Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Millennium Prophecy: "Song of Biscuits" in the Mist

When Liu Bowen was 50 years old, he came out to assist Zhu Yuanzhang, who was 33 years old. In 1364, Liu Bowen was 54 years old.During these four years, he transformed an inconspicuous separatist regime and became the number one hegemon in southern China.Later generations said that he can turn decay into magic, which is too exaggerated, but it is a fact that he can turn stones into gold. When Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself King Wu in the first month of 1364, he had already regarded himself as the emperor in his heart.This is indeed the case. In the first month of that year, his fellow countrymen and his most trusted comrades-in-arms Li Shanchang and Xu Da asked him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.He couldn't restrain his excitement in his heart, but although he was an adventurer, he was extremely politically savvy. At this time, although there was no harm in proclaiming himself emperor, there was no benefit either.So he hypocritically declined and said: "War horses are still galloping on the battlefield, people are still running with shouts, the world is uncertain, the destiny may not be with me, so don't act rashly."

He seems to have forgotten the letter he wrote to Chen Youliang on Poyang Lake, but Liu Bowen did not forget it.Between the lines in the letter, he put himself in the place of destiny, and put Chen Youliang in the furnace against the sky: "Don't do deceitful things, immediately revoke your title of emperor, and wait for the arrival of the true man. Otherwise, the family will be ruined and everyone will die." , it’s too late to regret.” At that time, the Battle of Poyang Lake was only on the second day, and Zhu Yuanzhang was clearly at a disadvantage.Liu Bowen was very surprised to have such a rampant tone in such a situation.But after Liu Bowen was surprised, he saw through Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. This is a man who wants to be an emperor and wants to be crazy.Three months after his victory in the Battle of Poyang Lake, Liu Bowen was taken aback when he calmly refused to proclaim himself emperor amidst the support of the crowd.This person's rationality and self-control are so strong, it is really rare in the world, at least in that era!

Standing on the altar of Liu Bowen's supernatural wisdom, one can understand why Zhu Yuanzhang did not proclaim himself emperor but only king.First, King Xiaoming is still alive in Chuzhou, and everyone in the world, including grass, trees, fish and insects, knows that Zhu Yuanzhang is King Xiaoming's subordinate.If Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself emperor, what should his leader, King Xiao Ming, be called?In other words, with King Xiaoming around, at least in terms of reputation, he would not be able to claim the title of emperor. However, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang in 1364, this matter was nothing.What really worries him is that although Chen Youliang is gone, he still has enemies."We cannot ignore any enemy," he said.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's account, he had four enemies.The first one is the Polo Timur who was captured alive by Fang Guozhen many years ago, and later became at odds with Wang Baobao. In 1364, Polo Timur occupied Hebei and violated the Yuan government. than usual.A few years later, he made the Ming Empire established by Zhu Yuanzhang restless; the third was Li Siqi and Zhang Liangbi, who occupied Guanzhong; the last one, and the closest enemy to Zhu Yuanzhang, was Zhang Shicheng. According to Liu Bowen, the first three of these four enemies are not to be feared, at least in a short period of time, they will not threaten Zhu Yuanzhang.Polo Timur occupies Hebei. Although there is a considerable number of troops, the military discipline is too poor to fight tough battles.Wang Baobao was in Henan, and his military discipline was strict, but there were too few soldiers.As for Li Siqi and Zhang Liangbi, there is nothing to worry about, because the Guanzhong they occupy is seriously short of food, and self-protection is a problem.

Liu Bowen finally said: "Our biggest enemy is naturally Zhang Shicheng. This man needs an army, an army, and food. If you want to eliminate him, you must judge the situation and give him the most fatal blow at the best time." Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "When is the best time?" Liu Bowen looked towards the sky. At that time, it was raining heavily in Yingtian City, and there was a rain curtain hanging on the eaves.Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang stood side by side under the eaves watching the rain.Liu Bowen didn't give Zhu Yuanzhang an answer, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't continue to ask.Over the past few years, the two seemed to have formed a cold tacit understanding. Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Liu Bowen would definitely say what he should say, and when he didn't say it, it proved that the time was not yet ripe, so there was no need to ask.

A few years later, Liu Bowen participated in the formulation of laws with Zhu Yuanzhang's permission.He put forward a mindset that has influenced Zhu Yuanzhang for many years: law enforcement must be strict, and it must be inhumane.He said: "The fall of the Yuan Dynasty was too lenient. Therefore, the real law should be like this: once it is formulated, it should not be changed unless it is not at an extraordinary moment. Everyone must be under the framework of the law. Worship the law, and law enforcers must strictly act in accordance with the law. The law is sacred and inviolable, and even the king himself has no right to amend or indulge in the law."

This legal spirit in ancient China was not Liu Bowen's enlightenment.For thousands of years, some conscientious law enforcement officers in China have tried their best to maintain the dignity of the law.However, when they face powerful criminal suspects, even if they talk eloquently, they cannot maintain the dignity of the law. In ancient China, the people who broke the law and defiled the law were sometimes the emperor himself, and sometimes it was the people who were trained by the emperor to sit in honorable positions.In fact, it was not they themselves who violated the law, but the slaves under them.These people are not only enemies of the emperor, but also enemies of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang once asked Liu Bowen: "Where is my enemy?" Liu Bowen told him: "The greatest enemy of man is not outside but inside." Where is the enemy. The hero Xu Da was the first person to be called by Zhu Yuanzhang to lecture, because his family members relied on his power to do evil in Yingtian City.They don't know the hardships behind the master's creation of these feats. They think that the master can have today's glory and must benefit them.Therefore, they became proud and domineering. They didn't pay for buying vegetables in the vegetable market, and they took a motorcade that exceeded the specification when they went out.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Xu Da: "You followed me all the way through all the thorns and thorns. You finally got to this point. Don't be ruined by those dogs. You have to control them well, otherwise, not only will they regret it, but you will also regret it one day. " Xu Da broke out in a cold sweat after hearing these words.When he got home, he didn't take off his official uniform, so he gathered the servants to give a lecture, and even killed a few chickens to make an example to the monkeys. Liu Bowen said long ago that the enemies of the empire are those who break the law.And those who dare to break the law must be those who think they are powerful.Once this kind of person indulges, the consequences will be disastrous.

However, this kind of warning did not play a big role for Zhu Yuanzhang at the time.Zhu Yuanzhang is not a philosopher, he can't understand deep problems, he just knows that his enemies are those warlords with soldiers and territories.He often spoke to his generals about discipline, but only on a routine basis.In fact, he didn't take such an enemy to heart at all. It wasn't until after he unified China that the unruly civil and military ministers made him follow Liu Bowen's warning.Unfortunately, it was too late, and routine speeches could no longer solve the problem, only a butcher's knife could be used.

Liu Bowen was in Yingtian City when he was 54 years old.Ying Tiancheng was cloudy and rainy, and there was no sunshine for three months. There were blue-gray raindrops in the air, which wet his face.He stretched out his hand, and it soon became wet. Then he thought of the net of the law, and later, he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's enemies.Later, he stood in the rain and entered the realm of becoming one with the rain, thinking about nothing. Liu Bowen stood in the best state of his soul for a long time, and suddenly someone came to take a picture of him, and he jumped back to reality from the dream.Looking at the rain, it felt heavy. When he turned around, he glanced at Nanchang (in 1363, Zhu Yuanzhang established Hongdu Mansion as Nanchang Mansion), and cried out in his heart, no, Nanchang has changed! At the end of 1364, Liu Bowen said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Pay attention to Nanchang." Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, and said: "Zhu Wen is in Nanchang." Liu Bowen said again: "Then pay attention to Zhu Wenzheng." Before Liu Bowen said that sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang had never paid attention to Zhu Wenzheng. Pay attention to this "attention". In the political circle, whoever is "attention" will be in trouble.In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Wenzheng will never be unlucky.The wizard who had nailed Chen Youliang to Nanchang City for three months was a dazzling star in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.But for the "Battle of Hongdu", many people overestimated it.As we talked about earlier, after Nanchang City was rebuilt by Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang's extremely powerful siege weapon-the battleship was useless.Chen Youliang's rise in southern China was often due to the navy.He was a typical paranoid, overemphasizing the Navy's superiority in his mind.When Zhu Wenzheng was guarding Nanchang City, there were only 20,000 people, and Chen Youliang had 600,000, but the ability of these 600,000 people to attack the city was very poor.The reason why Zhu Wenzheng was able to defend Nanchang City is that he did have a certain degree of dispatching ability—Nanchang City is relatively large, but he was able to allocate 20,000 people reasonably, and he was able to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall in times of crisis; The opponent's attack power is average. When Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the past about Zhu Wenzheng, the first thing he thought of was the defense of Hongdu. He knew how valuable this defense was to his strategy.But from Chen Youliang's point of view, the gains and losses of Nanchang City are like floating clouds, because his purpose of attacking Nanchang is to attract Zhu Yuanzhang to come to the decisive battle.Therefore, only he, who has become a ghost, knows whether he used all his strength when attacking Nanchang City.This also shows that although Zhu Wen is talented in defending the city, it is far from as high as what later generations said. Under Liu Bowen's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his face to the southwest and looked towards Nanchang City that day.A frivolous face appeared in front of his eyes, and the owner of this face was Zhu Wenzheng. Zhu Wen is the son of Zhu Yuanzhang's brother Zhu Xinglong. Zhu Xinglong died early, and his wife led Zhu Wenzheng to wander around.After Zhu Yuanzhang's revolutionary cause improved slightly, Zhu Wenzheng and his mother came to join Zhu Yuanzhang.In the subsequent war, Zhu Yuanzhang found that although this nephew was willful and frivolous, he was brave and good at fighting.In the battle of capturing Yingtian, Zhu Wenzheng took the lead and rushed into Yingtian City first, which won Zhu Yuanzhang a lot of face.Zhu Yuanzhang once asked him what kind of official he wanted when discussing rewards for meritorious deeds.Zhu Wenzheng replied very sensiblely: "Uncle, you have really achieved a great career, so why not be rich. First give relatives official titles and rewards, how can you convince the public?" Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleasantly surprised and deeply pleased by his nephew's insight.You must pay attention to Zhu Wenzheng's words. He didn't say no rewards, but wanted the biggest rewards. In 1363, after Zhu Yuanzhang recaptured Nanchang from Chen Youliang, the only person in his mind to guard Nanchang was Zhu Wenzheng.Before Chen Youliang attacked Nanchang City, Zhu Yuanzhang received a secret letter from some officials in Nanchang City, saying that Zhu Wen was ignoring political affairs in Nanchang City and spending his days and nights.They were very worried whether Nanchang City would be lost again in the hands of such a libertine.What is shocking is that when Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops approached the city of Nanchang, Zhu Wenzheng made a super transformation, pushed away the wine glass, kicked away the woman in his arms, washed and dressed, and then dispatched troops, He concentrated on defending Nanchang City. As you know, he defended very well, and the defense of Hongdu was almost perfect. As soon as Chen Youliang withdrew from Nanchang City, Zhu Wenzheng took off his war robe, put on the most exquisite silk robe in the world at that time, held a wine glass with his hands that still smelled of blood, hugged the beautiful woman, and began to sing and dance. When Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang were fighting to the death in Poyang Lake, he was drunk in Nanchang City.Even those closest to him can't understand him. In normal times, he is a playboy, but in times of crisis, he can immediately enter the role of a savior.If Zhu Yuanzhang is unfathomable, then his nephew Zhu Wenzheng is fickle.You can guess what Zhu Yuanzhang will do next according to his logic, but you will never be able to guess what Zhu Wenzheng will do next. After the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang did not reward anyone heavily. He never thought that Zhu Wenzheng would question his behavior.Because in his mind, Zhu Wenzheng knew the general situation very well, as evidenced by his refusal to grant the reward at the beginning. Liu Bowen reminded Zhu Yuanzhang after the Battle of Poyang Lake, asking him to pay attention to the unsung heroes in this war.These unsung heroes are of course not soldiers floating on Poyang Lake, but people who did not participate in the Battle of Poyang Lake but made outstanding contributions to the Battle of Poyang Lake.For example, the troops stationed at Wuyangdu did not fire a single shot, but they deterred Chen Youliang from fleeing south; another example is Zhu Wenzheng. If Zhu Wenzheng hadn't held Chen Youliang back, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have had sufficient time to prepare. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Chen Youliang came to attack Nanchang City to fight me decisively. Even if he captured Nanchang City, he would come to Poyang Lake. And we have deployed heavy troops along the Yangtze River to Poyang Lake. That is to say, Zhu Wen His meritorious service is not as great as people think." This became his psychological basis for not rewarding Zhu Wenzheng after the Battle of Poyang Lake. He wishfully believed that Zhu Wenzheng could understand this matter and that Zhu Wenzheng was detached from it. Zhu Wenzheng cannot be detached.In the later period of the Battle of Poyang Lake, Chen Youliang sent people to Nanchang City to rob grain. After he repelled the enemy, he asked his subordinates complacently: "Who do you think has made the greatest contribution in this war?" Their subordinates knew what the master wanted to answer, and said in unison: "It's you." Zhu Wenzheng accepted this answer very bluntly, and said: "I delayed Chen Youliang for three months before my uncle had time to make sufficient preparations. Now I have cut off Chen Youliang's food supply, and he has become a tree without roots. You Look, this kind of feat, the light can compete with the sun and the moon." In his consciousness, he thought that what he said was correct, and he hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would also agree with this statement.Because it is true that he has not been promoted in the past few years, this time, even the reward of beating the drums and passing flowers, it is his turn.But he soon slipped into the abyss of disappointment, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not make any encouraging rewards for him. At first he walked up and down the room, talking to himself, and then yelled as if possessed.In the end, he put himself into the world of bliss. In this world, there are beautiful women, fine wine, the most pleasing singing and dancing, and men's lewd smiles. His subordinates also became fascinated with him, and someone actually persuaded him to take refuge in Zhang Shicheng.Zhu Wenzheng was horrified when he first heard this suggestion, but later in the endless carnival, his horrified mood was miraculously calmed down.He believes that this proposal has its certain truth.In troubled times, too many people's loyalty has not been cultivated, and it is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Just when he was about to give play to this instinct, Liu Bowen reminded Zhu Yuanzhang to pay attention to Nanchang City.Zhu Yuanzhang was dubious, but still sent envoys to Nanchang City.The envoy came back and reported that something was wrong with Zhu Wenzheng.According to his observation, Zhu Wenzheng hides a restless heart under his disheartened appearance. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already shown the characteristic of fear of "preferring to believe what is there, not to believe what is not". He then sent envoys to Nanchang City, and specifically asked the envoys to find out whether Zhu Wenzheng was playing with things and losing his mind, or had ulterior motives. Existing historical materials can no longer prove whether Zhu Wenzheng really betrayed Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, or even whether he had the intention to betray Zhu Yuanzhang.However, reports from many envoys pointed out that Zhu Wenzheng did have resentment, and the resentment was very strong. Zhu Yuanzhang was trembling with anger, anyone can betray, only Zhu Wenzheng has no reason to betray.Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to scold Zhu Wenzheng. Zhu Wenzheng was terrified. Maybe at this moment, he really wanted to betray Zhu Yuanzhang. It is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to give him such an opportunity. In the first month of 1365, Zhu Yuanzhang came to Nanchang City in person, but did not go ashore, and called Zhu Wenzheng to see him.Zhu Wenzheng threw away his wine glass, kicked away the beautiful woman, put on his official uniform hastily, and trotted all the way to Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhu Yuanzhang was standing at the bow of the boat, while Zhu Wenzheng was swaying from side to side, and finally knelt down, leaning forward and backward, like a tumbler. A strong smell of alcohol rushed into Zhu Yuanzhang's nose, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?" Zhu Wenzheng was trembling all over and didn't speak. Zhu Yuanzhang asked "what do you want to do" three times in a row, but Zhu Wenzheng never gave an answer.Maybe, he didn't know how to answer at all.If he said, I was wronged, Zhu Yuanzhang would ask, I didn't even say what you did, why did you say you were wronged?You say you are innocent, which is a crime in itself.If he said, I don't want to do anything, Zhu Yuanzhang would say, don't you do too much! After Zhu Wenzheng was detained to respond to the day, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Liu Bowen: "Mr. is really predictable, this kid really wants to rebel." Liu Bowen said: "I didn't ask you to pay attention to his rebellion. Lost Nanchang." Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, he misunderstood.But he couldn't admit it, he said: "Mr. and I thought about it together." We have no way of knowing whether Liu Bowen was telling the truth, but it was these words that made Zhu Wenzheng punished for capital punishment and was imprisoned until he died. When Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised, Liu Bowen said another sentence: "The southeast will lose a good general." This sentence is extraordinary. Several years later, it was this sentence that gave birth to Liu Bowen's most mythical scene-the birth of Shaobing Song. On the day of the first month of 1365, Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang meaningfully, and Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be in a fog.Liu Bowen said: "The southeast will lose a good general." Zhu Yuanzhang disagreed. Now is the time of war, people die every day, and generals die every day.But Liu Bowen said: "I don't know who it is yet, but now he is walking on the road to the underworld." In the sixth month of the lunar calendar in 1365, Hu Shen, who joined the army of Zhu Yuanzhang's Wu Wangfu, died in Fujian Province.Liu Bowen's words became a prophecy. Hu Shen is a famous general, and he is a good general.There are few generals like him who do not regard other people's lives as trifling.Hu Shen and Liu Bowen worked together under Shi Moyisun's tent in the early years. Liu Bowen's evaluation of him was that he was versatile in both civil and military affairs.Once force is used, it is to go all out, regardless of the outcome, and never look back. Hu Shen is a child prodigy. His innate advantages and hard work made him famous in his hometown Chuzhou at a young age.He is familiar with a subset of classics and history, and can draw wisdom from books. At the same time, like Liu Bowen, he has profound attainments in divination and astrology.After the chaos in the southeast, he looked at the sky at night and said: "The air in the east of Zhejiang is completely white, and a catastrophe is coming." So he sold his property, gathered strong and strong men to form an army, and went to Shima Yisun. When Liu Bowen was under Shi Moyisun's tent, it was the beginning of his great friendship with Hu Shen.This great friendship did not heat up, so Liu Bowen left Chuzhou and returned to his hometown of Qingtian. In 1359, Zhu Yuanzhang's corps attacked Chuzhou, and Hu Shen commanded soldiers from Longquan, Qingyuan, Songyang, and Suichang counties, preparing to retreat and resist tenaciously.But the scholars and people of the four counties petitioned him one after another, asking him to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang's corps in order to save the lives of the people. Hu Shen looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Da Yuan treats me well, how can I have the heart to do such a scandal!" The representatives of the people of the four counties said to him: "You have led the army for several years and worked diligently, but the court has not rewarded you at all. It is because the country has failed you. How can you feel wronged by the country?" A flash of light flashed in Hu Shen's mind, thinking that during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xun guarded Suiyang, and at the last moment of the battle, the people in the city ate each other. Zhang Xun took out his concubine for the soldiers to eat, but he refused to surrender. Zhang Xun's astounding act of weeping ghosts and gods has made future generations evaluate him in two ways: one believes that he is a person who is loyal to the government and should be vigorously promoted; but there is also a view that if Zhang Xun surrenders, , then there would not be so many tragedies in Suiyang City, causing people to eat people.Everyone has the right to live. Zhang Xun uses other people's lives to show his loyalty, and doesn't take other people's lives seriously at all. He is simply a scumbag. Hu Shen is facing this problem now. In the end, he went against Zhang Xun and opened the door to welcome Zhu Yuanzhang's army into the city. The people in the four counties were safe and sound. When Zhu Yuanzhang invited Liu Bowen several times, Hu Shen wrote to Liu Bowen, imploring him to think about the common people in the world and come out to assist Zhu Yuanzhang.Liu Bowen understood Hu Shen's surrender behavior very well, because Hu Shen is a person who takes other people's lives seriously.In his reply letter to Hu Shen, Liu Bowen pointed out: "I am different from you, Hu Shen. You are truly a common man if you surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang, but I don't have the lives of the people in the four counties in my hands, so I have a choice to rely on Zhu Yuanzhang, but you No. From this point of view, you are nobler than me." A person's nobility is determined by a pure soul, and a pure soul is a person's conscience.Conscience is the heart of right and wrong, and the heart of right and wrong is knowing how to distinguish between good and evil.Knowing what is good and doing it; knowing what is evil and not doing it can make a person enter the palace of the noble. After Hu Shen took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, he has been engaged in military conquest and administrative management in Chuzhou.Under his management, Chuzhou quickly recovered from the ruins of the war.When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the vibrant Chuzhou, he couldn't help asking Song Lian: "How about Hu Shen?" Song Lian replied: "He is talented in both civil and military affairs." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yes! He is my shield in eastern Zhejiang." Chen Youding, commander of the Fujian Military Region of the Yuan government, did not believe in Hu Shen's barrier. In February of the lunar calendar in 1364, Chen Youding led the main force to attack Chuzhou, and eastern Zhejiang was shaken. Chen Youding and Chen Youliang have nothing to do with each other. Chen Youding is from Fuqing, Fuzhou (now Fuqing, Fujian Province). Shen Yong is resourceful, loyal, and has strong social communication skills, so he has a wide network of contacts.When he was a child, he released cranes to the landlord's house, and he was deeply moved by the noble character of the cranes.When he drove the cranes away and let them fly, he secretly vowed in his heart that he would soar into the sky like these big birds in the future.After he was in his twenties, he went to work at the post station of the Yuan government in Fujian province, and was soon promoted to station master. In 1352, a peasant armed force of more than a thousand people galloped across the local area, and the officers and soldiers had nothing to do.Chen Youding took the initiative to invite Ying, and when this small army of peasants came to the post station to ask for war horses, he hosted a banquet for them, secretly collected their weapons, and killed them all when they were drunk.After the leader of the peasant armed forces heard the news, he led people to take revenge.Chen Youding set up an ambush on their way and wiped them out in one fell swoop.The Yuan government was very satisfied with his performance and gave him an administrative establishment. In 1352, Chen Youding, the crane, began to dream of flying. In 1358, he was promoted to the commander of the Yanping Road Military Region. He soared into the sky and became a crane of the Yuan government in Fujian. In 1359, Chen Youding defeated Deng Keming, the general of Chen Youliang who came to attack Fujian towns. In 1363, Chen Youding defeated Deng Keming again.These two battles made him famous in Fujian and became an out-and-out powerful warlord in Fujian.But he is completely different from Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng. He is as loyal to the Yuan government as he is to his own soul. In 1365, Zhu Yuanzhang took a fancy to Fujian.But he knew that this was not an easy piece of meat, as evidenced by Chen Youliang's two disastrous defeats.After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Hu Shen from Chuzhou, and at the same time dispatched a fierce general Zhu Liangzu, and sent the two of them to the Fujian battlefield. Zhu Liangzu was originally a big boss armed with bandits, full of bandit spirit, doing his own way, and was later subdued by Zhu Yuanzhang and became one of Zhu Yuanzhang's pawns.Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to go to the Fujian battlefield with Hu Shen, probably because his brute strength could stimulate the momentum in Hu Shen's cautious character.But it was this arrangement that ruined Hu Shen's life. In terms of administrative settings, Zhu Liangzu and Hu Shen are equal in rank, and neither can command the other. When it comes time to have a command, whoever has a bad temper will be the commander in chief. In the sixth month of the lunar calendar in 1365, the two came to Jianning City. Facing the high and thick Jianning City, Zhu Liangzu asked Hu Shen to launch a general attack.At that time, it was raining heavily, Hu Shen's eyelids twitched, he pinched his fingers, and said to Zhu Liangzu: "The weather is not good for us, I'm afraid there will be disasters." What does this prove!" At this time, it was the time when Liu Bowen said to Zhu Yuanzhang that "a good general will be lost in the southeast"; at this time, it was the time when Zhu Liangzu asked Hu Shen to send troops at the top of his voice; At this time, it is also the time when Chen Youding devotes himself to preparing to annihilate this Zhu Yuanzhang corps. When the heavy rain was pouring, Hu Shen couldn't hold back Zhu Liangzu's urging, stepped on his horse, and attacked the main gate of Jianning City according to his ideal attack method.The defenders of Jianning City resisted tenaciously. After Chen Youding learned that the main force of Zhu Yuanzhang's corps was attacking Jianning City wholeheartedly, he ordered the defender Ruan Derou to seize the opportunity to counterattack, and sent another force to attack Hu Shen's rear, and Hu Shen Deeply lead to the vicinity of Jinjiang, where Chen Youliang has set up a net. Hu Shen knew that the army attacking him was a decoy, but he had to pursue it, because the defenders of Jianning City had already launched a counterattack, and he didn't want to be caught in a bun.Just when he pursued to Jinjiang and begged God to bless Chen Youding from ambush, with the sound of a gong, Chen Youding's tough and combative Fujian corps rushed out from all directions.Hu was deeply trapped in the encirclement, broke through many times and failed many times.In the end, Hu Shen's horse fell and he was captured alive. Seeing Chen Youding, Hu Shen still wanted to use his three-inch tongue to exaggerate Zhu Yuanzhang's greatness to Chen Youding.Chen Youding smiled coldly, and blocked his mouth with one sentence: "You have betrayed the Lord!" Hu Shen suddenly felt that he was trapped in darkness, which was boundless darkness.He saw his strategizing under Shi Moyisun's tent, heard the wailing of the officials and people in the four counties begging him to surrender, and smelled the fragrance of magnolia flowers on the mountain in his hometown. He let out a long sigh, without another word, Chen Youding ruthlessly touched the fragile nerves that he had never dared to touch in the past few years. When news of Hu Shen being captured by Chen Youding reached Yingtian, it was raining.The rain hit the banana leaves, crackling.Zhu Yuanzhang said to Liu Bowen: "Mr. said that a good general must be lost in the southeast, and it really came true." Liu Bowen said: "It has not yet been fulfilled." Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled, staring and waiting for Liu Bowen's explanation. Liu Bowen said: "There are sunspots in the sun, and a good general dies, not captured." Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled: "Chen Youding is just an upstart, I can redeem Hu Shen with good horses, gold and silver." Liu Bowen also laughed, very lightly, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear it at all amidst the noisy rain.Liu Bowen continued: "Chen Youding is a person who is loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, and he will never make a deal with you." Liu Bowen guessed right, Chen Youding is not an upstart, he is the purest crane in the eyes of the Yuan government.When Zhu Yuanzhang proposed to Chen Youding his idea of ​​trying to get Hu Shen back, Chen Youding smiled coldly and threw the letter aside.A few days later, at the request of the Yuan government, Hu Shen was executed. Hu Shen's absence did not make Zhu Yuanzhang regret for a long time.What surprised Zhu Yuanzhang the most was that Liu Bowen could really predict things like a god. Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he had to learn this kind of supernatural skill. On an afternoon after the rain in April of the lunar calendar in 1366, in the gloomy Wu Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of the four words "returning to the hometown".An ink painting appeared in front of his eyes. It showed a big man with thick lines, wearing a pitch-black armor, riding a tall horse, galloping on the way back to Jiangdong.This person is naturally Xiang Yu.Xiang Yu had just destroyed the Qin Dynasty at that time, and was about to lead his troops back to his hometown.Someone told him that Guanzhong is where the emperor's foundation is located and should not be abandoned easily.Xiang Yu said that if you don't return to your hometown when you are rich, it's like walking in the dark in brocade.Later, some people said that Xiang Yu was a monkey wearing a hat. This kind of person's IQ cannot understand Xiang Yu at all. It was not all because of his good luck that Xiang Yu was able to build the world-shaking Qin Qigong, his mind was not just a decoration.During the Jiangdong Revolution, he led eight thousand villagers to the Central Plains. After many years of bloody battles, the composition of his regiment was always dominated by Jiangdong people.After the completion of the work, the boy has become a youth, the youth has become a middle age, and the middle age is about to enter the state of old age.They missed their long-lost hometown so much, Xiang Yu wanted to go back to Jiangdong, not only because of his vanity of "returning home", but also because of the current situation.If he establishes his capital in Guanzhong, the Corps must have deep grievances, and the Chinese people have a strong local flavor. How to maintain his authority is a big problem. Zhu Yuanzhang understood Xiang Yu very well. Emotionally, he wanted to go back to his hometown; politically, he made his fortune in his hometown of Huaixi, and most of his troops were from Huaixi. Among his civil servants and generals, Huaixi people accounted for eighty-nine out of ten. .The circle of these people is called the Huaixi Group.When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng went to war in 1366, victory was only a matter of time.At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang already had the capital to return home, but he and Xiang Yu had a slightly different idea at the time. Xiang Yu returned to his hometown, purely for joy.When Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his hometown, he was extremely miserable—his father and mother did not even have a grave. That gloomy afternoon, Zhu Yuanzhang told Liu Bowen the tragic past of his parents, and couldn't help shedding a few tears.Liu Bowen immediately understood that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to return to his hometown Haozhou. Liu Bowen looked at the leaden sky outside, and another rain was coming.He said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "I'm afraid it's not the time to go back to Haozhou at this time." Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him.Liu Bowen said: "Our war with Zhang Shicheng is entering a critical moment. Your departure may affect the morale of the army." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled this time, and said to Liu Bowen: "Zhang Shicheng is already in my hands, so don't worry. I have to go back to my hometown." Liu Bowen immediately asked: "Do you want to build the new capital in your hometown?" Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback. This was his plan for two years later, but Liu Bo Wenbu figured it out at this time.Just like in the boundless sea, when you are at a loss, you suddenly see a guiding lighthouse.Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly dispelled this idea. At this time, this idea should not exist anyway. It must exist, but it is definitely not at this time."Of course not, I want to rebury my parents' grave," he said. Zhu Yuanzhang said that the greatest pain in his life was not the experience of eternal hunger, nor the loss of his closest comrades-in-arms on a bloody battlefield, nor the anxiety and fear in the midst of danger, but his parents, who died after death. Not a single decent grave.Every time he thinks about this, his heart feels like a knife, and he almost bleeds. Liu Bowen said that he didn't have such feelings. His parents' tombs are very decent, so he couldn't understand Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings.People's fate is different, and the psychological state formed later is naturally different.But he later said that although he could not understand Zhu Yuanzhang's psychology, he was still willing to let Zhu Yuanzhang return to his hometown, but there was only one condition. His condition was exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang was least willing to do: he was not allowed to relocate his parents' graves. When Zhu Yuanzhang's parents died, there was no coffin, and even the cemetery was randomly selected.For the Chinese who despise life and value death, whoever does such a thing to their parents is a treason. Now, Zhu Yuanzhang, a poor boy who became rich overnight, had to take off the hat of "rebellion and injustice", but Liu Bowen refused to let him take it off. One can imagine the resentment in his heart. Of course Liu Bowen had his reasons. He said: "I have not personally seen where the tombs of the two of you, Gao Tang, are. But I know a basic Feng Shui theory, and you cannot move the grave easily. Otherwise, if Feng Shui is destroyed, you will be in bad luck." Forged an indissoluble bond." What Zhu Yuanzhang fears most is bad luck.A person who has never been unlucky will never understand the pain of advancing and retreating with bad luck. Seeing Liu Bowen's words are extremely serious, he dismissed the idea.Liu Bowen told him again: "Even when decorating your parents' tomb, keep it simple." Zhu Yuanzhang got angry this time, but before he expressed it in words, Liu Bowen immediately said: "Of course, filial piety is the way of heaven, just watch it." The conversation between the two ended with the rain getting heavier.Just as they finished their conversation, Zhu Yuanzhang's corps swept across Zhang Shicheng's garrisons all over the Huai River, clearing away the dust for Zhu Yuanzhang's return home. Zhu Yuanzhang went back to his hometown that time, looked at the desolate graves of his parents, and cried bitterly, as if his parents had died again.Despite the pain, he followed Liu Bowen's suggestion and did not change the burial. He just redecorated his parents' tomb and arranged for more than 20 residents living next to the tomb to guard the tomb.After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Yingtian and proclaimed himself emperor, he sent someone to decorate his parents' graves again. This is today's Ming Emperor's Mausoleum seven kilometers south of Fengyang City, Anhui. The mausoleum of the Ming emperor is grand in scale, solemn and magnificent, and stands out among the tombs of the parents of the founding emperors of all dynasties.For more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum has always received the most considerate care.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the revolutionary Zhang Xianzhong captured Fengyang and destroyed the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum like skinning and deboning.This is something Zhu Yuanzhang would never have thought of. No one knows whether Liu Bowen has thought about it. 朱元璋回老家去探望已成碎骨的老爹老妈时，刘伯温也想起了自己的老爹老妈。不过，他已经五十六岁，这样的年纪，想到的亡人，更多的时候是自己，而不是父母。所以，他眼前一片模糊，后来脑海里也蒙眬起来，以至于连父母的模样、甚至是自己是否有过父母都记不起来了。 1366年阴历五月的一次滂沱大雨中，朱元璋从濠州回到应天，他一回到南京就找来刘伯温，对他讲述回来路上的艰辛。他说：“尤其是进了应天城后，马上就胸闷气短起来。”刘伯温仰头看了看昏暗的宫殿，又冒雨跑出去，看了看城墙，再跑回来对朱元璋说：“我们必须要有个像样的宫城。” 在1366年建新宫城，朱元璋有些心摇神迷，又有些不安。1366年，朱元璋各条战线上都有些吃紧。王保保兵团的快速机动性让前线的徐达有些吃不消，虽然他先后在安丰、徐州击败了王保保兵团，不过他辛苦取得的成果，必须要付出十倍的努力才能保住。对张士诚的战争，前线传来的永远都是千篇一律的战报：一切顺利，一切正常。 可战争这玩意，一旦出现“一切正常”的情况时，说明要么是僵持了，要么就是进展缓慢。如果不是刘伯温的支持，朱元璋在1366年的那种情况下，重建应天城一事，虽有想法，却不可能付诸实践。 1366年阴历八月，刘伯温被朱元璋任命为应天城的总设计师。其实，刘伯温只是选址师，应天城在两年后改称南京，南京城的修建持续了多年。我们今天见到的南京城城址，就是刘伯温奠基的。 刘伯温站在应天城城墙上开始对应天城的历史进行了一场严肃的追溯。在这场追溯中，应天城如百变神君，它的形象变幻莫测，使人眼花缭乱。 刘伯温的意识最先流到西周王朝，周武王站在一块用泥土堆起的国家地图前，指着一块他的兵力从未到达过的地方，说：“在这里设周章国。”周章国国王是个只穿了一个茅草制作的丁字裤的矮小汉子，他坐在今天南京城的某个茅草屋中，恭敬地向西北方鞠躬说：“我谢谢您，素未谋面的周大王。” 五百多年，周章国悄无声息，如同被地球吞没一样。直到一个野蛮的楚王国在南方拔地而起，它才以被征服者的身份进入了人类的视野。楚王的右臂前伸，有点像法西斯的直臂礼，说：“在那里设置棠邑。”这一年是公元前571年，南京历史上有了最早的地方建置记录。 春秋末年，楚王国被它背后阴狠的吴王国持续不断地攻击，地盘大量丧失，其中就包括棠邑。吴国的国王夫差说：“我要在这里建城。”于是，今天南京的朝天宫一带旱地拔葱般崛起一座新城。 这座新城沐浴了吴国的春风不到30年，公元前472年，那位以吃屎名留史册的越国国王勾践灭吴。勾践对他的谋士范蠡说：“我要在这里建一座比吴国所建的更大的城，我称它为越城。”范蠡说：“好。”于是，在今天南京城中华门外的长干里，神话般地崛起一座城池。勾践自豪地大笑说：“将来谁在这里建城，都逃不出我所创下的城址。”勾践说得没错，越城就是今天南京城垣之始。公元前333年，楚国重振神威，攻下越城，就在此地建筑金陵邑，“金陵”之名就此确定。 公元前221年，秦始皇统一中国，四处巡游。在第五次巡游时，秦始皇沿长江东下，远远望见金陵。他大吃一惊，因为他看到金陵上空有清气数道，如柱子一样直逼霄汉。他身边的术士趁机说：“金陵乃龙脉地势，虎踞龙盘，地形险峻，王气极旺，五百年后会有天子坐镇。” 秦始皇又吃了一大惊，说：“这是要我的后代迁都吗？” 术士说：“非也，是有人要取代您的子孙。” 秦始皇脸色发青，问：“如何是好？” 术士说：“破坏它的龙脉，改它的名，让它一辈子抬不起头来。就是真有人在这里当天子，也不会长久。” 秦始皇当机立断，命令他的卫队把方山凿开，又把淮水贯穿金陵，通达长江，成了秦淮河。做完这一切后，秦始皇远眺，看到金陵城北的狮子山、马鞍山，说：“这两座上，也给我凿了。” 大功告成后，秦始皇对金陵人说：“以后有人问你们是哪里人，你们要说自己是秣陵人，不许说自己是金陵人。”秣陵就是草料厂的意思。 秣陵开始低下刚刚昂起的头颅，默默无闻地度过了秦王朝、西汉王朝、东汉王朝，虽然沉默了几百年，但它有一颗火热的心，这颗心终于在公元229年被三国时期的军阀孙权接纳，它成为孙权所建立的国家吴国的首都，孙权将它改名建业，重新为它装扮，注入生命的活力。 自此，南京就成为光芒四射的明星之城，东晋以及南朝的宋、齐、梁、陈均相继把它当成都城，所以南京有“六朝古都”之称。 那时候，南京城是世界的中心，它代表着繁华和壮丽。如果居住在罗马城的古罗马人来到南京，他们会羞愧得要死，因为和南京城一比，罗马城就是个小村庄。 那时南京城的街道上人山人海，比肩接踵。夜晚来临，家家灯烛亮起，可以和又大又圆的月亮一比高低。南京城里日新月异，就是南京市民，早上出门，晚上回家，在繁华的街道上都容易迷路。还有寺庙道观，极尽繁华之能事，进入这些场所，必须要把耳朵塞起，眼睛蒙起，否则会失去对现实世界的判断，误认为自己在西天极乐世界。寺庙中的香火如火焰山，能把人熏得失去味觉。还有数不清的亭台楼阁，恍如仙境。 六朝时期，是南京城最光辉的时期。就是在刘伯温站在城墙上回首它的往事时，仍然能看到艳绝人寰的妙龄女郎走在清澈的秦淮河上。他还能在城墙上闻到穿越几百年而来的脂粉味。但流年似水，南京城的光辉终于在公元589年消失在地平线下。这一年，大隋帝国的远征军攻入南京，隋帝国一任帝杨坚恐惧南京城里的纸醉金迷，所以下令将城邑和宫殿“荡平”，改为耕地。 南京城最美丽的往事从此烟消云散，但它那养尊处优多年的绝代风华并未荡然无存，隋、唐、宋、元虽然一直压制着它，可它始终是南中国瞩目的焦点。朱元璋攻下它后，马上就被它的地理优势深深迷住了。他毫不犹豫地把它当成了自己的根据地。 现在，刘伯温站在它那饱经沧桑、柔情似水的城墙上，看它的从前，畅想它的将来。当这一切感性的思维过去后，刘伯温走下城墙，开始了他的选址之旅。 他在应天城内外四处察看，从山峦走势到江河流向，从地势高低到村居稀稠，从空气质量到水资源多寡。有人看到他端着罗盘，伸着中指和食指，口中念念有词。还有人看到他站在钟山山前，若有所思，一站就是一天。 在1366年阴历八月一个阳光明媚的下午，他在朱元璋面前摊开他的设计图。新的应天城将建在旧城东部、钟山阳面，距离白下门约两里多路，东北紧依着钟山，那是一处开阔之地，气势磅礴，整个城址占尽了钟山之阳，周围绵亘五十余里。 刘伯温说，这是他多年以来在风水学上的智慧结晶，朱元璋叫来李善长和一名姓张的道人，要他们实地考察后汇报他们的真知灼见。李善长跑到钟山前转悠了一圈，就跑了回来，对朱元璋说：“建都应天不是好事。历史告诉我，这地方被秦始皇断了龙脉，虽是六朝古都，可那六朝全是割据政权，况且寿命极短。” 刘伯温冷冷地看了他一眼，这一眼，让李善长有些魂不守舍，再去看朱元璋，朱元璋的脸色极难看。要刘伯温选址是他的意思，李善长却说出这样的话来，这使他很不高兴。李善长突然发现自己陷在危险之中，马上改口说：“不过，刘先生新辟的这个城址非常好。”然后转向张道士，说，“你说是吧，张真人？” 张道士连连点头，说：“把钟山圈了进来，正是把龙脉请了回来。就是秦始皇诈尸，也没有办法了。” 我们今天见到的南京城的原型就在1366年阴历八月开始成长，那时，朱元璋是深信他即将要建立的王朝是万万年而不败的。新的应天城即将要动工修建时，出了意外。 这场意外把刘伯温塑造成了神，把朱元璋自以为是的嘴脸刻画得入木三分。 意外的原委是这样的：有一天雷声在钟山上滚来滚去，黑云压着应天城，像要把这座城池压垮一样。朱元璋在宫中心神不宁，他从窗户望出去，钟山在黑云中颤动着，要坍塌了。他突然就想到了新城的城址，钟山如果真塌了，那岂不是预示着他即将要到手的江山也塌了？ 这种想法越想越揪心，他在房间里踱来踱去，最后，在大雨下得最猛烈时，他带着几名卫士出了宫廷，径直来到钟山下。 由于雨太大，焦虑的朱元璋来到钟山下时已浑身湿透。在电闪雷鸣和滂沱大雨中，他不知为什么，突然就看出城址有些偏前，宫前的地方不够宽阔。于是，他下令把宫址向后移了一些，然后下令就在那场暴风雨中动工。 朱元璋做完这件事，很是洋洋得意了一回，认为这是他高度智慧的结晶。他把刘伯温请到现场观看，刘伯温叹息道：“这样做，也不错，不过他日将有迁都之举。” 朱元璋纵声大笑，笑声极为空洞。他说：“谁说我就建都于此啊？” 刘伯温不说话，背手而立，像个孤独的老人。 新城城墙刚有个影子时，朱元璋带着文武百官到现场游览，所有人都赞叹不已，只有刘伯温不发一言。朱元璋见他那沉默孤独的样子，就问：“如此壮丽的大城，谁能攻进来？” 刘伯温脸上带着神秘的微笑看了一眼城墙，只看了一眼。说：“人是攻不进来，恐怕燕子能飞进来。” 朱元璋当然明白，燕子是个象征，而不是那种我们经常看到的那种鸟。但是这到底象征着什么，四年后的1370年，才有答案。这一年，朱元璋一口气把自己的后辈都封了王，有一个封爵为燕王的，镇守北京，他叫朱棣。三十年后，他从北京发动靖难之役，一路南下，攻陷南京，跳上龙椅，历史上称他为“明成祖”。 不过在1366年，朱元璋不可能想到，这个当时只有6岁的儿子朱棣会在多年以后翻飞进南京城，又是多年后，这只燕子把他辛苦铸造的南京城当成了第二首都。 朱元璋在1366年说，他的南京城无人可以攻入。那时的南京城还只是个雏形，二十八年后，新的南京城横空出世，它那恢宏的气势的确给朱元璋的夸口加了个保险。 南京城东西略窄，南北狭长，城墙周长接近34公里。有人从高空看南京城这怪形状，说是葫芦，还有人说是粽子，更有人说是朱元璋的那张老脸。如果你让刘伯温说，他会告诉你，南京城的形状其实是按照南斗与北斗星宿聚合而成的，象征着永恒。 南京城墙高度一般在14米到21米之间，城基的宽度为14米左右，略小于一个篮球场的宽度，顶部的宽度在4米到9米之间，最窄处也可以放下两张乒乓球桌。 长城是地球上最长的城墙，而南京城墙则是地球上最长的都城墙。为了凑出城墙所用的城砖，工部指定长江中下游近130个州、县不分昼夜地赶工制作城砖，共运送城砖一亿五千万块到南京城下。 并非每块城砖都有好运气可以成为南京城墙的一分子，城砖必须是精雕细作。南京工部的人要求运送来的每一块城砖上都要打上烧制的州、府、县及工匠和监造官员的姓名，有的还印上制作的年月日。如果发现有残次品，就要退回重做；如果二次返工，那当事人就要受到严厉的处罚。 城砖与城砖之间的黏合剂用石灰、糯米汁或高粱汁再加桐油掺和而成，毫无缝隙，硬化之后，堪称牢不可破。 城墙一周共设13座城门，东有朝阳门；南有聚宝、通济、正阳三门；西有三山、石城、清凉、定淮、仪凤五门；北有太平、神策、金川、钟阜四门。朝阳门和神策门各有一道瓮城，西面的石城门有两道瓮城，聚宝、通济、三山门各有三道瓮城。聚宝门瓮城规模最大，东西长118.57米，南北长128米。城顶原有木结构敌楼，城门设铁闸和木门，铁闸用绞关上下启动。瓮城两侧有登城马道，主城内侧上下两层及瓮城两侧共有27个藏兵洞。外廓城略成圆形。可以说，每一座城门表面上看，都是攻城敌人的梦魇。 这样一座高大坚实、雄伟壮观的大城，即使多年后的刘伯温看到，也会同意朱元璋的看法。不过，世界上没有不能攻破的城墙，况且，刘伯温不是用眼睛看，而是用神乎其神的预见能力在看。 他看到的情景就是，一只燕子飞了进来，绕了一圈后在这里定居了几十年，后来又飞到北京，把那里当成了永远的家。刘伯温说的有迁都之举，正是指此。 朱元璋问刘伯温：“先生可否能卜算下南京城将来的命运？” 据说，朱元璋问刘伯温时，自己正在吃烧饼，一半在手中，一半在口腔里。口腔里的半个烧饼把他的腮帮子撑得畸形了。 刘伯温那天去见朱元璋，朱元璋正在吃烧饼。听到刘伯温前来，他灵机一动，把半个烧饼藏在碗里，用手遮住。他问刘伯温：“你知道我碗里是什么吗？”刘伯温掐指一算，回答：“半似日兮半如月，定是金龙咬一缺。” 朱元璋惊喜道：“先生您果然能未卜先知啊。” 朱元璋这话有些夸张，如果让饮食专家来叙述这件事，则是平淡无奇的。烧饼是西域人的主食之一，东汉时期，英雄人物班超在西域待了几十年，回中原后，就把烧饼带进了中原。当时的烧饼不是我们今天所说的烧饼，其实是我们今天的馅饼，而且以羊肉馅居多。制作完成后，放到特质的器皿上烘烤而成。由于古人在饮食上很注重质量，所以，制成的烧饼“面脆油香”，香味可以传出几米远。也就是说，刘伯温一进朱元璋的房间里，就闻到了烧饼的味道。他掐指一算，实属多余。 朱元璋就问他：“我这份家业，能延续多久啊？” 刘伯温想了半天，说：“万子万孙才尽，您不必问（茫茫天数，我主万子万孙，何必问哉）。” 朱元璋很高兴，可他认为这不可能，于是又问：“自古有枯荣，世间无朽物，天下怎么能永远是一姓的天下呢？” 他当然不知道，刘伯温说的“万子万孙”，其实是明帝国最后四位皇帝：万历帝（朱翊钧）、泰昌帝（朱常洛）、天启帝（朱由校）、崇祯帝（朱由检），朱常洛是朱翊钧的儿子，朱由校和朱由检是朱翊钧的孙子，这就是万子万孙，然后玩儿完。 刘伯温此时发现，朱元璋还是个比较冷静的人，这种把戏骗不了他。所以只好说：“如果您赐我无罪，那我就泄露点天机给您。” 朱元璋说：“赶紧泄。” ——注意，刘伯温泄露天机时虽然使用的是世俗的汉字，可语言却是天上神仙的，所以，凡夫俗子很难看懂。所以，我们必须要随时加以注解。 刘伯温就开始泄露道：“朱先生您将统一中国，但太子可能无法即位，皇太孙能即位，却是个文运高照的书生，可能要坏事（我明一统移南偏北阙，虽然太子是嫡系，文星高照妨皇孙）。” 由于朱元璋是真龙天子，所以下凡前和神仙交流过，所以能听懂这天机。他“哦”了一声，说：“你说的坏事，指的就是燕子飞入应天城吧？” 刘伯温说：“是的。” 朱元璋问：“然后呢？” 刘伯温清了清喉咙，慢条斯理地吟咏起打油诗来：“此城御驾尽亲征，一院山河永乐平（朱棣称帝后，年号永乐）。秃顶人来文墨苑，英雄一半尽还乡（秃顶人指的是朱棣的顶级谋士姚广孝，此人是个和尚，朱棣进南京城后，把建文帝的文臣武将杀了个精光，很多人都跑掉了，这说的就是英雄一半尽还乡）。北方胡虏残生灵，御驾亲征得太平（朱棣五征北方的蒙元残余，保证了明王朝的太平）。失算功臣不敢谏，生灵遮掩主惊魂。国压瑞云七载长，胡人不敢害贤良，相送金龙复故旧，云开日月照边疆。天下饥寒有怪异，栋梁龙德乘婴儿，禁宫阔大任横走，长大金龙太平时，老拣金精龙壮旺，相传昆玉继龙堂（1449年，第六任帝朱祁镇亲征，被蒙古人活捉。明帝国又立了朱祁钰为帝。朱祁镇后来被蒙古人放还，做了七年的囚徒后，发动夺门之变，把皇位重新夺回）。” 听到这里，朱元璋感觉有点乱，就问：“之后还有什么事吗？” 刘伯温回答：“天下大乱啦。” 刘伯温这句话并非危言耸听，事实上，明王朝从朱祁镇重新复位后就开始乱了。我们都知道，明王朝灭亡的三大要素宦官之乱、党争、内战中，宦官之乱是最主要的要素。朱祁镇时期的宦官王振开先河，就是他怂恿朱祁镇亲征，朱祁镇才被活捉的。朱祁镇之后的各个皇帝，似乎离开太监就活不了，于是导致了太监擅权，直到明朝灭亡。朱见深（明宪宗）信赖的汪直、朱厚照（明武宗）信赖的刘瑾都是太监，尤其是刘瑾，几乎把明帝国掀了个底朝天。后来的朱厚熜（明世宗）时代虽未出现出色的太监，却出了个奸贼严嵩，朝政一塌糊涂，帝国乌烟瘴气。到了朱翊钧登基后，明帝国已是奄奄一息，幸好有张居正变法，为明帝国延缓了些时日。刘伯温想说的是，朱祁镇之后天下大乱，既是上天的指示，也是世俗中的事实。 朱元璋听到这里时，大为震惊，问道：“谁敢乱我天下？” 刘伯温直接泄露出对明王朝伤害最深的一个太监：“谁人任用保社稷，八千女鬼乱朝纲（魏忠贤）。” 魏忠贤是朱由校的心灵导师，身边的大红人。朱由校有着艺术家的气质，在手工艺制作领域成就非凡，对做皇帝没有一点兴趣。于是，皇帝的权力悄悄地滑到魏忠贤手上。魏忠贤利用这至高无上的权力，编织自己的权力系统，排除异己，到天启后期，明帝国的行政系统被魏忠贤拆得七零八落，朱由检上台后，居然要分出一部分精力来重组政府！ 朱元璋当然听不明白刘伯温说的“八千女鬼”是什么玩意，他以为是父子争国，因为他根本想不到他的帝国会被太监搞乱。建国初期，他对太监的防范相当严厉，专门制作一牌挂在宫门上，上面写：太监不得干政。甚至连太监识字都不许。太监稍有差池，就会被杖毙。太监在朱元璋眼中只是废物利用。世事无常，人算不如天算，明帝国太监干政可作一明证。 刘伯温纠正他对“八千女鬼”的误解，说：“非也！树上挂曲尺（指明朝朱姓），遇顺则止（李自成建立的政权称为大顺，1644年攻入北京，明朝灭亡）。” 朱元璋还是没有完全理解，刘伯温就又重复了一遍明帝国的灭亡过程：“万子万孙层叠层，祖宗山上贝衣行（崇祯吊死在煤山，煤山又名万寿山，祖宗的意思），八侯不复朝金阙（李自成围攻北京城时，崇祯皇帝要各地勤王，但没有人来），十六孩儿难上难（明朝从太祖朱元璋至崇祯皇帝共经历十六位传人）。” 见朱元璋仍然沉浸在愚昧的泥潭中，刘伯温就卜卦曰：“木下一头子，目上一刀一戊丁。天下重文不重武，英雄豪杰总无春，戊子己丑乱如麻，到处人民不在家，偶遇饥荒草寇发，平安镇守好桂花（木下一子就是'李'字，目上一刀指'自'，一戊丁指'成'字，就是说明朝末年李自成自立为闯王，与另外一位军阀张献忠兴兵作乱，镇守山海关的明将吴三桂因李自成抢夺其爱妾陈圆圆，大怒之下大开城门引清兵入关，终导致明朝彻底灭亡）。”朱元璋还在泥潭里：“偶遭饥荒，平常小丑，难道我的天下就这样玩儿完了？” 刘伯温回答：“西方贼拥乱到前，无个忠良敢谏言，喜见子孙耻见日，衰颓气运早升天，月缺两耳吉在中，奸人机发走西东，黄河涉过闹金阙，奔走梅花上九重（崇祯崩于梅山，煤山的谐音——你的江山是玩儿完了）。” 朱元璋一听说是梅山，急忙问：“难道有人在梅花山作乱？朕从今命人看守，可以避免否？”刘伯温摇头，道：“迁南迁北定太平，佐王佐帝定牛星，运至六百又得半，梦花有子得心惊。” 朱元璋这回高兴