Everyone knows that Zhuge Liang in history was a brilliant strategist, assisted Liu Bei in establishing the Shu state, and was a superior adviser in ancient times. In fact, there is another strategist surnamed Liu who is equally famous as Zhuge Liang, and it is also by virtue of his amazing wisdom that he assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in establishing the Ming Dynasty, and he is Liu Ji.
Liu Ji, the word Bowen, that is, we know Liu Bowen, has been a child prodigy since he was a child, and he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 12 and a high school student at the age of 23. However, in the face of chaos, the career is not smooth. Later, Liu Bowen met Zhu Yuanzhang, who saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had the temperament of achieving hegemony, so he followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, and this fight directly hit the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Because Liu Bowen was one of the few advisers in Zhu Yuanzhang's army at that time, coupled with his talent of anticipating things like gods and strategizing, Zhu Yuanzhang could be said to have considerable respect for him. It is said that when the world was fought, Zhu Yuanzhang never called out the name of "Liu Ji" directly, but respectfully called him Old Mr. Moreover, every time an important battle was encountered, Zhu Yuanzhang had to discuss with Liu Bowen behind closed doors for half a day, and no one could enter.
It was also thanks to Liu Bowen that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to pacify Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youyu and establish the Ming Dynasty. And we also know that after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he basically killed all the founding heroes. But for Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang was intolerant, first of all, Liu Bowen himself was interested, and after the war, he directly resigned from the government and retired, without threatening Zhu Yuanzhang's rule. Second, Liu Bowen did help Zhu Yuanzhang too much, and it was reasonable that Zhu Yuanzhang could not bear it.
However, after the change in personality that zhu Yuanzhang later occurred, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was blinded by power, still sent Hu Weiyong to poison Liu Bowen, who had returned to his hometown. Liu Bowen, on the other hand, felt his own death long before Hu Weiyong came to the door, so his son Liu Lian took out the Heavenly Opportunity Strange Book hidden in the study and asked him to present it to the emperor.
This book records the secret that strategists throughout the ages have been like gods and know the fate of heaven. Liu Bowen believed that if his descendants learned this kind of thing, they would still invite the disaster of killing themselves like him, so they forbade future descendants surnamed Liu to learn these magic techniques again. In addition, he also compiled many methods of governing the country, and let his second son compile a book and send it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
He believed that Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill himself out of his will, but that hu Weiyong, a courtier, was obstructing him from the sidelines. He hoped that after his death, Zhu Yuanzhang would be able to read these words and govern the country well. Finally, he also left a basket of fish for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Bowen's descendants adhered to his legacy and handed these things over to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang cried after seeing it, he did not expect that Liu Bowen still thought so much about himself when he was given death, and a few years later, Hu Weiyong's henchmen were exterminated, which was also regarded as the completion of Liu Bowen's instructions.
However, there was one thing that Zhu Yuanzhang had always wondered, that is, the basket of fish that Liu Bowen had given him. Until the death of crown prince Zhu Biao in 1392, this was a great blow to Zhu Yuanzhang. And what made Zhu Yuanzhang even more distressed was that he was old, the sudden death of the crown prince, and the selection of later heirs would inevitably be bloody.
Zhu Yuanzhang's most difficult thing to accept is to see his relatives killing each other, when he suddenly thought of the basket of fish that Liu Bowen gave him 17 years ago, and finally understood Liu Bowen's intentions. At that time, the bamboo basket was full of fish, the frame was narrow and crowded, and after a while, all the fish inside were dead. And if you want to prevent the sons from fighting each other for the position of prince, the only way is to transfer them out of Nanjing one by one and go to all parts of the country, leaving room for each other to survive, in order to avoid the end of cannibalism.
Liu Bowen's strategy and talent are unmatched, and at the same time, he is also loyal and selfless, and even after his death, he can think about Zhu Yuanzhang. He is also truly worthy of the classic saying, "He who wins Liu Bowen wins the world." "The same applies before and after the founding of the state.