Most of the founding emperors in history had one characteristic: they could endure hardships but not enjoy pleasure. After conquering the world, you should take over the world. Logically speaking, the world belongs to you and the emperor alone, but you must not forget the brothers who followed you to conquer the world. They tied their heads to their belts and accompanied you in the rebellion. Now the world is at peace. You just kicked someone? Doing that kind of thing where all the good birds are hidden in the air? But the truth is this, and many of the founding emperors also understood it, but the emperors still did it because the emperor also had his own difficulties.
Many people asked, you have become the emperor and the world belongs to you, what other difficulties do you have? The emperor said: People say it is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to sit on it. This throne is too tempting. Everyone wants to sit on it, but ordinary people think in vain. If they don’t have the strength, then who has the strength? These are the brothers who follow me to conquer the world. Therefore, in order to secure the throne and for his descendants to sit on the throne, these good bows must be hidden.
What the emperor said makes sense. It is not unacceptable for the brothers to compare their hearts with each other. Then just hand over the power in your hands and just become a rich man. It is not like you have followed the emperor in vain. This is what Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, did at that time. He trapped all the meritorious officials in Kaifeng City, provided them with good food and drink, and then gave them the big black gauze hat of the crown prince and the Taibao. It sounds very bluffing, but in fact, they have no power. However, this is a good destination for those heroes. I am afraid that some emperors do not want to hide all the good bows in flying birds, but insist on breaking all the good bows in flying birds.
If there are no birds, what kind of bow is needed? Just break it, that is, the rabbit will be killed and the dog will be cooked. If the rabbit is gone, the dog will be killed and eaten directly. There are emperors who like to do this, like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. The greatest founding hero of the Han Dynasty was undoubtedly Han Xin, but everyone knows Han Xin's fate. Some people say that Han Xin was killed by Empress Lu. Then you say that Empress Lu dared to do that without Liu Bang's instruction? There is also Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang killed many heroes, such as Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Li Shanchang and so on. There were only a few of the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty. This was also the reason why Zhu Di Jing was difficult and Zhu Yunwen was incompetent. Reasons will be available.
Among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen should be the one with the greatest credit. It is widely said that Liu Bowen had five hundred years of knowledge from above and five hundred years from below. His abilities were comparable to Zhuge Liang. It is also said in the history of the Ming Dynasty that he was like a god . Such a god must be the biggest threat to the throne in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. What should he do? It's easy to do, just follow the example of the old Zhao family to release military power over a cup of wine, but Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, the old Zhao family is too weak, and we, the old Zhu family, will not learn from them. You see how strong the Han Dynasty is, and the Huns have all beaten away, so we learn from the old people. Liu family.
So five years after Liu Bowen was driven out of the capital, Hu Weiyong and his imperial doctor traveled all the way from Nanjing to Qingtian to see Liu Bowen. The two were actually enemies. Liu Bowen said in his heart, I was sick, but this enemy brought the imperial doctor all the way to treat me. Isn't this just like a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a rooster? But Hu Weiyong was the imperial doctor and the people around the emperor, so Liu Bowen had nothing to say, so the imperial doctor prescribed a medicine, and Liu Bowen took it. He didn't dare not take it.
After two days, Liu Bowen felt bad, and his condition obviously worsened. Then he went to the capital, but was sent back to his hometown by Zhu Yuanzhang, and nothing happened after that. Liu Bowen Just die. It's all a routine, just like Empress Lu killing Han Xin. Who is behind it? A discerning person will know what's going on at a glance. It is said that Liu Bowen was very cold before his death, but he still told his son Liu Jing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
It can be seen that Liu Bowen was loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang until his death, and his son Liu Jing was also a filial child. If his father had a will, he must obey it. Loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is of course loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Yuanzhang died, he would continue to be loyal to Zhu Yunwen. However, a few years later, Zhu Di came again. Both his uncle and nephew were named Zhu. Who should you be loyal to? Some people say that they all have the surname Zhu anyway, and they will be loyal to whoever becomes the emperor. This is actually true, but Liu Jing doesn't think so.
After Zhu Di successfully defeated Nanjing, he treated these ministers in Nanjing with great courtesy and generous rewards. Since Liu Jing was the founding hero of the country, Zhu Di naturally treated him well.
But this Liu Jing just didn't understand current affairs, and just didn't want to recognize Zhu Di as the emperor, and said to Zhu Di: King Yan is like this, isn't he afraid of leaving a legacy of infamy for thousands of years? Tell me what this is called? The other meaning of this sentence is that he wants to die. It is said that like father, like son, Zhu Di also has a bad temper. If he wants to die, let him do it. So Liu Jing died like this. As a result, the two Liu families Both father and son died in the hands of the Zhu family.