There was Zhuge Liang in the three kingdoms, and Liu Bowen in the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhuge Liang's fame is much greater than Liu Bowen's, and most of the ways we know Zhuge Liang are known from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and perhaps from the "Teacher's Table" that the teacher asked to recite in our middle school Chinese textbook.
But what I want to say today is not Zhuge Liang, of course, the person I am talking about is not worse than Zhuge Liang, it can be said that this person and Zhuge Liang are not distinguished, yes, this person is Liu Bowen I mentioned at the beginning.
The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty must be known to everyone, yes, it is Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a monk, and the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang became the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen's credit is not small, it seems that every successful emperor is indispensable to a good courtier.
For example, Wei Zheng is upright enough, Bao Zheng is upright enough, so Liu Bowen is also an upright person, since there are such upright courtiers as Liu Bowen, of course, there will be various other forms of courtiers, just as the so-called demons are to be caught, and the upright Liu Bowen will naturally offend many officials during his tenure as an official.
Hu Weiyong was one of the people that Liu Bowen had offended, the big guys were in the same court official, Liu Bowen had offended more people, and these people who had been offended by Liu Bowen would naturally hug together, so the big guys would say bad things about Liu Bowen in front of the emperor together, even if Zhu Yuanzhang valued Liu Bowen no matter how much he valued Liu Bowen, but he listened to more rumors, how could he not be bothered.
Liu Bowen, who was as smart as Zhuge Liang, could not see that the current situation was not good, and it just so happened that Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered Liu Bowen to return to his hometown for the elderly, and Liu Bowen obediently returned to his hometown to retire. When Hongwu was eight years old, Liu Bowen was infected with wind and cold, and Zhu Yuanzhang sent Hu Weiyong to bring an imperial doctor to Liu Bowen to see a doctor, which was fine, but this time, Liu Bowen's illness was not good, not to say, but also aggravated.
Liu Bowen told Zhu Yuanzhang about this matter, but Zhu Yuanzhang gave Liu Bowen some comforting words, Liu Bowen of course was cold, from the founding of the country to the present bowed for Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally got Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, can Liu Bowen be happy?
As his illness worsened, Liu Bowen also knew that his life was imminent, so he called his sons and gave them a few instructions before he died, hoping that they would be well after his death, Liu Bowen told his sons, first, do not oppose Hu Weiyong, second, do not get too close to Zhu Di, because this person will rebel sooner or later, and the future is unknown. However, after Liu Bowen's death, these sons did not obediently listen to their father's last words, and the eldest son, Liu Lian, died because he and Hu Weiyong were opposed.
The second son, Liu Jing, may not have inherited his father's excellent genes, and he did not have any measure to speak, one day, when he met Zhu Di, he said Liu Bowen's prophecy before his death, but where in this world there is an impermeable wall, especially in a place like the imperial palace, soon, Liu Jing and Zhu Di's words reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and Zhu Yuanzhang was of course unhappy, and directly sent Liu Jing to prison.
Liu Jing did not count in prison, later, Zhu Di really rebelled successfully, it is reasonable to say that Liu Jing also survived, Zhu Di found Liu Jing after the successful rebellion, but Liu Jing refused to ah, directly called the disease, always felt that Zhu Di was a thief. Therefore, in the year that Emperor Jianwen disappeared, Liu Jing also died.