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Chapter 283 The divine fortune teller Liu Bowen
There is a widely circulated saying among the people that it is Liu Bowen, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang divided the world into three, and Liu Bowen ruled the country.

Zhuge Liang, the military advisor of the former dynasty, and Liu Bowen, the military advisor of the later dynasty.

Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in completing his imperial career, founded the Ming Dynasty and tried his best to maintain the stability of the country. He was compared to Zhuge Kongming by the world.

It is conceivable how important Liu Bowen was to the Ming Dynasty, so much so that Zhu Yuanzhang even compared Liu Bowen to his own Zhang Liang.

In addition to being the first counselor of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen was also one of the three great poets in the early Ming Dynasty.

Liu Bowen had relatively systematic literary thoughts and occupied an important position in the literary world of the early Ming Dynasty.

Liu Bowen started from Confucian poetic thought and emphasized the educational role of literary works.

It can be used to change customs and customs, and it can also be used to admonish superiors.

Secondly, Liu Bowen denounced the delicate style of the Yuan Dynasty's literary world and advocated the restoration of the literary tradition of the Han and Tang Dynasties, which played an important role in the shift of literary style from delicate to simple in the early Ming Dynasty.

"I have special interests in astronomy, geography, art of war, and mathematics. I have devoted myself to studying and studying, and I am very proficient in it."

The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains successfully helped Emperor Taizu complete his imperial career.

"Liu Bowen went deep into the countryside to observe the people's sentiments and found that some wealthy gentry and landlords in Gao'an County colluded with corrupt officials and were lawless, defrauding people of their money, taking away their wives and daughters, killing people, and committing all kinds of evil."

"After conducting open and covert investigations and obtaining real evidence, we will resolutely punish several powerful bullies with notorious evil deeds."

"Especially for beginners, they usually just read from the text without understanding the meaning."

When asked which founding father of the Ming Dynasty he admired most, he would choose Liu Bowen without hesitation. His personal achievements made him admire him.

With the founding of the country as the central axis, social morality, people-oriented thinking, valuing talents, governing the country according to law, and developing education are integrated into all aspects of building the country. The core is Confucian benevolence and righteousness.

"Twenty-three-year-old Liu Bowen went to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty to take part in the joint examination and passed the Jinshi examination in one fell swoop."

"Zheng Fuchu praised Liu Bowen's father during a visit. Liu Bowen was so outstanding that he would definitely be able to bring glory to the Liu family in the future."

"Liu Bowen is different. He can recite it fluently after just silently reading it twice."

"Liu Bowen is upright and upright and has won praise from the people."

"Liu Bowen completed the Spring and Autumn Classics without much effort."

Liu Bowen advocated the theory of satire, advocated equal emphasis on reason and spirit, emphasized the style of the times in literature, and valued the active role of literature in society.

His practical literary thoughts played an important role in sweeping away the weak literary style in the Yuan Dynasty and revitalizing a new generation of literary style in the early Ming Dynasty.

Liu Bowen's explanation of the meaning and mutual relationship of Li and Qi is not only an understanding of the constituent elements and causes of changes in the world, but also a theoretical basis for making contributions in troubled times.

"The officials in the county government who were corrupt and violated the law were also punished. The social atmosphere in Gao'an County soon improved."

"Liu Bowen was diligent in his duties, enforced the law strictly, and quickly made political achievements."

It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Bowen played a decisive role in the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

"Liu Bowen left the imperial school when he was seventeen years old, studied Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism under the famous scholar Zheng Fuchu, and received a Confucian education in the application of classics."

Liu Bowen participated in planning military plans such as the pacification of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and the plan was a great success.

All these are Liu Bowen's achievements, which are admirable.

"During Liu Bowen's five years in office, the principle of handling local affairs was to be considerate of people's sentiments but not to condone illegal behavior."

"Liu Bowen's grandfather, Liu Tinghun, was involved in astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical divination and other knowledge. He once served as the imperial eunuch of the Yuan Dynasty."

Zhu Di: Liu Bowen played the role of a think tank and made great contributions in assisting Emperor Taizu to eliminate the heroes, overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, and establish the Ming Dynasty.

"Due to the influence of his grandfather, Liu Bowen was erudite and proficient in classics, history, and astrology."

"The teacher admired him very much and secretly praised Liu Bowen as a genius who will definitely not be an ordinary person in the future."

"I was admitted as a scholar at the age of twelve, and all the elders in the countryside called me a child prodigy."

"Da Ming Code" has epoch-making significance in the history of the legal system. It not only inherits the fine tradition of Chinese law formulation before the Ming Dynasty, but also is a historical summary of the compilation of legal documents in various dynasties before the Ming Dynasty.

"This is a Confucian classic that is obscure, concise and profound, and difficult to understand."

"The teacher was very surprised when he saw this. He thought he had read it before, so he tried several other passages, and Liu Bowen could accurately explain the meaning."

"And he can also express some opinions based on the meaning of the text, and talk about some opinions that have not been said before."

"It was not until three years later that Liu Bowen was appointed as the magistrate of Gao'an County, Jiangxi Province by the Yuan Dynasty court, assisting the county magistrate in handling government affairs."

Liu Bowen was determined to make great achievements and was most concerned about the general trend of fortune and events. Therefore, he paid more attention to the topic of the relationship between reason and qi in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

Liu Bowen has a position that cannot be ignored in the creation of the "Da Ming Code". His legal thoughts are almost consistent with the legal purposes of the "Da Ming Code" and laid the ideological foundation for the composition of the "Da Ming Code".

"Due to the chaos and wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen stayed at home for three years."

Liu Bowen's literary works contain extremely distinctive characteristics of the times and reflect the spiritual fashion of an era.

Liu Bowen had many personal achievements, and his political thoughts mainly focused on five aspects: benevolence and righteousness, people-oriented, talents, rule of law, and education.

"Liu Bowen is from Zhejiang. He has been very smart since he was a child. He loves reading and has strong learning ability. His teacher admires him very much."

"Liu Bowen, who was fourteen years old, entered the government to study and studied the Spring and Autumn Classics with his teacher."

Liu Bowen was not a corrupt scholar who only held book dogma. He also advocated applying what he learned, which was of great theoretical and practical significance and played a major role in the development of the Ming Dynasty.

"After Liu Bowen listened to the people's cries, he was filled with righteous indignation and determined to eliminate harm for the people."

"Liu Bowen did not shy away from power when it came to people's reports, so he was loved by the local people."

"But because of Liu Bowen's integrity, the local gentry hated him deeply and always wanted to find trouble to frame him."

"Thanks to the trust of the superiors and subordinates in Liu Bowen's character, we were able to avoid disaster."

"After resigning, Liu Bowen returned to Qingtian."

"Then the imperial court recruited Liu Bowen to serve as the deputy elevator of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and also as the provincial examiner."

"Later, because he was accused of supervising the censorship, he did not get the support of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government, and he was given a lot of blame."

"Liu Bowen had no choice but to submit a letter of resignation for about one year."

"In 1346 AD, Liu Bowen accepted the invitation from his friend Ouyang Su."

"I came to Dantu with Ouyang Su and lived in the Jiaoxi Bookstore near Ouyang Su's home, and lived a semi-secluded life."

"I make a living by teaching the children in the village how to read, and occasionally keep in touch with some friends."

"After Liu Bowen ended his semi-secluded life in Dantu for about two years, he joined the crowd again."

"Liu Bowen came to live in Hangzhou, and his wife gave birth to a son for him, Liu Lian."

"During the four years in Hangzhou, Liu Bowen interacted with some foreigners from time to time, and also interacted with some literati who were well-read in poetry and books."

"A few years later, Xu Shouhui captured Hangzhou. Before he captured Hangzhou, Liu Bowen took his family back to his hometown."

"Not long after returning to my hometown, an official document came from the court."

"The imperial court appointed Liu Bowen as the capital of the Marshal's Office of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. His main task was to help the local officials pacify the thieves in eastern Zhejiang, especially Fang Guozhen."

"Zuo Cheng of the Great Yuan Dynasty wanted to recruit An Fang Guozhen, but Liu Bowen believed that the Fang brothers were the chief offenders, and he would not be able to punish his successors unless he punished them."

"Fang Guozhen bribed the government and was eventually recruited and given an official position. Instead, he accused Liu Bowen of being domineering."

"Liu Bowen resigned in anger and returned to his hometown to express his dissatisfaction with the corruption and obscurity of the Yuan Dynasty."

Kangxi: Liu Bowen cut off ninety-eight dragon veins in his life. Fortunately, he missed the dragon vein that belonged to our Qing Dynasty. This gave our Qing Dynasty the opportunity to take over the Central Plains.

Legend has it that each dynasty has its own dragon vein, and the emperor will build his tomb on the dragon vein, a geomantic treasure land, to bless the prosperity of his descendants.

It is said that one day, Zhu Yuanzhang had a strange dream, in which a golden dragon came straight towards him.

After waking up, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly asked Liu Bowen to figure out whether the dream was bad or good.

Liu Bowen calculated with his fingers and told Zhu Yuanzhang that this dream was ominous, indicating that someone would covet the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, this person is not a threat yet. He only needs to be eliminated as soon as possible to keep the country safe.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked how to get rid of this person, and Liu Bowen said that just cut off the dragon's veins.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered Liu Bowen to serve as the dragon-slaying envoy to find the dragon vein of the disaster.

All dragon veins outside the Zhu family must be cut off, and they must not be allowed to threaten the Zhu family's vitality.

According to Liu Bowen's calculation, there are ninety-nine dragon veins in the world.

Liu Bowen set out according to the order and searched all over the country, using various methods to destroy these dragon veins.

However, a wise man must make mistakes. Liu Bowen destroyed ninety-eight dragon veins, but missed one, which was the dragon vein of Changbai Mountain.

And the dragon vein of Changbai Mountain is their Manchu dragon vein.

Whether Liu Bowen really missed it or let it go on purpose is unknown.

Cutting off dragon veins is an act that goes against heaven. It is a heinous act and has broken so many Feng Shui dragon veins.

Perhaps Liu Bowen was afraid of backlash and deliberately held back a hand for the sake of the stability of the old Liu family's future generations.

In his opinion, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to repeatedly experience the resurgence of multiple emperors was to escape from danger time and time again and continue on its path.

It was because of Liu Bowen's human intervention, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would have been unable to survive long ago.

But no matter what, the world now belongs to his Qing Dynasty, and their royal family has already sent heavy troops to closely guard this dragon vein in Changbai Mountain.

"In 1359, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jinhua and pacified Kuocang Mountain. I heard that Liu Bowen and Song Lian were famous."

"Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly invited Liu Bowen to take office, and Liu Bowen came to serve and at the same time presented the "Eighteen Policies on Current Affairs"."

"Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and specially built the Lixian Hall to accommodate Liu Bowen and others. He was very fond of him."

"A year later, Liu Bowen was invited by Zhu Yuanzhang to Yingtian Mansion, appointed him as an adviser, and asked him for advice on conquest strategies."

"Liu Bowen believes that Zhang Shicheng is obsessed with defense and there is no need to worry. He should first plan to attack Chen Youliang."

"After Chen Youliang's death, Zhang Shicheng was left alone and could be pacified by sending troops."

"Then march troops to the northern Central Plains, and the great cause will be achieved. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy after hearing this."

"It happened that Chen Youliang captured Taiping at this time and marched eastward along the river with great momentum."

"Some of the generals suggested surrendering, while others suggested running away and occupying Zhongshan."

"Liu Bowen disagreed, and believed that we should not escape, but should wait for the enemy troops to penetrate deeper and then catch them all in one fell swoop."

"Zhu Yuanzhang adopted Liu Bowen's strategy to lure Chen Youliang to come and defeat Chen's army."

"Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Liu Bowen with a reward for defeating the enemy, but Liu Bowen refused."

"After that, Chen Youliang's army captured Anqing again, and Zhu Yuanzhang planned to lead the army in person this time."

"Liu Bowen strongly agreed with this, so he immediately sent troops to attack Anqing and marched westward."

"Chen Youliang unexpectedly defeated Zhu Yuanzhang."

"During the war, Liu Bowen's mother passed away, and Liu Bowen did not request to go home for burial until after the war."

"It was also the time when the Miao army guarding Jinhua rebelled. Liu Bowen came to Quzhou and made announcements on behalf of the general to appease the subordinate counties. He also planned to recover Chuzhou, and then the turmoil was put down."

"Fang Guozhen has always been afraid of Liu Bowen, so he wrote a letter to express his condolences."

"Liu Bowen wrote back to declare Zhu Yuanzhang's power and virtue, and Fang Guozhen came to pay tribute."

"Soon, Liu Bowen returned to Nanjing, and at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to personally support Anfeng."

"But Liu Bowen thought it was not possible to send troops yet, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to Liu Bowen's opinion."

"Chen Youliang took the opportunity to surround Hongdu, and Zhu Yuanzhang regretted it very much."

"So Liu Bowen personally led the army to rescue Hongdu and fought against Chen Youliang at Poyang Lake."

"Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the Hu bed supervising the battle. Liu Bowen was waiting on the side. Suddenly he jumped up and shouted, urging Zhu Yuanzhang to change ships."

"Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly moved to another ship. Before he could sit down, the flying cannon hit the original ship and shattered it immediately. Zhu Yuanzhang escaped."

"Chen Youliang thought Zhu Yuanzhang was successfully murdered and was very happy."

"But Zhu Yuanzhang's ship was advancing again, which shocked the Han soldiers."

"Liu Bowen requested that the troops be transferred to Hukou to guard the main road."

"And based on the relationship between the five elements, we calculated the day when Jin defeated wood, and decided to decide the outcome on that day." "After the war, Chen Youliang ran away and died."

"Later, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Zhang Shicheng and made a northern expedition to the Central Plains."

"In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang finally completed his imperial career, which was basically the same as what Liu Bowen had planned."

Zhang Juzheng: Liu Bowen was able to make uncanny calculations. He made seven predictions in his life, and all of them came true in the end.

Liu Bowen predicted that the Ming Dynasty was almost at an end.

Emperor Taizu once asked Liu Bowen whether the Zhu family's empire could be passed down forever.

Liu Bowen replied that the Zhu family would be passed down to thousands of descendants, so there was no need to worry.

This is the wisdom of speaking. In the end, Chongzhen, the grandson of Emperor Wanli, committed suicide and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.

Liu Bowen predicted that eunuch chaos would be the internal cause of the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

After Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he granted more than 20 sons fiefdoms to protect them from foreign enemies.

But Liu Bowen thought it would cause a war. Unexpectedly, it did, and Emperor Chengzu took the throne.

Later, the East Factory and the West Factory were established, which led to eunuchs intervening in politics.

Liu Bowen prophesied that he hoped Emperor Taizu would deal with unjust cases.

At that time, there was a serious drought. Liu Bowen observed the sky and predicted that there would be disasters. He hoped that Emperor Taizu would deal with the unjust case.

After Liu Bowen settled the matter for Emperor Taizu, it rained heavily.

Liu Bowen predicted that laws and regulations should be made stricter.

As a result, Emperor Taizu established the Hongwu rule and became famous throughout the ages.

Liu Bowen predicted that the Yuan Dynasty would perish within eight years.

At the age of forty-nine, Emperor Taizu invited Liu Bowen to serve as his first counselor.

Emperor Taizu asked when the Yuan Dynasty would be destroyed, and Liu Bowen predicted that it would be within eight years.

Sure enough, eight years later, Emperor Taizu established the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Bowen predicted that instead of fighting on multiple fronts, we should concentrate our forces to solve the problem.

At that time, Emperor Taizu did not get much territory and was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Liu Bowen suggested that Emperor Taizu concentrate his forces to attack one place and defeat them one by one. However, Emperor Taizu was worried that enemies would attack from behind.

Liu Bowen gave reassurance, saying that they all thought that he was the boss and it was impossible to unite together.

Sure enough, when Emperor Taizu attacked others, everyone else was watching the fun. Who knew it would be his turn next.

Liu Bowen predicted that he could not get rid of the title of Xiao Ming Wang.

The so-called Xiao Ming Wang is the boss of the rebel army, and everyone below him has his or her own power.

And Liu Bowen predicted that if he got rid of King Xiao Ming, this person might be attacked by a group of people.

All of Liu Bowen's predictions have come true, and it is not really possible to calculate.

Rather, he is very wise, analyzes problems through superb knowledge, and takes a long-term view.

"In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Liu Bowen as Taishi Ling, and Liu Bowen presented the "Wushen Datong Li"."

"Liu Bowen observed the sun, moon and stars and saw that Mars had reached the position of the heart and was motionless, so he asked Zhu Yuanzhang to issue an edict to blame him."

"There was a severe drought, and Liu Bowen asked for judgment on the backlog of cases, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to redress unjust cases."

"Liu Bowen also requested the establishment of a legal system to stop indiscriminate killing and promote the rule of law, and thus prevented Zhu Yuanzhang from killing people."

"Haining surrendered three days later. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and released all the prisoners."

"Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Liu Bowen as Yushi Zhongcheng and Taishi Ling."

"In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne of emperor."

"Liu Bowen wrote a letter requesting the establishment of a military and military law to specify tax standards for various regions."

"Tax revenue has increased slightly in all places, except in my hometown Qingtian County, which has left a good reputation in my hometown."

"Zhu Yuanzhang went to Bianliang, while Liu Bowen and Left Prime Minister Li Shanchang stayed in Nanjing."

"Liu Bowen said that lessons should be learned from the tolerance and indulgence of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and discipline should be rectified."

"At the same time, the censor is ordered not to have any scruples in picketing and impeachment. All criminals, regardless of their status, must be dealt with according to law."

"Li Bin, the capital of Zhongshu Province, was convicted of corruption and indulgence. Li Shanchang was always close to Li Bin, so he asked Liu Bowen for leniency in Li Bin's case."

"Liu Bowen refused to accept it and immediately killed Li Bin."

"Liu Bowen also had disagreements with Li Shanchang because of this matter, and those who resented Liu Bowen also slandered him."

"It happened that at this time, because of the drought, I was asking for advice. Liu Bowen submitted a remonstrance to allow the surrendered enemy troops to be included in the military to avoid harming peace. Zhu Yuanzhang adopted his advice."

"It happened that Liu Bowen's wife passed away at this time, so he asked to retire and return to his hometown."

"In the winter of this year, Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote an edict in recognition of Liu Bowen's meritorious service, summoned Liu Bowen to Beijing, and rewarded him generously. He posthumously awarded Liu Bowen's grandfather and father the title of Duke of Yongjia."

"Zhu Yuanzhang planned to promote Liu Bowen to the title many times, but Liu Bowen refused to accept it."

"At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded Prime Minister Li Shanchang for something."

"But Liu Bowen excused him, saying that he was a meritorious person."

"Zhu Yuanzhang heard this and asked Liu Bowen to be the prime minister."

"When Li Shan resigned as prime minister, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to make Yang Xian the prime minister. Yang Xian had always gotten along well with Liu Bowen."

"But Liu Bowen makes a clear distinction between public and private affairs, and bluntly said that the position of prime minister requires a fair and impartial character, and Yang Xian does not have such ability."

"Zhu Yuanzhang asked Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong how they were doing."

"Liu Bowen was not afraid and bluntly said that neither of them was good."

"Zhu Yuanzhang still believed that Liu Bowen was the only candidate for prime minister, but Liu Bowen just told Zhu Yuanzhang to search for him with all his heart and declined the position of prime minister."

"After that, Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang, and Hu Weiyong were all executed by Zhu Yuanzhang."

Yongzheng: Zhu Yuanzhang massacred the founding fathers. If Liu Bowen had not been clever, he might not have been able to escape the end of the rabbit.

In order to strengthen the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to bear the infamy of killing heroes.

Even Liu Bowen, whom Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to invite as an official, did not intend to let him go.

Zhu Yuanzhang tried to kill Liu Bowen several times, but Liu Bowen cleverly avoided it.

Once, Zhu Yuanzhang finally made up his mind to kill Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen suddenly shouted that he couldn't write a word, so Zhu Yuanzhang had to let him go, and finally saved his life.

In his later years, Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion became more and more serious, and the disaster of death also befell Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen was so smart that not only Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of his superiority, but other ministers in the court were also afraid of him.

Prime Minister Hu Weiyong was the person who hated Liu Bowen the most.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang once asked Liu Bowen about the choice of prime minister, Liu Bowen was the first to say that Hu Weiyong was not suitable.

So with Hu Weiyong fanning the flames all day long, Zhu Yuanzhang called Liu Bowen to raise troops to investigate.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and Liu Bowen was late.

The situation at that time was that Hu Weiyong found someone to frame Liu Bowen, and when he was idle at home, he went to work in the fields. He practiced witchcraft with the intention of rebelling, which made Zhu Yuanzhang just want to kill him.

When Liu Bowen came to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang asked what he was doing at home these days.

Liu Bowen replied calmly. He was thinking about a word at home.

This unconventional answer disturbed Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking. He followed Liu Bowen's words and asked what word he was thinking about.

Liu Bowen told him that it was the word "pardon", but Zhu Yuanzhang only found it funny.

Such a learned person didn't know how to write the word "pardon", so he picked up the pen and wrote the word "pardon" on the paper.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bowen quickly knelt down and kowtowed, shouting thanks to the emperor for his grace.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang realize that Liu Bowen was setting him up.

But you have no joke, let alone black words on a white background, Zhu Yuanzhang has to recognize it.

So Liu Bowen saved his life, hurried back to his hometown, and never got involved in political affairs again.

Compared with the fate of other founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty who were executed, Liu Bowen's ending was undoubtedly the best.

"In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang made a great achievement and appointed Liu Bowen as the founding official of Yiyun Shou Zhengwen. He was granted the title of Uncle Chengyi and his salary was two hundred and forty stones."

"The following year, Liu Bowen was allowed to retire and return to his hometown."

"Liu Bowen has an upright temperament, hates evil as much as hatred, and is at odds with many people."

"Liu Bowen returned to the mountains and lived in seclusion. He could only drink and play chess alone, and never mentioned his achievements."

"In the late first month of the eighth year of Hongwu, Liu Bowen was infected with wind and cold."

"After Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he sent Hu Weiyong to bring the imperial doctor to visit."

"The imperial doctor prescribed the medicine, and Liu Bowen took the medicine as ordered, cooked it, and took it. He felt as if there were some uneven stones squeezing together in his stomach, which caused him great pain."

"In mid-February, Liu Bowen went to see Zhu Yuanzhang due to illness, and tactfully reported to Zhu Yuanzhang that Hu Weiyong brought the imperial doctor to visit him, and that he became even more unwell after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor."

"After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he just said some comforting words in an understatement to ask Liu Bowen to relax and recuperate, which made Liu Bowen quite chilled."

"In late March, Liu Bowen, who could no longer move freely, left the capital and returned home under the escort of Zhu Yuanzhang's special personnel."

"After returning home, he refused all the medicinal stones that his relatives and villagers found for him, and just maintained a normal diet as much as possible."

"A few days later, Liu Bowen knew that his days were running out, so he called his two sons, Liu Lian and Liu Jing, to explain the funeral arrangements."

"Finally, he died of illness in his hometown on the 16th day of the fourth lunar month at the age of sixty-five."

"In the eighth year of Emperor Wuzong's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court posthumously awarded Liu Bowen the title of Grand Master and the posthumous title of Wencheng."

"In the tenth year of Emperor Shizong's Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty, he passed the suggestion of the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment and discussed it with the ministers."

"Everyone agrees that Liu Bowen's ingenious plot and the grand plan to seize the Central Plains designed by Liu Bowen are so great that they deserve to be honored in the temple of Emperor Gao."

"Later Jiajing personally issued an edict to agree to this matter, and asked Liu Bowen's ninth grandson Liu Yu to inherit the title of earl."

Zhu Yuanzhang: Bowen is indeed our son-in-law. It can be expected that we will ask Hu Weiyong about his last words after killing him.

After Liu Bowen died of illness, his eldest son Liu Lian immediately presented an astronomical book non-stop.

After asking, he learned that this was Liu Bowen's arrangement during his lifetime, and he also knew that the descendants of the Liu family would not learn this knowledge from now on.

The moment he learned the news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, now that the world is at peace, he no longer wants anyone to study this astronomical book.

Later, Hu Weiyong was executed. He suddenly remembered that Liu Bowen might have his last words and asked Liu Lian if this was true.

Before Liu Bowen died, he left his last words on how to govern the world.

If you want the world to be stable and eternally peaceful, the key to governance is a cycle of tolerance and strength.

What the court must do most now is for those in office to cultivate morals as much as possible, and the laws should be as brief as possible.

If those in power can lead by example and influence the masses with morality, the effect will be better than punishment and the influence will be far-reaching.

Once subordinates or people make mistakes, they are more able to put themselves in the other person's shoes with a benevolent mind, and the punishment they decide will definitely achieve the purpose of convincing people fairly and warning them to reform.

And if the law can be as concise as possible, it will be easy for people to understand and abide by it.

This can prevent the people from being at a loss and establish the court's credibility and good image of benevolence.

In this way, God will bless me with eternal peace in the Ming Dynasty.

If it were the original historical trajectory, he must ensure the smooth inheritance of the Ming Dynasty, and he would definitely not adopt Liu Bowen's last words.

But now that Biao'er can successfully inherit the throne, he can listen to Liu Bowen's last words.

(End of this chapter)