Zhu Chuyi was buried at the True Dragon's Cave, and Zhu Yuanzhang became the True Dragon Emperor. But what is so wonderful and valuable about this Feng Shui treasure land? "Fengsi Ji", written during the Chongzhen period, made a detailed analysis of this, "The Dragon Vein comes from Bianliang in the west, from Suhong to Shuanggou Town, with various ups and downs, nine ditches and eighteen depressions, turning from west to north, Hailong enters and sits at Guixiang Ding...within about five hundred armors, there is the Dai River in the north, the Zajiang River in the south, and more than ten miles before and after Mingtang, there are Huai, Si and Bian rivers surrounding the south. , east and north, Weilong comes from the west and is slightly higher. Ten miles away from the left shoulder of the mausoleum is the Hanging Sword Platform, and to the left is Hongze Lake, and to the left is Guishan, which is where Yusuo Wuzhi prays, and to the left is Laozi Mountain. The mountain reaches Qinghe County, which is the intersection of Huai and Huang. Sixty miles to the right shoulder of the mausoleum is Yingta Lake, which is Jiugang Shibawa, and Liushan and Zhushan are on the right, which is Hongsu Lailong Qianlijie in Bianliang. The author of "Feng Si Ji" is Jiang De, Zhu Youjian's Minister of Rites. Picture: The exquisite stone carvings in front of the Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty have survived six hundred years of wind and rain and are still alive and well. Is the Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty really a geomantic treasure as Jiang De said? "If you bury it here, the emperor will emerge"?
I have passed by that place many times. It is close to Hongze Lake, with water on both sides. The terrain is extremely low-lying and has the reputation of "nine hills and eighteen depressions". In the past, if we went there on a rainy day, the mud would stick to our shoes, making it impossible to walk. Not only is it not like a Feng Shui treasure land, it is also very inconvenient for residents to travel. The land is poor and sparsely populated. It is a place where rabbits do not poop, and families often move away. This was the reason why Zhu Wusi took his wife Chen and his family to Zhongli Township in Fengyang to seek livelihood. But in Jiang De's eyes, the location of the ancestral mausoleum is a wonderful geomantic treasure. In fact, this is a lie. I think it was Jiang De who deceived Zhu Youjian. Picture: A replica of the "Prince's Mausoleum" performance in the Mingzu Mausoleum Scenic Area
In fact, Liu Ji, the Kanyu master at the time, knew that the location of the Mingzu Mausoleum was not a perfect auspicious land. According to the definition of ancient Kanyu art, the topography of a geomantic treasure land requires a clear hall in front of the acupuncture point, and three oddities and four responses. The three oddities are mountains, water, and tables. The front, back, left, and right are the four responses; the left and right are the four responses. There is sand protection, and the so-called "sand" refers to the earth and rocks on the hills; there must be Luocheng, which is composed of mountains or water, surrounding each other; there is Chaoshan in the distance, and Anshan mountain nearby. It is better to use mountains as Luocheng to form four postures: Qinglong on the left, White tiger on the right, Suzaku in the front, and Xuanwu in the back. If there are no mountains around and there is only a flat river, it is best to use the water to form a dragon and surround it with Zeguo. The Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is located in northern Jiangsu and basically has a plain landform. Except for the water country, there is not much to say about it. Therefore, when the mausoleum was built, a large-scale geographical transformation was carried out. The depressions were filled in, insufficient repairs were made, the ground was dug to form rivers, and the soil was piled to form mountains. The landscape was artificially created with sand, water, close cases, Mingtang and other Feng Shui elements. , thus forming a standard Feng Shui treasure land. In fact, the so-called Feng Shui of Mingzu Mausoleum has been harmed by the natural environment. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, Mingzu Mausoleum has been plagued by floods. During the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen (from 1435 to 1449 AD, when the Wala invaded the south, Zhu Qizhen was defeated in Tumubao and captured, and his younger brother Zhu Qiyu became emperor. In the eighth year of Jingtai, he was restored in 1457 AD and was in power again until 1464). , Ming Zuling began to be threatened by floods. In the late Ming Dynasty, the floods became more serious. In the eighth year of Wanli when Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun (see the previous article "The Big Secret Discovered After Opening the Coffin of Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty") came to power, the Huaihe River flooded again, and the ancestral mausoleum was flooded. The "Dixiang Jiluo" compiled by Zeng Weicheng and others in the Ming Dynasty recorded the situation at that time, "The water in Xiamaqiao was eight inches deep, and the water in Jiulingzui (legend was the actual burial place of Zhu Chuyi, a geomantic treasure place said by old Taoists) was ten feet deep. In addition, more than 600 pines and cypresses were flooded and withered." Although high embankments and drainage channels were built, the floods could not be cured due to the natural defects of the ancestral mausoleum being located on the edge of the Huaihe River and the terrain being low-lying. Finally, in the 19th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1680), the Yellow River captured the Huaihe River, and the rivers in the Yellow River and the Huaihe River rose simultaneously, causing a disaster. Not only the mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty disappeared, but the entire Sizhou City was also submerged. This is the famous "Water Flooding Sizhou City" in history. Since then, the Mingzu Mausoleum has been lying underwater for nearly three hundred years and no one knew about it. It was not until a severe drought in 1963 during the "Cultural Revolution" that some buildings emerged from the water, and the Mingzu Mausoleum was rediscovered. In 1976, the local cultural management department carried out restoration, and now it has become a scene in northern Jiangsu! This place was originally called Renheji and was famous because of the Mingzu Mausoleum in the territory. Now it is simply renamed Mingzu Mausoleum Town. From today's perspective, Zhu Chuyi's burial place and the supernatural legend are undoubtedly nonsense. But there is a phenomenon, or mystery, that should be noted: after the Ming Zuling Mausoleum began to suffer from flooding, the Ming Dynasty indeed entered a troubled period. In particular, the war on the northern border was tense, and the Walas always came to harass. Later, when Li Zicheng's uprising and the Qing army entered the customs, it seemed that the time when the ancestral mausoleum was flooded and the time when the Ming Dynasty fell, a pair of curves developed in parallel. The country's power is also swaying like the ancestral mausoleum in the wind and rain. This may be just a coincidence, but people can't help but think about it. In the past, people believed that even important officials at the ministerial level were worried that the obstruction of the Ming Dynasty's national destiny was related to the flooding of the Ming ancestral mausoleum. It seems that this was not idle talk, nor was it a lie with ulterior motives. In the 14th year of Zhengtong (AD 1449), Zhu Qizhen, who went to the North for personal expedition, was captured alive by the Oara soldiers led by Ye Xian in Tumubao. He became the most embarrassing person among Chinese emperors and the myth of the invincibility of the True Dragon Emperor. It was exposed, and the fate of the country was reversed. "History of the Ming Dynasty, First Records of the Emperor Yingzong" records this, "... Ministers Ding Xuan and Wang Yonghe, deputy capital censor Deng Qi, etc. all died, and the emperor hunted in the north.
"Beishou" means going north to hunt, which is a way for scholars to save face for Zhu Qizhen. But "hunt", in addition to hunting, also means "catch". Historians use this word as a pun, not It was unfortunate that a generation of emperors was "hunted". It was a great shame and humiliation. At that time, some courtiers discussed that this might be related to the fact that the dragon veins of the ancestral mausoleum were threatened by floods, and the feng shui was disturbed by the locals who opened mountains to shoot cannons and took out burial tombs. The Ming Dynasty issued decrees many times to intensify the protection and maintenance of the ancestral mausoleums and impose relevant prohibitions. In fact, the Ming Dynasty has always been very strict in protecting the ancestral mausoleums and has a very careful and strict protection system. There are soldiers guarding the temple, sometimes as many as 200 people. There are also ancestral mausoleum households such as worshipers, shopkeepers, butchers, wine merchants, and pottery households. The purpose is to protect the feng shui of the ancestral mausoleum from being destroyed and to preserve the dragon's veins forever. The country's destiny was prosperous. This system had been implemented since Zhu Yuanzhang's lifetime. However, later, due to the continuous decline of the dynasty's prestige and natural and man-made disasters, the dragon veins of the ancestral mausoleum were seriously threatened. From time to time, the mountain people went to nearby places to quarry. "Tai Sui's head was disturbed", and some people even wanted to be a king and buried their ancestors in the Zhu family's dragon vein. "Yingzong Shilu" records: "In June of the third year of Tianshun (AD 1459), the Nanjing Temple worshiped Zhu Yong and said: Xuyi. The first mountains, although separated by the Huaihe River, face Gongzu Mausoleum. Even if the people cut down the stones to erect a kiln, they are afraid that the earth's veins will be damaged, and they will not be allowed to bury them on the mountain. The emperor ordered the remaining officers of the capital to investigate him, and moved those who had been buried. He also ordered the capital procuratorate to unveil the ban on the place where the stone was cut to erect the kiln. "From Zhu Yong's words, we can know that the protection of the ancestral mausoleum was in trouble. In the end, the Houjin regime established by the Jurchens (later the Manchus) rose in the northeast and posed a direct threat to the Ming Dynasty. The situation was already very bad. . On the one hand, the Ming court sent people to destroy the Jinzu Mausoleum at the foot of Jiulong Mountain in Beijing and dig out its dragon veins, hoping to use Feng Shui to prevent the development of the Later Jin Dynasty (Qing Dynasty) (see the previous article "The Secret of the Dragon Veins of the Qing Dynasty Digging by Zhu Yuanzhang's Descendants"); On the one hand, we stepped up the protection of the ancestral tombs in the south such as the Xiaoling Tomb, the Imperial Tomb, and the Zu Tomb to prevent the royal energy from leaking out and damaging the dragon veins. At midnight on April 25th (1641 AD), Zhu Youjian summoned the Duke of Chengguo Zhu Chunchen, the Marquis of Gongshun Wu Weiying, the Marquis of Xinle Liu Wenbing, the prince-in-law Wan Wei, Gong Yonggu, and Xuanping Bowei Shichun in the Zhongji Hall. , Minister of Rites Lin Yuji, ministers Wang Xigun, Jiang Dejing, etc. asked them to report on the situation of Xiaoling, Imperial Tomb, and Zu Tomb, reiterated the regulations that no kilns should be opened to remove stones or trees should be cut down near the tomb, and they decided to send important ministers to investigate Xuyi. It was against this background that Jiang De, the Minister of Rites, went to Xuyi and Fengyang to inspect the ancestral mausoleum and the imperial mausoleum, and wrote the book "Feng Si Ji". All the efforts of the prosecutor were ineffective, and he finally hanged himself under the locust tree on the Meishan Mountain in the forbidden area of ??the harem. The Ming Dynasty was like a withered oil lamp, the national destiny was exhausted, and the country changed hands.
The Feng Shui treasure land of the Ming Zu Mausoleum finally failed to grow and showed supernatural powers again! !