Ancient people hands feudal era of ideological shackles, always believe that people's fate has a certain number, more through some methods to predict the future, and even predict and change their own destiny, and can do the uncertain prophet is certainly what people call the fortune teller, but most of these fortune tellers are false and true, there are only a few who have real talents and practical learning, often using people's ignorance to cheat money.
For example, during the Qianlong period, a master told the Qianlong Emperor that the Qing Dynasty had 800 years of national fortune, and also said that Qianlong could live to be 80 years old.
Charlatans, pretending to be Langzhong for money
The fortune teller mentioned above is named Zhi Tianbao, in the very beginning, he was a small who did not know four or six, and he did not have a skill to maintain his own life, all day long to do some pits and abductions, chickens and dogs stealing, often where there is a bustle to go, can catch what small bargain will never be missed, on weekdays is also idle, walking around, in the present is an unemployed wanderer.
Until one day he listened to the neighbors talk about langzhong can make a lot of money, so he also wanted to engage in this industry, mainly with the help of Langzhong's profession to make money, it just so happened that his parents were still engaged in this industry, when he was young, he often saw his parents give pulse diagnosis to others, and prescribed some prescriptions, and he also learned according to some Chinese medicine books left behind, plus some childhood memories.
People around them heard that there was a groom, many sick people came to see a doctor, want to see what kind of level this newly emerging langzhong has, in fact, Zhi Tian Leopard is pretending, although he himself does understand some pharmacological knowledge, but also a bottle less than half a bottle of the swing of the kind of person, can grope a one or two, but can not fundamentally see the patient's condition, the right medicine is also done according to some prescriptions in the book.
Many colleagues have also come to him to test the waters, almost every real Langzhong has seen his method of diagnosing medical diseases can determine that this is a charlatan, the so-called treatment of diseases and saving people is pure fraud, but as a peer and can not expose him, so that not only will he be slandered, but also ruin his reputation, these people will only wait for him to make a mistake, the day when he is found, after all, if the industry is based on fraud, it is impossible to continue.
Sure enough, one day there was a patient who ate the medicine he prescribed the body's illness has not improved, drank the medicine and did not drink a sample, everyone thought he was in big trouble, but did not think that zhi Tianbao has a very good eloquence, to the person who came to make trouble explained that his disease is a chronic disease, the drug he took also has to go through a long period of precipitation to have an effect, but he has a special medicine here in a few days can have a miraculous effect, and this so-called "special medicine" is just some big supplementary herbs, who to drink, He would feel the improvement of his physical condition, and use this method to temporarily stabilize the position of Langzhong.
Money is obsessed with the heart, and the dignitaries are attached to the dignitaries
After becoming a fake lang with false truth, perhaps he has studied some pharmacological knowledge, or he often prescribes some more precious tonics to patients, which did save some people at that time, and his "special effect" method greatly attracted people's attention, people have publicized this "divine doctor" with a unique prescription, and gradually, his name of zhi tian leopard has also spread.
At this time, she found that she was already a celebrity, and she wanted to use the convenience of the present to seek more wealth, the money of ordinary people was too little, and the money earned in a year was also extremely limited, in order to broaden his financial road, he chose to coax some officials and dignitaries at that time, these people had a great cause, and they were even more rich, but if they could please one of them, the money earned was much more than that earned in the neighborhood.
After that, he also began to look for some target objects, first of all, to exclude some civil administrators and officials specializing in the medical industry, these people have a relatively high level of education, or have a deep knowledge of the study of medicine, he knows that his two brushes have deceived the people, can not deceive these literati, so in the end he will target those martial arts generals, these people have simple minds, developed limbs, most of them are relatively low level of education, it is indeed easier to deceive them.
And such a strategy was really a hundred tests in the future, indeed many officials who practiced martial arts believed his words, at the same time, Zhi Tianbao used some large tonic herbs or drugs that worked quickly to give these officials to take, so that they could feel their "ability" to cure all diseases, after obviously feeling that their physical condition improved, these people trusted Zhi Tianbao more and more, and he also earned a lot of money.
By lying and deceiving Qianlong, one will eventually suffer the consequences
Just as the so-called "people's hearts are not enough for the snake to swallow the elephant", Zhi Tianbao was still not satisfied with this, thinking that since he could deceive these officials, could he also deceive the current Qianlong Emperor of Shengshang, in order to realize his bold idea, he spent a month to study the method of fortune telling, and for this reason he even compiled a gua book called "The Fortunes of the Great Qing Dynasty" to deduce the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty.
Subsequently, he called his apprentice Zhang Jiuxiao to implement this plan, and his apprentice was also half-convinced after hearing these predictions of his master, after all, who had changed his profession to become a fortune teller, but under the persuasion of Zhi Tianbao's rhetoric, he really believed it, the important thing was that Zhi Tianbao promised him that the money he would get after the fact was divided equally, and once he succeeded, he would definitely be able to add officials to the knighthood, so under the temptation of such interests, Zhang Jiuxiao completely lost his mind.
Next, the two managed to come to the imperial palace to meet the Qianlong Emperor, and at this time, Qianlong held an annual ancestor worship activity, and after the event, Zhi Tianbao pushed his apprentice up and asked him to tell the Qianlong Emperor about his prophecy.
When the Qianlong Emperor heard that there was such a fortune teller who calculated the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty for 800 years, and that he could live to the age of 80, he could not help but be a little shocked, but he still remained calm, nor did he show joy, but immediately ordered the two to be beheaded after thinking for a moment.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, these "calculations" of Zhi Tianbao seem to be reasonable and well-founded, but in the eyes of the Qianlong Emperor, it is more like a curse, who does not want their dynasty to be able to pass on for thousands of generations, and at the same time, who does not want to be able to live a long life, what Zhi Tianbao said must not please the emperor, but can be recognized at a glance, this little wisdom is exactly the most stupid way, the two are also self-inflicted evil results, and end up with a tragic death.
epilogue
According to historical records, we can know that the Qing Dynasty did not exist for 800 years, a total of only 276 years, on the other hand, the Qianlong Emperor did not only live to 80 years old, he became the longest living emperor of the ancient Chinese dynasty, living to the age of 89, so the facts have proved that none of the words of Zhi Tianbao are correct, and his identity as a charlatan has finally become a laughingstock.
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