In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), Liu Ji caught a cold. When Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he sent Hu to see the doctor. The physician prescribed a prescription, and he took the medicine according to the list and came back to decoct it.
He felt as if there were some uneven stones crowded together in his stomach, which was very painful. In mid-February, Liu Ji came to see Zhu Yuanzhang when he was ill, and told him tactfully that Hu had come to visit the doctor, and he felt even more uncomfortable after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang simply said some words of comfort to let him relax and recuperate, which made Liu Ji quite chilling. In late March, Liu Bowen, accompanied by Mclynn Killman Liu, was escorted by Zhu Yuanzhang's contingent.
Depart from the capital and go home. After returning home, he refused all the medicine stones found by his relatives and the village, just trying to maintain a normal diet. A few days later, Liu Ji knew that the future was numbered, so he found two sons to explain the aftermath.
After he finished the account, he asked Mclynn Killman Liu to bring a gobbledygook from his study and said to him, "After my death, you should present this book to the emperor immediately without delay;" From now on, don't let our descendants of the Liu family learn this knowledge. "
He also said to his second son, Liu Jing, "The essence of politics lies in the combination of leniency and severity. What the imperial court should do now is to cultivate morality as much as possible, and the law should be as concise as possible. If people who are in office on weekdays can set an example and influence the masses with morality.
The effect must be better than punishment, with far-reaching influence. Once a subordinate or person makes a mistake, he can put himself in the other's shoes with a kind attitude. The sentenced penalty will certainly achieve the goal of serving people fairly and guarding people from turning over a new leaf.
If the law can be as simple as possible and easy for people to understand and abide by, people can be prevented from being at a loss. It can also establish the credibility of the government and a good image of benevolent people. In this way, God will help me live forever. "
He went on to say, "I wanted to write a detailed suicide note and contribute my last thoughts and what I learned to the emperor." But Hu is still here, and it's no use writing. However, when Hu is defeated, the emperor will definitely think of me.
I will ask you my last words, and then you will secretly play my last words to the emperor! Finally, he died in his hometown on April 16 of the lunar calendar at the age of 65. In June, he was buried in the summer countryside.
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One day, Liu Bowen went to see the emperor's newly-built palace. As soon as he stepped into the palace gate, a man knelt in front of him, crying and shouting "Help". Liu Bowen asked why.
It turns out that this man is a famous sculptor. Yesterday, when he finished decorating the floating flowers on the girder, he suddenly saw the emperor dancing and laughing in front of the luxurious palace.
Carving is ingenious. The emperor must have seen the magnificent palace, and he was so frivolous for a while. At this time, the carver suddenly couldn't help coughing, and the laughter disappeared immediately. I saw Zhu Yuanzhang flushed, staring at himself, and then left the palace in embarrassment.
The carver thought about it and thought that I was the supreme in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, but I saw the frivolous state. Then I was not killed? So as soon as I saw Liu Bowen today, I knelt in front of Liu Bowen and begged him for help.
Liu Bowen thought: The emperor is a man who never shows his true nature easily. Don't say that he is a little crafty. Even if a minister sees the madness of the emperor, the emperor will undoubtedly kill him.
Liu Bowen thought for a moment, then told the gardener to stand up and bend over his ear, and so on. A few days later, Liu Bowen pretended not to know that Zhu Yuanzhang had been to the Palace, and said, "I heard that the new palace of the Emperor is about to be completed. Please have a look! "
Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of revealing the "secret" and had to go and see it, so he had to come to the new temple with Liu Bowen. They wandered around the temple for a long time, ready to leave.
Suddenly, I heard someone coughing on the beam. Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and saw a famous carver a few days ago. Suddenly, his face fell and he was about to blame. When Liu Bowen saw this, he asked the sculptor loudly, "Why do you dare to disturb the emperor when you see him coming?"
The gardener didn't seem to hear, so he went on working and coughed again. Liu Bowen opened his voice and shouted loudly. Zhu Yuanzhang had already covered his ears. The man seemed to hear an earth-shattering cry and turned to look at the two men.
Pointed to his ears and mouth, motioning with his hand shook his head. "It turned out to be a deaf person!" Liu Bowen said. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled happily: "How deaf! Well done! " As a result, the carver narrowly escaped.
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