Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao in Black

Yao Guangxiao, whose name was Daoyan, was born in a medical family, but he chose to become a monk, where he studied the art of yin and yang and was well versed in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Queen Ma died. He was chosen to serve the kings and followed King Zhu Di of Yan to Peiping to be the abbot of Qingshou Temple. When Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassal vassal, he urged Zhu Di to raise troops to quell Jingnan and sit in Peiping to assist the prince in resisting the siege of the imperial army. He also offered advice to abandon the fortified city and march directly to Nanjing, helping Zhu Di to conquer the world in one fell swoop. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was named Guangxiao and given the title of Prince Shaoshi, and he was known as the Prime Minister in Black. He did not keep wealth or property, he went to the court to manage government affairs during the day, and returned to the temple to worship Buddha at night. He also presided over the move of the capital to Beijing and supervised the compilation of "Yongle Dadian" and "Records of Ming Taizu", with outstanding achievements. In the 16th year of Yongle, 84-year-old Yao Guangxiao died of illness in Qingshou Temple. He was given the posthumous title of Duke Rong Guo, with the posthumous title Gongjing. He was the only person in the Ming Dynasty who entered the ancestral temple as a civil servant. Wearing cassock throughout his life, he disturbed the overall situation of the world, and there are different opinions on his merits and demerits...