Introduction: As an outstanding representative of huishang in the late Qing Dynasty, Hu Xueyan was regarded as a model in the industry and was once revered as a shangsheng. Indeed, he also deserved to grow from a no-name to the richest man in the country, and his experience is undoubtedly legendary. Although later due to the influence of multiple factors at home and abroad, the great foundation of Hu Xueyan's family collapsed, but this did not affect his greatness in the slightest.
Hu Xueyan was born in Anhui, although his father read some books, but it was useless, and his family conditions when he was a child were still quite poor, so Hu Xueyan went to herd cattle for the landlord's family when he was young, barely enough to make a living. When he was 12 years old, the only pillar of the family, his father, also died of illness. In order to survive, Hu Xueyan simply gambled, so he left his hometown and came to Zhejiang alone to make a living.
Although Hu Xueyan has no foundation and has not read books, he has one characteristic - that is, he can bear hardships.
Hu Xueyan has been giving people miscellaneous cattle since childhood, which also cultivated his character of not being afraid of hardship and daring to fight, and relying on this hard work, he gradually got the appreciation of his boss, and slowly became a formal Qianzhuang employee from an informal miscellaneous servant in Qianzhuang, and Qianzhuang also gradually became famous in Hangzhou with his help.
Hu Xueyan's steadfastness, willingness to endure hardships, and performance are all in the eyes of the money bank, and he is also very relieved about Hu Xueyan, because there are no descendants, so on the occasion of his death, he even entrusted the money house to Hu Xueyan, because the boss thought that his ability was enough to bring this money house to glory.
And of course, Hu Xueyan did not disappoint his benefactor.
After Hu Xueyan got the money house, he continued to "carry" the money house forward. At this time, Hu Xueyan was no longer the pure coolie guy he had been before.
If you want to move on, you have to use your brain and you have to invest.
So Hu Xueyan set his eyes on Wang Youling. At that time, Wang Youling was still very depressed, but Hu Xueyan bet the treasure on him, and even spared his own future, privately embezzling 500 taels from Qianzhuang to help Wang Youling, which once led to his being expelled from Qianzhuang.
But fortunately, Hu Xueyan did not make a mistake in this move, and it did not take long for Wang Youling to be reused by the imperial court and became the governor of Zhejiang, an official position that was quite powerful at that time, and could even be said to be the emperor of Zhejiang.
With wang Youling's protection, Hu Xueyan grew bigger and bigger, and slowly started business with the imperial court. However, later, Wang Youling was unfortunately killed in battle with the Taiping Army, and Hu Xueyan had no backing since then.
But Hu Xueyan quickly took zuo Zongtang's line, and he helped Zuo Zongtang to establish an industry and supervise military affairs, which made Zuo Zongtang very grateful. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang also relied heavily on him and gave him a lot of business convenience. Since then, Zuo Zongtang has soared, with a family property of more than 10 million, and almost all parts of the country have ticket numbers, becoming the top richest man in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
After becoming the richest man, Hu Xueyan was still not arrogant, began to do charity, relief for people's livelihood, and was willing to help some dangerous enterprises to survive the sadness. For a time, Hu Xueyan can be described as fame and fortune.
The turning point in Hu Xueyan's life was in 1882.
At that time, Hu Xueyan, who had always had a unique vision, finally looked away this time, he invested all his money in the raw silk trade, in order to make his family dominant, he even did not hesitate to buy raw silk at a high price.
But who could have predicted that at this time, foreign raw silk invasions would destroy Hu Xueyan's long-term operation.
Originally, he still had a turnaround, but at this time, the foreigners and Li Hongzhang, who had offended him before, obviously did not intend to give him a chance, and did not give him the opportunity to borrow money to circulate, and Hu Xueyan declared bankruptcy under the joint strangulation of Chinese and foreign forces.
And the process is only three days.
However, at that time, Zuo Zongtang was still alive, and Hu Xueyan still believed that he could make a comeback, but in 1885, Zuo Zongtang died. At this time, Hu Xueyan was basically gray, and after a few months, he also walked with Zuo Zongtang at the age of 62.
And before he died, watching the collapse of the family business, the house that was once a group of wives and concubines has now become extremely deserted, and he said meaningfully: "Don't go near the white tiger!" "The white tiger was the silver at that time, and in layman's terms it was money, and Hu Xueyan meant not to dissuade future generations from doing business."
Hu Xueyan's last words, his descendants also listened to it, and did not do business again.
In fact, although Hu Xueyan was bankrupt at that time, after all, the skinny camel was bigger than the horse, and there was still a bit of a foundation, at least the old house was still there. Later, the Hu family mortgaged the old mansion to an acquaintance, and the acquaintance gave the Hu family's descendants some 18 shares, each of which was worth tens of thousands of silver dollars, which was obviously enough for the daily living expenses of the Hu family's descendants.
At that time, because Hu Caoqing was Hu Xueyan's eldest grandson, he inherited the majority of these shares, plus Hu Caoqing married a good wife named Dai Yongni, she was born in an official family, very courageous, so she was still properly managed, and her life was relatively moist.
Fast forward to 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out in full swing, the wealthy City of Hangzhou was obviously targeted by the Japanese army, the Hu family began to flee everywhere, and Dai Yongni led her children and grandchildren to escape to Shanghai Beach.
And because Dai Yongni later died of illness in Shanghai, the Hu family, without a leader, simply did not move, and was permanently stationed in Shanghai.
However, due to the war, the share share that was once in Hangzhou was no longer there, so their days began to be tight, but no matter how tight the days were, the family did not sell any antique jewelry originally brought out of the Hu family's old residence, because they thought that these were the relics of the ancestors and sold them to the ancestors.
But fortunately, the children and grandchildren are also fighting, whether it is a man or a woman, they have a place in the society with their own efforts, and later the new China was established, the society became more and more stable, and the life of the Hu family gradually improved.
But who could have predicted that in 1968, the 83rd year after Hu Xueyan's death, the sudden turmoil would ruin all this.
Because her ancestors were the famous businessman Hu Xueyan, Dai Yongni's granddaughter Hu Xiaomei was also criticized as a capitalist villain, although she had just been named an excellent teacher at that time. In addition, the other descendants of the Hu family were also sent to work.
Later, some people directly reported that the Hu family had 8 tons of gold in their possession, which was obviously out of thin air, the Hu family had not been rich, it was obvious that it was impossible to have 8 tons of gold; and if there really was, the house could not fit.
But the critics did not care, still indiscriminately broke into the Hu family, made a big fuss in the Hu family, and the ancestral relics that had been handed down from the old residence of the Hu family in Hangzhou were also copied.
And Hu Xiaomei's mother also died of depression because she was angry.
Fortunately, after that turbulent event, the descendants of the Hu family who are willing to bear hardships and stand hard work have stood up again, and now there are hundreds of descendants of the Hu family, most of whom have achieved success in their studies, distributed in 7 countries, and have become elites in all walks of life, but only those who are not engaged in business.
Hu Xueyan's last words must have played a certain role, but I personally believe that it is more of the sad past of the 1960s and 1970s that left a shadow.
Hu Xueyan's descendants have experienced several ups and downs, and Hu Xueyan himself is also.
Ma Yun once commented on Hu Xueyan: "He has set a very good example for us, but also set a very bad example. ”
That is to say, his way of success is worth learning; and the lessons of failure are also worth learning. For business must read "Hu Xueyan", this is a sentence that many of us have heard, in fact, not only for business, even if you are not engaged in business, you should also read Hu Xueyan, because many of the truths in it are the same.
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