The Three Kingdoms period was a chaotic world, but in the chaotic world, there were still people who made a fortune and were rich enough to rival the country, such as Mi Zhu, Lu Su, and Cao Hong, who were the top rich people in the Three Kingdoms period, so what are the interesting stories of the three of them?
Mi Zhu funded Liu Bei
Mi Zhu is a famous rich merchant in Xuzhou, he has been engaged in reclamation for generations, so when mi Zhu's generation of family is very rich, there are tens of thousands of child servants and diners, and the family assets are hundreds of millions, and he is the richest man in Xuzhou. At that time, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian appointed Mi Zhu as a driver, and after Tao Qian's death, Mi Zhu received Tao Qian's will to welcome Liu Bei into Xuzhou and assist Liu Bei.
Soon, Lü Bu came to vote, and Liu Bei could only accommodate Lü Bu for the sake of Xuzhou's stability, and arranged him in Xiao Pei. Later, Liu Bei fought with Yuan Shu, and the two armies held each other for a long time without winning or losing. As a result, Lü Bu took advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack Picheng and capture Liu Bei's wife, Liu Bei suffered from the enemy on his belly, the army was in chaos, he could only pack up the remnants of the army to attack Guangling County, and could not win, for a time Liu Bei became very depressed, Mi Zhu saw that Liu Bei was in trouble, so he took the initiative to fund Liu Bei, and married his sister to Liu Bei, and also gave Liu Bei a lot of gold and silver jewelry and more than 2,000 people, which enabled Liu Bei to reinvigorate.
Cao Cao knew that Mi Zhu had money, so he invited him to the high-ranking official Houlu, but Mi Zhu did not like Cao Cao, but liked Liu Bei and was willing to follow Liu Bei for life. After Liu Bei entered Yizhou, he appointed Mi Zhu as the general of An Han, with a higher official position than Zhuge Liang and the best treatment of all the ministers.
In 219 AD, Lü Meng baiyi crossed the river to raid Jingzhou, mi fang, who was then the taishou of Nan County, surrendered without a fight, and finally Guan Yu died in battle, Mi Fang was Mi Zhu's younger brother, Mi Zhu was very guilty, tied himself up and asked Liu Bei for guilt, Liu Bei saw the situation and comforted him: "Your brother is guilty, but you are not guilty, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't have to be ashamed", afterwards Liu Bei was still the same as before, but Mi Zhu was often troubled by his brother's surrender, and eventually he was depressed and sick and died.
Lu Su funded Zhou Yu
Lu Su was born rich, his family was very rich, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, the mighty and powerful were fighting for hegemony, the eunuchs were gaining power, they were expropriating and violent, annexing land, causing displaced people to rise everywhere, Lu Su saw it in his eyes, pain in his heart, and was only willing to do his best to serve the country, so he often opened warehouses and released grain, funded the displaced people, and was deeply supported by the local people.
At that time, Zhou Yu was the head of the nest, and he heard about Lu Su's reputation, so he brought hundreds of people to visit, their purpose was very clear, that is, like Lu Su to borrow grain, Lu Su learned about it, came to greet Zhou Yu, and brought Zhou Yu into the palace. At that time, Lu Su's family had a lot of stored grain, a warehouse of about three thousand hu, Lu Su casually pointed to a warehouse of rice and said: "This warehouse of rice was given to you", at that time Zhou Yu was short of grain, so he was extremely grateful to Lu Su and felt that Lu Su was the hero of the world. Soon after, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Ce, but Sun Ce was attacked and killed, and Jiangdong was taken over by Sun Quan, so Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan, who knew Lu Su's talent and used Lu Su very much, and Lu Su became a minister of Eastern Wu, assisting Sun Quan throughout his life and making many meritorious achievements.
Cao Hong was killed by miserliness
Cao Hong's family is very rich, but he is very miserly, and once Cao Pi asked him to borrow some property, but Cao Hong just did not borrow, which made Cao Pi always hold a grudge. Later, Cao Pi became emperor, and he still remembered this matter and always wanted to find an opportunity to teach Cao Hong a lesson. Once, Cao Hong's protégé broke the law, and when Cao Pi learned of it, he directly arrested Cao Hong and imprisoned him, and wanted to execute Cao Hong. Many ministers interceded for Cao Hong, but Cao Pi just did not agree. Later, when Empress Bian learned of this, she angrily rebuked Cao Pi, which saved Cao Hong, and cao Pi returned Cao Hong's family property. After Cao Pi's death, Cao Rui took the throne, and Cao Rui was very kind to Cao Hong, and worshipped him as a general and rewarded him with food, so that Cao Hong spent his old age in peace and lived very happily.
Reference: "Sangokushi", "Wei Lo"