Everything about Yan Song Ming Dynasty totally explained
Yan Song (
Chinese: 嚴嵩;
pinyin: Yán Sōng;
1481 -
1568),
courtesy name: Weizhong (惟中),
pseudonym: Jiexi (介溪), was a corrupt
Ming Chinese prime minister who became a homeless pauper.
Biography
Born in
Fenyi (分宜),
Jiangsu province, Yan was skilled in
poetry and whose works are in
The Collection at Ling Mountain House (鈐山堂集 Lingshantang Ji).
Yan Song was the prime minister who had served under the
emperor Jia Jing. He and his son
Yan Shifan had dominated court politics with the tacit consent of the fatuous monarch who shirked his responsibilities as emperor and devoted much of his time to sensual pleasures and
Taoist practices. Under Yan Song, the nation fell into an era of moral decadence and corruption, where righteous officers were sidelined and the Ming national strength fell rapidly. Yan Song's wealth is said to be so rich that it's said to be comparable to that of the emperor. He is also well known for his corruption and had been known to openly sell government positions for cash during the Jia Qing reign. However, his corruption and treachery had also incurred the indignation of righteous officers and created many political opponents. Yan Song was finally disgraced in his later years and died in poverty not long after that, while his son, the infamous Yan Shifan, was executed for collaborating with Japanese pirates who invaded Chinese coastal provinces at the time.
He was the subject of the
Chinese opera called
Beating Yan Song (打嚴嵩 Dǎ Yán Sōng).
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