Let's start with Shi Chong, the richest man in the Western Jin Dynasty. It is said that when he was an official, he made his men dress up as robbers to rob passing businessmen and accumulated amazing wealth. Obviously, this uncle Shi Chong's wealth is unknown. If he had been in another dynasty, he would have been beheaded. This man just likes to show off his wealth and fight with Wang Kai, the nephew of the emperor at that time. With the support of the emperor, Wang Kai was still defeated in the battle with Shi Chong.
If you persuade a beautiful woman to drink, the host will kill her on the spot if she doesn't drink. Wang Dun refused to drink, and Shi Chong even killed three beauties who tried to persuade them to drink. Killed a beautiful woman who advised drinking, treated human life like dirt, got no punishment, and spread all over the world as a beautiful talk. This shows how arrogant Shi Chong was at that time and how chaotic the society was.
Shi Chong belonged to the Jia Nanfeng Group, which was in power at that time. After the Eight Kings Rebellion broke out, Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, killed Jia Nanfeng and successfully seized power. Sima Lun's confidant Sun Xiu fell in love with Shi Chong's favorite concubine, Lvzhu, and asked Shi Chong for it. Shi Chong resolutely refused.
Sun Xiu framed Shi Chong for rebellion, destroyed the Shi Chong family and nationalized the wealth. Since then, the Shi Chong family has disappeared.
Shen Wansan, the richest man in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, first took refuge in Zhang Shicheng, and then became sworn brothers with Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be said that Shen Wansan bet on the right treasure every time and stood on the winner's side every time. His have it both ways skills are really useless. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan shared his worries for the country and built a third of the Nanjing City Wall with his own pocket. The wall was built so well that the cannon hit it unscathed.
After the wall was built, Shen Wansan wanted to take money to work for himself, which annoyed Zhu Yuanzhang. Do you want to buy off the army to rebel? ? To kill Shen Wansan, thanks to the kind Ma Huanghou's intercession: Rich as an enemy belongs to the unknown, let God punish him. ? Later, Shen Wansan was exiled to Yunnan and died of depression.
That's not all. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang killed Shen Wansan through the aquamarine rebellion case. Since then, hundreds of people in Shen Wansan's family have all been killed.
Finally, let's talk about Hu Xueyan, the famous richest man in the late Qing Dynasty. He claimed to be? Red top businessman? They were close friends with Zuo, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty. With this big tree on the left, Hu Xueyan's popularity and wealth increased dramatically, reaching 22 million taels of silver, equivalent to the annual income of Yu Daqing Dynasty.
Hu Xueyan became an official of the imperial court and a businessman of Hongdingzi.
Later, when the left lost power and influence, Li Hongzhang, the political opponent of the left, didn't like what Hu Xueyan had done, so he found a charge to punish Hu Xueyan's property, and Hu Xueyan's property was all zero. Finally, Hu Xueyan died of poisoning and was buried in a mass grave.
The final outcome of the above three extremely rich people is the same: the wealth is zero, and the family is ruined.
Some people in the DPRK are good officials and are good at enjoying the cool. But the Korean people lost power and the tree fell down? In ancient society, one person got the word that chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, and one person committed crimes involving nine families! When the tree falls apart and covers the nest, are there any eggs left? If Shi Chong had kept a low profile, been courteous and courteous, stayed out of court disputes, had less infatuation with women, and dedicated the green pearl beauty to Sun Xiu, a powerful minister, the ending would not be so bad.
Zhang Shicheng's downfall and Shen Wansan's reform of Zhu Yuanzhang, but this trick of have it both ways has long been seen through by Zhu Yuanzhang. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, and his hatred for the rich was particularly strong, so the collapse of the Shen Wansan family was inevitable.
If Shen Wansan took the initiative to donate all his wealth to the country, live in seclusion and indulge in mountains and rivers, the ending might not be so bleak. If Hu Xueyan makes a fortune, he will stop if he goes too far, hide his strength, stay out of the infighting of the imperial court, and remain neutral, and the outcome will not be so miserable. In a word, don't be too ostentatious, and be low-key and humble in life.