Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms period, has always been regarded as the embodiment of wisdom among the people, and is known as "the dragon of the ages" and "the sage of wisdom". In thousands of years' history, there are only a handful that can be compared with Zhuge Liang's talent and morality. Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, is one of them. Liu Bowen in the history, although not as superb and earth-shattering as in the romance and legend, has four talents, which are enough to make him among the famous ministers throughout the ages.
Liu Bowen's first talent is his extraordinary literary talent. His masterpiece "The Orangeman's Words" was once selected as a Chinese textbook, and his anthology "Yu Li Zi" is a representative work in the literary history of the Ming Dynasty. The second talent is his military strategy. In the arduous course of Zhu Yuanzhang's pioneering Daming, Liu Bowen, with his extraordinary insight and superhuman courage and wisdom, made many suggestions at the time of shutdown to help Zhu Yuanzhang turn around Gankun. His book "Hundred Wars" enjoys a very high position in the history of art of war. It can be said that his ingenuity is an indispensable and important guarantee for Zhu Yuanzhang to pacify the world.
Liu Bowen's third talent is that he is well versed in the study of Yin and Yang, that is, the ancient people's eyes are unpredictable, unpredictable and seemingly mysterious. In fact, it is also the result of his profound knowledge, precise judgment and rich practical experience. The fourth talent is that he is good at governing the country and reassuring the people. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, during his tenure as an imperial adviser, he was impartial and selfless, and made great contributions to the rectification of official administration in the early Ming Dynasty.
However, although Liu Bowen is brilliant and clever, there are still people in the world who can beat him and ruin his family, which is a disaster for him. According to Ming History, Zhu Yuanzhang had a conversation with Liu Bowen to discuss who would be the prime minister of the Ming Empire. Zhu Yuanzhang said several people, such as Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong, were rejected by Liu Bowen, who thought that they all had various defects.
When it comes to Hu Weiyong, Liu Bowen's evaluation is eight words: "If you drive by analogy, you are afraid of it.". It means to take driving a rickshaw as an example. If Hu Weiyong comes to do it, I'm afraid he will have to roll over. Liu Bowen was outspoken out of public interests above all else, and didn't mean to deliberately crowd out anyone, because his good friend Yang Xian was also mercilessly rejected by him. However, Zhu Yuanzhang took his loyalty with a grain of salt, and finally made Hu Weiyong prime minister.
Liu Bowen never imagined that this conversation had laid a curse for himself. Although Hu Weiyong has a certain talent, he is a mean person who is addicted to fame and fortune, narrow-minded and vengeful. Liu Bowen's words made him hate his guts, and from then on he regarded Liu Bowen as an enemy, and he would quickly get rid of it. From then on, there was no peace in Liu Bowen's later life, and Hu Weiyong took revenge again and again until he lost his life.
According to the Ming History, after Liu Bowen retired from his old age and returned to his hometown, he suggested to the imperial court to set up a patrol yamen between Ou and Kuo to eliminate local bandits. Hu Weiyong learned that after the stratagem came to mind, he immediately slandered Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that Liu Bowen wanted to monopolize the kingly territory, and he had ulterior motives. Zhu Yuanzhang was skeptical and deprived Liu Bowen of his salary on the monkey. Liu Bowen's loyalty was met with suspicion, and he was so scared that he hurried to the capital to apologize to the emperor. "I stayed in Beijing but didn't dare to return," and even dared not return to my hometown.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Liu Bowen was seriously ill, so Zhu Yuanzhang sent Hu Weiyong to lead the physician to see him. After eating the medicine they sent, Liu Bowen felt as hard as a stone in his stomach, and his illness became more and more serious, and he died soon. Hu Weiyong later collapsed, and Cheng in the suggestion revealed that Hu Weiyong had poisoned Liu Bowen's medicine and poisoned Liu Bowen.
after Liu Bowen's death, the fierce Hu Weiyong remained adamant. Liu Ji's eldest son, Liu Lian, was outstanding in scholarship and good in character. He was highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang and was promoted quickly after entering the official career. Hu Weiyong saw it in his eyes and hated it in his heart. "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Hu Weiyong took advantage of his authority to do everything possible to crack down on Liu Lian, who was cornered and even threw himself into the well and died.
A generation of Jie Liu Bowen, who was a peerless genius, was able to secure the world with ingenious schemes on the battlefield, but he was defeated in the fierce official career struggle, and was assassinated by a villain, which really made future generations sigh.