Feng shui masters, prophets, strategists, uncertain prophets, and experts in calculation, if any of these account for one of them, they can be called geniuses, but there is one person who has all of them in their pockets, and this person is Yuan Tiangang. The story that happened to him was simply bizarre, and the genius was no longer enough to describe him, so he could only be classified into the ranks of demons, so people gave him the title of "a generation of demons".
However, such a god man could not avoid the iron law of birth, old age, illness and death, so what kind of person was Yuan Tiangang in history? What miraculous things did he do? With doubts, let's talk about the story of Yuan Tiangang next.
First, the art of face-to-face
During the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang was famous for his art of face-to-face, when Wu Zetian's father, Wu Shiyan, learned of this matter, and it is well known that people in ancient times were very superstitious, especially the nobles of the imperial palace, who were convinced of this, so he summoned this Yuan Tiangang to the palace to meet his family, so that he could also know what kind of future people would have.
So Yuan Tiangang came to the mansion, and the first person to see was Wu Zetian's mother, that is, Lady Yang, whom we know, and this Yuan Tiangang stared at people for half a day, and finally touched his beard and said to the samurai, Madame will be able to give birth to a son in time. Which man in ancient times didn't like his son? Hearing this, the samurai was ecstatic for a moment, so he hurriedly led him to meet the others, such an opportunity was wrong, but it was difficult to find it with a lantern.
So the two of them came to the other children of The Samurai, yuan Tiangang first asked Wu Zetian's two brothers to throw copper coins, and then fell silent for a long time before saying that the future of the two of them was the same, they were both high officials in the imperial court. As soon as the words fell, the samurai immediately chased after him and asked, How many products is the official? So Yuan Tiangang stretched out his sleeve and motioned for the samurai speaker to reach in and touch the information he gave.
The samurai was overjoyed by this touch, because Yuan Tiangang's fingers in the sleeve compared the appearance of three, which meant that his two sons would be three members of the imperial family in the future, so that the overall strength of their family would increase a lot. This seems to outsiders to be undoubtedly a deception, even if there is any uncertain prophet, but in fact it has slapped everyone. Lady Yang did give birth to a son in the future, and Wu Zetian's two older brothers also became Sanpin officials of the imperial court, so Yuan Tiangang's reputation became louder and louder.
2. Wu Zetian
Later, when Yuan Tiangang was preparing to leave, she saw Wu Zetian in the corner, and at this time, she changed into her brothers' men's clothes because she was naughty, because she did not apply powder to her face, making her look like an ordinary boy, but it was just a little feminine. This Yuan Tiangang glanced at the past and frowned.
Then he pinched a knuckle in his right hand, and kept muttering something wrong in his mouth. When the samurai saw this, he asked him what he had found? So Yuan Tiangang pulled him aside and then said, he measured that if this child was a daughter, he would be able to sit on the dragon chair in the future, but she was a boy in front of her, and he could not catch her chance by measuring in the body of a boy.
At this time, the samurai was shocked into a cold sweat, but he knew the gender of Wu Zetian, if his daughter could really become the emperor, then this road must be extremely dangerous, and the life of a careless family member could be lost during the period. So the samurai did not dare to let Yuan Tiangang count down anymore, and after giving him benefits, he hurriedly sent him away. Turning around, he looked at Wu Zetian with a look of complexity in his eyes.
Third, the heart is in serious trouble
Time passed like this day by day, Wu Zetian was later elected to the palace, and was made empress when Li Zhi ascended the throne, and did not think that she really sat on the throne. In this way, all of Yuan Tiangang's calculations came true, and Wu Zetian himself later learned of this matter, so he ordered someone to bring Yuan Tiangang with him.
In her opinion, this Yuan Tiangang actually had such a heavenly ability, if he did not get rid of it, in case he was used by the adulterers, the consequences would be unimaginable. So after many years, Yuan Tiangang saw Wu Zetian again, and before he could get to her, Yuan Tiangang sensed that something was wrong, and combined with what she had done during her ascension to the throne, he knew that he was afraid that he would be less fierce this time.
In fact, there are two reasons why Wu Zetian was so deliberate to get rid of Yuan Tiangang, one of which was that when she was not yet on the throne, Yuan Tiangang's calculation results were stabbed out, and the emperor who learned of this almost executed Wu Zetian in a rage, which made her very annoyed after she ascended the throne, thinking that if it were not for Yuan Tiangang himself, he would not have almost lost his life. The second is his "Push back map", which knocks on the side of the side to attack the decline of the Tang Dynasty.
As the ruler of the dynasty, how could Wu Zetian tolerate such a rebellious behavior, not to mention that his "Pushing Back Map" was published after he ascended to the throne, and it was clear that he wanted her to not come to the stage, so that even if he did not want to kill him, he had to be killed. However, the fact was once again reversed by Yuan Tiangang.
Fourth, the turning point
Shortly after the two of them met, Yuan Tiangang threw out a sentence that directly poked at Wu Zetian's weakness, saying that if the dynasty wanted to prosper, it must move the capital to Luoshui, where he could ensure that the imperial dynasty would prosper incomparably, but things would be reversed, so sooner or later it would decline. Although Wu Zetian was very dissatisfied when she heard this, she also had to believe that in order to maintain her rule, she could only have the imperial capital moved to the Luoshui area.
Since then, the Tang Dynasty has indeed become stronger and stronger, and Yuan Tiangang has escaped the disaster. The reason for this is that Wu Zetian took him for his own use. Later, Wu Zetian ordered him to help choose the construction site of the imperial tomb, and the location of this Qianling tomb was jointly chosen by Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng.
At this point in the story, it is actually different from the historical record of Yuan Tiangang, according to historical records, Yuan Tiangang died as early as when Li Shimin was still on the throne, which means that he could not have seen Wu Zetian after he ascended the throne. The reason why people call him a demon has to go back to himself, it is said that Yuan Tiangang calculated his own death date as early as his prime, and when he died, it was no different from this time, thus confirming his title of demon.
5. Summary
From this story, we can also see that this Yuan Tiangang still has a lot of real skills, take his confrontation with Wu Zetian, whether it is true or false, this ability to detect and observe colors alone has to be admired, not to mention his ability to turn the situation around with three words and two words.
But such things as metaphysics are ultimately undesirable, after all, they have exceeded people's cognition, and as people in the new era, we should explore the truth mainly based on science, and metaphysics can only become a stumbling block on the road to knowledge.