How did Liu Bowen die in the Ming Dynasty

In the second half of the first month of the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), Liu Ji was infected with a cold, and after Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he sent Hu Weiyong to visit the imperial doctor. The imperial doctor prescribed the medicine, and he took the medicine back to decoction and take it, and felt as if some uneven stones were squeezed together in his stomach, which made him very painful.

In mid-February, Liu Ji met Zhu Yuanzhang with his illness, and tactfully told him that Hu Weiyong had brought the imperial doctor to visit the patient, and that he was more unwell after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor. After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he just said some comforting words to him to recuperate, which made Liu Ji quite cold. In late March, Liu Bowen, who was no longer able to move freely, was accompanied by his eldest son Liu Lian, and under the escort of Zhu Yuanzhang's special personnel, he set off from Beijing to return to his hometown.

After returning home, he refused all the medicinal stones found for him by his relatives and the township, and only maintained a normal diet as much as possible, and finally died in his hometown on the 16th day of the fourth lunar month at the age of 65.

As a generation of military advisors and wise men, Liu Bowen knows things like a god, he knows that he is usually as evil as hatred, and has offended many colleagues and magnates, but he also knows it well"Accompany the king like a tiger"The truth. Therefore, after he became famous, he resolutely chose to retreat bravely, and in the fourth year of Hongwu (1371), he took the initiative to resign from all positions, returned to his hometown, and returned to Qingtian to live in seclusion.

Liu Bowen lived a reclusive life in Qingtian for 2 years, hoping to stay away from the world's right and wrong. However, his wisdom and talent were too high, his reputation was too great, and he was even portrayed as a living immortal-like figure by the common people, which could not avoid the jealousy of political enemies and the suspicion of the emperor. In the sixth year of Hongwu (1373), Liu Bowen's political opponent Hu Weiyong became the prime minister of Zuo, and instructed others to falsely accuse Liu Bowen, saying that he wanted to occupy a piece of name"Mingyang"of"There is a royal spirit"The land of its own grave, plotting against it.

Ming Taizu, who had long been at ease with Liu Bowen, heard the false accusation and deprived Liu Bowen of his title. Liu Bowen was very frightened, so he personally went to Nanjing to apologize to Ming Taizu, and stayed in Nanjing and did not dare to come back. Later, Hu Weiyong was promoted to the right prime minister, Liu Bowen was even more worried, and finally couldn't afford to get sick.

In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), Liu Bowen, who was sick, was escorted home by an envoy sent by Emperor Zhu Yuanmias, and soon died of grief at home at the age of 65. Later, it was called"Wencheng"。When Liu Bowen was in Nanjing, Hu Weiyong sent a doctor to diagnose Liu Bowen and deliver medicine, but after Liu Bowen took his medicine, his condition worsened.

Therefore, at that time, people suspected that Liu Bowen was poisoned to death by Hu Weiyong.