Zhu Yuanzhang once painted the Ming Dynasty. Who dares to touch it?

As the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was resourceful and changeable. Although he was born into a poor family, he was a killer. When drawing the map of the Ming Dynasty, the painter Zeng escaped with one or two tricks.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty. Even the Fengtian Hall, the largest hall in the Ming Palace, is only magnificent and not luxurious at all. This is due to Zhu Yuanzhang, a poor boy who was reluctant to spend money randomly. It is said that there is a painting on the wall of the main hall from the year "Da Ming Dynasty Map", which was painted by this "Tu Emperor".

After the Fengtian Palace was built, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the inner wall of the Main Hall was as smooth as a mirror, and felt that such a good palace wall would be blank and unsightly, which was a bit real. What to draw? Beauty? No, beauty can corrupt people; gods and ghosts? The palace became a Taoist temple. Yes, he should draw something to inspire people to forge ahead, so he thought of the unification of the Ming Dynasty. He should draw it so that future generations can see the foundation created by their ancestors.

He invited Zhou, a famous literati painter in the Jiangnan area at that time. When Zhou received the edict, his heart was beating like a rabbit, because before him, many literati painters were beheaded because their paintings were not to Zhu Yuanzhang's taste. This time, it was his turn. This time the subject matter was too big and the political risks were too great. What does Daming look like? Zhu Yuanzhang, who can draw casually? If you're not careful, you'll get attacked.

As Zhou followed him into the palace, he thought repeatedly about how to deal with the disaster before him with an uneasy mood. Zhou is from Suzhou. He had the unique dexterity and wisdom of Sunan people, and with a flash of his mind, he came up with an idea.

Zhou came to Fengtian Temple to see Zhu Yuanzhang and kowtowed desperately. After Zhu Yuanzhang explained his original intention of calling him, he replied tactfully: "The king is in a remote corner, ignorant and ignorant, and has no chance to appreciate the scenery of the Ming Empire. Daming Mountain was captured by the emperor, and you moved to fight in the north and south. It is better for the emperor to draw a map of the Ming Dynasty first." After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that what Zhou said made sense, so he picked up a pen and started drawing on the temple wall according to his imagination. The sketch was quickly completed and he asked Zhou to revise and polish it. Unexpectedly, Zhou knelt down again and kowtowed: "Your Majesty has already made a sketch, and the little one can't write!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, thinking that this cunning man dared to fool the emperor's head. . He was so bold that he ordered Zhou to be pulled out and hacked to death. Unexpectedly, Zhou said calmly: "Isn't it convenient for the emperor to kill this junior? It's just that the younger one has a few words to say. It's not too late to kill him after you let him finish his words."

Zhou then said, "The emperor created the mountains and rivers of the Ming Empire. How can others change them? It would be unlucky if they were changed." Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his anger into joy: "Yes, I ordered the Ming Mountains. He is the leader of the Ming Dynasty. Who else can move the Ming Dynasty, and who can change it?"

So Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and left. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang's "The Map of the Ming Dynasty" remained. In Fengtian Hall. But whether it is true or not, the Ming Palace Museum has been destroyed and cannot be verified on site.