Liu Ji Liu Bowen's name can be described as thunderous. As for his ability, he is known for his clever calculations and strategizing, and the song of burning cakes is a god in folk tradition, and the world calls him and Zhuge Liang together with Zhuge Liang with "Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, and Liu Bowen in the unified country". But even if it is so powerful, Liu Bowen's two sons can be described as a miserable ending, one fell into the well, the other is even more hanged, why is this?
With the merits of assisting Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years, Liu Bowen was also named a sincere uncle by Zhu Yuanzhang. Although the title was not very high, liu Bowen was put in charge of the imperial history of impeachment, which laid the foundation for his son.
The sincere uncle that Liu Bowen was awarded was only a kind of exile knighthood and could not be hereditary. Therefore, Liu Bowen's eldest son Liu Lian did not inherit the title. And his father Liu Bowen was in the imperial history, and because of Li Bin's case, he had a deep grudge with Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and other Huaixi cliques, which also made him difficult to walk and make it difficult for him to be a eunuch.
Although during the Hongwu years, he relied on his own ability to serve as a royal historian and participate in the politics of Jiangxi, but before he was promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang, he "fell into a well and died" because of the persecution of Hu Weiyong and others.
In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, after Zhu Yuanzhang had eliminated Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, Zhu Liangzu and others, he could not help but think of Liu Bowen, who had reminded him that year, and Liu Lian, who had been killed by Hu Weiyong earlier, so he decided to allow Liu Bowen's sincere earlship to be hereditary, and Liu Lian's son Liu Qi could also inherit the sincere earlship. However, although Zhu Yuanzhang nominally had the meaning of remembering his old feelings, the Sacred Heart was unpredictable, and Liu Qi was subsequently deposed by Zhu Yuanzhang. This also made Liu Qi like a negative thorn, so he thought that Liu Bowen guarded the name of the tomb, and even refused to build Emperor Wen and Chengzu Zhu Di, and did not make a comeback.
Liu Ji's second son, Liu Jing, was quite talented, and he was even more accomplished in the military as Liu Ji. When Tang Shengzong was crusading against the Wenzhou traitors, it was Liu Jing who advised him and smoothly put down the rebellion.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but praise, and in the "Wan Li Ye Zhi Zhi", it is recorded that Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to this good minister, not only arranging for him to be a cabinet envoy, responsible for correcting the words and deeds of the minister, but also rewarding Tie Jian and paying him the right to "get rid of adultery and pick up the beggars". As for the house and mansion, it is also a heavy reward. Later, he was appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang as the Left Changshi of The Valley King Zhu Shu and the official Ju Zheng Erpin . It can be said that it is also a success.
However, he was also as temperamental as his father Liu Bowen, and it is recorded in the History of Ming that he once played chess with Zhu Di, and Zhu Di was invincible, so he joked and said, "Can't you let me take a look?" But Liu Jing replied, "If you can give way, let go, and those who can't let it don't dare to let it." ”
And when Zhu Di really raised the anti-banner and played the banner of Jingnan, he came to Nanjing with Zhu Xun, the king of gu, and he even offered sixteen strategies to Emperor Jianwen.
Emperor Jianwen was overjoyed, so a crusade consisting of a second generation was formed, with Li Jinglong as the commander and Liu Jing as the staff officer. The ending can be imagined, a brittle defeat, Liu Jing also escaped back to Nanjing overnight. As a result, Emperor Jianwen was no longer reused.
With the deepening of the war situation, Liu Jing knew that Emperor Jianwen's general trend had gone, so he returned to his hometown, did his duty, and obeyed the mandate of heaven. In 1402, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, it was natural that Liu Jing, who did not let go of chess and the battlefield, summoned him. Liu Jing did not go to see him on the grounds of illness, and then Zhu Di was not polite and directly sent someone to imprison him for defecting from the prince (Zhu Qi).
Liu Jing was also escorted to Beijing, and when he saw Zhu Di, he also called him "His Highness", and said to Zhu Di with hatred, "After a hundred years, His Highness cannot escape a word of "usurpation". In order to show his dissatisfaction, Liu Jing chose to hang himself in prison, which is also counted as the whole festival of Emperor Jianwen.
Liu Bowen, who was a clever and clever man, probably would never have imagined that his sons would end up with such an ending. But the struggle for rights has never ceased in history. The deaths of Liu Lian and Liu Jing were no different.
Reference: Wan Liye Won"