Everyone knows that during the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who cut off people's heads at every turn, which was related to his sensitive personality, and his unfortunate experience made him appear sensitive and suspicious, not only hating corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but also hating rich businessmen. Because in his eyes, these people are people who rely on squeezing the people for profit. Xiaobian will tell you today, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan, he almost lost his head because of a meal, but the witty he resolved the crisis with one sentence, Shen Wansan is a legendary person, although he did not become the emperor, but the ups and downs of his life were on par with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang also knew each other, and once Zhu Yuanzhang went to Shen Wansan's house to eat, and an ordinary meal could also cause a lot of turmoil. Shen Wansan was very rich in the early Ming Dynasty, and it is really not too much to describe him as rich and enemy, since ancient times Jiangnan has been a relatively rich area, and Shen Wansan lived there. He has seen a lot of the world since he was a child, and the reason why he is rich is because of this gene and living environment. He grew up running the maritime trade with his uncle and made a fortune from this. He was a man with a flexible brain, and there were often wars in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, and he also took the opportunity to make a lot of money.
At that time, the world was very chaotic, and Zhu Yuanzhang and others also built their own small armies, wanting to destroy the rulers and opponents at that time, become emperors themselves, and rebuild an imaginary beautiful country. Although there were often wars in various places, the trade on the sea was not affected, because the wars were all on land, and Shen Wansan also seized the opportunity, so he was already very rich at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and laid a strong family foundation.
The war lasted for many years, Zhu Yuanzhang finally overthrew the rule of the previous dynasty and became the son of a country, since the war lasted so long, then the people must be full of holes, if you want to rebuild these cities, you have to use the resources of the people. Zhu Yuanzhang remembered Shen Wansan, these two people had personal relations, and the emperor deliberately wanted to use his resources, Shen Wansan naturally did not dare to slacken off. And Shen Wansan knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang hated such a big businessman as him, and in his eyes, the merchants had obtained ill-gotten gains, which must have been obtained by pits and deception, not by their own labor.
One day when the emperor was inspecting Jiangnan, he went to the place where Shen Wansan lived, and he saw that Shen Wansan's residence was so luxurious, which compared with his tragic childhood experience, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was extremely unbalanced, so he killed Shen Wansan. When it came time to eat, Shen Wansan was also a good wine and good dish to serve, but he did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang saw a pig's trotter being served on the dinner table, although he did not say it in his mouth, he was very angry in his heart, because his surname was Zhu, so he violated his taboo. According to the rules and regulations at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang could have killed him directly, and Shen Wansan also realized the mistake he had made, so he ate carefully. Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke, asked Shen Wansan what the name of this dish was, he had realized that he had committed a big taboo, how dare he tell the truth, and wittily replied that it was called Wansan Hoof, because there was no pig word in the name of the dish, so he escaped a disaster.
Although Shen Wansan escaped the death penalty, these brought a message to Zhu Yuanzhang, indicating that Shen Wansan knew that he wanted to get rid of him. He hid this time but did not hide from the next time, once Zhu Yuanzhang built the city wall of Nanjing, because he understood that the emperor had to rely on private capital, on the contrary, he took the initiative to donate a large amount of gold and silver to fund, but this did not bring him benefits, only because he said one more word, he said that he wanted to reward the three armies. This sentence made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry, like this kind of reward for the army can only be done by the emperor, where is his turn? Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang exiled him to remote Yunnan, and his family business was not responsible, and the family of a generation of rich merchants completely declined.