Whenever we talk about the world's richest man, there is always something to say. For example, there are dozens of toilets in the richest man's house; for example, the servants of the richest man's family are lost in the house. And so on, and so on.
Although these messages are difficult to distinguish between true and false, it is enough to show everyone's interest in this topic. However, it is regrettable that in recent years, there has not been a time when the world's richest people have Chinese occupied the first place. Today's world's richest man, Amazon's founder, Bezos, is an American with assets of about 775 billion yuan.
Although the world's richest man in recent years is not a Chinese, the world's richest man in history is Chinese, that is, Shen Wansan, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.
If Shen Wansan's assets are put in the present, Bezos is not worth mentioning in front of him, let alone China's rich Ma Yun and Wang Jianlin and others.
So, how much money does Shen Wansan have?
Ming Dynasty Head Tomi Jinzo
Speaking of the name Shen Wansan, it is no stranger to everyone. After all, when the TV series "Cornucopia" was broadcast, many people were very interested in Shen Wansan in it. Because
A child who was so poor that he couldn't even eat enough to eat was able to become the richest man in the Ming Dynasty through his own efforts, and such a life experience was really inspiring.
Unfortunately, Shen Wansan's final ending was not very perfect.
Although there is an element of artistic processing in the TV series, it is not much different from the real Shen Wansan in history. If you really want to compare, you will find:
The real Shen Wansan experience in history is even more exciting than what is presented in the TV series.
In ancient China, there was a class ranking, which was like this: scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants. Merchants are at the bottom.
Why? This is mainly because, in most people's minds, businessmen are cunning and snobbish. But all those who are businessmen cannot escape the four words "no business and no adultery."
Therefore, ancient society in general was somewhat despised by merchants.
But the old saying goes: laugh at the poor and don't laugh at the prostitutes. This means that as long as you can make money, you can do anything.
Therefore, the status of ancient merchants was more awkward.
Everyone envies their wealth, but also despises their wealth.
Shen Wansan broke the traditional image of the merchants in the past and became the richest man in the Ming Dynasty who had both face and lizi.
From being rich and wealthy to being exiled
The historical record of Shen Wansan is very messy,
Take Shen Wansan's experience, there are two versions in history.
In the first version, which is more recognized by everyone, Shen Wansan was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.
Shen Wansan, real name Shen Fu, the character Zhongrong, commonly known as Wansan.
It is said that Shen Wansan's family is not very poor. On the contrary, the old Shen family belonged to the category of small assets.
After the death of Shen's father, Shen Wansan received a certain inheritance.
For Shen Wansan at that time, if he was diligent and thrifty, it was also possible to live a lifetime like that.
However, Shen Wansan was not a person who was willing to be ordinary.
In 1323, the Yuan Dynasty announced: Listen to maritime trade and collect taxes.
The gist is that from now on, non-governmental overseas trade can be fully opened. Maritime trade, this has always been a big money business!
Shen Wansan, who had great ambitions, quickly accumulated a fortune based on this opportunity.
afterward
With the continuous opening up of maritime trade, Shen Wansan can buy and sell more and more commodities.
For example, silk, tea and porcelain.
After Shen Wansan's reversal, it will become a large number of assets.
And
At that time, Shen Wansan not only had great profits in overseas trade, but even on land, his business was in full swing.
Catering, real estate, land, pawnshops, silver houses, money houses, clothing and other industries, where there is a profit, there is nothing he does not do.
Under such a virtuous circle, Shen Wansan's assets can imagine what a huge asset it is!
Shen Wansan's wealth was naturally remembered by people with hearts, and this person was Zhu Yuanzhang.
When Zhu Yuanzhang entered Nanjing, Shen Wansan "took the initiative" to sponsor Zhu Yuanzhang, and later when the Great Wall was built, Shen Wansan also contributed a lot.
Later, Shen Wansan even offered to help Zhu Yuanzhang reward the three armies, which was a slap on the horse's hooves!
In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this Shen Wansan was simply moving the earth on the head of the Taiyi!
A person who is rich enough to be an enemy of the country is just that, and now he still wants to reward the three armies, is this an attempt to touch the army? Zhu Yuanzhang, who had over-supplemented his brain, was dissatisfied with Shen Wansan and even wanted to take shen Wansan.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang has a good empress! The Empress advised him: If there is a problem with this person, God will punish him, and how can he use the emperor's reputation?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted the empress's advice and only sentenced him to exile in Yunnan.
When counting Shen Wansan's family property, it was found that shen Wansan's entire type of assets were converted into silver and there were two billion taels!
According to the prices of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties and the impact of the war,
At that time, one or two pieces of silver were worth about 600-800 yuan now.
Other words
Shen Wansan's total assets are between 1.2-1.6 trillion yuan. Well, the world's richest man with 773 billion yuan standing in front of him is not worth mentioning at all, let alone China's richest people such as Ma Yun and Wang Jianlin.
In the second version, Shen Wansan's experience was not so ups and downs. Although he was also the richest man in the country at that time, the final outcome was relatively good, it was naturally old, and there was no situation of being assigned to Yunnan by Zhu Yuanzhang.
So, obviously the same person, why do they have two endings? This is mainly because the Ming Dynasty was followed by the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the history of the Ming Dynasty was tampered with. In order to help themselves, it is natural that they will smear the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, no matter how it was later modified, Shen Wansan's assets were really there. In such an era, Shen Wansan was really a very great businessman who could buy and sell to such a point!
epilogue
Of course, the reason why Shen Wansan was able to make the sale so big was also related to his daily knowledge of accumulating goodness and virtue.
For example, after becoming rich, Shen Wansan would help his hometown build bridges and pave roads and open schools; when building the Great Wall, Shen Wansan also knew to do his part. Because Shen Wansan understood that only if the country is good, the individual will be good!
Therefore, in that social background, Shen Wansan was able to accumulate such a large amount of wealth for himself.
You know, in that era, there was no company to say, and Shen Wansan's wealth belonged to him personally!
If, if Shen Wansan could live in modern times, would Shen Wansan rush to the top of the world's rich list under today's social conditions? Shouldn't those rich foreign people who flaunt their might and mighty look up to the posture of China's richest man?