Fate always fails. But it is often in countless pains, in heavy contradictions and difficulties that people mature and strengthen; Although these things don't all bring joy to people in actual feelings.
The historical prototype of Zhou Ying, the heroine of "Flowers bloom and the moon is full in that year": the richest woman in Shaanxi in the late Qing Dynasty was adopted as the adopted daughter by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Recently, the TV series "Flowers bloom and the moon is full in that year" became a hit, and Zhou Ying, a Jianghu girl played by Empress Sun Li, attracted many people's attention. In the play, although Zhou Ying was born in poverty, she was very talented in business. After taking over her husband's property, she worked hard and became a famous businesswoman saint in the late Qing Dynasty.
So, many people will be curious about one question: Is this strange girl a real person in history, or is it just a fiction of the screenwriter?
In fact, this hostess does have a historical prototype. Her prototype is Zhou Ying, the richest woman in Shaanxi at the end of Qing Dynasty.
Zhou Ying's background is not as poor as the play shows. Her family is also a prominent chaebol in Shaanxi province. With the idea of being suitable, she was betrothed to the son of Wu Weiwen, a rich man in Anwubao Village, Jingyang County.
At the age of seventeen, Zhou Ying put on a crested gown and officially passed the door to become the Wu family's housewife. However, unexpected events happen, and the master Wu has always been in poor health. Just ten days after Zhou Ying went through the door, the master died of a relapse of the old disease. Zhou Ying also became a widow.
Zhou Ying's husband is the only son of the Wu family, and his death made Zhou Ying the heir of the Wu family's property, so she got a nickname "An Wu Widow".
Different from ordinary feudal women, Zhou Ying is courageous and knowledgeable, and has a good business mind. At the same time, her emotional intelligence is also very high, and she quickly won over several competent executives of the Wu firm and took control of the situation.
under the management of Zhou Ying, Wu's firm has a wide range of business, and various industries, such as cloth, medicinal materials, wine-making and pawn shops, are very prosperous. Not only will the firms in Shaanxi be revitalized, but also many firms will be opened in other provinces, and the financial resources will flow to the Wu family.
There is even a jingle in Shaanxi: "The Wu family's buddies go from state to county, don't eat other people's meals, and don't stay in other people's shops." This shows the number and scope of Wu's firms.
After accumulating abundant wealth, Zhou Ying once again showed her different pattern from ordinary businessmen.
In p>19, during Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, Empress Dowager Cixi fled hastily and fled all the way to Xi 'an, which was extremely embarrassing. At this critical moment, Zhou Ying resolutely decided to donate 12, pieces of silver to the imperial court to help it tide over the difficulties.
This 1, taels of silver is undoubtedly a gift in a timely manner, which moved Empress Dowager Cixi, who has always been arrogant. In order to win the favor of the old lady, Zhou Ying also presented an extremely rare nanmu screen.
After the signing of the "Xin Chou Treaty", Zhou Ying once again donated silver to the Qing government to show his determination to go to the national disaster.
Empress Dowager Cixi was so impressed by Zhou Ying's loyalty that she decided to take Zhou Ying as her adopted daughter, and made her an empress dowager, who was honored with great care. This is a great honor for a Han Chinese woman from a folk background.
Businessmen in China have always been in a low position. If they don't have a good relationship with officials, they will be ruined if they are not careful. And Zhou Ying got the appreciation and recognition of Empress Dowager Cixi, which was undoubtedly a gold medal for her in the business world.
Since then, the Wu family's business has become more prosperous, and officials at all levels dare not make things difficult easily. Although Zhou Ying had the status of the goddaughter of Empress Dowager Cixi, she never bullied others, and she was sympathetic to the poor. In the year of great disaster, she also used a lot of food to help the victims, which was well received in the local area.
in p>191, Zhou Ying, the richest woman in Shaanxi, died of illness at the age of 42. She began to be widowed at the age of seventeen, and kept it for 25 years. She never had any affair with other men, and devoted herself to the Wu family's business, which made her a legendary life.