Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen to calculate how long he could be in office. Why did Liu Bowen say that he was stolen for four years after 35 years?

Zhu Yuanzhang went from a poor man with nothing to the founder of the Ming Dynasty. There are many talents around him, such as Chang Yuchun, Xu Da and Liu Bowen. Like every emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang longed for immortality, but he knew very well that it was just an empty idea. So he asked Liu Bowen, his counselor, how many years he could remain in office. Liu Bowen fingers count. It was thirty-five years, but it was stolen for four years.

Zhu Yuanzhang one leng, reminded by Liu Bowen. Zhu Yuanzhang remembered a past event. At that time, he had not embarked on the road of uprising. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang was fishing by the river. He caught 35 carp and put them in a basket. At that time, a young man named Chen Si passed by and became greedy. So Chen Si pretended to play with Zhu Yuanzhang, but he actually took four carp while Zhu Yuanzhang was unprepared. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang found out and chased him to his house. He just smiled and returned the carp. Sure enough, as Liu Bowen said, Zhu Yuanzhang died in his thirty-first year in office.

In fact, the stolen four years are just a joke. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang died after thirty-one years in office is not only the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard to govern the country, but also the blow of his spiritual partner Ma Huanghou's death before him. Ma Huanghou accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang from poverty to prosperity, knowing each other all the way. They are the people who know each other best. In addition to mourning Ma Huanghou, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a move of never giving in.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, a greater blow came from the death of Prince Zhu Biao. The grief of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man made Zhu Yuanzhang so sad that he could not even get out of bed. So some people speculate that the blow of these two things is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was young for four years.