Such a magical story is recorded in the notes of the Song people.
In the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty,Emperor Renzong Tiansheng died, the old chancellor Feng Zheng died. At the time of his death, Empress Liu, who was listening to the government, went down to the swamp to commend Feng Zheng and posthumously awarded Feng Zheng the title of Taishi (太師) and Zhongshu Ling (中書令). Feng Zheng's two sons were young, and they also held important official positions at the zhizhou level. In the past few years, it is almost the anniversary of Feng Zheng's death. Just when the Feng family was in a state of grief and funeral, a strange thing made the Feng family lose face and became the laughing stock of Bieliang City.
It turned out that a few months ago, a mother donkey next to the Xiqing Courtyard in Beijing gave birth to a small donkey. At first glance, this donkey is no different, but if you wait until the donkey is lying down, you can find that the white hair on the donkey's stomach looks very strange. Some of the places where the hair should grow did not have long hair. Faintly, the shape seemed to form two words. On closer examination, it turned out to be the word "Feng Zheng". Some people also pinched their fingers and calculated that almost Feng Zheng died, and the donkey was born.
Therefore, after ten or ten hundred, the reincarnation of Prime Minister Feng Zheng and the reincarnation of a donkey spread in the capital.
Some good deeds told Feng Zheng's two sons about this matter. The Feng family began to disbelieve. The idea of reincarnation is pure nonsense. In addition, Before Feng Zheng was born, he was the prime minister, an official residence, and a great meritorious service in the imperial court. Without Feng Zheng, how could the current empress dowager smoothly bow down to the government? If there is no Feng Zheng, how can it be possible to eradicate the Ding Zhi rebellion? The imperial court went down to the swamp several times to reward Feng Zheng, which is proof of this. Even if there is a possibility of reincarnation, how can Feng Zheng be supported as a donkey after death?
However, I saw that the relatives and friends who had come to the offering were all whispering in a pile and a group of five. The Feng family did not come forward to stop it again, and there was no place for their faces to rest.
Feng Zheng's son found the family on the side of Xiqingyuan and asked to sell the donkey to the Feng family. The Feng family sold the donkey to the Feng family. The Feng family was originally the prime minister, and when they came to the door to ask for a donkey, they had already given the man great face. Ordinary people also gave it to them. However, the family did not know whether they had eaten the leopard's bile, and even opened their mouths to ask for a million dollars. At market prices, an adult donkey is only six dry dollars. The family competed for more than a hundred times the price. The Feng family was very annoyed, but in order to end the matter as soon as possible, they could only swallow their anger. The Feng family paid the same amount and took the donkey home. The two sons of the Feng family gathered their families and carefully examined the donkey back and forth, but they could not find anything catty. The white hair under the donkey's belly is the word "Feng Zheng". Is there really reincarnation in the world? The Feng family did not dare to kill the donkey, and could only eat and drink to feed the donkey.
In fact, Of course, Feng Zheng did not give birth to a donkey. It is because the Feng family does not learn any techniques and has shallow knowledge that they will be fooled and cheated of a large amount of money.
There was a famous poet in the Zhenzong Dynasty named Bao Dang. This person entered the army in the second year of Zhenzong Jingde's examination. A few years later, Bao Dang came to Tonglu County to serve as Zhi County. During his tenure as Zhi County, Bao Dang encountered a strange case. This case is the same as the Feng Zheng donkey incident more than a decade later.
Here's the thing. There is a common man, whom we shall call for the time being. A certain person has a mean temperament and especially likes to take advantage of others. The neighbors all hated so-and-so A, and behind their backs they cursed so-and-so A to become cattle in the next life, and they worked hard all their lives and could not rest. A few years later, A passed away. A few months later, a family in a neighboring village gave birth to a cow. Strangely, as soon as the cow was born, the name of a certain person appeared on the stomach. The owner of the cow secretly finds the son of a certain A. When the son of a certain A looks at it, he is sad and angry, sad that his father has become a cow after his death, and angry that his father has humiliated himself after his death. In order to hide his shame, the son of a certain A proposed to buy cattle. The owner of the cow asked for a hundred thousand dollars. A son had no choice but to give money.
That's how it all went. The townspeople are ignorant and will not think much about it. However, ten days later, a needlemaker in charge of tattooing ran to Tonglu County, said that he would turn himself in, and exposed a fraud case.
Baozhi County Shengtang questioned the case. It turned out that the owner of the cow had long heard that A had a very poor reputation among the neighbors. When a certain A died, it happened that the owner of the cow gave birth to a calf in his home. The owner of the cattle called in a needlemaker and asked them to cooperate with each other, and after getting the money, the two of them divided it equally. However, the owner of the cattle received 100,000 yuan, but only gave the needlemaker 10,000 yuan. Treachery is despised. The needlesmith was not angry, so he ran to complain. Bodang asked how to show his name on the cow's belly. The needlesmith said that it was not difficult. In the months before, needlesmiths used a fast knife to scrape the hair off the cow's belly. Use a needle dipped in ink to tattoo the name on the cow's belly. Soon, the hairs grew back on the cow's belly, and the ink had penetrated deeply into the tip of the hair. At first glance, it looks as if the hairs on a cow's belly naturally form words.
Bodang recorded the causes and consequences of the whole case in his notes. At that time, many people had read it, and the family in Xiqingyuan may have also read it.
However, Feng Zheng's sons were all stupid children, they didn't read at all, and most of them were some uneducated officials of the second generation. In addition, the family that caused the Feng Zheng donkey incident lived near the "Xiqingyuan". This Xiqing temple was a famous place in the Zhenzong Renzong Dynasty, where the emperor and the prime minister often held banquets, and some high-ranking officials and nobles came and went. Eighty percent of the family heard other officials say that the Feng Family did not learn any techniques, and only then did they start the idea of defrauding the Feng family of money.