As we all know, Zhang Liang was one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty, and was praised by Liu Bang as "in the planning of the tent, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away", after the Han Dynasty's proposal, Zhang Liang felt that the regime was becoming more and more stable, so he proposed his resignation, and Liu Bang agreed. Liu Bowen was the chief military division around Zhu Yuanzhang, and in the folk there was a good name of "Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, unifying the country and mountains Liu Bowen", but after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang refused to let Liu Bowen go, and finally could not die well.
Of course, "a good man and three gangs", the founding emperor can achieve things, and the skills of the people around him are also very important. For example, Han Gaozu Liu Bang had the three arms of "Xiao He, Han Xin, and Zhang Liang", and it was precisely because of the help of these three talents that Liu Bang was able to defeat the powerful Xiang Yu in just four years and create a century-old foundation of the Western Han Dynasty. So much so that after the rise of the four seas, someone asked Liu Bang the secret of taking the world, and Liu Bang said: In the midst of strategizing, decisive victory is thousands of miles away, I am not as good as Zifang (Zhang Liang); the town state, the care of the people, and the grain road, I am not as good as Xiao He; lead millions of people, the battle must be conquered, the attack must be won, I am not as good as Han Xin. It can be seen that the importance of the Three Masters of the Western Han Dynasty to Liu Bang and even the Han Dynasty.
The importance of talent is equally important for Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty thousands of years later. Xu Da often met Chun, a general who can fight one by one, not much to say, Liu Bowen, who can pinch and calculate, is also a god-like figure for Zhu Yuanzhang, and even later generations have given the evaluation of "Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world and Liu Bowen in the unification of the jiangshan", which shows how invincible the old Liu was in that era. However, the lament is that they are also all figures who can be clever and calculating, why can Liu Bang let Go of Zhang Liang, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not let Go of Liu Bowen?
First, let's look at Liu Bang. Liu Bang actually told the truth, not much to kill heroes (except for some of his own deaths), he killed the opposite-sex king who affected the stability of the Han Dynasty (such as Han Xin, whether he really wanted to oppose it or not); and Zhang Liang himself was not an ordinary person, in today's words, that is, high emotional intelligence.
First of all, he did not ask for too high titles and rewards, but asked for a small piece of land as a reward, and this land was not another place, it was the place where he and Liu Bang met in the first place. Most of the people who generally miss the past will not rebel. Although Zhang Liang was quite talented, his influence was small, because in the days he followed Liu Bang, he had little friendship with other colleagues, that is, there were no henchmen in the court.
In addition, Zhang Liang protected Lü Hou's son Liu Ying, which is equivalent to having a big backer, to some extent, this is the real consideration for the Han Dynasty, just by virtue of this, Liu Bang will not kill him (besides, even if you want to kill, the pressure from Lü Hou is probably not generally large).
Looking at the Ming Dynasty, zhu Yuanzhang's killing of meritorious servants seems to have become a fact, especially after the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Zhu Yunjiao, the tender emperor, could not stop these old ministers, so he could only kill them. At a deeper level, Liu Bowen is not just a person, it represents the Zhejiang East Group, which is the opposite of Zhu Yuanzhang's own group, the Huaixi Group. Zhu Yuanzhang's own heart is also biased toward the Huaixi Clique, which can be seen from the fact that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Shanchang was appointed as the first meritorious man, and Liu Bowen, who knew astronomy and geography from above, laid down half of the country and mountains, and also designed an all-round composite talent of the imperial palace and Nanjing City, and only sealed a "sincere Bo".
In fact, in Zhu Yuanzhang's camp, there is no real "Zhang Zifang", why? It is not because the talents of Liu Bowen and others are low, but Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a top strategist, and he has a good understanding of the general situation in the world at that time, which is stronger than Liu Bang. The "History of Ming" records that when Zhang Shicheng besieged Anfeng, Liu Bowen suggested not to rescue, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen, or personally led the army. Although the process is a bit sinister, the harvest is quite large.
Zhu Yuanzhang often made his own plans to fight the world, and he commented on Liu Bowen in this way, "Qing can say it, and Zhu Yuanzhang can judge and use it", and Zhu Yuanzhang must filter out the suggestions made by Liu Bowen. From the list of Hongwu's three-year great meritorious men, it can be seen that there are very few civilian strategists, and the vast majority of them are generals with outstanding military merit. At that time, on the same day, the Sixth Duke and the Twenty-Eighth Marquis were sealed, and Liu Bowen's sincere uncle was later sealed, which shows the weight of Liu Bowen in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
What is even more embarrassing is that Liu Bowen commented that Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang, and Hu Weiyong, who were "unbearable", were all later officials and prime ministers. Liu Bowen's death was related to The Hu Weiyong Party Strife, and he wanted to retreat but could not, and with Zhu Yuanzhang's monitoring of the chancellor at that time, it was impossible to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was unaware. It can be seen that Liu Bowen's death is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang's connivance.
In addition, it should be reiterated that Zhang Liang is different from Liu Bowen. Zhang Liang, as the "Qingyun Soldier" in the eyes of successive generations of figures and a model of Taoist thought on entering the world and being born, can be referred to from the names of Zhang Liang's two sons; Liu Bowen represents not only his own branch, but also represents the Zhejiang Eastern collective behind him.
We all know that Liu Bang, who has become emperor, is destined to be no longer the stupid boy who was poor and white at that time, Zhang Liang naturally knows, and from his approach, we can also know that Zhang Liang knows Liu Bang very well, knows what kind of person he is, and Liu Bang can also understand what Zhang Liang's intentions are, after all, this is the tacit understanding established over the years, this tacit understanding between the monarch and the courtiers is like Cao Cao and Xun Yu, although the final outcome of these two people is also very regrettable. But this tacit understanding and trust is something that Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen don't have, so Liu Bang can let Zhang Liang go, while Zhu Yuanzhang can't.