Liu Jizi Bowen, originally from Qingtian, Zhejiang, was a strategist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, served as an official for decades, made important contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and was named Sincerity Bo in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Liu Bowen is also a famous philosopher and writer in history, and is one www.biquge.info of the three masters of poetry and literature in the early Ming Dynasty, many of which have been handed down to the present. These include literary works, as well as in-depth studies of books on the art of war, geography, mathematics, and astronomy. From accepting Zhu Yuanzhang's invitation, he later became the first strategist around him, helping Zhu Yuanzhang overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and restore the rule of the Han people. Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world, Liu Bowen was naturally crowned an official. Because Liu Bowen is an upright official and dedicated to the country, he is deeply respected by Ming Taizu. Liu Bowen is indifferent to fame and fortune, open-minded, proficient in astronomy and geography, and good at calculation, and even later generations named him a god. But such a mythical character died very strangely in the end, so how did Liu Bowen die? I summarize a lot of wild histories and official histories to summarize Liu Bowen's life in this way.

Liu Bowen was honest and impartial in the court, and was hostile to Li Shanchang and other ministers, and the Huaixi faction in the court was Zhu Yuanzhang's descendant at that time, so Liu Bowen's style angered the Huaixi magnates. Later, he was repeatedly slandered by Ming Taizu, and finally gradually lost the trust of the emperor. Once, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to take down the high-ranking and powerful Prime Minister Li Shanchang, thinking that Liu Bowen had a bad relationship with him, so he wanted to borrow Liu Bowen's hand to deal with him, but he didn't expect Liu Bowen to say good things for Li Shanchang instead, which made Liu Bowen guess Zhu Yuanzhang's intention to punish important ministers. Later, Liu Bowen's wife died, and he returned to his hometown under the pretext of holding a funeral. After returning to his hometown, Liu Bowen has been living a simple life, drinking and playing chess every day, but everyone who is an official avoids it. But Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was not worried about Liu Bowen, and forced him to return to Beijing to retire, always under his own surveillance. Although Liu Ji has always kept a low profile, he still cares about the country, but he was framed by Hu Weiyong when he returned to his home, until Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed Liu Ji as an official. Liu Bowen was depressed and fell ill from then on. Hu Weiyong brought the imperial doctor over to see a doctor, Liu Bowen became more and more serious after taking the medicine, and felt that there was something similar to a stone in his body squeezing, so he told Ming Taizu, but he didn't expect Ming Taizu to react coldly. Three months later, when Ming Taizu sent someone to visit, Liu Bowen couldn't get out of bed, so he asked him to go back to his hometown Qingtian, and soon Liu Bowen died, but this is also written in many official histories, but I think there are many doubts in it.

Now it is highlighted in many film and television works that he was poisoned by Hu Weiyong. At that time, Liu Bowen was indeed sick, but after taking the medicine brought by Hu Weiyong, the illness became serious. This reason is also possible. Just imagine, if he is the imperial doctor of the dynasty, how can he prescribe the medicine that makes the patient not feel good but serious? Moreover, Hu Weiyong was already extremely hostile to Liu Bowen. But speculate further and find that Zhu Yuanzhang was the one behind the killing of Liu Bowen. Hu Weiyong dared to do this, it was definitely Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, although Liu Bowen was Hu Weiyong's opponent in the court, but Liu Bowen had already left the officialdom at that time, and he would not cause a conflict with him, and he would not be guilty of poisoning Liu Bowen. And with Liu Ji's reputation at that time, even if Hu Weiyong was the prime minister, he would never dare to do anything to poison Liu Ji. Look at Zhu Yuanzhang again, he has long been suspicious of those heroes, afraid that they will threaten his country, and wants to get rid of them, Hu Weiyong happened to be used by him. If Zhu Yuanzhang really trusted Liu Bowen, Hu Weiyong would not have succeeded. And Zhu Yuanzhang tested whether a person was loyal to him, and it was always one word, death. Although Liu Bowen was deified in later generations, he definitely has his own merits, but when he encounters such a suspicious emperor, he will inevitably end up like this. But now that I think about it, Ming Taizu's method of dealing with the people around him is the same, and it is recorded in the official history that it seems that only Tang He was not persecuted because he was dying of a stroke.