Why did Zhu Yuanzhang let his son take the monk to the fief to go to San Francisco?

In the Ming Dynasty's Biography of Yao, it was clearly recorded that Zhu Yuanzhang selected monks throughout the country and sent monks to various princes. "In Hongwuzhong, I tried the Ministry of Ritual by Confucian scholars and monks." "The high queen collapsed, and Taizu chose a monk to serve the kings, recommending blessings and chanting." The first paragraph tells that after Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he selected monks who were familiar with Confucianism all over the country and let them take exams in the Ministry of Rites.

If their knowledge is higher, they will be awarded official positions. It is mentioned in Biography of Yao in Ming Dynasty that although Yao was knowledgeable, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him an official position, but gave him an official robe and sent him back. But later, the high queen (that is, Ma Huanghou, Zhu Yuanzhang's wife) died, and Zhu Yuanzhang chose some eminent monks to go to the vassal States and asked them to "recite scriptures and recommend blessings" for the high queen.

As can be seen from the records in these two paragraphs, Zhu Yuanzhang initially wanted to select monks who were familiar with Confucianism nationwide, mainly because of his monk complex. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was once a monk and had a special love for monks. He did this to show the world that monks are useless, and many monks are still reading poetry books. At the same time, he also wants to show the world that monks should not think that they only know how to fast and recite Buddha, but they can also actively join the WTO.

This provides evidence that he used to be a monk and later participated in murder and arson, which makes him more confident in the process of fame and fortune. Later, after the death of Queen Gao, he sent a monk to the fief. It is clearly written in the History of Ming Dynasty that it is to "recite scriptures and recommend blessings" to the late Gao Empress. In ancient times, monks were asked to chant Buddhist scriptures and pray for their dead relatives. This is not surprising. However, two questions are puzzling.

The first question is: Zhu Yuanzhang wants to pray for his wife Ma Huanghou and let the monk do it. Why do you have to send these monks to vassal States?

The second question is, what is recorded in Yao Zhuan about monks praying for blessings in Ming History? Why not put it somewhere else, but here? As we said, history books are all about righteousness, and what materials are placed in what place is actually a kind of righteousness. If we can contact the later actions of the monk Yao, we can understand the original intention and intention of Zhu Yuanzhang to put this material in the history books.

After Yao was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang launched the "Jingnan War" after his death. Among them, Yao was the first counselor. He not only strengthened Judy's confidence in rebellion, but also constantly gave him advice, which enabled Judy to win many battles in the war. It is said that Zengqiang Yao lost the confidence to rebel, because he thought that his rebellion might not succeed, because all the people supported the imperial court.

But Yao told us that when we became monks, we talked about "fate" instead of "popular support". I have seen in Destiny that you will be promoted to Dabao as emperor. At the same time, Yao also found some monks and Taoist priests to tell fortune. Everyone agrees that Judy does have a "destiny" to be an emperor. Therefore, Yao was urged to raise the anti-flag. Admittedly, Yao advised. Yao gave many tricks in the war, the most important of which was to give up the battle with one city and one pool and attack Nanjing directly.

Yao believes that as long as Nanjing is directly captured, the disobedient people in the whole country will be obedient when they become emperors, and those cities that cannot be captured will also be destroyed. Yao's method was adopted, so he quickly entered Nanjing and occupied Nanjing City. Judy became emperor when Zhu Yunwen was declared to have died of self-immolation. Sure enough, the war is over, and all parts of the country are no longer dissatisfied with Judy and want to fight to the death with Judy.

From Yao's life experience, we can see that Yao played a vital role in becoming an emperor. It can be said that it was with Yao's encouragement that he dared to rise up; It was at Yao's suggestion that he won the throne. After reading Yao's life experience, we can actually understand Zhu Yuanzhang's intention.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent monks to the captaincy, in addition to asking them to pray for Ma Huanghou, he also had an important purpose, that is, he hoped that the monks could influence the captaincy in their own way, let them cultivate their morality, keep their position and earnestly defend Daming Mountain (under the slogan of praying for Ma Huanghou, they also wanted to use Ma Huanghou to supervise them).

However, I didn't expect the result to be counterproductive. Yao not only discouraged self-cultivation, but also actively encouraged rebellion and overthrow. Obviously, "Shi Ming" put Zhu Yuanzhang's words of choosing a monk as a vassal in Yao's biography, which is very ironic. (Reference:

Yao Chuan in Ming Dynasty)