The director's Yongle is divided into three meetings with the Prince of Yan, the Prince of Yan's years in hiding, the Jingnan Campaign to seize the throne, and the Yongle golden age.
Through events such as Daoyan's emergence, his rise to fame in literary circles, his ups and downs in the Buddhist world, his three meetings with the Prince of Yan, the meaning of the white hat, military strategy discussions in Beiping, the verification of prophecies, Taizu removing a thorn in his side, the voyages of Zheng He, Zhu Di's northern campaigns, Jianwen's reduction of the fiefs, the launch of the Jingnan Campaign, the seizure of Beiping, the crushing of Geng's 300,000 troops, the defeat of Li Jinglong's 500,000-strong southern army, the defeat of Li's 600,000 troops once more, the loss at Dongchang, subsequent battles, the change of ruler in Nanjing, the young preceptor monk, the triumphant return home, and the chancellor in plain robes, the story recreates the hardships and grandeur of Daoyan's assistance to the Ming Emperor Chengzu in establishing the Yongle golden age of the Great Ming.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
