace.

So, to say that scholars have rebelled and failed to succeed in ten years is really not to look down on them - they are not even qualified to be looked down upon.

The ambush on Gui E failed, but instead aroused Zhu Houcong's vigilance. The latter immediately promoted Zhang Cong and Gui E to Hanlin bachelors (becoming Yang Shen's immediate superiors), and ordered Wuding Marquis Guo Xun to send troops to protect them. At this time, Yang Shen's hope of performing a full martial arts performance was completely frustrated, and then he "dedicated himself to justice" and caused another massacre at Zuo Shunmen.

That's right. After all, for scholars, manual scripts are short-term and long-term. Crying, making trouble, and hanging are their special skills. Although in the end the butt was blown and there was no future for him as an official, wouldn't he still have a lasting reputation? Isn’t this what they have been thinking about and dreaming about?

Yang Shen did not play Guihe because his physical fitness was too poor. But if it were someone with a good physique, it would be difficult to fight, such as Yin Shidan.

The person Yin Shidan wanted to beat was Gao Gong, then the chief minister of the cabinet. Among the two people, Lao Yin had a good official reputation, and Lao Gao was a capable minister. His governance philosophy had a great influence on the later iron-blooded prime minister Zhang Juzheng.

But if we were Lao Yin, we might want to beat up Lao Gao.

Why? Because Gao Gong is good at everything, but his temper is too bad, his behavior is too domineering, and his desire for power is too strong. When he first entered the cabinet, as a newcomer, he dared to talk to the senior chief minister. Xu Jie fought hard. After Xu Jie and Gao Gonger were expelled from the cabinet, they became even more domineering. They scared away Chen Yiqin, the bachelor of Wuying Palace, and Zhao Zhenji, the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and finally even Li Chunfang, the then chief minister and the famous good old man. They didn't let him go, forcing him to resign many times, and finally returned to his hometown.

After all the senior people were kicked out, Gao Gong naturally became the first assistant. However, even though he has become the second most powerful person in the world after the emperor, Lao Gao still feels that some people are looking at him, such as the other two bachelors in the cabinet with him.

Among them, Zhang Juzheng, the bachelor of Jianji Palace and the second assistant, Gao Gong can barely tolerate it. After all, Xiao Zhang was still young and relatively inexperienced, and he was more respectful and obedient to Lao Gao, so he couldn't afford to take advantage of him first. But Yin Shidan was different. Although he and Gao Gong were both former ministers of Zhu Zaijing, Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty, they never had the right temper. Since it is difficult for the Communists to share the same boat and help each other in times of adversity, Lao Gao now does not want to be rich and powerful with Lao Yin, so when Zhu Zaijing missed the old friendship and wanted to promote the latter to the cabinet, Gao Gong was very upset. I was unhappy and made my face look long for several days.

However, although Gao Gong could not stop the emperor from getting Yin Shidan into the cabinet, there were ways to get him away. After all, Gao Gong had done this kind of thing more than once or twice, and he was considered a skilled worker. .

His idea is to find someone to expose Lao Yin's dirt. This is a routine method for expelling important officials in the court. As long as they want to show off, they will leave. As for the replacement candidate, Gao Gong has already thought about it, that is Zhang Siwei, a young man who is more junior than Zhang Juzheng and should be more able to take orders.

Unexpectedly, someone suddenly jumped out to impeach Zhang Siwei at this time. This aroused Gao Gong's vigilance, thinking that it was Yin Shidan's instigation, so he immediately launched revenge, leaving Han Ji to rebound and Yin Shidan. ——This is originally a routine routine in civil-official political disputes. Both sides play each other's hands and I play yours. Whoever has more face with the emperor or whose power is so strong that the other party cannot withstand the pressure and surrenders voluntarily will become the winner. Of course, in most cases, it is the emperor who takes action and fights with Ni Ni, or the fight is indistinguishable, so he can only compromise in order to survive.

But Yin Shidan was an anomaly. He is a big man from Shandong. Not only is he strong and powerful, but he also appreciates the advanced concept of doing nothing but doing things. So when he found out that Gao Gong was targeting him, his reaction was to use his old fist:

Did Yin Shidan hit Gao Gong? This matter is actually worth talking about.

The history books only say that Lao Yin was "ready to fight him", and then the camera switched and it was Zhang Juzheng's turn to start a fight, and then the two old men pointed at each other and cursed on the street ("谇" is pronounced suì, It can be extended to mean scolding). As for the clip between Yin Shidan's punch and Zhang Juzheng's appearance, I'm sorry, but it was edited out by the director - this is the Spring and Autumn brushwork, the so-called "the pen is the pen, the cutting is the cutting, Zixia's disciples cannot praise it" (" "Historical Records Volume 47 Confucius Family No. 17"), what a great article!

In fact, this kind of situation is very common in history books. They neither tamper with historical facts nor make up random things. It’s just that historians do not hesitate to write about the places they want to write and record them in detail. As for things that you don’t want to write about, or don’t want to write about, and it’s difficult to write about, just pretend you didn’t notice it and just don’t say a word. This not only maintains the historian's principle of not telling lies, but also clearly instills his intentions and thoughts into readers. Why not?

After all, no matter what their character, achievements, or evaluation, Gao Gong and Yin Shidan were at least members of the scholar-bureaucrats, so their basic face still had to be maintained. Can historians still directly say that Yin Shidan "prepared to beat him", and then Gao Gong was beaten into a pig's head or two front teeth were knocked out? "It is a taboo for the venerable, a taboo for the relatives, and a taboo for the sage" ("The Legend of Gongyang in the Spring and Autumn Period, Min Gong Year") Well, what should I do if I teach a child bad things? Even if you can’t teach children bad things but teach small animals bad things, what can you do? So don’t mention this nonsense anymore.

It is unclear whether Yang Shen was beaten or not, and whether Yin Shidan was beaten or not. Is it possible that the "martial arts" of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were so bad?

No, in fact the seniors Xiao Yang and Lao Yin are still very good at fighting. As early as the 14th year of Zhengtong (AD 1449), a group of Ming Dynasty civil servants who seemed to have never slaughtered a chicken beat the commander of the Jinyiwei Ma Shun to death in front of the then King of the Supervisory State and later the Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu. He ran to Zuoshunmen and showed off his fists again, killing Wang Zhen's party members Yu Yugui and Wang Changsui. This is the famous Meridian Gate Massacre, and it also made Zuoshunmen a "lawless place" in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty civil servants, where people could be killed without paying for their lives - now I understand why Yang Shen had to ambush Gui at Zuoshunmen. Calyx, Zhang Cong, right?

Of course, this matter can be written as a big article, so I won’t waste the subject matter here. Let’s talk about it next time.