The change of Liu Bowen's fate is closely related to another founding minister, Hu. Although Hu also made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he had a fatal shortcoming: narrow-mindedness. Hu was very jealous of Liu Bowen, who was more talented than himself, and spoke ill of Liu Bowen to Zhu Yuanzhang many times.
At first, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take Hu's vicious evaluation of Liu Bowen to heart, only felt that Hu's jealousy was too strong.
But after a long time, plus several ministers in Hu United China vilified Liu Bowen in front of your face, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also terrified of Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen, after all, is really talented and somewhat threatening to himself.
Later, Hu Wei made a big fuss about finding Liu Bowen cemetery. In fact, Liu Bowen just found himself a treasure trove of geomantic omen and buried it here after his death. However, nonsense, the cemetery chosen by Liu Bowen is not only a treasure trove of geomantic omen, but also full of the spirit of the son of heaven. This means that although Liu Bowen is old, he really wants his descendants to be emperors, just to compete for the world of the Ming Dynasty.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. He never wanted his hard-earned land to fall into other people's hands. So, Zhu Yuanzhang found a reason to occupy the cemetery chosen by Liu Bowen and let Liu Bowen resign and go home. Liu Bowen naturally knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking, so he returned to China happily. After all, he is like a tiger.
Later, Liu Bowen died of illness. Hearing the news of Liu Bowen's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little sad. After all, Liu Bowen laid the foundation of the Ming Dynasty by himself. But at this time, Hu still didn't give up his slander on Liu Bowen, and advised Zhu Yuanzhang that there might be a spirit of the son of heaven in Liu Bowen's cemetery.
So, in order to nip in the bud, Zhu Yuanzhang had Liu Bowen's coffin head sawed off, so as to release the spirit of the son of heaven. But when the soldiers opened Liu Bowen's coffin, they found that there was no body inside, only a copy of Daming Law, and this law just turned to the side of "whoever opens the coffin to see the body will die".
When the soldiers told Zhu Yuanzhang about it, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely ashamed. This is a violation of their own laws, but also by Liu Bowen after the death of this matter, it is really reared its head.