Shen Wansan was a rich man at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, why did he support the monk Zhu Yuanzhang

The real Shen Wansan in history was born in the Yuan Dynasty and died in the Yuan Dynasty, he died 12 years before Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne as emperor, so it is impossible for Shen Wansan to have anything to do with Zhu Yuanzhang, and about Shen Wansan's funding of Zhu Yuanzhang and a series of follow-up stories, it is more of a fabrication of wild history and folk legends.

Shen Wansan's real name is Shen Fu, is a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang, he has accumulated a lot of wealth by virtue of the convenience of the terrain to carry out overseas **, and has become the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River.

There is a record of Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang in the History of the Ming Dynasty, saying that Shen Wansan took the initiative to build the city wall of Nanjing at that time in order to please Zhu Yuanzhang, and also took out a lot of gold and silver treasures to reward the army, but Zhu Yuanzhang despised the businessmen at that time, and naturally did not have a good impression of Shen Wansan, and Shen Wansan's reward for the army made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry, and in a fit of anger, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Shen Wansan, and later thanks to Queen Ma's mediation, Shen Wansan saved his life. However, he was exiled to Yunnan.

Shen Wansan is also recorded in the "Wujiang County Chronicles" compiled during the Qing Dynasty, but in the "Wujiang County Chronicles", Shen Wansan died of illness when Zhang Shicheng occupied Wuhui in 1356, and Zhu Yuanzhang was proclaimed emperor in Nanjing in 1368, that is to say, 12 years after Shen Wansan's death, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing, so there are certain doubts about the authenticity of the statement that Shen Wansan funded the construction of the Nanjing city wall.

The history of the Ming Dynasty and the Wujiang County Chronicles are both official histories compiled in the Qing Dynasty, but they are both official histories but there are contradictory statements on the issue of Shen Wansan, and the reason may be because Qing Dynasty historians wrote the "History of the Ming Dynasty" with the political purpose of discrediting the Ming Dynasty, so it is not surprising that the book is slightly biased, and later historians have also confirmed that Shen Wansan's death was earlier than Zhu Yuanzhang's claim to be emperor, so the story about Zhu Yuanzhang and Shen Wansan can only be a legend.

Because he believes that Zhu Yuanzhang has the potential to unify the world, and he is good at leading troops to fight, he will definitely be able to become a good emperor in the future.

Because this businessman has always been very optimistic about the development path of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, I believe that he will make great achievements in the future.

Shen Wansan's political vision is indeed not very good, in the early days, the Shen family once supported Zhang Shicheng, the Great Zhou regime who fought against Zhu Yuanzhang, although later funded Zhu Yuanzhang's troops at a critical moment, and also helped Zhu Yuanzhang build the city wall of Nanjing, which was also of great help to Zhu Yuanzhang. However, the emperor's consideration of loyalty has always been unambiguous, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, who is more suspicious.

He may have seen that Zhu Yuanzhang was not an ordinary person, so he wanted to help him, but he was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the end, and having money brought him death.

Of course I know.

Shen Wansan, famous and rich; The word piece Rong, commonly known as Wansan. Ten thousand three, ten thousand households among the three shows, so also known as three shows, as the alias of the rich, the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty.

In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, Shen Wansan's father, Shen Jiayang, migrated from Nanxun Shen Jiayang in Wuxing (present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang Province) to Zhoudong* (Tuzhai), and later to Yinzibang. After Shen Wansan became rich, he regarded Suzhou as an important place to do business, and he once supported the Great Zhou regime of Zhang Shicheng in Pingjiang (Suzhou), and Zhang Shicheng also set up a monument for Shen Wansan. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang set the capital in Nanjing, Shen Wansan helped build one-third of the capital, and Zhu Yuanzhang made his two sons officials; Also built in Nanjing"Corridors"One thousand six hundred and fifty-four trees, four restaurants ......"。

With a comfortable home; But soon; Shen Wansan was assigned by Zhu Yuanzhang to serve in the army and spent the rest of his life in Yunnan.

Shen Wansan left footprints in Zhouzhuang, Suzhou, Nanjing, and Yunnan. Shen Wansan has always regarded Zhouzhuang as the place where he started his business; "The Wansan residence is located in the northwest half of Fu, that is, the Dongzhuang land and the silver bank, the warehouse, the garden pavilion and the residence are connected with each other"(Anniversary Chronicles, Vol. 2)."Wansan's family is in Zhouzhuang, and the dilapidated house still exists"(Ming Yang Xunji Su Talk). Although he was rewarded by Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang, he was reluctant to leave this treasure land.

Yuan, Wang Xingzi Zhizhong, a native of Wu County, Shen Wansan Yan is Xibin, every Wencheng, Shen Honorarium is a Yi"("Zhouzhuang Zhenzhi" Volume 6 Miscellaneous Notes), it can be seen that he even wants to stay in this rich land with his own children and grandchildren, and he spares no expense to cultivate them, so that the Shen family will prosper for a long time.