It turned out that not long after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he always felt frightened and often had a strange dream - he dreamed that the person sitting on the dragon throne was not himself, but another person. He could not even see the appearance of that person.

They all knew it very well, and every time it was this person sitting on the dragon throne, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel extremely panicked.

He ordered his confidants to find a Taoist priest who was skilled in numerology to help him analyze why he had such strange dreams and what did such dreams portend?

Sure enough, this Taoist priest had an idea. After some calculations, he determined that within a radius of more than ten miles, there was a person whose birth date was exactly the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's. This person also had the destiny of an emperor. That person appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's dream, sitting on a dragon.

The person sitting on the chair is this person.

Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly shocked when he heard this, and ordered his men to find this person at all costs. So tens of thousands of officers and soldiers launched a carpet search within a radius of more than ten miles. They searched and searched, but they did not expect to find him.

This person was found and his birth date was exactly the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's. However, this person's occupation was a bit unexpected - he was a beekeeper.

When the beekeeper was brought to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised to find that the person sitting on the dragon throne in his dream was the beekeeper!

Zhu Yuanzhang was of course prepared to kill this man immediately, but as soon as the Taoist priest heard that he was a beekeeper, he advised Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Since this man is a beekeeper, he has become an 'emperor'.

Because like Your Majesty, he has his own 'thousands of people', but his thousands of people are just bees, and there are also many 'bee soldiers and bees generals'."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt that what the Taoist said was reasonable, and Queen Ma also repeatedly advised him not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, so Zhu Yuanzhang let the man go.

But not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang began to have the same dream again, so he secretly asked someone to kill the beekeeper. And after detailed investigation, it was discovered that the beekeeper's location was actually Liu Bowen's manor.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to be suspicious of Liu Bowen. He believed that this beekeeper must have been secretly brought by Liu Bowen to his manor and raised for evil purposes. However, in the end, after repeated investigations, there was no concrete evidence, and that

At that time, the world was just settled and the country was not yet stable, so they did not attack Liu Bowen.

In fact, the beekeeper was indeed a "human poison" deliberately planted by Liu Bowen. What is a "human poison"? It is this kind of "human poison" that can be used as a "spell" to curse the fate of another person. This beekeeper

, is the living "spell" used by Liu Bowen to curse Zhu Yuanzhang - if Zhu Yuanzhang does not kill the beekeeper, then Zhu Yuanzhang will be tortured by endless nightmares until he has a mental breakdown; if Zhu Yuanzhang kills this "human poison",

Then the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang who will become emperor in future generations will be cursed.

What kind of curse is this? What the Chinese fear most is short life and poor heirs. This curse has exactly these two functions. It is also this curse that shortens the life span of the heir to the throne and reduces the number of heirs.

The Qi of the Ming Dynasty was reduced by half. The Ming Dynasty could have lasted for six hundred years, but it actually only existed for less than three hundred years.

This spell is indeed quite poisonous.

Looking into the history of the Ming Dynasty, this is indeed the case.

Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and the founder Zhu Di who were over 60 years old, their life spans were very short. For seven consecutive generations of emperors from Renzong to Wuzong, the average life span was less than 40 years old.

Renzong was 49 years old.

Xuanzong was 38 years old.

Yingzong was 38 years old.

Daizong was 31 years old.

Xianzong was 41 years old.

Xiaozong was 36 years old.

Wu Zong was 31 years old

Jiajing reached the age of sixty, and Wanli reached the age of fifty-eight, which was considered an "advanced age." Most of the other emperors died around the age of forty. The shortest-lived Tianqi was only twenty-three years old, and Zhengde was only thirty-one years old.

Although most people's life spans were not long in ancient times, such short lifespans were rare. For example, it was common for officials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties to be over sixty or seventy years old. When the Ming Dynasty cabinet officials joined the cabinet, they were basically in their fifties.

The chief minister was often over seventy years old. In the early Qing Dynasty, except Shunzhi who died early due to smallpox, most of the other emperors lived longer. Why did the emperors of the Ming Dynasty die early?

Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty sighed that "old people are coming" when he was less than 30 years old, which shows how poor his physical fitness is; Ming Xiaozong's health was not good before he came to the throne, which shows that his innate fitness is not very good; the bodies of Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli generations were all poor

It was very bad, so I would be out of breath after taking a few steps; and the health of the three emperors Taichang and Tianqi was even worse.

The strange thing is that most of the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons who became vassal kings are also descendants of the Zhu family. Most of them live long lives. Among Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants, it is very common for them to live to be seventy or eighty years old, and some even give birth to hundreds of children.

Sons, only the Emperor Zhu Di's branch, not only had a short life, but also had very few heirs. There were even several generations where a single son was passed down, and several emperors were extinct, that is to say, they died before giving birth to a son.

It can be seen that the problem lies with Zhu Di. Most of his brothers' descendants not only live long lives, but also have strong reproductive capabilities, but it is his branch that has serious problems.

Is this really all Liu Bowen's "human poison" at work? So how does this "human poison" produce its effect?

It worked through a deeply hidden undercover agent. On the surface, this mysterious undercover agent tried his best to help Zhu Di succeed in his rebellion and oust Emperor Jianwen from the throne. In fact, the ultimate goal was to greatly shorten the Ming Dynasty's history as a whole.

The undercover agent was a monk and had a close relationship with the Liu Bowen family. This mysterious monk was named Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao was a native of Suzhou. His family had been practicing medicine for generations, and the Yao family was considered a wealthy family in that area. They also had close contacts with Master Liu Xian, Liu Bowen's ancestor.

Yao Guangxiao was very smart and well-read since he was a child, and later became a monk with a monk named Dao Yan. Yao Guangxiao was proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and was also good at "The Book of Changes" and the art of Yin and Yang.

On this day, Yao Guangxiao and his friends were discussing scriptures and Taoism at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan. They happened to meet Yuan Gong, the most famous physiognomist master at that time. When Yuan Gong saw Yao Guangxiao, he was greatly surprised: "Now the world is at peace.

How to pay back

How could there be a monk with such a strange appearance? You see, this pair of triangular eyes is strange and extraordinary. The face looks like a sick tiger, but there is a murderous aura in his bones. This must be a master who is good at strategizing, and he will definitely be able to establish a long-lasting relationship in the future.

Great deeds.”

After Yao Guangxiao heard this, not only was he not angry, but he was secretly happy. He quickly took Yuan Gong's hand and introduced him as a close friend.

In the fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382), Yao Guangxiao, who was 47 years old, finally found an opportunity. In this year, Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, Queen Ma, unfortunately died of illness. Zhu Yuanzhang searched for eminent monks all over the world and assigned them to various princes, so that the eminent monks could be seen in public.

The vassal king built a temple in his kingdom to chant sutras and pray for Queen Ma. Yao Guangxiao was recommended by others and was among the candidates. When Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for these eminent monks to meet with the vassal kings, Yao Guangxiao fell in love immediately and was granted the title of King Yan.

The fourth prince Zhu Di.

Yao Guangxiao saw that King Yan Zhu Di was handsome, majestic and the most emperor-like, so he recommended himself to follow Zhu Di. Seeing that Yao Guangxiao had triangular eyes and a bloated body, Zhu Di was somewhat reluctant to have him. Yao Guangxiao walked up to Zhu Di and quietly said to Zhu Di: "

If this poor monk can be used by Your Highness, he will definitely be able to provide you with a white hat." Zhu Di felt that there was something in the monk's words. Isn't a "king" wearing a "white" hat an "emperor"? So he pulled him into the inner room to talk in detail. Yao Guangxiao

Discussing the past and present, analyzing the current situation, and reasoning out the truth. Zhu Di heard this and repeatedly said yes, and immediately asked Zhu Yuanzhang to grant Yao Guangxiao to himself.

Shortly thereafter, Yao Guangxiao came to Peiping (later changed to Beijing) with King Yan. He nominally abbotted Qingshou Temple, but in fact he often visited King Yan's palace and became King Yan's most important counselor and confidant.

Help King Yan plan his troops

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness and passed the throne to his grandson Zhu Yun (Emperor Jianwen). Yao Guangxiao felt that an opportunity had come. He tried every means to help Zhu Di build confidence and encouraged him to raise troops to seize the throne as soon as possible.

Although Zhu Di has been coveting the throne for a long time, if he really wants to rebel, he is still unsure and dare not carry it out lightly. Otherwise, if the rebellion fails and the prince fails to do it, he may even cause the disaster of annihilation.

Yao Guangxiao persuaded him to send troops as soon as possible, but he said with concern: "Emperor Jianwen has not lost the support of the people. My troops are unpopular, and the results are unpredictable!" Yao Guangxiao said: "I have been studying astronomy and calendars, and I know that now the world should be your highness.

Yours, God's way is on our side, don't worry about public opinion." But Zhu Di still couldn't make up his mind, sighing and sighing every day, unable to do anything.

The two were reading and arguing together. Zhu Di recited a sentence casually, "The sky is cold and the ground is freezing, and the water will turn into ice." Yao Guangxiao blurted out from the side: "The world is in chaos and the people are poor. If the king doesn't come forward, who will make the decision?" What he means is that the people's hearts are now

It was not on the side of Emperor Jianwen either. Since Emperor Jianwen vigorously reduced the power of the vassal kings, it was only a matter of time before the world was in chaos. It is said that there is already such a nursery rhyme circulating in the streets and alleys of the capital: "Don't chase Yan, chase Yan and fly high.

"Fly high to God's Ji!" The meaning of this nursery rhyme is, don't force King Yan, otherwise King Yan will fly high and eventually become the emperor. This is also the meaning of "Fly high after Yan's sun, fly high to God's Ji!"

Under Yao Guangxiao's tireless persuasion, Zhu Di began to feel a little tempted, but he still had concerns.

Yao Guangxiao used his superb wisdom to actively help Zhu Di prepare for the military. He worked day and night to build weapons and train soldiers. Since forging weapons would make a clanging sound, the training of soldiers would easily attract attention, so Yao Guangxiao started digging in Prince Yan's Mansion.

He built a basement with houses above, built thick walls around it, and buried large and small jars around the city walls to eliminate noise. He also asked people to raise chickens, ducks, and geese in Prince Yan's Mansion, because these poultry were noisy.

The cry can cover up the sound of weapons being forged and soldiers training to the greatest extent.

At the same time, Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Di discussed military strategies every day. One day, when the two were discussing a critical point, a heavy rain suddenly came and strong winds blew up. The tiles on the roof were also torn off, and the fragments fell to the ground. King Yan

He was startled and said with fear on his face: "I'm afraid this is an ominous sign. Shouldn't we not have any troops?" After hearing this, Yao Guangxiao laughed loudly and said, "Your Highness, this is an auspicious sign! You didn't listen.

Have you ever said, 'The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is subject to wind and rain'? You are the real dragon emperor. When you want to take action, of course there must be wind and rain to accompany you. If the tiles on the house fall off, it is God's will to tell you that the house should be replaced with
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