After Emperor Yuanxianzong declared himself emperor, he gave the rich Central Plains to his younger brother Kublai Khan to take charge. Kublai Khan was overjoyed, threw a feast, and raised a glass of celebration with his staff. Hanchen Yao Shu said, "This place is not good, once you want it, there will be endless troubles!" ”
In the power struggle of the Mongol royal family, Möngke Yuanxianzong won the final victory and won the position of Great Khan of the Mongol Khan. In order to better control the world, Möngke decided to entrust the military and political affairs of the southern Han Dynasty to his favored brother Kublai Khan.
Kublai Khan, who had long had the heart to break into the world, received such a generous reward from the brother of the Great Khan and was in a good mood, he set up a banquet, feasted on his staff, and everyone raised a glass to celebrate. In the midst of the interplay, Kublai Khan saw that the Khan's minister Yao Shu was sitting alone in the seat, silent.
Kublai Khan looked at the expressionless Yao Shu and was shocked, and when the feast was over, he left Yao Shu alone. Kublai Khan asked Yao Shu why everyone was happy together, but he was sullen and unhappy?
When Yao Shu saw Kublai Khan leave him behind, his heart was already secretly happy, and when he saw Kublai Khan ask him the reason, he was even more pleased, and he waited for Kublai Khan to ask him this question. Yao Shu replied, "For example, the place with the most extensive land, the largest number of people, and the greatest wealth today has not yet surpassed the Central Plains." Now that the Great Khan had asked the Great King to take over the military and political affairs of the Central Plains, the Great Khan had no place to intervene in the Central Plains. As soon as someone goes to the Side of the Great Khan and slanders you, the Great Khan will certainly be suspicious of you and take back your power. ”
After Kublai Khan listened, cold sweat rippled, and Yao Shu was extremely worried that if he was careless in this matter, then in the end it would be a bamboo basket to draw water, and he had to act cautiously.
Kublai Khan asked Yao Shu again, is there a good way to resolve it? Yao Shu took advantage of the situation to propose to Kublai Khan: "The Great King should return the administrative affairs of the Central Plains to the Great Khan, only responsible for the military power of the Central Plains, and let the Great Khan send people to take charge, so that the Great King is in charge." ”
Kublai Khan, who suddenly realized, according to Yao Shu's good strategy, returned all the administrative affairs of the Central Plains to Möngke, and Möngke's hanging heart could finally fall. It should be known that he handed over the military affairs of the Central Plains to his younger brother Kublai Khan for a moment of amusement, and later after thinking about it, he regretted it, but the words had been exported, and it was difficult to harvest the water.
Kublai Khan's knowledge made Möngke greatly reassure him, and he also gave great support to Kublai Khan's work in the Central Plains later. The following year after Kublai Khan took over the military power in the Central Plains, Möngke Han dafa had the same surname, and asked Kublai Khan to choose a place in Guanzhong and Nanjing as his fiefdom.
Kublai Khan summoned a group of advisers to discuss which place to choose as his fiefdom. Yao Shu advised Kublai Khan: "Guanzhong lives deep in the hinterland, the terrain is dangerous, the land is fertile, and Nanjing is shallow in comparison, and it is close to the Yellow River, surrounded by saline and alkali land." ”
Through Yao Shu's two comparisons, the balance in Kublai Khan's heart naturally tilted toward Guanzhong. After Kublai Khan chose Guanzhong as his fiefdom, Möngke believed that Guanzhong was sparsely populated, and he was afraid that the wealth obtained would not be enough for Kublai Khan to use, so he also assigned the area around Huaimeng, which was also sparsely populated, to Kublai Khan's fiefdom.
Kublai Khan recruited talents in his fiefdoms, carefully governed, and soon grew his own power, also because of his good governance, he was deeply respected by the local people. Kublai Khan, who was gradually developing and growing, soon attracted the attention of the nobles around Möngke, believing that Kublai Khan was suspected of being a high-ranking lord, so he began to charge Kublai Khan with false charges on his head, accusing the palace personnel of "usurping power for adultery." ”
These people lobbied in front of Möngke every day to slander Kublai Khan, and Möngke listened to their rumors, sent his cronies Alandar to Kublai Khan's fiefdom, set up a special agency "Hook Examination Bureau", and used economic problems to attack Kublai Khan.
With the prestige of Möngke, Alan Dale made a big fuss in Kublai Khan's fiefdom: "Once he finds out something wrong, except for Liu Heima and Shi Tianze, the two Han princes, everyone else has the right to kill without permission." ”
Alan Dale's flaunting might was clearly aimed at Kublai Khan, and his series of drastic measures made the officials in Kublai Khan's fiefs fearful. For a time, the relationship between Kublai Khan and the Möngke brothers rose to a state of tension.
Yao Shu, who was watching the fire, analyzed the current situation for Kublai Khan at a critical moment, although Möngke and Kublai Khan were brothers, but they also had the identity of a monarch, and now the monarch's brother had become suspicious of his brother who was a courtier, and the most important thing at present was to think of a way to eliminate Möngke Han's suspicion of Kublai Khan.
Yao Shu suggested that Kublai Khan send his family to Helin and live under Möngke's eyes, so as to show his heart, so that he could slowly eliminate Möngke's suspicion of him. But Kublai Khan hesitated and hesitated to make a decision.
When Yao Shu saw the situation, he had to persuade Kublai Khan again and again, and Kublai Khan finally adopted Yao Shu's suggestion, first sending envoys to see Möngke twice, indicating that he wanted to return to mobei. With Möngke's permission, Kublai Khan returned with his family to meet Möngke in Horin.
This time the meeting of the monarchs and courtiers was very different, Kublai Khan twice held wine to honor Möngke, and then respectfully returned to his position, and by the third time, Möngke's tears could not stop falling, Kublai Khan was also tearful, he wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but was stopped by Möngke's hand, and the two brothers were relieved of their previous suspicions, and they were not blamed. Möngke even ordered the removal of the "Hook Examination Bureau".
However, the brothers were relieved of their previous suspicions, but Möngke still relieved Kublai Khan of his military power and let him stay in the north of the desert. From Kublai Khan's reward of the Central Plains to his choice of a self-fiefdom, to the later elimination of Möngke's suspicion of Kublai Khan, Yao Shu used his unique wisdom and insight into human nature to give Kublai Khan advice and advice, and Kublai Khan also adopted it again and again, which enabled Kublai Khan to overcome danger many times and survive in a desperate situation.