Zhu Yuanzhang once hosted a banquet for civil and military officials, but in the process of banqueting, he was unusual. Because Zhu Yuanzhang had a hard life since he was a child, when he feasted on officials, he always gave others water shabu cabbage.
But this time, there were a lot of meat dishes, and the last three meat dishes were dog meat, rabbit meat and bird's nest. Some of the other officials did not react much, but Liu Bowen was horrified, and the reaction was not a good sign. The cunning rabbit and the lackey represent these founding ministers, and the bird's nest represents the homecoming.
Later, not long after Liu Bowen resigned from zhu Yuanzhang. Before leaving, he explained the meaning of the three meat dishes to his good friend Xu Da in the official field, and reminded Xu Da that the emperor was most likely going to kill him, so that Xu Da would also make plans.
1. Military division Liu Bowen
The reason why the emperors of each dynasty and generation in history have been able to ensure the stability of their own country and the stability of their political power is largely because they have some ministers who assist them. Of course, there were civilians and military attachés among these ministers. Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who started from scratch on his own, but he also had many people who helped him in the process of becoming a big event, including Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen was a politician in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties and a courtier. When he was young, he was very smart and learned very quickly, and even the teachers in the school praised him. Later, Liu Bowen passed the examination, won the first place in one fell swoop, and became an official in the Yuan court. In the beginning, he was a petty official in the local area.
But even so, Liu Bowen was able to use his excellent political ability to make the region where he worked prosperous and strong. Moreover, as long as there is collusion between officials and businessmen or arrogance in the place where he is an official, he will not hesitate to deal with them. But in the process, Liu Bowen offended many local giants.
The officials and gentry all hated Liu Bowen to the bone and always framed him. Later, under such circumstances, Liu Bowen had to quit the official arena and began to live in seclusion. He returned to his hometown and worked as a teacher in the village to maintain his daily expenses, while he also hated the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang already had a lot of power through his own conquests.
Zhu Yuanzhang understood that he had not read any books, and if he wanted to achieve great things, he must have readers and talented people to assist him. So Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen to be his adviser. Liu Bowen played a very important role in Zhu Yuanzhang's entire founding process, both in terms of combat strategy and policy.
A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang took the throne. Liu Bowen must have played a great role in this, but Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded some military generals who followed him from the very beginning. For Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang's reward is not so satisfactory, but fortunately, Liu Bowen does not have a great pursuit of official positions.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, Liu Bowen also made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji without hesitation. On the one hand, Liu Bowen suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang strictly enforce law and discipline, both in the army and in the court. For only by discipline these officials can officials discipline their soldiers well.
After this, we can avoid the breeding of corrupt officials to a certain extent. Only when politics is clear can the people live well. For a country, especially a country that has just been established, the people are the foundation of the country.
On the other hand, Liu Bowen started from himself and never favored personal feelings. Liu Bowen has never been proud of his talents, he has always done his work conscientiously. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to change the minister because of some things, and he immediately thought of Liu Bowen. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately summoned Liu Bowen to ask for his opinion.
When Liu Bowen knew about it, he immediately refused, because Liu Bowen thought that his talent had not yet reached the step of being an official to the prime minister. He refused to make himself prime minister, but recommended several officials he admired to Zhu Yuanzhang and let him choose from them.
Two or three meat dishes
Zhu Yuanzhang was considered to have started from scratch, so he did not trust the civil and military officials very much. In fact, paranoia is also a common disease of all emperors. When they are in power, they always suspect that someone is trying to seize power. As emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang also often held banquets, left some officials to eat, and discussed state affairs by the way. However, because Zhu Yuanzhang could not eat since he was a child, he was very frugal.
Every time officials were invited to dinner, they were all buckled and searched, and the dishes were particularly light and clear. But later, after retiring from the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang left the officials to feast and eat lunch. This time, the dish was different from usual, and the previous shimizu shabu cabbage was gone. This time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to prepare a lot of meat dishes.
This surprised all the civil and military officials, wondering why today's emperor was so generous. And just when the civil and military officials were eating happily, the emperor told them not to worry, and there were three meat dishes in the back. Later, after these three kinds of meat dishes came up, they were dog meat, rabbit meat and bird's nest.
After these three meat dishes were served, Liu Bowen was shocked. Liu Bowen's mind is very delicate, and he is well versed in the way of being an official. Liu Bowen immediately thought of it, and the cunning rabbit died of running dog cooking. And this nest in the bird's nest represents home, afraid that the emperor wants to wake them up and return to their hometown as soon as possible.
After Liu Bowen experienced Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, it didn't take long for him to play and go home for the elderly. Zhu Yuanzhang approved it painfully, and Liu Bowen chatted with his good friend Xu Da for a while before leaving. Xu Da is different from Liu Bowen, Xu Da is a military general. Therefore, Xu Da's mind was not as fine as Liu Bowen's, and he did not realize Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions.
Therefore, Liu Bowen explained to Xu Da what the three meat dishes meant. And Liu Bowen suggested that if Xu Da did not have any big intentions for the official position, it was better to return to his hometown as soon as possible, otherwise he might cause disasters. In the end, Xu Da also listened to Liu Bowen's advice, and not long after Liu Bowen resigned, Xu Da also resigned.
Third, tell the old people to return to their hometowns
After Liu Bowen resigned and returned to his hometown, sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang began to find excuses and deal with a group of founding heroes at that time. Liu Bowen and Xu Da also survived because they resigned from their posts and returned to their hometowns early. However, liu Bowen fell ill two years after he resigned and returned to his hometown, and later Zhu Yuanzhang also went to see and expressed concern. But in the end, Liu Bowen still did not hold on, and he died not long ago.
4. Summary
Liu Bowen was Zhu Yuanzhang's military master, and his talent could be compared with Zhuge Liang. And Liu Bowen, as a courtier, also deeply understands the principle of accompanying the king as accompanying the tiger. Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang invited them to a banquet, Liu Bowen immediately saw Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions from the three meat dishes provided by Zhu Yuanzhang. He immediately packed up his bags and went home, which also allowed him to go home for a few years of safe birthday.