This article is written from the Chronicle of Jinhua Province
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was a strange man named Liu Rixin in Jinhua, Zhejiang, who was good at divination and prediction.
The "Chronicle of Jinhua Province" records that when he was in a stalemate with Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youyu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to recruit Liu Rixin to divinate himself.
Liu Rixin said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The general should be extremely rich and expensive. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to calculate what position he could reach in the future, "for the public", or "for the hou". ”
Liu Rixin only said that he could be rich and noble, not official positions, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied.
At this time, Liu Rixin asked Zhu Yuanzhang to retreat, and then quietly told him: "The rich are rich in the world, and the most expensive are the son of heaven." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.
Portrait of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
In the fourth year of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in the fourth year of Hongwu (1371 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, remembered Liu Rixin and summoned him to the dynasty, asking: "Do you want to be an official?" ”
Liu Rixin replied: "No! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Want to be rich?" ”
Liu Rixin still said: "No! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that this person was not coveting wealth, so he asked him if he had any other wishes.
Liu Rixin said: "The subject hopes to get the inscription of the imperial treasure rewarded by the emperor, and from then on he will walk the rivers and lakes and swim the world." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang then ordered people to find the blank fan surface, and the imperial pen inscribed a poem:
Gangnam an old man, belly inner Luo Star Dou.
Xu Shuo became the king, and the fruit should be the mouth of the gods.
Officials do not want to give money, and gold is not granted.
Hold this fan and run amok in the world.
Then it is covered with a royal seal.
Liu Rixin held this folding fan and traveled the world for twelve years before returning to his hometown.
Suddenly, one day, he said to his wife, "I predicted that I was about to die, so I deliberately met with you, which is a farewell, and I will have to leave and visit the capital immediately." ”
Liu Rixin came to the city of Nanjing, and he told people fortunes in the downtown area to make a living.
Sapphire stills
After returning to Beijing after the governor Lan Yu pacified Yunnan, he sent someone to ask Liu Rixin to give divination.
Liu Rixin said: "The general will be crowned the Duke of Liang, but after seven days there will be a disaster, and both me and the general will be executed..."
Soon, Lan Yu was indeed named the Duke of Liang by Ming Taizu, and every day when he went to the court, he wore a red robe and stood on the west side, looking majestic.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "General Blue Jade not only frightens the Gentiles, but they are all terrified when they look at it." ”
Zhang Shangshu, who was at odds with Blue Jade, said to the emperor, "This person may as well be in front of His Majesty, but I am afraid that he is not a young lord." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Blue Jade would rebel after his death in the future, so he found a reason, and after seven days, he gave Blue Jade a "click".
When Lan Yu was about to leave, he said a word: "God is mr. Liu's words!" ”
The executioner asked him who Mr. Liu was, and Lan Yu said it was Liu Rixin.
When Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he arrested Liu Rixin and asked, "Have you calculated the fate of Blue Jade?" ”
Liu Rixin confessed.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a sly smile, "Then you can calculate when you can die?" ”
Liu Rixin replied: "Just today." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed wildly, you calculated too accurately, so the royal pen waved, killing no forgiveness!