On July 6, 1399, Zhu Di raised an army in Beiping and seized the throne of Daming three years later. After he ascended to the throne, he gave several beautiful women and mansions to Yao Guangxiao, the first counselor under his command, but he did not expect that the other party "refused to resign". Zhu Di was puzzled and asked, "What are you trying to do?" ”
Zhu Di's military history is called the "Battle of Jingnan". Although it is a "rebellion", there are also many unavoidable, all of which have to mention one of his father Zhu Yuanzhang's major preferences - "cheating corpses".
Zhu Di was Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, and when he was born, he was just in time for the chaotic world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youyu fought each other inextricably, and they couldn't care about the birth of this son at all, of course, even his mother didn't have time to warm up for a moment.
Because of this, Zhu Di's birth mother has always been suspicious in the history books. In the Decree of the King of Yan, it is said: "Gu Yu bandit cai is the father and daughter of emperor Taizu Gao, the son of Empress Xiaoci Gao, the brother of the crown prince, and the head of the kings." This means that the biography of King Yan says that he was born to Empress Ma, that is, he is of the same rank as the deceased Zhu Biao, and this statement is also corroborated in the "History of Ming, Chengzu Benji", Yun: "Emperor Wen is secretive, the fourth son of Taizu." Empress Xiaocigao. ”
The distinction between concubines in feudal society is particularly important, only the sons of the right wife are concubines, and in the imperial family, only the concubines are eligible to inherit the unification, so historians believe that this is likely to be Zhu Di's fabrication in order to beautify his usurpation of power.
In the wild history, it is rumored that Concubine Qi is Zhu Di's biological mother, and it can also be glimpsed in the relevant canonical history, such as He Qiaoyuan's "Book of Min" at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Tan Qian's "Guoyu" and so on, but because it is impossible to argue 100%, So Zhu Di's birth mother has always been confused.
In the twenty-seventh year of Zhengzheng (1367), after Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to ascend the throne, he remembered that his sons were still waiting to be given names. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang: "Yang Chengxiande, since the raising of the army, crossed the river and gave birth to seven children." In the name of thanking the ancestors for their protection, Zhu Di, who was 7 years old, finally had his own name.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he successively did two "fraudulent corpses" things, one of which became the fuse of the "Battle of Jingnan". He first revived the previous martyrdom of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then in 1370 he adopted an edict: "The way to rule the world, we must build a feudal screen, defend the country, and live in peace." "The sub-sealing system that has been lost in China for many years will be reactivated." Therefore, Zhu Di was ten years old and was crowned the King of Yan.
The first thing that Yin Zheng did after unifying China was to discuss with Li Si to abolish this sub-feudal system and then establish centralized power, which belonged to a major achievement of Qin Shi Huang. However, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on reviving it, and at that time, he was strongly opposed by Liu Bowen, but unfortunately, the opposition was ineffective.
As a result, Zhu Di had money and soldiers.
When Zhu Yunjiao became emperor and began to implement the policy of "cutting off the domain", Zhu Di, the king of Yan, saw that the days were getting worse and worse, and raised an army under the banner of "Qing Jun's side" to "Jing Difficulty".
Jing's rare victory was inseparable from the monk mentioned above, he was considered to be the first in merit, from the Yan king Zhu Di had a rebellious heart to sit on the emperor's throne, Yao Guangxiao exerted unparalleled energy.
Yao Guangxiao was a native of Wu County, Jiangsu Province, a monk at the age of 14, a famous Daoyan, who had learned the art of yin and yang since childhood, and was once commented by the Xiangshi Yuan Jue when he was traveling in the Song Mountains: "He He Yi monk, eye triangle, shaped like a sick tiger, sex will be murderous, Liu Bingzhongliu also." And this is the ideal that Yao Guangxiao pursued all his life.
At that time, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all Confucian monks to be interviewed at the Ceremonial Department, Yao Guangxiao thought that he could show his ambitions, but instead he was sent home by a monk's robe, and then his friend Gao Qi was beheaded for being guilty of writing, and Yao Guangxiao was suddenly discouraged by Old Zhu.
After Empress Ma's death, Taizu wanted to find ten monks to preach to the King of Yan, and someone took the opportunity to recommend the Daoyan monk, and in 1385, he followed Zhu Di to Beiping. As soon as the two of them saw each other, they were very happy, and Yao Guangxiao knew that his opportunity had come.
After Zhu Yunjiao ascended the throne, he began to cut the domain, and Yao Guangxiao took the opportunity to stir up Zhu Di's army and made a brilliant analysis of his current form, first of all, he proposed that the King of Yan was a thorn in Zhu Yunjiao's eye, and now the deprivation of the five kings' powers is a very obvious signal, and secondly, he starts from the actual situation: "Fu Yan, the legacy of the victorious country, and the xiong town in the north, its people learn bow horses, and the land rao jujube millet." "It is not bad to persuade Zhu Di to fight militarily, so as to strengthen Zhu Di's determination to raise troops."
When Zhu Di hesitated, Yao Guangxiao persuaded Zhu Di with xiangshu: "The great king has the spirit of a son of heaven, if he can believe me, I am willing to give you a white hat belt." This meaning is very obvious, Wang Zi put on a white hat is "Emperor", Zhu Di divination asked the Queen of Heaven, a pat on the thigh, Cheng, do it!
At that time, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was forging weapons day and night in the palace, and on June 7, 1399, Zhu Di gathered his troops to prepare for the oath ceremony, and as a result, the weather suddenly changed and the wind suddenly rose. Zhu Di, who was already weak-minded, began to wonder whether he had violated the Heavenly Rules and retreated, and Yao Guangxiao stood up and gave Zhu Di a strong shot: "The dragon flies in the sky, from the wind and rain, the tile falls, and the yellow will be easy." ”
After some explanation by him, this ominous omen became an auspicious emissary of the troops. Therefore, under the influence of Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di finally raised an army in Beiping on July 6, and the war between his uncle and nephew broke out completely.
At the final stage of the siege, Zhu Di again wanted to rest his troops, and Yao Guangxiao persuaded him that he should quickly take the Jing Division, and it was with his suggestion that Zhu Di took the throne on July 17, 1402.
In order to commend the merits of the Daoyan monk, Zhu Di rewarded him with beautiful women and mansions and ordered him to grow his hair to contribute to the imperial court, but he refused one by one. Yao Guangxiao still lived in the monastery, wearing official clothes when he went to the dynasty, changed monks' clothes when he went down, and distributed the gold and silver he received to his clan compatriots.
Yao Guangxiao followed Zhu Di for 20 years, and worked hard to help him win the world, Zhu Di still couldn't understand what this monk wanted?
In 1418, Yao Guangxiao fell seriously ill and could not go to the court, and died shortly after, at the age of 84. Zhu Di was grateful for his merits and allowed him to deserve the Taimiao Temple. Unfortunately, in 1531, the Jiajing Emperor kicked him out of the Taimiao Temple.
Throughout Yao Guangxiao's life, he may just be unwilling to bury what he has learned, the picture is to help complete a period of imperial hegemony with his life's ambition, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him a chance, he stirred up the Yan King to create opportunities himself...
