Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 27 The clouds of doubt are dispelled, is it true that this is a prophecy that will bring disaster to the country?
The beginning, of course, was the serious illness at the beginning of the year.

Zhu Yijun knew this.

It was also after he recovered from that time that he suddenly started to speak arrogantly at the end of March, which made Zhu Yijun realize that his temperament had changed drastically, and he even dared to disobey his orders and contradict him in person.

Later, after being reminded by Zheng Mengjing, he even wondered if this rebellious son was possessed by an evil spirit.

"...When I was seriously ill and in a trance, I dreamed of the same world countless times. What I saw and heard there was completely different from this place. It was prosperous, wealthy, and amazing, just like a fairyland..."

"That is the Pure Land of Bliss, the land of immortals and Buddhas!" Empress Dowager Li nodded affirmatively and took over the conversation. "At the end of April, when I summon Chang Luo again, I will just treat it as a fun talk and regard it as a filial piety..."

Zhu Yijun remembered it because from that day on, Empress Dowager Li met him for several days in a row.

This situation made himself and Zheng Mengjing a little nervous, especially when Wang Dewan was making irresponsible remarks about the palace.

In a rage, Zeng scolded the boy severely and almost wanted to beat him up again.

"… and then I had another big dream, but this time it was a series of nightmares."

Empress Dowager Li prayed again and again: "Thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva..."

"Thanks to the sutras given by the Empress Dowager." Zhu Changluo nodded. "In the nightmare, I heard the faint sound of Buddha, which woke me up. In a trance, I saw a Bodhisattva saving me, and then I remembered that it was the person in the world that I dreamed of when I was seriously ill at the beginning of the year. He once taught in the classroom, and I remembered what he said at that time."

"What words?"

Zhu Yijun knew this was the key point.

Zhu Yijun naturally still remembered that he was possessed by a ghost.

Zhu Changluo looked at him and was silent for a while before saying, "My son only remembers three sentences."

"First: Today we are peaceful and prosperous, but we must not forget history! The succession of dynasties often brought great suffering to the people. The last Ming Dynasty was the worst! Although the three major expeditions were victorious, the financial plan collapsed, the party struggles continued, natural disasters occurred frequently, and the civil strife continued. In the end, the last emperor Zhu Youjian hanged himself on Coal Hill."

Zhu Yijun's whole body was shocked.

The last emperor...by the generation name...wouldn't that mean he is his grandson?
Doesn't that mean... it won't be long?
Empress Dowager Li was still frightened when she heard this, and hurriedly twirled her Buddhist beads: "Poor child..."

"Second, why did the Ming Dynasty fall? This is worth learning from. Now you all know Xu Guangqi, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, but they were not the ones who decided the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. When talking about this topic, we naturally cannot avoid Emperor Wanli. When he entered Beijing in June of the 28th year of the Wanli reign, Emperor Wanli should have been very proud and complacent. He never thought that the Ming Dynasty would last less than 50 years."

Zhu Yijun's pupils contracted again, and he seemed much more sober.

That day, although he was angry because all the officials cried at the gate and felt aggrieved because the empress dowager kept it from him, when he heard the great victory, he really wanted to show off and wanted his mother to praise him for the people he had employed and the power he had conquered the world.

Now, he also understood why the Queen Mother's face turned pale at that time, and why what she said came true afterwards.

"Third, in short, the fact that the Jianzhou Jurchens were able to finally rule the Central Plains was both a coincidence and inevitable."

Zhu Changluo stopped here and paused before speaking: "After my son woke up from his dream, he was terrified and confused. He couldn't believe it, but he couldn't forget it. He sat there all night, thinking about it over and over again. When he got up in the morning to ask about my health, he still couldn't decide whether to tell me or not."

"Grandmother knows your difficulties... When I saw your appearance that morning, I was frightened!" Empress Dowager Li looked at him lovingly.

Zhu Yijun clenched his teeth and said nothing.

"But since the Bodhisattva rescued my son from the nightmare, and I vaguely saw that face in my dream at the beginning of the year, and I also remembered what we said at that time, then what I saw in the nightmare..." Zhu Changluo paused, his voice trembling, "I am afraid... it was the Jiannu... using a small tribe to enslave a large tribe... and killing people indiscriminately. Millions of people died... It was like hell on earth..."

"Amitabha..." Empress Dowager Li was still trembling, "Chen Ju went to see you, and you were so frightened that you cried in your dream..."

Zhu Changluo took a deep breath and calmed down. "But if that is true, how can I ignore it? Fortunately, I heard three names. That person... When the Bodhisattva was teaching, there was a treasure like a screen, with the names and hometowns of three people written on it. I thought about it and made up my mind. Even if my grandmother and father suspect that I want to seize the throne with prophecies, I can't care. I can look for these three people. If there is no such person, I will be at ease even if I am punished."

"You are brave enough to risk your life. You are a good child of the Zhu family!" Empress Dowager Li made up her mind and then said to Zhu Yijun, "Then that night I asked the emperor to go to the Cining Palace to arrange for people to investigate these three people. I know how long the country will last. This is exactly a prophecy! If it spreads outside, I don't know how many people will suddenly become ambitious! At that time, I couldn't believe it completely, so I hid it from the emperor first."

Zhu Yijun listened silently.

These words, in line with the sentence in the scripture "revealed the image of the acquired world", have the potential to become a prophecy!
Now it is said that the Ming Dynasty has less than 50 years left. Isn't this another prophecy?

My mother is right. If this boy is saying these nonsense to me, he must be possessed by evil spirits.

How can we not kill this evil spirit that curses the Ming Dynasty with its prophecy?

After all, he still valued his life and knew that his mother would not believe him, so he came to report to his mother first.

How could the Queen Mother be a fool? Moving to Ciqing Palace first was a statement. The Queen Mother would rather believe it first. If what he said was true, then he was the one who was warned by heaven, gods and Buddhas in dreams, then naturally she would protect him as the crown prince, which would be in accordance with the will of heaven and the master who would "respond to the disaster".

However, if he really had a selfish motive to seize the throne, then he could not be allowed to stay. Therefore, he was first confined, and the Jingyang Palace was checked for any internal or external communication, and the consequences were clearly stated to him in person.

This leads us back to another possibility. If this is done and it turns out to be true, then it is indeed disrespectful to God and the gods.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Li said that it was a huge sin and she was extremely terrified and took the responsibility alone for the emperor.

The cloud of doubt that had lasted for more than a month had finally dissipated, but Zhu Yijun looked at the two of them with disbelief.

Does what you said imply that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by me?

He was so proud of the victory in Bozhou, wasn't he just a clown?
"Even if everything he said didn't come true, after hearing what you really said today, I should believe it! If the Ming Dynasty is going to fall, it's probably because you've been slow to appoint a crown prince! People's hearts are unstable, and each has a son. In the end, they killed each other and civil strife broke out. That's why the Liaodong Jiannu entered the Central Plains and destroyed our Ming Dynasty!"

Before the boy knocked on the door, his mother's words echoed in Zhu Yijun's mind.

He found it hard to accept that this was real.

Am I really that unbearable?
"Mother... is she convinced?"

Zhu Yijun couldn't explain how he felt right now, so he asked this question while suppressing his dissatisfaction.

"Bozhou's great victory, those three people." Empress Dowager Li seemed to be surprised by his reaction, "Lu Xiangsheng is only three months old, and his name was only given after Chang Luo told me..."

"...No, no, no, it's impossible..." Zhu Yijun shook his head, "It's possible that they could collude... Yes..."

He thought of Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao, and...Empress Dowager Li.

During those ten years, he was still a child.

He believed everything and listened to everything.

Finally?

What does Master Zhang ask of himself, and how does he do it himself?
And he believed it all!
"Hasn't the emperor investigated it? Since there is clear evidence, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger, why doesn't the emperor believe it?"

“I don’t believe it…I don’t believe it…”

He knew that when Zhang Juzheng died, the Ming Dynasty treasuries he took over would be much more well-off than those under his father.

Therefore, he personally visited the Taimiao and, in front of the ancestral tablets, naively made those grand wishes for the revival of the country.

He thought of the following eighteen years, the aggressive pressure from his ministers, his own powerless defeat and escape and hiding, the national foundation he had fought for so long, and the cries of officials in recent days.

Now he is asked to believe that the Ming Dynasty began to decline when he was on the throne?
How could his grandson end up being forced by the Qing army to hang himself on Coal Hill to die for his country?

What are the Liaodong Jiannu? How can they have the strength to conquer the Ming Dynasty?

Although they were weak, they still took over the Ming Dynasty. Whose fault is it?

What a shame it is to see our ancestors’ country fall into the hands of foreigners?

The Ming Dynasty was established by expelling the Tartars!

"Impossible... Absolutely impossible... A mere Jiannu..."

Zhu Yijun's face became ferocious.

The country will not be destroyed... It will not be destroyed...

But Zhu Yijun had this feeling hidden deep in his heart before, but for various reasons, he was no longer willing to face it...

Perhaps our descendants will have the ability to bring about a revival...

But now a clearly evidenced acquired image was laid out before his eyes, plainly and nakedly.

Less than fifty years later… Three generations had died since his death, and his grandson had hanged himself…

How can he meet his ancestors? !
(End of this chapter)