The fifth Shen Wansan.
Speaking of Shen Wansan, I believe many people are familiar with it. Shen Wansan is synonymous with the god of wealth. So how rich is Shen Wansan, known as "the richest man in Ming Dynasty"? According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan's property was converted into more than two billion taels of silver. One or two ounces of silver is equivalent to the purchasing power of RMB in 260 yuan now, 20 * 260 = 520 billion RMB. At that time, there was so much money, even now it can be called the richest man in the world!
Fourth place, Wu Bingjian
China became the richest man in the world in 1834. This man's surname is Wu, and his name is Bing Jian. According to his family's estimation, his assets have reached a shocking 26 million silver dollars, while the wealth of the richest man in the United States was only 7 million silver dollars.
Wu Bingjian's entrepreneurial style is strikingly similar to that of most ancient businessmen. They already have a very thick liquidity in their hands, and then they buy a lot of land, real estate, shops and other fixed assets. In fact, they are the so-called landlords in ancient times. But he is not limited to this. He is a business wizard, and he also turned his silver dollar into "capital". He went to America to invest in railway, securities and insurance business. This layout also made Jardine Matheson once a world-class multinational consortium. At that time, the extremely rich Wu Bingjian had another identity, the largest creditor of the East India Company.
Third place, Song Ziwen.
When it comes to Song Ziwen, some people may feel strange, but when it comes to his two sisters, they are quite famous. Yes, Song Ziwen is the elder brother of Soong Ching Ling and Song Meiling. Song Ziwen, an uncle of the two dynasties, served as the finance minister of the Republic of China for a long time by virtue of his special status, during which he monopolized the US military aid to China. Its wealth was second to none at that time.
Later, Song Ziwen abandoned politics and went into business, and founded China Construction Bank Company and China Bank successively. With the help of the economic committee under its control, it constantly infiltrated, controlled and merged the national industry, commerce and finance, and created an economic empire of bureaucratic comprador groups with the Song family as the core at an alarming speed. 1939, the Japanese secret investigation report on the deposits of * * * * senior officials pointed out that Song Ziwen's deposits in foreign banks, Chase National Bank and Citibank in Shanghai amounted to $70 million. At the same time, the news that Song Ziwen is "the richest man in the world" spread like wildfire.
The second Liu Jin
The Wall Street Journal is still very objective. At that time, Liu Jin was chosen as the richest man for the same reason as Xiao Shenyang, because of corruption. Liu Jin is a legend, a mysterious eunuch and the richest eunuch in the Ming Dynasty.
According to records, Liu Jin was born in Xingping, Shaanxi. His real name is Tan. At the age of 6, he was adopted by eunuch Liu Shun, who later became a eunuch and changed his surname to Liu. Liu Jin was promoted many times while serving the crown prince, and finally climbed to the position of eunuch in Jane's hands. He knows how to read and listen, and he also knows how to please others. After Amin Wuzong Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Liu Jin presented games such as eagle dog, song and dance and wrestling to the emperor almost every day. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao also pays more attention to Liu Jin.
Liu Jin is very authoritative in North Korea. It can be said that Liu Jin is the most powerful person except the current emperor Zhu Houzhao. Even in the end, there was a title of "establishing emperor" among the people, which showed that its authority was monstrous! After Liu Jin's downfall, his property was found to be nearly 6.802 million taels of gold and 0.46 billion taels of silver/kloc-0. In fact, the silver in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was only17 million to 40 million. This wealth was equivalent to the national treasury income of the Ming Dynasty at that time, 10 years.
The first small Shenyang.
Xiao Shenyang, a corrupt official during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, was selected as the first world-class rich man in the Wall Street Journal. In his official career, Xiao Shenyang especially likes money. Every year, when local officials present gold and silver treasures to Ganlong, they will also prepare a copy for small Shenyang. At that time, there was a saying that if there was any treasure that the palace didn't have, it might be in adults' homes. His deeds have long been known by women and children broadcast in major film and television dramas. I won't go into details here. I only say that the property gained by Jiaqing during the property purchase is equivalent to the sum of the national fiscal revenue during the prosperous period of Qianlong 18. No wonder at that time, there was a saying among the people that "small Shenyang fell and Jiaqing had enough to eat".
According to the records, the list of confiscated property in Little Shenyang is as follows:
1. Cash assets: 65,438+0, red gold (24K): 58,000 taels of gold in stock, 2,500 taels in the building, 65,438+000 taels of gold ingots (65,438+0000 taels each), 26kg of gold pagoda and 26 taels in the wall.
2. Cash: cellar 1 20,000 taels, treasury 55,600 silver ingots (each 10 taels) and building 5,000 large silver ingots (each 1 000 taels), totaling 6,556,000 taels.
3. There are 5,830,000 Guo Jing (silver) and 365,438+050,000 Su Guo (silver).
4.58000 silver dollars
2. Property: 1, 1 Garden, 20 pavilions, 2 principal rooms, 1 apartment, 1 apartment, 730 apartment, Dongzhai/kloc-0 apartment, 7 apartment, 360 apartment, Westinghouse 4 apartment, 7 apartment. There are 265,438+070 properties in Little Shenyang.
Real estate: 8,000 hectares of land, or 800,000 mu.
4. Enterprises: 1, 10 pawnshop, 802,000 local banks, 10 local banks, 602,000 local banks.
Five, jade: 1, jade tripod 13, height 2 feet 5 inches 2, jade plate 20 pieces 3, jade ruyi 130 handle 4, jade ruyi106 handle 5, jade snuff bottle 48 pieces 6, jade head/06.
6. Jewelry: 1, pearl bracelet 230 strings 2, 10 pearl 3, 10 Daying ruby 4 weighing 280 kg, 80 rubies from Xiao Ying 5, 40 sapphires 6 and 90 rubies.
7. Others: 1, 72 silver bowls, 500 pairs of silver chopsticks, 200 pairs of gold chopsticks, 60 gold spoons, 380 silver spoons, 2 gold tooth bottles, 460 gold generals, 30 gold tooth gums and satin 14300.