Yan Song knew that his son was a somewhat cynical geek, but today for the first time he heard disrespectful remarks about Xia Yan from his son.
He stayed up until dark with uneasiness, then went out incognito and went to Xia Yan's house to pay homage.
Although Yan Song is the Minister of Rites, one of the Seven Qings, he is self-aware and Qin Dewei will not betray his face.
Among his acquaintances, only Xia Yan could stop Qin Dewei from taking revenge on his son.
Academician Xia had just returned from the cabinet. He was a little weak in energy. While eating his meal, he met with Yan Song.
"What's going on, your master?" Academician Xia asked angrily, "How can you be so ignorant of the heights of heaven and earth?"
In fact, the impeachment itself is a trivial matter. What makes Xia Yan unhappy is this kind of self-assertive behavior without saying hello.
Yan Song replied humbly: "Children always have grudges and can't control themselves for a while."
Xia Yan scolded: "If he can't control himself, let him go back to his hometown to study! This is the capital, and no one has the qualification to be unable to control himself!"
After all, Yan Song is the Minister of Rites, so he must be a little unhappy to be lectured like this, but he can only respond a few times obediently, and then say:
"The truth is clear, but the dog will be retaliated by Qin Dewei. I hope Brother Guizhou comes to rescue him."
Xia Yan said a little impatiently: "Then let me teach you a lesson first! You have to let Qin Dewei calm down first before I speak."
As the saying goes, if you make a mistake, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright.
Yan Song knew that his son had a feud with Qin Dewei for many years, and he really didn't dare to test Qin Dewei's bottom line for revenge. So many people thought Qin Dewei was sent away.
He continued to plead with Academician Xia: "Brother Guizhou, please help me!"
Xia Yan then said again: "How about you, father and son, go to Qin Dewei to plead guilty? It will be easier for me to speak."
Yan Song sighed secretly. If his son was willing to apologize to Qin Dewei, would he still use it to find Xia Yan?
Xia Yan was extremely dissatisfied and said: "You are the one who caused this, and you are unwilling to take the blame and learn a lesson. How can you make me speak to Qin Dewei?"
Yan Song was originally a person who was sensitive to literature and art. He had been indoctrinated by his son for a long time before, so he also felt a little dissatisfied when he heard this.
It was obviously something that you, Xia Yan, could suppress with just one word, but you still had to make them and their son bow their heads to Qin Dewei.
You don’t respect a Minister of Rites so much? Isn’t it enough for a Minister of Rites to be humble and petty in front of you?
But the conceited Xia Yan failed to grasp Yan Song's mentality and reprimanded Yan Song as a subordinate.
Xia Yan's logic is also very clear. I got Yan Song, the Minister of Rites, for you. Do I need to consider your mood?
Most of Qin Dewei's status was achieved through his own hard work and was not supported by me, Xia Yan. Of course it is different from you, Yan Song!
Back then, Qin Dewei had the ability to show off his face many times and then strike out on his own. If you, Yan Song, also have this ability, there will be no stopping you.
Yan Song didn't get the results he wanted from Xia Yan, so he went home unhappy again.
Yan Shifan didn't even go out to greet him. He just sat in the study and waited for his father to come in. He directly asked, "How are you going, father? I expected him to come."
Yan Song shook his head expressionlessly.
Yan Shifan added fuel to the fire and said, "Now, father, do you understand what your position is in Xia Yan's mind? Maybe you are not even as good as Qin Dewei!"
Yan Song felt that his son seemed to be a little gloating, and asked angrily: "What do you want to say again? You should think more about the problems you are facing!"
Yan Shifan put it another way: "Actually, Xia Yan also overlooked one point. When you reach the position of Minister of Rites, the only one who can truly determine whether your father will stay or go is your Majesty!"
Anyone who knows a little bit about the imperial organization knows that under normal circumstances, ordinary ministers will not be completely manipulated by great scholars. After all, the six ministers are also people who are directly responsible to the emperor.
Yan Shifan continued his analysis without emotion: "Xia Yan lives in the same hometown as his father and is about the same age. Now he is of little use to his father.
Or even on the contrary, Xia Yan might be the boulder blocking his father's way, if his father wanted to move on and see the scenery on the top of the mountain.
Son, if I act rashly once, it will make you, father, understand your current situation, and that will be very worthwhile!"
Yan Song couldn't help but think, who can make a Minister of Rites continue to improve? It goes without saying that only the emperor.
What to do specifically, Yan Shifan has already mentioned his idea before, which is to launch another wave of "big ritual discussions".
He gave Emperor Jiajing's biological father a temple title and entered the Ancestral Temple as a way to advance into the imperial family.
This is a very "serious" etiquette matter, no less important than who Emperor Jiajing recognized as his father.
Once the temple name is given and the god enters the Taimiao, he is the ancestor in the mouth of the minister, but can the ancestor be recognized casually?
Emperor Jiajing only needs to recognize his father, but he also needs to bring his ministers and future generations to recognize their ancestors?
After all, Emperor Jiajing's biological father was just a vassal king during his lifetime, so he could just pursue his posthumous title as emperor, but moving into the ancestral temple would be too much.
Therefore, ordinary ministers would not support this matter, and would not even think of it.
Yan Song suppressed his complicated emotions and shouted to his son: "It's not as easy as you said. You must know that a single tree cannot make a forest!"
Yan Song saw this very clearly. In terms of etiquette and law, what Emperor Jiajing wanted in his heart was to be "widely recognized."
The support of one or two isolated people would make Emperor Jiajing think it was ironic, and even these two people would be regarded as different by the ministers.
During the ceremony, Zhang Cong, Gui E, Fang Xianfu, Huo Tao, Xi Shu, Huang Zongming, Guo Xun and a large number of civil and military ministers gave their full support, and they were very powerful on the scene.
If it was really just a single-handed initiative by Shang Shu, he would be able to achieve great success, and someone would have done it long ago!
Yan Shifan slumped lazily on the armchair and replied: "So I don't mean to let my father take action immediately. My father said that the time has not come yet, and I also agree with him.
What you have to do now is to make friends with others and secretly seek all potential allies."
Yan Song motioned to his son to continue.
Of course Yan Shifan had already had an idea: "For example, Huo Tao, the censor of Zuodu, is a favorite of the Yili faction and can offset Xia Yan from the emperor.
Moreover, now that the Yili Sect is gradually declining, Huo Tao is in urgent need of new allies with enough weight to join forces.
Now everyone knows that my son and I have been feuding with Qin Dewei for many years and have completely broken up. Huo Tao happens to be Qin Dewei's mortal enemy. Don't we have something in common?
There is also Zhang Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War. According to the details of the court test, this person must be related to Huo Tao and has conflicts with Wang Tingxiang, the governor of the capital camp.
Isn't this a coincidence? Wang Tingxiang is a fellow senior of Qin Dewei.
If we could have the Minister of Rites, the Yushi of Zuodu, and the Minister of War, the lineup would be pretty good.
In addition, Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is definitely not from Xia Yan's side, so he might be able to win over him after a lot of effort.
Moreover, among the bachelors, although Gu Dingchen does not have a backbone, he has always been keen to please the emperor, and he is very likely to support the temple title, and he is also a potential comrade."
