In the autumn of the 34th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1555), dead leaves were flying on the streets of Beijing. A man in his forties with broken legs was dragged out from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. He was beheaded and abandoned in the market i

In the autumn of the 34th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1555), withered leaves were flying on the streets of Beijing. A man in his forties with broken legs was dragged out from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and was beheaded and abandoned in the market in the bleak autumn wind. The people watching all bowed their heads and cried, which once aroused public anger, and many officials dared not speak out.

In the cabinet hall of the capital, bachelor Xu Jie couldn't help but pale when he heard that his disciple had been killed; in the palace, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, the emperor's hair boy Lu Bing also had tears in his eyes; and his friend, Jiajing Chao The famous litterateur Wang Shizhen also burst into tears. Another young man who was traveling across the country couldn't help but sigh secretly when he heard about this. This young man was the future prime minister of the Ming Empire - Zhang Juzheng.

Who on earth can attract such attention from both the government and the public? He is Yang Jisheng, the first remonstrator of the Jiajing Dynasty! [History of the Ming Dynasty] records: Duke Jisheng was killed, and the world was unjust!

Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty praised Yang Jisheng and said: "I have looked at the two hundred and seventy years of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no one like Yang Jisheng." Yang Jisheng was the most loyal admonisher of the Ming Dynasty. Chen, The most tough guy in the Ming Dynasty , and the first person to be impeached in the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he gain a large number of fans in the Ming Dynasty, but he also won the respect of his opponent, the Qing emperor!

01 [The person and the incident]

Yang Jisheng (1516 -1555), with the courtesy name Zhongfang and the nickname Jiaoshan, he was a famous remonstrator in the mid-Ming Dynasty. A native of Rongcheng, Zhili Province (now Beihezhao Village, Rongcheng County, Hebei Province). He was born as a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing, and famous people in the same field include Zhang Juzheng, Wang Shizhen, Li Chunfang, etc. Due to similar interests, Yang Jisheng and Wang Shizhen had the best relationship. They cherished each other and wanted to be famous ministers who would be remembered forever.

In 1550 AD, he was demoted to a minor official in Didao (Lintao, Gansu) because Shangshu impeached the emperor's popular general Qiu Luan and opened a horse market with the Mongols, harming the public and benefiting himself. While being demoted, he did many good deeds that benefited the people. Soon after, Qiu Luan came back after being killed. In order to win over him, the treacherous official Yan Song promoted him to Yuanwailang of the Military Propaganda Department of the Ministry of War (a measure for assessing the promotion of military attachés). According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty at that time, he could receive up to 20,000 taels of silver as gifts in one year during his tenure.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), Yang Jisheng, who was not grateful, targeted the most treacherous minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, Yan Song, and impeached him for the "Five Traitors and Ten Deadly Crimes". One of the sentences was "May your Majesty listen to the words of his ministers and investigate Song's treachery." , or summon the two princes King Yu and King Jing. "The upright Yang Jisheng didn't know that this sentence touched Jiajing's weakness. Jiajing was most afraid that his ministers would form cliques with the princes for personal gain. Yan Song smiled. He knew that he was invincible, but Yang Jisheng could not escape death. Yan Song and his son were furious and sent someone to break his legs and frame him in prison.

02 [The Love of the Year]

Yang Jisheng was unjustly imprisoned. Officials in the same dynasty were afraid of Yan Song and no one dared to speak out publicly. However, only Wang Shizhen, a friend of the same department and a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, ran around to rescue him.

Wang Shizhen knew the serious situation at hand, so he went to beg Yan Song's son "Ghost Yan Shifan " late at night. Yan Shifan didn't see him at all. In order to save his friend, Wang Shizhen even gave up his dignity and knelt down to beg Yan Shifan, but unfortunately to no avail.

Yang Jisheng's wife knelt down in the palace and begged to die on her husband's behalf. Wang Shizhen resolutely wrote a memorial to the emperor on her behalf. That is to say, I will kill you for the officials to discuss. ... Although I am far away from the devil, I will die on the battlefield to repay the emperor.

However, due to the obstruction of Yan's father and son, this letter never reached the emperor's hands.

03【Running to rescue】

When Wang Shizhen saw this situation, he knew that there was nothing he could do on his own, so he could only find Xu Jie, the second assistant. The emperor begged for mercy. Suddenly, Wang Shizhen thought of another big shot.

Soon after, Wang Shizhen found Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyiwei and the warden of the prison, hoping that he would not embarrass Yang Jisheng too much.

Soon, Yan Song agreed. He also sent someone to greet Lu Bing, hoping that he could secretly get rid of Yang Jisheng.

Lu Bing also agreed.

Lu Bing did not dare to openly confront Yan Song, but his inner conscience made him decide to help Yang Jisheng.

So, Yan Song waited at home for several days, but did not wait for the news of Yang Jisheng's death. He finally knew that Lu Bing had tricked him.

04 [The Deed of Life and Death]

Yang Jisheng made no progress despite the rescue of two big figures, Xu Jie and Lu Bing, because Emperor Jiajing decided to kill Yang Jisheng under the instigation of Yan Song.

Then the scene at the beginning of the article appeared. Wang Shizhen went to see him for the last time before execution. In prison, Wang Shizhen burst into tears. Yang Jisheng comforted him and said: "You deserve to die, so there is no need to fear death!"

Wang Shizhen was later hit by Yan Song continuously and almost died. But he never gave in because he valued his friends and morality more than his life.

On the first day of October in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1555), Yang Jisheng was killed. History books record that he was wronged by the world.

At the moment when the butcher knife fell, Yang Jisheng seemed to hear a sentence read aloud by the teacher in his childhood private school: "Officials, when they live high in the temple, they worry about their people; when they are far away from the rivers and lakes, they worry about their king!"