At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted the imperial staff, which was originally intended to deter civil servants, but he did not expect that the trend of swearing at officials became more and more intense. In fact, cursing is not Yan Guan's exclusive skill. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there emerged a figure who could be called the "Swearing God". The older the official, the harder he scolded. This man was Wang Qiong. The first to be scolded was the Sanyang cabinet who assisted Renzong and Xuanzong in creating the "Ren-Xuan rule". San Yang was recognized as a virtuous minister, but Wang Qiong scolded them that although they had pure intentions, they had caused many military, economic and other abuses during their rule and did not understand how to govern the country at all.

Wang Qiong was not soft-spoken when he scolded other ministers of the same era. For example, Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, seemed to be well-read in poetry and books, but in fact his ability was average. In the face of famine in Shandong and floods in Hejian Prefecture, he could only Taxes were exempted, but there were no other measures to deal with the aftermath; it was even less effective in terms of military matters. If Mongolia invaded the border on a large scale, he would be helpless. Regarding Li Dongyang's successor Yang Tinghe, Wang Qiong criticized him from a different angle: Yang Tinghe used the power of public officials to suppress dissenters in order to block the public opinion, and finally caused his son Yang Shen to be sent to the army. He really deserved it. It stands to reason that if you curse people to this extent, you will definitely not be able to survive in your official career. However, Wang Qiong's official career has always been good. He became a second-rank minister and was posthumously awarded the title of Taishi. How did he do it? The reason is simple? My personal ability is strong enough.

Wang Qiong was initially in charge of water transportation in the Ministry of Industry, responsible for the regulation and maintenance of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and wrote a rigorous and detailed "Caohe Illustration"; after being transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was also in charge of taxation and household registration. , did a great job; he served as the chief envoy in Henan and became a local official; after returning to the central government, he began to take charge of the salt administration of Zhejiang; in the Jiajing Dynasty, due to poor border defense, the already old Wang Qiong became the Minister of War, and the general Controlling the military affairs of the three sides, he managed the three sides that were originally at war with each other. All wars were settled, and there was no trouble in the western border.

Another highlight of Wang Qiong’s official career was his support for Wang Shouren and the suppression of Prince Ning’s rebellion. In order to increase the number of troops for future rebellion, King Ning made many small moves in the court. Although Wang Qiong is not as honest as Hai Rui, he knows what money cannot be accepted, so he avoids Prince Ning's bribes. In March of the eleventh year of Zhengde (1516), because Emperor Zhengde had never had a son, King Ning proposed to adopt his eldest son to him. In terms of seniority, Prince Ning was the great uncle of Emperor Zhengde, so his son was the distant cousin of Emperor Zhengde. The almost absurd proposal of turning an uncle into a son immediately aroused fierce opposition from a number of ministers, including Wang Qiong. Seeing that King Ning's ambition was getting bigger and bigger, a few months later, Wang Qiong recommended Wang Shouren as the censor of Zuoqiandu and the governor of Tingzhang and other places in southern Gansu, citing the rampant banditry in Jiangxi to nip it in the bud. He supervises military affairs. Due to the precautions in place, King Ning's rebellion was quickly put down, and the Yangtze River line was spared from the war. King Ning was immediately executed.

Of course, materialist dialectics tells us that everything has exceptions. During Zhang Juzheng's time, the emperor was weak, and Yan Guan also wanted to help the eunuchs suppress Zhang Juzheng, but after scolding him for a long time, he discovered that Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao were actually comrades-in-arms. He had been busy for a long time and had offended Zhang Juzheng, so Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and said he would be dismissed from his post and exiled, and the court was instantly quiet. However, although they could not defeat the living Zhang Juzheng, they were not afraid of the dead one. Under the instruction of Emperor Wanli, a large group of officials exposed various "evidences" of Zhang Juzheng's crimes during his lifetime, which became evidence that Zhang Juzheng was liquidated.