Why didn't Yang Shiqi save Jie Jin?

Yang Shiqi was an important official in the Ming Dynasty. He had Jie Jin's talent, but he didn't have Jie Jin's sharp attitude towards people and things. After he left the office, he never talked about business again.

He can keep a low profile, but also be more open-minded and know how to advance and retreat. He is a typical official image in ancient China society.

We can see the personality difference between him and Jie Jin from two things.

Jie Jin lashed out at others for taking bribes, calling them corrupt officials and collectors.

Yang Shiqi is not like this. One year, it was suggested that an official in Guangdong should be exposed to pay bribes to officials in Beijing, and all the gift lists were seized. There are many kyou-kan's names on it, but there is no Yang Shiqi's name.

Ming Xuanzong was very angry and said that these people were corrupt officials and should be severely punished. Your name is not on it, which shows that you are honest and self-sufficient. Unexpectedly, Yang Shiqi said something else. When he said this, it was not a bribe. Guangdong officials gave it to him.

They are all local products, and the officials who received the gifts were all people who went to see me off at that time, which is human nature in officialdom.

Why didn't he give it to me? Because when he left Beijing, I happened to be ill and didn't go to see him off. So the gift he gave later was not mine.

See, Yang Shiqi will say that retaining a group of officials has brought him a lot of popularity.

The second thing is that after Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, Hanwang rebelled. In fact, this rebellion was forced to reverse.

Many rebellions in the history of China were forced to reverse. The supreme ruler regards the powerful local power as an unstable factor, but it can't be eradicated, so he constantly exerts pressure to make it impossible to survive, forcing the other side to jump out and then find an excuse to get rid of it.

After the rebellion of Hanwang was pacified, it was suggested that the prince of Zhao colluded with Hanwang, so Yang Rong, a Fujian university student who was on par with Yang Shiqi at that time, immediately proposed to destroy the prince of Zhao in this situation.

Yang Shiqi resolutely opposed sending troops to clean up the prince of Zhao. He said that the emperor had only two uncles, one was Hanwang and the other was Wang Zhao. If this is done, how will the emperor face the heroes of his grandfather and father in the future?

There is no sign or evidence of Wang Zhao's rebellion. It is better to write a letter to him and let him cherish himself and do what a monarch should do.

As a result, as soon as this letter arrived, Wang Zhao personally came to Beijing to confess his sins.

Yang Shiqi is good at dealing with all kinds of relationships. He knows both sides well, but he is kind.

In principle, this is completely in line with the ancient way of governing the country.

Therefore, he was able to become a veteran of five generations, from Jianwen Emperor, Yongle Emperor, Ming Renzong and Ming Xuanzong to Ming Yingzong. He reigned for 40 years, lived for more than 80 years, and finally died in the post of Huiji.

However, some people in later generations still have objections to him, thinking that he is a cunning man, not a good man.

As a latecomer, who do you think is worth learning, Jie Jin or Yang Shiqi?

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