Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor. He wanted to move the graves of his parents, but why didn’t Liu Bowen refuse?
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, his life can be regarded as a life of grassroots counterattack. If written into a novel, he would be a proper male protagonist.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not originally named Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Chongba, his father Zhu Wusi. The reason why names are related to numbers is because people who did not read books at that time could only name their children after their parents' age or date of birth. When Zhu Chongba was a child, he herded cattle for the landlord's family. He didn't have any big ambitions. He just wanted to marry a wife and have a child when he grew up. The child would also herd cattle for the landlord, and live an ordinary life like this. But the change in fate all started with the disaster that year.
When Zhu Chongba was 17 years old, the Yellow River flooded and many people died. After the disaster struck, Zhu Chongba's father starved to death on the sixth day of April, his eldest brother died of starvation on the ninth day of April, his eldest son died of starvation on the 12th, and his mother starved to death on the 22nd. As if overnight, Zhu Chongba lost all his relatives. His relatives had a bad life, and they must be buried in peace after death. But Zhu Chongba's family was so poor that they couldn't even afford a coffin, let alone a cemetery. He rolled up the bodies of his parents and relatives with straw mats and carried them with door panels to the landlord Liu De, hoping to get a piece of land. How could the landlord Liu De give it to me? The reason is that your parents are dead, so what do you do to me? They work for me, but it’s not like they don’t give me food. Later, Zhu Chongba, who was able to eat enough, recalled this experience and once said: "The soul is long but the parents are nowhere to be found, and the ambition is down and the company is lonely."
Later some kind people took pity on him and gave him a small piece of land to bury his parents. It was after this experience that Zhu Chongba completely understood the ways of the world, and chose to become a monk in Huangjue Temple, starting his life of grassroots counterattack.
After Zhu Yuanzhang went through all kinds of hardships and became emperor, he remembered that his parents were still buried in that small place and suffered, so he naturally wanted to move their graves. Moving a grave is a very technical job, and you need to pay attention to Feng Shui and choose an auspicious day. This kind of matter was naturally left to Liu Bowen, the famous Feng Shui master around Zhu Yuanzhang. Who is Liu Bowen? Folks say: Zhuge Liang divides the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen dominates the country?
When Liu Bowen visited the gravesite of Zhu Yuanzhang's parents, he stopped Zhu Yuanzhang from moving the tomb when he came back. He said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "This tomb cannot be moved. The reason why you Being able to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from your parents' graves. Your parents' graves are buried in the dragon's veins. With this said, Zhu Yuanzhang certainly did not dare to move his grave. Regardless of whether it was true or not, he could not make fun of the emperor's fortune. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang also built a large cemetery next to his parents' graves.
The authenticity of Liu Bowen's statement needs to be investigated. After all, if he is really so talented, he can know where the dragon vein is. If he doesn't find it for himself in advance, will it be Zhu Yuanzhang's turn? This is mostly a set of sayings by feudal rulers, saying that it is destiny to be the emperor for oneself.