Who can accurately predict the future before 159?

For young readers, they may not even know about the "credit knife".

The so-called "knife-paying people" means that some businessmen give free credit to the people for items commonly used in rural areas, such as kitchen knives, scissors and sickles, and leave some predictions. They said that when the prophecy came true, they would collect knife money.

In the 1980s and 1990s, in remote rural areas, there were often knife sellers walking around with vendors. I clearly remember seeing such people when I was a child, but I was young at that time and I was not very impressed.

In addition to some knives, some of these people will also give credit to some household appliances such as pots and pans.

There are two main reasons why the "credit swordsman" is mysterious

First of all, they are completely on credit, and they give nothing to the people. This is definitely a very strange thing in the simple rural environment of the last century. Simple farmers have never thought of taking advantage.

Second, people who give credit to knives will leave some predictions. For example, some people say that if the price of wheat rises to 1 yuan a catty, they will collect money again; Some people predict that when the price of beef rises to 30 yuan, it will be charged again; Others even predicted that "there is no land to plant and no house to live in." When people take off their clothes and animals put on their clothes, they will come back to collect money.

You know, the price at that time was very low, wheat was less than a dime a catty, and beef was only 1 yuan a catty. When the loan shark made such a prediction, most rural people laughed and listened as a joke. Disembarking, it's all realized now.

The existence of knife borrowers is not limited to a certain area, but distributed all over the country. The author also found that 1878' s Shanghai declaration recorded "credit with a knife".

According to historical documents, people who used knives on credit originated in the Song Dynasty, when they were called "selling hexagrams". They usually appear in a special historical period. Some scholars believe that people who buy knives on credit are probably descendants of Guiguzi.

Guiguzi was a great figure in the Spring and Autumn Period. The history books say that he is "brilliant, brilliant and unparalleled". He is not only the ancestor of strategists, but also the ancestor of fortune telling. At the same time, he was respected as a saint by strategists and influenced the pattern of the Warring States. His disciples Sun Bin, Shang Yang, Lv Buwei, Su Qin and Zhang Yi, any one of whom can take it out, can affect the current situation.

The author dare not jump to conclusions about whether the person who borrowed the knife on credit is a descendant of Guiguzi. But in my opinion, there must be experts behind these mysterious people who sell knives on credit.

In fact, since ancient times, there have been many such people and things in history. However, at that time, most of them would be compiled into nursery rhymes, with the help of children's mouths, to achieve a certain prediction and warning effect.

For example, in the Han and Yuan Dynasties, there was a nursery rhyme that said, "Well water overflowed, stove smoke went out, Yutang irrigated and flowed to Jinmen." In March of the second year of Emperor Han Cheng, the Jing Quan in Gong Bei rose slightly, and then the well water overflowed and flowed south.

Later, scholars analyzed: well water, yin also; Stove smoke, yang also; Yutang, Jinmen, the supreme residence, such as yin flourishing and destroying yang, stealing the palace. Wang Mang was born in the early four years of Han and Yuan Dynasties, and was appointed as the assistant minister of Sangong by Emperor Cheng of Han Dynasty. It's about Wang Mang usurping the Han Dynasty.

Also, since Wu Zetian, there is a song "Huang Ge" that has been widely sung by the people. The lyrics are "Huang Ge hides in the grass, and a bow will hurt you". Soon, the Khitans rebelled and killed the governor Zhao Yuan, and the barracks and the governor's office were occupied by the Khitans.

The imperial court ordered four generals, Cao, Ma Renjie and Wang Xiaojie, and led more than one million soldiers and horses to conquer, all of which were defeated by Qidan. Later, he led the army to retreat to Huangzhanggu, and was wiped out by the Khitans. No one was spared. "Song of Yellow Pine" has been confirmed.

There is someone outside, and there is a day behind. In the process of reading history, the author often thinks and firmly believes that there must be great people in the world, who may be able to predict the development law of things through the changes of yin and yang, or master the essence of Zhouyi.

There are many such figures in history, such as Zhuge Liang, Yuan Tiangang, Li and Liu Bowen. It's just that these people are exposed There must be many experts who don't want to show their faces, but they have also made some predictions for people's livelihood.

In this way, the "credit swordsman" should also exist in this way. With their foresight, they warn the law of the development of things, and they can also make people gain something from it.