Speaking of the Qianlong Emperor, everyone will certainly not be unfamiliar, he is a very capable monarch, his popularity is much greater than several other emperors of the Qing Dynasty, during his reign, the Qianlong Emperor has repeatedly dispensed with thin endowments and reduced the burden on the peasants, so he is very loved by the people. He lived to be nearly ninety years old, the longest-lived of the Qing emperors.
During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the Qing Dynasty entered its heyday, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and their lives were very comfortable. The Qianlong Emperor was a king who loved the people like a son, and he often visited the folk micro-service privately to experience the sufferings of the people. Once, the Qianlong Emperor came to Suzhou on a private visit and was very happy to see this prosperous scene in front of him.
He continued on his way, thinking of strolling around the bustling bazaar. At this moment, he saw an old fortune teller not far away, and out of curiosity, the Qianlong Emperor walked over, which was a white-haired old man with a long beard, very temperamental. The Qianlong Emperor walked up to him, intending to let him count himself, and he was just about to speak, but this gentleman spoke first, and he said: You don't need to say, I know who you are, and I know what questions you have.
The Qianlong Emperor laughed and then said, "Then tell me what my identity is, and what is my question?" The gentleman said very frankly, "You are the current Saint Shang, the Qianlong Emperor, and the question you want to ask me is only how long you can live." Qianlong was horrified when he heard this, and almost collapsed on the ground. The old man added, "You don't have much time left, and if you abdicate now, you will still live for three years, and if you continue to be emperor, I am afraid that you will not have a few days to live." ”
The Qianlong Emperor was not a superstitious person, of course, he did not believe what the fortune teller said, so he laughed a few times and then left, and before he could walk out of the 500 meters, he immediately changed his face and immediately ordered his bodyguards to kill the white-haired old man. Because this old man is so powerful that he actually says exactly what he has to say about his own life, if such a person is used by bad people, the consequences are unimaginable.
After thinking about it for a moment, he had to send someone to get rid of it, and what he didn't expect was that when the guards came to the place just now, the white-haired old man was gone. The Qianlong Emperor found a note left by a fortune teller on the ground, which read: In this life, I have only calculated your fate for you. After seeing it, the Qianlong Emperor suddenly realized that it turned out that this gentleman had calculated his fate decades ago, and if it were not for this gentleman, he would have died in Huangquan a long time ago, and there was still a chance to become an emperor. Now the fortune teller has reappeared, most likely to save his own life.
Thinking of this, the Qianlong Emperor knew what he should do, and after returning to the palace, he immediately passed the throne to his son Jiaqing, and died three years later.