Hu Xueyan, a businessman with red top, had ups and downs in his life. When I was a teenager, I was penniless, and I worked hard in my youth. Middle-aged and rich; In his later years, he was rich and ruthless, corrupt and bribery, and dissolute. The most fatal mistake he made was that he offended Li Hongzhang, a powerful man of the dynasty, and was finally suppressed by Li Hongzhang, and his business was fiasco, and he was finally punished by the court.

There are always so many unexpected coincidences in history. Hu Xueyan was born in 1823, the same year as Li Hongzhang, his greatest enemy in his later years. At that time, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, imperial rule declined, social contradictions intensified, and peasant uprisings broke out everywhere. The west began to conduct port trade with the Qing government, especially opium trade.

Hu Xueyan was born in a poor family. Before he was a minor, he worked in various firms to earn money. Later, as an apprentice in a bank, he was appreciated by the owner because of his smart mind and hard work. Later, the shopkeeper died of illness, leaving Hu Xueyan a legacy, which became the first bucket of gold for Hu Xueyan to start his own business empire.

With the accumulated experience in banking, Hu Xueyan, who is very business-minded, decided to set up his own bank. During this period, Hu Xueyan met Wang Youling, the first great man in his life. At that time, Wang Youling was a little-known official. But Hu Xueyan decided to make a long-term investment, so he gave Wang Youling a sum of money to let Wang Youling operate in officialdom. After Wang Youling's career prospered, the developed Wang Youling sponsored and cared for Hu Xueyan many times in the shopping mall. With the secret help of officialdom dignitaries, Hu Xueyan's business is doing well, opening more and more shops.

After Hu Xueyan had money in his hand, he invested more in officialdom. He actively wooed Zuo, then the governor of Zhejiang. Who's Zuo? Yat sen villa ZTE four famous ministers? He was also an important general of the Xiang army and made great contributions to quelling civil strife and recovering Xinjiang. However, leading troops to fight requires huge pay support, so Hu Xueyan took the initiative to help Zuo raise his pay, which greatly eased his urgent need, showed his fund-raising ability and gained Zuo's appreciation. Under the influence of the Left, Hu Xueyan's business empire grew bigger and bigger, and even actively participated in the Westernization Movement, introducing advanced production equipment and technology from abroad, which promoted the industrial development of modern China.

While Hu Xueyan was favored by the Left, he was also excluded by Li Hongzhang, the political enemy of the Left. After Zuo died, Li Hongzhang suppressed Hu Xueyan vigorously. In a raw silk export business in Hu Xueyan, the capital chain was broken due to the wrong decision. Just then, the domestic financial crisis broke out. Li Hongzhang took the opportunity to accuse Hu Xueyan, and Hu Xueyan was finally punished by the punishments.