Three points of the world, Zhuge Liang dominates the country, Liu Bowen, he is a generation of famous ministers who can be compared with Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liang, assisting Zhu Yuanzhang, sweeping away the heroes, and dominating the country.
His life was full of wisdom and legend, and he was hailed as a genius who could be compared to the ancient nobles. He assisted Zhu Yuanzhang and laid the foundation for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.
So, why was this talented Liu Bowen reused at the age of fifty?What is the story of his passing?
Liu Bowen, formerly known as Liu Ji, was born in 1311 in Zhejiang. Since childhood, he has been brilliant and has been known as a prodigy. He was proficient in classics and history, and also studied astronomy, geography, the art of war, mathematics and other fields, and was a veritable generalist.
However, the chaos in the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty buried Liu Bowen's talent. Although he passed the Jinshi examination, he was idle at home for three years before being awarded a small official position.
He was an upright man who cared about the well-being of the people, and resigned because of discord with his colleagues. In the political corruption of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen Huaicai did not meet.
It was not until Fang Guozhen's brothers raised troops against the Yuan in eastern Zhejiang that Liu Bowen was re-recruited as an official. However, he strongly disagreed with Fang Guozhen's capriciousness, believing that it could not be trusted.
But Fang Guozhen obtained Zhao'an by bribing the powerful, which brought Liu Bowen's disappointment with the Yuan Dynasty to a climax. He resigned angrily and severed relations with the Yuan Dynasty.
In 1360, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Jinhua, and Liu Bowen was conscripted to Nanjing. Since then, he has assisted Zhu Yuanzhang and opened a new chapter in history. His wisdom and strategy provided great help for Zhu Yuanzhang to unify the country. However, his death is full of mysteries.
In the troubled times, Liu Bowen presented Chen 158 volumes to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, and immediately treated Liu Bowen as a guest of honor, and specially built a residence for him.
Despite Liu Bowen's talent, as an outsider, he was not popular in Zhu Yuanzhang's army. was especially excluded by the big housekeeper Li Shanchang, which planted the seeds of tragedy for Liu Bowen's future fate.
In the face of the chaotic situation in the world, Liu Bowen proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang a strategic proposal to attack Chen Youliang first and then deal with Zhang Shicheng. When Chen Youliang attacked Yingtian in a big way, Liu Bowen relied on his wisdom to help Zhu Yuanzhang win more with less, not only defeated Chen Youliang, but also made Xu Da push back Chen Youliang's territory.
This battle disgraced Chen Youliang, and the entire territory of Jiangxi surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang therefore praised Liu Bowen as "the son of nothing".
Liu Bowen is not only talented, but also dignified and burly. He is familiar with celestial feng shui and can also ** the weather. Zhu Yuanzhang trusts him very much, and often discusses things with him on weekdays.
Liu Bowen's resourcefulness played a key role in Zhu Yuanzhang's pacification of the heroes and the North of the Central Plains.
In 1367, on the basis of the legislation of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen revised and completed the "Wushen Great Unification Calendar", which became the standard legislative calendar of the Ming Dynasty.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he was worshiped as the Imperial Shi Zhongcheng and Taishi Ling, and was later named the Sincerity Bo. However, as the contradictions with Huaixi Xungui Li Shanchang and others intensified, his situation became more and more difficult.
Once, he found out that Li Shanchang's confidant Li Bin had committed a crime, and although Li Shanchang asked him to be accommodating, Liu Bowen truthfully reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Li Shanchang even more resentful of him.
At that time, Li Shanchang was about to resign from his position, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen who was suitable, and Liu Bowen thought that Yang Xianwang, Guangyang, Wu Weiyong and others were not available.
Zhu Yuanzhang intended to make him prime minister, but Liu Bowen resigned on the grounds of physical discomfort. This made Zhu Yuanzhang dissatisfied with Liu Bowen at first.
Later, there was a series of major droughts, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen how to deal with it. Although Liu Bowen gave advice, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take it, but became angry with him and sent him back to his hometown.
When Liu Bowen was leaving, he made a suggestion to Zhu Yuanzhang, warning him not to establish a capital in Fengyang, and reminding Zhu Yuanzhang not to despise Wang Baobao.
Later, these two things came true, as Liu Bowen said.
Zhu Yuanzhang deeply admired Liu Bowen's foresight and felt that he still had indispensable value, so he recalled him to Nanjing and gave him a rich reward.
After Li Shanchang retired, Zhu Yuanzhang let Hu Weiyong and Wang Guangyang enter Zhongshu Province.
The two slandered Liu Bowen in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Hu Weiyong even fabricated a crime out of thin air, saying that Liu Bowen forcibly occupied a piece of land with royal spirit and intended to rebel.
Based on the principle that it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the confiscation of Liu Bowen's Yulu.
Liu Bowen knew that the catastrophe was coming, so he chose to avoid it, returned to his hometown to live in seclusion, and studied behind closed doors, hoping to make the emperor let go of his suspicions about him.
However, the world is unpredictable, and Hu Weiyong still fabricated such a crime out of thin air. Liu Bowen was forced to go to Beijing to apologize. In 1375, Liu Bowen fell ill, and Zhu Yuanzhang sent Hu Weiyong to deliver medicine.
However, after Liu Bowen took the medicine, his condition did not improve, but became more serious.
Soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to escort Liu Bowen back to his hometown, and he finally died at home at the age of 65.
Five years later, Hu Weiyong was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang on suspicion of murdering Liu Bowen and other crimes. In 1513, the Ming Dynasty posthumously named Liu Bowen as the Taishi and gave Wencheng.
As a generation of famous ministers, Liu Bowen's life experience is indeed amazing, and even after his death, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to dig his tomb, open the coffin, and see what his burial was.
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