A battle of Jingnan almost changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty, zhu Yuanzhang painstakingly arranged the Jiangshan for his grandson Emperor Jianwen, but let Zhu Di pick up a big leak. Some people say that this war is a contest between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunjiao, and the stakes are Daming's Jiangshan. But in fact, this statement is not appropriate, because from a certain point of view, Zhu Di and Zhu Yunjiao are just a chess piece on the chessboard, and the person who plays chess is the final real winner, a monk whose wisdom is close to the demon.
Jiangnan caizi, escape into the empty door
Jiangsu has been the land of wuhua tianbao since ancient times, especially in the Ming Dynasty, and it is a generation of talents and beauty. Yao Guangxiao also grew up in this Jiangnan poetry and book atmosphere since childhood. "Gong shi shan shu, proficient in Confucianism", although he came from a medical family, he did not have half an interest in hanging pot Ji Shi. Spend all day visiting celebrities, making friends from all over the world, and talking about poetry and scriptures. Although his parents hoped that he would inherit the family business, they could not control Yao Guangxiao's uneasy heart.
In 1348, there was a small sensation in Suzhou, and almost everyone was talking about one thing, and the 14-year-old grand duke of the Yao family ran to Miaozhi'an to become a monk. The Yao family has been practicing medicine for generations and spreading good ways, and Yao Guangxiao was a young talent with a small reputation in Suzhou at that time. However, this promising brother suddenly saw through the red dust and became a monk, which made others unable to understand.
Traveling in all directions, ambitions are leaking
If monks should stay in monasteries and chant sutras and chant Buddhas, then Yao Guangxiao is definitely another kind of person. Since his ordination, Yao Guangxiao (姚廣孝) of the Dharma Daoyan had not spent a single day in the Myoji-an. He took his robes, took his staff, and said goodbye to the abbot, saying that he would travel the world. Yao Guangxiao traveled all over the mountains and rivers, visiting the four high-ranking people, not only seeking to teach Confucianism and Taoism, but also learning the art of war with the Taoist priest Xi Yingzhen. Xi Yingzhen also saw that this monk wanted more than just Dharma and Taoism, he had greater ambitions.
While traveling through the Song Mountains, Yao Guangxiao met a xiangshi named Yuan Jue. Yuan Jue looked at Yao Guangxiao for a long time and said a sentence that affected Yao Guangxiao's life, "What a monk!" Eye triangle, shaped like a sick tiger, sex will be murderous, Liu Bingzhongliu also.". Yuan Jue thought that the monk in front of him was the next Liu Bingzhong, so who was Liu Bingzhong? He was also a monk in the Yuan Dynasty, and even a wise man around Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, who participated in military and political affairs as a cloth cloth. Yao Guangxiao smiled, in this world, there is finally a confidant who can see through his true thoughts.
Lay out your life and choose your goals
In 1375, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the recruitment of monks who were proficient in Confucianism, and although Yao Guangxiao came in response to the edict, he missed his position with the monks. It was not until 5 years later that Yao Guangxiao entered the Celestial Realm Temple and obtained a position. This time the small waves also made Yao Guangxiao understand a truth, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is high above, is not his ideal goal, and should look for a more suitable candidate to achieve his life ambitions.
And this most suitable candidate is Zhu Di, the King of Yan. In 1382, due to the opportunity of Empress Ma's death, as a senior monk in charge of chanting prayers and blessings, Yao Guangxiao met Zhu Di, who came to mourn, which was a meeting that affected the history of the Ming Dynasty. After the national funeral, Zhu Di made a not excessive request to Zhu Yuanzhang, asking Yao Guangxiao to return to Beiping with him.
Behind the scenes, promote the difficulties
Yao Guangxiao, who arrived in Beiping, was still a monk to others. But for Zhu Di, Yao Guangxiao is the wizard who can see through this world the most. Every night when the lights of the Yan King's Mansion were bright, the people under them knew that it was the Yan King and the Daoyan monks who were "discussing the Tao".
In 1398, Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, died, and Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jianwen. This successor, who had been cultivated by Zhu Yuanzhang with all his painstaking efforts, began his own imperial power plot as soon as he ascended the throne. Zhu Yunjiao's strategy of cutting the domain was fierce, and some of the clan kings were convicted one after another, abolished the clan state, and even forced to commit suicide, and the other clan kings were also afraid that they would become victims of the next cut of the clan.
Zhu Di quickly summoned Yao Guangxiao and asked him how he should protect himself. Yao Guangxiao's answer surprised Zhu Di, and the four words "rebellion" made Zhu Di feel that although he had always believed that Yao Guangxiao was a great talent, he still underestimated the monk's real city government. "Today's imperial court is deeply popular with the people, how can there be a chance of victory in rebellion?" "The subject only knows the Way of Heaven, regardless of the people's hearts." Zhu Di and Fang Xiaoru looked at each other, and the answer in both sides' hearts should be very clear. Yao Guangxiao was afraid that Zhu Di still had concerns, so he found his old friend Yuan Jue, and gave Zhu Di a calculation, and the gua elephant was self-evident, and Zhu Di no longer hesitated and decided to raise an army.
Strategizing, the first meritorious minister
In 1399, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, raised an army in Beiping, known as the "Fengtian Jing Difficulty". Yao Guangxiao also walked to the front of the stage for the first time and became a wise man and strategist for Zhu Di. In the Battle of Jingnan, Yao Guangxiao also really let the world see his omnipotence. In October, Li Jinglong, the commander of the Southern Army, took advantage of Zhu Di's attack on Daning and led an army to besiege Beiping, and Yao Guangxiao assisted Zhu Gaozi, the son of the Prince of Yan, to hold the city, and finally attacked the Southern Army with Zhu Di inside and outside.
In this life-and-death war, Zhu Di can be described as obedient to Yao Guangxiao. The siege of Jinan for Three months was fruitless, and Yao Guangxiao wrote a letter to "Shi Laoyi, please class teacher", and Zhu Di was immediately a class teacher. When Zhu Di was planning to take a temporary rest, Yao Guangxiao made another statement, asking Zhu Di to take advantage of the emptiness of Nanjing and capture the thief first. In the end, Zhu Di led an army to conquer Nanjing, and the first battle was successful.
The Minister of Monks, the Prime Minister in Black
In 1402, Zhu Di succeeded to the throne as emperor in Nanjing, and was also greatly rewarded to Yao Guangxiao, and the courtesy was great. However, Yao Guangxiao refused the mansion, palace maid, gold and silver that Zhu Di had given him, and also refused Zhu Di's gift to let him grow his hair and return the world. In this way, Yao Guangxiao still maintained the identity of a monk, living in the temple, alone.
But the monk did not settle down, and he also liked to make a fuss. He assisted the crown prince in overseeing the country and taught the emperor's eldest grandson. Responsible for the relocation of the capital and the repair of the Yongle Ceremony. He became a true pillar of the imperial court during the Yongle years and was known as the "Black-clad Prime Minister". In 1418, Yao Guangxiao died of illness at Qingshou Temple, and Zhu Di abolished the dynasty for two days, personally writing a tombstone for Yao Guangxiao, and also allowing Yao Guangxiao to enjoy the offerings of the Ming ancestral temple. And Yao Guangxiao, who entered the Mingzu Temple as a courtier, was the first and only one.
Indifferent to fame and fortune, where is the ambition
A person who does one thing must have a plan. But Yao Guangxiao, it is difficult for you to say clearly what he is trying to do. He instigated Zhu Di to rebel and turned the Daming Mountains upside down, but after he achieved fame, he still insisted on being a monk with no desires and no desires, and rejected the high-ranking official Houlu. He does not seek power, he does not seek profit.
But he was also not a man with a heart of life, for the sake of Zhu Di alone, he promoted the Battle of Jingnan, so that the people of the world once again suffered in the war. Yao Guangxiao naturally did not have any good reputation left, and it could be seen that he did not want to be famous.
So what does Yao Guangxiao really want? Maybe as Yuan Jue said, he wants to become the second Liu Bingzhong. Yao Guangxiao's wisdom is close to the demon, and his ambition is also close to the demon, treating the world as a chess game to show his ability, the two generations of kings of the Ming Dynasty as his own bet, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers as his pawns. All Yao Guangxiao wants is to prove himself to himself, which is a real ambitionist who can play the game of the world.