Shen Wansan, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, why did he build his mausoleum underwater?

Since ancient times, wealthy or powerful people in the family will build a mausoleum for themselves and bring their wealth into it as a burial gift, so that they can live comfortably in the underworld. But where there is wealth, it will inevitably attract the covetousness of unscrupulous people, which gives rise to the industry of tomb robbing.

The owners of these tombs were also afraid that their tombs would be patronized, so they thought of many ways to prevent tomb robbery, Shen Wanshan was one of them, as the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, the wealth in the mausoleum must be huge, in order to protect himself after death, he built the cemetery under the water.

As everyone knows, there is a sedan top mountain in Dali, Yunnan, where the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan, was buried after his death. In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, Shen Wansan earned a lot of money with his outstanding business acumen.

At this time, the country was in extreme turmoil, and the heroes were vying for hegemony, because Shen Wansan's base was Suzhou, so he chose to fund Zhang Shicheng, and caused Zhu Yuanzhang to be unhappy. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, Shen Wansan knew that he had angered Zhu Yuanzhang, and in order to protect his family, he offered to build the Nanjing City Wall for the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, Shen Wansan can be said to have done his best to help Zhu Yuanzhang complete one-third of the project.

Regarding Shen Wansan's behavior at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very happy in his heart, and was ready to write off his previous mistakes. But Shen Wansan made a puzzling act at this time, he proposed to reward the ** who built the city. Zhu Yuanzhang was angry when he heard this, since ancient times, only the emperor has the right to reward those who build the city wall, and Shen Wansan's move is to challenge his authority.

So, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, so he sent Shen Wansan to Yunnan. Shen Wansan spent the rest of his life in Yunnan and eventually died of old age on this land, hence the rumor that his cemetery was in Jiaoding Mountain.

However, there is also a tomb of Shen Wansan in Zhouzhuang in Kunshan, Jiangsu, and the strangest thing is that this mausoleum was built underwater. It is said that it was because Shen Wansan felt that he was very wronged, but at this time he couldn't face his parents and fellow villagers.

However, Shen Wansan missed his hometown very much, so he secretly built a cemetery under the water, buried his body here, and built a tomb in Yunnan at the same time. In this way, he can not only fulfill his wish to return to his roots, but also prevent the patronage of tomb robbers, and make Zhu Yuanzhang feel at ease, which can be said to be a triple win.

According to the construction of Shen Wansan's mausoleum, he is undoubtedly an extremely intelligent person, which is why he was able to become the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

When Shen Wansan died, he no longer had much money, and most of his wealth was confiscated by Zhu Yuanzhang. Shen Wansan didn't expect that because he didn't understand humility and restraint, he would end up like this. After he died, he didn't have the face to return to his hometown to see his father and fellow villagers, so before he died, he instructed his descendants to bury himself under the water, so that he could preserve his remaining wealth, and secondly, he was buried under the water after death, so that he could be isolated from the world and be quiet.

Although tomb robbers were rampant, no one dared to touch Shen Wansan's tomb. Because the underwater cemetery is still different from the cemetery on the ground after all, if it is not a person who is particularly proficient in water, I am afraid that he will be drowned before he can find the location of Shen Wansan's grave.

Because if you build it underwater, you can protect your mausoleum from theft.

Because the burial is underwater, it can prevent tomb robbers from stealing their own tombs, and the burial under water cannot be found, which can make Zhu Yuanzhang very relieved.

I think the main reason is that he wants his descendants to live more affluently, and he doesn't want people to find out where his grave is and dig it up, etc.

It is said that it was because his tomb was underwater. It is said that Shen Wansan has two tombs, which are on the top of the bridge in Dali, Yunnan and Zhouzhuang, Kunshan, Jiangsu. There is also Zhouzhuang, Kunshan, Jiangsu, it is said that the tomb is in the water, and it is uncertain whether there is any treasure, saying that there is no reason to take a big risk to dig a possible empty tomb.

Because Shen Wansan is too rich and famous, many people hope that he can have a better ending. There are many legends about Shen Wansan, and how he died has always been debated. There is also the question of why Shen Wansan's tomb is not dug up, which is also a topic of debate among many people, and there are many rumors and sayings.

Shen Wansan's grave is at the foot of Fuquan Mountain in Fuquan City, Guizhou Province. After Shen Wansan was exiled to Yunnan, he followed Zhang Sanfeng to Fuquan Mountain to cultivate, and later died in Pingyue. In 1393, Shen Wansan was buried in Fuquan Mountain, Guizhou Province after his death, and now there is still Shen Wansan's tomb under Fuquan Mountain.

In 1498, Shen Yanli, the fifth grandson of his fifth generation, moved the bones of Shen Wansan from Fuquan Mountain to Yinzibang, Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu, and buried it in the bottom of the water.

Shen Wansan was a native of Nanxun Town, Wucheng County, Zhejiang Province (now Nanxun District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province). At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he migrated to Zhouzhuang with his father and started his family by farming. Helped businessman Lu Daoyuan manage his finances, obtained huge sums of money, and later became the richest man in Jiangnan.

In the early years of Hongwu, he donated money to rebuild the Great Wall and Nanjing City, and was suspicious of Ming Taizu, and was sent to Yunnan by the army.

During his exile, he once again did business on the Ancient Tea Horse Road and regained his life. Hongwu died in the twelfth year and was buried in Zhouzhuang Yinzibang.

The bones of Shen Wansan, the god of wealth, were buried on the top of Baishu Mountain in the territory of Gupeng Village Committee, Yongfeng Town, Deqing County, Guangdong Province.

Before burying Shen Wansan, Feng Shui master Lai Buyi named the treasure "Seven Stars with the Moon". After burying Shen Wansan, Feng Shui master Zeng Fuyang named the treasure as "Hundred Foot Protective Pearls". The villagers at the foot of the mountain say that it is called "a hundred feet with pearls".

Shen Wansan's descendants called the ancestral tomb mountain "a hundred feet spitting pearls". The descendants of Shen Wansan lived in Wulong Town, Deqing County, and most of them changed their surnames to Pan to avoid Zhu Hongwu's pursuit and killing, and those who changed their surnames to other surnames are unknown.