Why is Zhuge Liang inferior to Liu Bowen?

Zhuge Liang was praised by later generations as "the first loyal minister through the ages". Undeniably, Zhuge Liang held a high position in Shu Han at that time, and at the same time, as prime minister, one person was above ten thousand people. At this time, Zhuge Liang had the opportunity to usurp the throne, but Zhuge Liang did not do so, which was in sharp contrast with Sima Yi of Cao Wei. Zhuge Liang devoted his life to death.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhuge Liang was admired by later generations. Only after Zhuge Liang's death, Shu Han went downhill. It is worth mentioning that Zhuge Liang tried his best to assist Liu Chan during his tenure as Prime Minister. However, after Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan began to run amok and took sides with villains, such as eunuch Huang Hao.

Liu Chan's reuse of Huang Hao led to the demise of Shu Han. After Zhuge Liang came out to assist Liu Bei, the national strength of Shu Han continued to rise, but in the period of Liu Chan, the ruler of Hou Shu, Zhuge Liang launched the Northern Expedition, which made Shu go downhill. From the perspective of later generations, the Northern Expedition was politically correct.

But the problem is, militarily, Zhuge Liang's northern expedition directly led to the decline of national strength after Shu. This is undeniable. After Zhuge Liang died of illness, people began to build temples for Zhuge Liang spontaneously, and Zhuge Liang was sacrificed by later generations. Today, there are still Wuhou temples in many places. Compared with Liu Bowen in later generations, Zhuge Liang's ending and evaluation are much better than Liu Bowen's.

People must have heard of a saying that "the world is three distinct, and Liu Bowen is unified; Zhuge Liang, a former strategist, and Liu Bowen, a later strategist. " The problem is that Zhuge Liang's ending is much better than Liu Bowen's. In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen was one of the founding heroes. Now it seems that Liu Bowen advised Zhu Yuanzhang and was an important member of Zhu Yuanzhang Group.

The experiences of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen are almost identical. Zhuge Liang was Liu Bei's first counselor and Liu Bowen was Zhu Yuanzhang's first strategist. Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen are almost evenly matched in strategy, and both assist their respective masters to make contributions. Only Zhuge Liang didn't help Liu Bei unify the whole country, but Liu Bowen helped Zhu Yuanzhang unify the whole country.

So now, why are the endings of two people in sharp contrast? The earliest Liu Bowen lived in seclusion in the mountains and lived in seclusion. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang got the information of the counselor and went to visit. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the situation in Liu Bowen was very different from that at that time. Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in making contributions, but after the stability of the Ming Dynasty, the situation changed.

After the stability of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang began to kill Sifang. Especially for the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, Liu Bowen knew his fate was not much better. Why don't you resign and go back to your hometown? After returning to his hometown, Liu Bowen lived in seclusion, just like when he was not out of the mountain. Liu Bowen took the initiative to quit politics, just to support his life.

But Liu Bowen still didn't escape from Zhu Yuanzhang's palm. Liu Bowen was highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang once proposed that Liu Bowen be the prime minister, but Liu Bowen refused. Since then, Yang Xian, Hu, and others have been elected as prime ministers. As we all know, none of these people have a happy ending. I have to say that Liu Bowen is far-sighted.

Liu Bowen is by no means the same as other scholars. Historical records record that Liu Bowen is "magnificent in appearance, but grand in section, and his theory of world security is meaningful". In today's words, Liu Bowen is more like a Liangshan hero. Liu Bowen's principle of distinguishing between good and evil made him offend many officials in the imperial court. At that time, North Korea and Liu Bowen were repeatedly excluded by Prime Minister Li Shanchang.

At the end of his hometown, Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't trust Liu Bowen. When Liu Bowen was seriously ill, Prime Minister Hu went to visit him. At this time, Liu Bowen took Hu's medicine. Liu Bowen died soon after taking this medicine. This inevitably makes people think. Zhu Yuanzhang has a precedent of impeded people, so we have to suspect that Liu Bowen's death is related to Zhu Yuanzhang.