After the victory in the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di ascended to the throne as he wished, and got everything he had dreamed of. However, at this moment, even if he ascends to the throne, he will be put on the hat of an "anti-thief", so the first thing he has to do is to try his best to "whitewash" himself and pave the way for his children and grandchildren.
In order to make himself ascend the throne, Zhu Di seemed to have some justification, and he did two things.
The first thing, he issued an order, all the rules and regulations implemented during the Jianwen Emperor's period, contrary to the system of the Hongwu period, were directly abolished, and all the rules and regulations formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang were followed; the second thing, he ordered the revision of the "Records of Taizu Shilu", which had been revised once during the Jianwen Emperor's period, but it was obvious that there were many places where Zhu Di was not satisfied, Zhu Di ordered people to add a large number of novel brushwork descriptions to this book, deliberately emphasizing Zhu Yuanzhang's love for him. As well as dissatisfaction with Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunjiao, not only that, but also portrayed Zhu Yunjiao as a treacherous villain who sought power and usurped the throne...
After solving this problem, Zhu Di began to divide the meritorious heroes, which was also a very important step! Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and others, the heroes of the "JingNan", were given the title of dukes, but they were only heroes on the battlefield, and Dao Yan, the real promoter of the Jingnan War, did not receive a reward.
The merits of Dao Yan could succeed in the First Battle of JingNan could not be ignored, but he was a very strange person. He took great pains to finally push Zhu Di to the throne of the emperor, and when it was his turn to be rewarded, he refused all the rewards. In the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di gave daoyan the title of Zishan Dafu (資善大夫), the prince Shaoshi (正二品), and restored his original name, Yao Guangxiao.
But later, Yao Guangxiao's behavior became more and more strange, Zhu Di asked him to keep his hair and return to the vulgar, he did not do it; Zhu Di rewarded him with two beauties, he did not want, he even still lived in the temple. That is to say, Yao Guangxiao painstakingly instigated Zhu Di to rebel, and also gave advice to Zhu Di, and what he asked for was never fame and fortune, gold and silver jewelry.
Is Yao Guangxiao really a person who looks down on fame and fortune? I think: Yes.
First of all, Yao Guangxiao is a wise man, and scheming is what he is best at, and he naturally understands that if he accepts the reward, any mistake in his behavior will bring him a disaster; secondly, Yao Guangxiao will not be able to achieve ambition in his life, and his only wish is to become a person like Liu Bingzhong, that is to say, Dao Yan will throw Zhu Di to rebel, just for the sake of rebellion, no matter what the outcome is.
Some people summarize Yao Guangxiao's lifelong wishes, which are actually very simple: it is enough to show the ambition in his chest and live up to what he has learned in his life.
Probably at different ages, people with different life experiences, what they value will be different. Zhu Di plotted rebellion, at a lesser point of view, he wanted to live, and on a larger level, he just wanted to be emperor; Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and others participated in the rebellion for nothing more than glory, wealth, gold, silver, and treasure; and Yao Guangxiao's rebellion against Zhu Di was only to satisfy one of his own wishes, but this wish was mixed with too many human lives.