The Ming Dynasty had an unwritten rule: you can't say the word "pig." Once, when Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, went to the home of the richest man, Shen Wansan, to eat, and there were pig's trotters on the table, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked with difficulty: "Report the name of the dish!" Shen Wansan was terrified and sweaty, and hurriedly said 3 words to escape this fate.
Why did Ming Taizu forbid everyone to say the word "pig"? Because after the founding of the Ming Taizu, Chen Youyi's Yu Dang was still in the shadows, they stared at Zhu Yuanzhang with a tiger's eye, and the secret code of the private joint was "kill the pig", which was actually "killing Zhu", and Ming Taizu was also afraid, so there was this regulation. Ming Taizu should be happy when he came to Shen Wansan's house, why did he embarrass Shen Wansan? In fact, Shen Wansan and Ming Taizu also had a relationship, Shen Wansan had previously supported Zhang Shicheng's uprising, so Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with Shen Wansan. Therefore, there was a scene where Ming Taizu made it difficult for Shen Wansan. Ming Taizu asked him to report the name of this plate of pig's trotters, Shen Wansan was scared enough, he thought to himself, if the word "pig's trotters" is said, the head on the item will definitely not be guaranteed, how to be good? He said with a clever move, "This is Wansan Hoof." Ming Taizu did not expect Shen Wansan to react so quickly, he could only laugh, and Shen Wansan finally escaped danger. This dish has also become a famous dish. Here it can be seen that Shen Wansan is by no means a provincial oil lamp, and the person who can live by the mouth of the tiger is indeed a smart person.
Liu Bowen is also a rare talent, he is familiar with the art of war, proficient in astronomical geography and history, and is a genius who can be as famous as Zhuge Liang. He once told Ming Taizu to be careful of Hongdu. Ming Taizu felt very strange, he had won the battle, why should he be careful of a place? What's more, Zhu Wenzheng, who he trusted the most, was guarding Hongdu. Ming Taizu said, "Don't be afraid, Zhu Wenzheng is in Hongdu." Liu Bowen replied directly: "That is to beware of Zhu Wenzheng." When Ming Taizu was able to defeat Chen Youyu and seize the world, Zhu Wenzheng's credit was indeed not small. At that time, Zhu Wenzheng had been insisting in Hongdu, opposite Chen Youyi's hundreds of thousands of troops, who insisted for 85 days, and finally waited for reinforcements and won the battle. However, when discussing the rewards for meritorious deeds, Ming Taizu thought that Zhu Wenzheng did not care about these false names, so he did not give him a big official, nor did he have many rewards, but what Ming Taizu did not know was that he Zhu Wenzheng was very unwilling in his heart.
Later, Zhu Wenzheng drank and had fun all day, and finally had an adulterous affair with Zhang Shicheng, which was a capital offense. When Ming Taizu found out, he imprisoned him to death.
Ming Taizu praised Liu Bowen as a god man, even Zhu Wenzheng could see that he had two hearts, but he was not happy at all when he was praised by the emperor, but he was scared enough, and immediately said: "The lord has raised his love, Wei Chen only thinks that he always drinks, not self-motivated, afraid that he will lose face for you, I really did not expect him to have two hearts." ”
Here, you can see Liu Bowen's great wisdom of pretending to be confused, which can avoid the sharp edge and give the emperor an idea by the way.
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