Zhu Yuanzhang's story Zhu Yuanzhang begged for rain

In Zhu Yuanzhang's story, Zhu Yuanzhang prayed for rain in Hongwu for four years. Since early summer, Anhui, Jiangxi and Jiangsu provinces have been suffering from drought for more than four months. People are displaced and hungry everywhere. For a time, there were rumors all over the world and people were worried. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Hongwu, was not the only thrill. The drought of this day. Reading. /zl/ please keep it. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just established the Daming regime, was sitting in Nanjing Jinxitang, anxious not to eat or drink. On this day, he was discussing disaster relief measures with ministers. Suddenly, a yellow door rushed to report that the water level of the Wan Li River at the gate of Nanjing plummeted and a Zhenjiang iron cow was exposed at the bottom of the river. On the back of the cow, the eight characters "the sun and the moon are hidden, and the water flows forever" suddenly appeared. People are watching and talking. I don't know what the sign is. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a cowherd and didn't have much pen and ink in his chest. He listened, looked puzzled at the ministers and asked, "Tell me, what do these eight words mean? What is God's will? " Hearing this, the ministers were shocked and fell to their knees, nodding their heads and lowering their eyebrows, afraid to answer. They thought, "day and month" together is a word "Ming". Isn't this "Sun and Moon for Glory" alluding to the bleak and precarious prospect of Daming Mountain? Anyone who says it is a capital crime of decapitation! When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that they were silent, he looked at the prime minister who ranked first among the ministers and said nonsense: "You are the minister of records and records, and you usually have the most complaints. Please tell me what the eight big characters on the back of this cow mean? " Hearing this, Hu quickly fell to his knees, knocked on his head three times and said trembling, "This is a rumor and misleading the public. You don't have to believe it! " At this moment, Liu Bowen flashed out and said at once, "Your Majesty, this iron ox was sacred when Dayu left Zhenjiang in ancient times. These eight characters must be the Oracle of heaven. I have made a breakthrough, which means that there is a great drought in the world and the people are in dire straits. If it is not treated as soon as possible, the world will be in chaos and Daming Mountain will be in danger. In Longhushan, Jiangxi, there was a Taoist master named Zhang Tianshi. His followers are like clouds, and he has a wide range of followers. His religious name is Zhengyi, also known as Tianyi. This word' tianyi' should be proved on him. Today, we have to obey God's will and ask this living immortal with infinite magic to come out of the mountain and let him cast spells and pray for rain to save the people of the world. " Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his son, Prince Zhu Biao, to take the imperial edict and set out immediately, inviting Zhang Tianshi to come out of the mountain. After Zhu Biao got the order, he worked around the clock and arrived at Master Tian at the foot of Longhu Mountain in less than three days. Unexpectedly, in the year of drought, the Dragon and Tiger Mountain in Fiona Fang, 800 miles away, is still beautiful and full of spring water, with majestic Shi Tian houses, dense forests of cypress and flowers, and a couplet hanging on the door, "There are foreigners in Kirin Hall, and there are immortals in Dragon and Tiger Mountain", which is really a paradise! Unfortunately, Zhu Biao walked into Shi Tianfu to explain his purpose. The Taoist priest in Zhang Tianshi said that Master had gone to the mountain for retreat and practice a few days ago. The mountains are foggy and cloudy. I wonder where the master's fairy tales are. I don't know when master will come back. Zhu Biao had to wait for Shi Tian to come back in Shi Tian's house, but he waited for three days in a row and still didn't come back. As Zhu Biao was preparing to report back to me, he suddenly heard a bell ringing outside Shi Tianfu, and saw a man with Yun Zhou in his hand riding an old-fashioned tiger head and white forehead. Zhu Biao was overjoyed. It turns out that Shi Tian has returned to his office. Zhang Tianshi jumped off the tiger's back without saluting. He just said to Prince Zhu Biao Gong, "Being original has long been doomed. I forged a peach fairy sword in the mountains these days and prayed for rain with three amulets. The prince can go down the mountain now. After returning to Nanjing, he will set up a 10-foot-high platform in front of the main entrance of the imperial city in three days. Three days later, he will naturally go on stage to pray for rain. Say that finish, he proudly carried his hand into the * * *, and told the Taoist boy to send tea to Fujian. Hearing this, Zhu Biao had to rush back to Nanjing first, and set up a square platform in front of Huangchenggen, waiting for Shi Tian's proposal. On this day, not only the people of Nanjing ran out of their homes, but even Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu waited there early with his prince and grandson, and the roads extending in all directions outside the imperial city were packed. At 3 noon, Zhang Tianshi arrived as scheduled. He was dressed in a seven-star crane, purple and gold crown, peach and wooden sword in his arms, sitting high in an eight-lift convertible sedan chair, followed by hundreds of young disciples, dressed in cassock of the same color and holding ceremonial ceremonies. It was as terrible as an emperor's parade. Zhu Yuanzhang saw people's children on both sides of the road, one with a censer on his head, kneeling in the dark. He was surprised. I didn't expect this Zhang Tianshi to have so many followers in Nanjing. When Zhang Tianshi came, he didn't go to the gentleman, but went straight to the high platform. He stepped on the steps, carrying four Taoist children, carrying cattle, sheep, three animals and incense tables. Once on the platform, Daotong stood on both sides. Zhang Tianshi holding a peach wooden sword, gesticulating, while mumbling. People in the audience cheered and shouted repeatedly from time to time. In a short time, Zhang Tianshi invited an amulet from his arms, holding a peach wooden sword in one hand and igniting the sky. In the other hand, he picked up a token from the incense table and threw it under the stage, shouting, "It's windy! "Oddly enough, Zhang Tianshi's voice just fell, and suddenly the audience was dusty, and the people in the audience felt a cool breeze, and the heat that lasted for several months stopped. While Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly amazed, Zhang Tianshi lit another spell, dropped another token and shouted, "Yun Qi! "It's amazing. I saw a dark cloud rising sharply on the horizon. When I stopped, it covered the sun and filled the sky with red clouds. The audience was ecstatic after seeing it and couldn't help shouting "Long live" in unison! This time, Zhang Tianshi on the stage is more energetic. The peach wooden sword in his hand dances faster and faster, and the seven-star step is completely abandoned. He suddenly stopped, provoked a spell, threw a token, and shouted for the first time: "It's raining! ",this time it's strange, not only did it not rain, but also a hot wind blew from the south, and the dark clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, and the sky suddenly became sunny and Wan Li, and the flames were on the head. Next, whatever Zhang Tianshi did on the stage, it didn't happen. Zhang Tianshi fell into a panic. He hurriedly rolled and crawled down from the high platform, knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and explained in shame: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the public anger in Nanjing is too heavy, and some ghosts have disturbed the gods. Please give me three more days to be original. I'm sure I can invite you to have sex! " Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank and he thought, This old road is disgusting! It's my fault that I'm incapable. Thought of here, he looked at him coldly along while didn't speak, Zhang Tianshi saw it, and his legs trembled with fear. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he immediately turned his anger into a smile and said, "Shi Tian, don't blame yourself too much. The sun and the moon are unknown, and water will be born every day.' This is God's will. I believe in the magic of Shi Tian. Three days later, I begged for rain and went to the temple to protect the exorcism. Otherwise, "Zhu Yuanzhang laughed three times and turned to go. , the necessity, can be bitter Zhang Tianshi, in the evening, he stayed in the Taoist temple, stayed up all night, watching the sky all night. Early the next morning, he led hundreds of disciples to put on their gowns and wicker hats, and invited all the Dragon King statues in all the Dragon King temples in Nanjing. From morning till night, he carried them all over the street, beating gongs in the scorching sun and muttering to himself, "Yellow Emperor, Yellow Emperor, there is a sea dragon king in the sea, how powerful it is to control droughts and floods. "When! When! " It was the common people who came up with a way to make things difficult in the drought year. They carried out the statue of the Dragon King and paraded the streets to show him what it was like to be exposed to the scorching sun and see if he could be merciful and rainy. I didn't expect Zhang Tianshi to use this trick in a hurry. In the end, he and his disciples are all red-tanned shrimps, but the clear sky in Wan Li is still cloudless in Wan Li. On the third day, Zhang Tianshi gritted his teeth and ordered his disciples to dress the Dragon King in women's clothes and hats to see if he cared. But in the end, they were all sunburned, but there was still no wind in the sky. On the fourth day, Zhang Tianshi threw caution to the wind. He told his disciples to pour excrement on the statue of the Dragon King to see if he would come and wash away his filth. But it was not until dark that the sky was full of stars. Seeing that the deadline set before Emperor Hongwu arrived, Zhang Tianshi was tired and tired before it rained, and at that time he fainted with anger. That night, in the early hours of the morning, Zhang Tianshi came out of the Taoist temple with several disciples in the dead of night, trying to sneak out of the city quietly, but he was caught red-handed by the guards guarding the city at the gate and immediately taken to the Golden Temple. At this time, it was the early days of the dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Zhang Tianshi, Zhang Tianshi! Aren't you the mighty Shi Tian? Want to escape! You have to get a water leak, a soil leak or something. How do you get to the gate? Aren't you walking into a trap? " Just then, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed color and shouted, "Heaven is supreme. How can there be a teacher? You pretend to be a heavenly master, not only cheating, but also having ulterior motives. Do you think I don't know that you secretly instructed believers to carve eight characters on the back of Zhenjiang Iron Bull? See what you have to say! " Hearing this, Zhang Tianshi knew that he was doomed. He simply crustily skin of head and smiled and replied, "Ha! Ha! Since the holy family says my Shi Tian is false, how do people in the world know if you are really the dragon emperor? If you can get the nectar of heaven, then you are real! I went to Zhang Tianshi to ask questions, and I didn't complain if I wanted to kill or cut! " Zhu Yuanzhang burst out laughing. He patted the imperial plan in front of his seat and shouted, "Good! I will set up an altar to pray for rain from today. I want to see if I am the destiny and the people's the only thrill! " Hearing this, the ministers turned pale with fear, and Hu hurried forward to persuade them loudly, "Your Majesty, absolutely not! It is difficult to decide the number of rainy days, in case ... "He hinted that if you don't ask for rain, wouldn't it prove the folk rumors? Zhu Yuanzhang undoubtedly interrupted him: "I have made up my mind, don't say anything!" " Then he looked at Zhang Tianshi kneeling in the hall and said, "I will go with you for three days, too. If I pray for rain, I will stop you as a heavenly teacher and kill you as an example! If I don't ask for rain, I am willing to abdicate! " After that, he announced his retirement from the DPRK and went back to the palace to pray for rain. After the morning, the east gate of the Imperial City was wide open, and a group of men and women dressed in linen and sandals filed out of the palace gate, headed by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu, with more than 40 concubines, 20 sons and a dozen princesses, all the way along the East Street to the altar on Jiming Mountain ten miles away. This is where they worship the gods of heaven and earth. As soon as he arrived at the altar, Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead in revealing his upper body, sitting cross-legged on the bluestone board, basking in the hot sun. As soon as the princes saw it, they also took off their coats and stayed with him. Wives are not idle, too, and start building stoves and collecting firewood to cook. At first, the princes who lived in the palace compound for a long time still thought it was novel and fun, but after half a day, they were dizzy and miserable by the sun. But when they saw their father still sitting there motionless, they had to grit their teeth and insist. People in Nanjing heard that the emperor and Zhang Tianshi were fighting for rain on the altar, and they all came to watch the fun. When they saw Zhu Yuanzhang really praying in the scorching sun, they were deeply moved and took off their clothes to pray together. In this way, for three days in a row, Zhu Yuanzhang was exposed to the sun with his back bare during the day and lay in the same place at night, wearing the same clothes. On the evening of the third day, the sky was clear in Wan Li. Suddenly, there was a strong wind, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain poured down. A drought that lasted for several months was lifted in an instant. Zhu Yuanzhang, like a deity, stood in the storm and sent a letter on the spot, pardoning a group of prisoners and reducing the tax service of the people all over the world for three years. Hearing this, the people wept with joy and ran to tell each other. In this way, not only a natural disaster was eliminated, but also a rumor that shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was shattered. Since then, everyone in the world has returned to their hearts. Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the palace from the altar, immediately called the ministers and put Zhang Tianshi on the golden palace. At this time, Zhang Tianshi had been scared to death. At that moment, he suddenly found that Liu Bowen, who was standing among the ministers, was smiling at Zhu Yuanzhang and suddenly understood. He looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, I am convinced that being original has lost. To tell the truth, originality at night is a trick to see the sky. Even if it is allowed to rain heavily within ten days, it is only a trick to go to the stage to beg for rain! It's all my fault that I'm too shallow. I'm not as good as Liu's adult. I haven't decided when it will rain! " It turns out that this rain drama was directed by Liu Bowen in secret. In recent days, he has been observing the astronomical phenomena day and night at the Purple Mountain Observatory, but his calculation is more accurate than that of Zhang Tianshi! Hearing this, Liu Bowen stepped forward, looked at him seriously and said, "What Zhang Tianshi said is so bad! You are together. Since Zhang Daoling, the first generation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was refined into nine-turn elixir in Longhu Mountain, and the sect was founded, it has been passed down for more than 30 generations, and it is called "Northern Kong and Southern Zhang". My way lags far behind yours. You are not lost on the road, but in the hearts of the people. Today, the world is at the beginning and everything is thriving, but you use natural disasters to mislead people and stir up trouble. Do you want people all over the world to repeat the same mistakes and fall into war again? You don't know when it will rain, because greed has blinded your eyes! " Zhang Tianshi bowed his head in shame. Zhu Yuanzhang took a look and said, "Liu's adult is right! I don't want you to inherit the Millennium inheritance together and be destroyed by you and me. Let's go I only hope that from now on, you can be considerate of people's livelihood, manage your congregation well and take good care of yourself! " Say that finish, just silently waved and let people take Zhang Tianshi out of the hall. After leaving the DPRK, Prince Zhu Biao followed Zhu Yuanzhang and asked curiously, "Father! It turned out that the heavy rain that day, Liu's adult has long predicted accurately? " Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and said with a tiger face, "Even if Zhang Tianshi is not accurate, can Liu's adult be accurate? Remember, this is our sincerity to touch the world! As long as we sincerely serve the people, there will be political harmony, good weather and people living and working in peace and contentment! " Zhu Biao then asked, "Dad! This Zhang Tianshi is so bad, how can you just let him go? " Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and said, "Don't underestimate a Zhang Tianshi whose followers are all over the world. If you kill him, we will make countless enemies. Besides, with a sophisticated person, he can have such a calculation to make a porch * * *? Someone must be behind him. As long as he doesn't die, the fox's tail will eventually show! " Sure enough, a few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly attacked and captured a group of "Hu parties" headed by Prime Minister Hu, and Daming Jiangshan became more and more stable, creating a great cause of home and country for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang begged for rain