Zhu Biao sat quietly on a stool in the store, but his heart was in turmoil.
Dao Yan was definitely an extremely powerful person. To be able to help Old Fourth Zhu fight against the entire country in Yanjing with his identity as the chief military advisor, and actually win, this was unprecedented in history.
The monk Dao Yan was definitely a master strategist. He was able to cast aside the layers of appearances and advise Old Fourth Zhu to give up on attacking the cities one by one and quickly attack the capital. This was already the embryonic form of a lightning war.
As far as Zhu Biao knew, there were five rebellions of the vassal kings in history. They were the Three Prison Rebellion of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion of the Han Dynasty, the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty, and then the Jingnan Rebellion of the Ming Dynasty and the Three Vassal Rebellion of the Qing Dynasty. Out of the five rebellions, only the Jingnan Rebellion succeeded. The others failed.
From this, it could be seen that Dao Yan's ability had definitely won in hell mode.
There were tens of thousands of powerful monks, but not many could leave a deep impression on Zhu Biao. Other than the famous Sakyamuni, Bodhidharma, who crossed the river on a reed, and Tang Sanzang, who broke through the banshee's marriage blockade with a monkey and a pig, there were Dao Yan in the early Ming Dynasty and Xing Sen in the early Qing Dynasty.
These two monks had two things in common. One was that they were both called demon monks, and the other was that they had a deep relationship with the emperor.
Dao Yan tricked a king into becoming the emperor, while Xing Sen did the opposite. He tricked an emperor from the throne into becoming a monk.
Zhu Biao had another discovery. He didn't know if it was a coincidence, but the two demon monks, Dao Yan and Xing Sen, appeared at the beginning of a certain dynasty. One was in the early Ming Dynasty, and the other was in the early Qing Dynasty. They both had an effect on the third emperor of that dynasty. Zhu Di was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, and Shunzhi was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty after Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.
Thinking about it carefully, I'm afraid!
Zhu Biao collected his thoughts and sized up Dao Yan. He was thinking about how to deal with this person. This person had the Dragon Slaying Technique and was talented. He was a time bomb outside.
Therefore, he had to either kill them or use them for his own use!
Thinking of this, Zhu Biao poured himself a cup of tea, then suddenly stood up and walked to the monk beside him.
Chang Qing, Song Zhong, and the other guards were shocked. They quickly got up and followed Zhu Biao to protect him.
Only Minmin Timur was left looking at Zhu Biao in bafflement, thinking," The Crown Prince was really too much. What was so strange about monks? Was there a need to be so anxious? Aren't we reaching Shaolin Temple soon? There were many eminent monks there, and they could see as many as they wanted.
"Amitabha. Masters, do you mind joining me at the table?”
The old monk put his palms together and said gently," It's convenient for you to help others. Patron, please take a seat!"”
Dao Yan looked at Zhu Biao and said nothing.
"I am Zhu Biao, Zhu as in congratulations, and Biao as in dragon, tiger, tiger, leopard. These are all my followers. We are all from Bianliang. Today, we plan to go to Shaolin to worship Buddha, but just now, we vaguely heard this master Dao Yan talking about guarding Bianliang. Although I am young, I have always liked military affairs, so I came over to ask for advice out of curiosity! Master Dao Yan, can you explain to me in detail how to use 50,000 guards to trap 200,000 Ming soldiers?”
The old monk hurriedly explained," Little benefactor, my Martial Nephew Dao Yan was just spouting nonsense. Little benefactor, please don't take it seriously!" We monks are merciful and will not care about war!”
"May I ask your Dharma name, Master?" Zhu Biao asked with a smile.”
"Old monk Zong Le!"
"I believe that Master Zong Le won't care about war, but I'm afraid that this Master Dao Yan isn't. Oh right, he's called Dao Yan, right? I heard Master Zong Le call him that!”
Dao Yan put his palms together and sighed.”
"Dao Yan is derived from Dao. Master's Dharma name sounds quite Daoist!”
Dao Yan lowered his eyes." I shaved my head and became a monk at the age of fourteen. I became a disciple of Miaozhi Temple's Divine Monk Nian and practiced Buddhism. Master gave me the Dharma name Dao Yan. At the age of twenty-two, I became a disciple of Daoist Xi Yingzhen and learned Yin-Yang divination. So, I do have some relationship with Daoists! Perhaps Master Zong Nian had predicted that This Penniless Monk would become fated with Daoists, so he bestowed me with the Daoist name!”
Zhu Biao smiled and said," I see. Master Daoyan is actually a mighty figure who cultivates both Buddhism and Taoism. I'm sorry for my disrespect!"”
Dao Yan suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Zhu Biao with his palms together. He then raised his head and smiled bitterly,"Your Highness, are you going to punish This Penniless Monk for discussing military affairs?”
Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment before he laughed."What is Master Dao Yan saying? I don't understand!"
"This Penniless Monk carefully observed Your Highness 'appearance just now and found that Your Highness is indescribably noble. You have the aura of a king. A king, the king of the world, is just a little short of the ruler of the world, so Your Highness must be the Ming Crown Prince! Moreover, His Highness was about the same age as the Crown Prince. He called himself Zhu Biao, but it wasn't this Zhu but that Zhu!”He looked up and spoke with fervor, really having the demeanor of a famous official.
Zhu Biao stood up as well and stared at Dao Yan.""Master Daoyan is indeed wise, it's a pity to become a monk. As the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, I naturally have the responsibility to promote talents for Ming Dynasty. I really can't bear to see Master's old temple wasting all his talent in front of the ancient Buddha with green lamps, so I intend to call you to accompany me to consult about the state affairs. What do you think, Master?”
Chang Qing and Song Zhong of the Guards Division, as well as Min Min Timur who was sitting at the side and taking out items, were all stunned. Why did the Crown Prince want to recruit a monk as an official?
The old monk Zong Le was shocked by Zhu Biao's identity. This little benefactor was actually the crown prince of the current dynasty. No wonder his bearing was extraordinary! But why did he suddenly want to recruit my martial nephew to be an official? Could it be a gatha?
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