Zhu Yuanzhang killed Xu Da, but in the end, why did Xu Da's tombstone be higher than his own?

Xu Da was born in a peasant family. He met Zhu Yuanzhang since childhood and spent his childhood in poverty. Although Xu Da's family is poor, he likes martial arts, has a good kung fu and a big figure, which laid the foundation for him to become a big battlefield in the future.

After the Guo Zixing Uprising, Zhu Yuanzhang was loyal to him and was appreciated by Guo Zixing. Soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang was ordered to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers. It was also at this time that Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da, a childhood friend. Xu Da was very grateful to his friend for his kindness to meet him. In every battle, Xu Da tried his best to fight bravely and finally established his own reputation. Zhu Yuanzhang was very surprised to see this scene, and at the same time he was more at ease with Xu Da and entrusted him with reuse.

After several years of war, Xu Da became Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand man. Zhu Yuanzhang made great achievements in the wars with Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and Yuan Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he was named Wang Wei. It can be said that the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang's accession to the throne are closely related to Xu Da.

In the ancient feudal dynasty of China, if a person tasted the benefits of power, he would try his best to protect his power from being seized by others, and so did Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang, who ascended the throne, began to kill heroes, but many heroes did not escape, which left a knot in Xu Da's heart for fear that he would become the next target.

However, bad luck came. One day, Xu Da had carbuncle on his back. It is said that people with carbuncle on their backs can't eat geese, or they will die immediately. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and finally found a way to get rid of this troublesome minister, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a reward for Xu Da's roasted goose. Xu Da knew what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, but he also knew that if he didn't eat today, he would have bad blood with Zhu Yuanzhang, and there would be more and more means to wait for him later, so he ate the whole roast goose with tears in his eyes and eventually died of poisoning.

After Xu Da's death, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to express his gratitude to Xu Da, showed great sadness and went to attend the funeral, and listed him as the first hero of the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Zhongshan King" in posthumous title and "Wuning" in posthumous title, and gave him three kings.

The most amazing thing is that Ming Taizu Judy's inscription for Zhu Yuanzhang is only 8.78 meters high, which is shorter than Xu Da's tombstone 17 cm, which is very puzzling. The world speculated that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's last wish, perhaps to express his guilt for Xu Da, so as not to be too embarrassed when we met in the underworld in the future.