Plus, if the big dog doesn't kill himself, it will be sorry for the emperor, so Zhu Yuanzhang has been looking for an excuse to kill Shen Wansan. Once Zhu Yuanzhang invited Shen Wansan to dinner. Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to a plate of pig's trotters and asked Shen Wansan what this dish was. As a result, witty Shen Wansan said it was called braised Shen Wansan hooves. Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and let him go.
But once Shen Wansan kowtowed to him, when Zhu Yuanzhang built the capital in Nanjing, the cost of building the Nanjing wall in Shen Wansan was 1/3. Originally, it was a good thing to benefit the country and the people, and Zhu Yuanzhang could not find an excuse to deal with him. But later, Shen Wansan offered to reward the armed forces with one million Jin of gold, and Zhu Yuanzhang flew into a rage, saying that this is my army, and you still want to buy people's hearts? Will kill him, fortunately, Ma Huanghou interceded and was finally sent to Yunnan.
It can be said that when a person is too rich, you will definitely be targeted by those in power, because the word right always precedes the word interest, so in feudal society, if you are too rich, you will definitely not get better. Hu Xueyan, Sun Yat-sen's red top businessman, is an example. When Hu Xueyan is in trouble, it is not the help of the state, but the looting.
There are many legends about Shen Wansan's wealth. Now it seems that his main income actually depends on overseas trade, but people at that time didn't think so. It is said that his family is so rich because Shen Wansan has a cornucopia. If you throw a piece of silver in, you can get a pile of silver. Shen Wansan made his fortune from the cornucopia. It is said that the cornucopia is buried underground in Nanjing. During the Republic of China, the Kuomintang authorities also sent people to dig, but nothing was found. This shows that this is just.