Chapter 10 3. Yao Guangxiao and Yuan Gong

Since the death of Emperor Taizu Gao, Yan Wang Zhu Di has been ill.Everyone in Beiping city said so.The King of Yan was mighty and powerful, and he was used to fighting, so he was generally not very sick.The last time he was sick was when Emperor Gao was still alive. At that time, King Yan and King Jin both came to Nanjing to meet him, and there was an awkward situation. King Jin always attacked King Yan. Peking.It is said that this illness was due to excessive mourning for the death of Emperor Gao, but it was also said that it was caused by longing for the third son who was not around. At this time, the third son was in the capital to participate in the funeral of Emperor Taizu Gao.King Yan wrote to the emperor, asking the court to let Zhu Gaochi and the others come back to comfort the sick body.Soon the court really sent the third son back to Peiping.

The illness this time is different from the previous ones, it looks very serious, King Yan would run out of the palace from time to time, walk around in the streets, often steal people's food and drink, talk incoherently, can't understand, Sometimes he was lying on the ground, unable to wake up day after day. It was strange to say, how could there be so many generals and school guards in his mansion for him to make a fool of himself on the street?Is King Yan really crazy?Xie Gui and Zhang Bing didn't quite believe it, so they brought the third secretary into the mansion in the name of visiting the sick to find out what happened.When they entered the palace, they saw Zhu Di surrounded by the stove, shivering all over, and kept complaining that he was cold.Seeing this situation, I couldn't help but believe it.

However, Ge Cheng told Xie Gui and Zhang Bing: "The King of Yan is safe and sound, so don't slack off." Huang Zicheng was detained for interrogation, and he confessed everything about King Yan's going to raise troops.When Qi Huang got the exact information, he sent people to the north and ordered the arrest of Yan Wang's officials.He secretly ordered Xie Gui and Zhang Bing to carry out the order, and ordered Shi Gecheng to command Lu Zhen as the internal response.At the same time, Zhang Xin was ordered to arrest Zhu Di, the commandant of Beijing, because he had always been trusted by King Yan and would not arouse suspicion.The layout has been decided, and it is only waiting for the victory to offer prisoners.

Let's say that Zhang Xin accepted the secret order and refused to do it for a long time.He was worried and in a dilemma.His mother was very worried when she saw her son panicked.When she learned that it was Zhang Xin who had been ordered by the court to arrest King Yan, she couldn't help being shocked and said: "No. I heard that King Yan should rule the world. The king can't die, and you can't capture him." King Yan was in the north. The prestige is known far and wide, especially at the foot of Beiping, ordinary people are afraid of the prestige of the Yan Mansion and dare not offend.Hearing these words, Zhang Xin found it harder to make up his mind, but the emissary came to urge him again.Zhang Xin turned from worry to hatred, and felt that the emissary was a bit too aggressive, so he went to Yan's mansion to see King Yan.

At this time, the Yan Mansion is a fortified barrier inside, and it is under heavy surveillance by the imperial court outside, so it is not easy to enter the Yan Mansion.Zhang Xin asked for an audience three times, but the King of Yan made an excuse to not see him, so Zhang Xin had to change to a woman's car to ask for an audience again in secret.Zhu Di learned that Zhang Xin was waiting outside the door in the woman's car, and he hurriedly called in when he knew something important was going on.When Zhang Xin saw King Yan, he knelt down under the bed, but because Zhu Di hadn't found out the truth, he still pretended to be sick and didn't even say a word.Zhang Xin said: "Your Highness, there is no need to be like this. If there is anything, you should tell me." Zhu Di said: "I am sick, and I am not pretending." I'm here to arrest you, please arrest me. If you still don't want to do this, then tell me the truth." King Yan turned over in a hurry when he heard Zhang Xin's frank words, got up and said, "The one who gave birth to my family will also have a child." !” Now that the two sides communicated, King Yan summoned Monk Daoyan to plot countermeasures.

The servant informed that Monk Yan had arrived.I saw a person flashing in from outside the door. He was wearing a monk's robe, with triangular eyes, shaped like a sick tiger, and there was a murderous look in his yellow complexion. Monk Daoyan's real name is Yao Guangxiao, a native of Changzhou, Suzhi.Longer than doctors.He was ordained as a monk at the age of fourteen, and his Dharma name was Daoyan.He used to be famous for his fortune-telling. He studied with Xi Yingzhen and learned the art of yin and yang from him.Daoyan also studied legalist and military idioms, as well as Confucianism. He was good at poetry and prose.He once wanted to give up the monkhood, but when he thought of the monks in the Yuan Dynasty who were covered in gold and purple and rode like clouds, he felt that his future was promising.He was very envious of Yuan Seng's Long Yu, and shouted: "Come on, why are you pretending to be born? It's enough!" Once he visited Songshan Temple, a fortune teller named Yuan Gong couldn't help but see his appearance. Said: "What strange monk is he? Triangular eyes, shape like a sick tiger, bloodthirsty. Liu Bingzhong also!" Unexpectedly, Yao Guangxiao was very happy when he heard these words.I think Yuan Gong has indeed penetrated his heart, but he also foresaw his future.Liu Bingzhong, a monk in the Yuan Dynasty, once helped Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the emperor, and became the Taibao after the founding of the country.This is Yao Guangxiao's example.During the Hongwu period, the emperor ordered Confucian monks to take the examination at the Ministry of Rites.Yao Guangxiao thought that the opportunity had come, so he went to take the test.But after passing the exam, none of them were awarded officials, only monks' uniforms were given back.Yao Guangxiao couldn't help being disappointed.When Empress Ma died, Zhu Yuanzhang selected ten monks to give lectures and blessings to Qin Yan and other ten kings respectively.Monk Zongli once had contacts with Yao Guangxiao.At this time, he was an official of "Zuo Shanshi", so he elegantly praised Yao Guangxiao.Yao Guangxiao is very scheming, judging the situation and predicting that King Yan may achieve something, he expresses his willingness to follow King Yan.So he came to Peiping with King Yan in the fifteenth year of Hongwu and became the abbot of Qingshou Temple.And this Qingshou Temple is where Yuan Monk Liu Bingzhong lives. Isn't this God's will?Yao Guangxiao couldn't help secretly happy.

Yao Guangxiao and King Yan got along very well, and they often went back and forth to the mansion to discuss and conspire together.He once said to the King of Yan: "Your Majesty is very good-looking, heroic and powerful. This emperor's picture is just made. The East Palace is benevolent and soft. I would like to be kind and self-loving. My Majesty is sincere and able to use my ministers. I would like to present you with a white hat." This is a cryptic sentence. , the white character on top of the king character is the emperor character. He made this promise based on his judgment based on the situation in the world.

After Zhu Yunwen became emperor, he began to eliminate the feudal vassals, and Zhu Di hesitated to raise troops.Yao Guangxiao always tried to strengthen his confidence.Once, when Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were sitting idle, Zhu Di came out with a couplet by chance, saying: "It's freezing in the sky, and everything in the water is frozen." Feeling that the name of the army was not right, he once said: "The people's hearts are towards him, what can we do?" Dao Yan said: "I know the way of heaven, so how can I talk about the hearts of the people!" In order to strengthen Zhu Di's confidence, he also introduced Yuan Gong to Zhu Di in an attempt to Use the words of the prime minister to prompt King Yan to make up his mind early.King Yan also wanted to ask someone to divination his future.He sent someone to invite Yuan Gong to the hotel for a drink, but he did not reveal his identity.Zhu Di put on the guard's clothes by himself, and took nine other guards with him to the restaurant to buy wine.Yuan Gong, who was the prime minister, was naturally quick-witted. When he saw ten palace guards appearing in front of him, although they were dressed in the same outfit, one of them had an extraordinary personality, which was obviously not comparable to the other nine.Yuan Gong knew in his heart that this was to see how good his eyesight was.He walked up to King Yan, plopped down on his knees, and said, "Your Highness, why do you pretend to be like this?" King Yan pretended not to understand, and quickly said, "We are all school guards." Yuan Gong knew that this was not a conversation He also kept silent.Afterwards, King Yan summoned Yuan Gong to the mansion and asked Yuan Gong about his future in detail.Yuan Gong Jishou said: "Your Highness is also the son of Taiping in another day." Zhu Di said: "When will the time be?" King Yan was overjoyed.King Yan was afraid that people would be suspicious, so he pretended to send Yuan Gong back for his crimes, traveled to Tongzhou, boarded the boat, and summoned him secretly to the mansion.In addition to Yuan Gong, Yao Guangxiao also recommended a divination master Jin Zhong to Zhu Di.

Let's say Yao Guangxiao just sat down, the storm swept the dark clouds and rushed to the corner of the hall, the tiles on the eaves were thrown to the ground by the strong wind and smashed to pieces.The king of Yan was shocked, thinking that this was an ominous sign.Yao Guangxiao laughed out loud, saying it was an auspicious sign.Zhu Di blurted out and scolded: "The monk is arrogant, Wu Dexiang!" Yao Guangxiao said: "Your Highness, don't you hear it? Flying dragons are in the sky, and there is always wind and rain. The tiles fall, and the sky is easy to yellow." Zhu Di immediately turned around when he heard what he said. Worry is joy.In the Ming Dynasty system, the bright yellow color was exclusively used by the emperor. Although the prince was a family member, the roof tiles could only be made of blue and not yellow.In this way, their plan to raise troops was gradually determined.

Zhu Di's mansion is Guyuan's palace, and he has long been taking advantage of this convenient concealment condition.The back garden became the place where Yao Guangxiao trained his troops.The underground was dug deep, and the structure was formed into a two-story basement, surrounded by thick walls, and the walls were covered with sharp and piercing fragments of bottles and jars.Zhu Di asked people to build weapons day and night in the basement. In order to prevent the sound of casting from being heard by outsiders, they raised many geese and ducks to disturb the sound of casting. Preparations for the Yan Mansion are underway, and Zhang Bing's deployment is also unfolding sequentially. While setting up the soldiers of the Seven Guards in the city and Tuntian sergeants in the city, he surrounded the royal city, and cut off the passage of the Duanli Gate with wooden fences. ; On the one hand, they sent people to report the situation here to the imperial court quickly.But their draft memorials were obtained by Nai Hen, the chief secretary, and Li Youzhi, the official inspector, and they quietly told Zhu Di.Zhu Di hid them in the palace.Zhu Di got the Shuzhang, brought Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng to show them, and asked, "Do you know what this is for?" So he sent Zhang Yu and others with 800 strong men to guard the mansion.

The imperial edict soon arrived in Beiping, and Xie Gui and Zhang Bing led armed guards to surround Yanwangfu, demanding that Zhu Di hand over the officials of Yanwangfu.In the Ming Dynasty, there was a custom that when the prince made a mistake, he sometimes punished the officials of the palace as a punishment, because the prince's misbehavior was the wrong guidance of the officials of the palace.The officers and soldiers began to shoot arrows at the mansion continuously, and the situation was urgent.Zhu Di discussed countermeasures with Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, etc., but they may be outnumbered.He said: "The other army is full of soldiers, and our soldiers are few, what can we do?" Zhu Neng said: "First capture Xie Gui and Zhang Bing, and I can do nothing." This is a way to capture the thief and the king. Thank you, the army has no leader, but it will collapse without a fight.Zhu Di said: "It should be taken by calculation. Today, treacherous ministers send envoys to arrest officials and family members, and accept them according to their names. Even if the envoys come to call Bing and Gui, and pay those arrested, Gui Bing will come, and they will be arrested when they come. A strong man with strong ears." What he meant was to lure Zhang and Xie into the palace first and let him escape from his subordinates, so that it would only take a strong man's strength to capture them, and there was no need to use a large sword at all. On the fourth day of July, Zhu Di suddenly announced that he had recovered from his illness, and received congratulations from the bureaucrats inside and outside the East Hall.He set up an ambush on his left and right and inside the Duanli Gate, and sent people to invite Xie Gui and Zhang Bing, but they were rejected.In order to dispel Zhang Xie's doubts, Zhu Di put on a gesture of cooperation. He listed the names of those who assisted the officers and soldiers in arresting them, and again sent officials and internal officials to bring the list to invite Xie Gui and Zhang Bing.Xie and Zhang really fell into the trick, got up and went to the palace.Just in case, they brought quite a lot of guards, but these guards were blocked in front of the gate of Yan Mansion.Xie and Zhang felt that the matter had come to this point, and the king of Yan would not do anything to them, so they boldly walked into Yan's mansion. Xie Gui and Zhang Bing entered the gate of the palace, only to see that the food and drink had been set, and King Yan was already waiting there, but he was still on crutches.The king of Yan greeted the two of them, and the waiter brought out several plates of melons.King Yan said: "It's suitable for those who are new to melons. Let's taste it with you." He took a knife and cut the melons.Suddenly, King Yan's face became gloomy, and he scolded: "Today, the family members are all in Qimin, and brothers and clans are still sympathetic to each other. As relatives of the Son of Heaven, there is no certain fate. The county magistrate treats me like this, what can I do in the world?" Throw the melon on the ground, and with the sound of the melon fluttering to the ground, the ambushes are all set up, and they go forward to catch Xie Gui and Zhang Bing.At the same time, the guards outside the hall also arrested Lu Zhen and Ge Cheng.At this time, King Yan threw away his crutches, stood up and said, "What's wrong with me? I was persecuted by the treacherous officials." Zhang Bing, Xie Gui and others were all unyielding and killed. The people who followed Xie Guilai were outside the Duanli Gate and did not know what happened in the mansion.Seeing that Xie Gui and Zhang Bing couldn't wait for a long time, they slowly dispersed.Soon, news spread that Xie Gui and Zhang Bing had been arrested, and the soldiers who surrounded the royal city also broke up.Commander Peng Er of Peiping, when he heard the news, quickly put on his armor and mounted his horse, ran to the street and shouted: "The king of Yan is against you, and I will reward anyone who kills the thief." He quickly gathered more than a thousand people and planned to attack Duanlimen. , Yan Wang sent guards Pang Xing, Ding Sheng and others to fight, Peng Er was killed, and the troops dispersed.However, at this time, the soldiers under Zhang Bing were still sticking to the Nine Gates of Beiping, closed the urn city, and turned inward. Zhu Di decided to take advantage of the night to attack the Nine Gates. Only Xizhimen is still holding on.Seeing that a strong attack would not work, Zhu Di ordered Tang Yun to ride alone to the Xizhi Gate in order to persuade him to surrender.It is true that soldiers do not tire of deceit, Zhu Di ordered Tang Yun to take off his armor, and his horse guide was as usual.Tang Yun came to the base of the city and said to the defenders: "You don't suffer yourself. The court has listened to the king's self-control. If you wait, the latter will punish you." Tang Yun was the oldest commander, and he was always trustworthy and cautious in the army. Famous, the soldiers thought Tang Yun's words must be true.When the defenders heard that the court heard the king's self-control, they had already lost their fighting spirit and dispersed one after another.Originally, Zhu Di, as a prince, is the flesh and blood of the former emperor, and the current emperor is the prince's nephew.The world belongs to the Zhu family, and those who are officials are the officials of the Zhu family, and those who are in the army are the soldiers of the Zhu family. Since the emperor asked Yan Wang to control himself, what else can everyone say!Although all the soldiers soon learned the truth and did not want to follow King Yan to betray the court, but after some inducement by Tang Yun, they gradually calmed down. The Nine Gates were conquered successfully, and Zhu Di ordered to appease the soldiers and civilians in Beiping.It has been nearly 20 years since he took over Beiping in the thirteenth year of Hongwu. None of the soldiers and civilians in Beiping are afraid of King Yan's prestige. They always regard King Yan and the court as one. Why don't you follow the prince's words?Within three days, the city of Beiping settled down. But things are just the beginning, King Yan is still far away from victory, and the governor Song Zhong stationed in Kaiping is leading 30,000 soldiers and horses to Peiping.Although Yu Zhen withdrew from Beiping, the commander of the capital, he controlled Juyongguan, the throat of Beiping, assembled thousands of passers-by, and was still preparing to attack Beiping.The commander of the capital guarding Jizhou, Ma Xuan, sent troops to attack Beiping, fought with the Yan army at Gongleyi, and was defeated, but still controlled Jizhou together with Zeng Jun. A big war is brewing.