Liu Bowen's legendary life is the epitome of Liu Bowen's ingenious calculation.

Liu Bowen's legendary life: Liu Bowen in the story of storytelling is a household name in China. His name is Liu Ji, whose name is Bowen. In folk stories and literary works, he is often ingenious, unpredictable, insightful and powerful. "Knowing 500 years before, knowing 500 years after" is a fairy figure. Folklores are vast and far-reaching, but the real Liu Bowen in history is unknown. People only know that he helped Zhu Yuanzhang build a prosperous country and was the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. However, what kind of person is the real Liu Bowen in history, what kind of legendary life he has, and are many stories about him true or false? Liu Ji is very talented, but he is very studious. He is very clever. Inspired by his father, he is very eager to learn. Reading is extremely fast, and it is said that seven lines come down. 12 years old, a scholar, and rural elders call him a "prodigy".

In the first year of Taiding (1324), 14-year-old Liu Ji entered the county (that is, the official school) to study. He studied the Spring and Autumn Classics with his teacher. This is an obscure and profound Confucian classic, which is difficult to read, especially for beginners, who just finished reading the book and don't understand its meaning. Liu Ji, on the other hand, can not only meditate twice, but also express himself implicitly according to the meaning of the text and say something that no one has said before. The teacher was surprised to see this, thinking that he had read it before, so he tried several other paragraphs, and Liu Ji could understand them and know the main points. The teacher admired him very much and secretly praised him as "a genius, and he must not be an ordinary person in the future!" "Liu Ji didn't spend much time learning a classic of Spring and Autumn Annals.

Taiding four years (1327), Liu Ji was seventeen years old. He left the official school and studied Neo-Confucianism under Zheng Fuchu, a famous scholar in Chuzhou, and received Confucian classics education. In an interview, Zheng Fuchu praised Liu Ji's father and said: "Your ancestors accumulated profound virtues and sheltered future generations; This child is so excellent that he will shine in front of your house in the future. "Liu Ji is well-read, and everyone reads, especially astronomy, geography, art of war and mathematics. He has a special hobby, devoted to research and thinking, and is very proficient. Once, I visited Huizhou, the hometown of Neo-Confucianism in Zhu Cheng, and learned that there was a Liu Jiafu Chuanshan in Nanxiang, Shexian County, so I explored Chuanshan (the main peak rested at the stern of the boat). It turns out that there is a complete Zoroastrianism society hidden here, which not only discovers the magic of Taoism, but also meets a large number of Zoroastrianism saints. Liu Ji's modesty, eagerness to learn and outstanding intelligence enabled him to learn and master a fortune here.

In the first year of Tong Yuan (1333), 23-year-old Liu Ji went to Yuan Dadu (present-day Beijing) to take the exam, and won the scholarship in one fell swoop. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, there was chaos and wars, and he lived at home for three years. In the second year of Zhiyuan (1336), he was named as Jiangxi Gaoan County Cheng by Yuan Dynasty. He did his duty and enforced the law strictly, and soon made achievements. He went deep into the countryside and observed the people's feelings. He found that some landlords and gentry in Gao 'an county colluded with corrupt officials, were lawless and cheat people, robbed women and killed people. Liu Ji listened to the cries of the people, filled with indignation and determined to kill them. After in-depth investigation and mastering the real evidence, we resolutely punished several bullies and also rectified the officials of the county official's son who took bribes and perverted the law. The social atmosphere in Gao 'an County improved quickly. Liu Ji's integrity won the praise of the people. During his five years as an official, the principle of dealing with local affairs is "be strict with others", be sympathetic to people's feelings, but not forgive illegal acts; For traitors, it is not to avoid power. Therefore, he was loved by the local people, but because of his integrity, the local gentry hated him and always wanted to find trouble to frame him. Fortunately, the officers and men trusted him, so they were saved from disaster. After resigning, Liu Ji returned to Qingtian for three years (1343), and the court recruited him as the deputy envoy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Confucianism and the provincial examiner. Later, due to the suggestion and supervision, he could not get the support of the minister of the DPRK and was criticized many times. He had to write to resign for six years (1346). Liu Ji accepted the invitation of his good friend Ouyang Su, followed Ouyang Su to Dantu, lived in Jiaoxi Bookstore near Ouyang Su's home, and lived a semi-secluded life. Make a living by teaching children in the village to read, and occasionally come back with friends such as Moon and Tao Kai.

In the twentieth year of Zheng Zheng (1360), Zhu Yuanzhang invited him to Yingtian (now Nanjing) and appointed him as Zhu Yuanzhang's counselor. In view of the situation at that time, Liu Ji proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang the strategy of avoiding two-line operations and building one by one, which was adopted. Zhu Yuanzhang concentrated his forces to destroy Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and other forces successively. Liu Bowen also suggested that Zhu should break away from the independent forces of "Da Ming", and on the other hand, he should take the name of "Da Ming" to attract the hearts and minds of righteous teachers all over the world.

In the first year of Wu (1367), Zhu Yuanzhang took Liu Ji as the official order, and Liu Ji presented Wu Shen Dali. Comets appear in the heart, indicating that there are soldiers and disasters. Liu Ji asked Zhu Yuanzhang to write a letter for himself. When the weather was bad, Liu Ji asked to deal with the grievances that had been accumulated for a long time. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered Liu Ji to * * *, and heavy rain fell from the sky. Liu Ji took the opportunity to demand the establishment of a legal system to prevent indiscriminate killing. Zhu Yuanzhang was about to execute the prisoner at this moment. Liu Ji asked what the reason was, and Zhu Yuanzhang told him his dream. Liu Ji said: "This is a good sign of gaining territory and winning people's hearts. We should stop punishing and wait for the opportunity." Three days later, Haining surrendered, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy. He gave all the prisoners to Liu Ji and let them go. Before long, Liu Ji was awarded the order of becoming a teacher.

In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), Liu Ji caught a cold. When Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he sent Hu to see the doctor. The physician made a prescription, and he came back to decoct the medicine according to the prescription. He felt as if there were some uneven stones crowded together in his stomach, which was very painful.

In mid-February, Liu Ji came to see Zhu Yuanzhang when he was ill, and told him tactfully that Hu had come to visit the doctor, and he felt even more uncomfortable after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor. Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang simply said some words of comfort to let him relax and recuperate, which made Liu Ji quite chilling. In late March, Liu Bowen, accompanied by Mclynn Killman Liu and Zhu Yuanzhang's task force, left Beijing for home. After returning home, he refused all the medicine stones found by his relatives and the village, just trying to maintain a normal diet.

A few days later, Liu Ji knew that the future was numbered, so he found two sons to explain the aftermath. After he finished the account, he asked Mclynn Killman Liu to bring a gobbledygook from his study and said to him, "After my death, you should present this book to the emperor immediately without delay; From now on, don't let our descendants of the Liu family learn this knowledge. " He also said to his second son Liu Z: "The essence of politics lies in combining leniency with severity. What the imperial court must do now is to cultivate morality as much as possible, and the law should be as concise as possible. Those who are in office on weekdays, if they can lead by example and influence the masses with morality, the effect will win over the punishment and have a far-reaching impact. Once a subordinate or person makes a mistake, he can put himself in others' shoes with a kind mind, and the sentence will certainly be fair to others and alert people to turn over a new leaf. If the law can be as simple as possible and easy for people to understand and abide by, we can avoid people being at a loss, and we can also establish the credibility of * * * and a good image of benevolent people. In this way, God will help me live forever. " He went on to say: "I originally wanted to write a detailed suicide note to tell the emperor my last thoughts and lessons, but Hu is still here, and it is useless to write it." However, when Hu was defeated, the emperor would definitely think of me and ask you my last words. Then you can secretly play my words to the emperor! " Finally, he died in his hometown on April 16 of the lunar calendar at the age of 65. In June, he was buried in the summer countryside.