Among the kings of ancient China, there are not a few people who have overthrown the dynasty from civil uprisings to become emperors. However, among these people, presumably the most famous ones must be Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. Because the attitudes of the two people towards the meritorious ministers are very similar, the world often compares Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. However, among the two men was a military division of the think tank. Liu Bang's subordinate was Zhang Liang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate was Liu Bowen, but why was the difference between Liu Bowen and Zhang Liang,, who was also the emperor's think tank, so different? Next, listen to the author slowly.
If we use the three masters of the early Han Dynasty to correspond to Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates in the Ming Dynasty, then Li Shanchang is like Xiao He, Liu Bowen is like Zhang Liang, and Han Xin is similar to Xu Da. However, among the above 6 able people, only Xu Da got the best ending, why is this? We all know that Han Xin died at the hands of Liu Bang, and although Xiao He was said to be a chancellor, in order to save himself, he hacked himself fiercely and let others report his corruption. Zhang Liang retired to Shanyuan after he became famous, although he had no fame and fortune, but at least he saved his life and discipline. Li Shanchang and Han Xin ended up together. Although Liu Bowen also retreated to the countryside, he was actually a particularly annoying figure in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and only Xu Daxiang had endless glory and wealth.
Why would the author say that Liu Bowen and Zhang Liang had completely different impressions in the emperor's mind? First of all, their attitude of following the master was different, and Zhang Liang was very clear about his position when he followed Liu Bang. He just wanted to assist a capable person to become the co-lord of the world, so he had to treat himself as Liu Bang's three heads and six arms, and not a very powerful saint. We all know that once Liu Bang let Zhang Liang become a military master, zhang Liang only took the initiative to resign after only a few days. It is enough to see that Zhang Liang in Liu Bang's heart cannot be the person who has influenced his own regime at all.
Then, if we look at Liu Bowen, we can see why Zhu Yuanzhang hates him so much, Liu Bowen has done a very good job in Zhu Yuanzhang's military planning, and Zhu Yuanzhang is also very grateful to this old minister for assisting himself over the years. So he rewarded Liu Bowen to the Marquis, but he did not expect that Liu Bowen actually took the initiative to refuse at this time. However, Liu Bowen still worked under Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, zhu Yuanzhang was also a very suspicious person, Liu Bowen pretended to be high in front of him, which naturally made Zhu Yuanzhang very unhappy. Such a high-ranking person, placed in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, was already a very fortunate thing that he was not killed. Therefore, the ending of Liu Bowen and Zhang Liang seems to be the same, but in fact, it is completely different, which is also the contrast between the two people's clumsiness.