Introduction: In June 1365, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the fierce general Zhu Liangzu south, and ordered Hu Shen, the general of Eastern Zhejiang, to assist Zhu Liangzu in jointly attacking Chen Youding.
Hu Shen was a native of Longquan, Zhejiang, who defected to Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years, and he guarded eastern Zhejiang for 5 years, repeatedly helping Zhu Yuanzhang to repel Zhang Shicheng, and Zhu Yuanzhang once praised Hu Shen as "an obstacle in eastern Zhejiang, and I rely on it", which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to Hu Shen.
Zhu Liangzu and Hu Shen joined forces and occupied the two important towns of Chong'an and Jianyang in succession. Zhu Liangzu saw that Chen Youding was so vulnerable, and gradually developed a heart of arrogance, and planned to lead his army deep into the enemy territory and eliminate Chen Youding in one fell swoop. Hu Shen felt that he could not go deep alone, and he tried unsuccessfully to persuade him, so he had to obey the order, but unexpectedly, in the Battle of Jianning, Hu Shen was ambushed by Chen Youding in the dark night and died under Chen Youding's knife.
It is not unusual for the general to die on the battlefield, but what is strange is that Liu Bowen, who is far away in Nanjing, actually calculated in advance. The Ming Chronicle, Volume VI, records:
First, there was a black son in the day, and Liu Ji said: "The southeast should lose a big general." "In the end, (Hu) Shenguo was defeated. (Hu) was deeply talented in literature and martial arts, and had been in the state for five years, and his prestige was even greater. When Taizu heard the news, he deplored it, sent envoys to offer sacrifices, and posthumously sealed Jinyun County.
Meaning, half a day ago, Liu Bowen (Liu Ji) saw that there was a black spot on the sun, and he immediately said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "In the southeast direction, a major general will be lost." Sure enough, Hu Shenzhan died that night.
Cai Yuanpei once commented on Liu Bowen: "The curtain is strange, and the meritorious crown has a bright generation." "In the minds of posterity, Liu Bowen has the talent of heaven and earth, and the rumors about Liu Bowen in the anecdotes are even more numerous, but how is Liu Bowen in history?
In this article, the author will share Liu Bowen with you in detail, hoping to put aside the influence of wild history and let everyone understand a real sincerity.
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According to the Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji:
Liu Ji, Zi Bowen, Qingtian people. Zeng Zuhao, Shi Song was the head of the Hanlin book.
Liu Bowen, real name Liu Ji, character Bowen, Zhejiang Qingtian people. Later generations often call it Liu Bowen, and the author of this article still calls his name Liu Ji.
Liu Ji's great-grandfather was named Liu Hao, who served as the head of Hanlin during the Southern Song Dynasty. Liu Ji's grandfather and father both served as officials in the Yuan Dynasty, that is to say, Liu Ji was actually from the ancient family of scholars.
As we all know, most of the generals under Zhu Yuanzhang were born in the grass, and Liu Ji and them were different. Different origins also mean different ways of thinking, which has a great impact on Liu Ji, and we will talk about this issue below.
The "Ming Chronicle" records:
Since childhood, Ji has been brilliant and brilliant, and all the books on astronomy, martial arts, and sexual theory have seen the essentials of it.
It can be seen from this sentence that Liu Ji has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, and he knows everything about astronomy, geography, martial arts, and literature, and is undoubtedly a genius.
Of course, a genius like Liu Ji also proved himself when he was young. In 1333 (the first year of Emperor Huizong's reign), Liu Ji entered Beijing to take the exam and passed the examination in one fell swoop. The Yuan Dynasty's admission rate to the Han Jinshi was very low, and Liu Ji was only 23 years old when he was admitted to the Jinshi, which shows that he has "great talent". Unfortunately, Liu Ji's career in the Yuan Dynasty was very bumpy, because he resigned three times.
After Liu Ji was admitted to the ranks, he was appointed as Gao'an County Cheng (高安县丞), and he was quite incorruptible in gao'an County, but because he was dissatisfied with his superiors, he soon resigned. Later, he was re-elected as the deputy governor of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and because of the impeachment of a royal historian, he was retaliated again, and he simply resigned from the government again.
If Liu Ji's first two resignations were due to personality reasons, then the third time, this has some "escapist" flavor.
In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong, Zhang Shicheng, Xu Shouhui and others revolted one after another, but the first person to pull the banner against the Yuan Dynasty was actually Fang Guozhen in eastern Zhejiang. At the time of Fang Guozhen's uprising, Liu Bowen was actually on the side of the Yuan Dynasty. The Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji records:
Fang Guozhen raised the sea, plundered the counties, and could not be controlled. The restoration of the province was the capital of the Marshal's Office... Sui edicted Guozhen and conferred the title of official, while Ji Ji was good at Weifu, and was in charge of Shaoxing, and the Fang clan became more and more horizontal... Ki then abandoned the official and returned to Qingtian.
This record is very important, meaning that when Fang Guozhen revolted, Liu Ji was quickly revived by the Yuan Dynasty and served as the capital of the Marshal's Office. At that time, the Yuan Dynasty intended to surrender Fang Guozhen, and Liu Ji believed that Fang Guozhen was a traitor and should be destroyed. However, later, the superior did not follow his advice and resolutely implemented zhao'an, and Liu Ji resigned for the third time and returned to his hometown, never to ask about the world again.
This was Liu Ji's last resignation during the Yuan Dynasty. Through Liu Ji's three resignations, three points can be seen:
First, Liu Ji has a straight personality and is jealous and hateful.
Second, Liu Ji has served the Yuan Dynasty three times, which shows that there is a traditional scholar-doctor's "entering the Shi" mentality, he wants to make a difference in his career, but the society is too dark to tolerate the angular Liu Ji.
Third, Liu Ji hated anti-Yuan righteous people like Fang Guozhen, which showed that he was deeply influenced by Confucianism and did not approve of the rebellion of the chaotic courtiers and thieves in his bones.
It is precisely because Liu Ji does not recognize the anti-thief in his bones, which is also the reason why he is unwilling to accept Zhu Yuanzhang's solicitation.
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In the folk, there is a saying called "three points of the world Zhuge Liang, unified the country and mountains Liu Bowen", so some folk literature borrowed Zhuge Liang's example, saying that when Zhu Yuanzhang went to invite Liu Ji out of the mountains, he also "three Gu Maolu". In fact, Liu Ji did not enjoy Zhuge Liang's treatment, because Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bei were essentially two different monarchs. However, Zhu Yuanzhang invited Liu Ji to come to Nanjing, and indeed took a lot of trouble, and the first person to recommend Liu Bowen to Zhu Yuanzhang was Hu Dahai.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Eastern Zhejiang, known as the "Four Gentlemen of Eastern Zhejiang", were Liu Ji, Song Lian, Ye Chen, and Zhang Yi, respectively, and it is recorded in the "Ming Chronicle at the End of the Chronicle":
In December, he sent envoys to Qingtian Liu Ji, Pujiang Song Lian, Longquan Zhangyi, and Lishui Ye Chen. Hu Dahai recommended the four sages, so he sent envoys to collect them with book coins.
Note that Zhu Yuanzhang asked "Mr. Four Gentlemen of Zhejiang Dong" not to personally invite them, but to "send envoys to requisition them with books and coins", that is, to send emissaries with letters and gold and silver to invite these four people, and as a result, three of the four people came.
In this regard, the Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji records:
and Taizu under Jinhua, Dingquan Cang, Wen Ji and Song Lian, etc., hired in currency, Ji Did not respond.
In the "History of Ming", Song Lian, Ye Chen, and Zhang Yi were all invited at one time, and only Liu Ji was "Ji Weiying", which shows that Liu Ji's "shelf" is very large. However, at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was thirsty for talent, and it didn't matter if he didn't ask for it once, he could ask for it again. Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji Yun:
The general producer Sun Yan sent a letter to invite him, and the foundation began to come out.
That is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a man named Sun Yan to invite Liu Ji with a letter this time, and Liu Ji finally came out of the mountain.
In fact, this time, it was not so easy. The Biography of Ming Shi Sun Yan records:
Taizu ordered Liu Ji, Zhang Yi, Ye Chen, etc., but Ji could not come out. Yan Ling went further, and Ki left behind a sword. Yan wrote a poem, thinking that the sword should be sacrificed to the Son of Heaven, and those who did not obey the order, the people did not dare to be private, and they were sealed back. Thousands of words of the suicide note, the foundation was seen at the beginning, and sent to Jiankang.
Translation: Liu Ji was reluctant to go, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Sun Yan again, Liu Ji did not see Sun Yan behind closed doors, but he did not want to offend Sun Yan, so he ordered someone to give Sun Yan a sword, and Sun Yan made a poem to give to Liu Ji, meaning: "The sword should be given to the Son of Heaven, and as a courtier, I dare not accept your sword." Therefore, Sun Yan returned the sword to Liu Ji and left a long letter for Liu Ji, who after reading the letter, finally agreed to see Sun Yan, and was finally sent by Sun Yan to Nanjing to see Zhu Yuanzhang.
From this record, it can be seen that although Zhu Yuanzhang went to invite Liu Ji twice, he did not go in person. Zhu Yuanzhang's emissary Sun Yan always treated Liu Ji with courtesy and did not use force, and Liu Ji eventually defected to Zhu Yuanzhang. As for why Liu Ji changed his mind, perhaps because he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's sincerity, or perhaps because Zhu Yuanzhang had already targeted him, he had no choice.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not personally invite Liu Ji, does it mean that Zhu Yuanzhang does not attach importance to Liu Ji? In fact, it is not, when Liu Bei first invited Zhuge Liang to "Three Gu Maolu", he was still attached to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and he had almost nothing. When Zhu Yuanzhang invited Liu Bowen, he had already occupied Jianghuai, and in addition, eastern Zhejiang at that time was in the middle of the three forces of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, and Fang Guozhen, and Zhu Yuanzhang would not risk his life until the last resort. Therefore, the situation of Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bei when they "sought meritocracy" was completely different. Moreover, the next arrangement of Zhu Yuanzhang can also be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to Liu Ji.
The Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji records:
Even to, Chen Shiwu eighteen strategies. Taizu Daxi, Chikuri Kenkan to the base, etc., even the favor ceremony.
After Liu Ji arrived in Nanjing, he immediately presented Zhu Yuanzhang with his own meeting gift, that is, the "Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs", and Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and built a new Lixian Hall to house Liu Ji, which could be described as "courtesy" for him.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang invited Liu Ji to join because Liu Ji was famous, but he did not expect that Liu Ji would play a major role in the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.
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After Liu Ji came to Nanjing, he immediately did a big thing that others wanted to do but did not dare to do. The Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji records:
In the beginning, Taizu called Han Lin'er the Queen of Song and worshiped him from afar. At the beginning of the year, Zhongshu Province set up a throne ceremony, and Ji Du did not worship, saying: "Mu Zhi Ear, what is the worship!" "Because I saw Taizu, where Chen Tianfeng was."
In the last year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the son-in-law of Guo Zixing, inherited the mantle of Guo Zixing, and Guo Zixing, as a branch of the Northern Red Turban Army, was subordinate to Han Lin'er,the leader of the Northern Red Turban Army (Han Shantong's son). Therefore, nominally speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang was a courtier of Han Lin'er, the King of Xiaoming. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has always used Han Lin'er's era name "Dragon Phoenix" to chronicle the year.
Although Han Lin'er was weak and not beside Zhu Yuanzhang, at the beginning of each year, Zhu Yuanzhang would order people to set up a throne for Han Lin'er, and the group of courtiers would collectively salute an empty dragon chair. Because Liu Ji joined Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the year, it coincided with the "throne ceremony" incident at the beginning of the year. Thus, a strange scene occurred: everyone saluted the dragon chair, and only one person did not kneel, which looked very abrupt, and this person was Liu Ji. Liu Ji not only did not kneel, but instead sneered, "Han Lin'er, this shaft, is not worthy of being worshipped as the lord of the world!" ”
Liu Ji did not cause Zhu Yuanzhang's displeasure in doing so, but on the contrary, he won Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, because it was only a matter of time before Zhu Yuanzhang abandoned Han Lin'er. Zhu Yuanzhang therefore began to attach importance to Liu Ji, but Zhu Yuanzhang really believed in Liu Ji militarily, still at the time of the "Battle of Longwan".
In 1360, Chen Youyu replaced Xu Shouhui and established himself as emperor, he went down the river, planning to attack Zhu Yuanzhang with Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youyi was like a broken bamboo, and in one fell swoop attacked taiping, an important town in the upper reaches of Nanjing. Taiping fell, Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous son Zhu Wenxun and the fierce general Hua Yun were killed, and for a time, the people of Nanjing were panicked. Ming Shi Yun:
The situation was very tense, and the generals either surrendered or agreed to run to Zhong Shan, and Ji Zhang was speechless. Taizu summoned him inside, and Ji Fen said, "The Lord descends and runs, but he can behead." Taizu yue: "Sir Ji An out?" Ji Yue: "The thief is arrogant, wait for him to go deeper, ambush the soldiers to invite it, and change his ears." ”
Because the disparity in strength between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youyu was too great at that time, the situation was very tense at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned the group of ministers to ask for a plan, and everyone only gave two plans, first, surrender chen Youyu. Second, abandon Nanjing and flee to Zhongshan. Only Liu Ji did not say a word. Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Liu Ji might have a "big move", so he summoned Liu Ji into the inner chamber, and Liu Ji said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Those who want to surrender or flee should be executed!" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "What is the plan of the gentleman?" Liu Ji replied: "Chen Youyu is alone in the depths, as long as we take advantage of the geographical advantage and lead him into the ambush circle, we can easily defeat him!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Liu Ji's advice, and he sent Chen Youyu's old friend Kang Maocai to write a letter to deceive and lead Chen Youyi's fleet to Longwan, where the river was narrow, and as a result, a cannon sounded, and Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, and other fierce generals rushed up, and Chen Youyu was immediately wrapped in dumplings. Chen Youyu was stunned, but the river was narrow, and the big ship could not turn around, so he had to abandon the big boat and flee, and Zhu Yuanzhang won a great victory in this battle.
The Battle of Longwan was of great significance to Zhu Yuanzhang, and was a turning point in the confrontation between the two major forces of Zhu and Chen, and from then on, Zhu Yuanzhang had the strength to resist Chen Youyi and completely gained a foothold in Nanjing.
In this battle, although Liu Ji did not go into battle to kill the enemy, his strategic skills were particularly important. It can be said that without Liu Ji's plot, Zhu Yuanzhang might have been annexed by Chen Youyi long ago.
In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao once said: "Meritocracy is the only thing that I have to use."
At that time, Chen Youyu had the ambition to swallow the four seas, and if he had such a genius as Liu Ji around him, with his strength, he would have crushed Zhu Yuanzhang long ago. Since ancient times, wars have included a battle for talents. Liu Ji's return to Nanjing was a blessing for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Of course, the Battle of Longwan was just Liu Ji's small test of the bull knife, and next, Liu Ji's plot continued. After Chen Youyi's army was defeated, Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to recover Taiping, and next, whether to attack Anqing or not, Zhu Yuanzhang could not make up his mind. Anqing was an important town that Chen Youyu had spent a lot of effort to snatch from the hands of the Yuan Dynasty, and in order to guard against Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youyu had nearly 100,000 troops in Anqing. Liu Bowen believed that Anqing must be attacked.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to attack Anqing, Shi Zai "zi dan and twilight can not fall", Zhu Yuanzhang's army continued to attack from morning to night, but Anqing city was deep, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned to take it, at this time, Liu Ji said his true intentions, "Ming Shi Liu Ji Biography" Yun:
Ji asked him to go to Jiangzhou, pounded his friends and forgiven the nest, and then the army went west. Friend forgiveness is unexpected, handsome wife Ben Wuchang, Jiangzhou descended.
Liu Ji's real intention was not only Anqing, he suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang immediately bypass Anqing and attack Chen Youyi's old nest Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) all the way west, Chen Youyu did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would invade his hinterland, and in a hurry, he had to withdraw his army from Anqing to support Jiangzhou, but Zhu Yuanzhang moved faster, and in the Battle of Jiangzhou, Chen Youyi was defeated and fled to Wuchang. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang not only captured Jiangzhou, but also took the empty Anqing by the way.
Liu Ji took chen youyi's two important towns in one fell swoop, and inserted his power directly into Jiangxi, as if nailing a wedge on Chen Youyi's territory, making Chen Youyu feel like a carp in his throat.
"In the midst of strategizing, it is better than the invisible", this sentence was originally Sima Qian's evaluation of "Seeking Saint" Zhang Liang, in fact, it is not impossible to evaluate Liu Ji with it.
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Liu Ji not only had outstanding military talent, he also had an extremely keen political vision.
For example, when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Longxing (Nanchang), longxing shou general Hu Mei deliberately surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he sent his son to send a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, proposing a condition, that is, "do not scatter his parts", which means that he cannot dismiss his old department. Ming Shi Yun:
Taizu has a hard color. Ki from the back of the beard bed. Taizu Wu, Xu Zhi. Mei descended, and all the counties of Jiangxi were down.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very hesitant at that time, because he was worried that Hu Mei would not really surrender, and if Hu Mei's old department was retained, Hu Mei would suddenly cause trouble behind his back, and the consequences would be unimaginable. At that time, Liu Ji was at zhu yuanzhang's hu bedside, he kicked the hu bed with his foot, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately had an epiphany, agreed to Hu Mei's conditions, Hu Mei did indeed lead the army to surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang did not spend a soldier to get Long Xing. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Longxing to the old name of Hongdu.
After hongdu were occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youyu's generals in Jiangxi were greatly demoralized and surrendered, and Zhu Yuanzhang took half of Jiangxi at once.
In fact, whether Hu Mei was cheating or not, Zhu Yuanzhang was not clear, and Liu Ji was not clear. But what Liu Ji knew was that if Hu Mei surrendered, it would inevitably cause a chain reaction, so the most urgent thing was to promise Hu Mei first, and then carefully screen after taking Jiangxi. Zhu Yuanzhang was a fan of the authorities, and after Being reminded by Liu Ji, he suddenly became enlightened. Liu Ji's "kick" kicked out half of Jiangxi.
Between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youyi, the pinnacle of the duel was the Battle of Poyang Lake, in which Liu Ji's role was irreplaceable. The Battle of Poyang Lake was of great significance, but its outbreak was actually very hasty. Initially, Zhang Shicheng first sent troops to attack Anfeng, intending to kidnap Han Lin'er, the King of Xiaoming, and Han Lin'er sent people to zhu Yuanzhang for help.
Liu Basically did not look favorably on Han Lin'er, and he advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to rescue him, and Liu Ji said: "Han and Wu are waiting for the gap, and they cannot move." "This means that once we fight with Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youyu will definitely send another army to attack us."
However, King Xiaoming was zhu yuanzhang's nominal master at that time, and zhu yuanzhang was forced to save it under the pressure of public opinion. Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang set out on the expedition, Chen Youyu led an army of 600,000 to attack Hongdu, and Hongdu Shou would be Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Wenzheng and the general Deng Yu, and the two soldiers were widowed, and quickly sent people to Zhu Yuanzhang for help. Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji Yun:
Friends forgive and hear about it, and surround Hongdu in the middle of the room. Taizu Yue: "If you don't listen to the king's words, you will lose your calculations." "Sui Zi will save Hongdu and fight with you for Poyang Lake."
When he learned that Chen Youyu had attacked Hongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and he said to Liu Ji: "I did not listen to your advice, insisted on rescuing An Feng, and almost missed the big thing." After Zhu Yuanzhang rescued Han Lin'er, he immediately led 200,000 troops to the west and went all out to block Chen Youyu.
By the time Zhu Yuanzhang led a large army to Hongdu, the Battle of Hongdu had been going on for more than two months, but fortunately, Zhu Wenzheng and Deng Yu were also iron-blooded men, and they were stunned to create a miracle and block Chen Youyu. Chen Youyi saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's reinforcements had arrived, so he moved his troops to Poyang Lake, and the two sides began a decisive battle.
The Battle of Poyang Lake was the largest water war in ancient Chinese history, the two sides invested more than 800,000 troops, the first battle took place in Kanglang Mountain, Chen Youyi's ships were tall and took full advantage, Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated continuously, losing more than 20 generals, and the situation was very critical.
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a hurry and asked Liu Ji for advice, and Liu Ji analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, and finally proposed a strategy to Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Ji's strategy was relatively long, which roughly meant: to station a large army at the mouth of the lake, and then send troops to snatch up all the grain in the five counties around Poyang Lake. Because Chen Youyu's soldiers and horses were three times that of Zhu Yuanzhang, his grain was consumed first, and when Chen Youyi was nervous about grain and grass, he was bound to be anxious to fight, and when Zhu Yuanzhang only had to drag on for ten days and eight days, Chen Youyu would definitely be in great turmoil in the army.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that this plan was very good, so he carried out the strategy proposed by Liu Ji, and sure enough, everything was as Liu Ji expected, Chen Youyi did not have much grain, and led his troops to Nanchang to grab grain, but Zhu Yuanzhang had already let his nephew Zhu Wenzheng ambush there.
Friends ran out of food and plundered grain in Nanchang, and Zhu Wenzheng sent people to burn his boat, which was difficult to get into trouble.
Chen Youyi forgave the lack of grain and tried to make a quick decision, but Zhu Yuanzhang strictly guarded the mouth of the lake, and finally Chen Youyi's army broke down, and Chen Youyu fled after the defeat of the army, was shot in the head by a stray arrow, and died on the lake.
There were many factors that won or lost the Battle of Poyang Lake, such as Chen Youyu's arrogance and arrogance, Zhu Yuanzhang's clever use of fire, etc., but in the final analysis, Liu Ji's strategy still played a huge role.
The Battle of Poyang Lake was a turning point at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and its significance was no less than the "Battle of Changping" in the Warring States period, and from then on, The Zhuxiong of Jiangnan could no longer compete with Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was only a matter of time before Zhu Yuanzhang unified Jiangnan. Because Liu Ji was full of intrigues in this war, Zhu Yuanzhang commented on Liu Ji:
"When there is discussion, it gallops through the ages; when it is disturbed, it controls one side."
In fact, Liu Ji not only helped Zhu Yuanzhang strategically, but also saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life in details, according to the "Biography of Liu Ji of Ming Shi":
Taizu sat on the Hu bed to supervise the battle, and the base waiter suddenly jumped up and shouted, and The fun Taizu was more boat. Taizu Cang's pawns migrated to beige, sitting undecided, and the flying boat smashed the old one and shattered it.
This means that Zhu Yuanzhang was supervising the battle on the ship, Liu Ji shouted badly behind him, and hurriedly urged Zhu Yuanzhang to change ships, Zhu Yuanzhang had just changed to another ship, and the previous ship was sunk by Chen Youyu.
Ancients Cloud: The merit is not but the Savior, and the plan is not as good as cutting off the grain. At the Battle of Poyang Lake, Liu Ji did both.
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Ming Shi Yun:
Later, Taizu took Shi Cheng, northern expedition to the Central Plains, and became an emperor, slightly like a base plot.
After Chen Youyu's death, Zhu Yuanzhang began to attack Zhang Shicheng and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and in the process, Liu Ji also played a role.
In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang began to prepare for his ascension to the throne, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the Left Xiangguo, Li Shanchang as the Right Xiangguo, and Liu Ji as the Taishi Ling.
When fighting the world, Liu Ji was Zhang Liang, and when he ruled the world, Liu Ji transformed into Wei Zheng.
In this year, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Liu Ji to formulate a law, and Liu Ji gave Zhu Yuanzhang a song to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang not to kill indiscriminately, for which Zhu Yuanzhang pardoned the prisoners several times. Ming Shi Yun:
Taizu Fang wants to punish people, Ji asks for his death, and Taizu speaks in dreams. Ji Yue: "This is the image of the earth, and it is advisable to stop the punishment." "Three days later, Haining descended. Taizu Xi was imprisoned. In search of Yu Shi Zhongzhong and Tai Shi Ling.
This means that Zhu Yuanzhang dreamed that he wanted to kill a group of prisoners, and when he woke up, Liu Ji told him that he must not kill, and this dream was a sign of obtaining land and people. Three days later, Tang He's army recaptured Haining, and Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and immediately handed over the prisoners to Liu Ji, asking Liu Ji to release them all, and worship liu Ji as Yushi Zhongcheng.
The Analects: "Fan Chi asked Ren. Zi Yue: 'Lover. ’”
Liu Ji treated the people with "benevolence", but to officials on the contrary, he demanded that officials be strict with themselves. In the first month of 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang officially ascended the throne and appointed Liu Ji as the emperor of Yushi Zhongcheng. Liu Ji has a straight personality, jealousy and hatred, whether it is the prince Xun Gui or the low-level petty official, Liu Ji is just and upright, and he is subtle. The History of the Ming Dynasty says:
The Song and Yuan Dynasties lost the world, and now it is advisable to suppress Ji Gang. There is no way to avoid the imperial history correction, and those who have served the eunuchs have all ignored the law, and people are afraid of it.
It can be seen that everyone is very jealous of Liu Ji. At that time, there was a man named Li Bin, who was a close confidant of li Shanchang, the prime minister, who served as the capital of Zhongshu Province, this person was corrupt and bribed, Li Shanchang interceded for Li Bin many times, hoping that Liu Ji would let this person go, Liu Ji did not listen, insisted on sending Li Bin to prison for questioning, and openly killed Li Bin under the altar. Although this incident reflected Liu Ji's integrity, he "changed from being with Shanchang" and offended Li Shanchang from then on.
Soon after, Liu Ji ushered in bad luck, and in order to retaliate against Liu Ji, Li Shanchang quickly organized his henchmen to impeach Liu Ji, saying that Liu Ji's killing under the altar was a great disrespect to heaven and earth. Biography of Ming Shi Liu Ji Yun:
Emperor Gui, The Emperor was disrespectful. The complainers also confide in each other. Will talk about drought,...... Di Naqi said that there was still no rain on the tenth day, and the emperor was angry. Huiji had a wife who had lost his wife, so he asked for her to return.
Because Liu Ji had offended too many people, the group of courtiers rose up and attacked him, and for a time, Liu Ji became the target of everyone. Unfortunately, at that time, there was a great drought in the world, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Liu Ji to ask for rain, but the result was unsuccessful, and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. In order to avoid the wind, Liu Ji took advantage of the death of his wife and returned to his hometown.
Although Liu Ji was old, he still helped the world, and before leaving, he advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to build a capital in Fengyang, saying that it was not suitable for the capital, so Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy.
It is said that Liu Ji has Zhang Liang's talent, if he can be like Zhang Liang and retire from the jianghu from now on, perhaps the ending is completely different. However, Liu Ji did not want to end his career prematurely, and at the end of that year, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered Liu Ji's merits and re-summoned Liu Ji to Beijing. Liu Ji did not resign and resolutely came to Nanjing. After Liu Ji arrived in Nanjing, his relations with korean and Chinese officials were never reconciled. There are three main reasons for this:
First, Liu Ji served as a yushi zhongcheng, as a speech official, he was originally an errand to offend people, coupled with Liu Ji's upright personality, jealousy and hatred, so he offended many people. Especially after Hu Weiyong came to power, because he had a lot of small numbers under his command, Hu Weiyong quickly formed a bond with Liu Ji.
Second, Liu was basically an old minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the military generals of the Wen Dynasty had the intention of suppressing the old ministers of the Yuan Dynasty.
Third, as mentioned above, Liu Ji has the thinking of a scholar in his bones, and the thinking of the old Huaixi generals under Zhu Yuanzhang is different, so he has never been able to integrate into the "collective", so Liu Ji has become an orphan.
In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was awarded the title of meritorious servant, Li Shanchang, Xu Da and 6 others were made dukes, and 28 people, including Tang He, were made marquises. Liu Ji, on the other hand, was only given the title of "Sincere Bo".
People often compare Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, and Xu Da to Zhang Liang, Xiao He, and Han Xin of the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty", and now, Li Shanchang and Xu Da are both listed as dukes, but Liu Ji has not been able to be made a duke, and he is not only unrelated to the duke, but even unappointed.
Regarding the mystery of Liu Ji being named a count, many people have analyzed it, and the author has his own views, and the author believes that Zhu Yuanzhang's knighthood is actually not only from the dimension of merit, but also from other considerations.
First, Zhu Yuanzhang wants to look at "from the dragon time", that is to say, to see "seniority". Looking at the six dukes, not only did they all make great contributions, but they also defected to Zhu Yuanzhang very early, and Liu Ji only came after Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Nanjing.
Second, the six dukes all took the initiative to follow Zhu Yuanzhang, but Liu Ji was invited twice. In Feng Liu Ji's edict, "Feng Liu Ji's Sincerity and Sincerity", Zhu Yuanzhang wrote:
Jiang Zuo, the soldier to The Cang'er, Ji stepped forward to gurudwara, and Yu Jinling returned.
Note that Zhu Yuanzhang said that Liu Bowen was "standing up to the Gurudwara, Yu Jinlinggui", which means that Liu Ji took the initiative to defect to him. As has been analyzed above, Liu Ji was actually invited twice by Zhu Yuanzhang to come. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang change Liu Ji's "passive" to "active"? This is because Zhu Yuanzhang is conceited, and he is essentially very dissatisfied with Liu Ji's behavior of "end shelf". At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang changed from "passive" to "active", and also appeared to have face.
Third, Zhu Yuanzhang also depends on the political tendencies of the heroes, Xu Da, Li Shanchang, Feng Sheng, and others are first of all real heroes, and secondly, they are all anti-Yuan righteous soldiers. And Liu Ji not only served as an official three times in the Yuan Dynasty, but also helped the Yuan Dynasty suppress Fang Guozhen's rebels, and from this point of view, Liu Ji still could not enjoy a higher title.
Therefore, although Liu Ji made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang, from the perspective of seniority, whether he took the initiative to join, and political tendencies, Liu Ji was too imperfect in the mind of the Hongwu Emperor. Encountering zhu Yuanzhang, who is nitpicking, is a major tragedy for Liu Ji.
If Liu Ji can see through shitu like Zhang Liang and retire to the mountains and forests, he will surely become a good story, but in Liu Ji's mind, he still has a nostalgia for Shitu, which is Liu Ji's second major tragedy.
The author does not mean to belittle Liu Ji, Liu Ji is nostalgic for the career, which is the pursuit of scholars, and cannot be blamed.
If the first two tragedies can still save Liu Ji, then the third tragedy that Liu Ji faces will completely beat him into the ghost gate.
Hu Weiyongfang took Zuo Cheng in charge of the province and threatened the former regrets, so that the official Ji Ji said that there was a royal spirit in the foreign land, and the base map was a tomb, and the people were all and the people, so please set up an inspection to drive out the people. Although the emperor did not sin against Ki, he was quite moved, so he took Kilu. Ji was afraid to go into thanks, but stayed in Beijing and did not dare to return.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Liu Ji planned to return to his hometown, and before that, Liu Ji had told Zhu Yuanzhang that there was a vacant land between Ouyue and Yue called Tanyang. After this matter was known to Liu Ji's sworn enemy Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong made a verbal remark to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that the land of Tanyang had royal spirit, and Liu Ji planned to use this place as his own cemetery. After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he was not moved on the surface, but in his heart he began to be jealous of Liu Ji, and then he snatched Liu Ji's Feng Lu. Liu Ji was afraid and stayed in the capital, not daring to leave Zhu Yuanzhang's sight.
Soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Hu Weiyong to take the imperial doctor to see Liu Ji to prescribe medicine, and after Liu Ji ate the medicine of the tai doctor, he immediately felt discomfort in his abdomen and was in pain, and died soon after.
First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew that There was a gap between Hu Weiyong and Liu Ji, so why did he deliberately send Hu Weiyong to visit him?
Secondly, Hu Weiyong not only came to visit, but also deliberately took the Tai Doctor to prescribe medicine to Liu Ji, didn't he know how to avoid suspicion?
Finally, after Liu Ji finished eating Taiyi's medicine, his condition immediately worsened and he was very painful.
A series of logics can see that Liu Ji's death is strange. Taiyi and Hu Weiyong doubted that it was Zhu Yuanzhang, and Qian Lina was among them, and the unfinished words were extremely frightening.
For Liu Ji, the author is admired and regretted, first of all, Liu Ji is a meritorious hero, he made an immortal contribution to the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, Liu Ji was a Confucian student, and although he had the talent of heaven and earth, he was still loyal and benevolent in his bones. Finally, Liu Ji is a tragedy, and his tragedy has three aspects:
Liu Ji's first tragedy was that he met a nitpicking Zhu Yuanzhang. If he had met a benevolent emperor, perhaps the outcome would have been different.
Liu Ji's second great tragedy is that he was deeply influenced by Confucianism and was bent on making a difference in his career. If he could believe in Huang Laozhi like Zhang Liang, his ending might be different.
Liu Ji's third tragedy is that he has the talent of heaven and earth, and he happens to hit Zhu Yuanzhang's jealous heart.
Liu Ji's life has been brilliant and desolate. He has great talent, but in the end there is no end of Zhang Liang and Kong Ming.
The human heart is history, history is the human heart, and only when we stand in the long river of history and look against the current can we see the true human heart.