Logically speaking, the first assistant is only one generation, while the nobles are one generation after another. As the saying goes, if a tree is big and its roots are deep, it is impossible for the first assistant to defeat the nobles no matter how hard it is. However, in the 21st year of Jiajing, a nobleman died in prison for no apparent reason. It was obviously a political shady case, but Xia Yan, the chief minister who led all this, was unscathed.
In the 21st year of Jiajing's reign, Jiajing became furious and demoted all the ministers of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Why was this? Because they dared to stage a prison scene in front of Jiajing.
Jiajing clearly issued an order not to execute Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, but Guo Xun still died in prison. There were no signs before, and it was obviously intentional homicide.
The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple blamed all this on the prison environment, saying that it had nothing to do with them. They clearly wanted Jiajing to eat this Huanglian and become a mute.
What kind of nobleman is Guo Xun? How could he get special care from Jiajing? The origins of the nobleman Guo Xun can be traced back to the founding period of the Ming Dynasty.
Guo Xun's ancestor Guo Ying was one of the first generals to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not even the Yangtze River , and did not even occupy Nanjing, his subsequent base.
It is precisely for this reason that Guo Ying has gone through hundreds of battles in his life, and as long as it is a key battle, he will be there.
He was responsible for attacking Nanjing, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng was eliminated, it was him who went north to drive Yuan Dynasty out of the Central Plains, Liaodong and Yunnan were pacified by him.
Some people may be curious, how did he survive from the Hongwu period when he was so good at fighting? You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang was not ruthless in massacring the heroes. "Notes of the Twenty-Two Histories" records : "All the heroes will be exhausted soon."
Guo Ying was able to survive mainly because of three points:
First, his sister was Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine, called " Guo Ningfei ", and she also gave birth to a son for Zhu Yuanzhang, that is King Lu Zhu Tan.
The second point is that his son married Zhu Yuanzhang’s daughter.
The third and most important point is that other heroes used their status to do whatever they wanted, the most prominent one was to seize civilian land.
And in his whole life, he has never occupied an acre of private land. Zhu Yuanzhang asked him why? He said that he was originally a commoner, and all this had been hard-won, so how could he dare to want anything else.
It was already difficult to attack Zhu Yuanzhang due to their close relationship, not to mention that he kept a low profile. If he were to attack him, wouldn't everyone be in danger?
You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes in batches. He killed the heroes once in the Hu Weiyong case and again in the Lanyu case. They did not kill them all at once. If the heroes jumped over the wall in a hurry, the consequences would be disastrous.
More than two hundred years have passed since the Guo family was passed from Guo Ying to Guo Xun. At this time, the Guo family is no longer the Guo family before. After all, just because one generation has kept themselves clean does not mean that every generation has kept themselves clean. The Guo family occupies private land and sells private salt .
Logically speaking, Guo Xun is not the only one who violates laws and disciplines, but why does Xia Yan target him? The reason is that he is an ally of Xia Yan's political enemies.
Xia Yan's first assistant position comes from Zhang Fuking , and Zhang Fuking's first assistant position comes from Yang Ting and .
How did Zhang Fujing defeat Yang Tinghe? It was because of Guo Xun's support. Guo Xun managed the Forbidden Army and had thugs in his hands.
If it weren't for Guo Xun's support, Zhang Fujing would probably have died in the hands of the ministers, let alone defeating Yang Tinghe, because Zhang Fujing supported Jiajing in admitting that his biological parents were his biological parents.
Some people may be curious, is it possible that their biological parents are not their biological parents? It really works.
Jiajing's throne did not come from his father, but from his cousin Ming Wuzong. Because Ming Wuzong had no children, he was able to inherit the throne.
According to regulations, the throne is inherited from the Ming Wuzong lineage. Jiajing will naturally join the Ming Wuzong lineage and become the nominal son of Ming Xiaozong and the nominal brother of Ming Wuzong.
But he refused to do so, and the ministers were stubborn, otherwise Zhang Fujing would not have had the chance to appear.
Guo Xun supported Zhang Fujing not for no reason, but because he knew that Jiajing was on Zhang Fujing's side. Later facts proved that he was indeed right in his bet.
But I never thought that Zhang Fujing would later be defeated by Xia Yan because of his clique, which affected Jiajing's rule.
Guo Xun originally thought that Xia Yan could cooperate with him regardless of past suspicions, after all, where was his identity, but Xia Yan had added him to the blacklist early and didn't buy his fault at all.
As the saying goes: "Strike first is the strongest." Guo Xun wrote a letter to impeach Xia Yan, and Xia Yan also wrote a letter to impeach Guo Xun. The two people went back and forth, but the most irritated person was not them, but Jiajing.
One is a veteran nobleman and the other is the chief minister. Ask him how to make a choice. Therefore, he called Xia Yan into the palace for typos and scolded him.
Jiajing has an ambiguous attitude towards Guo Xun. If there was no accident, Guo Xun would definitely not die, but an accident happened.
Jiajing ordered Guo Xun, Minister of the Ministry of War Wang Tingxiang , and then An Bo and Chen Hui to go to various places to clean up the military equipment to avoid indiscriminate use of the weapons.
Since they are imperial envoys, Wang Tingxiang, Chen Hui, and Guo Xun have already received the order, but they still have to receive the imperial edict. Otherwise, the local officials may ignore them when they go to the local area. After all, what proof do you have that you are here to clean up the soldiers?
Wang Tingxiang and Chen Hui both received the imperial edict, but Guo Xun did not accept it. It would be fine if he did not accept it on that day. He did not accept it for two whole months.
If his own words were taken as air, any ruler would be furious, let alone Jiajing.
In fact, Guo Xun did not deliberately disobey the imperial edict, but because he was the leader of the "House Army Governor's Mansion", the inspection of troops was still within his duties and did not require an imperial edict.
Things have developed to this point. All that must be done is to submit the work report, but Guo Xunyi did not submit the work report, and his way of justification was also very strange. It was redundant to accuse Jiajing of issuing this order.
Jiajing was originally angry, but Guo Xun was angry with Jiajing again. Xia Yan saw the right opportunity and tried to investigate Guo Xun's ten major crimes. Of course, Guo Xun was imprisoned.
Jiajing originally planned to lock Guo Xun away for two days to teach this high-ranking disciple a lesson. But Xia Yan didn't plan to lock up Guo Xun for only two days, but planned to torture Guo Xun to death.
The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple wrote twice in a row, calling for Guo Xun to be executed. After all, he had done too many "good things", and it was easy to find a lot of crimes to accuse him of.
Jiajing knew Xia Yan's plan, but he was not afraid because he knew that as long as he did not give the order, no one could kill Guo Xun.
Jiajing forgot one thing, that was through normal channels. If he followed abnormal channels, Xia Yan would have had a hundred ways to execute Guo Xun even without his order, and that was exactly the case.
Although Jiajing knew that Guo Xun died at Xia Yan's hands, he had no choice but to do so. After all, there was no evidence.
If the case is expanded and everyone is in danger, the court will be in chaos. It is not worth it for a distant nobleman. Besides, the title still belongs to his Guo family, and his Guo family just lost Guo Xun.
In the eyes of some people, nobles are no less tough than their chief ministers. But in fact, to the chief minister, the nobles are just window paper that can be broken with a poke. The chief minister has power, but does the noble have power? The nobility did not. Especially for a chief minister like Zhang Juzheng , not to mention the nobles, even the princes are no match.
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