Fortune-telling Thoughts of Chongzhen _ Fortune-telling Stories of Chongzhen
Because the fortune teller calculated all the omens for Emperor Chongzhen and worked out four figures, all of which indicated that Daming was going to die, Long Mai was going to collapse, and the emperor was going to hang himself, and so on, which made Emperor Chongzhen tremble with fear. The following is the whole story about this matter.
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng marched eastward to Beijing. In March of that year, Li Zicheng conquered all the way and arrived at the gates of Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen was at a loss, but he didn't want to see Daming perish, so he called officials to give corresponding countermeasures. Although Emperor Chongzhen ordered generals from all over the country to come for help, most of them had no news, probably more with the mentality of leaving the war. In desperation, an official recommended a fortune teller to divine the national fortune.
The fortuneteller asked Emperor Chongzhen to speak his mind. At first it was "you". The fortune teller said it was not a good thing. In a word, it is half a Daming. This is an ominous sign that Daming is going to die. After hearing this, Chongzhen was shocked and quickly changed his mouth and said "you" and "you". The fortune teller pointed out the unknown of these words, that is, "you" symbolizes the severance of Long Mai. Hearing these words, Chongzhen was frightened before the war. Ancient feudal superstition, in the words of Chongzhen, the sky is going to kill me.
Of course, whether the specific situation is so remains to be verified, and these are mostly folk rumors. But one thing is worthy of recognition. Chongzhen is indeed a monarch who wants to save the nation, but the decay of the Ming Dynasty has rotted on its roots, and it is too late to save it. Under the general trend, the manpower is sometimes poor.