What Hu Xueyan said is very melodramatic. Let's see what he said first:? I've been gambling all my life. It seems that the scenery is infinite, but in fact I'm walking on thin ice. ? It seems that Hu Xueyan still has some estimates about the risks he faces, but did he really do it? Walking on thin ice? have you finished? Not at all, so everything is self-made.
Hu Xueyan's wealth and enjoyment in this life are all brought by the White Tiger (Silver). If he was too poor to eat, he wouldn't have twelve wives to marry him. Rely on? White tiger? Hu Xueyan has enjoyed everything that can be enjoyed in this world, and then on the other hand? White tiger? Not at all? White tiger? I definitely don't want to. This is really a tiger moving forward instead of a tiger retreating.
In terms of luxury goods, Cao Yin can't catch up with Hu Xueyan on the high-speed rail. I'm ashamed to say it's the money. In the political environment at that time, making political contributions will inevitably choose to take sides and make enemies, and the opponent is still a person who can't stand the toss. That's what happened. Since you choose to take sides in politics, you must have the consciousness of bearing all the consequences. What does it have to do with white tiger (silver)? Many businessmen do business, not all businessmen end up like him, so the fault is not money.
Some people say that Hu Xueyan's prosperity depends on hard work and honesty, but in those days, businessmen who are willing to endure hardships and stress honesty seem to be a dime a dozen, and few have soared like monkeys in Hu Xueyan. What did his prosperity benefit from?
Wang Youling, the first nobleman in Hu Xueyan, benefited greatly from Hu Xueyan's financial support, so he naturally reciprocated after his promotion and wealth.
Wang Youling has some possessions, but he has lost everything in order to donate officials. Although I donated Zhejiang Salt Transportation, after I bought the official, my hair was dry and my feet were clean, and even my travel expenses were gone. Hu Xueyan donated flowers to Buddha and allocated 520 taels of silver to Wang Youling. The big fat difference in the Qing Dynasty was that the river course and salt industry were related to a series of industries, and donating salt was definitely not a small amount. Although Wang Youling didn't get the job as he wished, the general office of the grain depot was no joke, and the benefits were no less.
Through Wang Youling, Hu Xueyan first pulled the funds for recruiting soldiers to his own bank, and then relied on Wang Youling's connections and his own joints to monopolize half of Zhejiang's wartime funds, and even integrated into lucrative businesses such as grain transportation and grain machinery. Unfortunately, Hu Xueyan's luck in Wang Youling ended with Wang Youling's failure.
▲ From the first experience, Hu Xueyan tasted the sweetness, first, political speculation, and second, using the money he earned to open more joints. These benefits are related to Wang Youling's career promotion and his own business success, which helped him get promoted later? Officials and businessmen? It laid a foundation, provided ideas and laid a curse. ▲
After Zuo He's death, Hu Xueyan tasted the benefits here, so he relied on Zuo's big tree to borrow money from grain, grass, arms and the Western Expedition. Banks, pawn shops, pharmacies and other industries under his name are all over the country, and he is in charge of the money, grain, salary and joint ventures in the province, presiding over the Shanghai Mining Bureau and the Fujian Shipping Bureau, and the official is the second grade. Is this him? Upper position? The basic operation route of the world's richest man.
In terms of military material demand, Hu Xueyan made great contributions, using all his contacts and abilities to raise 100 stone rations. In the process of establishing Chang, he collected thousands of people through good relations with foreigners, and all of them were equipped with foreign guns, which made contributions to front-line operations. After his success, Hu Xueyan provided a large number of free medicinal materials for the army.
In the cooperation with Wang Youling, Hu Xueyan has been shaped in many aspects, such as industry, capital, contacts and westernization. After following Zuo, his net worth soon exceeded 10 million yuan. It can be said that Zuo's contribution to the country also includes part of Hu Xueyan's credit.
▲ Hu Xueyan, who tasted the sweetness again, has made great contributions to Zuo Shuai, but this time he has completely integrated into the officialdom. Participated in selling officials and titles for many times, pulled strings for many times, rode donkeys in one hand, and got kickbacks from military expenses. The expenses of the Qing court became his personal pool of funds, and the funds given to him by others out of trust were also used for expenses at will. Looking back, he was. ▲
I have never forgotten my patriotism in business, and my success has benefited the people.
Take the drugstore as an example. There is Tongrentang in the north and Qingyutang in the south. Qingyutang, the full name of Hu Qingyutang, is the purpose of Hu Qingyutang today? Is it really the same price? And then what? Stop bullying? . For the poor, all the common drugs they need to take are free. In the name of charity, people flocked to Hu Qingyu Hall, which made him famous and made him extremely capable of absorbing gold.
In his hometown, he established the Qiantang River Yidu for his elders to benefit the village, and even provided ships to carry passengers for free;
During the Dingwu famine, the number of people starved to death in Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi was as high as100000. These disasters are all funded by Hu Xueyan. By the end of the famine, Hu Xueyan had donated at least 200,000 taels of silver.
Including the first unsolved case in Manchu Dynasty that I wrote the day before yesterday? Yang Naiwu and Chinese cabbage case? , Yang Naiwu's sister and wife are also funded by Hu Xueyan, leapfrog, straight to the capital, and kyou-kan also received the news of Hu Xueyan, it is only natural that a force for this case;
Hu Xueyan went to Japan to buy back our cultural relics at a high price, regardless of those matters.
During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hangzhou was hit hard, and Hu Xueyan opened a porridge factory with no worries about food and clothing;
Hu Xueyan has done countless good deeds, which is his kind feedback to the country, the army, the people and the blind date.
The illusion of prosperity, the purpose of which
Strength is divided into soft and hard. If I have strong soft power, I can borrow chickens to lay eggs, and other people's money can also be used by me. Hu Xueyan has not only flooded into all walks of life on a large scale in industry, but also spread all kinds of businesses all over the country. He lives in luxury, too, with many wives and concubines. He spends a lot of money on weekdays and is very ostentatious. He is in trouble, some people help him, others give generously.
Why? Boss Hu has more money, which is everyone's consensus. These glorious images are deliberately created. His shrewdness lies in the fact that he spends less money on charity, which means less investment and more benefits? The image of the profit-making project, which is great in kindness and virtue, has attracted countless funds for him. He used these funds to create greater potential and integrate more funds.
Whatever the purpose, it is always good to be enthusiastic about charity, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is also normal for enterprises to establish corporate image in a charitable way. Charity deserves respect, but what I want to say is, after absorbing a lot of money, where did he spend it? Where does the trust of investors come from? Hu Xueyan is well aware of the account. From this perspective, charity has become a tool of malicious fraud in Hu Xueyan.
People are hypocritical. Don't listen to Hu Xueyan's famous words. It depends on what he did, and he shouted no, to be honest. How did he kill a group of people? Thinking about others in the first half of the night and thinking about yourself in the second half? Can what he did make people believe what he said?
No one is perfect. While Hu Xueyan succeeded, his own industry also suffered serious losses due to various mistakes and bad habits. Excluding Fukang Bank all over the country, Beijing No.1 alone lost122,000 silver, including the public funds and private hard-earned money of the Qing court. It can even be said that many people's lives are worth it. So, if we think of his extravagance in life, what does he say? I've been gambling all my life. It seems that the scenery is infinite, but in fact I'm walking on thin ice. ? Reality can explain him, right? Walking on thin ice? What? This seems to be unbridled.
Take a higher risk than Burj Khalifa and realize it with several times your own cash? Don't put all your eggs in one basket? Is this for safety or risk? Even Hu Xueyan's iron powder has to admit that some of his actions are actually to show his strength, to absorb and store more funds for distribution, but this is the reason for putting all your eggs in one basket. More and more funds are absorbed, but his hole is getting bigger and bigger, isn't it?
Hu Xueyan was killed by Li Hongzhang and Sheng Xuanhuai? I don't think so, at least not completely. Li Hongzhang and Sheng Xuanhuai did point to Hu Xueyan, but this domino was put by Hu Xueyan himself, and his way of changing money could not stand a little trouble, not to mention the political power groups around him.
At that time, the economic environment, too many friends in a word-Hu Xueyan was brought down by Li Hongzhang. There is a reason for this, but most people are concerned about political factors. In fact, during the stormy times, the economy was also facing collapse, and Hu Xueyan was not the only one who went bankrupt. According to newspaper records, the firm does not mention the bankruptcy and liquidation of traditional banks almost every day, and it is not bad to offend people on weekdays. If a person becomes an enemy, once there is a problem with the funds released by the enemy, there will be a large number of runs, which was almost normal at that time.