A little-known secret is recorded in the notes of the Qing Dynasty, Junlang Biebi and Zaiyuan Magazine, that is, Emperor Chongzhen sent someone to dig the ancestral grave of Li Zicheng's family at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The whole process of the incident is tortuous and bizarre, and there is even a sense of seeing when ghosts blow lights.
this happened in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641). At that time, Li Zicheng was in full swing. No sooner had he conquered Luoyang than he killed Zhu, the son of Emperor Wanli. The army has grown to tens of thousands of people, and people everywhere sing "welcome the king, don't accept food." However, the Ming and Zhu Dynasties were tottering, and there was nothing they could do about this peasant uprising.
Li Zicheng
But it's no wonder that Emperor Chongzhen played Li Zicheng. Actually, Li Zicheng dug the ancestral grave of Daming Zhujiajian Island.
It was in the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635) that thirteen seventy-two battalions of the world's insurgents gathered in Xingyang, Henan Province to discuss major plans, including Zhang, Lao Hui, Shooting Heavenly Sword, Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan, Zuo, King of the Earth, Wan Shi, King of the Cross, Star Crossing, King of Shun and Nine Dragons. At that time, Li Zicheng was the Ministry of Gao Yingxiang. He made his mark at the meeting and put forward the strategy of "dividing troops and attacking from all sides", which was unanimously endorsed by heroes from all walks of life.
After the meeting, Li Zicheng and his troops attacked Zhili (now Fengyang County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province). Fengyang is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang was born and raised. After Zhu Yuanzhang laid the foundation stone, Fengyang was designated as the capital, and its political importance was self-evident to the Ming Dynasty.
Fengyang
After Li Zicheng captured Fengyang, he dug up the ancestral graves of the Ming royal family and set fire to the "Huang Jue Temple" where Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk. The eunuchs inside were all killed, and Zhu Guoxiang, the commander in chief, was also killed. This war shook the world, which was a great humiliation to the Ming Dynasty, and its symbolic significance naturally caused great mental pressure to Emperor Chongzhen.
So in the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), Emperor Chongzhen presented a plan, which was to dig up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave. Emperor Chongzhen also hoped that this move would reverse Gankun and kill Li Zicheng.
It's just that Li Zicheng's ancestral home is in Mizhi, Shaanxi, and the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. At this time, the world was in chaos, and Emperor Chongzhen was beyond his reach. To do this, someone must do it at the local level. At that time, the governor of Shaanxi was Wang Qiaonian, so it was natural for him to arrange and carry out this task. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen gave Wang Qiaonian a secret order to dig Li Zicheng's ancestral grave to vent the king's anger. As a frontier province of Wang Qiaonian, smart people don't have to do it themselves, but arrange the task to Mizhi County. Only at that time, Shaanxi was also a land of mutinous soldiers, and the decree was unreasonable. How to convey the task to the past, then whether Mizhi county magistrate is obedient is a thorny issue.
rice fat
The name of Mi County is Bian. Although she is a small sesame official, she is not a glutton. One day, while he was sitting in the hall, a farmer suddenly came outside and told officials that his garlic had been taken away by officers and men. Bian Wan asked him to tell the story in detail, but the farmer knelt down and climbed on his feet, telling the story and secretly pressed Bian Wan's feet twice. Big ribbon dark surprised, was about to ask questions, suddenly saw the man turned pale, appearance bearing is by no means a farmer, a change of mind, know that something was wrong, then excuse screen back or so, take the man into the cellar to talk.
after entering the inner hall, someone took off his hat and took out a letter and a secret message from the interlayer of the hat. This man turned out to be a eunuch in the palace, and he was busy listening to the purport, so that he could understand his purpose. This letter was written by Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi Province, asking him to carry out the tasks in the secret order. I think this eunuch is a character. He is alone in this dangerous place, conveying this important message, but he has been submerged in the dust of history, and no one knows who he is. However, Emperor Chongzhen, as the king of a country, wanted to convey his will through this shady way, which also reflected the tragic situation of the decline of his imperial power.
When Bian Dashou received this secret message, he knew that it was really a hot potato. Although he was an official in the Ming Dynasty, he received the salary of the son of heaven, and it was his duty to do things for the son of heaven, but this matter was very important. How can Li Zicheng, the king, offend casually? Now he is in full swing. Besides, this is his hometown. He really dug his ancestral grave, and his head will have to be cut off by Li Zicheng one day. Besides, this ancestral grave in Li Zicheng is not so easy to find, but where it is, no one knows, and it's not good to ask around. Once the news leaks, the consequences will be unimaginable, so there is nowhere to start even if you want to dig it. There is a great anxiety here, and there is no good way to solve this dilemma.
There is a man named Jia Huan who works for Da Ai here. He is a wise man. Jia Huan saw that Shangguan seemed to have something on his mind and his face was worried, so he asked Bian Dashen what he was doing, and Bian Dashen told him about it. Jia Huan, too, immediately took it to his heart and said with a smile, it's not difficult. When he heard this, he was overjoyed and asked for details.
It turns out that Li Zicheng's ancestral grave is not an imperial tomb, and I don't know which ravine it is in, but in the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), Li Zicheng led a group of his men back to his hometown of Mizhi, Shaanxi, to pay their respects to their ancestors. Therefore, there must be someone close to the Li family in Mizhi County who knows the location of this ancestral grave, and there is just such a person in their county government. Jia Huan told Bian Dashou the details of this person and asked him to act according to the plan.
So Bian Dahou called Zhang Zixiang, the arresting officer in my office. This Zhang Zixiang is a humble little person among the arresting officers, but he actually has another identity.
When Jia Huan saw Zhang Zixiang coming, he first gave him a look of pretended profundity, and then asked sharply, Why did you tell us your surname was Zhang when your surname was clearly Li? Zhang Zixiang was surprised and was thinking about how to reply. Jia Huan added: We have found out your identity. You are the brother of Li Zicheng. You have sworn brothers with other police officers and are going to join him when Li Zicheng comes. Do you know the crime?
Zhang Zixiang thought that his life was in danger, so he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy. Unexpectedly, Bian Da laughed and helped Zhang Zixiang up, saying, This Daming is doomed, and we will be the king in the future, and we will rely on you to take care of it in the future! Jia Huan also laughed, just saying this just to confirm your identity. Zhang Zixiang was scared in a cold sweat. How did he expect such a reversal? At this time, Bian Dashou proposed that the three men become sworn brothers and have a care in the future. Zhang Zixiang was overjoyed. I didn't expect to be brothers with the county master. How can I not allow it? Where did he know that Bian Dashou and Jia Huan befriended him, just to find out the location of Li Jiazu's grave.
Since then, Bian Dashou, Jia Huan and Zhang Zixiang have been drinking and having fun every day, which is really like brothers. When everyone got to know each other, one day, while Zhang Zixiang was slightly tipsy, Bian Dazhao praised the Li family's grave as a treasure trove of geomantic omen, and a great man like King Chuang emerged. Zhang Zixiang gloated and boasted, and the location of Li Jiazu's grave was leaked to Bian Dashou. Originally, Li Zicheng's ancestors were not nobody. The Li family in Mizhi was a descendant of Li Jiqian, the founder of Xixia Dynasty. The Li family's grave is located in Sanfengzi Mountain, which is more than 2 miles away from the county seat, surrounded by numerous peaks, with ferocious momentum.
In order to step on a better foot, Bian Dashou went to Sanfengzi Mountain with Zhang Zixiang under the pretext of hunting, and found out the specific location of the Li family's grave. Now everything is ready, only to do it. According to Bian Dashou and Jia Huan's plan, they want to secretly dig the grave and quietly handle the court's errand. As long as they don't make public, Chuang Wang doesn't know that Bian Dashou did it, and this account will only be counted to Shaanxi Governor Wang Qiaonian. Therefore, Bian Dashou gave Zhang Zixiang several thousand taels of silver, and asked him to go to the King with his fast-catching brother, so that it would be easy to get rid of Zhang Zixiang.
Bian Dashou also bought a Li family named Li Cheng, who helped bury Li Zicheng's father and grandfather when they died. Guided by Li Cheng, Bian Da took a group of capable and bold cronies, as well as 3 archers and 6 villagers, and set off for the Sanfengzi Mountain.
when it was the second day of the first month in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), the heavy snow didn't stop, and the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk. At last, even the horses couldn't continue to pass, so the group had to dismount and walk five or six miles while opening the road. When they arrived at the cemetery of Sanfengzi Mountain, they saw dense forests, covered the sun, vines hanging and at least twenty or thirty scattered graves. Due to the age, Li Cheng couldn't identify which one was Li Zicheng's grandfather's grave.
Li Cheng said: When he buried his grandfather, he dug a black bowl in the soil, so he put the black bowl on the coffin and buried it together to find the tomb with the black bowl. Bian Dashou had to give an order to dig up all the twenty or thirty graves and examine them one by one. At first, I didn't even see the black bowl when I dug five or six, and some of the remains were still not completely corrupt. At this time, it was already dark, and everyone camped near the graveyard for the night. This night is very difficult to get. The gloomy horror of the wild mountains and the cold weather have left me nothing after a busy day. If I don't find anything tomorrow, I'm afraid my morale will be unstable.
however, the next morning, it didn't take long to find it. They dug a grave under a tree, and after digging it up, there really was a black bowl, only to see that the coffin was rolled several times by rattan roots, which was quite strange.
The people cut off the vine roots with a sharp axe. When they opened the coffin, they saw that the bones inside were black, and there were three or four inches of yellow and white hairs on them. What was even more amazing was that there was a white snake more than a foot long in the coffin, which obviously had not grown up. Li Cheng saw it and said with certainty that the bones were Li Zicheng's grandfather. It's just that everyone was shocked by this eerie sight. I don't know if this is good or bad, and no one dared to start work at the moment.
Bian Dashou made a decisive decision, drew his sword and killed the white snake. He told people to put away the black bowl and the white snake as evidence for the imperial court, and then asked people to dig the grave next to him. I saw that Li's bones all had white hair, and the bones of seven or eight graves were all incinerated by fire. Bian Da-wan kept on doing nothing, trying to cut down the grass and roots, and ordered people to cut down all the hundreds of big trees around him in order to break the geomantic omen of Li's ancestral cave. At this point, the task of digging graves is finally completed.
When he returned home, Da Wan immediately wrote a report to the imperial court asking for credit. Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi Province, replied: If Li thief is removed one day, Bian Da Wan will take the first credit.
Later, Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi Province, was defeated in Xiangcheng, and was captured alive by Li Zicheng's army. Probably Li Zicheng hated him for digging his ancestral grave, cut off Wang Qiaonian's tongue first, and then tortured him. Two years later, Bian Dahou was also captured by the Li Zicheng army, but just then Li Zicheng ascended the throne in Beijing, wrote a letter to the world, and Bian Dahou was released, which also proved that he secretly dug Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, which was unknown in the local area.
There is a rumor that Li Zicheng was shot blind in one eye because Bian Da Wan killed the white snake. However, Li Zicheng was shot blind in the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641) when he attacked Kaifeng House, and Bian Dahou dug a grave in the 15th year of Chongzhen (1642). The context of the two events is not right, so there is no causal relationship.
There is another saying that the white snake in the coffin at that time had a dragon horn and only one eye. The white snake was the dragon spirit of Li Zicheng, but luckily it was beheaded by Bian Da. To say that the little white snake has a dragon horn is an allusion to the unformed dragon. This statement is obviously a deliberate deification of this matter, which is purely groundless.
As for the long white hair on bones, it was considered as an ominous sign in ancient times, which was caused by corpse degeneration. But now science can explain this phenomenon, in fact, because the environment is humid, resulting in mold.
Li Zicheng and Chongzhen, two adversaries, have circuitous personalities. Li Zicheng is resolute and ruthless, while Chongzhen is indecisive and suspicious by nature. Li Zicheng caught Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, the son of Emperor Wanli in Luoyang, and cooked him with the deer in the garden, calling it "Fulu Banquet" and ate it with the soldiers, showing his hatred for corrupt officials. But it is strange that Li Zicheng gave special treatment to Emperor Chongzhen. Before he invaded Beijing, he was willing to negotiate with Chongzhen, saying that as long as Chongzhen divided the northwest area for him, Chongzhen could continue to be the emperor, but the peace talks were not concluded under the opposition of a group of ministers. After Chongzhen committed suicide, Li Zicheng also arranged for someone to accept his body and bury it, which was very polite, but it was also an anomaly.
Portrait of Chongzhen
Li Zicheng and Chongzhen fought for most of their lives, digging each other's ancestral graves, but in the end they just let the Qing soldiers reap the profits, which makes people sigh. Related Q&A: What does an animal that has no future stand for? Hello, the answer is that rabbit is as conscientious and meticulous about financial management as his attitude towards work. Because I don't like taking risks, I don't want to take risks, and I'm not too keen on material enjoyment. Although the progress of getting rich is a little slow, more money will always accumulate sand and become a tower. And he doesn't think it's hard to live a simple life. As long as he can get by, the family will be satisfied with peace and health. When the child gets married or needs to start a business, you will know how rich the "bottom" he left for the child. I hope my answer can help you answer questions: What is Ying Zheng's real attempt to kill 27 ministers in Da Qin Fu? Why did he pardon the 28th exhorter?
After the King of Qin won the political victory and decisively suppressed the rebellion, he even killed 27 ministers who were strongly remonstrated by Empress Dowager Zhao of Zhao Ji, which immediately shocked the whole ruling and opposition parties, making the clansmen and foreign ministers and visitors really afraid to do anything at once, and the hearts of the whole Korean people were floating.
so what is the attempt to win the government and kill 27 ministers in a row? Why did he pardon the 28th admonisher?
After Qin experienced the _ _ Rebellion, the Chu forces headed by Mrs. Huayang and all the foreign courtiers were reused and mastered the real power, but the royal families of the imperial clan only got a title with a unique name.
So the imperial clan exerted strong pressure on the Lushi clan and the foreign ministers who lost power and influence, and made Lv Buwei's son anxious. In order to divert their attention, the Lushi minions came up with the idea of persuading the King to welcome the Queen Mother Zhao of Zhao Ji back to the former fornication harem, which led to the scene that the King of Qin killed 27 ministers in succession.
why did the king of Qin kill 27 ministers in succession? What is his intention?
If you want to understand the intentions of the King of Qin, you must first understand his mental state at that time.
Qin Wang's heart towards his mother Zhao Ji
First of all, it is an iron fact that his mother Zhao Ji and _ _ have secretly given birth to two sons. This is a disgrace to the royal family. It is said that you don't respect me. Why should I respect you? Although the words are a bit exaggerated, this is the reason.
Secondly, Zhao Ji and Lv Buwei have jointly controlled the state affairs for more than 1 years, which makes Qin Wang very depressed and humbled. At this time, ministers will ask him to welcome Empress Zhao back, and he will surely think: Are these ministers going to support Empress Zhao and Lv Buwei to jointly govern to harm the court?
Finally, the Empress Dowager Zhao of Zhao Ji supported his rebellion for a man and wanted to kill herself and set up a new king. Does she still have this son in her heart? If he hadn't cracked down decisively, would he still be alive now? Don't let her do it again and set up a new king?
what the king of Qin thinks when he treats Lv Buwei
is in the heart of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. In fact, he is very sure of Lv Buwei's contribution to the State of Qin, and has a sense of respect for him. But at the same time, it is precisely because of Lv Buwei's strong ability, holding the imperial court for many years, his power is deeply rooted and prestigious, and all Lv Buwei makes him feel a little scared.
At present, almost all these ministers who advise are under Lv Buwei's command, and their purpose is obviously for Lv Buwei to make a comeback. If they do, wouldn't it be dangerous for themselves in the future? Do you still have prestige in front of them?
What's more, after quelling the rebellion of _ _ _, he even gave a special order that those who tried to remonstrate with the Queen Mother would be killed without forgiveness. Now, these ministers are obviously ignoring their orders and obviously challenging their prestige. How can they stand firm and stand firm without killing them?
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