Those things in the Ming Dynasty (full) Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 1 The Great Emperor Hongwu _ Chapter 25: Zhu Di in Waiting: Zhu Di's Pain
Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 1 The Great Emperor Hongwu _ Chapter 25: Zhu Di in Waiting: Zhu Di's Pain
Zhu Di actually didn't want to rebel. He wanted to be emperor, but he didn't want to rebel.
This seems to be a contradictory proposition, but in fact it is not. From the perspective of the relationship between rights and obligations, being an emperor is a right, and rebellion is an obligation, because for those who were born in the wrong child or were born late
, if you want to enjoy your rights, you must fulfill your obligations.
From an economic point of view, the cost of rebellion is too high, and it is easy to lose money. According to past data, those who lose money usually end up dead. I believe that Zhu Di read the history books carefully before the rebellion. Through the ages, the Five Hus and the Ten
Small dynasties such as the Six Kingdoms and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are also included. Princes who were able to successfully rebel can be counted on their fingers, probably even without using their toes.
If we narrow the scope a little further and only count unification eras like the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di will be pleasantly surprised to find that the current record is still zero. And Zhu Di does not seem to be very confident about breaking this record. If someone tells Zhu Di, out of
A sum of money would allow him to rebel, and if the rebellion failed, he would just have to pay the money. It is estimated that Zhu Di would be able to get enough money even if he seeks a bank loan.
It is a pity that there is no such opportunity in this world, and there is no such guarantor. For Zhu Di, the cost of rebellion is too great. Back then, Zhu Chongba died, his parents were dead, he had nothing to live on, and he had to live alone.
With enough to feed the whole family, no legitimate job, and no bank savings, he was simply born to be a rebel. But even so, he was still thinking and hesitating before rebelling.
Zhu Di is different. He comes from a royal family, has his own house, wife and children, and has hundreds of thousands of people under his command, who are always ready to obey his orders. The palace has all kinds of leisure and entertainment facilities. If you want to find some excitement, just turn left and you can get there.
I met my neighbors, the Mongols, and got addicted to the war. But if the rebellion failed, my house, women, children, and subordinates would all be gone, and my life would certainly be in danger.
Doing a business like this really requires careful consideration.
Because once you embark on this path, you cannot look back.
At this time, there was a person who broke Zhu Di's hesitation and changed his destiny.
Zhu Di was still hesitating, but Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, two important ministers of Emperor Jianwen, were already ready to take action. It is funny to say that although these two people are both scholars, they imitated each other and gave advice to the kings, saying that they would be destroyed today.
This, we will settle that tomorrow, and a dispute soon broke out. But both of them were very conceited. One claimed to be full of strategies, and the other considered himself to be very resourceful, and neither one accepted the other.
In fact, there was no need for them to argue, because the best counselor in the world at that time was someone else, and what was even more unfortunate was that this person was their enemy, the person who changed Zhu Di's fate.
another monk
In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang selected ten monks from among the people and planned to distribute them to the vassal princes to give lectures and recommend blessings. For these monks who were not peaceful at heart, choosing which prince to follow became an important matter.
Before the arrival of the feudal kings, the monks discussed which one was richer, which one was more powerful, and which place had good water and soil.
Only a monk named Dao Yan remained unmoved and seemed not to care about this, but in fact, he was more excited than anyone else because he had been waiting for this opportunity and that person for a long time.
After a while, the feudal princes came in, and the noisy monks immediately fell silent. They knew that the moment to decide their fate had arrived.
Daoyan saw the person he was waiting for out of the corner of his eye. He was finally here!
Zhu Di walked along with a signature smile. He did not pay attention to Dao Yan. Just when he was about to pass by, the silent monk suddenly spoke: "Your Highness, King Yan, I am willing to follow you."
Zhu Di was stunned. He looked back at the self-recommended monk, smiled slightly, and asked something that seemed necessary: "Why?"
"The poor monk has a great gift for you."
Zhu Di was really interested now. As a vassal king, he could get whatever he wanted. What other gifts could this poor monk give him?
"Oh, He Li?"
It’s the critical moment, no more hesitation, this gift will definitely impress him!
"If your Majesty can use me, I am willing to give you a white hat!"
When Zhu Di heard this, his expression suddenly changed. Although he had limited reading, he still knew what the word Wang Shangjiabai meant. He walked quickly to Dao Yan and angrily shouted in a low and stern voice: "Who are you?
, do you want to die?!"
At this time, Dao Yan smiled and said nothing. He seemed not to have heard this sentence and sat up in meditation with his eyes closed.
This temptation is too great, he will definitely come to me.
Sure enough, after a while, a deep voice sounded in his ears: "Come with me."
A smile crept onto the corner of his mouth, my time has come, turning this world upside down!
Minister of Troubled Times
There are many people in this world, engaged in different professions, farmers who farm, businessmen, and craftsmen who tinker. They are all members of the common people in this world. But among them, some people are
Uncomfortable in these professions, they chose another path - studying.
From the words of saints to the ways of managing the world, they read all books, and from these books, they mastered some essential and regular things, allowing them to view the world more rationally and objectively. At the same time, the imperial examination
The system also made studying an important channel for entering the official career. Therefore, many scholars followed this path and became ministers of the feudal emperor, assisting the emperor in ruling the world.
Among these ministers, some of the more outstanding ones have become the elite among the elite by virtue of their own abilities. They judge problems more accurately than others, know how to seize opportunities, and can solve problems better. We call these people capable ministers.
The so-called capable ministers do not only refer to honest ministers and loyal ministers, but also include so-called treacherous ministers. It is only used to describe a person's ability, not his position.
These people are all real elites, but they can be further divided into three levels according to their number and different uses.
The first type is called ministers who govern the world. This kind of people exists in almost every dynasty. What they master is the words of saints and the way of gentlemen. Their common feature is that they can handle official affairs well and sort out national affairs. The emperor has
Such ministers can create a peaceful and prosperous era; there are many representative figures, such as Yao Chong, Song Jing, etc. in the Tang Dynasty. Such people are not uncommon, they are builders.
The second type is called ministers in troubled times. They are not the so-called treacherous ministers, but treacherous ministers. They are masters of conspiracy, machinations, and are proficient in thick black knowledge. Different from the first type of people, they often struggle in society.
Over the years, they have experienced many turmoils and have a clear understanding of the dark side of life. These people have great energy and can often ruin a great dynasty. The representative figure is An Lushan. Such people are rare. They
Belongs to the destroyers.
The third type is called the Minister of Salvation. This is a rare breed, and its heritability and survival rate are lower than that of the panda, and only one is born every hundred years. These people have the characteristics of the above two types of people. They not only learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius, but also are accustomed to scheming and scheming.
.They can flexibly use various means to govern the world, and use their own abilities to extend the life of a declining dynasty. Their representative is Zhang Juzheng. Such people are rare, and they are defenders.
And this Dao Yan is a typical minister in troubled times.
He was not a real monk. Before he became a monk, he had read a lot of poetry and went through ups and downs. He was full of ambitions to serve the country but had nowhere to go. His name is Yao Guangxiao.
Yao Guangxiao
Yao Guangxiao, a native of Changzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province), was born in the first year of the Later Yuan Dynasty (1335), only seven years younger than Zhu Yuanzhang. Born in troubled times, he was eager to learn from an early age and was good at reciting poems and painting. He became a monk at the age of fourteen and became a monk.
He was famous as Daoyan. He had extensive contacts and famous people at that time, such as Yang Ji, Song Lian and others, had good relations with him.
But what he studied was not the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and the way of managing the world that were popular at that time. In fact, it was of no use for a monk to learn these. But what is surprising is that he did not study Buddhist scriptures. What is even more surprising is that although he
He is a monk, but he is taught by a Taoist priest! It is really strange that religious beliefs can also engage in internationalism.
His Taoist master was an extraordinary person. His name was Xi Yingzhen. This person was also a strange person. As a Taoist priest, he did not practice elixirs, but specialized in the study of yin and yang. Dao Yan followed him and learned the same
These things.
The so-called science of yin and yang has a long history, and its contents are complex, including fortune telling, divination, astronomy, strategizing, etc. These things were regarded as heresy by people at the time, and gentlemen often dismissed them, but in fact, yin and yang
Learning contains a profound understanding and analysis of social reality, and is a summary and generalization of previous social experiences.
Having said that, those who study this knowledge are generally not serious people, and serious people do not learn this, because the imperial examination does not test Yin and Yang studies, but people who have this knowledge often have the ambition to devour the world and change dynasties. In today's world,
In other words, it is a factor of social instability. In addition, learning this knowledge can still provide a certain degree of living security. If you don't become a conspiracy, you can still set up a stall and tell fortunes to achieve re-employment.
A Taoist who doesn't make alchemy, a monk who doesn't chant sutras, and a heretical school. It is in this environment that Dao Yan grows up step by step and becomes a conspirator. He has read many books, seen the world, and understands human nature.
He is ugly and has mastered the means of power struggle. More importantly, he hopes to make a career.
The crux of the problem lies here. Although he has friends with famous people and has a soldier's mind, he has no way to serve the country. Because the main content of the exam is Chinese and does not test the extracurricular knowledge he has learned, and it seems that these things he learned are not used in peacetime.
There was no use for it. He had talent and learning, but he couldn't use it and had nowhere to use it. Therefore, for a long time, Dao Yan was in a depressed state.
Maybe there will be no future for him in this life, so he started to become negative.
Since you are bored at home, go out and play. The best place for a monk to travel is a temple. Most of the temples across the country have left his footprints, and when he visited Songshan Temple, he met a person who influenced his life.
A man gave a fortune-telling to Daoyan, who was good at fortune-telling, and he accurately predicted his future future and destiny.
This man's name is Yuan Gong. He is different from the amateur fortune teller Dao Yan. His profession is fortune telling. Fortune tellers are also a profession with a long history. They have a great reputation in history. The main reason is that they can often tell people dozens of times in advance.
The accurate prediction of a person's future every year is more accurate than the weather forecast, and the celebrity effect has increased the mystery of this group of people. The most representative one is Xu Shao's comment about Cao Cao, a traitor in troubled times.
Yuan Gong didn't know Dao Yan, but he was shocked when he saw Dao Yan. Just like the fortune teller on the street today, he caught up with Dao Yan and insisted on giving him a fortune (I don't know whether he received money or not), and gave him a fortune teller.
He made a comment: "How can there be a strange monk like you in the world! You have a pair of triangular eyes, like a sick tiger. People like you are naturally fond of killing. In the future, you will definitely become a person like Liu Bingzhong!"
If a fortune teller on the street gave you such a comment today, I guess you would not only not give him money, but also teach him a lesson. But Dao Yan's reaction was quite different. He was very happy. He has triangular eyes and is murderous.
The comment actually made Daoyan so happy. It can be seen from this that this person is really a dangerous person.
Let’s talk about Liu Bingzhong here. Who is this person? Why does Daoyan regard this person as his idol?
Liu Bingzhong was also a monk. After contacting Zhu Chongba and Dao Yan later, they found that monks at that time were really a dangerous profession and often gathered lawless elements. Liu Bingzhong was from the Yuan Dynasty. When Kublai Khan was still a prince, he was glanced at by Kublai Khan.
He took a fancy to him and took him under his command, becoming an important counselor and making great contributions to Kublai Khan's ascension to the throne.
With such a person as his idol, it is not difficult to guess what Daoyan wants to do.
Dao Yan was not a stoic person. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered monks who knew Confucianism to take the exam at the Ministry of Rites. Dao Yan seized the opportunity to recruit civil servants and took the exam. It is not clear how he did in the exam.
, but anyway, he was not given an official position, which made Dao Yan very disappointed, and he had to continue waiting.
Finally, he seized this opportunity in the eighteenth year of Hongwu's reign, followed King Yan to Peiping, and became the abbot of Qingshou Temple.
If he had really only been the abbot, so many things wouldn't have happened.
This monk who was supposed to be chanting sutras in the temple was really incompetent. His main area of activity was not the temple, but the palace. Day after day, year after year, he used the same proposition to persuade Zhu Di - to rebel.
Judging from later historical facts, Daoyan did not covet official position, nor did he like money. It is strange that a man who did not seek fame or wealth talked about rebellion all day long, fearing that the world would not be in chaos.
Yes, what is he planning?
Obviously, Dao Yan is a sane person. He is not the kind of person who has nothing to do after he has a full meal. Rebellion is not a good entertainment activity. Why is he so enthusiastic? If we analyze it from this person's experience,
It should not be difficult to find the answer. What drives him is two words - ambition.
Dao Yan is a lost man. He has learned from ancient and modern times and has great strategies, but he cannot be reused for various reasons. When he was brought back to Peking by Zhu Di, he was already fifty years old. His youthful years are gone forever.
The passage of time increased the wrinkles on his face, but it also tempered his heart. Waiting again and again, and being disappointed again and again, turned this man who was supposed to be caring for his elderly at home into a powder keg. As long as there is the right person,
The leads and timing will explode.
Zhu Di is the lead, and this turbulent era is the opportunity.