1, under the impact of foreign capitalism, financial resources dried up and the national treasury was empty. Their former good assistants inevitably drained their blood and sweat for the imperial court and eventually collapsed collectively.
2. Shanxi merchants, as local businessmen, gained royal status, and their fate and destination were naturally influenced by the fate of the country. So political turmoil was one of the main reasons for the demise of Shanxi merchants at that time. In addition, the Qing Dynasty closed its doors to the outside world, and China's productivity was seriously backward, so Shanxi merchants were in a backward position in the market competition with foreigners.
3. In fact, the main reason is that the eight Shanxi merchants could not adapt to the development of the times at that time and could not keep up with the pace of the times, which led to the demise of the eight Shanxi merchants in the late Qing Dynasty. The rise of Shanxi merchants, whether in ancient times or in modern times, people's understanding of merchants is profitable and omnipotent.
4. It is generally believed that the business model of emerging capitalist banking has replaced the traditional business model of Shanxi merchants, and Shanxi merchants have not caught up with the trend of the times in this process, so the collective of Shanxi merchants has declined rapidly.
Shanxi businessmen's representative
1, the representative of Shanxi merchants is Qiao Zhiyong. Qiao Zhiyong (1818-1907), a native of Qixian County, Shanxi Province (now Qixian County, Shanxi Province), was the fourth head of the Qiao family, a famous businessman in Shanxi Province in the late Qing Dynasty, and was called "the rich man of Ming Dynasty". Born in a merchant family, his parents died when he was a child and he was raised by his brother.
2. Representatives of Shanxi merchants: Qiao Zhiyong and Chang Wanda Qiao Zhiyong (1818-1907), the third generation of Qiao family in Qixian county. He was born in a merchant family. His parents died when he was a child and he was raised by his brother. I wanted to enter the official career, but just after I was admitted to the scholar, my brother died again, so I had to abandon my writing and go to sea.
3. Qiao Zhiyong is a representative of Shanxi merchants. Qiao Zhiyong (A.D.1818-1907) was born in Qixian, Shanxi. The fourth generation head of the Qiao family, a famous Shanxi businessman, is known as the "bright rich man". Qiao Zhiyong was a representative of Shanxi merchants in China in the late Qing Dynasty.
4. Shanxi merchants, in the usual sense, refer to Shanxi merchants in the five hundred years of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Huizhou merchants, namely Huizhou merchants and Xin 'an merchants, commonly known as "Hui Gang", refer to Huizhou merchants (official merchants) and are one of the three major business schools. Shanxi merchants with different modes of operation operate salt industry, banks and other businesses, especially banks.
Eight Imperial Merchants in Qing Dynasty: Who were the eight Shanxi Merchants?
1, Taigu Cao Shi. The founder of Taigu Cao Shi family is Cao Sanxi, who is also an ordinary farmer. But instead of going west or east, he learned from Shandong people to travel east. Cao Sanxi succeeded in starting a business in Santa Village, Chaoyang, Liaoning. After several generations' efforts, Cao Shi family finally has more than 37,000 employees, with a total capital of100000.
2. "Sanduotang", a wealthy businessman in Taigu, owns several shops. Caojia Taigu Caojia was a famous Shanxi businessman in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The prosperity of Cao Shi family began with Cao Sanxi in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. At that time, forced by his livelihood, Cao Sanxi went to the Northeast Three Pagoda (now Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province) to do business.
3. Konka-the richest man in Shanxi in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Konka of Pingyang Prefecture (now Linfen City) in Shanxi Province, amassed tens of millions of dollars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and became the richest man in Shanxi. After the Kang family, there were Cao, Qiao, Qu, Chang and other families with assets of 78 million yuan.
New Shanxi businessmen's representative
1, Sun Yongzhi was born in Lanzhou, grew up in Shanxi, and started his business in Lanzhou, a northwest man who has worked in the catering industry for more than 20 years. Now he has returned to his hometown, invested in his hometown and started a new leap in Shanxi's catering industry.
On February 2nd, on the eve of the opening of the 20 10 New Shanxi Merchants Alliance Conference, our reporter interviewed four representatives of new Shanxi merchants. Li Haijun: Bring more investment to hometown "This is the achievement of Shanxi businessmen and the pride of Shanxi.
3. Duan Yi is from Jinzhong, Shanxi. He was born in 1977. 20 1 1, founded Fang Duoduo and served as chairman and CEO. Duan Yi 20 19, founder, chairman and CEO of Fangduoduo, was successfully listed on Nasdaq.
4. Liu Zhihang, whose real name is Liu Bing, was born in ningqiang county, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province,1July 1992. Graduated from Hanzhong Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, she is now a China music poet. He was once hired as the special guest and judge of China Entertainment Stars and Songs, the image spokesperson of Lishui Gong Xianhu, and was specially invited by the Happy Film Trainee Division of ci writers.
5. period. New Shanxi merchants refer to Shanxi merchants in the new period, and refer to merchants whose ancestral homes are in Shanxi in the new period. By the end of 2022, 10, 15, the network search volume reached 10. Compared with the old "Shanxi merchants", they are not limited to the development of traditional time-honored brands such as salt industry and bank number, but have traveled all over the country and even around the world, extending their tentacles to various emerging industries.
6. Founder of Wang Junlong Company, founder of the World Jinshang Network, convener of the Jinshang delegation of the World Chinese Business Conference, and senior financial journalist. Chief Representative of Shanxi Representative Office of Sing Tao News Group (China) Co., Ltd. Deputy General Manager of Sing Tao News Group Beijing Sing Tao Yuancai Advertising Co., Ltd. General Manager of Shanxi Sing Tao Zhisheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd.