At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt, several emperors wanted to fight hard, changed the situation did not succeed, Jiaqing four years, Jiaqing Emperor just pro-government, the first thing to do, is to deal with the big corrupt officials and Yan, many people think that He Yan is the most greedy person in the Qing Dynasty, in fact, this is not the case, he is the most greedy person in the Qing Dynasty, the family has tens of billions, and the descendants are now all tycoons.
This person is Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang was not born in a prominent family, his grandfather Li Dianhua was a "fifty years did not go to the city" of the rural readers, but unfortunately in the field of science and technology repeatedly discouraged, and put hope on the sons, Li Hongzhang's father Li Wen'an was not very smart when he was young, so Li Dianhua did not think that his son Li Wen'an would have any achievements.
The result was unexpected, Li Wen'an was the highest achievement of Li Dianhua's four sons, realizing Li Dianhua's long-standing ideal, Li Dianhua almost felt that his ancestors were smoking, Li Wen'an's wife was a beggar and a beggar that his father Li Dianhua picked up on the road, when Li Wen'an became a relative, he also became the laughing stock of his neighbors.
However, what the neighbors did not expect was that Li Wen'an and his wife were in love, and the wife gave birth to six men and two daughters for Li Wen'an, Li Hongzhang was Li Wen'an's second son, the highest achievement among the sons, and the folk also called Li Hongzhang "Mr. Li Er", in the late Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang's big name was undoubtedly very famous.
The end of the Qing Dynasty was an era of turmoil, many people were displaced in the chaotic world, but Li Hongzhang was able to make a windfall fortune in the chaotic world, Li Hongzhang was young and intelligent, and Li Wen'an also vigorously cultivated, so that Li Hongzhang visited Lü Xianji, Wang Mao and other Anhui Officials, and was appreciated by many Beijing officials in the imperial court.
Li Hongzhang was quite a bit above the science field, and he also arrived at the residence of Zeng Guofan, a rather famous courtier of the imperial court, and was taught by Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang was very impressed, quite sleek in his handling of people, and he was also able to be flexible. Later, Li Hongzhang established the Huai Army, began to accumulate his own wealth, and made a windfall fortune in the Huai Army.
Li Hongzhang's greatest pride is nothing more than to become a red man around Cixi; Li Hongzhang can see at a glance how the qing dynasty treasury is, but he can amass wealth everywhere, and even more so in the foreign affairs movement, Li Hongzhang does not need to spend from his own private property, and even can swallow a lot of public funds.
Whether it is to build schools, or to build railways, etc., can make Li Hongzhang double his value, become the richest person in the late Qing Dynasty, according to the study, Li Hongzhang in his later years of the family has tens of millions of real gold and silver, equivalent to tens of billions of yuan, but in the chaotic world, people's eyes are naturally on this, and now Li Hongzhang's descendants are still tycoons.