Inference conclusion of Zhaxiliu According to these findings, Zhaxiliu speculated this possibility. In order to protect his offspring, Shen Wansan wrapped them in Mu Ying's army and went south to Yunnan and Guizhou. Under the care of officers such as Chen and Zheng sent by Mu Ying, Shen Wansan's descendants and their huge family lived in Tunpu in anonymity. (Shen Wansan's descendants may be the second son Shen Mao, because the eldest son Wang Shen and his descendants have been counted by the court, but there is no record of Shen Mao in history. )
In order to protect the blood of the family, the Shen family has been anonymous, but in order to show that they don't forget their ancestors. The Shen family set some ancestral teachings: for example, live in a tunpu forever; Sacrifice to the god of wealth, namely "Shen Wansan"; Sort by genealogy with hidden codes; Doing business for generations and so on. In order to protect other members of the family from being implicated, the Shenyang family did not intermarry with the other three ethnic groups; As for the fourth surname of the four families-Zhang, it may be a descendant of Zhang Shicheng, because historical records show that Shen Wansan and Zhang Shicheng are close friends and have always sheltered the descendants of Zhang.
Perhaps the worries of the ancestors of Shen family were right. 100 (just about five dynasties), it was robbed several times before and after Shen Shi in the south of the Yangtze River, and Shen Shi gradually declined. This one, which continues in Guizhou, is still intact. Even today, they dress, talk and act with the habits of more than 500 years ago.
Extended data:
On the reasons why Shen Wansan became rich. Generally speaking, there are "reclamation theory", "wealth distribution theory" and "generalized theory"
1, reclamation theory:
It is recorded in many historical materials, but it is the article "The Wealth and Decline of Shen Wansan, the Rich Man in the Early Ming Dynasty" published by Chen of Kunshan Cultural Management Committee at the "Seminar on Economic History of the Ming Dynasty" that really put forward this statement perfectly. The article emphasizes that Shen Wansan started from "bow crops", and then "widely planted thin fields, widely built houses, and happy ever after", and even "had huge wealth and spread all over the world". Shen Wansan became rich by reclamation, and even became very rich, claiming to be the first in the south of the Yangtze River.
2, financial theory:
Some people think that "Shen Wansan's wealth for show is due to the wealth of the Wu family, the Lu family and the Lu Jiang left ...". ("Zhouzhuang Town Records" Volume 6 miscellaneous notes), others say that "Lu Daoyuan, the rich man in Yuan Dynasty, was the best in the world. In his old age, two people who manage their wealth will pay with assets ","One is Shen Wansan who studied ",(Su Tan by Yang Xunji). In a word, Shen Wansan got the wealth of Lu in Wujiang and became a rich man in Jiangnan.
3. Fan Tong said:
According to "Wujiang County Records", "Shen Wansan lives in Zhouzhuang, the 29th capital of Wujiang, and is rich in the world. According to legend, it was obtained from the same story. " Wu Han, a famous historian, also said: "Suzhou Shen Wansan No.1 made a fortune because of overseas trade." This shows that Shen Wansan has become a very rich country by shipping goods to overseas trade.
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