In 1903, a "Qingna Company" was opened on the streets of Beijing, the general manager of this company was the iron hat Prince Qing Yili at that time, the Qing Dynasty had a law, strictly forbidding princes and nobles to do business.
This has to start from the person of Yi Li, Ai Xin Jue Luo Yi Li is Qianlong's great-grandson, hereditary title of auxiliary general, although this old brother has no literary talent, but he writes well, so he is deeply appreciated by Cixi, Yi Li is also a person who can pat the horse, only Cixi horse head is Zhan, Cixi told him to go east, he will never go west.
In 1898, during Cixi's coup d'état to suppress the Guangxu Emperor, Yi Xi sided with the empress dowager, actively suppressed the reformists, and made great contributions to Cixi, who specially named him the Iron Hat King who could be hereditary, and it is worth mentioning that this was the 12th and last prince of the Qing Dynasty who could be hereditary.
Soon, Yi Li relied on cixi's prestige to become the minister of military aircraft, and also managed the affairs of the military training department of the Finance Department, and the internal and external power was one, Yi Li was very greedy, and he and the minister Na Tong sold the official knighthood together.
However, Yi Li is very trustworthy, how much money you take, you can buy how much official, no counteroffer, but also never regret. Some wealthy merchants heard of Yi Li's good reputation of "keeping promises" and ran to his house to trade, and for a time Yi Li's home was full of people, so people satirized his mansion as "Qingna Company".
Although Yi Li was born into a wealth of wealth, he was even more greedy than He Yan. He used the convenience of power to open the back door for others, as long as you have money, you want to do anything, although you tell me Yili, without me can't do it, only you can't think of it.
At that time, some upright ministers of the imperial court impeached Yi Li one after another, but Yi Li was very good at pleasing Cixi, often entering the palace to talk with Cixi, or bringing a rare object to Cixi from time to time, with Cixi's hardest background, Yi Li's position was still very stable.
Another very good advantage of Yi Li is his amazing financial management ability, as early as the western concept of financial management has not yet been popularized in China, Yi Li put most of his savings into the British HSBC Bank. According to the Times reporter, the value will be 7.125 million pounds.
What is this concept? Darwin, a British biologist at the time, spent only £2,000 to buy a villa with a garden in Britain's Golden Mile. Since Yi Li was an important customer of the British HSBC, when the Eight-Power Alliance invaded China, HSBC specially entrusted the great powers not to move Yi Li's mansion.
Therefore, when the Eight-Power Alliance ransacked the city of Beijing, Yi Li's mansion was still safe and sound.
Later, after Cixi's death, Yi Xi accepted a bribe from Yuan Shikai for three million oceans and used his power to force The Xuantong Emperor Puyi to step down. Puyi was deeply hated by Yi Li's falling stone, and in 1917 Yi Li fell ill and died in the Tianjin Concession, according to tradition, the old imperial family of the Qing Dynasty should still be allowed to choose the title.
Puyi personally chose the four words "false, ugly, 'humorous, and strong" for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to choose, and resolutely refused to change, and later his father Zaifeng, read on the part of the same ethnic feelings to persuade Puyi, Yi Li only obtained a "secret" nickname, which means to regret the previous mistakes.