Reward the Three Armies? Tidas thought,"Is it too late to cut ties with Shen Wansan now?"
Shen Wansan said proudly,"
"The Emperor wants to build the capital city walls but the treasury does not have enough money so I will help the Emperor build the city walls. My Shen family does not have anything else but money and this is the only thing I can share the Emperor's worries.”
"Moreover, I also intend to help the emperor reward the three armies.”
"In this way, I believe that the Emperor will definitely value our Shen family.”
As soon as he said this, Tidas's entire body went numb. He looked at Shen Wansan as if he was looking at a fool.
You have money.
You're amazing.
But money wasn't made this way.
Although Shen Wansan was a businessman with sharp eyes and amazing talent, his political skills were no different from ordinary people.
Shen Wansan helped Zhu Yuanzhang build the city wall of the capital.
No problem.
The problem was the latter one.
Help Zhu Yuanzhang reward the army?
Was he not dying fast enough?
Zhu Yuanzhang had always regarded the Shen family as a fat piece of meat that was flowing with oil. He was eyeing them covetously, but you still jumped around in front of him with all your might and even touched his sensitive parts.
If he doesn't mess with you, who else can he mess with?
Emperors valued military power the most.
In history, in 1365, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhan Tong discussed the removal of the military power of the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, they said,"
"If Song Taizu had taken back the military power of those generals earlier, the world might not have been divided into five generations and ten kingdoms.”
Therefore, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang used laws and etiquette to restrain those meritorious generals.
In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang established the enfeoffment system.
He wanted his son to be a vassal king.
He tried to replace the generals with vassals.
The status of a vassal king was only one level lower than the emperor. When the dukes and ministers saw a vassal king, they had to " bow and pay their respects ".
But would a general hand over his military power so easily?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang gave them official titles and promoted titles to numb them. Then, he used the method of marriage to stabilize these meritorious officials and thus stabilize the imperial power.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly nibbled away at the military power of the generals and handed it over to his sons, letting them guard the various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
After the founding of the country.
He didn't even trust those good brothers who had gone through life and death with him. He wanted to firmly grasp the military power in his hands and let his son control all parts of the military power to guard the Ming Dynasty.
From this, it could be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang valued military power.
And Shen Wansan actually said that he would help Zhu Yuanzhang reward the three armies.
You're just a merchant, how can you reward the army?
You're a merchant, what are you trying to do by sucking up to the three armies?
If Zhu Yuanzhang didn't get angry and drew his sword to kill you, you'd be lucky.
But no matter what, Shen Wansan was still Tidas 'father-in-law.
Tidas would not let Shen Wansan court death.
Moreover,
If Shen Wansan were to seek death, he might even implicate her and Shen Rong.
Tidas advised with a serious expression,
"Father-in-law, you can't do that."
"It's fine if you want to build a city wall, but don't mention anything about rewarding the army in front of the emperor.”
Shen Wansan was just about to speak when he was interrupted by Tidas.
Then, he frowned.
"Why is this? I'm helping the emperor reward the three armies, but I'm helping the emperor save the country's financial expenses. Shouldn't the emperor be happy to see this?”
Shen Jin echoed,
"The emperor wants us to help build the city wall, so he wants to save the country's financial expenditure. Now that we are willing to help him, and even willing to help him reward the three armies, the emperor has saved so much money, how can he not be happy?”
"Brother-in-law, although the emperor has a high position and power, he is still a human. People's mentality is the same. They will definitely be happy to be able to take advantage of him.”
Tidas looked at these two fools as if they were fools.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still happy?
He was indeed very happy. He was so happy that he would give you a set meal of three thousand miles of exile and then openly plunder the Shen family's wealth.
Tidas patiently explained,"The emperor himself is a person who monopolizes power and is suspicious. You are only businessmen, but you want to reach out to the army. Do you think the emperor will be happy?" Can it accommodate you?"
Shen Wansan's expression changed drastically.
Why didn't he think of this?
He had thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was letting him off by asking him to build the city wall, so he wanted to gain a good impression of Zhu Yuanzhang. Now, he wanted to help reward the army.
Who would have thought that rewarding the army to gain favorable impression points would turn him into a loser?
If not for Tidas's reminder.
He might really run to Zhu Yuanzhang and ask him to reward the army.
At that time, what awaited him would not be a reward.
It was a knife.
Shen Rong's expression also changed slightly.
As early as when Tidas and Shen Wansan were discussing these matters, she had asked the servants to leave.
Fortunately, she had made arrangements in time.
Otherwise, if the contents of Tidas and the others 'discussion fell into the ears of others, they would definitely be beheaded.
At this moment, she felt a lingering fear in her heart.
According to what Tidas said, Shen Wansan would definitely offend Zhu Yuanzhang by rewarding the three armies.
Shen Wansan, on the other hand, was a fool and did not know whether it was good or bad.
He rushed up.
His head would definitely fall to the ground.
Even their entire Shen family would suffer.
She felt lucky.
"Fortunately, husband is resourceful and knows the pros and cons. Otherwise, if father really mentioned to the emperor that he would help reward the three armies, I'm afraid we would all suffer.”
Shen Jin gradually came back to his senses.
His face turned pale.
"We actually gave a gift to the emperor and even sent out a disaster of extermination. What kind of logic is this? Although he is the emperor, isn't this too much?”
"Shh."
"Jin 'er, be careful with your words and actions, in case the walls have ears.”
Shen Wansan raised his index finger to his lips and warned him with a serious expression. Then, he thanked him sincerely and humbly asked for advice.
"Son-in-law, I'm just an ordinary merchant. I don't know anything about the imperial court.
If it wasn't for you reminding me, the entire Shen family would have been in trouble. Son-in-law, other than that, do we need to pay attention to anything else?”
Tidas glanced at Shen Wansan and the others who had no self-awareness. He sighed in his heart and said,
"This mansion is really too luxurious."
"I'll save as much as I can on food and clothing.”
"We are now in the capital, under the feet of the emperor. If we can keep a low profile, we should try our best not to attract attention.”
"Now, it is very easy for others to be envious and jealous. If you return to your hometown, Suzhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. You can show off however you want. After all, it is difficult for the emperor's hand to touch that place.”
"In short, we have to keep a low profile.”
"Try not to show off in front of the emperor.”
Fortunately, Shen Wansan was his father-in-law. Otherwise, he would be jealous of the life of a feudal landlord.
Shen Wansan was puzzled.
"Low profile?"
"We're already very low-key."
"In the past, when we were in our hometown of Suzhou, we had never been so thrifty.”
Tidas:
Listen to this rich man's tone.
No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to swallow the Shen family so badly.
He was craving it.
Tidas reminded solemnly,"Then keep a lower profile and look up to ordinary civilians."”
Shen Wansan was deeply enlightened.
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