After Jiang Yan left.
"Father."
"It seems we still thought too highly of the Shen Family."
"I originally thought they would be interrogated for quite some time, but who would have expected them to confess the moment they entered the Imperial Guard?" Zhu Biao said with some emotion.
"The Shen Family is nothing more than a family of merchants."
"Other than Shen Wansan himself,"
"the rest are all fools."
"Once they enter the Imperial Guard, they will not be able to endure it." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, full of mockery toward the Shen Family.
"The Shen Family has enormous holdings. It will not be easy to take them over completely without any losses."
"We may need to mobilize the Ministry of Revenue for this matter." Zhu Biao said somewhat regretfully.
Hearing this,
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled. "For the past several years, our Ming Dynasty has constantly waged war against the Northern Yuan. Although we have always won, those campaigns consumed the treasury's money and grain that had been stockpiled for many years. Even though Xiongying plundered quite a lot from the Northern Yuan, after the pensions were distributed, the treasury is still depleted."
"There have always been rumors among the people that the Shen Family is the wealthiest family in our Ming Dynasty, rich enough to rival a nation."
"Now that the Shen Family's wealth is entering our treasury, it will not only make up for the deficit but also fill the treasury. This is a great thing."
"We have Xiongying to thank for filling our treasury for nothing."
Zhu Biao nodded and smiled as well. "Indeed."
"The Shen Family has always been ostentatious about its immense wealth, and it enjoyed marrying into the families of our court officials, hoping to use that to rise in status."
"We never had any reason