Dao Yan was Zhu Di's first strategist, the benefactor of Zhu Gaozi and Zhu Zhanji's father and son, and the master of the Three Treasures eunuch Zheng He! Daoyan monks and disciples are all over the world, and disciples are all over the world!
1: Young monk, self-nomination of Yan Wang:
Daoyan's young name is Yao Tianxian ( 姚天僖 ), Zhu Di gave him the name Guangxiao ( 廣孝 ) , and his legal name is Daoyan ( 道延 ) , a native of Suzhou. He was a famous strategist, monk, and poet in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and the first hero of the Battle of Jingnan of Ming Chengzu. Because he often wore black monk's robes, and was highly valued by Zhu Di, he was called "Black Prime Minister" in later generations!
Dao Yan once studied at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, and the Xiangshi Yuan Jue looked at his face and said, "How can there be such a special monk!" With triangular eye sockets and a posture like a sick tiger, your nature must be fond of killing, and you are a character like Liu Bingzhong! "Dao Yan did not get angry and rejoiced after hearing it!
When Empress Ma died in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu chose high monks to serve the princes and recite the sutras for them. Dao Yan was recommended by his master Zong Yan.
Dao Yan asked for help from Zhu Di and said the famous words: He was willing to give the Yan King a white hat. Zhu Di was shocked after hearing this, and replied to his face: During the great funeral of the queen mother, the king was going to wear a white hat! The two agreed that the white character plus king was the emperor's imperial character.
Since then, Zhu Di has had the heart of an emperor.
Second: Persuade Zhu Di and raise troops to make peace:
Zhu Di made Daoyan the abbot of Qingshou Temple, which was diagonally opposite the Yan King's Mansion, and the two of them often talked in secret.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, after Zhu Yunjiao took the throne, he began to vigorously cut the domain. The Kings of Zhou, Xiang, Qi, Dai, and Min were all convicted, deposed, or forced to commit suicide. When the situation was very dangerous, Dao Yan again persuaded Zhu Di to start an incident.
Zhu Di privately selected officers to win the hearts and minds of the army. Dao Yan trained troops in the Yan King's Palace Road and built crypts surrounded by thick walls, surrounded by chickens and ducks and other animals, which were used to cover up the noise of making weapons.
In June of the first year of Jianwen, The Soldier Shangshu Qitai ordered Beipingdu to command Zhang Xin to arrest Zhu Di, but Zhang Xin informed him of the secret, and Zhu Di decided to raise an army immediately.
Suddenly, it was raining heavily, and the eaves fell to the ground. Dao Yan said, "This is a good omen. Dragons in the sky, wind and rain follow. It heralded that the king was going to replace the tiles. ”
The Ming Dynasty stipulated that the king of the clan should use green tiles and the emperor should use yellow tiles.
Dao Yan's unexpected meaning was that Zhu Di wanted to change the yellow tiles. This unites people's hearts. Those soldiers felt that it was the will of Heaven, and they had the confidence to defeat the imperial army!
Zhu Di went to Daning, and Li Jinglong besieged Beiping. Dao Yan assisted Shizi Zhu Gaozi and blocked several attacks by the imperial army, and he ordered that people be sent to sneak up on the enemy at night!
Soon Zhu Di returned to his aid, and the imperial army was defeated by the internal and external attacks of the Yan army. Li Jinglong fled in defeat.
Zhu Di besieged the city of Jinan, which was defended by Tie Xuan, for three months, and Dao Yan wrote a letter of advice: "The generals are tired, please ask the class to return." ”
There were victories and defeats between the King of Yan and the imperial army, and the imperial court could afford to drag it out, but Zhu Di couldn't afford to drag it out at all!
Three: The Art of Jumping Battle, Straight to the Beijing Division:
At the critical moment, Dao Yan said to Zhu Di: "We can no longer attack the city to consume time, but we should directly attack the Beijing Division." The guards of the Beijing Division are few and weak, and they will be able to attack with a single blow. "Zhu Di is the King of Yan and Zhu Yunjiao is the Emperor. Zhu Di was his imperial uncle, as long as he occupied the Jingshi, other powerful factions that were in the middle of the wait-and-see would turn to Zhu Di, and it could be seen that Dao Yan was extremely intelligent and had unique insights in his eyes!
Zhu Di listened to his advice and defeated the imperial army at Shuishui and Lingbi, and crossed the Yangtze River into Jingshiyingtian.
Dao Yan advised Zhu Di: "On the day the city is destroyed, Fang Xiaoru will not surrender, but please do not kill him, if you kill him, the world's reading seeds (metaphorically for generations of readers) will be extinct." ”！ Fang Xiaoru would not surrender, and Zhu Di was furious and destroyed the Ten Clans of the Fang Family. Zhu Di threw Dao Yan's advice out of the Cloud of Nine Heavens!
Fourth: Revise the famous works and mourn the glory behind them:
Although Zhu Di did not listen to Dao Yan's words, he was made a high official. Dao Yan was appointed as the head of the Monk's Record Division, and was also appointed as the Grand Master of Zishan and the Young Master of the Crown Prince, and Zhu Di also allowed him to return to the world! Zhu Di also gave him a house and a palace maid, but Dao Yan did not accept it.
Daoyan also accepted Zheng He as a disciple of the Bodhisattva, and Daoyan lived in the temple, dressed in official clothes, and continued to wear robes after retiring from the dynasty. Dao Yan returned to Suzhou and gave the silver and cloth he had been given to the villagers.
Dao Yan presided over the revision of the Ming Taizu Shilu and the revision of the Yongle Canon with Xie Jin and others!
In the fifth year of Yongle, the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji went out of the cabinet to study, and Daoyan served as his teacher.
Dao Yan returned to his hometown to visit his friends and relatives, and when he arrived at his sister's house, his sister avoided seeing him; visiting his friend Wang Bin, Wang Bin shouted while running: "The monk is wrong, the monk is wrong (the monk is wrong!). The monk is mistaken! ）。 Dao Yan ran to see his sister again, and her sister scolded him. Dao Yan felt the taste of rebellion and separation.
In the Battle of Jingnan, many innocent loyalists, soldiers, and civilians died in the war. Many people have put the blame on Daoyan.
Hit by this blow, Dao Yan became ill. He died shortly after at the age of 84!
After Zhu Gaozi ascended the throne, he praised Dao Yan for his meritorious service to the dynasty, and "conspired with Emperor Wen Zhu Di to determine great difficulties and achieve great achievements"! And match DaoYan with The Taimiao Temple of Emperor Taizong Zhu Di!
Dao Yan was able to "be born with his wealth, and accompany him to his devotion when he dies"!
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