Chapter 13 The Queen Mother of the West competes for the throne of the emperor and the dragon vein

Section 2 "God Bless the Strong as Emperor"

"What do you understand! This palace asks you to pass on my message: Lei Gong, Dianmu and your three gods will go to Meitang Tianzigang together, and they will use a storm to send the 'Golden Scale Red Carp' into Dongting Lake. Let the thirteen princes of Yulong, the king of Ao Leap Dragon in the West Sea, bless the descendants of the people surnamed Zhu in Zhujiawan to be the founding emperor! You have to act at the right time, and don't let the mortal fairy world see any clues! ”

"I understand."

"Go now, go back!"

"Retire!"

After Wang Lingguan got the holy decree of the Queen Mother, he led Lei Gong and Dianmu to the Tianzigang area to "cast spells", and when the "Golden Scale Red Carp" jumped into the ninth puddle after falling and was injured, it was just right to have a storm, and the "Golden Scale Red Carp" was involved in the Xiangjiang River in a very timely manner. Wang Lingguan had a hatred for Zhu Bajie and Chang'e, so that the "Wulong Mountain" mountain god had an earthquake in the wild dog rock mountain, and the farrowing floor where Zhu Bajie and Chang'e had a tryst came to a great change, and the original cyan rocks were all turned into the ground, and the huge red rocks were transported from the east side of the gods to cover it. The original farrowing grass has since become extinct. As a result, Wild Dog Rock Mountain became a two-color stone mountain with half cyan rock and half red rock. The spring water gushing out of this stone crack is called "the bottom well" by the locals. The spring water flows through about 50 miles and flows into the Xiangjiang River. The Xiangjiang River flows about 400 miles into Dongting Lake. Therefore, the spring water of "Jiandijing" is actually one of the birthplaces of the Xiangjiang River water system.

When the "three-colored" water is connected with the water from the ninth puddle and the stream through which the water of the original Meitang Spring flows here. The muddy water in the ninth puddle, which was originally "red", was soon mixed with the "three-colored water". When this torrent flowed into the river leading to the Xiangjiang River like a galloping horse, as fast as lightning, I saw that there was a "golden phosphorus red carp" weighing more than ten catties in the flood in the "three-color water", and at the same time, there were thousands of "eight-whiskered" catfish that transformed after the loach took the cocoon skin when Wujing Xian's feet were in full swing. The landscape is majestic and exciting! There is a poem as proof:

Torrential rain falls from the sky to the stream

The mound leaps into the cave garden

Catfish split the royal road for warriors

The turtle is a minister who stands at the palace gate

The red glow blooms to welcome the new king

The autumn thunder shook the living beings

Immortal blessing God fights for the Son of Heaven Gang

The fish leaps and the dragon flies Zhu Yuanzhang

When the "Golden Phosphorus Red Carp" entered the Xiangjiang River with the flood under the cluster of catfish, the "Golden Phosphorus Red Carp" jumped out of the water nine times in a row and turned into a golden dragon. It turned out that this "Golden Phosphorus Red Carp" was the incarnation of the Thirteenth Prince of Yulong, the Dragon King of Ao Leap Dragon in the West Sea. Because in order to keep the secret of the image of the real dragon, the dragon king incarnated the red rock of the thirteen princes into "golden phosphorus red carp" in the mortal world. Therefore, no mortal has ever seen a real dragon look like it, and the painter also painted an abstract image of a dragon based on legend. The thirteenth prince of the jade dragon came to Dongting Lake with the support of the catfish guard, stayed in the dragon palace, sat on the dragon king's chair, and held a major event in the water tribe. When the thirteen princes of the jade dragon were swimming in the Xiangjiang River, Wang Lingguan ordered the water god to convey the message of the queen mother to the thirteen princes of the jade dragon: during the reign of the thirteen princes of the water tribe, Zhu Yuanzhang, a descendant of the people surnamed Zhu in Zhujiawan, who was at the foot of the Son of Heaven Gang, became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang and proclaimed the emperor on the fourth day of the first month of 1368 AD. Become the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty! Tianzigang has become a mortal holy place for dragon vein manifestations because Zhu Yuanzhang was called emperor!

According to folk history, the displacement of the lord of the dragon vein holy land in Tianzigang evolved into a legendary story of "immortal blessing and divine dispute". Tang monk Chen Xuanzang's heavenly book that has been preserved in the mortal world is all effective! Kuang Hongtao, the abbot master of Hengshan Temple in Nanyue, presided over the opening of the coffin of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling in 1363 A.D. 5 years after the ceremony of "protecting the fish into the (Xiang) River", Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Historical facts show that the Queen Mother moved the Lord of the Dragon Vein of Tianzigang to the throne, showing that the Queen Mother's "selection of talents and talents" is better than Guanyin Bodhisattva. Chen Youliang, selected by Guanyin Bodhisattva, is a "general" talent, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was selected by the Queen Mother, is a "handsome" talent.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a native of Zhongli, Haozhou (now east of Fengyang County, Anhui Province). Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor peasant family, and was a landlord shepherd boy when he was a child. In 1344 A.D., he suffered from drought and plague, and when he was desperate, he went to Huangjue Temple as a monk. When he traveled to Huaixi, the Red Turban Army uprising broke out, so he defected to the Guo Zixing rebel army in Haozhou in 1352 AD. Because of his courage and wisdom, he was reused by Guo Zixing and changed to a pro-soldier, and matched his adopted daughter Ma with him. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to expand his ranks, led his troops south, and was awarded the title of left deputy marshal by Han Lin'er's Song regime in 1355 AD. In 1356 A.D., he conquered Jiqing, renamed Yingtianfu (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu) and was awarded the title of Pingzhang of Jiangnan Province by the Song Dynasty, and proclaimed himself the Duke of Wu. After that, he defeated Chen Youliang and called him King of Wu. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang successively eliminated Zhang Shicheng and sank Han Lin'er. On the fourth day of the first month of 1368 A.D., he saluted and called the emperor in the temple of Yingtian! The country name is the Ming Dynasty, the founding year name is "Hongwu", and the Yingtian is Kyoto.

In August 1368, the Ming army conquered the capital of Yuan (now Beijing) and died. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang has spent more than ten years pacifying the country!

Zhu Yuanzhang is worthy of being a generation of Ming Jun. Chen Youliang is slightly less coquettish than that. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, and the life of the emperor and queen still maintained a simple and frugal nature. Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like to drink, and he is not like other emperors who are amorous and play with women everywhere. When Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he didn't like to use luxury goods. Chen Youliang didn't like to use luxury goods before he became an emperor. After Chen Youliang was defeated, the governor of Jiangnan Province gave Chen Youliang a gold-cut bed to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang said after seeing it: "What is the difference between this and Meng Chang's Seven Treasure Drowning Device." "Immediately ordered someone to smash it into broken iron!

Zhu Yuanzhang has the demeanor of a generation of "heroes". During his reign, he surveyed the household registration, cleared the land, built a fish scale atlas, built water conservancy, promoted tuntian, and rewarded farming. These measures are very beneficial to the recovery and development of social production after the war! In order to consolidate the newly established Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang not only sent his sons to guard the important towns for the vassal kings and formulate various systems, but also implemented spy rule over hundreds of officials, repeatedly set up prisons, and indiscriminately killed civil and military officials! Zhu Yuanzhang sent a large number of inspectors to monitor the words and deeds of hundreds of officials, set up brocade guards, and tortured prisoners. Inspections are all over the yamen. Once, the minister Qian Zai went home and casually recited a poem. "The four drums are dressed in winter and winter, and it is too late to see them at noon. When will you have pastoral happiness and sleep until the food in the world is cooked. "After the school is inspected, it will be reported to the emperor in time. The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Qian Zai: "You wrote a good poem yesterday. However, I don't have a "suspicion", how about changing it to the word "worry"? Frightened, Qian Zai broke out in a cold sweat and kowtowed again and again to apologize! The school is also responsible for monitoring the words and deeds of the families of hundreds of officials. Once, the inspector heard that a female monk lured the wives of ministers Hua Gao and Hu Dahai to believe in Western monks and practice the "Jin Yuan Teaching" method. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the wives of the two ministers, along with the female monk, to be thrown into the river and executed.

Zhu Yuanzhang's style of rectification is ingenious. Zhu Yuanzhang himself is not very literate, but he is ingenious in rectifying his literary style, and he will leave a legacy for eternity! He demanded that the ministers' recitals be concise and concise. In order to rectify the style of writing, he took Ru Taisu, the head of the Criminal Department, under the knife. Ru Taisu, the director of the Criminal Department, wrote a book of 10,000 words. After Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to read 6,370 words, he didn't hear any specific suggestions, and they were all empty words. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately forgave and ordered someone to beat Ru Taisu severely. The next night, he asked for someone to continue. The topic is only touched upon when you read 16,500 words. Ru Taisu made five suggestions, four of which were approved by Zhu Yuanzhang and immediately ordered to be implemented! At that time, he warned his subordinates that 500 words were enough to write this recital. In the future, it is not allowed to write long and verbose! He later admitted that he was tired of hearing that it was wrong for Ru Taisu to beat Ru Taisu, and praised Ru Taisu as a loyal minister.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a scholar. He himself did not strive to learn when he was young. Therefore, in the early period of conquering the world and becoming emperor, the learned literati such as Li Shanchang, Liu Ji, and Zhu Sheng were very important. Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to the cultural education of his sons. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he invited the best scholars in the country to be teachers for his sons. He asked his sons to study and cultivate virtue with their hearts. Zhu Yuanzhang said to the teachers: A piece of pure gold has to be built by a master craftsman. A piece of beautiful jade also needs a good jade craftsman to carve into a vessel! If a disciple is good and does not seek the Master, will he not become a disciple who loves gold and jade? A good teacher should set a good example. Teach according to the situation and teach according to the talent, and cultivate talents. My children will be in charge of the country in the future, and the disciples of Chu Gongchen will also be officials. Educating people is mainly about righteousness. With a good heart, everything can be done. The heart is not right, Chu wants to attack, and it is very unacceptable. Educational methods should give prominence to practical learning and teaching. You don't need to learn from ordinary scribes, you just memorize dictionaries, you can't use them flexibly, and it's useless. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's strict education, when Chu Zi became an adult, he was mostly capable and could do things. Some are good at commanding troops, some are good at writing, and some are well-equipped with civil and military skills. Zhu Yuanzhang severely reprimanded several sons who were not angry, and did not tolerate them even after death. The second son was at fault during his lifetime. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang personally called him "Han". The ten sons took the golden stone in order to live forever, and the poison hurt their eyes. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang personally called him a "famine". to show derogation.

Zhu Yuanzhang is diligent and close to the people. Zhu Yuanzhang said that the emperor often paid private visits and cared about his subordinates. He sometimes changed into civilian clothes and went out to inspect the people's situation in person. One day, he suddenly walked into the home of Luo Furen, a scholar at Hongwenkan. Luo Furen lives in an alley outside the city, and three generations, young and old, live in a few dilapidated and crooked houses. At that time, Luo Furen was climbing on a ladder and whitewashing the wall. When he saw the emperor arrive, he was so frightened that he hurriedly asked his wife to take a small bench and invite Zhu Yuanzhang to sit in front of the door. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Luo Furen's house was so simple, and said kindly: "How can a good show live in such a dilapidated house!" The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Luo Furen a large mansion in the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang punished corrupt officials and tortured them. Zhu Yuanzhang is a well-known Ming monarch who punished officials who violated the law with heavy punishments. In 1358 AD, when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Jinhua, due to the lack of food, he strictly banned alcohol. The son of the general Hu Dahai banned winemaking. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to be executed. Wang Kai persuaded him: Hu Dahai is leading troops to besiege Shaoxing, and it is not appropriate to kill his son, so it is better to spare him. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I'd rather Hu Dahai rebel than break my order!" After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang personally pulled out his sword and killed Hu Dahai's son.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, the punishment of illegal officials was more severe. Tens of thousands of people were killed. The cruelty of criminal law is also rare. In addition to the commonly used beheadings and tribal punishments, executions also include shabu-shabu, weighing rods, intestine extraction, skinning, knee digging, and stoneing. He also set up a straw man in front of some yamen, and after executing the officials who were guilty of corruption and bribery in these yamen, he peeled off the whole human skin and covered the straw man. Let the officials who come in and out as a warning! These various forms of torture shrouded the court officials in an atmosphere of extreme panic, and everyone was worried and suspicious.

Zhu Yuanzhang's murder is also different. When the subordinates saw him go to court, if he put the jade belt under his belly, this was a signal to kill a large number of people, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were so frightened that their faces were colorless, and they all trembled. If the jade belt is high on his chest, he will not be killed today. Every day when the court officials leave home, they have to say goodbye to their family (wife) and give instructions on the future. If he came back alive on this day, he would celebrate with his family, and finally he would have lived one more day.

Zhu Yuanzhang killed the literati "without stirring up the brutal killing". Zhu Yuanzhang was very prosperous** and took the opportunity to suppress the literati who were dissatisfied with his rule. For example, Lin Yuanliang, a professor of Zhejiang Fuxue, wrote a thanksgiving table for others and wrote a sentence "Doing the Constitution". Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on saying "then", which was to scold him as a thief. Jiang Zhen, the instructor of Changzhou Mansion, helped people write the first congratulatory table, which has a sentence "wise and knowledgeable". Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on mistaking "life" for "monk". thought that he deliberately scolded him for being a monk. Because of these two "words", Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately executed Lin and Jiang. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that his use of such severe means to suppress his subordinates and purge the rule of officials was necessary at the beginning of governing the country. But this is only a stopgap measure and should not be used for a long time. Therefore, in his later years, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered that future generations should be strictly prohibited from following suit.

Zhu Yuanzhang killed the generals to ensure that the grandson succeeded to the throne firmly. Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes was the most serious one among the emperors of all dynasties. In Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, the founding heroes were almost killed by him. He was imprisoned repeatedly. The two largest of these were the Hu Weiyong case and the Lan Yu case. Hu Weiyong was the prime minister of Zuo, and in 1380 A.D. he was accused of plotting rebellion without authority. Zhu Yuanzhang not only killed him, but also connected more than 10,000 people. Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to cancel the Zhongshu Province. Since then, there will be no more prime ministers. The emperor directly manages government affairs.

Lan Yu is a highly decorated general and was named the Duke of Liangguo. In 1393, the officials of the Jinyi Guard denounced him for rebellion. Zhu Yuanzhang also killed him. More than 15,000 people were condemned by the clan. Almost all the brave generals were killed in this case.

Xu Da is the first founding hero, he has always been cautious, and he can't get out of the door, so that Zhu Yuanzhang has never been able to find an excuse to get rid of him. In 1385 AD, Xu Da had gangrene on his back. It is said that the most taboo to eat steamed goose is this disease. Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to envoy the minister to give him the steamed goose to eat. Xu Da had to eat the steamed goose in front of the envoy with tears. Soon after, Xu Da died of illness.

Zhu Yuanzhang's merit in handing over imperial power lies in the establishment of the crown prince. Zhu Yuanzhang learned the lesson of not having a prince in the early Yuan Dynasty and causing many palace coups in the court, and when he was called King Wu, he set up his eldest son Zhu Biao as the son. Called the emperor and established him as the crown prince. Zhu Yuanzhang hired famous scholars and important court officials to teach the crown prince. When the crown prince became an adult, he let him handle political affairs and learn to govern the country. Zhu Yuanzhang also often taught him to be benevolent, clear, diligent, and decisive, so that he could keep the world. However, Zhu Biao was naturally gentle and elegant, as if he were a Confucian student. He was loyal by nature and did not approve of his father's murder. Whenever Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill a hero, he always had to dissuade him and ask his father to be benevolent and take into account family friendship and brotherly love. For this reason, father and son often quarrel. Once Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to punish the prince's teacher Song Zhikang. Zhu Biao cried and pleaded. Zhu Yuanzhang forgave and said: "When you become the emperor, you will pardon him." When the prince heard this, he was so frightened that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the water and was rescued left and right.

Another time, Zhu Biao advised his father: "Your Majesty kills people too much, and I am afraid of hurting and being angry." Zhu Yuanzhang was silent at the time. The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately threw a cane to the ground and asked Zhu Biao to pick it up. Zhu Biao didn't dare to take it because of the scepter on it. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You are afraid and dare not take it." Wouldn't it be better for me to pluck it out and give it to you? Zhu Biao said: "There is the king of Yao Shun above, and there are the people of Yao Shun below." It means that there is benevolence above and benevolence below. Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the great forgiveness, grabbed a chair and threw it at Zhu Biao. Frightened, Zhu Biao fled into the inner room, and since then he has been frightened and sick, depressed and died.

Zhu Yuanzhang ironclad the "patriarchal system" and forcibly handed over the imperial power to the grandson. Zhu Yuanzhang was poor in his early years, worked hard in middle age, and was busy with state affairs all day after the age of 40, so that after the age of 50, he felt physically exhausted, tachycardia, and often had high fever. As soon as the crown prince died, he was overly sad and his body became weaker and weaker. The hair and beard have turned white, which belongs to Alzheimer's disease. He appointed Zhu Biao's eldest son, 16-year-old Zhu Yunwen, as his grandson. He was afraid that the grandson would not be able to control the important ministers, so he killed the heroes again. Even the only remaining founding fathers, Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, were killed under the pretext of some reason. He was also worried that his children and grandchildren would compete with his grandson for the throne, so he specially compiled "Yongjianlu" and "Huangming Zuxun". Ask your children and grandchildren to obey the "patriarchal system." And stipulated, whoever changes the ancestral system will be punished as a traitor, and he will be killed! It is hoped that everyone will obey the little emperor and maintain the long-term peace of the Zhu dynasty.

In the leap month of May 1398, Zhu Yuanzhang was exhausted and finally fell ill. At the end of the sacrifice, the illness worsened and turned critical, so he made an edict saying that he said that the emperor had been "anxious and diligent every day" for 31 years. These two sentences are not only a portrayal of his life's hard work, but also reveal his state of mind in the midst of a fierce struggle within the ruling class. The widow ordered his grandson Zhu Yunwen to succeed him. The princes each guarded the vassal kingdom, and there was no need to go to Beijing for funeral, in case something happened. On the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness in the West Palace of Kyoto.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he was promoted as Emperor Gao, and the temple name was Taizu.

Zhu Yuanzhang found many painters to paint his portraits before his death, and the paintings were very realistic. Because Zhu Yuanzhang looks indecent, the more realistic the painting, the more dissatisfied he is. Later, a painter guessed his thoughts, and painted a face that resembled the outline of the face, and the face was kind and kind. Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this painting, and ordered people to draw many copies and give them to his sons. Therefore, there are two versions of the portrait of Ming Taizu, one is his true face; The other is a beautifying pen!

Zhu Yuanzhang's trade feng shui comes from divine fate. Zhu Yuanzhang's grave was chosen by himself before his death. No one can tell whether Zhu Yuanzhang believed in feng shui in his later years, and whether he is inextricably linked with the Tianzigang Dragon Vein Holy Land? Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb is located on Mount Everest at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain in Nanjing. When he chose the cemetery, he saw that it was the main peak of Zhongshan Mountain in the north and Xuanwu Lake in the west. It's a pity that there is a tomb of Sun Quan on the south side of Mount Everest. blocked Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb. His Majesty proposed to demolish Sun Quan's tomb in order to smooth the wind and water. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't dismantle it." Sun Quan is also a good man. Keep him standing guard for me! Therefore, the existing tomb road of Zhu Yuanzhang is not due south and east, but turns east and west.

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