Empress Ma was a famous empress dowager in history, who played a huge role in Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of daming and rule over the world, and Zhu Yuanzhang often compared Empress Ma to the empress dowager during the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was grumpy, while Empress Ma was calm and elegant, and in many cases she was able to quickly calm Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, which was a blessing for The Great Ming courtiers.
Many ministers were sheltered by Empress Ma, such as the famous courtier Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen was not reused during the Yuan Dynasty, most of the time he was in a state of seclusion, and later went out of the mountains to help Zhu Yuanzhang with his advice, and eventually established the Daming Jiangshan.
Zhu Yuanzhang was more grumpy, and after he ascended the throne, he rarely showed mercy to those courtiers who had followed him in the past, so many heroes were executed, and Liu Bowen was also trembling, afraid that he would lose his head if he accidentally lost his head, but even so, Liu Bowen, who was not straight and not smooth, was still targeted by Zhu Yuanzhang.
The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen, the more he felt that Liu Bowen had a disobedient heart, and sometimes when he was with Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang also showed that he wanted to get rid of Liu Bowen, and Empress Ma was very worried in her heart, knowing that Liu Bowen's role in Daming Jiangshan was great, and Empress Ma knew that people like Liu Bowen would not have any other thoughts.
In order not to let the hero die unjustly, one day Empress Ma sent someone to send a basket of fruits to Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen felt very strange, he had not made any achievements recently, how did the empress suddenly reward the fruit? When Liu Bowen opened the basket, it was even more strange, because the huge basket had only three fruits: two dates and a pear. Three fruits lay quietly in the basket.
Liu Bowen knew that since Empress Ma had sent fruit and sent such a strange fruit, it must have a deep meaning, what was it? Suddenly, Liu Bowen had a flash of inspiration, isn't this "leaving early"? It seems that the emperor really can't tolerate him anymore. Originally, he had been thinking about whether to return home recently, and it seemed that he had to speed up the pace.
So the next day, when he went to the court, Liu Bowen begged for bones and asked to return to his hometown. Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to solve Liu Bowen's, but now he wants to go back to his hometown, but he can also, see it as pure, just leave him alive, so he approved Liu Bowen's request, and then Liu Bowen returned to his hometown.
It was Empress Ma's kind reminder that saved Liu Bowen's life, although Liu Bowen still died later, but at least at that moment, he was grateful to Empress Ma. The above content is not from the main history and the wild history. And it may only be folklore, it may not even be folklore, but a story made up by modern people.
In fact, if you think about it, this story can't happen. If Zhu Yuanzhang really had a murderous heart for Liu Bowen, would Empress Ma remind Liu Bowen like this? The answer is no. Who is The Horse Queen? She is Zhu Yuanzhang's hair-tied wife, is the empress of Daming, and she will protect Daming's courtiers for daming's sake, in fact, for Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, in the history books, we will see her advise Zhu Yuanzhang several times to forgive the chancellor.
For example, someone reported that Guo Jingxiang's son who joined the army wanted to kill Guo Jingxiang, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to kill Guo Jingxiang's son, and Empress Ma persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang, and she said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Jingxiang stops a son, people say or are untrue, and it is feared that killing will be extinguished." "Checked and sure enough. Empress Ma also saved Li Wenzhong, who was guarding Yan Prefecture, and then Song Lian, the teacher of Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
Song Lian's grandson was implicated in The Case of Hu Weiyong, and Song Lian was implicated, and Zhu Yuanzhang decided to kill Song Lian, and Empress Ma said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"The people's family is the disciple of the disciple, and the whole of the ceremony is still the beginning, and the son of heaven is the son of heaven?" And Lian Home, will not know. ”
But Zhu Yuanzhang ignored it and still wanted to kill Song Lian. When Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma ate again, Empress Ma bought a meal with neither wine nor meat, Zhu Yuanzhang was curious, so he asked about it, and Empress Ma said: "Concubines do blessings for Mr. Song." Zhu Yuanzhang, who was angry, was unclear, and The crown prince Zhu Biao also jumped into the lake because of saving Song Lian. Zhu Yuanzhang eventually decided to exile Song Lian.
Therefore, if Empress Ma really wanted to protect a hero, then she would directly advise Zhu Yuanzhang, and if Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on killing the hero, then Empress Ma would not be able to remind the hero to return to his hometown, even if the hero was wronged. Empress Ma was Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, husband and wife were one, she did her best, if she could not keep it, it could only be so.
Liu Bowen's farewell to the old man to return to his hometown was not reminded by Empress Ma, but he decided on his own, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen's political ideals were actually difficult to realize in the court, so over time, he could not help but feel tired, and he was prepared to stay away from the court. Zhu Yuanzhang once wanted Liu Bowen to be the prime minister, but Liu Bowen refused, and he said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"The subject is too sick and evil, and he is impatient with the drama, so he is lonely and gracious."
By 1371, the 61-year-old Liu Bowen was allowed to return to his hometown, but this did not really keep him away from the politics of the capital. Later, he was still caught by Hu Weiyong, and Zhu Yuanzhang became angry, and although he did not question Liu Bowen, he withdrew Liu Bowen's Feng Lu, and Liu Bowen after entering Beijing was also detained in the capital.
In the Spring Festival of 1375, Liu Bowen fell ill, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally decided to send emissaries to send Liu Bowen back to his hometown, but Zhu Yuanzhang died soon after returning to his hometown, and as for the cause of death, it was inseparable from Hu Weiyong. When Liu Bowen was sick in the capital, Hu Weiyong took the doctor to visit Liu Bowen, and also prescribed medicine to Liu Bowen and grabbed the medicine.
As a result, after Liu Bowen took the medicine, he felt that "something was accumulated in his belly like a fist stone", that is to say, the reason why Liu Bowen died so quickly had a lot to do with Hu Weiyong. Poor Liu Bowen, bowing down for Daming, although he was not eliminated by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was also unjustly killed.