First: Personal life, early success history, how to follow King Yan 1: Yao Guangxiao’s personal life and growth experience. According to historical records, Yao Guangxiao was a native of Changzhou, which is now Suzhou, Jiangsu. His family originally practiced medicine for generat

Yao Guangxiao was a famous official of the generation who assisted Ming Chengzu Zhu Di in his final victory. He had a keen eye for recognizing heroes, and he took a liking to King Yan Zhu Di at a glance. With his careful assistance, it took only four years to oust his nephew Emperor Jianwen. It can be said that without Yao Guangxiao, it would be difficult for Yan King Zhu Di to successfully seize the throne. First: Personal life, early success history, how to follow King Yan 1: Yao Guangxiao’s personal life and growth experience According to historical records, Yao Guangxiao was a native of Changzhou, which is now Suzhou, Jiangsu. His family had been practicing medicine for generations. .

In the eighth year of Zhizheng, Yao Guangxiao, who was only 14 years old, shaved his head and became a monk. His Buddhist name was also Daoyan. Later, he followed Xi Yingzhen to learn the art of yin and yang and was quite successful. Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty . In the Hongwu eight years, Zhu Yuanzhang asked all monks who were proficient in Confucianism to come to the Ministry of Rites for interviews. Yao Guangxiao was summoned by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang as a Confucian monk. He was appointed to the capital, but was not granted any general official position and was only given a monk's robe.

2: Monk Daoyan gave King Yan a white hat and secretly helped him become emperor. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Queen Ma died. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang chose to accompany these vassal kings. At that time, King Yan Zhu Di was ordered to come to observe filial piety, but was secretly made things difficult by Fang Xiaoru and others. It was Monk Daoyan who helped him out. Once in the woods, Monk Daoyan said that he would give King Yan a white hat.

Zhu Di was a very smart person, and he quickly understood that a king plus a white character is the emperor; in addition, he also gave Zhu Di nine characters, "Consolidate the foundation, recruit talents, and build extraordinary achievements." The general meaning is to let Zhu Di keep the foundation of his hometown and continue to recruit many talents to his account, so that he can achieve great things. 3: Yao Guangxiao made Zhu Di determined to embark on the path of rebellion. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang died, and Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne as emperor.

At the beginning, he followed the suggestions of Huang Zicheng and others to implement the policy of reducing the vassal state. Five kings including King Zhou, King Dai, and King Qi were convicted, and the vassal state was abolished. Yao Guangxiao persuaded Zhu Di to raise troops. Zhu Di said: "The people all support the imperial court, what should we do?" Yao Guangxiao said: "I only know the number of days and don't care about the people's hearts." After that, he recommended Gaogong and other fortune-tellers, which made Zhu Di gradually make up his mind. Determined to rebel. He used the excuse of pretending to be crazy to train soldiers and horses in the backyard, forge weapons, and use chickens and ducks to cover up his voice.

Second: The Battle of Jingnan He made extraordinary achievements and assisted Zhu Di in governing the government 1: The Battle of Jingnan, Monk Dao Yan, made an indispensable contribution, and persuaded Zhu Di to attack Nanjing directly In June of the first year of Jianwen , the guards of the Prince of Yan reported Zhu Di rebelled, and the court ordered the arrest of King Yan's family members. commanded to secretly report the letter to Zhu Di. Only then did he decide to appease and raise troops. First, he led 800 soldiers to seize the nine gates of and in Peking. The troops behind them were directed at Jinan, but unfortunately they could not capture it for a long time.

His own general Zhang Yu also died in this battle, which made Zhu Di very angry. Finally, Yao Guangxiao suggested to Zhu Di not to attack other places, but to attack the capital directly. Most of the imperial court's military forces were deployed to encircle and suppress Beiping. Not long after, the Yan army invaded Nanjing, and Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen disappeared.

2: Assisted Zhu Di in governing the government. Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty gave him an official position, but Zhu Di was able to raise troops to seize the throne in the Jingnan Campaign. The "Prime Minister in Black" Yao Guangxiao was indispensable. When he entered Beijing, Zhu Di appointed him as the monk Lu Si Zuo Shanshi. Yongle In the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di worshiped Yao Guangxiao as the prince's young master. Later, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, asked Yao Guangxiao to return to secular life with his hair, but he sternly refused. He was given an official residence and a beautiful woman, but Yao Guangxiao still refused to accept it and just lived in the temple. Wear court clothes when you go to court, and change back into monk clothes after leaving court. When he went to Suzhou and Huzhou to provide disaster relief, he distributed all the gold he received to the clan members and villagers.

3: Help Zhu Di compile the most wonderful book in ancient and modern times " Yongle Dadian " Anyone who is familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty knows that Zhu Di has a huge achievement in culture, which is the compilation of the most extraordinary book in ancient and modern times "Yongle Dadian".At first, when Zhu Di was in the early years of Yongle, he asked Jiejin to compile the book, which was completed in the second year of Yongle. After reading it, Zhu Di was very dissatisfied. The content in the book was very limited, and most of it were classical books cited by Confucianism .

So the next year, Zhu Di ordered Yao Guangxiao to continue compiling the book, which lasted three or four years. In the sixth year of Yongle, it was officially published, and the name was "Yongle Dadian." When people today talk about Yao Guangxiao, they often refer to him. Compare with Liu Bowen . Both of them were famous civil servants in the early Ming Dynasty, assisting Zhu Yuanzhang and his son to create the prosperous Ming Dynasty. What is even more commendable is that in 1348, Zhu Yuanzhang ended his begging life in the past few years and returned to Huangjue Temple.

At this time, Yao Guangxiaozheng decided to become a monk. One became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty , and the other assisted the unparalleled geniuses to achieve hegemony.

Third: The evaluation of Yao Guangxiao, the prime minister in black, by celebrities in the past

1: Zhu Di’s pertinent evaluation of Yao Guangxiao, the founder of Ming Dynasty, was the first person to evaluate Yao Guangxiao, because he died in front of Zhu Di. He once commented on Yao Guang's filial piety and magnanimous spirit, but his heart was filled with turmoil. The name of the Buddha at the beginning was Daoyan. He devoted himself to inner scriptures, played passionately and maturely, greatly promoted the sect's style, and bypassed Confucianism. No one in the hundreds of schools of thought did not know this. His articles are also majestic and unique, and his poems are simple and elegant, far surpassing those of others. Many celebrities and knights also admired and praised his ability, but these people were not as good as him. It can be said that this evaluation should come to an end, and it is indeed worthy of this comment.

2: Evaluation of Ming Dynasty thinker Li Zhi Gu Yanwu and others. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a very famous politician emerged, named Li Zhi. He commented on Yao Guangxiao: "For more than two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, people have been recuperating and recuperating, and it has been passed down to the present. When scholars are content with keeping warm, and people forget their wars, they should rely on the contributions of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and Yao Guangxiao, the prime minister in black." Another Gu Yanwu commented on Yao Guangxiao. , saying that his talent is no less than Wang Yangming . You must know that Wang Yangming is no ordinary person. He is a famous great sage in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. He can be said to be both civilized and military.

3: Zhang Tingyu, an official of the Qing Dynasty, spoke highly of Yao Guangxiao. We all know that the History of the Ming Dynasty was compiled by the Qing Dynasty, and the main compiler was Zhang Tingyu. He commented on Yao Guangxiao: "Emperor Hui inherited the power left by Taizu, and the country's power was beginning to rise. People heard the announcement and everyone was convinced. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, rose up to launch an attack and risked the disapproval of the world to seize the world. It is not a foolproof plan. You know." They all relied on Yao Guangxiao to plot, and he made the final decision on all major matters. It took only four years to conquer the world, and most of the credit goes to Yao Guangxiao.