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Chapter 52 Tang Bohu! Shen Wansan!
  [Third place, Tang Bohu.

Tang Yin, whose courtesy name was Bohu, was intelligent and had a wide range of hobbies since he was a child. At the age of 15, he ranked first in the county and became a scholar. Since then, he has been ranked alongside Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan and Xu Zhenqing. Known as the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River.

In 1488 AD, Xu Tingrui, a famous scholar from Jiangnan, admired Tang Bohu's talent and married his second daughter to the 18-year-old Tang Bohu. However, Tang Bohu's life began to be rough and miserable.

Around 1494 AD, Tang Bohu's parents, sister, wife and children died of illness one after another, and his family gradually declined. Under the advice of his friends, Tang Bohu began to concentrate on studying, and at the age of 28, he won the first place and became Jieyuan.

The next year, Tang Bohu confidently went to Beijing to take the exam, but was imprisoned for being implicated in the Xu Jing Examination Case. He was later demoted to a minor official in Zhejiang Province. Tang Bohu, who was deeply ashamed, never took up the post.

After returning home, his second wife also complained about him, and then Tang Bohu exchanged a divorce letter for their freedom.

After that, he became obsessed with poetry and painting, traveled to many famous rivers and mountains, created a large number of masterpieces, and eventually became a famous painter. 】

"Others laugh at me for being too crazy, but I laugh at others because they can't see through it, poor Tang Bohu"

"Being poor and being forced to pretend to be crazy and act like a fool on the street is so miserable."

"So what if you are a talented man, he cannot withstand the misfortune of your life"

"People like Tang Yin can't afford to drink when they are alive, but their paintings are too valuable after they die. It's sad."

"Tang Bohu was indeed a child prodigy. Unfortunately, he was wronged and almost lost his life. He lived in misery in his later years, relying on the support of his friends."

"Tang Bohu never dreamed that his status in the minds of future generations would be higher than most of the top picks in history"

Ming dynasty.

Tang Bohu: Was he implicated in the Xu Jing Examination Case and imprisoned? So if I don’t go to Beijing to take the exam next year, can I avoid this disaster?

Tang Bohu, who had originally won the imperial examination and became Jieyuan, learned that he would be imprisoned the next year. He was so frightened that he immediately turned back home from his way to Beijing to take the exam.

He entered the imperial examination in Beijing with full confidence. Even if he could not be the top scorer in high school, he would still be on the list. But who would have expected that he would be so unlucky that he would be implicated and imprisoned.

Fortunately, the curtain came in time, otherwise he would have lived a miserable life according to the original trajectory of history.

Since the death of his relatives and his family's financial situation, he put all his hopes on the imperial examination.

For this reason, I stay up late and study at night every day, just to get ahead and gain fame.

He finally got the first place in the exam and passed the Xie Yuan exam. Just when he was so proud of his success and wanted to go to Beijing to gain fame in one go, later generations told him that going to Beijing was a road of no return.

Although he was sad, he was also very happy.

He is already miserable enough. If he is imprisoned and ruins his future, his life will be over.

He learned from the sky that his miserable life began when he went to Beijing to take the exam.

But as long as you avoid the imperial examination next year and take the imperial examination the year after that, you should be fine!
  Then he thought that everyone in the world could see this curtain. Xu Jing, who was implicated in his imprisonment at this moment, should also see it. There is no guarantee that Xu Jing will avoid the imperial examination next year.

Therefore, the safest way is to inquire whether Xu Jing is participating in the imperial examination before taking it. You must stagger the imperial examination with Xu Jing.

As for his paintings, he also saw the comments made on his paintings by later generations.

His paintings were not valuable during his lifetime, but they were extremely valuable after his death, which made him wonder what to say.

If it was valuable during his lifetime, he could exchange it for silver and avoid living in such poverty.

If it is valuable after death, it has little to do with him.

And he was more interested in gaining fame than painting.

Now that he already knows the direction of history, he only needs to change everything to embark on the path of gaining fame and becoming an official.

He believed that given his ability, as long as he was not involved in a fraud case, it would be easy for him to gain fame. Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan, Xu Zhenqing: Can we be considered to have gained Brother Tang’s glory and left a name in history?

The three of them had frequent contacts with Tang Bohu, and their relationship was pretty good.

Now seeing that the three of them were able to leave their names in history and be known to future generations because of Tang Bohu, they were still very grateful to Brother Tang.

Xu Jing: Okay, I understand. I won’t take the imperial examination next year to avoid making the same mistake again.

Emperor Hongzhi: Look at the time, Tang Bohu is a talented man of my time. Since he is so highly regarded by later generations, he must have outstanding talents, so I will give him an official position.

[Fourth place, Shen Wansan.

In the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan's family was well off. His father hoped that he would study hard and become an official in the future. However, things went against his expectations. Shen Wansan studied hard and took many scientific examinations, but failed to make the list.

In desperation, he had no choice but to follow his father to learn business. He used his business acumen to prosper in the business world and became an extremely wealthy man. Even the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, asked him for financial help. 】

"Business Genius, Rich as Rich as the Country"

"It's not good to be too rich. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang killed everyone in his family and confiscated his family property."

"Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang are not from the same period"

"I have been smart all my life but can't see the big picture clearly. In the end, I provoked Zhu Yuanzhang and ended up being executed."

"Shen Wansan can completely confiscate his family property, which not only saves Zhu Yuanzhang's face, but also protects his own life."

Ming dynasty.

Originally, Shen Wansan smiled from ear to ear when he saw that he was extremely wealthy and famous for his country to be passed down to future generations.

But when he saw later generations telling his ending, he was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He couldn't figure out how he could end up with everyone being executed!
  He is just an honest businessman who relied on his intelligence to accumulate such a huge family fortune. He has never provoked His Majesty, so why did he end up being executed!
  Could it be that His Majesty saw that he was too rich and took a liking to his family wealth, so he found an excuse to exterminate his family and confiscate his property?

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this was the reason.

After calming down, Shen Wansan took a deep breath. He knew that now was the most critical moment of life and death. If not, it would be a disaster that would end with everyone being executed.

After thinking for a moment, he finally made up his mind, and followed the method taught by later generations, and gave all his family property to His Majesty, begging Your Majesty to let his family go.

No matter how much money you make, it won't be compared to killing all the people.

As long as you can save your own family, losing all your wealth is nothing.

Besides, with his business acumen, it would be easy for the whole family to live a prosperous life even if all their wealth was spent.

Zhu Yuanzhang: Did we ransack Shen Wansan’s house in the end?

He had heard of Shen Wansan's name a long time ago, but he had no plans to steal Shen Wansan's family yet. It was probably a decision he would make later.

Since he decided to ransack his house in the future, why not do it now?
  Thinking of this, he was about to order someone to raid Shen Wansan's home.

At this time, the little eunuch came in to report.

"Your Majesty, Shen Wansan said that he would give all his family wealth to Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect that Shen Wansan was so sensible.

In that case, spare his life.

(End of this chapter)