What does Liu Bowen mean by predicting that "things will stop when they are smooth"?
The Ming Dynasty was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang. He is a grassroots emperor. He is a cowherd who can't eat. Later, he became a monk in a temple to make a living, and then he led the peasant uprising army, defeated the armies of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and established the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor in history, Zhu Yuanzhang was the most humble at first, and even Liu Bang was a little taller than him. Liu Bang is still a small official. In the process of starting step by step, Zhu Yuanzhang could not do without the support of civil officials and military commanders, such as Liu Bowen, a counselor, and Aquamarine, who attacked the city for him.
It is only natural that such a large number of people helped him to conquer the country, and he ascended the throne of the emperor within a few years. Zhu Yuanzhang, who became emperor, changed his temperament, changed his old feelings during the war and began to slaughter loyal ministers.
Countless founding fathers died tragically, such as aquamarine, and many people were implicated. This made the civil and military officials very scared. I didn't expect to be loyal to the emperor and end up like this.
Of course, Liu Bowen is among them, so we have to be wary of Zhu Yuanzhang. Once the emperor asked him, how long can the Ming Dynasty he established last?
Liu Bowen choke refers to a calculate, the in the mind for a moment, only 276 years, which dare to tell him directly. So he said, "When things go well, they stop." Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was a good omen and let him go.
In fact, what he meant was to close it when he met Shunchao. Sure enough, from the establishment of 1638 to Li Zicheng's invasion of Shun Dynasty in 1644, the Ming Dynasty only existed for 276 years, and this prediction was just confirmed.