In August 1382, Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, Empress Ma, died, and the people of Li were deeply saddened, and the people of Limin wept bitterly. The next month, Empress Ma's funeral was held as scheduled and buried in the Ming Tomb, but on the day empress Ma was buried, Tiangong was not beautiful, the wind was fierce, thunder and lightning sounded, and heavy rain fell from the sky, which made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already in great pain, very angry.
Tianzi was angry, and the consequences could be imagined, but Zhu Yuanzhang still took care of Empress Ma, desperately suppressed his anger, and found a senior monk, who said twenty words, Zhu Yuanzhang turned angry into joy, and the weather also turned sunny, so the funeral car carrying Empress Ma's body set off for ming xiaoling and was buried as scheduled. So, who is this monk? What did he say that made Zhu Yuanzhang turn his anger into joy?
We know that Empress Ma was a famous empress dowager in history, she married Zhu Yuanzhang when he was young, and from then on she married a chicken with a chicken and a dog with a dog, and was devoted to Zhu Yuanzhang's consideration, and was the woman behind Zhu Yuanzhang. She tried her best to resolve the contradiction between Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Ziyi, Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting outside, and Empress Ma did not stick to the back house, she personally went to the army to sew clothes and shoes for the soldiers, took out money to reward the soldiers, and bought the hearts of the army for Zhu Yuanzhang.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, Empress Ma was made empress, and her mother was the world, not only carefully taking care of Zhu Yuanzhang's diet and living, but also paying great attention to the affairs of the former court, which was not a harem to interfere in politics, but relied on her influence on Zhu Yuanzhang to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to treat the sages kindly, to dissolve Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and save his courtiers from water and fire, "Although the emperor is strict, it is a number of suspended killers." ”
Empress Ma also maintained her family diligently and frugally, never forgetting the hard days of the past. Empress Ma was actually very similar to Empress Changsun, both of whom had a great influence on the emperor and used their influence to persuade The Empress Dowager, so Zhu Yuanzhang was often compared to Empress Dowager Ma when he talked to his courtiers about Empress Ma.
But it seems that such a queen, because of overwork, will always die relatively early, the eldest grandson empress died at the age of 36, and the empress Ma died at the age of 51, one day in August 1382, the empress Ma who woke up from sleep suddenly fell ill, or acute illness, the doctor had no way to do anything about it, could only hope for prayers and sacrifices, and then looked for a famous doctor.
Whose body knows, Empress Ma knows that her limit is coming, and she is not willing to bother anymore, nor is she willing to involve the innocent, so she said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Death and life, fate, prayer is good!" And how can a doctor live! If the medicine is not effective, will it not be a concubine and sin against the doctors? "Or Empress Ma knew Zhu Yuanzhang, and she didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to be angry with the doctors because of her death."
At the time of her death, Empress Ma did not forget to consider the affairs of the state, "May Your Majesty seek advice from the wise, and be cautious in the end, and the children and grandchildren are all wise, and the subjects will only have what they want." "How can such a virtuous queen suddenly pass away, how can it not be sad?" Zhu Yuanzhang wept for this, but the deceased was like this, and Zhu Yuanzhang could only arrange the funeral of Empress Ma as soon as possible, so that Empress Ma could rest in peace underground.
The day of Empress Ma's burial was set for September, and as the day approached, Zhu Yuanzhang prayed in his heart that the day of burial would be smooth and smooth, but when it came to that day, it was not so, lightning and thunder, and wild storms came, giving Zhu Yuanzhang a surprise. The date is set in advance to find the date, naturally can not be said to change, but such weather, it seems that there is no way to make the funeral held as scheduled.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang very irritable and angry, this emotional change, everyone can see, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was already angry and wanted to kill people, the courtiers dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang paced around there, suddenly he thought of Master Zong, maybe the senior monk has some way to solve this stalemate. Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to invite Master Zong.
Master Zong Li said unhurriedly, "The rain fell and the sky wept, and the thunder and mourning were raised." The Buddhas of the West send horses to rulai. ”
It was this sentence that made Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly enlightened, these twenty words are not difficult to understand, simply put: Empress Ma died, the heavens could not bear the death of such a good empress, so they roared in anger and shed tears, which was actually heaven also came to send off Empress Ma.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened, indeed, the mood was instantly better, this rainy day could not prevent the burial of Empress Ma, and coincidentally, the sky soon cleared, Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, the funeral car containing Empress Ma's body smoothly went to Xiaoling for burial.
So who is this Sect Master? He was a famous mage during the Yuan Dynasty, and he became a monk at the age of eight and studied under the senior monk Daxin. Da Xin served as the abbot of many famous ancient temples, and Zong Yu followed him around, Zong Xin himself was proficient in the hundreds of sons, poetry and song were all exquisite, and he could speak eloquently, becoming a generation of high monks, after Da Xin's death, he began to retreat.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and recruited senior monks of the Great Avenue, and Master Zongli was summoned to the Celestial Temple, which was highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, who once wanted to let Master Zongli enter the dynasty as an official, but was rejected by Master Zong. However, Master Zong was often summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang to the inner court to discuss the Tao, and the two had a very close relationship.
In 1382, Master Zong Li had just finished two trips to the Western Regions for more than five years and 100,000 years, brought back a number of classics, and was awarded the official position of monk Lu Right ShanShi by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in charge of the world's interpretation of all things, and was the most famous high-ranking monk in the Ming Dynasty, so after Empress Ma's death, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Master Zong Shu to xuanwei, and Master Zong Li did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang, gave a beautiful explanation, calmed Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, and also saved everyone, so that Empress Ma's funeral could be held in an orderly manner.