Fu Xuan, talk about it.

Recently, a new word has appeared, called migrant workers. What are migrant workers? Whether it is a brick-moving worker on the construction site, a white-collar worker who works in the "996" office, a middle-level leader or an entrepreneur, you can call yourself a "migrant worker".

With the gap between the rich and the poor becoming more and more obvious, in addition to migrant workers, we can often see those rich stars or rich people on the Internet, living a life that we migrant workers envy, traveling abroad in luxury cars every day, wearing a watch and a bag casually, which may be enough for many of us to struggle for half a life.

Therefore, the word "showing off wealth" is often mentioned by us, but if you think "showing off wealth" is a recent new word, it is all wet. Why? Because in ancient times, the life of rich people was unimaginable, and the ancients also loved to show off their wealth.

So how did the ancients show off their wealth? Don't worry, listen to me slowly.

Let's talk about the Western Jin Dynasty. In the Western Jin Dynasty, there was an official named Shi Chong. How rich was he then? It is said that even Wang Kai, the uncle of Sima Yan, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, knows that Shi Chong is the "richest man", but this uncle is not to be outdone, and always wants to find a chance to compare with him to see who is richer.

As a result, it is not as big as a house, and there are not many fields, even wives and servants. I was very angry with this Wang Kai, so I asked Sima Yan for help and wanted to borrow a treasure from the palace. When Sima Yan saw it, my uncle opened his mouth and generously took out a precious coral tree.

Wang Kai originally thought that even if you were rich, you could compete with the money of the emperors. This coral tree is sure to beat this Shi Chong. However, Wang Kai happily came to Shi Chong's house to show off the coral trees. Shi Chong said, "Look at the way you have never seen the world." He asked the servant to bring a box, open the box and slowly open a box of coral trees.

When Wang Kai saw that he was not tall, he told the story to Emperor Sima Yan. When Sima Yan heard this, what? Is this Shi Chong so rich? No, I had to see how rich this Shi Chong really is, so I went to Shi Chong's house by myself.

When he arrived at Shi Chong's house, Sima Yan found that his brother was really wider than himself. Even his toilet is paved with bricks, and there are beautiful women to help him with his clothes.

While eating, Sima Yan thought there was a roast suckling pig that tasted delicious, so he asked this Shi Chong, what does this pig do? I also asked the chef to learn when I went back. Shi Chong said, you can't learn this. This pig grew up eating human milk, so it tastes like this.

Then why is this Shi Chong so rich? When he was in Jingzhou, he often let his subordinates pretend to be bandits, robbing businessmen and rich people passing by, not only robbing money but also plundering treasures, and becoming the "richest man" at that time.

However, because the tree caught the wind, the rich man finally died tragically in the political struggle and his money was confiscated.

The Tang Dynasty is famous for its prosperity and opening up in the history of China, and it is also an era in which poets come forth in large numbers. Writing a poem at that time was just like sending a circle of friends today.

Today's circle of friends has become the hardest hit area to show off wealth, and ancient poetry is not much better than today, but these great poets are not as dazzling as ordinary local tyrants.

Li Bai wrote in "Prohibition" that "Hsi Chin, the five-flowered horse, was given to the boy in exchange for good wine." No BMW, no mink coat, and invite friends to drink.

Later, Li Bai was expelled by the emperor. Tang Xuanzong gave him "five hundred gold" as compensation. Was our poet a money lover at that time? So, it's not that I have money, but that I don't care about money. This is different from simply drying a sports car and drying a mansion. People show off their talents and brains.

There is also a great poet, and he is Zhang Zhi. He is much better than Li Bai. He is the prince's mentor, equivalent to today's ministerial leaders.

One day, Comrade Lao He deserted during his work and went to a winery on the outskirts of Chang 'an for a drink. Because it was during work, he didn't drive or bring a secretary, for fear of bad influence.

After arriving, the boss saw that this was a high-end club with the lowest consumption. You old man, do you have money? "Go out for a walk and beg outside." Comrade CSI sees that you don't know who I am. So he wrote a poem: On Yuan's Separation.

I don't even know this boss, probably because I don't go often. The last two sentences also expressed dissatisfaction. If I let you serve wine, will I still have no money in my pocket?

It's not money, it's identity.

However, the money that people earn by their own ability is dazzling and can't say anything.

The reputation of the Song Dynasty has been very poor in history, but almost no one denies that the Song Dynasty was really rich!

According to the Records of Kaifeng City, the per capita GDP of Kaifeng is equivalent to 2000 dollars now. If we only count Bianjing City, the per capita GDP is more than 4000 dollars.

Song Zhenzong Prime Minister Wang Dan said: "The capital has millions of assets and hundreds of thousands are everywhere." Exaggerated, throwing a brick at Bianjing in the Song Dynasty in the street can hit a rich second generation.

How did the rich people in the Song Dynasty show off? In the Song Dynasty, you could judge whether a person was rich or not by looking at his belt. In Song Dynasty, two belts were usually worn, and the lower belt was called "belt", which is the function of belt. And the one above is called "watching tapes". What does this mean? Just for others to see.

For example, a story was recorded in the Song Dynasty's Biography of Wang Dan. One day, his brother saw Wang Dan's two belts and asked Wang Dan, "Can you see these two jade belts yourself?" Wang Dan replied: "It doesn't matter whether I see it or not, as long as others can see it!"

It is said that all the royal aristocrats in Song Dynasty like to wear "golden belt" and "jade belt", especially Song Taizong, who is a very high status symbol.

Besides belts, weddings are also the best way for Song people to show off their wealth. In fact, weddings in many places today are also used as a means to show off wealth. There are as many luxury cars as there are gifts.

The song dynasty was similar. It is said that during his stay in Song Huizong, Su Zhe wanted to marry his daughter. In order to prepare a dowry for her daughter, she sold a piece she bought in Xinxiang, Henan Province, and received 9400 yuan.

How much is 9400 yuan? Simply calculate, the money at that time has been equivalent to about 500 yuan now, so the penetration of 9400 is as high as 5 million yuan!

No wonder Su Zhe later said in his diary that he married a woman and almost "broke home", but Su Zhe had three sons and seven daughters when he was 32 years old.

So to show off your wealth, you still have to do what you can.

Industry and commerce developed in Ming dynasty, especially in Jiangnan area. Your family is not a rich man with a million taels of silver, that is, ordinary people. And those rich people began to enjoy and show off their lives after they got rich.

Needless to say, the royal luxury. During the Jiajing period, the records about the Yan Song family were also extremely rich.

It is said that when Yan Song's son Yan Shifan was at home, the beautiful young maids were all holding the phlegm he spit out with their mouths, which was called "fragrant spittoon". When Yan Song was robbed, there were 302,000 taels of gold and more than 2,000 taels of silver at home, thousands of famous calligraphy and painting, rare ancient books and more than 600 expensive beds.

After talking about the government, let's talk about the people. The favorite thing of wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan is to buy antique calligraphy and painting.

It is said that a wealthy businessman named Wu Boju bought one at any cost. Wu Yongliang, a wealthy businessman in Xiuning, is even more extravagant. Once he likes something, he will immediately pay ten times the price, and no one will rob me.

The prices of calligraphy, painting and antiques are rising. Wang Xizhi, Mi Fei and Huai Su are all well-known figures. Just one word is 2200 silver, and some even exceed 2200 silver, which is equivalent to the total income of an ordinary family in the late Ming Dynasty.

But there are not so many original works, but these rich people are stupid and have a lot of money, so they can't see anything true or false, so some people specially imitate famous calligraphy and painting to cheat these rich people of their money.

Those who have money, no culture and no taste are the real local tyrants.

If it is said that showing off wealth in past dynasties is a personal act, then Qing Dynasty is the first country to show off wealth. We know that the Qing dynasty

Through the unremitting efforts of three generations of emperors in Kang Yong, the treasury kept 80 million taels of silver all the year round during the Qianlong period, which was 10 times higher than that of his grandfather at that time.

When a country is rich, it will naturally reduce the tax revenue of ordinary people. In the fiftieth year of Kangxi, after conducting a census and counting the national population, it announced "population reproduction". Never increase taxes ",simply put, is based on the census, and people born after statistics do not have to pay poll tax.

In addition, all parts of the country are exempted from money and food in turn. During the Kangxi period, more than 120 million yuan of money and grain were exempted throughout the country. During the Qianlong period, the state money and grain were exempted for four times, reaching 200 million taels of silver.

This is the real show off wealth.

Nowadays, showing off wealth seems to be a derogatory term. In fact, there is nothing wrong with showing off wealth. The key lies in the way and method of showing off wealth. If a person obtains it by proper means, why not? This kind of ostentation is also an inspiration to others.

And "showing off wealth" is not only bought in buy buy, but also can be very literary and tasteful.

The word "showing off wealth" is demonized because many people spend a lot of money on those ill-gotten gains for the sake of temporary vanity, so this extravagant way of "showing off wealth" not only causes a waste of resources, but also causes "hatred for wealth".

So the core is not "dazzling", but "rich".

Author: our guest author Kang Jiahua