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People throughout the ages have never stopped exploring the unknown, and the most concerned about the future is not the emperor who is above power. No matter which dynasty emperor is keen on fortune telling, guan yin and yang opening to the fate of the name, the fortune of the country, and the fortune of the king. Therefore, there are many fortune tellers who have learned Confucianism and Taoism.
Like the well-known "Zhuge Liang in the three parts of the world, Liu Bowen in the unification of the country" has the ability to tell fortunes.
Most fortune tellers understand the world and are smart and thorough, but if they do not know how to converge and avoid interests, they will be smart but mistaken by smart, and finally provoke the disaster of killing.
"Superstitious" Qianlong
The Qianlong Emperor had a strong influence in Chinese history, and many modern novels and film and television works tell the story of Qianlong. As the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, under his rule, the Qing Dynasty reached the peak of the Kangqian dynasty.
Qianlong's reign was the most prosperous period of the Qing Dynasty, and Qianlong was also the longest-reigning emperor in history.
The ancients believed in the Mandate of Heaven and believed that disasters could be avoided through man-made predictions. As an emperor, Qianlong was most concerned about not only the fortunes of the country, but also superstitious about the heavens and the earth And Huang and his own destiny.
Portrait of the Xiang Army
Some time ago, there was such a passage in the "Ruyi Zhuan" of the fire, because Qianlong believed that the Ten Brothers and the Qianlong Eight Characters were compatible with each other after observing the celestial phenomena, so even when the Tenth Brother was seriously ill, Qianlong never visited his own son.
The real Qianlong Emperor in history was indeed like this, he was an extremely superstitious emperor.
Qianlong was particularly convinced of the secret witchcraft of western great lamas, and during his reign the White Lotus Sect revolted violently. One day Qianlong chanted a mantra in front of the Jiaqing Emperor, and Hezhen beside him kept chanting the name of the leader of the uprising.
The Jiaqing Emperor did not know, so He Yan explained that this was a Western secret art that could kill people thousands of miles away.
In fact, the superstition of the emperor is not surprising, because it is located in the center of power, and they believe that this must be the choice of heaven, and only the blessing of the gods can guard this thousand miles of rivers and mountains.
The "superstitious" Qianlong also loved fortune telling, and had repeatedly wanted the jianghu warlocks to see their fortunes. It was also Qianlong's superstition that gave rise to such a miracle.
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Calculate the fate of the son of heaven and watch the fortunes of the country
The Qianlong Emperor is most famous for the fact that many strange things happened during his "Six Lower Jiangnan" period, and this fortune-telling incident that made people cry and laugh was on the way down the Jiangnan in Qianlong.
A man in a coat and holding a fan knelt on the imperial road, trumpeting that he had come to "offer Xiang Rui" and had a strange book for the emperor.
Arousing Qianlong's curiosity, he stopped the team and sent forward to ask: "What is the Strange Book?" The person who came claimed that Zhang Jiuxiao said that his master was collecting medicine on the camel cliff more than ten years ago, met the old lord apparition, and taught the master Zhi Tianbao this book of "Great Qing Heavenly Destiny".
Zhang Jiuxiao, who successfully presented the book, could not wait to go back and inform his master Zhi Tianbao, but he was detained by officers and soldiers halfway through and put into prison.
Although there are many words of praise in the original book, the book focuses on writing: The Great Qing Dynasty has 800 years of national fortune, and Qianlong has an 80-year life limit.
Qianlong was furious when he saw this, and ordered Zhang Jiuxiao, who was blocking the road, to be executed.
Charlatan Langzhong
At this time, Zhi Tianbao, who was still delusional about being promoted to an official and making a fortune, did not know that he had violated Tianwei until he heard the news that Zhang Jiuxiao had been imprisoned, and he was instantly frightened and scattered. It turns out that this is not a strange book.
Although this zhitian leopard is a famous doctor, his medical skills are not exquisite. After the year is over, he can only sell plasters to survive.
Bent on promoting officials and getting rich, he suddenly had a plan one day that local officials were popular with "offering Xiangrui", and the emperor would definitely add officials to the knighthood as soon as he was happy. Then write a book praising the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty and the long life of the emperor, and the emperor will be rich and noble as soon as he is happy.
Zhi Tianbao also did not have any great ability, nor was he a literati, he just wrote about the life expectancy of daqing and Qianlong through some side doors and left paths. In order to make people more convinced that this was "by the order of heaven", he also moved out of the Shunzhi Emperor who established the Qing Dynasty.
Highlighting his own unique luck makes people believe that he is not very human, this "Great Qing Heaven Fixed Fortune Number" is also known as "Great Qing Ten Thousand Years Book",
In fact, in addition to the gossip nonsense, it is some sneaky words. As for this 800 years, it is only to boast that the fortunes of the country are better than the Zhou Dynasty and win the hearts of the emperor.
Qianlong comic image
After writing this book, he knew that he was just an ordinary citizen who did not have the ordinary opportunity to approach the emperor.
And did not want others to ask for their own credit, it happened that Zhang Jiuxiao in the neighboring village was related to him due to illness.
He followed Zhi Tianbao to learn to boil the plaster, and this Zhang Jiuxiao was also an illiterate Bai Ding, obeying his words. Therefore, when Qianlong passed by here, a few days ago, there was this strange thing of blocking the road and offering books.
Because zhi tianbao vainly guessed the number of fortunes in the great Qing Dynasty because of the book, it was really a demon to confuse the public.
The book also mentions that the Qianlong Dynasty was fifty-seven years old, and was regarded as a curse on the emperor.
Zhishu Temple, Imperial Secret, and False Claim that Lu met the Shunzhi Emperor were even more guilty. Such a heinous act was executed according to the law, and this farce of calculating the destiny of heaven and the fate of the Son of Heaven ended in a ridiculous way.
Fortune telling image
Underestimated ambition
The dynasties and dynasties have never lacked the clever people who are opportunistic and sneaky and pat their horses, and the wise leopard has some knowledge and courage that ordinary people do not have, but they are smart and mistaken.
He ignored the ambitions of the imperial family and the greed of human nature,
Emperors since ancient times have been born with the desire to fight for power and seize power; the material desire to sit on the throne, expand the territory, conquer the rebels, and provide money; and the desire to pursue immortality in a big way at the age of more than half a hundred. Only lust and greed are unpredictable, because often they are endless.
The greatest worry of a generation of kings is always their own life expectancy and the fortunes of the country, and how long they can live means how long they can reign, which also fully reflects an emperor's desire for power.
Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor
When Qianlong was in power, he set his own nickname and gave himself the nickname of "Gao", which is actually very intriguing.
This does not reflect his great achievements, nor does it distinguish between praise and criticism.
But this "high" has a deep meaning, which can be seen in Qianlong's full desire. He wants to be the best emperor, and he wants to be the emperor who has reigned the longest, in other words, he wants to live a long time.
This "high" is actually Qianlong's wish when he was crown prince, and if the prince faints, then he will cross his life to himself.
He uses this high to absorb the life expectancy of others, he is not only superstitious but also especially hopes for a long life, and his desire for life is extreme, because only by living can he grasp endless power.
The image of Qianlong in "New Zhu Gege"
Zhi Tianbao thought that there were few emperors in the past dynasties who had lived past 80 years old, which was already an advanced age in line with reality. But in reality Qianlong is dissatisfied, and his desire is never satisfied with 800 years.
What he wants is an infinity for generations to come. He's not content with being 80 years old, he wants immortality.
The greater the ability, the more it expands with only the desire that grows wildly. When standing at a certain height, endless desires will follow. The emperor can have a great desire, but he does not allow anyone to guess it.
Therefore, this is the sadness of the Zhitian Leopard, because of the ambition of vainly speculating about Qianlong, which led to the disaster of killing.
Liu Bowen calculated
Qianlong's "Selfishness and Conceit"
Historical evaluations of Qianlong have been mixed, and his contributions to the society are obvious to all. However, in the later period, he opened a large number of literary prisons, and Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "Avoid the prison of words and fear, and write books only for rice sorghum." Yongzheng Dashi literal prison to maintain its own rule,
Cracking down on dissidents and suppressing ideological speech that is detrimental to their rule has created some cases of conviction for speech
。 During the Qianlong administration, it reached its peak, strengthening centralized rule through literal prisons, resulting in many unjust and wrongful cases. This also shows that Qianlong is an extremely conceited and individualistic person.
I have to admit that the road chosen by Zhi Tianbao is actually quite appetizing to the Qianlong Emperor.
Everyone loves to hear praise, to hear what they want to hear, and the emperor is no exception.
He Yan can accompany Qianlong every time he goes down to Jiangnan and can be compared with the university scholar Ji Xiaolan. He must have been proficient in flattery, which also captured Qianlong's conceited psychology.
Zhitian Leopard film and television image
But why did the Zhitian Leopard end up with a personal head landing?
Because human nature has always been greedy, desire is always a bottomless pit that cannot be filled, and emperors are even more so.
Their desires are more difficult to speculate on, and the dissatisfaction of human nature is fully reflected in this matter.
Couldn't Qianlong see the meaning of this book? No, he was sure, but he was never satisfied.
Qin Shi Huang spent his life pursuing the art of immortality, and a generation of Ming Emperor Wudi was also obsessed with prolonging life in his later years.
Qianlong was by no means satisfied with 80 years, in his opinion this was a curse, so he was furious. It is often said that a companion is like a companion of a tiger, even if it is flattering, the slightest carelessness will be difficult to protect.
The power of the ancient emperors is incomparable to that of us, but we must be sober and intelligent people.
Do not easily underestimate people's desires and greed, but also restrain your own desires and greed.
Smart people are judging the time and using their own wisdom where they should use it, otherwise they will be too smart and become "laughing stock".