In 1382, at the memorial service of Queen Ma, the monk Daoyan said to him: "Your lord, the minister wants to give you a white hat." After Zhu Di heard this, his eyes flashed cold, and he lowered his voice: "Bold, do you know that this is a capital crime!"
If you were someone else, you might not be able to understand the meaning of Dao Yan's words, but who Zhu Di was, he would understand it as soon as he heard it, adding a "white" to the word "king" is "emperor", Dao Yan's meaning is obvious, this is inciting him to rebel.
But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still in power, his eldest brother Zhu Biao was the crown prince, Zhu Di respected his eldest brother, and had no intention of seeking power and usurping the throne. But that's the throne!
"Your lord, don't you have to wear a white hat if you keep filial piety to the queen?" Dao Yan is not afraid, his words are reasonable, during the period of filial piety, what do you wear without a white hat?
After a little contemplation, Zhu Di made a decision in his heart.
"What's your legal name?"
"Dao Yan. The monk knew that Zhu Di could ask this sentence to take him away.
"This king gives you the name Yao Guangxiao," Zhu Di, the king of Yan, turned around, looked at the vassal king's brothers who were still waiting outside the palace, and then looked at the golden hall, "Let this king see what you are capable of." ”
In this way, Dao Yan, as a monk, became Zhu Di's staff assistant, and entered and exited the palace as if he were in a no-man's land.
Dao Yan is a real talent, he is not only proficient in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, but also proficient in the art of yin and yang, the then physiognomy master Yuan Heng was surprised by his face, called him a "strange monk", said that he was a "murderous person".
In 1398, that is, the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, died of illness. Zhu Yuanzhang did not pass the throne to his son, but passed it to his grandson Zhu Yunwen.
After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he began to cut the feudal domain, and Zhu Di was naturally among them. Zhu Di was very annoyed by this, Zhu Di had a strong idea of rebellion in his heart, and Yao Guangxiao saw it through at a glance.
One day, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, looked at the cold winter scenery outside the window, and suddenly said casually, "The sky is cold and the ground is freezing, and the water is not frozen at all", Yao Guangxiao immediately echoed the next sentence, "The world is chaotic and the people are poor, who is in charge if the king does not come out!"
After that, Yao Guangxiao gave advice to Zhu Di, asked Zhu Di to pretend to be sick and recall his son, pretended to be crazy and stupid to deceive Emperor Jianwen, and asked him to take all the elite soldiers south to attack the city, while he and Zhu Di's princess and prince stayed in the base camp to guard the house.
When Emperor Jianwen gathered troops to block Zhu Di, Yao Guangxiao suggested that Zhu Di abandon the city on the way and take the Beijing division directly.
As Yao Guangxiao expected, the strength of the Beijing division was thin, and the defenders of the city saw that the general trend had gone, so they took advantage of the situation and directly opened the city gate. This mutiny is the famous battle of Jingjing in history, and Zhu Di won a complete victory.
In 1402, Zhu Di ascended the throne, and when rewarding his ministers, he listed Dao Yan in the first place, praising him for "contributing the most".
However, Dao Yan did not accept any reward in addition to the position of the crown prince and young master. As soon as he returned to the house, he changed into a monk's robe, and the world called him "the prime minister in black".
In 1418, Yao Guangxiao died, and Zhu Di personally wrote a Shinto inscription for him, and let him enter the Ming ancestral temple as a minister.
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