In ancient times, many people thought that Liu Bowen could know the events around 1000, and he was a man who knew the world. Gradually, these legends have been handed down from generation to generation, and people have forgotten the true face of Liu Bowen. People just know that Zhu Yuanzhang could unify China without Liu Bowen's help. He can be said to be the founding minister of the Ming Dynasty. Are all the stories people tell true? Today, let's walk into the world of Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen showed amazing talent when he was a child. He can basically remember the books he has read. His father taught him how to read since he was a child, and Liu Bowen was also very studious and fast at reading. It is said that he can.
One eye, seven lines. If ordinary people read like this, I'm afraid they won't remember much, but Liu Bowen is different. Although he reads fast, he is also efficient, and the contents of the book are firmly in his mind. At the age of twelve, he took the provincial examination and was admitted as a scholar. Everyone in the same village called him a "prodigy". At the age of fourteen, he went to the government to learn the Spring and Autumn Annals. This is a profound Confucian book, and the articles in it are difficult to read, especially at such a young age. But Liu Bowen is different from other children. He reads Spring and Autumn Annals every day, and he can remember everything in the book as long as he reads it twice. He also has his own unique views on the content, and his understanding of the meaning is something that no human body would have realized before, which surprised his teacher. The teacher thought that he had read the book before, so he understood it so deeply. In order to dispel his doubts, the teacher took a few paragraphs from the book and asked him what he thought of these words. I didn't expect Liu Bowen to know the meaning, which made the teacher have to admire his cleverness. He thought that he was a wizard he had never met before, and he would have a bright future. After a long time, a book "Spring and Autumn Annals" could no longer satisfy Liu Bowen, so he left Fu Xue to find another famous scholar, Zheng Fuchu, to study Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism.
Zheng Fuchu is also full of praise for this child. He once said to Liu Bowen's father, "Your ancestors accumulated many virtues, which made Liu Bowen so smart. This child will definitely be a big official in the future and will definitely honor his ancestors. " Liu Bowen read many books, especially about astronomy and geography, and had a deep understanding of the art of war and mathematics. He studies this knowledge every day and knows the secrets like the back of his hand. On one occasion, he traveled to Huizhou, the birthplace of Neo-Confucianism in Zhu Cheng, and heard that there was a copy here.
Liu Bowen was very excited at the news. He immediately went to Fuchuan Mountain and found the book successfully. Not only that, he also found that there were Zoroastrians in this mountain, so Liu Bowen stayed in the mountain for a while and greedily learned all new knowledge. When he left Fuchuan Mountain, he not only made many Zoroastrians, but also mastered a lot of knowledge. After returning to the village, he immediately became famous, and the villagers compared him to Wei Zhi and Zhuge Liang. At the age of twenty-three, Liu Bowen was admitted to the Jinshi, but at that time, because the Yuan Dynasty had reached the end, and wars were raging everywhere, Liu Bowen had to stay at home for another three years before being sent to Jiangxi by the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty to be an official. After Liu Bowen took office, he was observant and fearless. Liu Bowen has nothing to hide from those lawless landlords. With the evidence, he immediately punished the landlords and the social atmosphere changed. Because of these big moves, the landlords hated him and always wanted to frame him, but because other officials knew him, they tried their best to protect him. Liu Bowen saw that he couldn't stay any longer, so he resigned and went back to his hometown. Later, he was recruited by the court and returned to China as an official, but he resigned and lived in seclusion three years later.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled, heard about Liu Bowen's name, and asked him for help. Liu Bowen carefully analyzed the current situation for Zhu Yuanzhang and persuaded him to concentrate his forces and try to avoid fighting alone. These suggestions were immediately adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Bowen repeatedly made meritorious military service under Zhu Yuanzhang's account, so he was promoted to Taishi Order by Zhu Yuanzhang. Liu Bowen observed the astronomical phenomena and found that there would be disasters, so Liu Bowen hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would admit his mistakes to the whole world. Later, because it didn't rain for a long time, Liu Bowen asked Zhu Yuanzhang to handle some unjust cases, and then it rained heavily. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill a group of prisoners because of a dream. Liu Bowen immediately asked why, and Zhu Yuanzhang told him in detail. Liu Bowen thought this was a good omen, which completely relieved Zhu Yuanzhang, so he released the prisoners.
Later, when Liu Bowen caught a cold, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Hu to take the doctor to see him. The physician prescribed some medicine for Liu Bowen, and Liu Bowen felt very uncomfortable after taking it.
A few days later, Liu Bowen told Zhu Yuanzhang that after taking those medicines, he felt that his stomach had been uncomfortable. Zhu Yuanzhang simply let him rest at ease for illness, and Liu Bowen was disappointed. Liu Bowen's illness became more and more serious. Finally, he returned to his hometown and retired. He no longer believes in those drugs. He just keeps a healthy diet every day. However, his condition has not improved. Knowing that he was going to die, he called his two sons to his side and told him all about himself. After that, he took out another book and asked his two sons to give it to the emperor at once, and warned the children that his descendants would not be allowed to learn astronomy in the future.
After all this, Liu Bowen said to his second son, "What the imperial court needs to do now is that the rulers should improve their moral quality, bite the hand that feeds them, and streamline the laws. If you can use morality to influence, don't use violence. This is the best effect. Once someone makes a mistake, I hope that the rulers put themselves in their shoes and make the punishment fair and just. I wanted to personally write an article like this for the emperor, but with Hu's existence, it would be in vain. When Hu fell, the emperor will definitely remember me. Tell this to the emperor at this time. "
With these words, Liu Bowen closed his eyes at the age of 65.