Brunei, a special country, still has a monarchy. The Brunei Dynasty, which has been passed down from 1363 to the present, has a history of more than 600 years.
Many people envied the extravagant life of the kings, who did not have to worry about their livelihood, and could rely on the state finances alone to have a large income.
When it comes to the world's famous rich people, the first people who come to mind are either Buffett or Bill Gates, or these well-known big men in the financial circle.
But how rich they are, people can't measure. These rich people prefer a low-key life, and the media rarely bothers them.
But unlike the king of Brunei, he owned 7,000 luxury cars in his name, and whether he married his wife or daughter, the ceremony was luxurious and exaggerated.
The rich king also "supported" 460,000 people, and the degree of luxury was the highest in the royal family.
A history of the king's feelings
Haji Borkiah Bolkiah was the 29th Sultan of Brunei and the first Prime Minister of Brunei after independence.
Born in 1946, he succeeded to the throne as Sultan at the age of 21 and became King of Brunei the following year at the coronation ceremony.
In 2020, he ranked 177th on the world's richest list with a wealth of 70 billion, and in 1997, he became the world's richest man with a net worth of $40 billion.
The so-called "sultan", which is actually a transliteration of Arabic, was originally a historical official position in Islam, and now evolved into a title for special rulers, which is an honorific title.
Brunei Darussalam, or Sudan for short, is a living sultanate. The Sultanate enjoyed independent sovereignty as an independent kingdom, and Brunei remains a monarchy to this day, ruled by the royal family.
Born in Bolkia in 1946, the eldest son of Brunei's former Sultan, he was born with a lofty status.
At the age of 15, he went to the Victoria College of Strength in Malaysia to study, and the students in the school were the children of high-ranking dignitaries and wealthy businessmen.
In 1961, borgia, the eldest son, was naturally made crown prince, one step away from the highest throne.
The Brunei royal family has always adhered to the traditional concept, adhered to the importance of the theory of descent, and paid special attention to the purity of the blood of the descendants, so marriage between close relatives is the only choice for the Brunei royal family.
Borkia's first wife was Salah, who was also born into the royal family, a noble princess.
At the age of 17, Salah obeyed his parents' instructions and married 19-year-old Crown Prince Bolkiah. Although they were cousins and had a close relationship from an early age, neither of them could decide on their marriage.
But fortunately, they have deep feelings for each other, and they have a good feeling for each other when they grow up together. Borkia, who was crown prince, was destined to marry only his princess cousin.
In the second year of his marriage, Borgia went to study at the Royal Military Academy and received the rank of captain. Salah, on the other hand, remained in Brunei and did his duty as a good wife.
Bolkiah, who had hastily returned from studying abroad, naturally ascended to the throne, and Salah became queen, helping her husband handle state affairs and take care of the internal affairs of the palace.
The two have been together for 16 years, and even the deepest feelings will become flat. The people of Brunei believe in Islam, and canon law allows men to have four wives, but the consent of the right wife is required to marry.
In 1981, Bolkiah met Maria, a beautiful young stewardess, on a British flight to Brunei.
This young flight attendant of mixed three-country races made Borkia fall in love at first sight and fell in love in an instant. How could Mary refuse the courtship of a king, and soon the two were married, and Mary became a princess.
Maria and Borkia's marriage lasted 22 years, during which time she was the second wife, and she was only able to follow Salah at all public events.
Unfortunately, after 22 years, Maria still gave up the marriage, divorcing the king in 2003, leaving behind four children and leaving with millions of dollars in compensation.
Perhaps in Borkia's heart, these princesses were passers-by, how could the king indulge in love.
In 2005, the 58-year-old King celebrated his third wedding, this time to the young and beautiful 26-year-old journalist Azrinas.
As news anchors on Malaysian TELEVISION channels, Azrinas and Borkia met at a meeting.
Borchia was captivated by the energetic, cheerful young female journalist, and soon the two had a low-key wedding in Gilombo, this time without overwhelming publicity and money.
Unfortunately, Borkia's third marriage did not last long, and the two divorced by agreement in 2010.
Today, Borkiah is still accompanied by Queen Salah, and the eldest son of the two, Mukhtadi Bila, has also been made crown prince, and will be the best candidate for the 30th Sultan of Brunei.
The Brunei royal family only recognized blood, and the children of the last two princesses, because of their mothers, were destined to become only idle members of the royal family at birth.
Luxurious royal life
Brunei is a small coastal Asian country, but the annual GDP can occupy the forefront of Asia, relying on rich oil and gas resources, the national fiscal revenue is considerable.
Absolute monarchies and the world's top oil and gas resources have allowed the royal family to sit on amazing wealth, and the wealth of King Borkiah of Brunei will reach 70 billion yuan in 2020.
Not only does the king control the rich resources of the country and use money to make money, he also has a lot of private property under his name, and he is a regular on the rich list.
He likes luxury, his biggest hobby is to spend money, has a wide range of hobbies, and often spends a lot of money for hobbies. Borchia loves to drive and prefers to collect luxury cars.
Nuroyman Palace is the residence of Sultan Borkia of Brunei, covering an area of 200,000 square meters, it is the largest royal palace in the world, and the Queen's Buckingham Palace is also slightly inferior.
There are more than 1,700 rooms in the palace, which are equipped with more than 200 toilets. Even some bathroom toilets are made of pure gold, and the trenches are inhuman.
It is said that this is because the sultan believes that the palace should be dignified and orderly, and the toilet made of gold is naturally suitable for people with more noble status. When the king traveled to visit other countries, he did not honestly buy a ticket, but waited for a flight at the airport.
Borgia has 21 private jets alone, even bought a Boeing airliner, and he has two ultra-luxury mega yachts.
The annual maintenance fees of these aircraft yachts are prohibitive for ordinary people, not to mention their actual value. Of course, Borgia's biggest hobby is collecting luxury cars.
He was surprisingly fascinated by luxury cars, and the luxury cars parked in the garage were all classic brands, such as Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Ferrari and so on, with a staggering number of 7,000.
Many people have seen the scene of rich people buying clothes in film and television works, picking out the styles they don't like, and the rest are all packaged and bought.
The same is true for Borchia when buying a car, others buy a car to see the cost performance, look at the price, and then look at the quality and brand. He bought a car only to see if he liked it or not. Even the 7,000 luxury cars could not fill the underground garage of the Nuloiman Palace.
Most of the cars that Borkia bought have been parked in the garage since they were bought, and they have not even driven once. Even if you use these luxury cars according to the standard of changing every day, it will take 20 years.
As a king, Borgia's preferences are naturally different, and among all the luxury car brands, he has a fondness for only one car, that is, Rolls-Royce, the noble of the car brand.
Rolls-Royce tailors the car to each customer and has never produced two identical cars.
Borgia has 604 custom Rolls-Royces, and other wealthy merchants may only buy one as a status symbol, while he prefers to win by numbers, and has the most Rolls-Royces in the world.
But he only likes to collect cars, and driving is not on his list of interests.
In order not to let these cars be left for a long time and cause failure, he had to hire special personnel to help him maintain the cars every day to avoid them from being damaged.
This is probably the dream job of most car lovers, driving a luxury car with a salary, a full 7,000 luxury cars to drive at will, so wonderful and dreamy.
In addition to Borgia's penchant for collecting luxury cars, polo is also his favorite sport. He specially established a horse farm, and raised more than 250 good stallions, each of which had a single stable and was also equipped with air conditioning and other equipment.
Many office workers rent snail dwellings, perhaps not as big as the stables, really people are not as good as horses.
Borgia's luxury, even the British Prince Charles is willing to bow to the wind, the two are polo enthusiasts, often meet together to play polo.
Once Borgia carelessly forgot to carry his polo shoes, and in order not to delay the time, he simply asked his men to buy a new pair of top polo shoes and airlift them to the polo field of the palace.
When his eldest daughter got married, he invited famous American singers and held a music ball for a week.
At the wedding ceremony, the princess wears a luxurious dress with diamonds all over her body, and even the crown and the bouquet in her hand are all made of diamonds.
She and her husband sat on a throne made of gold and studded with gemstones, receiving blessings from their guests.
In 2004, the Crown Prince of Brunei married his wife, and Borkiah spent $100 million on the wedding of the century. The wedding ceremony was specially held at the Nuroiman Palace, which was redecorated with jeweled gold and reflected in the sunlight and radiated with money.
The bride's wedding dress is sewn with gold thread, set with various gemstones as usual, and she has 22 gold bracelets on her arms, and the bouquet in her hand is still made of gold.
Despite the luxury of the royal family, they still enjoy high prestige in the folk.
Brunei, as one of the few monarchies today, under the king's governance, the people of Brunei live a rich and fulfilling life, stable and leisurely, they do not have huge work and life pressure, and some of them are from the king's love.
People living happily
Borgia can be said to have single-handedly "nurtured" the people of the whole country and provided them with excellent social welfare, which is really enviable.
How happy is the life of the people of Brunei?
As a small country with a population of only 459,500 and an area of only 5,765 square kilometers, Brunei is very rich. The social welfare system is perfect, and the people do not need to pay taxes, which is simply a paradise.
In other countries, many people toil all their lives, accumulate wages, and carry heavy mortgages in order to have their own houses.
But in Brunei, people don't have to carry high mortgages, and there is no pressure to buy a house. If you own land in Brunei, you only need to pay 1 yuan to the government, that is, 5 yuan, to own the land and build your own house.
If you don't have land, you can also rent a villa in Brunei for 10 million yuan.
With a monthly rent of 10 million yuan in China, I am afraid that only the basements of big cities, or the second-bedroom apartments in fourth- and fifth-tier cities, can have such low rents.
As long as the people of Brunei rent this villa for more than 30 consecutive years, then the ownership of this villa can belong to him.
The monthly rent of 1,000 yuan of villas, want to own it only need to rent for 30 years, so the benefits, really envy others, eager to go to Brunei to rent.
Not only that, but the king of Brunei liked to give money to his people. On his birthday in 2006, he gave 30,000 civil servants across the country a salary increase to celebrate his birthday.
Such a move has won the praise of the people of the whole country and made other people envious. The average monthly salary of Bruneians is 14,800 yuan, which is a figure that can only be achieved in first-tier cities in China.
Brunei does not have 996, rarely works overtime, works 8 hours a week, and can only work a maximum of 48 hours.
Education for Bruneians is funded by the state, and everyone does not have to pay for kindergarten, primary, high school and university tuition.
If there are students who can apply to study abroad, Brunei will also give 8,000 bursaries to international students every month to ensure that they can live abroad without worry and concentrate on studying.
Medical treatment is naturally also free, and the cost of hospitalization and medication is paid by the state.
In other words, King Bolkiah of Brunei "supported" 460,000 people on his own.
Plumbers, waiters and other people in Brunei have a monthly income of nearly 20,000, as for teachers, doctors and other duties, the annual income exceeds 300,000.
Brunei's people are now living happily ever after, but in the last century, the country was so poor that it did not declare independence until 1984.
At the beginning of the 16th century, Brunei was repeatedly invaded by European countries, especially european countries led by Spain, exploiting and enslaving the People of Brunei.
In the 18th century, Brunei became a British colony, and since then the country's economic resources have been plundered, and the country has even had to rely on loans to maintain its expenditures.
Even the oil discovered in the 20th century was exploited by the British. When Japan occupied Brunei in 1941, the oil industry suffered severe damage and the country could not make ends meet.
In 1945, Brunei returned to British control, and eventually brunei was given a breathing respite from the domestic armed uprising.
In 1984, Brunei declared its independence and finally escaped British control.
At that time, Brunei Sultan Bolkiah was prime minister, and under his administration, Brunei rested and relied on oil to finally develop.
Brunei people are very rich, but oil resources are non-renewable, so Brunei is now actively looking for other ways to get rich. Vigorously develop tourism, develop agriculture, and get rid of import dependence.
Brunei is slowly moving forward step by step, and this small country, after being oppressed and oppressed, has finally been able to usher in a new life.