In China's modern history, there have been many celebrities, most of whom are people who have changed history. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, most of the famous courtiers were very controversial. They not only established their deeds, but also had a very negative impact on history, the most typical of which is probably Li Hongzhang.
Li Hongzhang was a famous courtier of the late Qing Dynasty, born in 1823 in Dongxiang, Hefei County, Anhui Province. Li Hongzhang ranks second in line, so the folk are also known as "Mr. Li Er". In 1843, Li Hongzhang was elected as a Yougong at Luzhou Fuxue. Two years later, he entered the Beijing Huihui Examination, and as a son of the Nian family, he was employed by Zeng Guofan and became a proud disciple of his disciples.
In 1861, Zeng Guofan was appointed governor of Liangjiang, and Li Hongzhang, a native of Anhui, presided over confidential staff in the curtain. Li Hongzhang first recruited the regiments of the Three Mountains in Xixiang, Hefei, through Zhang Shusheng. At the same time, with the support of Li Hongzhang's father's protégés, he formed his own Huai army, which almost surpassed zeng guofan's Xiang army.
From 1863 to 1864, Li Hongzhang made significant contributions in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Campaign, and was finally promoted by Cixi and became one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty. Other than that in the 1870s and 1880s. Li Hongzhang concentrated his efforts and created a number of modern enterprises.
Such as Hebei Cizhou Coal and Iron Mine, Jiangxi Xingguo Coal Mine, Hubei Guangji Coal Mine, Kaiping Mining Bureau, Shanghai Machine Weaving Layout, Shandong Yixian Coal Mine, Tianjin Telegraph General Bureau, Tangxu Railway, Shanghai Telegraph General Bureau and so on.
These were almost groundbreaking existences at the time, allowing modern China to realize the prototype of meritorious words. Most of these companies have disappeared after the washing of time, but one of them has been retained and has become one of the world's top 500 companies.
This enterprise is the Steamship Merchants Bureau, which was established in Shanghai in January 1873, and has been renamed "China Merchants Bank" in modern times. "At that time, due to the frequency of commercial trade, most foreign transactions were carried out by sea, so many Chinese at that time were transporting goods by chartering or purchasing foreign ships.
In 1872, Li Hongzhang and local wealthy merchants jointly raised more than 4.2 million taels of silver and founded the Steamship Merchants Bureau in Shanghai. With the continuous expansion of China Merchants' business, it has gradually expanded from the simplest transportation business to more diversified industries. There is absenteeism, education, finance and so on.
In 1987, the Steamship Merchants Bureau opened a branch of the bank. Established its own bank, China Merchants Bank. Today, China Merchants Bank has become one of the world's top 500 enterprises, and it is a very high ranking of the world's top 500 companies. Among the many enterprises in China, it ranks 38th, and the market value has reached more than 930 billion. Presumably, some readers use China Merchants Bank cards, right?