Yan Shifan, played by Han Dong in "Under the Golden Dress", because his appearance is too high, although he is a villain role, he has also received the attention of the audience. The Yan Shifan in the play is indeed beautified, and the historical Yan Shifan (Yan Shifan's real name) is not so handsome, but still a fat man.
The historical Yan Shifan is also a big bad guy, his father Yan Song is one of the six traitors of the Ming Dynasty, under the "infection" of his father, Yan Shifan is more hateful than his father.
Because of Yan Song's reasons, Yan Shifan successfully entered the career path without passing the imperial examination, and by virtue of Yan Song's fame, he first entered the Guozi Prison to study and became an official. The official positions were moved to Shang Baosi Shaoqing and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works. Yan Shifan's promotion to the rank was very smooth, and he was also deeply loved by the Jiajing Emperor. Yan Shifan also has his own skills, he is knowledgeable and strong, familiar with the canonical system, well versed in economic affairs, and energetic, can do a lot of drama. The most outstanding point is that he is very good at guessing the emperor's likes and dislikes, so the cunning and witty Yan Shifan can win the praise and trust of the Jiajing Emperor many times. At that time, Yan Shifan was also known as the "First Ghost Talent of Jiajing".
In addition, it has to be said that Yan Shifan has a "good father". Yan Song was an official in the dynasty, and his reuse was also based on pandering to the emperor's preferences to be liked by the emperor. Later he controlled the entire situation, and almost all the officials were his henchmen. However, Yan Song was very old, and many times he did not have the spirit to handle government affairs. So later, when he pledged that things needed to be adjudicated, it was up to Yan Shifan to give him a ruling. At that time, Yan Song would always say such a sentence: "Wait until I discuss with the children in the East Building."
Yan Song
And every time Yan Shifan made a ruling on behalf of his father, he catered to the wishes of the Jiajing Emperor, so the Jiajing Emperor not only did not blame Yan Song's father and son, but also praised Yan Shifan many times. Yan Song simply handed over all the administrative affairs to Yan Shifan, who for a while "power overwhelmed the world".
Yan Shifan, who had gained power, also controlled the selection and promotion of officials in the court with Yan Song. Officials are no big or small, all have pricing, do not look at the reputation and ability of officials, everything is subject to the bribery of officials. In this way, as long as there is money, you can become an official, and Yan Shifan also uses various means to loot. Yan Song's father and son also made a lot of money because of this, and Yan Shifan hid all the money and wealth from the illegal way in the cellar and let Yan Song come to watch. After Yan Song saw so much money, he felt that a catastrophe was coming.
Not only that, although Yan Song was treacherous, he only had one wife in his life, and he accompanied his wife until he was old. As for Yan Shifan, there were twenty-seven wives and concubines in the family, and there were countless other handmaidens and servants. His absurdity and the many evil things he did made the people hate him. Many loyal ministers repeatedly exposed the crimes of Yan Song and Yan Shifan, but they were stopped by their father and son.
Many times they were not only not questioned by the emperor, but the loyal subjects who reported them were deposed, and even executed and exiled. However, retribution will come after all, when Yan Shifan was 53 years old, all the evidence of the crime was exposed, and Yan Shifan was finally convicted and beheaded shortly after.