To this end, he left three teachings to future generations before his death, not to do business, not to be close to bureaucrats, and not to marry people named Li. Under his guidance, we can be surprised to find that none of his descendants embarked on the road of business and politics, even those small businessmen. Basically, they are either teachers who are committed to learning or engaged in scientific research. Of course, this also makes many people sigh. After all, his descendants, with such good resources and genes, should have been on the road to business, but they gave up the road to business. At the same time, people began to sigh that they buried the genes of the Hu family's business, and the respect of Hu's descendants for their ancestors was unimaginable.
In fact, Hu's descendants began to change from the moment they accepted this lesson. Shortly after the collapse of the Hu family's wealth building, Hu Xueyan's second son, Hu Jiangsan, directly sold all the shares in his family, connected the shops together, and then sent all his descendants abroad to study. Actually, it's not just a legacy. What Hu's descendants summed up from Hu Xueyan's legendary life is not only extremely profound, but also strikingly similar to his legacy. They all agree that money is not a good thing, and doing business is also the riskiest business. If you are not careful, you will be doomed. According to statistics, Hu's descendants are mostly abroad and distributed in many countries. Most of them have now grown into elites in various scientific fields.
Of course, some of his descendants stayed at home, and those who stayed at home basically devoted themselves to education. His fifth-generation granddaughter devoted her life to education and trained a large number of outstanding talents. She practiced his ideal of teacher education with her life, and she was awarded the title of the first excellent teacher in Shanghai. There are also some people who devote themselves to the arts. For example, Yang Guangyu, executive vice president and secretary general of Zhejiang Yixian Painting and Calligraphy Institute, is his grandson. In addition, there are calligraphers and artists who have never forgotten the family precepts of serving the country and doing more good deeds. Hu Xueyan's descendants never humiliated him as a good man in Hu Da.
In fact, his descendants summed up Hu Xueyan's failure and concluded that the collapse of Hu Xueyan Commercial Building at that time was not only due to his personal reasons. After all, even if individuals feel that there is a big deviation, they will not let such a large commercial building collapse in a few days. The main reason is related to the social situation at that time. Hu Xueyan's background is very ordinary. At first, he was just an office boy. Before that, he even worked as a cowherd and handyman. At that time, he got a bucket of gold with the help of officials, and then he was able to make a fortune smoothly thanks to the then minister Zuo Tang Zong. He successfully climbed this big tree and gained power, and then he rose to the top of the world, and the speed of wealth accumulation was amazing.
However, there is no shortcut to decent success, and the wealth gained by power will eventually be deprived by greater power in a completely legal way. After his patron Zuo lost in the political struggle, this big tree can no longer shelter him from the wind and rain, but now it is on him. He became the biggest victim of this political struggle, but it is impossible to make business top-notch without official power, which is why he warned future generations not to get involved in politics often.