I don't know if you have found such a phenomenon, in the history of our country, those who later became emperors and generals were born, always accompanied by "supernatural events", such as when Emperor Yang Jian of Sui Wen was born, the purple qi in the delivery room was haunting, and he had dragon horns on his head, and his body was full of dragon scales, a scene of real dragons ruling the world; for example, when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, the red light in his yard was everywhere, frightening the neighbors to think that it was on fire, and ran to fight the fire only to find that Zhu Yuanzhang was crying there, and there was no fire at all.
The common people were convinced of this, and even the most authoritative "History" at that time recorded many such events, and the protagonists in today's story also encountered this kind of thing, the mother on the way to escape the wilderness picked two children, and the Taoist monk who passed by was surprised to point at the child and said: "You picked two dragons!" Why did the Taoist priest say this? What happened next?
Time has to go back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms more than 1,000 years ago, when the masses were divided, chaos was rife, wars were raging everywhere, ordinary people became victims of politics, living a life of displacement, eating and eating, and a woman named Du Shi was one of them.
Du Shi had no luggage, but carried two large baskets, in which sat a little boy, and the boys looked curiously at the people rushing around, at this time, a dry and thin Taoist priest passed by them, and somehow he turned and stopped the woman, and pointed at the two children with trembling fingers.
Du Shi hurriedly put down the children, guarded them in front of them, and looked directly at the Daoist priest, who said loudly, "You picked two dragons!" madam! Du Shi first felt inexplicable, and then felt very happy, asked the Daoist why he said this, but the Daoist who calmed down laughed and did not say anything, and then said goodbye to Du Shi, singing as he walked: "Mo Dao has no son of heaven today, and he will take the son of heaven on the burden!" At this time, Du Shi looked at his two children again, and the more he looked, the more joyful he became.
On the first day of the first month of the first month in 960 AD, Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chen Qiao Mutiny, and soon ascended to the throne, easily seizing the power of Later Zhou, taking Song as the state name, setting the capital kaifeng, known in history as "Song Dynasty" (or Northern Song), Zhao Kuangyin was the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin was one of Du's children, and the other child was named Zhao Guangyi, the second emperor of the Song Dynasty.
However, in China at that time, "the son inherited the father's business" was the mainstream, even the royal family was no exception, so why did Zhao Kuangyin give up the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi? This is again to say the words of the Taoist priest at that time.
In 961, Du Shi was seriously ill, and Song Taizu hurried to go, and Du Shi raised his spirit and asked, "Do you know the reason why you got the world?" Zhao Kuangyin cried and replied, "I can get this world thanks to my parents' accumulation of virtue!" Du Shi shook his head and said, "No, it's because Chai Rong chose a small child (7 years old) to dominate the world, if the Zhou clan has an older and more virtuous emperor, where will the world be yours!" So after you die, you should pass the throne to your brother, you know? ”
After listening to his mother's words, Zhao Kuangyin prostrated his head and replied, "I will listen to your teachings." Du Shi also asked the prime minister on the side to write an oath, and after everything was arranged, Du Shi passed away. Zhao Kuangyin was a man who respected his parents and spoke of credit, and after his death, he did pass the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi, did not he respond to the Taoist saying "two dragons"?
Dear readers, do you believe in the so-called "prophecy"?
Reference: History of the Song Dynasty