Hu Xueyan was a famous red-topped merchant in modern China. The red-top businessman is a figure who wanders between the political and business circles, known as "official businessmen", which is equivalent to the combination of the two roles of civil servants and businessmen. As a red-top businessman, Hu Xueyan has unlimited scenery in the official field and the shopping mall, which can be said to be a family with great wealth and power.
And Hu Xueyan was born very poor, how did he become the richest man step by step? Hu Xueyan has frequently married concubines since he was thirty-five years old, and even married concubines back one night many times, and then divorced them one night. Does Hu Xueyan's experience of frequent concubines have anything to do with his road to riches?
First, Hu Xueyan's growth experience
Hu Xueyan was born in a poor rural area in Anhui Province, and has been a cattle herder since he was a child, and the conditions are difficult. At the age of 12, Hu Xueyan's father died, so Hu Xueyan left his hometown and began to drift around, working around to make a living.
At the age of 13, he came to Hangzhou and worked as an apprentice in the grain store, ham trading house and qianzhuang, doing hard chores every day. However, Hu Xueyan was diligent and down-to-earth, worked hard and complained, and soon gained the appreciation of the treasurer and became a regular worker of Qianzhuang.
At the age of 19, Yu Xueyan of Fukang Qianzhuang in Hangzhou took a fancy to Hu Xueyan's intelligence and agility, and adopted him as his disciple, and because Yu Had no heirs, Hu Xueyan, who was flexible and resourceful, was regarded as his own by the treasurer.
Subsequently, yu passed away, and he left the entire money house to Hu Xueyan to take care of. At that time, the total value of this money house was five thousand taels of silver, which was very valuable. With this "first pot of gold", Hu Xueyan gradually began to gain a foothold in the business world.
Later, Hu Xueyan was expelled from Qianzhuang due to a change, so he went to Huzhou and used his old friendship with Wang Youling, the governor of Huzhou, to seek an errand to act as an agent for the public treasury. At the same time, he opened the Huzhou Silk Shop, using the silver from the public treasury to help local farmers raise silkworm reeling silk, and then transported the purchased raw silk to Shanghai and other places for cash.
At the same time, he also opened a pharmacy and attracted Huang Zonghan, the inspector of Zhejiang at the time, into the shares. With the help of the big official, his pharmacy undertook a lot of drug supply business, and soon became bigger and stronger. Subsequently, Wang Youling was promoted to an official, remembering his old love with Hu Xueyan, and vigorously assisted Hu Xueyan's Fukang Qianzhuang.
Coupled with the outbreak of the Gengshen Revolution at that time, Hu Xueyan secretly got involved with the military circles, Wang Youling made a little cooperation, a large amount of military funds flowed into Hu Xueyan's money house, and Fukang Qianzhuang also almost monopolized the procurement tasks of the army's transportation, grain, grass, and weapons, and Hu Xueyan's business developed rapidly.
Soon, the sleek and clever Hu Xueyan found the help of another more powerful nobleman for himself, that person was the newly appointed Zhejiang Inspector Zuo Zongtang. At that time, Hu Xueyan undertook the business of transporting military grain to the Qing Army, which was appreciated by Zuo Zongtang.
With Zuo Zongtang's trust and support, Fukang Qianzhuang was very profitable, and Hu Xueyan also embarked on the road of official business. He traveled to the foreigners for many years, colluded with foreign officers, and monopolized the preparation of arms and salaries. Fukang Qianzhuang's trade activities in various places were frequent, and Hu Xueyan was worth more than 10 million in just a few years, becoming the richest man in China at that time.
After Hu Xueyan made his fortune, he assisted Zuo Zongtang in founding the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, and during the war, he used the convenience of his businessman status to collect various important intelligence for the government. With these merits, Hu Xueyan was also rewarded with a yellow coat that symbolized honor.
Fukang Qianzhuang became bigger and bigger under Hu Xueyan's hands, and semicolons were established everywhere, and Hu Xueyan also began to do charity widely, which was sought after by people. The Huqing Yutang Pharmacy he later founded in Hangzhou was very famous for launching fourteen types of proprietary medicines, which made him the "King of Jiangnan Medicine".
Second, hu xueyan's wind and current history
In addition to Hu Xueyan's self-made fame history, Hu Xueyan's affair is also a talking point for the common people. It is said that Hu Xueyan only married Lady Furong of the second concubine room when he was 35 years old, and since then, he has been out of control on the way to concubines.
Hu Xueyan's wife, Lu Shi, is a very skillful woman, who manages Hu Xueyan very strictly, and has a very good relationship with Hu Xueyan's mother, so for a long time, Hu Xueyan did not dare to move the concubine's mind.
However, the Lu family has never been able to produce heirs, which makes Hu Xueyan's family very worried, such a large property, can not be inherited after Hu Xueyan's death, fell into the hands of outsiders. Therefore, in the end, The Lu clan compromised and allowed Hu Xueyan to take concubines to pass on the lineage, who knew that Hu Xueyan was born with absurdity, and as soon as Lu Shi relaxed, Hu Xueyan wantonly and frantically took concubines.
In Hu Xueyan's life, there were as many as 13 concubines who were included in the family door, and the women in the back house were jealous and scandalous every day, while Hu Xueyan was still reluctant to go home and hooked up with his so-called confidants outside.
It is said that Hu Xueyan is very, he often looks for beautiful women in the street, and when he sees a woman with outstanding appearance, he will immediately inquire about her news and send someone to the woman's home for a dowry. No matter how high the "bid" in the woman's home, Hu Xueyan will agree.
However, when Hu Xueyan took a concubine, in addition to being outstanding in appearance, there was also a requirement, that is, the woman must have a skill. The reason for this is the real reason why Hu Xueyan frequently takes concubines.
Third, the reason why Hu Xueyan married a concubine
First of all, women are the best weapon for Hu Xueyan to open up trade routes. In order to take bribes, Hu Xueyan would often give his concubines to officials in exchange for more benefits. Therefore, when Hu Xueyan chooses a woman, he needs the other party not only to have outstanding appearance, but also to have a skill, so that he can "prescribe the right medicine" when bribing different officials.
For example, in order to bribe an official named He Guiqing, he once gave his concubine to He Guiqing as a gift. Soon after, He Guiqing fell, and Hu Xueyan saw that the official had no use for himself, so he took his concubine back home.
In addition, although Hu Xueyan has the ability to turn clouds and rain in both business and politics, he does not have much spare money in his hands to manage such a huge business. Some people speculate that in the period when Hu Xueyan was close to bankruptcy, in fact, he had long been unable to make ends meet, but he had to ensure that he was the "richest man" in order to seize the trust and cooperation of officials and have the opportunity to turn around.
Therefore, he frequently took concubines, in order to show his family wealth and personality charm, to convey to the world the strength of his capital, so that outsiders no longer doubt his financial situation, so that it is conducive to his business.
Most importantly, he grasped the psychology of people like gossip, and if Hu Xueyan's lace news became the talk of the people after dinner, it was actually invisibly advertising for Hu Xueyan and winning the attention of the public.
Only when people mention you all the time can they never forget you. Grasping this psychology, Hu Xueyan's business has a natural promotion group, and naturally does not worry about the business is not big. Therefore, it is speculated that Hu Xueyan frequently took concubines, and often took concubines home for one night and then retired, which was just his business means.
4. Summary
Hu Xueyan can start from scratch and make his business the first in China, which is bound to be step by step and quite a means. In addition to the story of his concubine, there are many strategies that lead to his success, which need to be carefully analyzed by future generations.
The book "Hu Xueyan's Strategy" sorts out and summarizes the major nodes of Hu Xueyan's life, and makes an objective analysis of Hu Xueyan's life choices. Hu Xueyan's successful experience is enlightening to future generations, so this book is very worth reading and thinking about.