Sang Hongyang: a super housekeeper who devours the wealth of the world.

Being born in a rich family is not necessarily a bad thing. At that time, children were not infected with the bad habits of the rich second generation, and they all pursued fame and fortune. In their eyes, luxury and beauty are not as real as they were named on history of qing dynasty. Sang Hongyang is such a person. In BC 155, Sang Hongyang was born in a wealthy family in Luoyang. Where is Luoyang? Equivalent to Shanghai now! Here, commercial predators gather, and all kinds of commercial means are dazzling. They cheat, buy low and sell high, turn against each other and deny people. They calculate each other frame by frame, forming a magnificent commercial picture, which deeply attracts Sang Hongyang. In addition to business, there is also the legend that Su Qin stabbed stocks and wore the national seals of the six countries, which stimulated the young Sang Hongyang and made him the richest man, which is the ultimate goal of Sang Hongyang's lifelong dedication.

With the goal, all he did was keep an eye on it, and really reached the realm of right things and not people.

In BC 142, 13-year-old sang Hongyang inherited the excellent and powerful genes of a wealthy family. He learned mental arithmetic very early. He doesn't need an abacus at all. He is a walking precision calculator. With this superb skill and familiarity with the market, he naturally entered the sight of the imperial court (that is, Han Jing). This talent pool is necessary for Han Jing to leave his Prince Liu Che. Han Ting's imperial edict came down, and he was specially promoted, escaped the imperial examination screening and was promoted to the palace. Another possibility is that his family is rich and spent a sum of money to make him donate a fame to the palace. Entering the imperial court, Sang Hongyang became an assistant and officially embarked on his official career.

If so, Sang Hongyang can retire naturally at most. If you are lucky, you can retire with a second-class officer. However, Sang Hongyang, somehow, was arranged to cross the river with Liu Che, the most noisy emperor in the Han Dynasty, a risk-averse who spared no expense to do great things, and an economic expert who was good at plucking hair and provided a steady stream of funds. They met, met and knew each other, and started an earth-shattering career together.

Hit the Huns.

In BC 1 15, 40-year-old Sang Hongyang was appointed as Da Nong Cheng, mainly responsible for accounting affairs, that is, accounting. The workload of a country's economic books is really too heavy. Sang Hongyang worked day and night with almost no mistakes. He can clearly figure out the country's financial discrepancy, where it needs to spend money, where it has money, and where it doesn't pull a bird droppings.

Does he mainly just calculate accounts? It's not that simple. Who is Sang Hongyang? He is the person in the highest decision-making circle, the elite of the elite. He never lost control of the Xiongnu, a monster who swallowed money for Emperor Wu. He always got money continuously and gave it to Emperor Wu for profligacy.

A person's brain is not enough to support a government, but most of the economic policies formulated by Sang Hongyang can really support a government. From 13 years old to the death of the Prince, Yi * * has been in politics for more than 60 years. For more than 50 years, I accompanied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to pluck the goose feathers from the Han Empire, and earned an amazing sum of money, which was sent to the front line continuously and beat up the Huns.

After Emperor Wu ascended the throne, he did not worry about spending money, and the national finance was very sufficient, with savings of more than 70 years. But Liang Wudi "lost his family". He was not satisfied with persevering. He had a lot of things to do. Fighting Xiongnu, providing disaster relief and making great achievements, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to enjoy himself and needed money. After 20 years, Emperor Wu's money bag will be stretched. In order to make money, he first set up 20 martial arts titles, and each level should be improved. He won more than 300 thousand gold for this and called on the people to donate money for the country. These are just a drop in the bucket, and there is not much oil and water. Sang Hongyang appeared.

His first step was to restore the liquidation order, which was not invented by Sang Hongyang, but conceived by the brutal official Zhang Tang, but was not implemented. Now Sang Hongyang has come true again. He is ruthless. In just three years, he has gained rich returns and hundreds of millions of property. Unfortunately, businessmen and people have enriched their treasury.

The second step is to forge the commons. Sang Hongyang first lent part of the official land of the country to landless farmers. Anyway, there is no race in the official land, and it is a waste to leave it empty. He gave them land and collected taxes from it. In this way, people who have no land will naturally have land to plant, and there will be no trouble. They will also reclaim wasteland and expand the area of cultivated land in the country. gain two ends at once

The third step is resettlement. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty beat back the Huns, people have been stationed in the places occupied by the Huns. Otherwise wouldn't it be useless to fight? Sang Hongyang immigrated as many as 600,000 people and worked in agriculture in the area originally occupied by Xiongnu. When there was no war, he planted all kinds of fields. When there was war, he immediately became a soldier. It not only saves military expenses, but also cultivates and resettles refugees. These are just fixed taxes. With so much land, it is impossible to be inexhaustible after changes.

Then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set his eyes on coins. He thought, can you get a trick on coins and make money?

In order to rectify the financial situation, in the fourth year of Yuanshou (1 19 BC), three more currencies were created: leather coins, platinum coins (gold coins made of silver and tin) and three baht, but the effect was not good and the situation was almost out of control. Emperor Wu found that the right to cast money was given to the people or the king, but the government was cheated. Sang Hongyang suggested that it is best to take back the right to cast money and take it into your own hands. In this case, he monopolized the industry of casting money and collected it at will. Why not?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty prohibited local and folk people from casting money privately, and unified the use of five baht as the only currency in the country. It not only increased the national fiscal revenue, but also stabilized the market and circulation.

Sang Hongyang finally released a big move to establish state-owned enterprises. In the farming era, what people need most is salt and iron. Salt is used to eat, and iron is used to make farm tools and cultivated land. It turns out that people can cook their own salt, make their own iron, and buy and sell each other, as long as they pay a small amount of tax to the state. Many people get rich by this. In fact, state-owned enterprises were not invented by Sang Hongyang, but by Kong Jian and Dong Guo Xianyang. But sang Hongyang executed the most fiercely.

He told Liang Wudi that private salt and iron should be completely banned in the future, and the state salt and iron can't be used unless it is bought. If you dare to build privately, hey hey, there are national laws. The demand for salt and iron is large, and the population of the Han Dynasty made more money, accounting for two-thirds of the income of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. And the country, regardless of the manufacturing quality, you have to buy, because salt and iron are monopolized by us.

There are two other moves besides the big one.

Equal loss method and equal method.

Both of these methods were created by Sang Hongyang himself. The equal damage law stipulates that as long as the counties and counties send gifts to Emperor Wu, they will resell them to others at the market price. The way of leveling is that the state controls the goods and transactions in the whole country, and we have the final say in raising prices and lowering prices. If the goods go up too much, we will throw out the same goods in the treasury for everyone to buy, and the goods will fall. If the price of this commodity is too low, we will buy it in large quantities, but if we can't buy this commodity, the price will naturally rise.

Sang Hongyang also keenly found that wine also occupies a relatively large market share, because everyone loves to drink, and the profit of private brewing is very scary, sorry. Like salt and iron, wine is tragically incorporated into the state monopoly industry. You can buy it from us, and private brewing will be welcomed by national laws. This move also made a lot of windfall. Emperor Wu Can made a profit of 20% just by selling wine. Coupled with the high brewing profit-every brewing 1000, at least 250,000 can be earned.

Such an economic genius failed politically and died a fair death.

Without the protection of Emperor Wu, Sang Hongyang was not the height of Huo Guang at all.

According to the testamentary edict of Emperor Wu, General Huo Guang has the greatest power, and Jin Ridi and Shangguan Jie are his deputies. Because of his early death, Tian stayed out of the muddy water, and his power was concentrated in the hands of Huo Guang, Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang. Sang Hongyang's economic work for many years is quite effective, and people are drifting away, thinking that he is the pillar of the Han Empire. What's the comparison between him and the self of the broken minister in Huo Guang?

Shangguan Jie refused to accept Huo Guang, and the two began to jointly bring down Huo Guang.

Sang Hongyang is an economic expert, but not a qualified politician. They conspired to support Liu Dan, the prince of Yan, but leaked the news. Shangguan Jie planned a coup and tried to kill Huo Guang at the Hongmen banquet, but he did a poor job of keeping secrets. Huo Guang treacherously arrested and killed them all.

Sang Hongyang brought great wealth in his life. When he finishes what he is good at, he should retire, so his reputation will be better. But he had to set foot in the field that he was not good at, and the risk was extremely high. What is the result? If he cheats, he will ruin himself and disappear with his family.