Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 131
About Shen Rong's father, Shen Wansan, even Zhu Su, who came from later generations, had heard of it.

In later generations, there is a story that Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang jointly built the city wall of Jinling, and was exiled to Yunnan for offending Lao Zhu.But in fact, Shen Wansan has never seen Zhu Yuanzhang in his life.

Even, he didn't live until the Ming Dynasty was established.

The current Patriarch of the Shen family, Shen Rong, is already at the end of his life, and Shen Wansan, who makes Zhu Su feel like a thunderbolt, has passed away for many years.The Shen family's most widely circulated story in later generations: the construction of the Jinling city wall, which aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's fear, is also purely fictional.Shen Rong, together with his younger brother Shen Wang, contracted some small projects for the Ming court and built some pavilions. At best, they were just a small contractor.

Moreover, Lao Zhu took good care of the Shen family at first.After all, Shen Rong's father, Shen Wansan, had a very similar history to Lao Zhu: he was born as a poor tenant.

Moreover, the Shen brothers were rewarded by Lao Zhu as several petty officials because of their savvy.

But the ending of the Shen family's distribution to Yunnan is true, and the reason is not because Lao Zhu was jealous of the riches of the Shen family, and the founding emperor of a generation of great talents feared a mere businessman. mouth.The reason why the Shen family was assigned was mainly because Shen Rong's younger brother, Shen Wang, had a son-in-law named Gu Xuewen.

There is nothing wrong with this Gu Xuewen, but he has a friend named Wang Xing.

Wang Xing made many friends, and Gu Xuewen, the son-in-law of a businessman, was originally just one of them.In later generations, people like Wang Xing are called well-connected, and there are only advantages and no disadvantages.However, it would be very fatal in the Ming Dynasty. This Wang Xing has a very close friend: the future Great General with the most military exploits in the Ming Dynasty, and the Duke of Liang, Lan Yu, who will worship the Crown Prince and Taifu!

In the 26th year of Hongwu, the Lanyu case occurred. Because of this relationship that should have been insignificant, the Shen family was involved in the abyss of the Lanyu case, and has been completely lost in the long river of history since then.

It can be seen from this that the status of merchants in the early Ming Dynasty was low.Without power as a backing, even if your family has tens of millions, it is just a castle in the air that will collapse at any time!

"Father." At the back of the hall, a young man walked into the room with a sad face.Seeing him, Shen Rong was furious: "Sen'er, why haven't you left yet? You want to be so angry that you can't be a father!"

"Wait for a while when King Wu's soldiers surround the mansion. At that time, it will be difficult to fly even with wings!"

"How can a child abandon his father and live on in this world?" Shen Rong's son Shen Sen knelt in the rain with a thud, and a flash of lightning reflected on his face a burst of misery. "The Shen family still has the second uncle's lineage to continue the incense, and the son only wants to die with his father!"

"You, you, you, alas!" Shen Rong pointed at his beloved son with trembling fingers, wanting to scold him but his words turned into a long sigh. "Forget it... Sen'er, come here and hide from the rain."

"Yes." Shen Sen didn't know whether it was rain or tears on his face, but he sniffled, got up slowly and stood behind his father as usual.Shen Rong looked at his son who was acting indifferently, then looked at the old butler beside him, and said with emotion: "Ah Fu, you are still loyal."

"Yesterday, I burned the deeds of the family, and let the people in the family run for their own lives. I didn't expect that these servants who seemed to be loyal in the past turned into wild beasts in an instant. They also took all the belongings of my Shen family."

"Hey, people's hearts are not old. People say that a loyal minister can be found in a tough way, but you are the most loyal..."

"Forget it, you can follow my father and son to die together."

As he spoke, he straightened his sleeves and tried his best to look upright and sat on the last huanghuali chair.

"Master..." Ah Fu bit his lips, as if he was making up his mind.

"Ah Fu..."

The old servant's call made Shen Rong's eyes dim with tears.Thousands of words came to my heart, and I had to close my eyes to hold back the tears.

"Master, Ah Fu's surname is not Shen. Presumably Prince Wu will not blame me."

"Ah Fu has served you for so many years, and the chair under your buttocks rewards me, isn't it too much?"

"Uh-huh?"

Shen Rong opened his eyes in shock, and the butler A Fu actually took away the expensive huanghuali chair and threw the former master Shen on the ground.

Then, under the shocked gaze of the father and son, they put the extremely heavy chair on their heads to keep out the rain, and left in a hurry!
"This! This diabolical slave!" Shen Sen trembled angrily.The Shen family has treated these servants kindly for ten years, and the catastrophe is imminent, and no one is willing to die with the Shen family!
"Let's go, let's go. It's already a sign of his loyalty for him to leave at this time." Shen Rong stood up with the support of his son. "After all, it's just bound by a paper contract. Everyone in the world is for profit, and there is no profit and the contract has been destroyed by me. Naturally, he should cherish his own life. Sigh!"

Although he was open-minded in his mouth, he couldn't bear the misery in his heart, shook his head and sighed.

……

It was raining heavily, but it was determined that our Lord Wu, Zhu Su, would not be drenched.Zhu Su brought Wu Wangwei's armored soldiers into the city with a high profile. Those guards trained for a long time, and their steps were orderly. Zhu Su nailed thick leather on the soles of their boots. The sound of stepping on the ground was loud, and they were like javelins in the rain. Generally straight. .The momentum of more than [-] people is not much lower than that of hundreds of people. How have the common people seen such an army?Naturally, he thought that he was an elite soldier with a murderous look, so he must see blood when he entered the city this time.

The Shen family, it's over!
Zhu Su hid in the sedan chair and didn't know that the few guards he brought stirred up rumors all over the city of Yingtian, and even attracted many censors who were already gearing up to use his face to improve his reputation in the officialdom.It wasn't until the carriage arrived in front of Shen's house that he and Li Jinglong who came with him lifted the curtain of the carriage.As soon as he opened it, he saw the Shen family that seemed to be in ruins, and he couldn't help being startled.

"Jiujiang, this is the Shen family of the richest man in Yingtian? Why does it look like it has been ransacked?"

"No... that's right, this is indeed the Shen family. Why did it become like this?"

The two uncles and nephews got out of the carriage, only to see that the original grand gate had been dismantled.There was no one in the concierge, not to mention chairs, not even a bench.When I walked in, I saw that even the copper nails on the door had been dug away by someone with a knife.

This is clearly a dilapidated house that no one lives in.

"Could it be, really, the wrong way?" Li Jinglong also began to feel unconfident.

He looked around in a daze, and saw an old man with disheveled hair and a drenched young man sitting on the steps in front of the front hall, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Uncle Wu, there seems to be an old man who looks after the house and his Sitting down with my stupid son. My nephew will go over and ask."

After all, holding an umbrella and leading two guards, he walked carefully in front of the two of them.

"Old man, is this the home of the richest man in Yingtian, Shen Rong, old man Shen?"

(End of this chapter)