In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol rulers fought for power and profit, the power of the government and the opposition was shaken, and the national treasury was increasingly empty. In order to make up for the reduction in finances, taxes were increased, so the lives of the people became difficult. Later, when heavy water fell from the sky and the Yellow River was severely flooded, the farmers who had been breathless because of taxes began to deal with the flood again, which made them very angry. The uprising broke out. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born a peasant, also defected to the rebellious army during this period and made many military achievements.
Later, he recruited the world's wise men, and after several years of hard work, the military and economic strength grew rapidly, and the Ming Dynasty was also established, and the world was initially determined. From the time zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty to this period, there was such a person who had made important help to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and he was Liu Bowen. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he told Zhu Yuanzhang that the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty was six hundred and a half, and Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was six hundred and fifty years, but he did not expect that it was only three hundred years. What happened at this stage? Let's take a look at it today.
Liu Bowen
Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, was known as a god man in the folk, and he was very powerful in strategy like Kong Ming. In literature, he knew astronomy and geography, and he was born in Zhejiang, and his family had been an official for generations. Due to his family's superior situation, Liu Bowen received a good tutor and liked to read from an early age. He was already a high school talent at the age of twelve. He could never forget his reading, and he could learn new knowledge from it, and became a well-known figure in the local area.
After Liu Bowen grew up, he also relied on his own efforts and wisdom to enter the high school and became a court official. In the early years, he accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang on the Northern Expedition to the south, and later became the founding father of the country, and was also a powerful military expert. In his later years, zhu Yuanzhang predicted the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, and the facts were indeed as he predicted, which showed his strength. But in the dark Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen was frustrated by his inability to exert his talents, and eventually chose the path of hiding in the mountains and forests.
Good people know good horses
In this chaotic world, who does not want to win an official position, but Liu Bowen did not do so. Returning to the hidden mountains and forests, he had to be with his friends every day, study astronomical geography in his spare time, and read through the art of war. Liu Bowen has no ambition, does not mean that others do not, that is, during the period when he returned to the hidden mountains and forests, there appeared a very well-known figure, although he was born poor, but with great ambitions, this person is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although Liu Bowen returned to the hidden mountains and forests, his fame still resounded in all directions, which was also known to Zhu Yuanzhang, who wanted to make a career. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Liu Bowen, who lived in seclusion in the mountains, and after talking between the two sides, Liu Bowen recognized Zhu Yuanzhang very much.
After the conversation, he felt that it was time for him to go out of the mountain, so he accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world and establish a new dynasty. After leaving the mountain, Liu Bowen did Zhu Yuanzhang a big favor, and he deeply analyzed the situation in the world and proposed a method to break Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng one by one.
Liu Bowen's good plan
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's power was far less than that of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, so this strategy proposed by Liu Bowen was very important. But what they never expected was that this idea was strangled in the cradle by Chen Youliang before it was realized, and after Chen Yongliang learned that Zhu Yuanzhang had a talent like Liu Bowen, he felt bad and allied with Zhang Shicheng to eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang's forces in one fell swoop. When the people of Zhu Yuanzhang's side learned of this incident, they were very frightened and suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang surrender.
You know, surrender means that there is no chance of a comeback, which is also very unwilling of Zhu Yuanzhang. So after everyone talked, Zhu Yuanzhang left Liu Bowen alone and wanted to ask him how to deal with this matter. Liu Bowen made a suggestion to Zhu Yuanzhang, he felt that he could temporarily avoid the war between the two sides, and when Chen Youliang felt that he was invincible in the world and had an arrogant mentality, he took the opportunity to eliminate it, and this idea also coincided with Zhu Yuanzhang. So there was the well-known Battle of Longwan.
Prophesied the fortunes of the nation six hundred and a half
In the Battle of Longwan, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen acted separately, Liu Bowen took the lead in luring Chen Youliang deeper, and Zhu Yuanzhang ambushed Chen Youliang in a dangerous mountainous place. The cooperation between the two was seamless, wiping out the power of Chen Youliang's side. This battle not only made Zhu Yuanzhang's situation better, but also recovered the previous land, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen have been invincible, and the two of them have conquered the four sides and cooperated better and better.
A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang finally eliminated other forces and established the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang declared himself empress dowager, and asked Liu Bowen to predict how long the ming dynasty's national fortunes could last. The result of Liu Bowen's prediction was three hundred years, but even if he dared to say so and avoid committing the crime of deceiving the king, he told Zhu Yuanzhang that it was six and a half years. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy after learning about this matter, and felt that the Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with prosperous national fortunes. Until after his death, he did not know that Liu Bowen's prediction was actually only three hundred years.
The cause of death is doubtful
After Liu Bowen predicted the fortunes of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang treated him worse than before, I don't know whether Liu Bowen's strength was too strong, or because the two had differences of opinion on something, in short, the gap between the two gradually became larger. After liu Bowen served as an official in the Ming Dynasty for four years, he returned to his hometown and returned to the hidden mountains and forests again. Later, he contracted the disease and died at home, but the cause of his death also has many doubts. Liu Bowen's illness was only a small wind chill, not a major disease.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a minister to Visit Liu Bowen's home and ordered the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine to Liu Bowen. After taking this medicine, Liu Bowen's wind chill not only did not get better, but gradually worsened, and he died in a few months. It is precisely because of this that posterity has many views on the cause of his death, some people say that his wind chill is really very serious, and some people say that Zhu Yuanzhang secretly ordered the imperial doctor to put poison. But no matter what the real cause of Liu Bowen's death, he is inextricably linked to Zhu Yuanzhang.
epilogue
In the ancient feudal dynasty, as long as his ability exceeded that of the monarch, his fate would be very miserable. Although Liu Bowen is very intelligent, he cannot avoid such a fate. In this day and age, too, people who are more capable than their bosses and arrogant are not reused. Therefore, in different situations, to recognize their own positioning, down-to-earth work is king.
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