Why does the "God of Wealth" seal of the Shanxi Merchants Museum become the treasure of the town museum?

Who is the most powerful businessman in China since ancient times? Many people will think of a group-Shanxi merchants. Today, there is still a saying that "Shanxi people are good at doing business". They also left many classic buildings and cultural relics. For example, the Shanxi Merchants Museum has a "seal of the god of wealth", which is also called the treasure of the town hall. Do you know why the small "seal of the god of wealth" can be used as the treasure of the town hall? Bian Xiao is here to reveal the secret for you.

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Shanxi merchants were the earliest merchants who founded the draft banks in China history, and they were once prominent in China history. They rose from the Ming Dynasty and reached their peak in the Qing Dynasty. Shanxi merchants are good at operating salt industry, banks and other profitable businesses, among which the "bank" they started is particularly famous.

Time flies back to 500 years ago, and the water terminal on Tonghui River, which once witnessed the prosperity of Shanxi merchants, has now built the Shanxi Merchants Museum in Beijing. The building scale of this museum is very grand. When you walk into the Shanxi Merchants Museum in Beijing, the first thing you see is the huge relief of the ticket number. After all, before the appearance of Shanxi merchants, there was no concept of "draft bank" in commercial history. After the establishment of the draft bank, Shanxi merchants took the draft bank as the standard and dominated the whole financial industry in China.

Shanxi Merchants Museum has more than 46,000 precious collections, including teahouses, pawn shops, cloth shops, grain shops, grocery stores and other related items once operated by Shanxi merchants, such as a large number of trademark advertisements, business cards, stamps, genealogy, plaques, covers, dart boxes, cash boxes and so on. , collected more than 400 photos of Shanxi merchants ... Every collection was found through the hard work of countless people.

Among all the collections, the treasure of the town hall is actually a seal. This is a strange seal with the design of "God of Wealth" on it. Why can it be the treasure of the town hall? In fact, a careful understanding of the history of Shanxi merchants can find the answer. At the beginning of the establishment of Shanxi merchants, they followed a purpose-seeking money and goods. What does this mean? In other words, the purpose of Shanxi businessmen's business is to "seek wealth" to make money, and "profit goods" is to increase their total property.

What are the means for Shanxi merchants to "seek wealth and profit"? The specific profit-making behavior is to handle some economic entities, such as opening stores, engaging in selling, handling tea goods, setting up banks, operating banks and so on. And through these economic entities, do business and achieve the goal of making money and getting rich.

The historical results also tell us that Shanxi merchants really succeeded in "seeking wealth". However, as the largest business group in China, Shanxi merchants have their own unique means behind their success.

For example, Shanxi merchants, at first, were funded by well-funded businessmen to hire local firms, and then jointly operated with friends to make profits, and gradually became a loose group of businessmen. Later, it developed into an eastern partner system, similar to the "shareholding system." This application of rules and regulations and clear management can make Shanxi businessmen more United and friendly, which is also an important reason why Shanxi businessmen can last for a long time. Of course, under the system of clear division of interests, Shanxi merchants also established fellow villagers' associations to help each other. They also follow the principle of "keeping in good health by virtue, nourishing heart by sincerity and controlling profit by righteousness" in Shanxi merchants, so that "sincerity" and "unity" can affect everyone. This is the essence and charm of Shanxi merchants' spirit, and it is also the foundation for Shanxi merchants to become the peak of business.

After understanding these reasons, we carefully observe this seal and see that the "God of Wealth" on it is more and more festive. This beautifully carved seal, 1, can prevent forgery. 2, it can also reflect the spirit of seeking money and goods. 3. The working details of Shanxi merchants are really better.

Seeing this seal, we know the secret of Shanxi merchants' wealth. The so-called details determine success or failure. They pursue perfection in seal patterns and have various means to seek money and goods. This is a joke: if they don't get rich, who will the God of Wealth "bless" to get rich?