Zhu Yunwen has always been curious about the monk Yao Guangxiao.

According to historical records, Yao Guangxiao was Zhu Di's chief military advisor and best friend. It was because of Yao Guangxiao that Zhu Di decided to rebel.

Many people even discovered that during the process of Zhu Di's rebellion, there were many times when he backed down, but it was precisely this monk who supported Zhu Di to continue.

Why did Yao Guangxiao want to instigate Zhu Di to rebel?

Zhu Yunwen met Yao Guangxiao with a lot of questions. The latter came to Beijing with Zhu Di. This was something Zhu Yunwen did not expect. He did not expect that Zhu Di would come to Nanjing. Didn't he know what coming to Nanjing meant?

Coming to Nanjing with Yao Guangxiao means telling the world that he, Zhu Di, is guilty and voluntarily pleads guilty! This is to renounce the world, so Zhu Yunwen was shocked that a person like Zhu Di would choose to surrender.

At the moment when Zhu Di knelt down in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunwen couldn't even describe his mood. Happy? Proud? The famous Emperor Yongle in history lost to a little secretary like himself who traveled through time in later generations. Isn’t this something to be proud of?

Zhu Yunwen's vanity burst into flames in an instant, but disappeared in the next second.

He occupies the right time, place and people, and has the early Ming sages such as Yu Xin, Xie Jin, and Yang Shiqi to assist him. Defeating Zhu Di should be a matter of course. This does not mean that he is better than Zhu Di. of strength.

"Fourth uncle."

Zhu Yunwen helped Zhu Di up and held the latter's hand tightly. "When we left last year, my fourth uncle was so handsome and handsome. He was the god of war looking down on the northern border. Why is he so old today?"

Zhu Di tried his best to smile and said, "I am torturing my mind day and night to punish the sinner. Before I came to Beijing to plead guilty, I dreamed that the late emperor scolded the minister for being unfaithful and unfilial. I was frightened and regretful, and made your majesty laugh."

Zhu Yunwen took Zhu Di's arm and personally helped Zhu Di to sit down. "Fourth uncle, please don't say anything sinful. We are a family, close relatives connected by blood."

As he spoke, Zhu Yunwen glanced at Yao Guangxiao, who was still kneeling not far away with a calm and indifferent expression. The latter was quite charming. Even though he knew that Nanjing was the place of burial, he was still dressed in a stylish black robe, with an unruffled face. He has a detached and accomplished look.

"Uncle Prince Ning handed me the memorial and told me some things about Shuntian Mansion."

Zhu Yunwen took the teapot handed over by Shuangxi and poured it for Zhu Di, "There are treacherous and sycophantic people who talk nonsense, so that rumors of disobedience start in Beijing. This move is nothing more than an attempt to estrange the relationship between me and my clan. I can understand that Shujiu has been in the military for a long time and occasionally made mistakes."

Zhu Di smiled bitterly and cupped his hands, "Until now, Your Majesty is still willing to protect the honor of the minister. I am grateful, but there should be no confusion between right and wrong. Heaven and earth have eyes for what I do, and I dare not make false claims. Today, the two of you are here. I am here to bring death. Please give me a chance to kill myself in front of all the officials in the Golden Palace."

Zhu Yunwen smiled disapprovingly and did not return to his seat. Instead, he called Shuangxi to bring a small stool and sat in front of Yao Guangxiao. "Today, there are only you and me in the palace. King Yan is my fourth blood relative." Uncle, if you have anything to say, everyone can say it openly."

Zhu Yunwen looked at Yao Guangxiao, "I have often wondered before, who are you? Today, Mr. Yao, please help me answer my doubts."

Yao Guangxiaoping looked at Zhu Yunwen and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Can you allow the poor monk to cross his legs and answer?"

After saying that, Yao Guangxiao didn't care whether Zhu Yunwen agreed or not, and directly changed from kneeling to sitting. He was here to die, and he still cared about being respectful or not, and being an emperor was no longer in his eyes at this time.

"The poor monk was originally a member of the Xianyun Yehe group. A few years ago, he observed the sky at night and saw the Emperor's Star moving northward, which was a sign of the change of ownership of heaven and earth. So he went north to Shuntian to meet King Yan."

Yao Guangxiao seemed to be telling a story, "In the early years, the poor monk learned some astrology and fortune-telling skills. He had some knowledge of physiognomy and saw that the King of Yan had become an emperor. Therefore, he instigated King Yan and was responsible for thousands of crimes. All of them were blamed on the poor monk. What happened today

I hope your majesty will be merciful and kill only one poor monk. King Yan is responsible for the defense of the nine borders and is an important general of the Ming Dynasty. With this in mind, please forgive me."

"Your Majesty." Zhu Diteng stood up and knelt down next to Yao Guangxiao, "The saint upholds his words and keeps his heart upright. If I didn't have evil thoughts in my heart, how could I trust others? It's my own evil thoughts and it has nothing to do with Mr. Yao."

"You two are both loving and righteous people." Zhu Yunwen laughed dumbly, "In such a situation, you still want to defend the other party."

As he spoke, Zhu Yunwen's tone became more serious, "I'm very curious, why do you want this country to change hands?"

Yao Guangxiao still had an indifferent expression, "The King of Yan has the appearance of an emperor."

"Hahahaha." Zhu Yunwen laughed angrily, and suddenly reached out and slapped Yao Guangxiao in the face. At this time, Yao Guangxiao's face finally changed its expression, and he looked shocked. Even Zhu Di was stunned.

The emperor started beating people. Hey, does anyone care?

"The appearance of an emperor, tsk tsk." Zhu Yunwen was really angry. He even couldn't control his emotions for a time and slapped Yao Guangxiao hard in the face. "You are a monk, right? The Buddhist scriptures you have recited for decades have all entered the world."

Is the dog in the belly? Huh? You want to rebel just because of your so-called illusory imperial status and see the country change hands. Don’t you know that with swords and soldiers, all the people will suffer?"

Zhu Yunwen pointed at Yao Guangxiao's nose, "Where are you monks' compassion?"

Yao Guangxiao's face twitched, not because he listened to Zhu Yunwen's words, but mainly because Zhu Yunwen was young and had strong hands, and now his face began to bleed.

"The poor monk was born in the reverse Yuan Dynasty and became a monk in the eighth year of Zhizheng." Yao Guangxiao recalled, "When he was young, the poor monk traveled around the world, prayed to Buddha and learned the five elements of yin and yang magic. He also visited Huangjue Temple.

, Dream of Eighteen Arhats."

Zhu Yunwen's expression suddenly changed.

It is an anecdote among the people that when Emperor Taizu was a monk in Huangjue Temple, he once dreamed of the Eighteen Arhats. The Eighteen Arhats said that Taizu was born to be a human emperor and that the temple could not accommodate a real dragon. He respectfully put Taizu on his shoulders and carried Taizu.

Zu left Huangjue Temple.

After waking up from the dream, Taizu left Huangjue Temple and made a living by begging all the way until he joined Guo Zixing's rebel army and participated in the great cause of fighting against the Yuan Dynasty.

"Are you still qualified to dream of the Eighteen Arhats?"

Yao Guangxiao heard Zhu Yunwen's sarcasm and smiled casually, "The poor monk is naturally not qualified to inherit the destiny. The Arhats in the poor monk's dream were not as polite as they were to Taizu. In the dream, they wanted to kill the poor monk.

The Arhat said that the poor monk was a sinner who disturbed the world and would be sent to hell. The poor monk woke up and was naturally unhappy."

Yao Guangxiao turned his head and glanced at Zhu Di, "In terms of talents, the poor monk is well versed in astronomy and stars. He is familiar with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. He can recognize the secrets of heaven at a glance and judge good or bad luck with one word. He has dabbled in hundreds of schools of thought. Isn't he much better than Taizu back then?

?Why is Taizu respected by Arhats, while a poor monk becomes a sinner?"

Yao Guangxiao is definitely a miracle in Chinese history. This man is really capable, even more generous than Liu Bowen. Yao Guangxiao is also a real helper for Zhu Di. With only a few tens of thousands of soldiers in Beijing, he counterattacked and became the master of the country. This is

It's an incredible thing.

But after Zhu Di became emperor, something magical happened.

Zhu Di's feelings for Yao Guangxiao are beyond words, "Everything in the world is for himself."

What do you mean, what do you value most in this world, apart from the throne and my own wife, I will give you whatever you want, whether you want to be a prince, a prime minister, or a national advisor.

Yao Guangxiao wanted nothing. When his merits were complete, he wanted a temple and went back to become a monk.

What do you mean by this thing? He was afraid that his achievements would shock his master, so he retreated bravely? He was a monk and had no descendants. He was seventy years old after the rebellion was successful, and he was still afraid of death? Only Zhu Di would kill him if he had a brain attack.

So when later generations analyze Yao Guangxiao, they think that Yao Guangxiao just wants to prove one thing: He has the skill of slaying dragons, and he doesn't want anything just to prove that he is awesome.

He can change the day.

"Who gave you your confidence?" Zhu Yunwen burst out laughing, "Are you better than Taizu? What qualifications do you have to compete with Taizu? I tell you, you are not even an ant in front of Taizu.

You are as humble as dust."

Taizu came from a humble background. What kind of family background could he have? At first, he didn't even have a name. All his family could leave him was a few corpses for him to bury.

This kind of real poor man relied on adapting to the general trend, relying on his own ability and personality charm to gather talents, step by step, in the context of the era when the Mongols were ravaging the Central Plains, drive away the Mongols, restore the Chinese nation's clothes, and become the supreme

The emperor. Expedited the desert in the north, penetrated all the way to Lake Baikal, and wiped out the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Empire that dominated Eurasia collapsed suddenly, and then it fell apart into the Oara and Tatar tribes.

The only disadvantage was that they were unable to rule the grasslands and had to retreat to the Central Plains again after the war. However, the Hetao, which had fallen into the hands of nomadic people after the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the Liaodong of the Goguryeo Dynasty, and the ancestral lands of Hebei that had been given to foreigners since the Five Dynasties were all recovered.

Coming back, this kind of contribution to the rebirth of the nation and the unification of the country is rarely rivaled.

"I tell you, you are dead."
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