Preface
Although the emperors of ancient times were superstitious, they mainly used it for fortune tellers, and when there was a fortune teller who dominated the fate of the country, but there was such an emperor, but the fate of the whole country was pinned on the body of a fortune teller.
This emperor is none other than Chongzhen, the last emperor of the famous Ming Dynasty in history, who was full of ambition to ascend the throne at a young age, but he didn't want the whole Ming Dynasty to be stormy, and he did not hesitate to put down his dignity and delegate his own edict for the country, but the country was still declining.
Xun Xian asked, obtaining psychological comfort was already Chongzhen's last consolation, but he never thought that it was this fortune telling that gave him the last blow in his heart.
1. The Ming Dynasty is dying
In 1644, the city of Beijing was broken, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, entered Beijing, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen was full of sorrow, did not want to be the king of the country, and did not want his children to be humiliated by the enemy, so he killed his wife and daughter, hanged himself on the crooked neck tree of the coal mountain, and the great eunuch Wang Chengen went on the road with him.
The last emperor had such integrity in the Southern Song Dynasty, but at that time, the Southern Song Dynasty failed in the Battle of Yashan, and the last troops were wiped out, and although the Ming Dynasty lost Beijing, the strength of the country outside Hebei, especially south of the Yangtze River, was well preserved, and it could be the capital for a comeback.
Then why didn't Emperor Chongzhen go to the south?
First of all, Chongzhen had the vision of moving the capital to the south, but unfortunately the situation was controlled by the Donglin Party, and many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, because most of their family property was in Beijing, so they rejected the emperor in a group, and these people basically died in the hands of Li Zicheng after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
As for the other reason, let's start with a secret letter.
Chongzhen for the words of the fortune teller, seems to have an inexplicable trust, in 1627 Ming Xizong died of illness, because there were no children, so the 16-year-old Zhu by the throne became the emperor, at this time Zhu by the heart of the smug, he vowed to be a good emperor.
Because the country was controlled by Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party at that time, as soon as Zhu Youzhen returned to the imperial court, he got in touch with the Donglin Party, and although Wei Zhongxian had the heart to control the country, he had no desire to usurp power and seize the throne, so he was quickly taken by Zhu Youzhen.
At this time, the court controlled the number of many officials, so Zhu Youzhen used fortune-telling to select officials, he believed that his fate was created by the mandate of heaven, and the officials who got after asking the sky must be able to wish themselves the revival of the Ming Dynasty.
Time came to 1643, this year the fall of the Ming Dynasty was already a matter of time, the emperor was tired and exhausted, once in a dream, Zhu Youjian dreamed of a word, so there was this hexagram to ask the country.
2. Asking the country
Above the court, Zhu Youzhen asked what the word minister of the court and the central government was, and what he got without exception was the Ming Dynasty and the people, but his family knew his own affairs, so he had this private visit to the micro-service.
After asking the steps, Zhu Youzhen came to a fortune-telling stall, sat down and asked the hexagram, and waved a big pen.
"Family or state?"
"Ask about state affairs. ”
After the fortune teller pondered slightly, "This means that the word "field" is the beginning, and the farmers make a living from the fields, which can be interpreted as the farmers want to come out. ”
Zhu Youjing's back was cold, so he hurriedly wrote down the next word.
"Sir, wait, what I'm going to test is whether there are words or not. ”
At this time, Li Zicheng's army threatened Beijing, and Zhu Youzhen, the fortune teller's result, was unwilling to accept it.
This fortune teller is also an idiot, and he didn't see that the two entourages around Zhu Youzhen were already tense.
"There are no words, there are big words, there are no bright words, half of the world of the Ming Dynasty has gone, and now there is still life, but it is barely pieced together. ”
After Zhu Youzhen listened, his heart was cold to the bottom, and he still couldn't change his life after more than ten years of hard work, at this time Zhu Youzhen had already given up in his heart, but he was unwilling to make the last move.
Zhu Youzhen wrote down the unitary, and before he put the pen, the fortune teller had already shook his head again and again, Zhu Youzhen only wanted an explanation at this time, "Mr. doesn't need to shy away, please speak freely." ”
"You are related to respect, but you are missing a few inches, and I am afraid that the emperor will be beheaded and cut off his feet. ”
Zhu Youzhen believes in fortune-telling very much, and Li Zicheng's army has made the royal army powerless, at this time he seems to have accepted his fate and returned to the palace in a trance.
Before leaving, the emperor wanted to pay the hexagram money, knowing that the emperor could wear clothes with patches, so how could he owe money to anyone?
3. The country is gone
Zhu Youzhen put the money on the fortune teller stall, got up and was about to leave, he never thought that the fortune teller would ignore the attendant and reach out to stop Chongzhen, you must know that in ancient times, such a scene was tantamount to colliding with the holy car, and it was very likely to break his hands and feet on the spot.
Seeing that the fortune teller didn't care about it, Emperor Chongzhen believed in him a little more.
"You take the money, I don't take the money from the dead. ”
The fortune teller looked impatient, and Emperor Chongzhen was already so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his face with a white towel.
The fortune teller glanced at it and said, "You have a towel in your mouth, isn't it just a hanging word, you hurry up, don't let me get dirty." ”
A year later, Li Zicheng's army knocked on the city of Beijing, and in the end, Chongzhen's ending was just as the fortune teller said, he was hanged.
Could it be that this fortune teller really has the ability to navigate the future of the past and the present?
Naturally this is not the case, in fact, this is just a psychological hint from the fortune teller to Chongzhen, in fact, since Chongzhen left the fortune teller stall, this fortune teller also left here very quickly, and did not appear again.
This person is not a warlock who wanders the rivers and lakes at all, but a strategist under Li Zicheng, named Song Xiance, this time he wanted to investigate the situation in Beijing, but he never thought that he happened to bump into Chongzhen.
Chongzhen's face was noble, and the guards were full of murderous anger, how could he not see Chongzhen's identity, plus Chongzhen asked about state affairs as soon as he came up, so there was this psychological war against the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
epilogue
When Chongzhen took over the throne, he was only 16 years old, born in the royal family and did not suffer from the people, so he believed in the ghost words of the Donglin Party and eradicated the eunuch party together.
Although the eunuch party caused chaos in the country, but the fate of the country and themselves were kidnapped, eunuchs can not vote for the two masters, this is the consensus of the world, but the Donglin party is not, they are still officials after the change of dynasty, so in the last moment of the Ming Dynasty, they not only did not defend the country like Wei Zhongxian and others, but took advantage of the last time to make a lot of money.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the financial revenue was only 5 million, but after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he squeezed out 70 million taels of silver from the eastern leaders.