Zhu Yuanzhang called him "Fang Ye, the son of my", and was recommended by Li Shanchang, the left chancellor, to join the army with Song Lian. He was a great hero who strategized for Zhu Yuanzhang, and was once highly valued, but because of his status as a yuan minister, he resigned early and returned to his hometown. This person's name was Liu Ji, and he was one of the three major civil servants in the early Ming Dynasty.
Liu Ji was an outspoken character, and when he was serving in the palace, he offended many people because of this, and once recommended his mentor Li Shanchang and wanted to put him to death, but was fortunately saved by Zhu Yuanzhang. He knew that this mouth would eventually cause trouble for him, so he told his old man to return to his hometown early and lived a quiet life.
After returning to his hometown, he only did three things, eating, drinking, playing chess, and often visited by celebrities and local officials, but he did not see him behind closed doors, and he never mentioned his previous achievements. However, he still could not control his mouth with a straightforward temperament, and at that time, thieves and merchants gathered in the land of The Foreign Lands to oppress the local people, and the people did not have a good life, so he entrusted his son to suggest to the emperor that an inspection department could be set up here.
Liu Jixiang is famous for his clever calculations, astronomy, and understanding of gossip, and his image in ancient books has also been deified, and people are compared to Zhuge Liang. Liu Ji, who was no longer an official in the dynasty, participated in the affairs of the court after retirement, and when he was in office, he was still highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Shangshu of the Punishment Department at that time unhappy, so Shangshu played, saying that the feng shui here was very good, and Liu Ji wanted to occupy this place and plot something wrong. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang really listened to the rumors and took Liu Ji's Feng Lu.
When Liu Ji heard about this, he was sincerely afraid, because he knew Zhu Yuanzhang's disposition, and if this matter was to be allowed to develop, it would definitely affect future generations, so he immediately went to Beijing to apologize. But the emperor never listened to what he said, and Liu was so wronged by this that he was impatient and old, and soon fell ill.
He was temporarily living in the capital at that time, and the emperor ordered him not to take half a step out of the capital. Hu Weiyong sent someone to heal him, but Liu Ji ate the medicine given by the doctor, and the more seriously ill he became. He was later allowed to return to his hometown, but died less than a month after his return.
Although Liu Ji was not as good as the chancellor when he was in office, Taizu loved to consult with him first when he encountered any major events at that time, and also separated the ministers, but in the end he also became a victim of political struggle. Several highly valued ministers around Zhu Yuanzhang all took the initiative to resign when they were old, but even so, they who did not ask about the world for several years were still implicated by people with ulterior motives, and finally blamed by the emperor and did not have a good end, in fact, this also shows that Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicious and jealous personality has harmed many good people.