So how rich is he?
There are 3,000 houses, 8,000 hectares of land, 42 silver shops, 75 pawn shops and 62,000 red gold.
There are pure gold ingots 100 taels,100000 taels, small silver ingots 56600 taels,1000 taels, 25.66 million taels. 9 million pieces of silver ingots, 58,000 yuan in foreign currency, making money 150 Wan Wen and copper coins 150 Wan Wen.
Jilin ginseng weighs more than 600 Jin, jade ruyi 1200 handles, 230 strings of pearls, pearls as big as longan 10, big rubies 10, 40 big sapphires, 40 silver bowls, and coral trees10/tree.
Satin, satin, silk and satin are materials for making clothes. A * * * has 65,438 pieces+04,300 pieces, 20,000 pieces of wool serge, 550 pieces of fox skin, 850 pieces of mink skin, 56,000 pieces of other skins of various thicknesses, 3,665,438 pieces of bronzes and tins+0,000 pieces, and 654,300 pieces of precious porcelain. There are 24 golden eagle babao kang, 460 western clocks, 7,000 pieces of clothes for the four seasons, 7 13 pieces of mink men's wear, more than 650 pieces of mink women's wear, 860 pieces of miscellaneous leather men's wear, 437 pieces of miscellaneous leather women's wear, 3165,438 pieces of brocade single yarn women's wear and 38,000 pieces of brocade single yarn men's wear.
There are 606 family members, 600 women and 373 slaves. There are 75 pawn shops with an estimated silver of 30 million taels. 42 banks, estimated silver 400 thousand. Antique shop 13, with an estimated price of 300,000 silver. There are two jade warehouses. Estimated silver 70 million. There are 4 silk satin warehouses, with an estimated silver of 800,000 yuan. 2 porcelain silos, estimated silver 1 10,000. 6 pieces of mahogany furniture combination ...
In the official history of the Qing Dynasty, 20 million taels of silver were recorded, but the fixed assets of Xiao Shenyang, such as pawn shops and silk shops under Xiao Shenyang's name, were not estimated.
Unofficial history said that the property of Little Shenyang is the gross national income of the Qing government 15 years. What is the concept of 15! During the Kangxi period, the fiscal revenue of the Qing government was more than 29 million yuan a year. At that time, the price of a catty of rice or white flour was around 9 ~ 10, and a catty of meat was around 30. According to a silver coin, we should be able to buy 100 kilograms of rice. If compared with our present situation, a silver coin is more than 200 RMB. According to statistics, a * * * has 440 million taels of silver, which is about 88 billion now! The actual number is larger than this.
What skill did he have and with what kung fu did he win the favor of the emperor?
Xiao Shenyang (1750-1799), whose real name is Shanbao, is called Niu Zhilu, and is a native of Manzhou Zhenghongqi.
Little Shenyang was poor when he was young. He lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of ten. He borrowed money to study. As a teenager, he was elected to the official school. He is clever, diligent and excellent, and is highly praised by his teachers.
In the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong, 20-year-old Xiao Shenyang inherited the title of third-class captain from his ancestors. In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong, 23-year-old Xiao Shenyang was appointed as a third-class bodyguard, which became an important turning point in his life.
"Yong 'an Notes" records that one day, when Gan Long was out, he couldn't find a yellow cover for etiquette in his hurry. Gan Long asked the guard, "Whose fault is this? Everyone was too scared to make a sound, only Xiao Shenyang replied: "The person in charge of this matter is the culprit!" " Gan Long immediately promoted him.
There is also a saying that one day Qianlong sat in a sedan chair and recited the Analects of Confucius, forgetting the following. Xiao Shenyang recited fluently, and Gan Long was very happy. In a word, the young little Shenyang is handsome and talented, and may have been appreciated by Qianlong in an accidental opportunity, thus his fortune changed greatly and he made a fortune from then on.
In October of the 40th year of Ganlong, 26-year-old Xiao Shenyang was promoted to the bodyguard of Ganqingmen and was awarded the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhenglanqi. In the first month of forty-one years, he was awarded the assistant minister of Zuo Hubu; In March, awarded to the Minister of Military Affairs; In April, he was awarded the position of Minister of the Interior. In just half a year, Xiao Shenyang jumped from an ordinary bodyguard to a confidant of Emperor Qianlong. According to historical records, there were as many as 47 important officials in Xiao Shenyang's life.
In the first month of forty-five years of Qianlong, Shenyang, aged 365,438+0, accepted an important task-to go to Yunnan with Kanin 'a, assistant minister of punishments, to investigate the corruption case of Li Shiyao, a university student and governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.
As soon as Xiao Shenyang arrived in Yunnan, he detained Li Shiyao's housekeeper first, and obtained empirical evidence, forcing the shrewd Li Shiyao to bow his head and plead guilty. From receiving the case to closing it, it only took Xiao Shenyang more than two months.
Later, Xiao Shenyang reported to the emperor that Yunnan's administration was chaotic and many counties had deficits, which needed to be thoroughly cleaned up and investigated, and was praised by Qianlong.
In May of that year, Xiao Shenyang returned to Beijing and made a concrete statement to the emperor on rectifying Yunnan salt affairs and border defense, and his ability to handle affairs was affirmed by Qianlong.
In the case of Yunnan, Xiao Shenyang did a clean job, which fully showed his talent. Therefore, on his way back to Beijing, he was promoted to Minister of Finance.
A month later, Gan Long named his 6-year-old son Feng?enyende and betrothed his favorite little daughter, the filial princess, to Feng?enyende. This marriage has made small Shenyang gain greater economic and political benefits. From now on, little Shenyang will get wind and rain, even if he does something wrong, he will not be punished.
Although Xiao Shenyang is greedy, he is very emotional. During the critical period of his first wife Feng, he even vowed that he would give up all his property as long as someone could cure Feng's illness.
This adult in the main hall, who is always inseparable from power, can not go to court for many days because of his wife's illness. Moreover, Qianlong knew that Xiao Shenyang had deep feelings for his wife, and he didn't blame him. After Feng's death, Shouchun Building, where she lived, was newly decorated. Since then, it has been uninhabited, only for mourning the dead.
There are a large number of wives and concubines in Little Shenyang. They are very good at pleasing concubines, and they are also very interesting in life. So after he was given death by Emperor Jiaqing, several concubines committed suicide for him.
After the death of Xiao Shenyang, there was a favorite named cardamom, leaving a "white gentleman". What about a princess who is deeply worried? The most pitiful thing is that I didn't wake up in my dream after dusk. "After this poem, he committed suicide by jumping off a building.
Small Shenyang is not as ignorant as the legend of later generations. On the contrary, he is very talented.
According to the Biography of Little Shenyang, Little Shenyang has an amazing memory and superior wisdom, and is proficient in Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan. His accomplishments in poetry, ci, calligraphy and painting are excellent, and he can also cope with the singing skills of Emperor Qianlong in songs. In order to please Gan Long, Xiao Shenyang tried to imitate his calligraphy, which made him quite knowledgeable. Some poems and plaques in the late Qianlong period were written by Xiao Shenyang.
Speaking of little Shenyang, I can't help but talk about his story with A Dream of Red Mansions. Forty-five years after Qianlong, Xiao Shenyang became the last editor-in-chief of Sikuquanshu. By chance, he saw "The Story of the Stone" in Suling, party member. After reading this book, he was overjoyed and thought it was the first novel in the world. If we treat it, dedicate it to the emperor and publish it all over the world, we will certainly get a good reputation. Moreover, the last 40 chapters of this book are missing, and some changes can be ordered to make it conform to etiquette when it is continued.
So Xiao Shenyang ordered the famous scholar Gao E, Gao E and his friend Cheng Weiyuan at that time to have the sequel of "The Story of the Stone". After careful reading, Xiao Shenyang thought it was too desperate and sad, so he asked Gao E to rearrange a more satisfactory ending, and at the same time made some changes to the world-weary words in the first eighty chapters.
Gao E couldn't stand it, but there was nothing he could do. He had to revise A Dream of Red Mansions according to Xiao Shenyang's intention and rename it A Dream of Red Mansions. After reading the new draft, Xiao Shenyang was very satisfied with it, so he presented it to the Ganlong royal family for inspection.
Ganlong saw it and really liked it. He couldn't put it down, read it in one breath and was full of praise. Little Shenyang took the opportunity to ask Qianlong to lift the ban on A Dream of Red Mansions and publish it all over the world. Ganlong readily agreed and ordered Wuyingdian, the best publishing agency in China at that time, to publish a set of Juzhen edition. Since then, "Dream of Red Mansions" has spread all over the country, making it all the rage.