Yuan Tiangang said eight words to save his life, but he leaked the heavenly secret, which led to an unfortunate ending
Yuan Tiangang is a fortune teller who can know the destiny of heaven, but is he really as invulnerable as the legend suggests? Why did he anger the Empress of the Tang Dynasty and almost lose his life?
Sub-heading i: It is inappropriate to recommend civil servants to **.
Yuan Tiangang was born in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and was brilliant since childhood. At the age of six, he was proficient in the astronomical calendar, and he was quite familiar with fortune-telling and physiognomy. He never coveted fame and fortune, but was immersed in the study of mystical divination, and after many years of closed-door thinking, he finally mastered celestial divination quite thoroughly.
At the age of 17, Yuan Tiangang began to travel around the world, using his methods of divination and horoscope analysis to guide people. After hearing about Yuan Tiangang's name, many high-ranking officials, nobles, rich and powerful people asked him to tell fortunes, and Yuan Tiangang fulfilled them one by one. These prophecies made Yuan Tiangang a very popular person in the world.
But such a method will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the imperial court. Although Yuan Tiangang has repeatedly entered the palace for divination and analyzed the gains and losses of current politics, even if what he said is true, it is always difficult to find a trace. Wu Zetian reigned for several years, and he was especially impatient with him, for fear that he would have any influence. Because he was cruel, pedantic, and had no fixed residence, he was finally forced to leave the court under the direct advice of everyone.
If Yuan Tiangang's career goes well, it will be difficult for him to escape the clutches of the queen. However, his forbearance and lack of desire for power and status could lead to his downfall. Perhaps it was because of his lack of attention that Yuan Tiangang was able to survive the decades of the Tang Dynasty and finally have the opportunity to link his prophecies to the rise and fall of the empress, witnessing the great changes in history.
Subtitle 2: A Lifetime of Hate Prophecy.
Many years ago, when Yuan Tiangang was traveling in Jingzhou, Sichuan, he met an ordinary peasant girl, Wu Zetian. At that time, Yuan Tiangang passed by a remote mountain village and wanted to take a break. A farmer named Wu Shitong warmly received him and introduced him to his seven-year-old daughter, Wu Zetian.
Yuan Tiangang was not worried, until he involuntarily looked into Wu Zetian's eyes, he was shocked, and immediately decided that this peasant girl was not groundless. When he saw Wu Zetian's appearance clearly, he was moved, and the result shocked him even more - this girl has the perfect appearance and posture of the empress, and she will definitely reign in the world in the future, fame and fortune!
Wu Zetian's family didn't take it seriously, just like Yuan Tiangang's joke. Who would have thought that a girl from a mountain village, relying on extraordinary resources and ambitions, gradually ascended to the throne in the darkness of the palace and became the first empress, creating an unprecedented prosperity in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.
Wu Zetian looked back on the past and did not miss Yuan Tiangang's foresight and help. He still remembers Li Shimin's doubts after knowing the prophecy, and he still remembers Li Shimin's many times when he wanted to accuse him and extinguish his hatred.
His conspiracy to rule the world has finally succeeded, how can this erudite physiognomy master continue to operate on the rivers and lakes? As a result, Wu Zetian sent people to arrest Yuan Tiangang on Chang'an Avenue and viciously questioned him about the meaning of his previous prediction.
Yuan Tiangang was dressed in a linen robe, but he was not afraid of royal power at all. He spoke calmly, speaking slowly in his characteristic shy tone"Your Majesty, Luo Shu is successful, Luo Shu is defeated! "Faced with the questioning and threats of the emperor who held all the armies, he could only say eight words and left without dishonoring his mission.
Subtitle III: Ending the Providence Loophole with a Prophecy.
The prophecy of these eight words spread quickly in the capital city of Chang'an. At that time, Wu Zetian was in his prime, and the great goal of dominating the world had been completed with the support of all people.
He never imagined that when his country was stable, people would still be calculating his defeat. Wu Zetian was shocked and fell into deep thought. He didn't understand what Luo Shui was talking about, but he vaguely felt that this prophecy contained great difficulties and variables.
Wu Zetian ordered people to secretly visit the feng shui geography in the Luoshui area to dispel doubts and find out the truth. Soon, Wei Zheng, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, found that the feng shui of Luoyang, the prosperous place of the Zhou Dynasty, was suitable for the establishment of a new imperial capital, and Wu Zetian was overjoyed and immediately canceled the plan to move the capital to Chang'an, and instead built palaces and gardens in Luoyang.
A few years after the completion of the project, Wu Zetian officially moved the capital to Luoyang. For a time, Luoyang's achievements were no less than those of Shenjing. Merchants gathered in Luoyang, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Later generations called the Zhenguan Dynasty the Tang Dynasty. This realized Yuan Tiangang about"Luoyang success"The first prophecy.
Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived. As Wu Zetian grew older, she began to yearn for eternal power. He alienated his loyal followers, wooed treacherous courtiers, and eventually staged a palace coup that forced the Li royal family to submit. In the Luoyang Golden Palace, Wu Zetian changed from the power in the hands of the empress to the power in the hands of the widowed empress.
He was depressed, and spent his days thinking about the glory of the past and the despair of the present. Less than a year later, he fell seriously ill and died, ending his legendary life. And that came true"Defeat also Luoshui"prophecy. As a result of this fortuitous prophecy, history did change, and the queen experienced successes and failures in Luoshui.
Sub-heading 4: The Way of Heaven has been revealed and will be remembered for generations.
Years later, when people talk about the legendary empress Wu Zetian, they will still marvel at her remarkable ability to seize power, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of her rule. The rule of Zhenguan initiated by her was indeed a model of prosperity, and the Tang Dynasty continued to be rich and powerful, and the martial arts of Wenzhi continued for a century. However, the ambitions and court struggles of his later years were not conducive to later generations.
Today's Luoyang is no longer prosperous, only ruins and historical relics remain, but this ancient city has witnessed the glory and disgrace, the ups and downs and the fate of a legendary woman. Although Wu Zetian's life was short, her great achievements made her name immortal. Her iconic eight-character proverb has also become a portrayal of her brilliant life: success is also Luoshui, defeat is also Luoshui.
After the coup, Wu Zetian lost his right to rule and restored the status of the empress dowager. Unfortunately, she settled in Luoyang, the divine capital, but a cruel twist of fate ended her life on the shore of Luoyang City. In less than a year, the Queen Mother died, and the legend of her life came to an end.
Wu Zetian was once a powerful empress who ushered in an era of prosperity. But after the regime change, her power dried up and her life fell silent. When she returns to Luoyang, she may have found some kind of peace in this once bustling city, but this peace is short-lived and full of gloom.
Luoyang is the last chapter of Wu Zetian's life. With Wu Zetian's frustration and depression in his later years, Yuan Tiangang's prophecy in the last part of the book seems to have come true. The once glorious city of Luoyang is now witnessing his decline.