During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a family that was richer than the Zhu family.
That must be the Shen family.
Many people might not know about Shen Wang but Shen Wang's father was much more famous.
Shen Wang's father was a famous merchant from the Yuan Dynasty-Shen Wansan!
Later, there was a story of Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang building the Jinling city wall together, and then being exiled to Yunnan by Zhu Yuanzhang for offending Zhu Yuanzhang.
In fact, Shen Wansan had never seen Zhu Yuanzhang in his entire life.
They didn't even live until the Ming Dynasty.
The epitaph of Shen Rong, the third son of Shen Wan, had been unearthed. Shen Rong was born in 1300 AD, while the first year of Hongwu was 1368 AD.
According to this calculation, even if Shen Wansan had his eldest son when he was ten years old, he would be seventy-eight years old by the first year of Hongwu.
Moreover, how beastly was that person to be able to have children at the age of ten?
In fact, the Shen family had never participated in the construction of the Jinling city wall. They had helped Zhu Yuanzhang build some pavilions and pavilions. At most, they were just a contractor.
Zhu Yuanzhang also took care of the Shen family at first.
After all, Shen Wansan's family history was very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's. He was also a tenant who fled from famine. Later, he was recruited by the Jiangnan gentry Lu Daoyuan as a son-in-law because he managed the Lu family's finances well. He eventually became a huge merchant.
And the Shen Wang brothers were also exceptionally tactful, thus the Shen family was rewarded with a few small official positions by Old Zhu.
However, it was true that the Shen family was banished to Yunnan. The real reason was not that Zhu Yuanzhang was jealous of the Shen family's wealth.
It was mainly because Shen Wang had a son-in-law called Gu Xuewen.
Gu Xuewen had a good friend called Wang Xing.
Wang Xing wasn't a well-known person in history, but Gu Xuewen was probably the most insignificant person in Wang Xing's circle of friends.
The three most famous friends of Wang Xing were the King of Wu, Zhang Shicheng; the Great Ming's Duke of Rongguo, the black-robed Prime Minister, Yao Guangxiao; the Great Ming's General, the Great Liang's Duke, and the Crown Prince's tutor, Lan Yu.
To be able to make so many "good friends" and not have his legs broken by the nine clans, Wang Xing must be loved by the nine clans.
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the Blue Jade Case occurred. The Shen family was naturally involved in the Blue Jade Case because of this. The entire family was exiled to Yunnan and was completely annihilated in the long river of history.
He looked at the magnificent Shen family behind him.
Shen Wang couldn't help but sigh sorrowfully as he instructed the servants.
"Take something and run for your lives!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Shen family got busy.
Looking at the busy servants, Shen Wang's face could not help but reveal a bitter smile.
He secretly lamented the fickleness of the world and the fact that people's hearts were not as old as before.
Until this moment.
An oil-paper umbrella shielded Shen Wang from the rain.
"Master…"
Shen Wang raised his head in confusion and looked at the old butler with white hair behind him. He couldn't help but feel emotional.
"Ah Fu…"
Tears kept rolling in Shen Wang's eyes.
Thousands of words surged into his mind.
"Master, can I take this chair with me?”
" Hmm…Hmm?!"
After saying that, the old man took the chair away, ignoring Shen Wang's agreement.
She used the chair to block the rain and hurriedly left the front hall of the Shen family.
That night.
The Shen family was destined to be sleepless!
……
……
The next morning.
The rain gradually lessened, and Zhu Yuanzhang woke up early in the morning.
Yesterday, Zhu Yuanzhang had already arranged for the court to stop for a day.
Looking at Xiao Hu, who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, he immediately changed into casual clothes and walked towards the outer city in large strides.
A moment later.
Looking at the Shen family that was almost in ruins.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Er Hu were stunned.
One of the originally imposing doors had been torn down.
As for the gatekeeper, even the stool had been moved away.
"Erhu, we-did we go the wrong way?”
Could this be the richest family in Ming Dynasty?
Xiao Hu was not so confident after seeing this scene.
After a long time, she saw an old man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes sitting on the steps of the Shen family's front yard.
"Sir, there's an old man over there.”
After saying that, Er Hu carefully walked to the old man's side and asked in a low voice,
"Old man, is this the Shen family?"
The old man slowly raised his head. Before he could speak, Xiao Hu was shocked.
Shen Wang didn't need anyone, he was a giant merchant in Jinling!
As Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard, Er Hu had naturally seen Shen Wang a few times.
"Old Master Shen?"
"General Er, Er Hu?"
"Upper position, this is Old Master Shen!"
Hearing Xiao Hu's shout, Zhu Yuanzhang ran into the courtyard of the Shen family in shock.
"Shen Wang? What happened to your family?"
"Wasn't everything fine last night?!”
When Shen Wang saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he froze on the spot.
They came so quickly?
Was this the feeling of approaching the end of one's life?
"Your Majesty…this commoner, this commoner is wronged…"
Zhu Yuanzhang scolded fiercely.
"This is simply too much. Someone actually snatched it!"
"Minister Shen, don't worry, we will definitely give you an explanation!”
A bitter smile appeared on Shen Wang's face.
Explanation?
It was useless for a dead person to ask for an explanation.
"Your Majesty, there's no need…"
"Why not? They robbed your house. Who are we going to borrow money from?! This group of thieves is truly detestable."
Shen Wang sighed.
"Borrow money…I can still use that thing if it's returned…Borrow money?!”
My house is almost gone, and you're telling me you're here to borrow money?!
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