Yi Kuang, Prince of Qing Dynasty, served as Minister of Military Aircraft for a long time. In April of the third year of Xuantong, he also served as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. His eldest son, Gabez, was appointed general of the town and served as minister of agriculture, industry and commerce. He went to Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Belgium to preach and inspect. The father and son took bribes and amassed huge wealth.
How much money does the Yi Kuang family have? I'm afraid it's hard to know for sure, but there are some data on the books. In Dingfu Street outside Andingmen, he has six or seven hundred halls, three gardens in Chengzeyuan, a drainage lake, several wells and dozens of shops. In addition, there are 10 million mu of Zhuang land, which are distributed in Zhili and Northeast provinces.
Yi Kuang had five sons, except two who died young. The eldest son pretends to be vibrating, the third son pretends to be typing (typing is not accurate, because the pronunciation is the same, please forgive me), and the fifth son pretends to be ethical. After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, Yi Kuang and Zaizhen were still extravagant according to the reported ostentation and extravagance, but they were more cautious in politics, rarely participated in political competitions, tried their best to win over the dignitaries in various periods, and even sought asylum from foreigners to avoid being hit by politics.
Economically, Yi Kuang and Zaizhen invested heavily in business, depositing huge sums of money in the bank and charging interest. Yi Kuang has deposited a lot of money in various foreign banks in Dongjiaominxiang, such as Citibank in the United States, HSBC and Macquarie Bank in the United Kingdom, Credit Agricole in France, Dawson Bank in Russia and Zhengjinyin Bank in Japan.
In the first month of the 6th year of the Republic of China, Yi Kuang died. In March, President Li replaced the Qing Dynasty and ordered him to be named Prince of Qing Dynasty. In the eighth year of the Republic of China, three brothers, Zaizhen, Zaibo and Zailun, separated. Zaizhen was the eldest son and the heir of the baron, and got the most property.
In the early years of the Republic of China, Zaizhen was the commander-in-chief of Puyi, the grandson of the emperor, and moved to Tianjin in 13. During his stay in Tianjin, Zaizhen not only continued to live the life of Wang Ye, but also made business investments. 1928, invested 300,000 yuan in Zhenzhen, and established a luxury hotel and business hall in Gaoxingqiao, a big capitalist in Tianjin. Xinye company? , also opened a Longquan bathhouse, and founded the Xijiao Zoo, in addition, there are some stocks of commercial banks.
After the three brothers moved to Tianjin, they left some servants guarding the Qing Palace in Beijing. In the Republic of China 17, Fang Zhenwu was headquartered in Qing Palace, which occupied Wang Fu for more than a year. When he left, he ransacked all the furniture items and got 450 thousand yuan.
Compared with Yi Kuang, it is now more extravagant, dissolute and greedy. During the Republic of China, he was just a prince with an empty title, but he should not get used to old habits. He is nearly half a century old, or because he has a large number of wives and concubines and is addicted to smoking. He doesn't get up until two or three in the afternoon and eats at four every day. Breakfast? Smoking and having fun, eating at nine o'clock in the evening? Lunch? Smoking opium after dinner.
Because the land of Qing Wangfu Manor was handled by the government of the Republic of China, the source of land rent was cut off. Xinye company? After the Japanese occupation of Tianjin, the business was greatly affected, and the Zaizhen family could not pay dividends on schedule. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Gao Xingqiao took refuge in Shanghai because he was suspected of being a traitor, and his son Gao Bohai took over the management. His business plummeted and he was heavily in debt. His shares have also been discounted to pay off debts, and bank deposits have been discounted again and again, and the economic situation has deteriorated rapidly.
However, Wang Ye's shelf still needs to be propped up, and Zaizhen has to sell antique jade articles one after another to make a living. I used to live a luxurious life all my life, and I often worried about money and got angry in my later years. 1948, I was poor and died in Tianjin.
His third brother, in town, and his family were hit, which fell even faster. He is a frequent visitor to Tianjin Racecourse and Casino all day. Once, he bought a champagne ticket for the racecourse and declared to his gambling friends that if he won this time, he would asphalt the racecourse road. And he really won. In addition to the money he won, he took a sum of money to build a section of asphalt road, which caused a sensation in Tianjin.
His wife, son and daughter-in-law eat, drink and smoke a lot like him. Although I don't have a fixed income, I have to put on ostentation and extravagance, hire a few servants, and have a whole set of horses and chariots when I go out, which costs a lot of money. After selling more than 100,000 dollars in Wang Fu, we sold jewelry, jade, antiques, clothes and jewelry, and spent all the property gained from our separation in a few years. 1925, Zeber died of poverty.
Old Wu Lun is slightly better than his two brothers, but the blood of the wild aristocrats is still full of luxury genes, but when they are separated, they get the least share and are somewhat restrained. At least he supported for more than ten years, and finally became the master of scavenging. Surprisingly, the descendant of Yi Kuang, a famous billionaire prince of the Qing Dynasty, ended up in such an ending.