In the TV series "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", in addition to the witty and clever Ji Xiaolan, there is another important character, that is, the cunning and snobbish Hezhen.
He yan in the film and television drama
Who is Washu? His original name was Shanbao, the character Zhizhai, the owner of the Jiale Hall, the Ten Wat Garden, and the Green Field Pavilion, the Manchurian Zhenghong Banner, and the qing Dynasty's mid-Qing Dynasty courtiers and merchants.
The historical He yan was a corrupt official during the Qianlong period, and until he was killed by Jiaqing, he was the richest man in the whole of China, and there was no one. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is "rich enough to be an enemy of the country."
True and true
So how rich is Hezhen? After Jiaqing copied the Hezhen Mansion, he saw a compiled "List of Raiding and Yan Family Properties", and after reading it, Tangtang Tianzi also inhaled a cool breath!
The list reads:
Gold and silver: Fifty-eight thousand taels of red gold were found in the vault. The silver treasury found 55,600 silver dollar treasures, 5.83 million Jingcheng, 3.15 million Su Gong, and 58,000 yuan of foreign money. The treasury found out that the money was made of 1.5 million thousand texts. The above price is about 54 million silver taels. Inside the house, it was found that there were four beds of eight treasures of gold and twenty beds of eight treasures of gold. It was found in the upper room that a golden pagoda weighed twenty-six pounds, a red gold two thousand five hundred two, a large gold dollar treasure, each weighing one thousand two, and the large silver dollar treasure weighed five hundred, each weighing one thousand two. Inside the wall, it was found that twenty-six thousand taels of red gold were hidden. It was found in the cellar that one million taels of silver were buried.
Countless treasures of gold and silver
Real estate: 1 Imperial Garden, 20 pavilions and 16 new ones. There are 730 rooms in the main house, 360 rooms in the east house, 350 rooms in the west house, 620 rooms in the new emblem house, and 730 private stalls. There is one garden and sixty-four pavilions. Eight thousand acres of land. Ten silver numbers, 640,000 silver. Ten pawnshops, eight hundred thousand taels of silver...
And The Mansion
How much of this countless wealth translates into today's money? Some people conservatively estimated that if Hezhen's family property is converted into RMB, it will be about 2,917.34 billion yuan and close to 3 trillion yuan! According to the calculation at that time, the money of Hezhen was worth fourteen qing dynasty treasuries!
According to the 2017 China Rich List, Ma Yun's net worth is 217.8 billion yuan. In this way, Ma Yun's net worth is not even a fraction of Hezhen's!
Rampant corruption in the Qing Dynasty laid the groundwork for the demise of this last feudal empire. Corruption is not unique, but it is rare in the world to be as large as Washu!