Why did Zhu Yuanzhang kill Shen Wansan?

1. Reason: Shen Wansan was outspoken and careless, which angered Zhu Yuanzhang.

2. Events:

Zhu Yuanzhang prepared to build the capital in Nanjing and decided to expand Yingtian City, making it very grand. However, due to frequent wars and huge expenses, there is no money to repair the city wall.

Shen Wansan, Fu Hao promised to be responsible for the construction of the section from Jubaomen to Shuiximen, and related projects, such as profile houses, streets, bridges, sluices and office buildings. He not only hired first-class construction workers, but also supervised the progress and checked the quality on the construction site all day. Shen Wansan was completed three days ahead of the wall built by the royal family. Can do this, just a big refutation of the emperor's face.

Later, he actually proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang that he intended to use his own two million gold instead of the emperor to reward the three armed forces. This finally made Ming Taizu face great anger. So he was sent to the border of Yunnan, because he had no property.

3, "Ming Ma Huanghou biography" records:

Xing Wu's richest man, Shen Xiu, that is, Shen Wansan, helped Zhu Yuanzhang build a third of Nanjing and demanded to pay for the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and said, "Most people dare to reward the Emperor's army, which is definitely a mob. They should be killed. "

Ma Huanghou protested: "I heard that the law is used to punish lawless people, but it is not used to punish unfortunate people. The people are extremely rich, and they are unlucky in themselves. Heaven is bound to bring disaster on him. Why should your majesty kill him again? " Zhu Yuanzhang listened to some Japanese words, spared Shen Wansan and exiled him to Yunnan.

Extended data:

1, Yunnan banishment:

When Shen Wansan was demoted, it was said that he had five sons, gold, silver, copper, iron and tin. From a distance, people always feel that their side is shining along the way. So someone reported to the emperor that when Shen Wansan went to Yunnan, he also took away the wealth of Jiangnan.

The emperor hurried down the imperial edict, forbidding them to move on, and put Shen Wansan's five sons to death on the spot. The youngest son, a native of Xi, happened to be in an old place. After receiving the imperial edict, he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff on a high mountain and soon became a tin mine. The blood of the other four brothers flowed into the land of Yunnan and became a copper mine.

2. Ancient Tea Horse Road:

After Shen Wansan's accident, many friends came to visit him from Jiangzhe all the way to Dali, Yunnan. They found that taking the ancient tea-horse road to transport silk, ceramics and handicrafts from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to northwest Yunnan and even Tibet was a new way to seek wealth. Although the weather there is cold, the roads are bumpy and full of hardships, there is a lot of room for development. Experienced Shen Wansan used the ancient tea-horse road to transport silk and other specialties from Jiangnan to Yunnan, even Tibet, Myanmar and India. ...

Shen Wansan had no choice but to return to his old job and continue to do business on the ancient tea-horse road. No one thought that this brought him back to life.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shen Wansan