Anecdotes about fortune telling _ What are some anecdotes about fortune telling?
Ancient emperors could learn about the interesting things and sufferings of the people through traveling incognito, and they could also get reports from lower-level officials, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the way to the emperor's private visit, there are always some emperors and fortune tellers who have interesting stories. It is worth mentioning that there are two emperors.
The first is Zhu Houzhao, the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Zhu Houzhao likes traveling very much, so he will travel incognito. Compared with his father, he likes playing very much. Once I went to a place, I heard that a fortune teller was very clever and could accurately calculate people's life experiences and development paths, so the emperor of Zhu Houzhao also wanted to join in the fun. Just when he found the fortune teller, he happened to meet a scholar and blamed the fortune teller, saying that he clearly predicted that he could get the first place in the exam, but he didn't, saying that the fortune teller was not allowed at all.
As a result, the scholar missed the exam the next day because he drank a lot of wine the night before because he learned that he would win the first place in the exam. So Zhu Houzhao said to the fortune teller, If you give him another chance to take the exam, will he win the first place? The fortune teller said, as long as the official has the ability to let him take the exam again, he will naturally be the first? So Zhu Houzhao wrote a letter asking the scholar to go to the examination room. When the examiner saw that it was written by the emperor, he successfully took the exam and won the first place. Zhu Houzhao asked the fortune teller how he predicted it. The fortune teller said that who would have the ability to let him take the exam again except his present home? Who's such a coincidence?
I thought it was emperor Qianlong. Gan Long also likes traveling very much. On the way, he met a fortune teller, and Gan Long asked the fortune teller to calculate a divination for himself. The fortune teller didn't figure out that Gan Long was the emperor of that dynasty.