Around the founding emperors of ancient times, there was a half-immortal and a military master, and even if there was none, the literary works of later generations would also shape one. Zhu Yuanzhang had Liu Bowen by his side, and even Zhu Di, the King of Yan, had a Daoyan monk Yao Guangxiao by his side, which was the reason why both father and son could vigorously do a career. Facts have proved that those founding emperors who have military divisions around them and are willing to listen to the advice of military masters can often achieve the final victory.
I remember browsing Yao Xueyan's "Biography of Li Zicheng" before, there was such a scene, summarized as follows: Li Zicheng directly smashed the Yellow Dragon, succeeded in one fell swoop, and his subordinates said to him: The Han Dynasty had 500 years under the heavens, and we must have at least 400 years! Li Zicheng looked solemn, pondered and said: Look at my humble origins, if there are 200 years of Guozuo, I will be satisfied. However, Li Zicheng did not have a master around him to give him advice, and after entering the capital, he did a series of missteps, and was driven away after dozens of days. Not only did he not have a military division, but he also killed Li Yan in vain, so how could he accomplish anything?
Zhu Di, not only had Yao Guangxiao by his side, but also attracted some other half-immortal military divisions, such as Yuan's father and son: Yuan Jue and Yuan Zhongche. Needless to say, Yao Guangxiao not only planned everything for Zhu Di, but also deduced the future national fortunes for Zhu Di. This is vividly interpreted in "Daming Style".
When Zhu Di raised his army, he was hesitant, after all, he was usurping the throne, and he was afraid that he would eventually fail and be discredited, so he asked Yao Guangxiao: The hearts of the people in the world do not know who they will turn to. Yao Guangxiao said: Just care about the Heavenly Dao, don't care about humanity. This means that as long as you work hard, you have the possibility of success, and if you have too many worries and throw rat traps, you are likely to fail.
Zhu Di had such a military division, and it was impossible to think that he would not succeed. Yao Guangxiao was good at calculation, while Yuan Jue, another master under Zhu Di, was good at looking at faces, and no matter who asked him to look at it, there was no inaccuracy. When Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, Yuan Jue and Yao Guangxiao had met, and When Yuan Jue saw Yao Guangxiao, he was shocked and said, "What a monk!" The eyes are triangular, the look is like a sick tiger, and it will be murderous, and Liu Bingzhong and the like are also. This means that Yao Guangxiao is a fierce-hearted person with the talent of Wang Zuo. (Liu Bingzhong was the founding military division of the Yuan Dynasty)
Yuan Jue (袁珙), a resident of Liuzhuang , whose xiangshu was collected in the "Liuzhuang Shenxiang", was compiled by his son Yuan Zhongche. Yuan Zhongche inherited his father's technology and was also a good looker. Legend has it that their father and son had shown hundreds of officials in the royal palace and the imperial court, and they were very accurate every time. However, Yuan Zhongche was compared with his father, and although his xiangshu was not bad, his character was not good, so he offended many officials in the court, even the then crown prince Zhu Gaozi, who was offended by him.
Although Zhu Gaoxu was crown prince, his position was always threatened by Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han. The King of Han was physically strong and brave on the battlefield, but he was not a concubine. And Zhu Gaozi relied on the status of a concubine, although he was obese and in poor health, he finally retained the position of prince. Zhu Di, like Zhu Yuanzhang, was very capable of living, so Zhu Gaozi almost didn't wait for the time.
In the twenty-second year of Yongle (1424), Zhu Di died, and in September Zhu Gaozi succeeded to the throne, reigning until May of the first year of Hongxi (1425), with the era name Hongxi, and only served as emperor for less than a year. After Zhu Gaozi succeeded to the throne, he wanted to clean up a few people who had not dealt with him before, and Yuan Zhongche was one of them, and sent someone to arrest Yuan Zhongche. Yuan Zhongche took out gold and silver bribes and said: The emperor wants to kill me, I have no opinion, but I ask for a 20-day forgiveness. The person who came to report to the emperor in the name of the emperor planned to delay for 20 days. Unexpectedly, before it was 20 days, Zhu Gaozi died. When the news came, the new emperor Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, so Yuan Zhongche escaped the disaster.