In 1900, Cixi dressed as a commoner and came to Taiyuan, Shanxi. When the Qiao family learned of this, they immediately welcomed Cixi and his party into the compound and took the initiative to send 100,000 taels of silver. Afterwards, the Qiao family rejected Ci

In 1900, Cixi dressed as a commoner and came to Taiyuan, Shanxi. When the Qiao family learned of this, they immediately welcomed Cixi and his party into the compound and took the initiative to send 100,000 taels of silver. Afterwards, the Qiao family refused Cixi's reward and asked for only four words.

On August 14, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded the capital, frightening Cixi into not sleeping all night. The next morning, she changed into the clothes of ordinary people and led her son and his party out of the Forbidden City from the north gate and out of the capital from Juyongguan.

Because of the panic to go out, I didn't bring anything with me. All the way to the wind and food camp, but also over the mountains, to reach Shanxi.

At that time, Shanxi was poor, where did the people have the money to give to Cixi? To be able to make this group of people full of food is already the friendship of the landlord.

It was not until she came to Taiyuan that Cixi met the real rich man.

The local Qiao family is a famous Jin merchant with shops all over the country. The owner, Qiao Zhiyong, is the fourth generation of the family, whose parents died since childhood and was raised by his elder brother.

Qiao Zhiyong originally planned to be admitted to xiu to take the career path, but unexpectedly his brother died halfway through, so he had to abandon Wen to engage in business and support the Qiao family. In his hands, the development of the Qiao family's business even surpassed that of his ancestors.

With this experience, the vision is naturally extraordinary.

Learning that Cixi had come to Taiyuan, Qiao Zhiyong sent someone to welcome her to the Qiao family compound. Not only did he eat and drink well, but he also took the initiative to donate 100,000 taels of silver as a "refugee" fund for Cixi.

Perhaps 100,000 taels were nothing in the eyes of the former Empress Dowager Cixi. But now is a special moment, and the money can guarantee her a minimum of food and clothing.

Cixi wrote down the kindness of the Qiao family and asked happily: What reward do you want?

As the actual ruler of the Great Qing, as long as Qiao Zhiyong can say it, as long as there is something in this world, there is nothing she cannot agree to.

But Qiao Zhiyong did not want wealth and did not want officials, and only asked Cixi to give him four words. Although Cixi was shocked, she still agreed.

After the end of this "great escape", she personally wrote down the big characters, made a plaque, and sent someone to send it to Joe's house.

These four big characters are "Fu Seed Lang Huan", which promotes the prosperity of the Qiao family to a certain extent.

The Yuan Dynasty Yi Shizhen wrote in the "Lang Huan Ji": "Zhang Hua traveled in the cave palace, and when he met a person, he was led to a place, not heaven and earth, and each room had a strange book. Zhang Hua looked at the books of the various chambers, all of which were previous events in the Han Dynasty, and many people who had not heard of it asked their places, that is, Lang Huan Fu Di Ye. ”

For the scholar Zhang Hua, to have a room of strange books is, of course, a place of blessings. So why not make the Qiao family a blessed place with a plaque like "Fu Seed Lang Huan" hanging on the Qiao family beam? Moreover, Cixi's personal gift is itself a good sign of business and word of mouth.

I have to say that Qiao Zhiyong's vision as a businessman is really far-reaching!

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