Liu Ji's military figure at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, also the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, is also a well-known historical figure, and in the people's evaluation of him as Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, liu Bowen unified the country and mountains, which shows his extraordinary ability and wisdom. However, the more powerful the character, the more full of mystery, such as the historical data that Liu Ji was poisoned, but who poisoned him has not been solved, until the experts found some dialogue in the "History of Ming", the mystery was solved, below, Xiaobian will come to reveal the secret to you.
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As we all know, there are twenty-four histories in ancient China, of which the "History of Ming" is the last one, and the author is Zhang Tingyu, a famous politician of the Qing Dynasty. The History of Ming consists of 322 volumes, of which 220 volumes are biographies, i.e., biographies of famous historical figures of the Ming Dynasty, such as the Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji, which is the most important one. Nowadays, historians' understanding and research on Liu Jizheng's history almost all originate from the "Biography of Liu Ji in the History of Ming", and it is worth mentioning that three of the things are the most critical in Liu Ji's life:
First: When Liu Ji first met Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, he proposed the far-reaching Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs, just like Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period proposed three divisions of the world in Longzhong. As a result, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang began to reuse Liu Ji and help Zhu Yuanzhang establish the Ming Dynasty and become the founding father of the Ming Dynasty. Second: During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, liu ji was very alarmed by his murder of heroes, and he advised Zhu Yuanzhang to strictly enforce the rule of law to prevent him from killing innocents indiscriminately and stabilizing the political situation of the Ming Dynasty. Third: Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Ji secretly talked about the selection of the prime minister, and although the secret agent was not recorded in detail in the historical materials, experts studied and said that this secret talk made Liu Ji die.
Judging from common sense, Liu Ji must have put forward the first and second points mentioned above in public, such as above the court, so these are public remarks, and there is not much secrecy to speak of, but the third point is completely different. According to the "Biography of Liu Ji of Ming Shi", at that time, there were only two people in the secret talks, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Ji, the ming taizu, and if the content of the secret talks was not passed on by Zhu Yuanzhang, it could only be a palace girl or a eunuch, and there was no shortage of precedents for the palace eunuchs to talk and tongue.
For this secret conversation, there is only one core topic, that is, who to choose as the prime minister. At that time, there were four people who were eligible to be nominated as prime ministers, namely Li Shanchang, Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong, all four of whom were the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty, especially Li Shanchang, who had the most important position in the imperial court. However, Liu Ji comprehensively considered and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: Good and long, can reconcile the generals, which means that Li Shanchang can reconcile relations, which means that he can adjust well and can also mediate chaos. It can be seen that Liu Ji's meaning is that Li Shanchang is not suitable to be the prime minister.
Zhu Yuanzhangshi also did not like Li Shanchang, and Liu Ji said that he was exactly what he wanted. Immediately after, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Ji how Yang Xian was, and Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Liu Ji would support Yang Xian because the two of them were old friends. However, Liu Ji replied: Xian has a phase and no phase instrument, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang feel very incredible. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him how Wang Guangyang was, and Liu Ji replied: This is more shallow than Xian, which means that Wang Guangyang is worse than Yang Xian, narrow-minded, and even less a suitable candidate for prime minister.
There is still the last person left, Hu Weiyong, Liu Ji's evaluation of him is: for example, driving, afraid of his cunning, he compares Hu Weiyong to an inferior horse, if you let it drive is bound to overturn, which means that he will let the Ming Dynasty overturn, it can be seen that Liu Ji's evaluation of Hu Weiyong is extremely bad. To sum up, this secret talk Liu Ji has degraded the courtiers, and if it is passed out, there will definitely be no good life, so Liu Ji has become very cautious since then, but unfortunately he has not escaped this fate.
In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375 AD), Liu Ji contracted a wind chill after a heavy snowfall, and he did not get any better after lying ill at home for many days. A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very worried about this matter, and also sent someone to send the best ginseng, and asked the Tai Doctor to diagnose his pulse. After a few more days, Liu Ji had improved slightly, but one morning Hu Weiyong suddenly came to visit and brought some prescriptions for wind and cold. Later, Liu Ji's body gradually recovered and he was able to attend the morning court meeting on time, and he also told Zhu Yuanzhang about Hu Weiyong's visit to him, and said that he often had abdominal pain after taking Hu Weiyong's prescription, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not think so, and let him go home to recuperate.
After a few months, Liu Ji's illness worsened and he had to return to his hometown for rest and conditioning, and as a result, he died in his hometown less than 2 months. Historians have studied and analyzed, speculating that Liu Ji's death is by no means accidental, it should be a long-planned murder, that is, there is a problem with Hu Weiyong's prescription, in short, the content of Liu Ji and Zhu Yuanzhang's secret conversation has been leaked, which has brought the disaster of killing himself, which shows that whether it is an official in the DPRK or a citizen in the opposition, they should pay attention to speech and beware of ears in the partition wall.
Resources:
"Ming Shi Liu Ji Biography" by Zhang Tingyu, Publisher: Zhonghua Bookstore
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's