Everyone has heard of the allusion that a cup of wine releases military power, which means that Zhao Kuangyin held a feast for the generals in order to recover the military power, aiming to take back the military power, and in the end his purpose was also achieved, which has the relics of this history, which people have been praising. Zhu Yuanzhang was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the lowest emperor in history, and he seized the world from the hands of the most powerful Yuan Dynasty in history, which created a lot of historical firsts. Of course, because of his humble origins, he has been accustomed to the cold and warm feelings of the human world since he was a child, so he also attaches great importance to his throne, using various means to consolidate his throne, it can be said that for his own throne, he can do anything.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang' biggest enemy was no longer the ruling nation of the Yuan Dynasty, but the ministers of culture and martial arts around him, although it was said that he was sitting on the throne, but he was also sitting on a needle felt, he relied on these civil and military officials to lay down the Jiangshan, but unfortunately he did not trust these ministers, so he wanted to get rid of them all.
One year, on Empress Ma's birthday, on her birthday, Zhu Yuanzhang threw a feast, and all the ministers under him must go to wish for the birthday and send gifts. But at the beginning of the banquet, something unexpected happened, when the dishes on the table were not big dishes and hard dishes, but the three most basic dishes of greens, cabbage and radish, the original very happy civil and military officials were immediately dumbfounded, and did not know what was happening, but when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma still talking and laughing, they were also bitter and unable to say anything.
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These things were all looked at by Liu Bowen, who knew that this was a difficult problem that Zhu Yuanzhang had given everyone, and there must be deception in it. After Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma finished speaking, they ordered the Wenwu Hundred Officials to start eating, although the Hundred Officials ate green vegetables and turnips in their hearts, but no one dared to speak out. Suddenly Zhu Yuanzhang said to continue to serve, so he served three more hard dishes, steamed bird's nest, sauce burst rabbit and braised dog meat, many people did not understand the meaning of the middle are happy to eat.
The clever Liu Bowen was uncomfortable at this time, because he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's killing heart from these three dishes, but he did not speak out, but his face was a little ugly. Xu Da saw Liu Bowen's thoughts and asked him what was going on after the banquet, and Liu Bowen told him that these three dishes foreshadowed a truth: "The birds are exhausted, the good bows are hidden; the cunning rabbits die, and the lackeys cook." Xu Da was shocked after hearing this, and was careful in his future life, for fear of provoking Zhu Yuanzhang, fortunately, neither he nor Liu Bowen was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the end, and it can be regarded as escaping a disaster.