Yan Song was a famous and treacherous minister of Shunye, and a seamless square tube in the Ming Dynasty. During the Jiajing period, Yan Song became a bachelor of Wenyuange and served as the chief assistant and senior member of the cabinet. It is recorded that "Song Dynasty has no talent, only charm, stealing power is useless". It was nothing more than flattering others in order to get promoted and make a fortune; he was one of the six treacherous officials of the Ming Dynasty.
Yan Song’s skills in flattering horses are not something that ordinary people can learn. Emperors of all dynasties had some special hobbies and liked to play with fancy things, and Emperor Jiajing was no exception. He likes to refine elixirs and cultivate immortality, and writes articles and talks with immortals. This kind of article is called clear words, and the degree of difficulty is very high. It happened that Yan Song was good at writing green calligraphy, and Yan Song liked it. He was willing to be a mouse and try the "elixir of life" for the emperor.
Shen Lian, the historical prototype of Jin Yiwei in the movie Ming Dynasty, was harmed by Yan Song. Although Yan Song did many evil things, what is commendable is that he only loved one person in his life and never took concubines. But unfortunately, one day, Yan Song's wife passed away, and Yan Song was heartbroken. In order to bury his wife, Yan Song found a great physiognomist to find a beautiful place for his wife.
Although this fortune teller didn't see much of the world, he heard all kinds of bad news about Yan Song, so he wanted to kill the people. After the half-immortal received the order, after many days of searching, he finally found a geomantic treasure land. This treasure land is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is rare to see someone who has a successful case in front and a backer in the back. Although this place is good, the only drawback is that it is shipped too late, so the eighth generation descendants can make a fortune.
After Yan Song learned about this, he thought to himself: "I am already a minister, so I will have no worries in modern times. Wouldn't it be beautiful to own this beautiful land eight generations later?" So Yan Song bought the place. , asked the fortune teller to choose an auspicious day for burial. While they were digging that day, they suddenly dug up an ancient tomb. The contractor did not dare to make his own decision, so he immediately notified Yan Song. Yan Song picked up the tombstone and looked at it carefully. He suddenly fainted, foamed at the mouth and fell unconscious.
It turns out that the name of Yan Song’s ancestor was written on this tombstone, and the person buried was Yan Song’s eighth ancestor. The reason why Yan Song is a minister is because his ancestor was buried well. Yan Song happens to be the eighth generation descendant of this person. Nowadays, we all dig our own ancestral graves. After Yan Song woke up, he immediately ordered the tomb to be reburied and restored to its original state. At this time, Yan Song knew that he had been deceived and wanted to find a fortune teller to settle the score, but he couldn't find anyone.
From then on, the glorious Yan family began to decline. Two years later, the traitor Yan Song was liquidated. First, his son Yan Shifan was killed, and then he was exiled by his property owners as a beggar and lived on the streets. This is called digging your own grave and seeking your own death.