In order to save the "Divine Dragon" Zhu Di to reveal this treasure, the true dragon turned into a stone pier after seeing it, and it is still there
People who have seen the history of the Ming Dynasty will be impressed by Liu Bowen, the wise star beside Zhu Yuanzhang, who made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, however, in the early days of the founding of the country, that is, when Ming Hongwu rewarded the founding heroes in the third year (1370), he was only crowned as a sincere uncle, which was not the highest title, and the monthly salary was also pitiful. If, in terms of purely according to his contribution to the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen advised Zhu Yuanzhang, who learned from Shi Youjing xiangwei, compared with Zhuge Liang, and helped him win many battles, then why did Zhu Yuanzhang only appoint him as a small sincere bo instead of a court official?
In fact, this point is very easy to explain, and Zhu Yuanzhang was born, he was born poor, more selfish and narrow-minded.
The subordinates who had followed Zhu Yuanzhang for many years were not very united internally, and there were many gangs, one of the largest of which was the Huaixi clique headed by Zhu Yuanzhang. They are numerous, each member is famous for their foreign war achievements, it rose at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, formed in the Ming Dynasty, is the core force on which Zhu Yuanzhang built the Ming Dynasty and unified the north and south. Among them were Guo Ying, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, and others, all of whom were Zhu Yuanzhang's sworn followers, and most of them were people from the Huaixi region. This also has a great impact on the lives of the people, and they even feel that it is a very glorious thing to speak Huaixi dialect.
Looking at Liu Bowen again, he belongs to another sect, so in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he is not his own person, in addition, there is a more important reason, that is, Liu Bowen is like a god, and his political and military talents are very powerful. I believe that no emperor will like people who are better than themselves in all aspects, because they will threaten the stability of daming at any time.
Therefore, just in case, Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed Liu Bowen everywhere after the founding of the country, not only did not grant him the official position he deserved, but instead allowed others to oppress Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang have always been at odds, and there have been many political conflicts. Once, there was an official named Li Bin, who violated the law and discipline, was imprisoned by Liu Bowen, and after reviewing the case, he enforced the law impartially and immediately ordered Li Bin to be killed.
So, who is this Li Bin?
In order to save him, Li Shanchang deliberately interceded with Liu Bowen, begging him to open a net and leave people under the knife. However, Liu Bowen did not enter the oil and salt, resolutely did not let go, not only that, he even threatened to go to the imperial court and let the imperial court dispose of it. This made Li Shanchang very angry and decided to find an opportunity to take revenge.
After going back, Li Shanchang was thinking hard and finally thought of a good way.
Early the next morning, he found Liu Bowen again and said that it had not rained in the capital for a long time, and since Liu Bowen was very proficient in astronomical geography and the Five Elements Gossip Theory, he naturally knew that he could not kill people at all now, otherwise he would anger the heavens. Li Shanchang's move is very sinister, and he has something in his words, which means that if Liu Bowen kills Li Bin, it is likely to cause it to be rainy and cause drought.
After Liu Bowen listened, not only was he not afraid, but he said firmly: Only by killing Li Bin, it will rain in the sky.
He had already discovered through celestial observation that it might rain recently, so he was not afraid of Li Shanchang's threat. However, for a long time after he killed Li Bin, it did not rain at all, which made Li Shanchang seize the handle and write a letter to report Liu Bowen together with his close friends.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also wise, he knew that the rain was not caused by Liu Bowen, and there was no reason to punish him. It is conceivable that at this moment, Liu Bowen felt helpless in his heart, and after that, it was not long before he took the initiative to resign and return to his hometown, but it was even when he resigned with Zhu Yuanzhang that he persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang not to build the capital Fengyang, otherwise it would not be conducive to the state society.
After that, Liu Bowen lived in the countryside invisible, only drinking and playing chess, and did not talk about his previous contributions to the country, which may also be avoiding gossip.
Chinese folklore has widely spread the saying that "Zhuge Liang of the three worlds unified the jiangshan Liu Bowen; zhuge liang, the former military division of the dynasty, and Liu Bowen of the later dynasty military division". He is known for his cleverness and strategic planning.
In fact, there is a very interesting story about Liu Bowen here:
According to folklore, Liu Bowen was originally a god and man, and it is said that "five hundred years before knowledge, five hundred years after knowledge". According to legend, he was not originally a mortal fetus, he was previously a god in front of the Jade Emperor's throne, because the great chaos in the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty did not have a good life, so the Jade Emperor specially sent Liu Bowen to be a mortal to save the Cangsheng Li people. Not only that, the Jade Emperor also specially gave Liu Bowen a sword, the Chopping Immortal Sword.
This sword has a great effect, it can command the Dragon King of the Four Seas, who knows that the Dragon King of the Four Seas is lazy, and he is not willing to work, so he arranged his nine sons. Among these nine sons, the Nine Dragon Sons had the greatest mana. After that, this Nine Dragon Zi followed Liu Bowen in his conquests for many years, and it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to establish daming and The fact that Zhu Di could seize the throne were all related to this Nine Dragon Son.
However, when this Nine Dragon Son completed his mission and prepared to return to the Heavenly Court to resume his life, Zhu Di used a plan.
Zhu Di secretly took the slashing immortal sword left by Liu Bowen before under the pretext of building the Forbidden City, and this sword did not dare not listen to the Nine Dragons as soon as it came out, but although the Nine Dragons were helpless against the Immortal Sword, he was also angry and the whole capital was full of wind and rain. Zhu Di saw that this was not a matter, and if he wanted to keep Jiulongzi, he still needed it, so Zhu Di said to Jiulongzi's eldest brother Gantu, "You are infinitely powerful, you can carry thousands of pounds of things, if you can drive away this ancestral monument of divine merit and virtue, I will let you go." ”
Gantu saw that it was a small stone stele, could this still be difficult for the "Divine Dragon", so he did not hesitate to ride on his body, but to his surprise, he used all his mana but was still unable to move.
It turns out that this stone stele seems to be small, but it is very unusual. The Sacred Virtue Monument is used to record the merits (good deeds) done by the "True Dragon Heavenly Son" in his lifetime (merit is immeasurable), and there are jade seals of two generations of emperors, which can calm the gods and ghosts in all directions. Therefore, even if he had the strength to hit him again, he would not be able to bear it.
In the end, as soon as Jiulongzi saw that his eldest brother was crushed under the stone tablet, it was really pitiful, and under sympathy, he decided to stay with his eldest brother and not return to the heavenly court, but he also said one thing: he would never reveal his true body in the human world. Therefore, although Zhu Di kept the Nine Dragon Zi, what he got was only a statue-like divine beast in the Forbidden City.
Nowadays, when you go to the Forbidden City, you can still faintly see the traces of this "divine beast", and this story is widely circulated in the folk. Although the authenticity of the story is self-evident here, after all, this is also the good wishes of the toiling masses, and we can laugh it off and not need to investigate deeply.