Chapter 131 The Hee Hee in the World Is All for Benefits
Chapter 131 Everyone in the world is interested in profit
Even Zhu Su, who came from later generations, had heard about Shen Rong's father Shen Wansan.
In later generations, there is a story that Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang built the Jinling City Wall together, and were later sent to Yunnan for offending Lao Zhu. However, in fact, Shen Wansan never met Zhu Yuanzhang in his life.
In fact, he did not live until the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.
Today's head of the Shen family, Shen Rong, is already in his twilight years, with his hair full of frost and white hair. Shen Wansan, who struck Zhu Su as a thunderbolt, has been dead for many years. The most widely circulated story of the Shen family in later generations: the construction of the Jinling city wall, which aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's fear The story was completely false. Shen Rong, together with his younger brother Shen Wang, contracted some small projects for the Ming Dynasty and built some pavilions. At best, he was just a small contractor.
Moreover, Lao Zhu took great care of the Shen family at first. After all, Shen Rong's father, Shen Wansan, had a very similar start-up journey to Lao Zhu: they were both born into poor tenant farmers, and by chance, they were recruited by Jiangnan tycoon Lu Daoyuan. As a son-in-law, he managed finances well and eventually became a wealthy businessman.
Moreover, the Shen brothers were rewarded by Lao Zhu with several minor officials because of their interest.
But the ending of the Shen family being sent to Yunnan is true. The reason is not because Lao Zhu was jealous of the Shen family's wealth. The talented and powerful founding emperor was jealous of a mere businessman. Only the Qing Dynasty had the nerve to put this kind of clumsy story into practice. The reason why the Shen family was assigned to another family was mainly because Shen Rong's younger brother Shen Wang had a son-in-law named Gu Xuewen.
There is actually nothing wrong with this Gu Xuewen, but he has a friend named Wang Xing.
Wang Xing had a wide range of friends, and Gu Xuewen, the merchant's son-in-law, was originally just one of them. In later generations, people like Wang Xing were called well-connected, which had only advantages and no disadvantages. However, in the Ming Dynasty, this was very serious. Wang Xing has a very close friend: Lan Yu, the Duke of Liang who will be the most decorated general in the Ming Dynasty in the future and the Crown Prince and Tutor!
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the Lan Yu case occurred. Because of this supposedly insignificant relationship, the Shen family was involved in the abyss of the Lan Yu case, and has been completely lost in the long river of history ever since.
"Yes." Shen Sen didn't know whether it was rain or tears on his face. He sniffed, stood up slowly and stood behind his father as usual. Shen Rong looked at his son who had a calm expression on his face, and then looked at He sighed to the old housekeeper beside him: "Afu, you are still loyal."
"Yesterday I burned the deeds of my family and let everyone in the family run for their lives. Unexpectedly, these seemingly loyal servants in the past were turned into beasts and beasts in an instant. They also took away all the belongings of my Shen family."
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"Master..." Ah Fu bit his lip, as if he was making up his mind.
"Uh-huh?"
The Shen family is finished!
Zhu Su was hiding in the sedan and didn't know that the few guards he was bringing with him had stirred up rumors all over Yingtian City, and even attracted many censors who were already gearing up to use his face to improve their official reputation. Until the carriage When he arrived at the door of Shen's house, he and Li Jinglong who came with him opened the car curtain. As soon as he opened it, he saw the Shen's house that looked like a ruined wall, and he couldn't help but be startled.
"Afu has served you for so many years. Is it not too much to reward me with this chair under your butt?"
It rained heavily, but it was determined not to wet our Prince Wu, Zhu Su. Zhu Su brought the soldiers of Prince Wu’s guards into the city with a high profile. Those guards had been training for a long time, and their steps were neat and orderly. Zhu Su also nailed nails on the soles of their boots. They were covered with thick leather, made a loud sound when stepping on the ground, and stood as straight as a javelin in the rain. The momentum of more than 20 people was no less impressive than that of hundreds of people. Have the common people ever seen such an army? Naturally, they thought it was The murderous elite soldiers will definitely see blood when they enter the city.
"No...that's right, this is indeed the Shen family. How did it become like this?"
"When King Wu's troops surround the mansion, it will be difficult to fly even with wings!"
"How can a child abandon his father and live on in the world?" Shen Rong's son Shen Sen knelt down in the rain with a plop, and a flash of lightning reflected on his face. "There is still a second uncle in the Shen family to continue the incense, and my son only wants to be with him. I will die with my father!"
Then, under the shocked gazes of the father and son, he put the extremely heavy chair on his head to protect him from the rain, and left in a hurry!
"This! This unruly slave!" Shen Sen was trembling with anger. The Shen family had treated these servants kindly for decades, but when disaster struck, no one was willing to die with the Shen family!
"Come on. The fact that he left just now shows his loyalty." Shen Rong stood up with the help of his son. "After all, he is bound by a personal contract. Everyone in the world is here for profit, and everyone is here for profit. I have ruined the profit and body contract, so naturally he should cherish his own life. Alas!"
Although he spoke openly, he couldn't help feeling miserable in his heart, shaking his head and sighing.
When the uncle and nephew got off the carriage, they saw that one of the original grand doors had been removed. There was no one in the gatehouse, not to mention chairs, not even a bench. When they walked in, they saw that even the brass on the door was missing. The nails were all dug out by someone with a knife.
The old servant's call made Shen Rong's eyes suddenly filled with tears. Thousands of words came to his heart, and he had to close his eyes to hold back the tears.
"Afu..."
"伱, you, you, ugh!" Shen Rong pointed with trembling fingers at his beloved son whom he only got when he was old. He wanted to scold him but his words turned into a long sigh. "That's all...Sen... Son, come here and take shelter from the rain."
"Jiujiang, this is the Shen family of the richest man in Yingtian? Why does it look like it has been robbed?"
This is obviously a run-down house that no one lives in.
"Forget it, just follow me, father and son, and die together."
Shen Rong opened his eyes in shock. The butler Ah Fu actually took away the valuable huanghuali chair and threw his former master, Mr. Shen, to his knees.
As he spoke, he adjusted his sleeves and tried his best to sit upright on the last huanghuali chair.
It can be seen from this that the status of merchants in the early Ming Dynasty was low. Without power as a backer, no matter how much wealth you have, it is just a castle in the air that can collapse at any time!
"Hey, people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. People say that a loyal minister can be identified by being honest, but you, Ah Fu, are the most loyal..."
"Sir, Ah Fu's surname is not Shen. I'm sure Prince Wu won't blame me."
"Father." Behind the hall, a young man walked into the house with a sad face. When he saw him, Shen Rong was furious: "Sen'er, why haven't you left yet? You want to make your father angry to death!"
"Could it be that we really went in the wrong direction?" Li Jinglong also began to feel unconfident.
He looked around blankly and saw an old man with disheveled hair and a soaked young man sitting on the steps in front of the front hall. His eyes suddenly lit up: "Uncle Fifth, there seems to be an old man who looks after the home and the nursing home there. My silly son is sitting here. My nephew will go over and ask."
After that, he held an umbrella and walked up to the two of them cautiously with two guards.
"Old man, is this the home of Mr. Shen, the richest man in Yingtian, named Shen Rong?"