Why did Zhu Yuanzhang kill Liu Bowen? The struggle between Huaixi School and Dong Zhe School

Liu Ji, nicknamed Bowen, was resourceful, farsighted and unpredictable. He was the first counselor of Zhu Yuanzhang to win the world and establish the Ming Dynasty. However, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Ji was only given the second-class title-sincerity. Although he enforced the law like a mountain and gained the upper hand in the struggle with Li Shanchang, the leader of Huaixi School, he was eventually victimized by Li Shanchang's confidant traitor Hu. Behind all this, there is always an invisible hand dominating his fate until the end of his life. ,

Huaixi School and Dong Zhe School started this struggle.

After solving the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a series of policies aimed at restoring production and life, and achieved good results. But at this time, the internal contradictions in the imperial court became fierce again, and the ministers were divided into two factions and started a new struggle based on the region.

These so-called factions are actually hometown associations, and everyone speaks the same dialect. The largest association under Zhu Yuanzhang was Huaixi Group, and the president should be Zhu Yuanzhang, but considering that he was also the emperor, Li Shanchang was the agent at that time. This group has a large number of people, including Li Shanchang, Guo Xing, Guo Ying, Tanghe, Zhou Dexing and the late Chang Yuchun. It can be said that these people started as Zhu Yuanzhang's team. At that time, people were proud to speak Huaixi dialect when they met.

Who is Li Shanchang and why is he the first hero? This person is mainly responsible for logistics and government affairs. If Liu Ji is compared to Sean, then Li Shanchang is Xiao He. I have been following Zhu Yuanzhang to win the world, and I am tired after the horse. The logistics work is not good, and he is thankless. Zhu Yuanzhang was a wise man, so after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he took Li Shanchang as the first hero and appointed him as the Prime Minister.

Li Shanchang's character is generous in appearance, but narrow-minded. Whoever dares to have a hard time with him must solve each other. As the saying goes, the wicked have their own grinding. Huaixi Group soon met its rival, namely Dong Zhe Group, and its leader was Liu Ji.

The two groups fought under the nose of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang seems very interested and ready to watch a good play.

Liu Ji executed Bing Lin and made an enemy with Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang was cited as the first hero by Zhu Yuanzhang, and was named Han Gong in the third year of Yu Hongwu (1370), which was remarkable, because Zhu Yuanzhang only sealed six Gong at that time, and the other five were Xu Da, Chang Mao (the son of Chang Yuchun), Li Wenzhong, Sheng Feng and Deng Yu, all of whom were famous in blood and fire, which was unexpected. He is also the duke's only civil servant.

In contrast, Liu Ji also made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang's farmland, but he was named Cheng Bo (Earl). Intriguingly, his salary is also the lowest in Ors, with an annual salary of only 240 stones, while Li Shanchang has 4,000 stones, ten times that of Liu Jiduo.

Liu Ji strategized and won thousands of miles, and played an important role in many important decisions. Why does he only get such treatment? In fact, this problem is not so difficult to explain. Zhu Yuanzhang is a man with a strong sense of place. Li Shanchang is his hometown. For many years, he only worked behind the scenes and never stole the show.

Working hard, such a person Zhu Yuanzhang is at ease. Relatively speaking, Liu Ji is a foreigner, and more importantly, Liu Ji's judgment on things is often more accurate than him!

From the battle of Longwan to the rescue of Anfeng, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of it, and he also thought of it. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think of it, but he did. If you were the emperor, would you allow such a person to be around? Moreover, these decisions are not the policies of daughter-in-law, but the tactics of Machiavellian tactics. Coup is very useful, and Liu Ji's larded school is also very deep. From time to time, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that he advised himself not to save Han Liner. Who knows if he will do the same to himself in the future.

Just don't kill him. Do you still want a reward?

Liu Ji was clever all his life, but he also ignored this point. This also determines that it is difficult for him to become a winner in this struggle.

In the first year of Hongwu, the two sides met for the first time. At that time, the supervisory organization was modeled after the imperial platform established in the Yuan Dynasty. Liu Ji was an official in the imperial history, that is to say, he was the leader of the official, and the advantage at this time was on Liu Ji's side.

The trigger of this conflict was a man named Bing Lin, who was Li Shanchang's confidant. He was arrested by Liu Ji for breaking the law. After finding out the crime, Liu Ji decided to kill him. When Zhu Yuanzhang was away, Li Shanchang went to Liu Ji to intercede, but Liu Ji refused to eat hard or soft, and reported the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and ordered the immediate execution of Bing Lin. It's a pity that this reply just fell into the hands of Li Shanchang. He dared not hide it, but he was furious. He thought of an excuse to save the life of his cronies. He believed that Liu Ji would not refuse his plea as long as he said this excuse.

He found Liu Ji and said to him, "It hasn't rained in Beijing for a long time. Your husband is familiar with astronomy, so you shouldn't kill people at this time. Li Shanchang is a wily old fox. He knew that Liu Ji knew a lot about astronomy and used it as an excuse. If Liu Ji insists on killing Bing Lin, he can blame Liu Ji for the fact that it didn't rain. There was no weather forecast at that time, and God knows when it will rain.

However, Liu Ji's answer is: "If you kill Bing Lin, it will rain!"

Bing Lin was killed in this way. Li Shanchang was enraged, and he began to prepare for his first counterattack.

If Liu Ji dares to say so, it should be said that he is sure. He does know astronomy and meteorology, but the problem is that even today's weather forecast is sometimes inaccurate.

Liu Ji is unlucky this time. It hasn't rained for a long time. When Zhu Yuanzhang came back, Li Shanchang's long-accumulated energy broke out, and he incited many people to attack Liu Ji. Zhu Yuanzhang is a wise man. He didn't embarrass Liu Ji. But Liu Ji knew that he couldn't stay here any longer, so in August of that year, he took time off and went back to his hometown.

Before he left, Zhu Yuanzhang was hot-headed and wanted to build his capital in Fengyang, Anhui. At the same time, he is actively preparing for an expedition to the North Yuan. Liu Ji gave Zhu Yuanzhang his last advice. It is absolutely impossible to build Fengyang as the capital, and Beiyuan still has strong strength, so it is not appropriate to send troops easily. Later facts proved that he was right again. It should be said that Zhu Yuanzhang at that time understood Liu Ji very well. He told Liu Ji's son that all the civil servants in the Qing Dynasty were a clique, and only Liu Ji had nothing to do with them. I'm a smart man and I won't treat him badly.

Zhu Yuanzhang was really fooled by Liu Ji this time. Liu Ji is not a good man and a good woman. Before he left, he had laid down his own chess piece-Yang Xian. Yang xian is Liu Ji's best friend. He got Liu Ji's instructions to take over the suggestion and prepare to counterattack Huaixi Group.

Hu walked from behind the scenes to the stage.

This Yang Xian is not simple either. He kept a low profile, supported Gao Jianxian and others, and used the official position to continuously collect black materials from Li Shanchang. He often reported to Zhu Yuanzhang that Li Shanchang had neither talent nor virtue and could not be entrusted with an important task. Zhu Yuanzhang was not a fool. He knew what the purpose of yang xian's remarks was. At first, he was unmoved and trusted Li Shanchang. But after a long time, he gradually had an opinion of Li Shanchang and criticized Li Shanchang. In November, Liu Ji was recalled and entrusted with an important task. Huaixi Group was completely suppressed, and Dong Zhe Group began to gain the upper hand.

Dong Zhe Group is about to become the winner, and Li Shanchang is very worried. He knew that he had become the target of public criticism, and Huaixi Group was in jeopardy, so it was inconvenient to go into battle in person and openly challenge Huaixi Group. He thought about it, why not learn from Liu Ji? Find a spokesperson, but this person can't be too prestigious and easy to control. So he took a fancy to Hu, but what he didn't expect was that this choice finally sent him to the point of no return.

Hu is from Li Shanchang. He followed Zhu Yuanzhang very early, but he was never satisfied. He is always a small official like a magistrate. But he is a capable man. After being approved by Li Shanchang, he became the new leader of Huaixi Group. The struggle will eventually end in his hands.

There is a saying: people are not as good as heaven. Just as Dong Zhe Group was in the spring breeze, it was ready to go all out to attack Huaixi, and things changed again. Because Liu Ji's words are too direct, in our words today, he has no communication skills. Many people began to speak ill of Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him. Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious of this resourceful first adviser, so there was a conversation that later decided Liu Ji's fate.