"On the same day I returned home from the palace, and the next day the court issued a decree to suppress commerce and control the position of merchants, and stipulated that merchants could not wear silk and silk no matter how rich they were, and that merchants could not use horses if they had money, but only donkeys.
"In fact, we can still endure these, the most intolerable thing is that businessmen cannot be officials, and the descendants of businessmen cannot take the imperial examination, this is an insidious policy, and the descendants of businessmen cannot take the imperial examination, which means that in the future, my children and grandchildren cannot become officials, and they cannot soar, which makes us very uncomfortable."
"But the decree has been issued, and there is nothing we can do about it, we can only honestly follow the arrangement, but even this is not the end."
"After Zhu Yuanzhang issued this series of decrees, my business was greatly affected, and at this time Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to seal up my shop, all kinds of raids, all kinds of smashing, the reasons are even more strange, what kind of restaurant eats dead people, cloth shop clothes people wear dead people, tea shops sell fake tea" "After some raids, my business can be said to have plummeted, and just when I was about to turn white, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned me to the palace again and gave me food."
"At that time, I was ready to give in to Zhu Yuanzhang, who made him the true dragon emperor, and who let him be in charge of the whole country."
"But I also know that Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless, maybe this time it is a Hongmen banquet, so I entered the palace with caution, Zhu Yuanzhang saw me and played haha, I also laughed with him, and soon the banquet began, at this time one dish after another came up, and when the penultimate dish came up, it was a plate of pig's trotters with a belt and meat paste."
"Zhu Yuanzhang flashed a fierce light in his eyes when he saw this dish, and I was careful at that time, so when I saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, I suddenly understood in my heart that Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to show up with a dagger and attack himself, and sure enough, at this time, I saw Zhu Yuanzhang stretching out his hand and pointing to the plate of pig's trotters and said: Wansan, you see Zhiguang, what is the name of this dish?"
"When I saw that this was not just a pig's trotter I was just about to blurt it out, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my head, pig's trotters, Zhu Yuanzhang's surname is Zhu, the pig has the same sound as Zhu, and he has a pig's trotter exit, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's urine nature, he must treat himself for a big crime of disrespect, this trouble is not good, it will kill the head."
"Fortunately, I was witty at the time, and when I saw the pig's trotters on this table, I blurted out a sentence of ten thousand three hooves, I scolded myself for not being able to?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, when he saw me scolding himself, he immediately laughed happily and said: What a Wan San Hoof, then this dish will be called Wan San Hoof in the future."
"I felt humiliated when I heard this, but when I was about to finish this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said again: This Wansan hoof looks very delicious, and Wansan Gang will cut a little bit and taste it."
"As soon as I finished saying this, of course I agreed, and hurriedly got up and prepared to ask the eunuch waiting behind me for a knife, but as soon as I was about to open my mouth, I broke out in a cold sweat again, and almost put my life into it, you must know that Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor at this time, and you are deliberately stabbing the king and killing the driver with a knife in front of the emperor, which is a big crime of the Nine Clans."
"Fortunately, I had an idea and found that the pig's trotters were very bad, so I took out a small bone from the pig's trotters, and used the bone as a knife to divide the pig's trotters."
"Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of the pig's trotters I gave him, and said: These three hooves are fat, but unfortunately it is precisely because they are too fat that they will cause death."
The implication of these words was so obvious that I was not stupid, and I understood almost instantly, and then quickly knelt on the ground and bowed my head, and in order to show my sincerity, I was willing to give up all my possessions, as long as I left a few shops to make ends meet.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately laughed, and loudly praised today's delicious ten thousand three hooves, and I also laughed with him and swallowed the meal raw.
"When I got home, all my possessions were confiscated, leaving me with only a grain store and a grocery store."
"At that time, I was really in extreme difficulty, several of my concubines were dismissed, but I also got rid of Zhu Yuanzhang's control, so I continued to use my business methods, and my connections are still there, and it took me three years to accumulate wealth that rivals the country."
"Zhu Yuanzhang has a secret agent agency under him, named Jinyiwei, I spent three years to reach the peak again, Zhu Yuanzhang was very curious about my ability to make a fortune, so he asked Jinyiwei to inquire, and after some inquiry, Jinyiwei was really powerful and found out that I had a cornucopia in my hand."
"Zhu Yuanzhang was excited at this time, if he could grab this cornucopia, he wouldn't have to worry about the military expenses of his army in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, and he didn't sleep for several days with excitement, and he couldn't help it on the fifth day He recruited me into the palace again."
"After entering the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang said his thoughts without concealment, wanting a cornucopia."
"I have already said the harm of the cornucopia, if the abuse of the cornucopia will lead to inflation in the entire Ming Dynasty, the people will be miserable, I am also a person who cultivates virtue, of course I understand Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, so I rejected Zhu Yuanzhang with words, and this cornucopia I used it once in my life when I first got it, and turned out 10,000 taels of silver, and the rest of the time was sealed to prevent it from appearing in the world."
"So I refused Zhu Yuanzhang's request, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this, saying that I was guilty of rebellion, so he ordered me to be put in prison, and at the same time arrested my wife and children, and forced us to ask where the cornucopia was."
"Fortunately, I was friendly with Liu Bowen at that time, Liu Bowen was a little thin in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, so Liu Bowen came forward to protect me, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inevitable, I was directly confiscated of my family property, and the family was sent to Hainan."
"When I was distributed, I secretly told Liu Bowen the information about the cornucopia, and asked him to hide the cornucopia well, and please take it to the sky when he ascends, this thing is really not a good thing to stay in the world."
Shen Wansan said this, a few melancholy expressions appeared on his face, and he muttered: "I miss me Shen Wansan, I have been invincible all over the world in the business world all my life, but in the end, I was still exploited by those in power like killing pigs, how miserable." ” Liu Tianqi listened to Shen Wansan and said: "What the predecessors said is right, the founding ancestor of our current dynasty said that when power comes out from under the barrel of a gun, how can money be compared with power." ” Shen Wansan nodded lightly when he heard this: "That's right, everything depends on strength, money is something outside the body":