Looking at ancient and modern China and abroad, the rulers are basically very suspicious, but this is also no way to do it. In the face of the temptation of becoming above ten thousand people and sitting on thousands of miles, there are really few people who can not be moved, but there is only one throne, and if you want to ascend to the throne, you must drag down the previous one, so every emperor is always worried about what to do if someone plots to usurp the throne.
Logically, Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, was already suspicious enough, because he was a martial general who plotted against the world, and after he ascended to the throne, he was very worried that if any other martial artist would follow his own behavior, he began to re-emphasize and suppress martial arts, greatly degrading the status of the song dynasty military generals, and accumulating serious disasters for the Song Dynasty. But compared with the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Kuangyin can be called an open-minded monarch, because Zhu Yuanzhang has become suspicious to the point of a pervert.
After the founding emperor ascended the throne, it was very common for the founding heroes who began to depose and follow him to fight the world, not only Zhu Yuanzhang would do this, zhao Kuangyin also did this, and so did Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. But Zhu Yuanzhang not only suppressed his own founding heroes, he would also take the initiative to create some things to test them.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was an official named Wu Lin, who served as an official Shangshu and was recognized as a clean and honest person. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Wu Lin, because she could not stand the atmosphere of the wind and cranes in the court, chose to return to her hometown, but she did not expect this move, which made Zhu Yuanzhang believe that he had an illegal heart and would retreat at the right time. So Zhu Yuanzhang quietly sent emissaries to the small village where Wu Lin lived in seclusion to inquire about Wu Lin's news. When the emissary sent back the news that Wu Lin was really farming at home, Zhu Yuanzhang put his mind at ease.
An official Shangshu was still treated so carefully, not to mention Liu Bowen, who helped Zhu Yuanzhang win the world. Liu Bowen was considered by later generations to be a figure who could be compared with Zhuge Liang because he could pinch and calculate, and his intelligence was outstanding. The Ming Dynasty did have great merit in laying down the Jiangshan, and most importantly, Liu Bowen's prophecy was fulfilled, comparable to half a immortal, and according to rumors, he also cut off the dragon vein in the world to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang was both respectful and afraid of him.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen: "Since your prediction is so accurate, then you help me calculate how many generations I can pass on to the Ming Dynasty?" As soon as Liu Bowen heard this, a cold sweat came down in an instant, and he knew that if this question was not answered well, it was likely that he would have to worry about his life, so he could only resign: "This is Your Majesty's family affair, and I am not good at answering." ”
But how could Zhu Yuanzhang easily let Liu Bowen go at this point? He said, "The affairs of the house are the affairs of the state, but you say that it is okay." Liu Bowen could not, can only sigh and say a sentence "Ten thousand children and ten thousand grandchildren." Zhu Yuanzhang knew Liu Bowen's ability and was very happy after hearing it, and Liu Bowen also escaped the disaster.
However, unlike Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding that the Ming Dynasty can be passed on for thousands of generations, Liu Bowen's phrase "ten thousand sons and ten thousand grandchildren" actually refers to the ming dynasty's demise in Chongzhenna, the grandson of the Wanli Emperor. Sure enough, the Chongzhen Emperor became the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.