A knife in love

Chapter 3667

Murong Danyan didn't expect Li Qiufeng to say such words, he was taken aback, turned his head to look at Li Qiufeng, and said in his mouth: "Since the owner of the villa has lost power in the imperial court's party struggle, wouldn't it be advisable to stay in the imperial court?" Persecution by political enemies? He chose such a dangerous place as his hiding place, which shows that this person is very smart."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said in his mouth: "When the Taizu Emperor founded the Ming Dynasty, he made great achievements, and the counselor Liu Ji and Liu Bowen were granted the title of Chengyi Bo. Many officials complained about him, thinking that he was a counselor for the Taizu Emperor. He deserved at least a Marquis for his outstanding contributions. I didn’t expect to only give him the title of Boss of Sincerity in the end, which would be too disappointing for the courtiers. But after Mr. Liu was awarded the title, he was not unhappy at all, and he was still diligent in political affairs every day. He came up with many good ideas for Emperor Taizu. Unfortunately, good flowers don’t always bloom. Later, Lord Liu was framed by the traitor Hu Weiyong, and he was jealous of Emperor Taizu. Rao, Lord Liu was very clever, but he ended up in a miserable end.”

Having said this, Li Qiufeng sighed, and then continued: "Master Liu is extremely wise. The Emperor Taizu was able to create a foundation for thousands of years of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Liu has made great contributions. He is a wise man. He knows that the water is full. The principle of overflowing and losing when the moon is full is that although he strategized under the tent of Emperor Taizu and won thousands of miles, he never showed his mountains and water, and did not compete with Li Shanchang and other old officials under Emperor Taizu. Emperor Taizu ascended the throne After sitting in the palace, the meritorious officials, Li Shanchang, Xu Da and other famous officials and generals were all conferred the title of Duke of the state. No one dared to judge right from wrong, but some people in the court were not convinced that such an unknown general as Liao Yongzhong was conferred the title of Marquis. However, a resourceful minister like Mr. Liu is not inferior to Li Shanchang and Xu Da in terms of merit, but in the end he was granted only one earl. Many soldiers under the Taizu's tent knew Mr. Liu's ability, and they were quite sorry that he was not granted the title of duke and marquis. He was dissatisfied, but Mr. Liu was secretly glad that he knew that the Huaixi faction headed by Li Shanchang had formed cronies in the imperial court and suppressed other ministers and generals who refused to join him. Mr. Liu was born in the east of Zhejiang, although he was clearly with the The courtiers and generals in Huaixi were friendly, but the Huaixi party looked down on the scholars in eastern Zhejiang, thinking that these people would only play tricks and dare not charge forward, so they always severely suppressed civil servants and generals from eastern Zhejiang. As the leader, Mr. Liu was suppressed by the Huaixi party, so he would naturally complain to Mr. Liu for help in order to protect himself. In this way, even if Mr. Liu wanted to stay out of the matter, it would be impossible.

"Although Emperor Taizu came from a reckless family, he learned the way of a king without a teacher. He knew that the Huaixi party headed by Li Shanchang was fighting for power and profit with the scholars in eastern Zhejiang. However, in order to foster a force in the imperial court that could confront Li Shanchang and his gang, Emperor Taizu reused Master Liu and regarded him as a minister. The ancestor emperor valued Master Liu so much, he hated Master Liu even more, repeatedly slandered and framed Master Liu, and insisted on getting rid of Master Liu and then quickly.

"Master Liu knew that he had offended Li Shanchang's party, as if he was being roasted on fire, and would never end well, so he decided to retire. In terms of wisdom, among the famous officials in ancient times, there is no one who can compare There are probably not many people who can match Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu planned to resign and go back to hiding, but he made a foolish move. You must know that although the Emperor Taizu is wise and powerful, he is a generation of emperors after all, and he cannot be saved by ordinary people. The emperor must be narrow-minded, the most mean and ruthless. Once he thinks that someone is threatening the throne, he will immediately turn his face and be ruthless. Throughout the dynasties, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Ming Dynasty, there are almost a handful of good officials who can end well. Such as Bigan, Wen Zhong, Bai Qi, Li Mu, Han Xin, Yue Fei and other famous ministers and generals did not die in the hands of the enemy, but were beheaded by the emperor they served, and their fate was extremely miserable. Master Liu is a generation of great scholars, how could he not know this Bloody historical facts? It’s just that he thought that the emperor Taizu was born in Huaixi, and he would definitely protect the Huaixi nobles headed by Li Shanchang. He stayed in the court as an official, and he was undoubtedly a thorn in the side of Huaixi’s party. Sooner or later, he would encounter catastrophe Only by retiring from old age and returning home as soon as possible can he save his life and live a safe life. Therefore, he repeatedly resigned to Emperor Taizu, but he didn't know that Emperor Taizu originally planned to use him to contain Li Shanchang and his gang, so how could he let him leave the court so easily? Although Emperor Taizu rejected Mr. Liu's resignation document many times, Mr. Liu still wrote a letter begging the emperor to approve his resignation request, which made Emperor Taizu suspicious of him, thinking that Mr. Liu would not listen to the emperor's persuasion, He wanted to leave his old age and return to his hometown, but he had other plans. So after Emperor Taizu reluctantly approved Mr. Liu's resignation, he immediately sent Jin Yiwei to spy on Mr. Liu secretly.

"After Mr. Liu returned to his hometown, at first he thought that if he left the court, he would be able to save his life and be safe in the end, but soon he discovered that someone was spying on him. How smart Mr. Liu is. When he thought about it carefully, he broke out in a cold sweat. He knew Taizu The emperor had better be suspicious of his courtiers. If he was with the emperor, his every move would not escape the emperor's eyes. The emperor would not suspect that he had other plans. But once he left the capital, the emperor would definitely be suspicious of himself and send someone to spy on him , in case you have other plans. The emperor suspects himself to be extremely dangerous, but as long as he lives carefully and does not get caught by the spies who monitor him, it will not be a big problem. The most terrifying thing is that the Huaixi party controls the court. Daquan, leaving the capital by himself, fell into the hands of this group of people. They would definitely speak ill of themselves in the emperor's ears and frame all kinds of right and wrong on themselves. The bewitching of these people has to cost their own lives.

"Thinking of this, Mr. Liu knew that he had done something wrong, and he really regretted it. After he figured out the joints, he immediately wrote a note to Emperor Taizu, saying that he had recovered from his serious illness and wanted to recover. Go back to the capital to serve the emperor. After the Emperor Taizu read the scriptures, he was overjoyed and recalled Mr. Liu back to the capital with kind words to appease him. Since then, Mr. Liu has lived in the capital, being cautious every day, and not saying a word easily, in order to be safe and sound It's just that Huaixi Xungui thought that Mr. Liu returned to the capital to fight against them, so he naturally refused to let him go, and tried every means to kill Mr. Liu. Although Mr. Liu was cautious and did not give Huaixi Xungui a chance, But with a few secrets, a generation of treacherous Hu Weiyong bribed the doctor who treated Mr. Liu, poisoned the medicine bowl, and poisoned Mr. Liu to death. It is really sad that a generation of famous ministers died just like this."

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