The joke of the ancients' heads falling to the ground

In the history of China, there are not many emperors born in cloth, and Zhu Yuanzhang is one of the best. He defected to Guo Zixing as a beggar, made great achievements on the battlefield, finally overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and established the last feudal dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang became the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his wife Ma Shi naturally became the queen. As we all know, this Ma Huanghou was born in poverty and worked in the fields since he was a child, so he didn't bind his feet and let them go like men. Nowadays, being a queen is often less happy than the "three-inch golden lotus" of the minister's wife.

On this day, she had a whim to visit the most prosperous Pearl Street in Jinling. Not only was the palace in a hurry, but even the people in the street quickly avoided it. Ma Huanghou sat in the Phoenix car and looked at the scenery in the street. Suddenly, a strong wind lifted the curtain of the sedan chair. Fortunately, the bartender in a shop sneaked out from under the counter and saw the queen's big feet. Later, he told jokes and passed them around. When Ma Huanghou found out, he was so angry that he had to get rid of those who "spread rumors and mislead people".

The unlucky shop assistant became the "culprit", he and his family were beheaded, and all the people who spread stories on Pearl Street were sent to Xifan (now eastern Qinghai). Although the dust of the "exposure" case settled, this sentence was passed down. At that time, scholars in the society also compiled a couplet on this matter: Ma Huanghou slipped and his head fell to the ground.

When this couplet came out, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and asked Jin Yiwei to investigate who wrote it. Once found, shot on the spot. Fortunately, I didn't find out the reason, otherwise it would be another blood shed. However, this couplet has been hanging in the air since it came out. After all, it involves royal face. Even if the couplets are taken out, no one dares to stand up and deal with them.

Two hundred years later, Li Zicheng led the peasant army into Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in Jingshan. In the Li Zicheng Uprising Army, there was a counselor named Niu Jinxing who became the prime minister of Dashun Dynasty. A man got the news that chickens and dogs had ascended to heaven, and even his relatives were promoted to knights, which was very prominent for a time.

This Niu Jinxing has a hobby, and he loves beef very much. In court, he hid his ox legs and ate them, which made Li Zicheng laugh and cry, so he had to let them go. By this time, the Great Ming Dynasty had perished. Someone put Ma Huanghou's exposure in the early Ming Dynasty and Niu Jinxing's hiding of ox legs in the late Ming Dynasty together and made up a couplet. Together, it is: Ma Huanghou exposed himself and his head fell to the ground; The prime minister hides the ox leg, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven