There is a very strange thing in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang is preparing to appoint three people as prime ministers, and he asks Liu Bowen for advice. Therefore, all three of Liu Bowen were opposed. But Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to Liu Bowen's words, and finally appointed these three people. The result was unexpected, these three people really could not take on the heavy responsibility, and finally all of them were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Perhaps after reading this article, some people will come to the conclusion that Liu Bowen is a very knowledgeable person, while Zhu Yuanzhang is somewhat uneven. Is this really the truth?
In fact, Liu Bowen did not know what was good, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not know what was good, he just felt that Liu Bowen saw something else. Did Liu Bowen see anything else?
(Portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang)
Let's take a look at it first, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen for advice.
Zhu Yuanzhang was first dissatisfied with Li Shanchang and wanted to replace him. However, Liu Bowen objected, and he asked the prime minister for advice, believing that the prime minister was like the beam of the house and could not be replaced at will. If the middle beam is replaced, the house will collapse. Similarly, if the prime minister is changed, there will be great turmoil in the country.
So Zhu Yuanzhang said to Liu Bowen, it's okay, I can also use Yang Xian as the prime minister if I change him. Liu Bowen said that Yang Xian's popularity as a person is limited and he is not suitable to be prime minister. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Wang Guangyang how? Liu Bowen said that Wang Guang's qi volume is small and it is not suitable for him to serve as prime minister. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Hu Weiyong again, believing that he was appropriate. Liu Bowen, on the other hand, denied Hu Weiyong even more, saying that the prime minister is equal to the coachman to the carriage for the country, and if Hu Weiyong is allowed to be the prime minister, he is likely to pull the carriage crooked and overturn it.
All in all, at that time, Liu Bowen denied three people.
You may think, Liu Bowen denied these three people, does he want to be the prime minister? In short, Liu Bowen is in power, and everyone thinks it should be more appropriate. Liu Bowen's position in history is equivalent to Zhuge Liang. Now that Zhuge Liang has become the prime minister, then Liu Bowen should also be able to become the prime minister. He denied three people, that is, to keep the status to himself.
But I have to say that everyone guessed wrong again. Zhu Yuanzhang did say so, and he wanted to ask Liu Bowen to be his prime minister. But Mr. Liu refused at the time. Liu Bowen said that he had a bad temper and spoke directly, and if he became the prime minister, he would definitely be in big trouble.
Obviously, Liu Bowen did not want to be prime minister.
(Portrait of Liu Bowen)
So, does Bowen Really know a lot of people?
It should be said that Liu Bowen does know many people. Such problems do exist in Hu Weiyong, Yang Xian and Wang Guangyang. They ended up being killed, and these problems were indeed created.
But it's not that simple. Unexplained due to a problem. Liu Bowen denied the three people at the same time, but also denied himself, this is the problem, he should propose a few suitable candidates to Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, it was the emperor who asked, how can we deal with the past lightly? But in reality, no one pushed him.
That's unconventional. You have denied the characters proposed by the emperor, the emperor wants you to do it, you don't do it, how many people do you want to push? Why didn't you push it? Isn't it your job to give the emperor a decoration?
I mean this, the reason why Liu Bowen did not recommend it alone is because he has seen other things.
Liu Bowen is a relatively calm person. The history that blows Liu Bowen into a trance believes that Liu Bowen knows astronomy and geography, three hundred years before and five hundred generations later, and is a half-immortal. But these are obviously exaggerated and do not match Liu Bowen himself.
Liu Bowen's greatest talent is to know the relationship between people. In particular, his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang was very profound.
(Portrait of Lee Sun-cheung)
There is another reason why Liu Bowen prevented these three people from becoming prime ministers. At this point, Liu Bowen can also see that Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to take up the position of prime minister. If Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to take up the position of prime minister, who did it? No matter how good the job is, it will also bring trouble to Zhu Yuanzhang, who will oust him from power and possibly even kill him.
Relatively speaking, Li Shanchang is a more suitable candidate for prime minister who is more in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's taste. Because Li Shanchang has a good reputation, there is no big conflict of interest with everyone. Under Zhu Yuanzhang, judging from the size of his belly, he was the most benevolent person. Moreover, such a person, Zhu Yuanzhang can not tolerate, it can also be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed not just a person, he is very dissatisfied with the position of prime minister, and wants to get rid of this position.
Liu Bowen did not want to say that he was a prime minister at all, and if Zhu Yuanzhang was a suitable leader, such as a leader like Liu Bei, or a leader like Liu Chan, then Liu Bowen was also a prime minister. Since Liu Bei was able to tolerate people and Liu Chan was able to let go, Zhuge Liang would not continue to live in seclusion, but would be supplemented by going out of the mountains. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was neither tolerant nor delegated power, and became the prime minister under his hands, of course, begging for self-inflicted hardships.
This is what Liu Bowen saw. Liu Bowen did not let these three people become prime ministers, obviously still wanting to save them. Unfortunately, they did not see that they saved their lives in vain.