Chapter 4 The Evil Monk (1)
"Yes, Monk Guangxiao is Yao Guangxiao mentioned in His Majesty's letter." After Zhu Yunwen said a word, hesitated for a moment, and then continued to say to Gui Bugui: "Great Immortal, you should save people first. The matter about Yao Guangxiao cannot be explained in one or two sentences. Please save people first, and Yunwen will slowly tell you..."
At this time, General Yang was already angry and his face was pale as if white paper. Gui Bugui nodded with a smile, allowing Bai Wuqiu to carry him into a stone house. The old man took out a pill in front of the crown prince, crushed it, then dissolved the pill with water, and then poured the potion into General Yang's mouth.
After taking it internally, Gui Bugui tore off Yang Zongqi's clothes with his own hands, dipped it with a clean white cloth on his special potion, and then began to wipe the wounds on his body. I don't know what kind of genius treasures this potion was used, but the painful expression on Yang Zongqi's face, who was already in great pain, slowly faded away. By the time the old guy finished wiping, he had already fallen asleep.
After seeing that General Yang Qi's wound began to heal at the speed seen by the naked eye, Gui Bugui turned his head to Zhu Yunwen with a smile and said, "This man is nothing serious. So, can the Emperor Crown Prince tell you about this Monk Yao Guangxiao now?"
"I originally wanted to say to you," Zhu Yunwen nodded with a smile and continued, "It's said that this person has some connection with Your Majesty. Before Your Majesty was uprising in the early years, he became a monk at Huangjue Temple. At that time, Yao Guangxiao was the abbot of the temple..."
At that time, when there was a major disaster, most of Zhu Yuanzhang's family, whose original name was Zhu Chongba, starved to death. In desperation, he could only go to Huangjue Temple to become a monk, hoping to have a full meal. The presiding monk of Huangjue Temple was Yao Guangxiao... When the Mongolians invaded the Central Plains, Monk Guangxiao changed his name and followed his secular surname to be named Yao Guangxiao. This completely drew a line from the previous life of a alchemist. Yao Guangxiao, who changed his name, lived in seclusion in Huangjue Temple. The Mongolians have long heard of the name of his generation of monks and sent Han officials to invite him several times, wanting to invite this legend
The monks among them went to the capital to preach the scriptures, but they were all politely rejected by the monk Guangxiao of the past. After the Mongolians invited him several times but failed, they thought about catching the monk back. As a result, the officers and soldiers who entered the temple never went out again... Later, Yao Guangxiao's reputation spread, and the Mongolians no longer dared to easily attack him... After Zhu Yuanzhang entered Huangjue Temple, he did not worship Yao Guangxiao's disciple like others. According to the presidency of the monk at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang would take over the world in the future, and no one in the world could be his master.
Zhu Yuanzhang was arranged by Yao Guangxiao to be a young monk who filled the Buddha statue with indulgent oil. He only filled the eternal light in front of the Buddha statue with indulgent oil three times a day, and he could do whatever he wanted. Zhu Yuanzhang did whatever he wanted, and monks in the temple were not allowed to interfere.
Every day, Yao Guangxiao was not allowed to listen to the Buddhist scriptures to his disciples. Every time after he finished speaking the Buddhist scriptures, the legendary monk pulled Zhu Yuanzhang into his meditation room and explained to him how the founding emperors of all dynasties took the path of the emperor step by step.
Such stories are much more interesting than boring Buddhist scriptures. Zhu Yuanzhang has been a monk for two years, but he has not recited the Buddhist scriptures for a single step. However, he has learned a lot about the great achievements of emperors of all dynasties. In a blink of an eye, two years have passed, and one day Yao Guangxiao looked for Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just filled in sesame oil. He told him that the Buddhist relationship between two years was full, and Zhu Yuanzhang could return to secular life... He had just eaten a full meal for two years and was about to be driven out of the temple again. Zhu Yuanzhang did not know what mistakes he had made, so he was punished like this. He knelt in front of Yao Guangxiao and begged the eminent monk to stay.
"Silly child, this is not my intention to make things difficult for you. It's really that your Buddhist destiny has been gone, and your emperor's image has appeared. This is a great time to make achievements and plan for the country." While speaking, Yao Guangxiao also knelt down at Zhu Yuanzhang... Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe that he had any emperor appearance, he just thought that this monk had been perfunctory. This was just to find an excuse to drive him out of Huangjue Temple. After seeing his begging for no success, Zhu Yuanzhang could only come out of Huangjue Temple... At that time, the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols was at its end.
There were anti-Yuan rebels everywhere in the world. Zhu Yuanzhang, with the intention of making a living, surrendered to the army of Guo Zixing, a rebel army at that time. Unexpectedly, after he arrived in the army, everything went smoothly. Not long after, he became the second-person of the rebel army.
Not long after, Guo Zixing died of illness, and Zhu Yuanzhang became the leader of the rebel army. At that time, several rebel army began to fight openly and secretly, and Zhu Yuanzhang led the rebel army to go left and right. Several times when he was in danger, Yao Guangxiao suddenly appeared and thought of countermeasures for him. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang got rid of danger and defeated Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, the two largest rebel army at that time. It was not until this time that Zhu Yuanzhang realized that Yao Guangxiao did not intend to drive him away from the temple.
After defeating various rebel armies, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Yao Guangxiao's plan and began to launch a general attack on the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty. After several major wars, Zhu Yuanzhang finally drove the Yuan people back to Mobei from the Central Plains, established the Ming Dynasty court, and took the throne of the emperor himself.
After ascending the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to enthrone Yao Guangxiao as a sage Zen master. Unexpectedly, he refused to be granted the title. Zhu Yuanzhang knew the temper of this monk. The Mongols used both soft and hard skills at that time, but did not let him submit. Since this monk did not value fame and fortune, it should not be difficult for him... Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Yao Guangxiao, as a generation of monk, did not like the word fame and fortune. Unexpectedly, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the monk had been living in the capital, often wandering in front of the emperor, and making some demands to him from time to time.
At first, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about Yao Guangxiao's contribution to assisting him in ascending the throne. He would always try his best to agree to the request made by this monk.
However, Yao Guangxiao's requests gradually became more and more excessive, and even interfered in the destruction of the crown prince... When Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he appointed his eldest son Zhu Biao as the crown prince. Unexpectedly, Yao Guangxiao repeatedly told him that Zhu Biao was weak and had no image of longevity. It would be better to change Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, King Yan Zhu Di, as the crown prince. Originally, Yao Guangxiao said that the crown prince had no image of longevity, and Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy when he heard it. Later, he saw that the monk relied on his previous merits to dare to interfere in the great affairs of his establishment of the crown prince. His Majesty the Emperor was very unhappy, but due to the past relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang did not make it explicit, but just hinting that the monks should abide by the duties of monks and not interfere in the great affairs of the royal establishment of the crown prince.
When Yao Guangxiao was unhappy when he saw the emperor, he didn't say anything. A few days later, it seemed that this did not happen, and neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor the monk mentioned it again. Yao Guangxiao took the opportunity to say goodbye to the emperor and wanted to go to a temple in another place to preach. Zhu Yuanzhang gave a large amount of travel expenses and led all the civil and military officials of the court to personally send Yao Guangxiao out of the capital... More than half a month later, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt cold and was seriously ill. At that time, the imperial physicians in the palace tried every possible way, but could not cure the emperor's illness. More than a month later, Zhu Yuanzhang's condition not only did not recover, but became worse and worse, and in the end he could not even get out of bed.
Chapter completed!