During the Tang Dynasty, there was a god named Yuan Tiangang, and one of his "Tui Bei Tu" is said to have predicted the historical trajectory of the next 1,000 years, and even predicted the founding of the People's Republic of China.
And Mr. Liu Bowen of Qingtian in the Ming Dynasty also has a "Song of Baked Cakes", according to legend, this "Song of Baked Cakes" is Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang chatting about the future of the country when eating baked cakes, so it was named.
According to legend, this song predicts the future of the Ming Dynasty being overthrown and the Qing Dynasty ascending to the throne.
01 Keep your hair and head behind, you can't have both
What is the modern people's impression of the Qing Dynasty? Is it the unique title of the Manchus such as Ama and Eniang? Is it the historical impression of the sick man in East Asia who lost power and humiliated the country in the late Qing Dynasty? Or is it the image of the emperor with three thousand beauties in the harem in the TV series?
These impressions are inherent, but what impresses people most about the Qing Dynasty is the shape of the head that is different from the Han people's hair: the money rat tail.
The Han people pay attention to "the body hair and skin, and the parents who receive it", every part of the body comes from the parents, and they are the kindness of their parents.
Not only that, but in ancient China, there was also a punishment called "髡 punishment", which was to shave off the prisoner's hair.
In modern times, this is not even a punishment, but in ancient times, some people even considered this punishment to be no less than killing a prisoner.
Therefore, after the Qing Dynasty came to the Central Plains, it was quite difficult to implement the Qing Dynasty's "money rat tail" hairstyle, because for many scholars, this hairstyle was no different from killing them.
As the name suggests, "Money Rat Tail" is to shave off most of a person's hair, leaving only a piece of the back of the head, and then tie up the braid, which looks like a mouse's tail, which is called "Money Rat Tail".
As a result, the Manchu rulers' methods were quite brutal, but they were also extremely effective: "Don't you think that if you change your hairstyle, you will be killed?
Therefore, the policy of "keeping your hair without leaving your head, and keeping your head without leaving your hair" came into being.
If you don't shave your hair, then cut off your head, so many people have shaved their heads, after all, it is normal to change the dynasty, and the days will pass, what does it have to do with who is the emperor and himself?
Eventually, this shaving policy was carried out.
Why do you want to explain the "money rat tail" hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty, because this has a deep connection with Liu Bowen's "Song of Baked Cakes".
02 People become successful, and people become half-monks
In the "Song of Baked Cakes", there is such a sentence: Allah comes out of the rain grass, and half of the pedestrians on the road are monks.
If you are a modern person, it is easy to guess the meaning of this sentence: rain grass head is the word "full" for "Manchu", and "half monk" is not the hairstyle in a historical drama set in the Qing Dynasty?
Obviously, this sentence coincides with history, but just looking at this sentence, it can't help but feel a little unreal, after all, no matter how smart Liu Bowen is, he is just a strategist under Zhu Yuanzhang, and he can't predict the future.
But if you finish watching the whole "Baked Cake Song", then many people may feel shocked.
Take a few sentences from it at random:
This city is full of personal expeditions, and the mountains and rivers of a courtyard are forever peaceful.
Send the golden dragon back to the old, and the sun and the moon shine on the frontier.
The sophisticated golden dragon is strong, and it is said that Kunyu follows the dragon hall.
Who appoints Bao Sheji, 8,000 female ghosts are chaotic.
These limerick poems in "Song of Baked Cakes" respectively predicted the battle of the Yongle Emperor, the change and restoration of the civil fort in Zhu Qizhen of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, and even the chaos of Wei Zhongxian.
It can be said that the history of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years in the future was predicted by Liu Bowen early. Not only that, Li Zicheng's uprising, and Wu Sangui's rebellion against the Ming Dynasty are all in the prophecy.
It seems that Liu Bowen is not a strategist under Zhu Yuanzhang, but an immortal sent by God to help Zhu Yuanzhang achieve his great cause. When Liu Bowen completed his mission, he left a string of limerick poems for Zhu Yuanzhang to figure out.
03 The true biography of Qingtian, attached to the descendants
If in the Ming and Qing dynasties, if someone saw this "Song of Baked Cakes", then people may not know why, but in the eyes of modern people, these limerick poems correspond to major historical events one by one.
However, is this "Song of Baked Cakes" really left by Liu Bowen? The real origin may have been written by later generations, and then it was only seconded in the name of Liu Bowen.
Among them, it can be seen that:
- Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Huaiyou, and his family was poor, so he didn't have the opportunity to study and learn Xi when he was young. But his imperial arrogance is not inferior to other emperors in history, and it can be said that he is one of the top three in Chinese history.
However, every time Liu Bowen said a limerick poem, Zhu Yuanzhang would ask: "Does this poem mean that someone is making trouble, then I will send someone to guard the place where he is about to make trouble." ”
Such an emperor who revived the Han dynasty through the ages has become a miser who is desperately looking at his family property, which does not match Zhu Yuanzhang's bearing at all.
Although in history, all officials and subjects called the emperor "long live", no emperor in history lived past 100 years.
Qin Shi Huang wanted his dynasty to be passed on for eternity, so he did not set up a nickname, and called the emperor by titles such as "second, third", etc., and the second died.
As a founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang should know better than anyone that no dynasty can inherit forever, no king can live forever, and the country cannot be stable.
Therefore, from the perspective of bearing, this "Song of Baked Cakes" is obviously apocryphal.
2. Although Zhu Yuanzhang learned to read and hyphenate after the rebellion, read articles, check documents, and even write well.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial frame is very small, for example, he almost does not call himself "I", but "we", and there is almost no difference from the peasants.
The civil official admonished that Zhu Yuanzhang did not conform to the norms, but Zhu Yuanzhang replied and asked them to listen to "we" as "I". It's really funny.
On the other hand, in "Song of Baked Cakes", Zhu Yuanzhang's title is all "I", which is obviously not Zhu Yuanzhang's own style.
Therefore, regardless of whether "The Song of Baked Cakes" was made up by later generations, there are traces of modification in it.
In general, "The Song of Baked Cakes" cannot come from the inner courtyard of the palace, nor can it be from the hands of Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang, but the market restaurants and teahouses can give birth to it.
Imagine, a few people who are holding a birdcage and drinking tea, talking together, and finally creating a "Song of Baked Cakes" is very appropriate and realistic?