Liu Bowen gave Zhu Yuanzhang a basket of fish before his death, which puzzled Zhu Yuanzhang. It was not until 17 years later that Lao Zhu regretted it.
How good is military Liu Bowen?
What did Zhu Yuanzhang understand?
In Liu Bowen's later years, he was seriously ill, and there was a change in the government. Liu Bowen was afraid that he would also suffer the same fate as those heroes, so he took the opportunity to resign from Zhu Yuanzhang and wanted to return to his hometown to take care of himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant in every possible way when he found out. He persuaded Liu Bowen to stay many times, but Liu Bowen had already made up his mind. He had no choice but to agree to Liu Bowen's request.
Liu Bowen was 61 years old this year. He left the court and returned to his hometown in Zhejiang, where he lived a long life.
And Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that Liu Bowen just wanted to find a reason to leave the court. He was afraid that Liu Bowen was pretending to be ill, so he visited him in person several times and sent people to watch his every move every day. Later, it was determined that Liu Bowen was really sick. Only then did he give up.
Hongwu In the eighth year of Hongwu's reign, Liu Bowen accidentally contracted a cold. Zhu Yuanzhang was very worried about him when he found out, so he sent the Prime Minister of the DPRK Hu Weiyong to visit him.
Hu Weiyong took the imperial doctor to treat Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen took medicine according to the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor every day. However, after he took it for a while, he discovered something was wrong.
Not only did his illness not heal, but he also felt as if there were some uneven things in his stomach, which were squeezed together every day, making him feel very painful.
He and Hu Weiyong were not the same people. Liu Bowen quickly realized that there must be something wrong with the prescription, so he dragged the sick body to see Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Bowen explained his situation after Hu Weiyong's arrival, and how he became even more unwell after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor. As a veteran, he originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would be able to order a thorough investigation.
Who knew that Zhu Yuanzhang just told him to take good care of his illness very lightly. The emperor's attitude made him very chilled. He immediately understood that the reason why Hu Weiyong dared to be so blatant was that he was fearless.
The emperor had been aggressively eradicating dissidents in the court in recent years, and I was afraid that he was among them. Thinking of this, Liu Bowen said nothing and just set out to leave the capital.
After returning home, although he tried his best to take care of his body, he still did not get better and was getting worse. The doctor tried every means, but could only barely maintain his normal diet.
Liu Bowen also knew that his time was short, and he knew that the emperor wanted him to die. He was so disappointed that Liu Bowen actually refused all the medicine.
all say, "If the king wants his minister to die, he must die." Since it was the emperor's wish, Liu Bowen actually had a certain death mentality.
A few days later, Liu Bowen knew that his end was approaching, so he called his son to explain his funeral affairs. At this time, he was still concerned about the court, and he actually made two very strange last wishes.
Before Liu Bowen died, he gave two strange things to Zhu Yuanzhang. It was not until 17 years later that people understood his good intentions.
Liu Bowen's eldest son Liu Lian was also an official in the court, so he asked his son to take out an astronomical book from his study. He had prepared this book long ago and planned to present it to the emperor after his death.
He told Liu Lian that after his death, he must deliver this book to the emperor as quickly as possible without delay. From now on, the descendants of the Liu family can no longer learn this knowledge.
At the same time, he also asked Liu Lian to prepare a basket of fish and present it together with the books. When Liu Lian asked curiously what the purpose was, he did not say much.
Liu Bowen then asked his second son Liu Jing that the key to government is to be strong and soft. Officials should set an example and cultivate their moral character. The country's laws should be concise to achieve the purpose of alerting others. Rather than letting people take the blame easily.
Only good benevolence and virtue can guarantee the credibility of the court. Only in this way can God bless the Ming Dynasty forever.
At that time, Liu Jing worked in the Hemen Envoy. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was an inner court organization that directly served the highest power. He had access to the government affairs and naturally had an indispensable influence on the court.
Liu Bowen also wanted to teach his son that he should always remember his responsibilities and his original intention of becoming an official.
After saying these words, Liu Bowen sighed again and said: "Originally, I wanted to write a detailed testament to show the emperor what I have learned throughout my life, but now that Hu Weiyong is still here, it would be in vain to write it. "Of course, when Hu Weiyong is defeated, the emperor will naturally think of me. Then you can tell the emperor these words!" After
finished his last words, Liu Bowen breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he felt even more excited when he thought of everything in the past. My heart is sad.
After receiving his father's order, Liu Lian immediately set off for Nanjing to enter the palace to see Zhu Yuanzhang. When he presented the astronomical book and a basket of fish, Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled.
If it were just an astronomy book, he could also understand that Liu Bowen didn't want him to forget him, but what exactly did this basket of fish mean?
Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled. He asked Liu Lian curiously, and Liu Lian also said that he was just following his father's instructions and didn't know anything else.
This incident became a thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. He often thought of it in his spare time, but he never understood its intention.
Half a month later, Liu Bowen passed away at home at the age of 65.
Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply saddened after Liu Bowen's death. In order to make up for the regret in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually began to reuse his two sons. The eldest son Liu Lian was promoted to the position of Jiangxi Chief Envoy to participate in politics.
During these years, Zhu Yuanzhang encountered many problems in the court. He often thought of Liu Bowen, but there was still a confusion in his heart that he had not solved. He never understood the purpose of the basket of fish.
It was not until 17 years later that Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized that something happened. He understood Liu Bowen's good intentions and suddenly felt that this basket of fish was not simple.
What happened at that time?
Liu Bowen gave Zhu Yuanzhang a basket of fish before his death, but he suddenly realized it 17 years later and was terrified.
The most heartbreaking moment in Zhu Yuanzhang's life was the death of his eldest son Zhu Biao. At this time, he had already begun to prepare to hand over the country to Zhu Biao. However, at this moment, he lost his beloved son and gave it away. Dark haired man.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang much older overnight. Zhu Biao's death first caused him to lose his son, and then made Jiangshan lose his crown prince. So now Zhu Yuanzhang must consider who to hand over the country to.
After some weighing, he finally selected Zhu Biao's eldest son and his eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen to inherit the throne. However, before the young master could succeed to the throne, he still needed to do one big thing.
Zhu Yunwen is young and has short qualifications. He will definitely not be able to control the veterans who follow him to conquer the country. Instead of letting Zhu Yunwen work hard to conquer them, it is better to get rid of them all, so that he can safely hand over the country to his grandson.
From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang began to kill people in the court, and some powerful and unruly ministers all became the dead souls of his sword.
Even after dealing with these courtiers, he still felt uneasy. He overstepped his sons and established his eldest grandson as the crown prince. If any of his sons became dissatisfied and rebelled, Zhu Yunwen would not be able to suppress it at all.
So Zhu Yuanzhang once again cruelly made all his sons vassal kings and drove them out of the capital. He also ordered that they were not allowed to return to the capital without an edict.
It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard for this country. Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang was not a good father, but he was definitely a good king.
However, at this time, Zhu Yunwen couldn't bear to see his grandfather killing people in the court, so he said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The barbarians are not stable, so the kings will not defend themselves. But if the kings are not safe, who will resist?" ?"
means that if you enfeoff all the kings and send them away, even if they can protect the border and prevent chaos on the border, if the kings are restless, who will help me to resist?
These words instantly made Zhu Yuanzhang speechless. He sent all his sons away, killed all the important officials in the court, and Zhu Yunwen had no one available.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood the purpose of Liu Bowen giving him the basket of fish.
He only considered whether Zhu Yunwen could successfully succeed to the throne at present, but he ignored the longer-term interests. He swept away all the ministers in the court and fished for nothing. Will Zhu Yunwen still be able to sit firmly in the court in the future?
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly broke into a cold sweat and was terrified. Unexpectedly, he only understood this simple truth 17 years after Liu Bowen's death.
This immediately made him regret it very much, but it was too late to regret it at this time.
Facts have proved that Liu Bowen, who is said to "rule the world", was indeed a god of predictions. After Zhu Yuanzhang died, Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. However, it was not long before Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign.
Zhu Yunwen was forced to abdicate, the court fell into chaos, and a new purge was launched.
If Zhu Yuanzhang had not doubted Liu Bowen and carefully tried to figure out his intentions, I wonder if history would have gone in a different direction?
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