(1) Hu Xueyan changed from a poor teenager to an extremely rich businessman, and finally died of vomiting blood.
Hu Xueyan was born in a rural area below Jixi County, Anhui Province. He comes from a poor family, and like Zhu Yuanzhang, he is a cowherd. Hu Xueyan has many brothers and sisters, and Hu Xueyan is the third. They depend on their father to do some small business to make a living. So, Hu Xueyan became a helper at the age of eight. Because I was too young, and there were not many employment opportunities at that time, I could only herd cattle for others.
In the 15th year of Daoguang (1835), Hu Xueyan's father died. This year, Hu Xueyan was only twelve years old, and life was even more difficult. The following year, Hu Xueyan ushered in the first turning point in his life. One day, he drove the cattle past a gazebo, where some businessmen who usually came and went often enjoyed the cool. Hu Xueyan found a bag full of gold, silver and jewels. If he took it away, his generation could have a good life, but he didn't. But waiting for the owner to come back in the pavilion. When the shopkeeper came back, he was grateful to Hu Xueyan and invited Hu Xueyan to work as a waiter in his grocery store. In this way, Hu Xueyan left the countryside, came to the town, worked as a waiter in the shop, and then entered the official life.
Hu Xueyan learned something and began to jump ship. In the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), he came to Hangzhou Fukang Bank. This year, Hu Xueyan 19 years old, the owner of the money house surnamed Yu. Hu Xueyan is honest and obedient, and is highly appreciated by his boss. Hu Xueyan has also been promoted in the bank. As the boss has no children, he is worried about the heir to the property. At one time, he left a large sum of money in the boss's office in Hu Xueyan to test Hu Xueyan. Unexpectedly, Hu Xueyan not only didn't take it for himself, but also put the money on the counter, which made the boss feel that Hu Xueyan was very reliable.
After his boss died, he left his bank to Hu Xueyan. After Hu Xueyan took over Fukang Bank, he began to make friends with powerful people and expand his business scale. Later, Hu Xueyan's business grew bigger and bigger, and many shops were opened. Finally, he mastered half of Zhejiang's finance.
But it didn't last long. When Hu Xueyan was 38 years old (186 1), the Taiping Army attacked Hangzhou, and the food in the city was serenaded. Hu Xueyan's backer, Zhejiang Governor Wang Youling, committed suicide after defeat. Later, Zuo was recommended by Zeng Guofan as the governor of Zhejiang.
In the war-torn era, Hu Xueyan's bank didn't have much working capital, but he still raised twenty-two thousand pieces of silver and grain for Zuo. Hu Xueyan's timely help made Zuo grateful, and later they became close friends.
Later, Zuo's warships were also funded by Hu Xueyan, and Hu Xueyan helped Zuo to do many great things. Later, when Russia occupied Ili, the Qing government ran out of money. Left to Hu Xueyan for help, but raising money is not as simple as investing in warships, not a small sum. Hu Xueyan naturally can't come up with so much money. Later, he managed to persuade Standard Chartered Bank to lend the Qing government 18700 silver, which solved the problem of collecting money from the West.
Therefore, Cixi gave Hu Xueyan a yellow jacket and a magenta top hat. so this is it？ Red top businessman? The origin of. Later, due to the disagreement between Zuo and Li Hongzhang, Zuo lost power in his later years. Someone took the opportunity to falsely accuse Hu Xueyan of corruption when he borrowed money from the British. Empress Dowager Cixi took Hu Xueyan's property in a rage, and Hu Xueyan saved her life by wearing a yellow jacket. Hu Xueyan was miserable in his later years, and finally he died of depression and vomiting blood.
(2) Hu Xueyan has three sons, Hu Chusan, Hu Jiangsan and Hu Pinsan.
Hu Xueyan has three sons, the eldest son Hu Chusan died young at the age of 19, the second son Hu Jiangsan has two sons, and the third son Hu Pinsan has four sons. After Hu Xueyan's property was robbed, his years of hard work went down the drain. He deeply felt the risks brought by business, especially the combination of government and business. On his deathbed, Hu Xueyan told his son not to do business in the future and not to get involved with officials easily. Because of Li Hongzhang, Hu Xueyan told his son not to marry someone named Li.
After Hu Xueyan was robbed of his property and went bankrupt, his second son sold Hu Qingyutang's? Signboard stocks? Send Hu's descendants to study abroad. Hu Xueyan's descendants abide by their ancestral teachings, do not engage in business, do not enter the DPRK as officials, and engage in education and scientific research.
(3) Hu Xueyan's third generation grandson.
Hu Jieqing is famous among Hu Xueyan's grandchildren. He is the eldest son of Hu Pinsan, the third son of Hu Xueyan and the eldest grandson of Hu Xueyan. Hu Yiqing was clever since he was a child. During the reign of the Qing Dynasty, he joined Dr. Sun Yat-sen's League during his stay in Japan. Hu Yiqing's wife is an official's child and conservative. She wouldn't let her husband take part in the revolution or go to a foreign school. Hu Yiqing later stayed at home and studied literature all day regardless of state affairs.
(4) Hu Xueyan's fourth generation grandson.
Hu Yaguang is the grandson of Hu Pinsan, the third son of Hu Xueyan, the son of Hu and the great-grandson of Dai, a great calligrapher. He was born in 190 1. Hu Yaguang first studied western painting with Zhang Yuguang. He studied poetry with his father Hu Xiqing, and later studied painting with his great-grandfather. Hu Yaguang has made great achievements in art and literature.
At the age of 2 1, Hu Yaguang and a group of friends founded the Orchid Society in Hangzhou. In the second year, the Academy of Painting and the Academy of Summer Painting were established, and a large number of fine arts talents were trained.
After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Hu Ya took her family to live in Shanghai, worked as an American teacher in a middle school in Shanghai, and later became a contributing author of News. Hu Yaguang was once a statue of Soong Ching Ling, Jiang Gong, Premier Zhou and Zhang Daqian. After the founding of New China, he worked in oil painting and Chinese painting, and later served as the president of Zhejiang Artists Association and a teacher of Xinhua University Zhejiang Branch.
(5) Hu Xueyan's fifth generation grandson.
Hu Xiaomei is Hu Yaguang's daughter. According to feudal social customs, girls were not allowed to go to school, but Hu Yaguang sent her daughter to school. He hopes that his daughter can learn to paint like him, but Hu Xiaomei thinks that painting can't make a living.
Hu Xiaomei studies hard and is determined to finish high school and become a primary school teacher in the future. Hu Xiaomei later taught in a key school in Shanghai, and obtained the? The first outstanding teacher in Shanghai? The title of.
Hu Xueyan's descendants remembered the teachings of their ancestors, and most of them lived abroad. They are not engaged in business or politics. Unfortunately, Hu Xueyan's talent for doing business has not been passed down. But Ma Yun once said: Hu Xueyan is not worth learning. You can't have both power and wealth. If the two are intertwined, they will explode in the future. ? Ma Yun thinks that Hu Xueyan is a negative example and sets a bad example for everyone. What do you think of this?