As a strategist, Liu Bowen was rumored to be miraculous by the world, and it was once rumored that Liu Bowen obeyed Zhu Yuanzhang's order to cut off the dragon veins in the world.
It can be seen that Liu Bowen's wisdom and ability are obvious to the world, but Liu Bowen, who is so smart, was once impressed by the wisdom of a woman.
The cause of the incident has to start with the bowl of well water sprinkled with chaff.
There are two factions in Zhu Yuanzhang's court, one is the Huaixi Party headed by Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang, and the other is the Eastern Zhejiang Party headed by Liu Bowen.
Zhu Yuanzhang was one of the few emperors who was able to raise troops from the south, fight all the way from the south to the north, and establish political power. In the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of political power and competition for the world, this group of southern scholars played a vital role.
Although the siege of the city relied on Xu Da, Lan Yu and others, the power and strategy were inseparable from Liu Bowen and other strategists.
Liu Bowen became famous at a young age, and when he was 12 years old, he became a talent in the Yuan Dynasty, and he had the title of a prodigy in the township. Liu Bowen was a god, and he not only studied the compulsory Confucian courses of the imperial examination, but also dabbled in astronomy and geography and gossip and feng shui.
Otherwise, Liu Bowen would not have contracted the heavy task of slaying the dragon vein, of course, this is all a later story. According to China's imperial examination system, a poor talent can't afford to make any waves, and if he wants to be an official and serve the people, he has to go up the examination, at least he must be a jinshi.
Just when Liu Bowen was on the way to Beijing to catch the exam, when he was thirsty and couldn't bear to ask for water, the scene at the beginning of the article happened.
Liu Bowen was 12 years old when he was a Xiucai, and when he was 23 years old, he went to take the Jinshi examination. In ancient times, the carriages and horses were very slow, and the road into Beijing was very long, so far as Liu Bowen walked for several days, and only walked less than half of the way.
In ancient times, unlike now, transportation was developed, and as long as you had money, the problem of food and housing was never a problem. But this was not the case in ancient times, when you wanted to ask for a glass of water on the way, you had to run to the village to find someone to borrow it.
At that time, the people were still relatively simple, and they often encountered such pedestrians, so they would not be too resistant. Liu Bowen walked to a house, explained his intentions, and then put forward a request to borrow a bowl of water.
The woman cheerfully fetched him a bowl of water, threw in another handful of rice husks, and handed him a handful of rice husks.
In order to find the household, Liu Bowen was already thirsty, and originally wanted to drink it all, but because of these rice husks, he had to patiently blow open the rice husks and drink them slowly.
This made the young Liu Bowen a little unhappy, but after all, the old woman borrowed him water to drink, and he couldn't show anything, but in his heart, he felt that it was because he had no fame and was poor, and even an old woman looked down on him.
Liu Bowen naturally wanted to show his erudition, although he was young and had no fame, but he was in his hometown, and he also had the title of "prodigy".
Although he is not an official now, isn't this an official examination? By the way, he also talked about his knowledge of astronomy and geography, and all kinds of skills, consciously or unconsciously.
The woman may not be able to bear to refute his face, and then she really made a request, asking Liu Bowen to find a place for herself to build a new house. Liu Bowen thought that the woman still did not believe in his ability and deliberately tested him.
In a fit of rage, he randomly pointed out a place for the woman, and hurriedly took his leave. Liu Bowen walked on the road, still feeling the heat and coldness of the world, and vowed that he must be an official to prove his strength.
Liu Bowen was successfully admitted to the Jinshi, and in 1336 AD, Liu Bowen became the county governor of Gao'an County, Jiangxi. However, this official is still a little far from Liu Bowen's idea of helping the world and serving the people.
There are always some bullies in Gao'an County, and after a secret visit, Liu Bowen has the evidence of their crimes, and punishes these squire bullies in accordance with the law.
Just imagine, in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, which squire bully had no backstage? Gather all to fight against Liu Bowen, how can he, a small county prince, withstand the pressure.
If you don't have to protect your boss, Liu Bowen will be cold in Gao'an County. In a fit of rage, Liu Bowen resigned and returned to Qingtian, although he made a brief comeback in 1343 AD, but he had to resign and go home because he was maliciously reported.
In 1352 AD, Liu Bowen was appointed by the imperial court as the capital of the Marshal of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province to assist the imperial court to pacify the thieves in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The bandits in eastern Zhejiang, headed by Fang Guozhen, Liu Bowen will strongly advocate not killing and not being angry with the people. But Fang Guozhen spent money to buy the imperial court, and was even awarded an official position by Zhao'an, and turned around to sue Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen was angry, heartbroken to the Yuan court, and resigned and went home in a fit of anger.
In 1360 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtianfu, and Liu Bowen was invited by Zhu Yuanzhang to be a minister. This time Liu Bowen went, after all, the new imperial court was in ruins, and it may be much stronger than the Yuan imperial court.
Liu Bowen was courteous to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Bowen gave advice to Zhu Yuanzhang, proposing a strategic line of first attacking Chen Youliang and then destroying Zhang Shicheng, and played a key role in the implementation process.
From Liu Bowen's exclusion again and again, it can be seen that although this person is talented, he can't play with others, and he can't mix with officialdom.
In 1371 AD, Liu Bowen was given back by Zhu Yuanzhang, and there were many reasons, but the reality was that Liu Bowen couldn't get mixed up anymore.
On the way back to his hometown, Liu Bowen met the woman again, who had not seen her for many years, and the old woman had already had gray hair, but her spirit was still the same.
When I saw Liu Bowen, it was like a lifetime, I never thought about saying goodbye back then, and it has been so many years since we met again.
Liu Bowen is no longer the hairy boy, the two chatted again, Liu Bowen couldn't help it anymore, so he raised the questions of the year.
He knew that if he didn't mention it this time, he might never have the chance to know the answer again. After Liu Bowen asked a question, the old woman smiled and said that the rice husk was sprinkled so that he could drink more slowly, otherwise he would get sick if he drank the cold well water.
Liu Bowen suddenly realized and silently said that she is a person with great wisdom.
The old woman also expressed her gratitude to Liu Bowen, claiming that the feng shui treasure that Liu Bowen pointed out for her was really good, no wonder the world praised him.
Liu Bowen shook his head and smiled, ashamed. I thought to myself: Where is there any feng shui treasure in this world, it was just a finger in my hand back then.
Things are man-made, only hands can create wealth, the so-called feng shui treasure, is nothing more than a kind of spiritual sustenance for people.
Life has been isolated for decades, and it is like a dream to stop and go. Liu Bowen's life was also full of ups and downs, and finally ended dismally.
After Liu Bowen's death, several emperors of later generations overturned the case for Liu Bowen, and they were able to enjoy the Taimiao, and their descendants were able to enjoy the title, but this no longer means anything to Liu Bowen.