Speaking of this Liu Bowen, I believe everyone knows. This man made a great contribution to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. However, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang named Li Shanchang as the Duke of Korea, and only named Liu Bowen as the Duke of Sincerity, which was two grades behind. Li Shanchang's annual salary is 4000 stone, while Liu Bowen's annual salary is only 240 stone, which is quite different.
Why can Li Shanchang be a Korean Duke, while Liu Bowen, who has made great achievements, is just a small honest man? I think there are several reasons.
First, he is not a member of Huaixi Group. There were two groups in Ming Dynasty, one was Huaixi Group and the other was Dong Zhe Group.
In fact, these two groups are not at the same level at all, and Huaixi Group is far superior to Dong Zhe Group in strength. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of Ming Dynasty, was also a member of Huaixi Group.
When he first left Guo Zixing, Haozhou to go it alone, there were only 24 people around him. These 24 people are Xu Da, Tang He, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Hua Yun, Chen De, Gu Shi, Fei Ju, Geng Zaicheng, Geng Junyong, Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Hua Yunlong, Zheng Yuchun, Zheng Yulin, Guo Xing, Guo Ying, Hu Hai, Zhang Long, Chen Huan, Xie Cheng, Li Xincai, Z Ruian and Zhou Dexing. These people followed Zhu Yuanzhang's expedition to the north and made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Later known as the twenty-four generals of Huaixi.
Li Shanchang is also from Huaixi. Nature is a member of Huaixi Group and a leader.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a person with a strong concept of fellow villagers. This group of fellow villagers followed him to the north to fight from the beginning and shed blood. Do you think that after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, you can't reward these people well? We know that Xu Da is the Duke, and others are basically Marquis. Li Shanchang is the leader of Huaixi Group. Although he was a civilian, he didn't fight against the North in recent years, but he did a lot of work behind the scenes and never stole the limelight, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel at ease, so he named Li Shanchang the Duke of Korea.
Second, Liu Bowen is inferior to Li Shanchang. In fact, the duke and the marquis, except for a Li Shanchang, are all military commanders, and they fight with one knife and one gun, which has nothing to do with civilians. When Zhu Yuanzhang first started the uprising, he led an army to attack Chuzhou, and Li Shanchang came to vote automatically. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had no other advisers.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang fought in Zhejiang, and Liu Bowen, Song Lian and others took the initiative to go to Nanjing to take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had many advisers. Judging from the time, Liu Bowen was a lot late. If Liu Bowen is given the title of Duke, the veteran of Huaixi Group who worked hard for it will definitely refuse.