Why did Wu Zetian dig up ancestral graves to punish the rebels?
In the past, people attached great importance to the so-called feng shui of ancestral graves. The phenomenon of digging graves caused by "digging ancestral graves" became a unique scene in the history of tomb robbing in ancient China.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuch Yu Chaoen came up with the crooked idea of digging up Guo Ziyi's ancestral grave. There has always been a feud with Yu Chaoen. The New Book of Tang Dynasty records that Guo Ziyi "was destroyed by his favorite minister Cheng He Yu Chaoen in a short period of time. In times of crisis, he was sent to the army outside, but he sent him a letter. He said that he Just take it and say. He didn't have the courage to look at him, so he couldn't stay there. Chaoen sent people to send his father's tomb, but he didn't get it. "Yu Chaoen hoped to curb Guo's career by digging his ancestral grave. , but he failed and instead made the Icelandic love ice car become the emperor.
The Feng Shui theory in the Sui and Tang Dynasties reached a new peak under the promotion of famous figures in the Wei and Jin Dynasties such as Guo Pu, and a number of outstanding figures such as Yang and others emerged. Therefore, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people paid special attention to the feng shui of ancestral graves, and new theories emerged. "Digging ancestral graves" and "bad feng shui" simultaneously became powerful means of punishing rebels at that time.
Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history, used this method to punish Ye Jing for rebelling against Chen Xu. Zhang Kun, a Tang Dynasty man, recorded this in his official records of the court and the public: Tang Gong Xu Jichu was buried, and the proverb goes: "The red bird is bright, and the descendants are prosperous." After hearing this, Zhang Jingzang said privately: "The possessor has passed away. The so-called red bird is sad, and the ashes are seen in the coffin." After Sun rebelled against Yangzhou, his younger brother Jingzhen replied: "When Ye Jing was born, he dug a turtle under the tree and it looked like a cloud. If the British order was secret, it would be a big deal Change. "When you are angry, burn your coffin, burn your body, and burn it to ashes.
Similarly from the government and the public, Hao, who was Prime Minister Li Zhi, was also sanctioned by Wu Zetian. Hao was buried, and a scholar passed by his tomb and sighed: "Bury the dragon's horns. It must be embarrassing." Later, something happened to Hao's grandson, which caused trouble for Hao and Wu Zetian, "Burn his coffin, "Burn his body." According to historical records, Hao was dug up and humiliated after his death, which should have nothing to do with Feng Shui. However, Hao, who did not want to be emperor as much as Wu Zetian at that time and was appointed prime minister, strongly protested against this, which made Wu Zetian hold a grudge.
He was the leader of the Huangchao Peasant Rebel Army in the late Tang Dynasty and one of the madmen in the history of tomb robbing in China. In 881 AD, he captured Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, established the State of Qi, and changed its name to Jintong. As for the pirates from the Tang emperors, the "Daqi" Feng Shui they built was destroyed and poached by the court. The incident happened in the third year of Zhonghe reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, and there was a secret report. There is "Huangchao Valley" near Niushan in Jinzhou, which is Huangchao's treasure land. If the weather in Huangchao is bad, the mountain will be dug.
According to the record written by Wang Mingqing in the Song Dynasty, Li Yizhen believed it and sent thousands of people to dig up Niushan. After several months of digging, Niushan was destroyed. A stone barrel was unearthed, with a yellow monster inside and a three-foot-long sword on it. Huang Chao was defeated and soon committed suicide.
In fact, this is not credible. The defeat of Huangchao had nothing to do with Li Yi's digging of Niushan. After three years of neutralization, the Huangchao rebels were exhausted. On the eighth day of April that year, the Tang army entered Chang'an from Guangtai Gate. Huang Chao was invincible and burned the palace to escape. Since then, the war has been defeated everywhere.
There were also many people in the Tang Dynasty who did not believe in the good and bad luck of Feng Shui. Yao Chong, a famous minister of Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was one of them. , when the ancestral hall collapsed during the Kaiyuan period, Li Longji was planning to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital. People around him considered traveling unlucky and inappropriate.
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