Director Yongle temporarily divides the story into four chapters: King Yan is dormant in Beiping, Jingnan is trying to find a country, and Yongle is prosperous.
The story includes the birth of Daoyan, fame in the literary world, ups and downs in the Buddhist world, three meetings with King Yan, the meaning of the white hat, military discussions in Peking, verification of prophecies, Taizu's assassination, Zheng He's three treasures, Zhu Di's northern expedition, Jianwen's elimination of vassals, the launch of Jingnan, the attack on Peiping, and the defeat of 300,000 Geng troops. The plots of defeating Li Jinglong's southern army of 500,000 men and then defeating Li's army of 600,000 men, the defeat of Dongchang, the transitional battle, the change of masters in Nanjing, the young master monk, the return home in rich clothes, and the prime minister in soap clothes, etc., Reproduce the hardships and grandeur of the time when Dao Yan assisted Ming Chengzu to create the Yongle era of Ming Dynasty.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.