In the Same Boat: the Life and Death of the Ticket Numbers in the Late Qing Dynasty

Synopsis of the novel "Standing in the Same Boat: The Life and Death of a Bill Accountant in the Late Qing Dynasty" In the first year of Tongzhi, Pingyao West Street. Two teenagers started out in the same street - Li Hongling, who came from a wealthy family, became an apprentice in a money shop and later became a rich and wealthy man; Mao Honghan joined Taihou at the same time. Two lights came on on West Street. In the next thirty years, Li Hongling took charge of the capital, Shanghai and Hankou branch offices, planting the idea of ​​​​flexibility in his heart; Mao Honghan rose up step by step and finally took the overall position, believing that maintaining success was the most important thing. The two had a head-on dispute over "expansion or preservation", but neither could convince the other. In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu's reign, the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing and the furnace room was burned down. Li Hongling was the first to unite with his peers and lend his capital, and the market benefited; Mao Honghan shrank from the head office to protect himself. The differences in course have since become public. After the Gengzi revolution, Li Hongling went to HSBC in person and determined that "it cannot compete unless it is enacted into law." He proposed the Shanxi Huiye Bank in the name of the three gangs, and ten places responded. However, Mao Honghan publicly blocked it at the head office meeting and said "just stay in the high cabinet", which turned the restructuring into nothing - we were in the same boat. The Revolution of 1911 broke out, and the ticket numbers were gone. Wang Jingyi died of illness, and Li Hongling resigned and returned home. He wrote "Advice in the Same Boat" and "The Success and Failure of Shanxi Ticket Merchants". He died in the seventh year of the Republic of China. In his later years, Mao Honghan "strongly expressed his approval" for the restructuring and wrote a bloody letter before his death. He died in the 11th year of the Republic of China. Mao Chengzong received a blood letter from his father, and the grievances between the two generations fell silent. The bronze mold of the secret seal is stained with rust, and the tooth marks are still there - the same boat does not cross, it is not the boat's fault, but the fault of the people.