Three Thousand Years Of Henan Merchants

Zhengzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in Central China, has been washed away for over three thousand years by Wang Hou and fierce fighting. Perhaps the only wall that can carry the history is the earth wall at the mall. In the storm and thunder and lightning, it persevered in its persistence for thousands of years. It not only interprets the complex of the land and "Shang", but also shows the changes that have occurred and are happening in this city with amazing and fresh eyes. We can see the tangible history written on the vast green land or the mottled bamboo slips, and record many valuable thoughts of the ancestors who we can not see now. Zhengzhou today is famous for its commercial city. It has opened up the history of the Central Plains and the history of its preservation. Henan merchants The characters and their ancient ideas, such as the rushing water, amazed the world.

It is a great discovery that still makes people experience excitement. In 1952, Zhengzhou, Henan, had 25 square kilometers of Shang Dynasty ruins, 6960 yuan old city walls, handicraft workshop ruins, and Pottery Workshop ruins. The remnant of copper slag and pottery opened our memories and brought us back to the Shang Dynasty with a high degree of civilization. Through the evolution of the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty realized the unprecedented prosperity of the slavery society. The division of labor became more detailed, and the handicraft industry ushered in a faster development, and business began to germinate. According to textual research, the sea shells, sturgeon scales, whale bones, sea clams and Kui long lines of gold leaves unearthed in the ruins are all equivalent to currency in exchange. Experts' inference unraveled the historical complex between Zhengzhou and "Shang". In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian wrote businessmen, especially the Ancient Henan merchants, into the records of the historian. For the biographies of goods. Thank Mr. Tai Shi Gong, when he records the kings and ministers, he also pays attention to those who are engaged in "goods breeding" activities. By using Sima Qian's witty remarks, fan GUI, who knows well the relationship between supply and demand, and "Bai Ren Kuai", has come to the modern generation, leaving behind the endless business spirit of posterity. Fan Li, a native of Nanyang, is also regarded as the founder of business, and is known as "business saint" by later generations.

Walking in history, changing regions become the coordinates of thought changes. 150 kilometers from Zhengzhou along the Longhai line, it can be called Luoyang, the ancient capital of the nine dynasties, with "four sides surrounded by mountains, six rivers and streams, eight customs cities and ten provinces thoroughfare". From this time back to the Northern Wei Dynasty, Luoyang is in its prime. The area of the city is about 20 square kilometers, with a population of more than 60, and handicraft industry, business prosperity, and market prosperity. All over the country and the western countries come to Luoyang in an endless stream. "A hundred cities, thousands of cities, can not be attached to the business, merchants sell their customers, they are rushing down" and "rare goods in the world." The bustle of the city, the activity of the transaction and the retention of the eight party merchants. The nature of man's pursuit of profit also allows more people to drop their hoes and pick up the scales.

The 80 kilometers east of Zhengzhou along the Longhai line is Kaifeng, the seven ancient capital of the city, which has been built for more than 2700 years. From this time back to the Northern Song Dynasty, it was the peak age of Bian Liang City, which went through nine emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty for 168 years. At the end of 2002, the reporter had the honor to see the Song Dynasty Zhang Zeduan's Qingming Riverside map at the the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing. The picture, which was 5 meters long, reproduced the life of the town in the Northern Song Dynasty. The gathering of characters, the magnificent city and the bustling business scene are amazing. Adhering to the ancestral business talent, the clever Kaifeng man has copied the commercial life of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Zhang Zeduan era to the eyes of the modern people with the memory of the river map of Qingming. Although for thousands of years of historical accumulation, this is just an adult fairytale culture fast food, but the temptation of "going into the picture scroll once a day to return to a thousand years" is still letting the tourists from south to North willingly take out their pockets.

Passing through the beautiful city hall of the Tang Dynasty and the bustling marketplace of the Song Dynasty in Tokyo, there was another prominent young businessman in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "The mottled and heavy black paint gate is a ramp up the door, dark and deep." A friend described the Kang million manor that he saw, full of temptation and mystery. Gu Yunfu is only three generations, but the Kang family has been thriving for more than four hundred years and has passed through more than a dozen generations. This is a mystery in itself. Kang's family is deeply influenced by Confucianism, which is interpreted by Cheng Ying and Cheng Yi. He is also a typical representative of Henan merchants. Kang family is rich in water and fortune. It is rich in land. It has been rewarded by the emperor for many times. The highest official to three products, together with the rich Shen Wansan and Ruan Zilan, is regarded as the three "living God of wealth" by the public. In 1900, Ci Xi and Guangxu Luan drove from Xi'an to Beijing, passing through Gong county (now Gongyi city), Kang Kang's ten seventh successor, Kang Hong you, invested huge sums of money in building a palace, floating pontoon and repairing imperial road. At this point, "Kang million" is famous all over the world. Kang million manor is also famous for a while. It is also known as the Liu Wencai manor of Sichuan and Mou two black manor of Shandong, the three largest landlord estate in China. The years are gone, and there is no alternative. In the past, the million dollar manor in the central part of the world was known to the world, but now there is only one great historical legacy. Reporters can not help but remember the Qiao family courtyard near Shanxi. Although the scale, style and historical span of the building are far less than that of the Kang million manor, today's Qiao family courtyard is famous for Zhang Yimou's high red lantern. {page_break}

Sustained economic growth is always based on social stability, while China's feudal economy has a natural dependence on politics. Behind its surface prosperity, there is inherent fragility, which is destined to be a parasitic product of feudal rule. The prosperity of the country is a prosperous business, and the failure of national transportation is a decline of business. "Everything in the past is destined by the future," which is carved in the rubble of the Babylonian kingdom. Just as the collapse of the Aixinjueluo Dynasty is doomed by the future, just as the Iraq war is doomed by the future, when the feudal rule goes to the end of the road, the congenital deficiency also doomed the decline of the Kang million family. Although Kang Jia had been able to grant imperial seals due to his good command of the drive, the wind and rain had always been swept away by the wind. In the face of frequent social turmoil and frequent wars, Kang's family had long been on the decline. In the twenty-three years of the Republic of China (1934), Kang Zizhao, a eighteenth generation descendant of Kang family, was unable to save the prosperity of Kang's family. He raised his gun barrel in despair and announced the fall of a family of Yu merchants in the end of his life. The ups and downs of the honor and disgrace, and the vicissitudes of life, only left behind the door, the cold horse and the horse's sparse green house.

"Past events have lasted for thousands of years. The autumn wind is still changing. The general view is that we missed the period of capitalism in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and missed the golden age of the development of the capitalist economy (1393.90,10.80,0.78%). But after a long and nirvana tremor and a repeated change, an economic revolution that changed the mind reinvented China. "GDP growth is the core of the national system". The new wave of mercantilism has given us a broader stage and has also given birth to the concept of "new Yu merchants". This is a broad concept that transcends native place and consanguinity: she includes all the contemporary Henan businessmen, whether they are based on Henan's native land, or are entrepreneurs who are not in Henan, either overseas or overseas, or who are doing business in Beijing today. They should be regarded as the category of "new Yu Merchants". Because in their business activities, they are deeply impressed by the imprint of Henan. In 1980s, self employed entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in 1990s, and today's massive commercial action of the whole people, became the original driving force for the rise of new Henan merchants. The new business concept expanded their social space and remolded their character. They seemed more independent and more active. They could hardly wait to go on stage and show themselves. Many years of adherent to Confucianism (inner taboo) make them appear more confident and calm when facing the rules of international game. CCTV's famous host Zhang Bin once said to the camera: "among all the football players in China, what I admire most is Hu Baosen, President of Jianye, Henan." The reason is very simple. Zhang Bin thinks that everyone else is playing football, and only the old man regards it as an industry. In the past 10 years since the implementation of the professional league, nearly 30 football clubs in the country have changed their homes without exception. Only the red flag of Henan Jianye can not fail. It is calm and steady. It is unique from the Henan people's respect for Confucianism. Business concept Hu Baosen earned respect for the new Yu merchants.

New era, new business and new image. Like all Chinese businessmen, the new Henan merchants are rapidly upgrading themselves. They are familiar with modern enterprise management, can skillfully use the Internet, and even speak fluent English to discuss business with foreign businessmen. For example, township enterprises in Luohe began to hire high quality professional managers with high salaries, while farmers in Zhongmu succeeded in selling garlic to foreign countries through the Internet. It is gratifying to note that the new Yu merchants are also sticking to their own characteristics: while accepting and applying Jack Welch's leadership art, they have not forgotten to put Sun Zi's art of war on their shelves, or even "University" and "golden mean". This can not help but remind reporters of two years ago when working in a Japanese funded enterprise in Shenzhen, a colleague from Taiwan sent the feeling: "sadly, the Japanese are using the classic ideas handed down by our forefathers, such as the art of war, to seize the Chinese market." Lose at sunrise and gain at sunset. The new Yu merchants are in the process of our emotion to win the forgotten classics.

The discussion about the image of Henan people had to be brought up, and the discussion quickly influenced the whole country through the Internet. As a member of the Henan people, reporters do not have to be hard to argue, but do not want to avoid taboo. When the "27 business circles" of Asia fell into a hustle and bustle, when "Zheng Bai Wen" crashed into the stock market, when "Red Sorghum" went downhill, we were once confused. When the "Henan goods" were regarded as the pronoun of counterfeit and inferior products by some people, when some enterprises launched the recruitment notice of "Henan people not to talk about", we can not find no pain: there are indeed a handful of black sheep that have departed from the integrity and honest moral track handed down by Henan ancestors. In addition to issuing the cry of "Henan people provoke anybody?", we need to make more efforts. True warriors dare to face up to reality. We have the confidence to believe that everything will pass away, just like the death of SARS that had been raging. Media disclosure: "Red Sorghum" former leader Joe win has made full preparations for the comeback. Where to fall, where to climb up. This spirit of transcendence transcends our admiration. We also have reason to believe that, because we see: in Zhengzhou, in all parts of Henan and in the whole country, the new Henan merchants are growing in their own unique way. They are adhering to the custom of keeping their good faith, respecting the established rules of the game and creating a vibrant enterprise with a persistent desire for wealth. such Entrepreneurship No doubt it makes people moved.

In nineteenth Century, Richthofen, a German historian, once said, "there are two recognized and cleverest nations, and also the most good business people, one is the Jewish people, the other is the Chinese nation." As a result, Chinese businessmen should have full confidence in going to the world, and Henan people with the title of "Chinese in China" have no reason to shrink back. They can just walk to the front desk as if they were a famous sports brand: "Just do it!"

In the past three thousand years, we have passed away like this. The historic sites, the remnant walls, and the fresh faces of those clusters of deja vu have all been fixed together in our eternal memory, together with the vast volumes of wisdom and classic history books. On this occasion, the reporter took the courage to pick up the fragments of the long history to recall the lost days. The dead have gone. Three thousand years of reincarnation have come to a new era full of passion and business opportunities. We believe that the new Henan merchants will continue to move forward along the road that has never been done before. All the new efforts of the Henan businessmen today will become the history of tomorrow, and they will surely get the rewards they deserve tomorrow.