Every era is good at creating the first extraordinary people, history will remember. In modern times, it is Sheng Xuanhuai, who is also the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty. From the extravagant pomp and circumstance of the rich family, you can get a glimpse of their wealth. Sheng Xuanhuai's servants were as high as more than 200 people. The subordinates of the giants were also extraordinary, and 2 of the 200 maids were also famous at that time, and their children are now well known to the public. Who are they?
Extraordinary people who do extraordinary things
Sheng Xuanhuai was a second-generation official, born in a family of official eunuchs. Although the road to the imperial examination is not far away, the highest academic qualification is just a show talent. However, Sheng Xuanhuai's practical ability is very strong, and he is also able to endure hardships. During the period when he followed his father to the local government, whether it was snow in the harsh winter or the heat in the middle of summer, he was serious about running errands. Therefore, Sheng Xuanhuai's insight has grown rapidly, and his business thinking has also been sprouted and broadened.
Sheng Xuanhuai's wealth accumulation after establishing himself is closely related to his deeds, he is not only prosperous in the official field, but also a big predator in the business world, and can be said to be a big figure in the official field and the business world. Sheng Xuanhuai is a person who dares to innovate, but also a practitioner of industrial salvation, he is related to many "firsts" in China, according to statistics, he has created 11 Chinese firsts.
Today's society, post and telecommunications offices, banks, schools, red cross societies, and private libraries existed in the era of Sheng Xuanhuai. The first person to establish these institutions was Sheng Xuanhuai. In addition, the completion of China's first railway, Sheng Xuanhuai also contributed. Sheng Xuanhuai is also known as the "Father of Chinese Merchants", when the prosperous industries, such as steel, minerals, and small steamships, he was involved, and he also set up companies to operate, and those companies were also founded for the first time in China.
Although the wealth of Sheng Xuanhuai's life is difficult to see clearly, it has always been a matter of opinion, and there are also legends that the wealth is invincible. From the money left behind after Sheng Xuanhuai's death, we can know what kind of person he is?" A lot of money". Sheng Xuanhuai's wealth left to future generations could reach more than 20,000 courtyards that could be bought in Beijing at that time. If these money were converted into today's renminbi, the market value would be about 2 trillion yuan.
Although Sheng Xuanhuai was born in Shuxiang Mendi, his family style is enlightened, and he does not only teach his descendants to read dead books and read dead books. While paying attention to traditional education, we also pay attention to exercising children's practical ability to solve problems. Nowadays, parents should educate their children according to their talents, and do not beat chicken blood every day and cause children to lose their nature. In a diversified world, the road to success is not only the road to school. There are thousands of ways to grow, and the first one is appropriate.
The famous 2 maids of the Sheng family
There were more than two hundred servants in Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion, including men and women, but most of them were women. So many servants are carefully selected not only to have the appearance of responsibility, but also to have the strength, to understand the reason, but also to be able to read and hyphenate. The number of mediocre people equipped with the sons and ladies in Sheng Xuanhuai's family can compete with the royal children, and at least 6 people accompany them. At that time, the average wealthy family, 3 to 4 nannies were already a top match.
Sheng Xuanhuai never harshly criticized the maids, and had some special treatment for the maids around him. When these maids reached the age of marriage, Sheng Xuanhuai would help them find a husband, which was a special courtesy for them. Sheng Xuanhuai was a well-known person, and the object he was looking for would naturally not be any worse.
Among them, there are two maids with outstanding appearance and knowledge, one named Ni Guizhen and the other named Lu Baozhen. After leaving Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion, the second half of their lives were prosperous, the children they gave birth to were not simple, and the sons-in-law were some great figures who influenced modern history.
Ni Guizhen graduated from Shanghai Girls' High School, has a good cultural quality, is especially good at mathematics, and can also play the piano well. After graduation, he was also retained as a teacher. Later, Ni Guizhen went to work in Shengxuanhuai Province. Because Ni Guizhen's own starting point was relatively high, she was not an ordinary lady in Shengxuanhuai Province. Ni Guizhen is an adoptive mother, equivalent to today's home teacher.
Ni Guizhen
Sheng Xuanhuai also found a husband for her, but was rejected by Ni Guizhen. The reason given by Ni Guizhen was that she wanted to meet the right person at the right time. Sheng Xuanhuai was not angry about Ni Guizhen's "ignorance of good villains", but he was also shocked by Ni Guizhen's idea. With dreams, god helps.
Later, Ni Guizhen really met her own true destiny, that is, the famous Song Jiashu. At that time, Song Jiashu was just a poor boy. But the identity of the missionary made Ni Guizhen fall in love with him without hesitation. After the marriage, Ni Guizhen also used the money she had accumulated over the years and the connections accumulated in Shengxuanhuai Mansion to help Song Jiashu embark on the road of business. Song Jiashu, with the support of Ken neisuke, eventually became a famous industrialist in Shanghai.
Ni Guizhen not only has the ability of her husband, but also has a set of skills for her godson. Ni Guizhen's children are outstanding figures. The three daughters born to Song Qiling, Song Qingling and Song Meiling were married to well-known figures in Chinese history, and the three sons born to Song Ziwen, Song Ziliang, and Song Zi'an also became top talents in various fields.
Ni Guizhen's own pattern is different from that of ordinary women, whether it is in the way of getting along with husband and wife, or in educating children, it shows the style of the big pattern. Ni Guizhen even influenced her children with her own personality charm. Family education is important, and the mother is the child's first mentor.
Lü Baozhen married the high-ranking official Zhao Qinghua under Sheng Xuanhuai's arrangement. After marriage, Lü Baozhen gave birth to 4 sons and 3 daughters for Zhao Qinghua, of which a well-known child was named Zhao Yidi, that is, the fourth miss of the Zhao family. This fourth miss of the Zhao family has inherited the high-quality genes of her parents, and is born beautiful and ice and snow smart.
The encounter with Zhang Xueliang at the dance party made her fall in love with Zhang Xueliang at first sight. Although her father Zhao Qinghua and mother Lu Baozhen vigorously opposed it, the fourth miss of the Zhao family completely ignored it and followed Zhang Xueliang. Miss Zhao Jiasi and her mother did not see each other again until their deaths. But the love between Miss Zhao Jiasi and Zhang Xueliang has become a good story. Lü Baozhen's son-in-law Zhang Xueliang, although not as famous as Ni Guizhen's son-in-law, is also an indispensable figure in modern history, changing the course of history twice.
The so-called gold has no feet, and no one is perfect. Sheng Xuanhuai, the richest man in Wanqing, is a controversial figure, but his ideas and achievements in saving the country through industry and his qualities of being a man and being kind cannot be erased. If Ni Guizhen and Lü Baozhen were not in sheng xuanhuai mansion, perhaps their life outcomes would be different, and there would be no first lady of the Republic of China and Miss Zhao Si who is in love.
The growth experience of the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, Sheng Xuanhuai, and the children of the two maids, as Cai Yuanpei said, is not the academic performance that determines the child's life, but the sound personality. This is the most valuable asset that parents give to their children. Modern family education must not think that children's test scores are good, and they can cover up all ugliness. Parents should not only teach their children the cultural knowledge they need to do things, but also teach their children the necessary personality qualities to be human.