Liu Bowen fell into the hands of Hubei native Chen Youliang in the 16th year of Taisho. At that time, he was already famous all over the world. Many of the Han king's subordinates persuaded him to take it as Mr. Qingtian for his own use. However, Chen Youliang was headstrong and did not have too much control.
Liu Ji takes this person very seriously.
Firstly, Liu Ji regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, and secondly, he also saw that this man did not look like someone who could win the world, so he deliberately pretended to be a scholar who had nothing to do but just talk. As expected, it didn't take long for him to succeed in making Chen Youliang not pay attention to him.
Distraught, fewer and fewer people were sent to "serve" him. Success allowed him to take the opportunity to run away.
However, Chen Youliang said something that made Liu Ji feel that he was still a bit capable, "If Guruo met Song Shizu, he would naturally switch sides and disown his armor in order to benefit Han and Yue; if he was lucky enough to meet Song Taizu, he would plan to take over the whole river.
If you advance into the Central Plains of the map, if you retreat, you will divide the world into two parts."
His Majesty Shizu is of course unique and invincible, even Liu Ji, who was already disappointed with the Song Dynasty authorities, thought so.
However, the imperial court was no longer able to control the south. Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang were fighting fiercely. He took a long detour to reach western Zhejiang. He didn't even dare to return home, so he went directly to the home of his good friend Song Lian. Coincidentally, he
Their teacher was Huang Shu, a former student of the Hanlin Academy and the minister of Taichang Temple.
The teacher has an extraordinary background. He is the ninth-generation grandson of Huang Fang, the uncle of Huang Tingjian, the great writer of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the fifteenth-generation grandson of the Shuangjing Huang family. He is also a famous originalist, litterateur and historian.
Liu Ji was talented and easy to learn. He was taught literacy by his father. He read very fast and was said to be proficient in all seven elements. He passed the scholar examination at the age of 12 and was called a "child prodigy" by the village elders. When he was 23 years old, Liu Ji went to
Yanjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, participated in the joint examination and passed the Jinshi examination in one fell swoop. The examiner at that time was Huang Shu, so although he was not a disciple of Huang Shu like Song Lian and Gao Zecheng, he could still be said to be a disciple of Mr. Wen Qian.
At that time, Huang Huang attached great importance to this young man. He repeatedly recommended this young man to the then Emperor Song Xianzong and Prime Minister Zhang Yanghao, saying that this man was "a man who has learned a lot about heaven and has both civil and military talents; he has a strong spirit and a great talent." He believed that this man was a man of great talent.
He is an unprecedented talent and must be put to good use.
But Liu Ji's misfortune was that Zhang Yanghao, the prime minister of his generation, passed away because of old age. Then Emperor Xianzong, known as the "Little Shizu", also ruled Bintian. His teacher Huang Shu was marginalized and soon resigned and returned home.
The ten-year "Reign of Taiding" disappeared like floating clouds together with the wise kings and wise ministers. The world, which had already had big problems, became increasingly chaotic. Lands were annexed, refugees were everywhere, and maritime merchants gathered wealth that even exceeded the national treasury. But Liu Jina
When he was still young, he was far from disappointed with the Song Dynasty that gave birth to him and raised him. A year later, he was appointed as the magistrate of Gao'an County, Jiangxi Province. During his tenure, he was diligent in his duties, enforced the law strictly, and soon made political achievements.
Because he studied the original teachings in his early years and firmly believed that "practice makes true knowledge", he often traveled to the countryside incognito and discovered that some wealthy gentry and landlords in Gao'an County colluded with corrupt officials, were lawless, defrauded people of money, took away wives and daughters, and committed murder and murder.
It would be strange if the world could be better if there was such lawlessness. Liu Ji was filled with indignation and determined to eliminate harm for the people. After conducting overt and covert investigations and grasping the real evidence, he petitioned the court for severe punishment of several notorious bullies, and also accused the county government of corruption and perversion of the law.
Officials were also punished, and the social atmosphere in Gao'an County soon improved. Liu Ji was upright and upright and won praise from the people.
But the so-called rot is definitely not just local. The current imperial court no longer has a censor Zhongcheng like Zhang Jun and Hu Yin, or even a censor like Li Guang. The people who came for the transfer first heard that Liu Ji was from a famous family.
His disciples still wanted to drag him into trouble, but Liu Ji would join in the same trend. In the end, he actually "oppressed good people". If the teacher hadn't worked for him, he would have been dismissed from office and exiled.
Young Liu Ji could not stand such anger, so he immediately resigned and went home to study. However, due to livelihood problems, Liu Ji accepted the invitation of his friend Ouyang Su and came to Dantu with Ouyang Su.
He lived in the Xi Bookstore and lived a semi-secluded life for a period of time. He supported himself by teaching reading to the children in the village, and occasionally interacted with friends such as Yue Hunan and Tao Kai.
In the twelfth year of Taisho, the Song Emperor and Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Qiyan appointed him as the envoy of the Zhejiang Road System. His main task was to help the local government pacify the thieves in eastern Zhejiang, especially Fang Guozhen. Tie Tuo, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council, was born in Mongolia.
In order to recruit Fang Guozhen, Liu Ji believed that the Fang brothers were the chief offenders and would not be punished unless they punished them. However, in this world, money is more important than knowledge. In the end, Fang Guozhen bribed the government and was successfully recruited and given an official position. Instead, he blamed Liu Ji
Liu Ji was good at power and fortune. In anger, Liu Ji resigned for the second time and returned home to express his dissatisfaction with the corruption and ignorance of the imperial court.
For this reason, he also wrote in a correspondence with his good friend Song Lian: "The saint king appears, the famous ministers appear, Jingkang and Jianyan are separated by a thin line, the distance between the monarchs and ministers of the two dynasties is more than a thousand miles?" He almost scolded a bunch of ignorant monarchs and sycophants in Yanjing City.
But so far, he only plans to return to the countryside and make a living by teaching and writing like his mentor Zheng Fuchu, a famous scholar in Chuzhou. He hopes that future generations may produce another emperor.
Until he met the man in his life: Zhu Yuanzhang.
It was the autumn of the 18th year of Taisho. This monk from Fengyang had already occupied his hometown. Hearing about the reputation of Liu Ji and Song Lian, he came to invite him all night. Unfortunately, they were both educated people and lacked physical strength, so they failed to run.
, was "invited" to Yingtian like this.
As the saying goes, a scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out. Liu Ji also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled because he really couldn't survive. Moreover, since he took charge, he had treated his subordinates and the people in the occupied areas as a bunch of anti-king Bodhisattvas, so he also looked up to him.
, gave him advice, and based on the situation at that time, he proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang to avoid fighting on two fronts and defeat each other. In addition, he also suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang should break away from the "Little Ming King" Han Lin'er to establish his own power on the one hand, but on the other hand use the name "Da Ming" to recruit
The hearts of the people in the world. But if you want to accept his official position and formally break with the Song Dynasty, I'm sorry, I, Liu Ji, am the queen of Liaoyang County Prince Liu Yan, Shi Mu Guoen, and there is no way I can do this.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he was still very courteous and virtuous. He curiously said: "Song Shizu, the hero of the world, is indeed worthy of allegiance, but he was only twenty years old after his death."
The Song Dynasty was in chaos, are his unworthy descendants worthy of your death?"
If it hadn't happened just now, he wouldn't be so shocked. He sent people to Qufu to recruit Yanshenggong to surrender. He had already succeeded, but the descendants of King Han Shizhong of Qin, who were the general soldiers of Shandong (later restructured), heard about it and actually killed the Kong family.
There were more than 20 people in his direct lineage, and then the Ming army who lost to him led his whole family to self-immolate.
Liu Ji was not polite and said: "The ancestors expelled the Tartars, restored China, equalized the land and exempted taxes, and the history books of his lifetime achievements are difficult to measure. After that, Xuanzong and Wuzong were all wise kings. Since the king has reached this stage, it is inevitable to pass the position to his sons and grandsons.
, Can you guarantee that your descendants will all be wise kings? If your descendants become immoral and the people of the world turn against your family and the country, does it not matter?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said flatly: "No, we come from a poor background, and our children and grandchildren must know how to cherish the people's power. There will not be such a thing." Seeing Liu Ji's look of "You are just deceiving yourself and others", he was very angry.
He came and said: "Even if the future generations are unworthy, we will formulate ancestral precepts in every aspect and tell them what to do. Song Shizu did this because he did not believe in the law of eternity."
Then he said: "I am only in my thirties this year, and my standards are not bad. In short, I can give the people a good life. I think Song Shizu valued the people more than his own country. We don't believe he is willing to look at it.
People like you are living in seclusion when people like you are dying of hunger everywhere. In this world, the living are more important."
Liu Ji was silent, and then Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more courteous. Even Mrs. Ma often brought her maids to give him some clothes and pens. Finally, a year and a half later, Liu Ji said: "Now Chen Youliang has captured Taiping (today's Dangtu County, AH) and wants to go eastward.
The momentum is very arrogant. Does your Majesty want to listen to my advice?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. In the first year of Wu (1367), Zhu Yuanzhang made Liu Ji the Taishi Ling.
From then on, another turbulent meeting between kings and ministers began.