It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang always felt frightened not long after he became the emperor, and often had a strange dream that it was not himself who was sitting on the dragon chair, but another person, he even saw the appearance of that person very clearly, and every time this person sat on the dragon chair, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel extremely panicked.

He ordered his henchman to find a Taoist priest with superb numerology skills to help analyze why he had such a strange dream, and what did this dream portend?

This Taoist priest, sure enough, has two times, he determined after some calculations that within a radius of more than ten miles, there is a person whose birth date is exactly the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, and this person also has the emperor's order, and the person who appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's dream and sat on the dragon chair is this person.

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this, and ordered his subordinates to find out this person at any cost. As a result, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers launched a carpet search within a radius of more than 10 miles. Looking around, I didn't expect to really find this person, this person's birth date is exactly the same as Zhu Yuanzhang. However, this person's profession is a bit surprising, a beekeeper.

When this beekeeper was brought to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was amazed to find that the person sitting on the dragon chair in his dream was this beekeeper!

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to kill this person immediately, but as soon as the Taoist priest heard that he was a beekeeper, he persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty Xià doesn't have to worry, since this person is a beekeeper, he can be regarded as an 'emperor', because he, like His Majesty, has his own 'thousands of people', but his thousands of people are bees, and there are many 'bee soldiers and bee generals'." ”

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

But soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang began to have the same dream again, so he secretly asked people to kill the beekeeper in the end. And after a detailed investigation, it was found that the location of this beekeeper turned out to be Liu Bowen's manor. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to be suspicious of Liu Bowen, he thought that this beekeeper must have been secretly obtained by Liu Bowen in his manor and raised it in order to plot against him, but in the end, there was no tangible evidence, and at that time, the world was initially decided, and the country was not stable, so he did not attack Liu Bowen.

In fact, the beekeeper was indeed a "human Gu" deliberately placed by Liu Bowen. What is a "Human Gu"? It is this kind of "human Gu" that can be used as a "spell" to curse the fate of another person. This beekeeper is the living "spell" that Liu Bowen used to curse Zhu Yuanzhang If Zhu Yuanzhang does not kill this beekeeper, then Zhu Yuanzhang will be tortured by endless nightmares to the point of mental breakdown; If Zhu Yuanzhang kills this "human Gu", then Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants who will become emperors in the future will be cursed.

What kind of curse is this? What the Chinese fear most is short life and lack of prosper, and this curse has exactly these two functions, and it is this curse that shortens the life of the heir to the throne and reduces his heirs, and halves the number of Qi in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty could have gone through 600 years, but in fact only zài survived for less than 300 years.

This spell is indeed poisonous enough.

Checking the history of the Ming Dynasty, this is indeed the case.

The sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Zhu Di, who were over 60 years old, had a very short lifespan. From Renzong to Wuzong for seven consecutive generations of emperors, the average life expectancy is less than forty years old, Renzong is 49 years old, Xuanzong is 38 years old, Yingzong is 38 years old, Daizong is 31 years old, Xianzong is 41 years old, Xiaozong is 36 years old, Wuzong is 31 years old, Jiajing is 60 years old, Wanli is 58 years old, which is already considered "advanced age", and most of the other emperors died around the age of 40. The shortest-lived Apocalypse is only twenty-three years old, and Zhengde is only thirty-one years old.

Although in ancient times, most people did not live long, but such a short life span is rare. For example, officials in the Ming and Qing dynasties who are over sixty or seventy years old abound, and when Ming Dynasty cabinet officials enter the cabinet, they are basically over fifty years old, and the first assistant is often over seventy years old. In the early Qing Dynasty, except for Shunzhi, who died early due to smallpox, most of the other emperors lived longer. Why did the Ming emperor die early?

Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty was less than 30 years old, and he sighed "the old man is coming", which shows how bad his body is; Ming Xiaozong's health was not good before he ascended the throne, so it can be seen that the congenital su zhì is not very good; The health of the three generations of Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli is very bad, so they will be out of breath when they take a few steps; And the bodies of the three emperors of Taichang and Tianqi are even worse than ever.

The strange thing is that most of the descendants of the Zhu family, the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons who were vassal kings, lived a long life. Among Zhu Yuanzhang's children and grandchildren, it is very common to live to be seventy or eighty years old, and some even give birth to hundreds of sons, but Zhu Di, who is the emperor, is not only short-lived, but also has very small heirs. There are even several generations of single sons, and several emperors are extinct, that is, they die without giving birth to a son.

It can be seen that the problem lies with Zhu Di. Most of the descendants of his brothers not only live long, but also have a strong reproductive ability, but it is his branch that has a strict problem.

Is this really Liu Bowen's "human Gu" at work? So what kind of way does this "human Gu" produce results?

It's a very well-hidden undercover agent, at work. This mysterious undercover agent, on the surface, was to help Zhu Di succeed in his rebellion and oust Emperor Jianwen from the throne, but in fact, the ultimate goal was to greatly shorten the number of qi in the Ming Dynasty on the whole, and lead him to kill each other, and destroy Zhu Yuanzhang's original plan to inherit the throne. And this undercover agent is also a monk, and he is also very related to the Liu Bowen family. This mysterious monk is called Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao is a native of Suzhou, his family has practiced medicine for generations, and the Yao family is also a big family in that area, and Liu Bowen's ancestor Liu Xianshi has a close relationship.

Yao Guangxiao was smart and well-read since he was a child, and later became a monk named Daoyan. Yao Guangxiao is proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and is also good at "Zhou Yi" and the art of yin and yang.

On this day, Yao Guangxiao was talking with his friends in Shaolin Temple, Songshan, Henan, and happened to meet Yuan Hui, the most famous face master at that time. As soon as Yuan Hui saw Yao Guangxiao, he was greatly surprised: "Now that the world is too peaceful, how can there be a monk with such a strange appearance?" You see that 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 power and strategy, and he will definitely be able to establish a great cause in the future. ”

After Yao Guangxiao heard this, not only was he not angry, but he was overjoyed. He hurriedly grabbed Yuan Heng's hand and made him a close friend.

In the fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382), Yao Guangxiao, who was already 47 years old, finally found an opportunity. This year, Zhu Yuanzhang's wife Queen Ma unfortunately died of illness, Zhu Yuanzhang searched for monks in the world, assigned them to various princes, and let the monks recite scriptures in the feudal kingdom of the vassal kings, and pray for Queen Ma. Yao Guangxiao was recommended and was also among the applicants. When Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for these monks to meet with the vassal kings, Yao Guangxiao fell in love with Zhu Di, the fourth prince who was named King Yan.

Yao Guangxiao saw that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was dignified, magnificent, and the most emperorly, so he recommended himself to follow Zhu Di. Zhu Di saw Yao Guangxiao's triangular eyes and bloated body, but he was a little reluctant to ask him. Yao Guangxiao walked up to Zhu Di and whispered to Zhu Di: "If the poor monk can be used by His Royal Highness, he will definitely be able to offer you a white hat." Zhu Di felt that there was something in the monk's words, isn't the "king" with a "white" hat the "emperor"? So they dragged him into the inner room and talked about it in detail. Yao Guangxiao discussed the past and the present, analyzed the current situation, and whipped into reason. Zhu Di heard it again and again, and immediately asked Zhu Yuanzhang to give Yao Guangxiao to him.

Shortly thereafter, Yao Guangxiao came to Beiping (later changed to Beijing) with King Yan, nominally abbot of Qingshou Temple, but in fact often went in and out of King Yan's mansion, becoming King Yan's most important adviser and confidant.

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

Although Zhu Di has coveted the throne for a long time, if he really wants to rebel, he still has no bottom in his heart and does not dare to implement it lightly. Otherwise, if the rebellion fails, the prince can't do it, and I'm afraid it will cause the disaster of annihilation.

Yao Guangxiao persuaded him to send troops as much as possible, but he said with a heavy heart: "Now Emperor Jianwen has not lost the support of the people, and I am unpopular when I raise troops, and the result is unpredictable!" Yao Guangxiao said: "I have been studying the astronomical calendar, and I know that now the world should be yours of Your Highness, and the way of heaven is on our side, so don't worry." But Zhu Di still couldn't make up his mind, and sighed to himself every day, at a loss.

The two read books together, Zhu Di casually chanted, "The weather is cold, and the water is not ice", Yao Guangxiao blurted out on the side: "The world is chaotic and the people are poor, and the king is not in charge." What he means is that the people's hearts are not on the side of Emperor Jianwen now, because Emperor Jianwen vigorously reduced the power of the vassal king, it is a matter of time before the world is in turmoil, it is said that in the streets and alleys of the capital, there is already such a nursery rhyme: "Mo cha Yan, chase Yan and fly high, fly high in God!" The meaning of this nursery rhyme is to say, don't persecute King Yan, otherwise King Yan will fly high and eventually become emperor. This is also "Fly high on the swallow day, fly high in God!" ".

In Yao Guangxiao's tireless persuasion, Zhu Di began to feel a little tempted in his heart, but he still had some concerns.

Yao Guangxiao used his superb wisdom to actively help Zhu Di prepare for the military. Day and night, he kept building weapons and training soldiers. Because the construction of weapons will make a sonorous sound, and the training of soldiers is easy to attract attention, Yao Guangxiao dug a basement in the Yanwang Mansion, built houses on it, built thick walls around it, and buried large and small urns around the city wall to eliminate noise. He also asked people to raise chickens, ducks, and geese in the palace of King Yan, because the noisy cries of these poultry could hide the sound of building weapons and training with soldiers to the greatest extent.

At the same time, Yao Guangxiao discussed with Zhu Di every day the strategy of raising troops. One day, the two were discussing the critical point, when suddenly the torrential rain and strong wind blew off the roof tiles, and the debris fell to the ground. King Yan was shocked in his heart, and said with a frightened face; "I'm afraid this is a bad omen, isn't it better for us not to have troops?" After Yao Guangxiao heard this, he laughed and said, "Your Highness, this auspicious omen is also!" Haven't you heard of 'the dragon is in the sky, from the wind and rain'? You are the true dragon emperor, if you want to act, of course, you must have wind and rain with you, and the tiles on the house have fallen, it is the will of heaven that shows you that the house should be replaced with the golden tiles of the palace. ”