100 years, many people have been speculating about the meaning of this eight-character last word left by Hu Xueyan. Especially this sentence? White tiger? What the hell does that mean? Many people joke that Hu Xueyan was left at the end of his life? White tiger? Like Roger dying piece by piece? One piece? As mysterious!
There are even rumors that as long as we can find it? White tiger? When the truth comes out, the glory and glory of Hu Xueyan can be reproduced! For a time, all kinds of talents on the internet brainstormed and all kinds of brains were wide open. At present, there are two kinds of reliable statements.
The first statement, is Hu Xueyan mouth? White tiger? , refers to European businessmen.
Why do you say that? Because in the traditional concept of the stars, the white tiger is regarded as a beast composed of seven western families, and it has become four elephants with Qinglong, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Among them, Qinglong sits in the east, White Tiger sits in the west, Suzaku sits in the south and Xuanwu sits in the north. Similar reasons, white tigers generally have? The west? The meaning of.
On the other hand, we all know that the decline of Hu Xueyan is due to the competition with European businessmen.
This is the eighth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. Hu Xueyan opened a silk factory in Shanghai and spent 20 million taels of silver. At that time, Hu Xueyan tried to regain the pricing power of raw silk from European businessmen, so it collected domestic new silk at a high price. At that time, raw silk was in short supply in the market, and Hu Xueyan gradually grasped the initiative of silk price because of holding a large number of raw silk.
Then, just when Hu Xueyan thought he was sure of winning, who knows? Astronomical phenomena? Great changes happened suddenly, and there was a sudden surge of Italian raw silk in Europe, so European businessmen shipped a large number of Italian raw silk to China for sale at low prices, so the price of raw silk fell again and again, and soon fell below the cost line in Hu Xueyan.
Then the Sino-French war broke out, and the price of raw silk, a luxury product, plunged. Due to the economic crisis, Hu Xueyan was forced to sell raw silk at a low price, with a loss of100000 yuan and a loss of half of the family property. Subsequently, bureaucrats all over the country scrambled for deposits and organized extortion, and Hu Xueyan had to go into decline.
In this sense, the fuse of Hu Xueyan's decline was that he was a little hostile to European businessmen, and he tried to trample them under his feet, only to be beaten to death by European businessmen.
And these European businessmen happen to come from the west, so Hu Xueyan deliberately left his last words: The white tiger is terrible, don't go near it? In other words, European businessmen are terrible, don't fight them!
The second statement, is it what Hu Xueyan said? White tiger? , refers to the officialdom, especially the minister of military affairs in officialdom.
Why do you say that? In Four Holy Beasts, China, the tiger is the leader of all animals. Its ferocity and legendary ability to subdue ghosts and gods make it a beast belonging to Yang, and it often goes out with dragons. Dragon gives birth to clouds, tiger gives birth to wind? Became the best partner to drop the ghost, and the white tiger became the god of war and the god of war.
Because of the similar origin, the white tiger usually symbolizes power and the army, so many places named after the white tiger in ancient times are related to the military, such as the white tiger flag in the ancient army and the white tiger statue on the military symbol.
On the other hand, as we all know, the rise and fall of Hu Xueyan cannot be separated from one person, that is, the Left.
When Zuo Gang was in Zhejiang, Hu Xueyan generously gave Zuo twenty-two thousand silver tickets. From then on, he got in touch with Zuo. Later, under the care of Zuo, his business grew bigger and bigger, and his status became higher and higher.
When Zuo recovered Xinjiang, Hu Xueyan was not only awarded the title of "Minister of Taoism", but also awarded the yellow coat and purple hat, which he managed? Four provincial public libraries? At the same time, Hu's mother also received an imperial reward. It can be said that Hu Xueyan reached the peak of his life and became the first top businessman in the Qing Dynasty.
But the so-called success also helped Zuo recover Xinjiang, and the failure also helped Zuo recover Xinjiang. Because of the close relationship between Hu Xueyan and the Left, Hu Xueyan has also become the target of attack by the political opponents of the Left. Therefore, after the left lost power, Hu Xueyan was first frozen by Li Hongzhang, and then retaliated by officials, leading to a bank run, and finally its business empire collapsed.
For similar reasons, Hu Xueyan deliberately left his last words before Chen Cheng: The white tiger is terrible. Don't go near it? , that is to say, the power struggle of officialdom is so terrible, don't get mixed up with them!