Qianlong disguised himself as an ordinary person and took to the streets, deliberately asking a Taoist priest to tell his fortune. After walking 500 meters, Qianlong suddenly regretted it and immediately sent someone to kill the fortune teller. Why? Could a fortune teller still threaten his throne? Did fortune teller escape this disaster?
Qianlong was famous for his love for the Southern Tour. Although he followed his grandfather Kangxi to understand the sentiments of the people, the treatment they received among the people was completely different.
During Kangxi's southern tour, he was welcomed and cared for by the people from all walks of life, but Qianlong's southern tour made the people sigh again and again. Because Kangxi's southern tour was actually doing practical things for the people and solving their immediate problems.
Qianlong's southern tour only knew how to travel around, squandering the people's patience and money everywhere. His several southern tours brought a heavy burden to the people.
Qianlong was only about 40 years old when he made his first southern tour. At that time, he was still praised by the people. However, after several southern tours, the people also knew about Qianlong's extravagant and extravagant achievements, so Qianlong's reputation among the people became more and more popular. It's getting worse.
When Qianlong was 73 years old, he still insisted on his last southern tour, but the people did not welcome this gray-haired old man. However, Qianlong left behind many folk stories during his southern tour.
For example, the famous Daming Lakeside Xia Yuhe. In addition, the story of Qianlong and the fortune teller is also confusing.
In ancient times, people admired fortune telling. They believed that people's destiny could be predicted and changed in advance.
The concept of "people decide things, and heaven makes things happen" has been deeply rooted in ancient times, so there were many fortune tellers in ancient times.
Qianlong met such a fortune teller when he was on an incognito patrol. The fortune teller's words also shocked Qianlong, so he sent someone to kill him after walking 500 meters. Why?
When Qianlong passed through Suzhou on his southern tour, he saw a fortune teller with a fairy-like manner. This made Qianlong very curious. After all, Qianlong also knew the stories of Tang Dynasty Yuan Tiangang and Ming Dynasty Liu Bowen. He knew Fortune telling was so powerful, but he still felt hesitant to believe it. If it was really so powerful, it would be reduced to the common people.
So he stepped forward to ask the fortune teller to tell him a fortune. It turned out that this fortune teller was really not very sensitive. Before Qianlong could reach him, he said to Qianlong: "You come from afar, I I know your purpose of coming, I know your identity better, sir. No need to say more."
Qianlong laughed in his heart as soon as he heard this. What a fortune teller, he is just a charlatan.
So he said to the fortune teller, "Please tell me who I am and why I am here. If you are right, you will get a generous reward. If you are wrong, don't make any predictions here." So as not to mislead others."
The fortune teller did not react at all when he heard this. Instead, he looked at Qianlong quietly, and then calmly told Qianlong's identity and his great achievements during his reign.
Qianlong was surprised and happy when he heard this, so he couldn't wait to ask the fortune teller how long he could live. The fortune teller left a message, "It won't be long before you are high, but you can survive the rapids for three years."
In other words, if he continues to be emperor, he can only live until the age of 86, but if he passes the throne to his son early and becomes the supreme emperor, he can live for three more years.
Qianlong was very confused after hearing this, and there were more and more people watching, so he paid and left in a hurry. But when Qianlong walked 500 meters, he suddenly felt that something was wrong the more he thought about it, so he sent someone to take care of the person immediately. The fortune teller was killed. Why?
After walking 500 meters, Qianlong realized that the fortune teller knew too much. What if he told others, or if the bad guys found out about it, causing a big wave in the court? After all, the mouth of the dead is the best. He was reliable, so he sent someone to kill the fortune teller.
The fortune teller was really clever. He had long expected that Qianlong would kill someone and silence him, so he disappeared without a trace and left a letter on the table.
In the letter, he wrote that he had only fortune-telling for the emperor in his life. At this time, Qianlong remembered that when he was a child, an old gentleman had fortune-telling. The gentleman said that he had the appearance of an emperor, and now it really came true. Qianlong sighed at his master's miraculous calculation, so he stopped pursuing the matter.
In 1796, the 86-year-old Qianlong thought of what the Taoist priest said to him, and he had promised not to exceed the 61-year rule of his grandfather Kangxi, so he abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor. Sure enough, Qianlong passed away three years later, perfectly fulfilling the fortune teller's prediction.
From this we can see that ancient fortune tellers were indeed very mysterious. They could predict the future of the emperor and the fate of the country. Even Emperor Taizong Li Shimin could not escape the predicted fate. However, with the changes of the times, fortune telling was gradually buried. In the dust of history.
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