The American Wall Street Journal counted the 50 richest people in the world since 1000, among them, 6 people came from China, namely Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Liu Jin, He Kun, Wu Bingjian and Song Ziwen.
Wu Bingjian (also known as Wu Bingjian) (1769- 1843) Occupation: trader, assets: 1000 million silver dollars, and the reason for his fame: the richest businessman of his time. Wu Bingjian's father is one of the few China businessmen who are allowed to trade silk and porcelain with foreigners. Wu Bingjian's family only receives two cashiers; They don't want all foreign goods. 1789, Wu Bingjian took over his father's business. He lent foreign businessmen a lot of money (one million silver dollars at a time) in exchange for some ships. He is also a recognized philanthropist, and donated 1. 1 100 million silver dollars after the First Opium War. At that time, Wu Bingjian's reputation spread far and wide, and his portrait was still hung in some official residences built by Americans in Salem, Massachusetts and Newport.
Song Ziwen (1894- 197 1) Occupation: financier, government official, assets: blue chips, cash, fame reason: investing in American General Motors with the funds of China's Ministry of Finance. 1927 ——1949 As an official of the Kuomintang government, Song Ziwen was regarded as the richest man in the world in the 1940s. If he is not the richest, he must be regarded as the most powerful person. As the son of an effective entrepreneur, Song Ziwen soon became a banker and entered the financial industry after graduating from Harvard. 1923 provided funds for Sun Yat-sen's ethnic organizations. He founded the Central Bank and later became the national treasury after 1924 was appointed as the finance minister. 1927, Sun Yat-sen's opponent and Song Ziwen's other brother-in-law Chiang Kai-shek became powerful. Song Ziwen became his finance minister. 1942 was appointed Foreign Minister and became the employer of Washington Group in China. Taking advantage of his rights in China's Ministry of Finance, he invested most of his personal property in foreign stocks, including holding shares in General Motors and Dortmund.
Small Shenyang (He Shen) (1750- 1799) Occupation: capable people around the emperor, assets: gold and silver fur, fame reason: gluttony and stealing from soldiers. Handsome, witty, confident and incredibly corrupt, in 1772, Xiao Shenyang entered the court of Emperor Qianlong as a bodyguard, but soon became the confidant of the old emperor. He married the emperor's youngest and favorite daughter, further consolidating this relationship, which enabled him to win over cronies and exclude dissidents. He became incredibly rich because no one dared to refuse his meaning or try to use power against him. As a tax administrator, small Shenyang has always been easy to get precious items; In addition, he persuaded the elderly emperor to prolong a bloody military operation, and when the soldiers were starving, he pocketed the huge salary allocated to the army. When the emperor died in 1799, his heirs immediately seized Xiao Shenyang and took away his gold, silver and precious stones. Xiao Shenyang died in prison and took away at least 60 million ounces of silver, 70,000 furs and 4,288 gold bricks.
Liu Jin (1452- 15 10) Occupation: Imperial eunuch, assets: gold and silver, fame reason: morality encourages dangerous greed in stories. Liu Jin was one of the richest eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. He abused his power and amassed a lot of wealth. When he was finally executed for treason, he was found to have12 million ounces of gold and 259 million ounces of silver. By contrast, when the Ming Dynasty ended, there were only 30 million to 70 million ounces of silver in the national treasury. However, Liu Jin's wealth report may be greatly exaggerated, because the chronicler used this story to warn what might happen when the eunuch came to power.
Kublai Khan (12 15- 1294) Occupation: aggressor and heir, assets: gold and jewelry, reason for fame: reform of China. Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, failed in military operations against Japan, Southeast Asia and Indonesia, but he established the Yuan Dynasty in China and built a luxurious gilded palace in Datu (now Beijing). Kyle Poirot marveled at the splendor of jewels in Kublai Khan's Summer Palace. Shang Tu, the masterpiece of Coleridge, an English poet, was inspired by Xanadu. Kyle Poirot was also very surprised by the luxurious banquet and hunting. Moreover, on Kublai Khan's boat, it is enough to accommodate 100 people, which makes people feel as if they are standing on dry land. Kublai Khan was keen on promoting the use of paper money, forcing it to be used under punishment and confiscating other people's gold and silver.
Genghis Khan (1 162- 1227) occupation: aggressor, assets: 5 million square kilometers of land, fame reason: leading a life of humiliating the enemy. If wealth is measured by the land occupied, Genghis Khan will be ranked as the richest man in the world. His career began with the feuding Mongolian tribal alliance, and then he began to occupy nearly 5 million square kilometers of land, including China, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Vietnam and most parts of North Korea and Russia. Genghis Khan, whose name means "the ruler of the world", was mostly conquered for the pure pleasure of personal hobbies. He rides a horse and sleeps in a tent. "The greatest happiness," he declared, "is to conquer the enemy, chase them, rob their property, see the tears of their families, ride their horses and have their daughters and wives."
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