Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty: The Greatest Prophecy in History

The so-called "prophecy" refers to the words that come true after the event, and it is inherently said that one sentence becomes a prophecy, but the prophecy in the narrow sense, that is, the prophecy that people often mention, refers to the political prophecy in ancient my country. The earliest prophecy in history is "The moon will rise, and the sun will disappear. If you take care of the arc, you will almost perish the state of Zhou." Zhou Xuan Wang Jijing heard the boy clapping his hands and singing, knowing that there must be a woman who is in charge of politics, causing disasters to the mountain mulberry tree Made of bows and quiver made of wild grass.So it was ordered to ban the sale of these two things, and offenders would be sentenced to death.There was a couple in the countryside who peddled bows and quiveres without knowing it. The woman was caught and killed, and the man ran away. city.When this baby girl grew up, she was the concubine who made Zhou Youwang "beacon fire drama princes" and almost ruined the 800-year-old foundation of the Zhou Dynasty.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, prophecies flourished, and the best prophecies in history came into being. The matter must first start with Wang Mang, who usurped the Western Han Dynasty. Wang Mang is a person who likes to make excuses. He wants to realize his personal intentions through prophecy. He is not an ordinary person. , and became a kind of knowledge, called prophecy, or prophecy, and there were many experts in this field in his court. Before usurping the throne, Wang Mang had been controlling the power as a foreign relative. He said that he wanted to be the Duke of Zhou in the Han Dynasty, but in fact he wanted to be the emperor.However, assisting the government and being an emperor are two different things. To be an emperor must have an excuse, a legitimate excuse, and this excuse can be provided by prophecy.So when someone was digging a well, they dug out a stone with eight large characters written on it: "Confess Anhan Gongmang as the emperor."

We can guess with our eyes closed that this stone must have been buried by someone sent by Wang Mang, but with the prophecy on the stone, Wang Mang is "righteous", so he respects the prophecy very much.However, what he didn't expect was that the empire he had robbed was eventually destroyed by a prophecy. This prophecy was calculated by Liu Xin, Wang Mang's chief master of the country, through a strange book called "Red Fu Talisman". Of course, Wang Mang didn't know it. The reason why he didn't know it was because Liu Xin had his own little calculation in his ambition. .

Liu Xin's father, Liu Xiang, was an outstanding scholar. He edited the famous history book "Warring States Policy". He can be called a master in studies, history, poetry and so on. Liu Xin is an old colleague and friend of Wang Mang. As early as Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang recommended Liu Xin to be a servant, and later he was promoted to Doctor Guanglu, becoming one of the celebrities around the emperor.In 9 A.D., Wang Mang removed his name from the Han Dynasty and officially became emperor. When he appointed the auxiliary ministers, he made his old friend and buddy Liu Xin the state teacher, bestowed the title of Jiaxin Gong, and joined the Taishi, Taifu, and Guojiang It is listed as the fourth assistant and ranks as "Shanggong".

The prophecy deduced by Liu Xin is as follows: Liu Xiu sent troops to arrest the Dao, the barbarians gathered in the dragons and wilds, and the flames of April and Seventy-seven were dominated by fire.The most important meaning of this prophecy is that the person who will be the emperor in the future is a person named Liu Xiu. This is the most powerful prophecy in history, because it gives a complete and clear name, instead of just a few words or phrases like other prophecies. The language is vague, and this prophecy was definitely not created by Liu Xiu himself, but someone else researched it before Liu Xiu became famous.

Liu Xin is indeed very talented, but his character is questionable. After he deduced this significant prophecy, the fox's tail was revealed—he announced that he changed his name to Liu Xiu. This Liu Xiu can be said to be a typical cottage version.When Liu Xin changed his name, he found a reason, saying that his name had the same pronunciation as Liu Xin, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, and he changed his name to avoid taboo. This is of course also an excuse.Not only did he change his name, but he actually rebelled in the palace later, planning to kill Wang Mang and become emperor himself. As a result, the matter was revealed, and this copycat version of Liu Xiu had to commit suicide. ".

Although Liu Xin's emperor's dream seems to be a farce, he also has his own die-hard fans, Taoist Ximen Junhui is one of them.After Liu Xin committed suicide, Ximen Junhui was bound to the execution ground as the rest of the party, but he still firmly believed in the prophecy calculated by Liu Xin, and said to the onlookers very piously: "The words in the prophecy are correct, Liu Xiu is indeed yours. emperor!" After playing tricks on Liu Xin, history seems to have given him another face. The iron facts proved the magical power of the prophecy he calculated—only two years after his death, a person named Liu Xiu really boarded the This person was Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu who later rejuvenated the Han Dynasty.

So, did Liu Xiu's becoming emperor depend entirely on Liu Xin's mysterious prophecy? The spread of Liu Xin's prophecy did give Liu Xiu enough courage, strength and encouragement. It was this most powerful prophecy that pushed him to the throne with more than ten million people. However, if it is concluded that Liu Xiu became the emperor because of Liu Xin's prophecy, then he would fall into the swamp of idealism and underestimate Liu Xiu's inner quality. In the final analysis, Liu Xiu became the emperor because of his deep prestige, outstanding ability and tenacious will, and ultimately he relied on his strength to speak.