In the last year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang led an army to conquer Jinhua and sent people to meet Liu Bowen with gifts such as coins and asked him to come out of the mountains to help. Zhu Yuanzhang's emissary, after seeing Liu Bowen, after some compliments, swore to him: "My lord of my family loves and cherishes talents, no one can compare, if Mr. Zhu can help my lord and father, not only can he achieve his great cause, but also let Mr. Not waste his talents, and Qingshi is famous." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang
Liu Bowen was not moved, but said lazily: "Thank you very much for your family's grandfather's good intentions, but he just made a false name in the next wave, for fear of disappointing your family lord, so he did not dare to obey his fate." ”
After the emissary left, Liu Bowen's family said to him: "You have long had great ambitions, and you often hate not showing your talents, and now Zhu Yuanzhang has asked for it, so why do you refuse?" Liu Bowen's face darkened, and he said, "How can you be rash in serving people with talent?" If you encounter a lord without virtue, you will be useless, and even if you do something, you will be rejected by people in the end, but you will cause trouble. ”
Liu Bowen
Zhu Yuanzhang heard the emissary's return, and his face showed displeasure, and he said sadly: "I heard that Liu Bowen has great talent, but I don't want him to be so arrogant, is it possible that he is still waiting to see the situation change?" “
In short, Sun Yan and Liu Bowen had some friendship, at which time he said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Some people have compared Liu Bowen with Zhuge Liang, and his talent can be seen from this. When the Lord's justice is the time of employing people, if Liu Bowen is accepted under the account, why should major things not be accomplished? Liu Bowen could not be summoned, thinking that he did not understand the lord. Allow me to write him a letter pleading with him to serve the Lord. ”
So Sun Yan found Liu Bowen and said everything he could, but Liu Bowen still refused. Finally, Sun Yan said, "Even if Sir does not worry about the lord of my family, does he not do his best for the people of the world?" If there is chaos today and the people suffer, fortunately, the lord of my family is wise and heroic, and when this difficulty is resolved, Mr. Does not help him to achieve great things, but it shows that Mr. Wang has no desire to help the world, which is definitely not what Mr. wants. ”
Liu Bowen pondered for a long time and sighed, "Sun Yan said all this, if I refuse, if it is really as you said, how can I bear it?" In order to save the people from water and fire, then let it be difficult! ”
After Liu Bowen agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy. Liu Bowen stated to Zhu Yuanzhang eighteen points of current affairs, which made Zhu Yuanzhang admire his insight even more, so he was courteous to him and cared for him. Liu Bowen contributed to Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas and made great contributions.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he ordered that the taxes on Liu Bowen's hometown should not be increased, in order to show special praise for Liu Bowen. However, Liu Bowen was not happy about this, and said to his family worriedly: "The emperor made an exception to show grace, but he only valued my thin talent, and may not trust me." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to posthumously honor Liu Bowen's grandfather and father as the Duke of Yongjia County, and he also wanted to be knighted by Liu Bowen many times, but Liu Bowen refused. Liu Bowen later insisted on resigning and returning to his hometown for the elderly. It is not difficult to see from this that the relationship between Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang is very general. If the two sides trust each other, Liu Bowen will be loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang to the death.
So, after so many years of cooperation, why is the relationship between Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang still so ordinary? The cause analysis is as follows:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" >01 Zhu Yuanzhang was narrow-minded, and Liu Bowen was high-spirited</h1>
As mentioned above, when Zhu Yuanzhang first invited Liu Bowen out of the mountain, he invited him several times in a row, and finally reluctantly answered the call, and Zhu Yuanzhang still had some resentment. Later, Liu Bowen was named a sincere uncle, which should be the "sincerity" when Liu Ji was invited out of the mountain. This still has some ironic flavor in it, indicating that Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied with Liu Bowen from the beginning.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" >02 Zhu Yuanzhang was quan Xishun, and Liu Bowen was temperamental</h1>
Liu Bowen had already seen through Zhu Yuanzhang, and when Zhu Yuanzhang did not get the world, the strategists under his opponents could obey his words. But when I have power, I like to listen to those words that have a good attitude and are pleasant. And Liu Bowen is not good at telling lies, and it is difficult to make Zhu Yuanzhang happy, so he chose to back down.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" >03 The two have equal ability, and Zhu Yuanzhang is wary of Liu Ji</h1>
Liu Bowen not only has a long-term strategic vision, but also has a super military strategy, which is comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of ability. Liu Ji had urged Zhu Yuanzhang not to rescue King Xiaoming, and used Zhang Shicheng to get rid of King Xiaoming, reflecting that Liu Ji's thick black level was also very deep. With Zhu Yuanzhang's character, he would not be at ease with such a person staying by his side.
The so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and it is difficult for two people with equal ability and equal strength in all aspects, especially the relationship between the monarchs, to get along. Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen are ordinary monarch-vassal relations, just like the relationship between leaders and ordinary subordinates in our workplace today, there is no difference.
There was no trust between them other than work. Because Zhu Yuanzhang had a bad impression of Liu Bowen at the beginning, it stemmed from Liu Bowen's "sincerity" when he invited Liu Bowen out of the mountain, but Zhu Yuanzhang was in urgent need of a powerful strategist at that time. At first, Liu Bowen did not look favorably on Zhu Yuanzhang, but under the persuasion of Sun Yanzai, he reluctantly assisted Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang are both extremely intelligent people, and these are completely concerned about the meeting, and the two have no brotherly feelings and righteousness, only mutual use. Therefore, why is the relationship between Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang general? In fact, from the small matter of Zhu Yuanzhang inviting Liu Bowen out of the mountain, it has been laid foreshadowing.