I believe that many people have seen the "Qiao Family Compound", this TV series tells the story of a generation of legendary Jin merchant Qiao Zhiyong abandoning literature and business, after experiencing all kinds of difficulties and dangers, he finally realized the story of goods through the world and the world, which is indeed a real and true story adaptation, the Qiao family of the Qing Dynasty, is one of the richest people in the Jin Merchants, and the Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi at that time, there is a very deep relationship.
In 1900, after the fall of Tianjin and the news that the foreign army was about to invade the capital, Empress Dowager Cixi and the princes and ministers who originally thought that they could sit back and relax found that things were not good, and hurriedly prepared to slip west, but as the empress, the two words of escape were not very elegant, and Cixi called it "Xi Hunt". ”
But cixi did not prepare too much for this escape, not even the army, as early as Cixi, the soldiers guarding the capital scattered and fled for their lives, cixi could only take the 100 palace eunuchs in the palace and flee the capital in a hurry.
Along the way, there were soldiers and horses everywhere, Cixi and others did not carry dry food, and they were hungry and hungry, and the county officials who passed along the way had long since run away without a trace, and Cixi could only send his entourage to some peasant households to find some coarse grains. It was not until Huailai County in Hebei Province that it improved.
The local county commander Wu Yong was the granddaughter-in-law of Zeng Guofan, who was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty and hurriedly and respectfully greeted Cixi, but at this time, Huailai County was also in chaos, and could only provide Cixi with a few full meals, and Wu Yong could not take out extra money to support Empress Dowager Cixi's expenses.
Cixi was still able to understand Wu Yong's grievances, and later appointed him as the envoy of Shandong, but officials who were loyal to Wu Yong were only exceptions, and more officials were all watching from the sidelines in the face of Cixi Qinwang's request for help, after all, foreigners had even captured the capital, and it was difficult to say whether Cixi could return to the highest level of the ruler.
Cixi was also a hairless phoenix at this time, although she was very angry, but she also had no right to mobilize those disobedients, when fleeing to Shanxi, the eunuch proposed to Cixi and asked the Qiao family for help, at this time the Qiao family was already the most famous among the Jin merchants, and Cixi had also heard of such a business.
She quickly sent someone to borrow money from the Qiao family, and the opening was 100,000 taels of silver.
This is not a small amount, even if it is the rich Qiao family, but also to take out most of the family property to be able to pay out, many Qiao family members believe that there is no need to lend to a fallen empress, it will be difficult to recover it at that time. However, Qiao Zhiyong, the owner of the Qiao family at that time, believed that this was not only an opportunity to serve the country, but also an excellent business opportunity.
So he resolutely handed over this money to Cixi and solved the urgent needs of Cixi and his party. Cixi was also quite trustworthy, and when she re-ascended to the throne of power, she returned the silver of the Qiao family and asked Qiao Zhiyong: "What reward do you Qiao family want?" ”
Qiao Zhiyong bowed his head respectfully and said that he only hoped that Lafayette would write 4 words called "Fu Seed Lang Huan" on the door of the Qiao family, Lang Huan is the location of the fairyland in mythology, the meaning of the blessed land, cixi happily agreed to the request of the Qiao family owner.
Since then, the four words of "Fu Zhong Lang Huan" have hung in front of the door of the Qiao family's mansion, and with the words given by the empress, the official government does not dare to embarrass the Qiao family anymore, and all the people in the world have heard of the name of the Qiao family, and the business on the door is even more endless, and the Qiao family has made a lot of money. This is enough to see the cleverness of Qiao Zhiyong.