If a person wants to have relatively large achievements and a relatively high position, in addition to having the necessary personal qualities such as talent, knowledge, and character, the most important thing is to have a position and corresponding resources that can give full play to his talents. Zhuge Liang's eternal fame comes from the position that Liu Bei gave him after he came out of the mountain. If he had been living in seclusion, he would have been just a hermit in the history books of later generations.

Therefore, when someone says that so-and-so is irreplaceable, it is generally just to raise the value of so-and-so. In this world, there is no one who cannot be replaced. The grassroots may spend 1 million to achieve what the second generation can only achieve with 10 million. However, in this era of believing in empirical evidence, who would give a million to the grassroots for no reason to verify their achievements?

Fu Xiao'an was originally just one of Sheng Xuanhuai's many ordinary disciples. No matter what you do, you can't show him. However, after having the position of assistant general ledger office, Fu Xiao'an's resources can be mobilized have greatly increased. And he is a talented and experienced person, and he has done several things beautifully, and he is deeply appreciated by Sheng Xuanhuai.

gradually became a cronie who helped Sheng Xuanhuai take care of his property and was responsible for foreign affairs. In the steamship China Merchants Bureau controlled by Sheng Xuanhuai, he successively served as the chief of the shipping section and the head of the industrial section. And use this as a platform to expand your personal network. Privately, he became the chief comprador of Changli Foreign Company and Meixing Foreign Company, and promoted electrical appliances and hardware produced in European countries in Shanghai. And the hardware orders of all ships of China Merchants Steamship were rounded. Suddenly, he became a wealthy businessman with a net worth of tens of millions.

By 1911, the Qing court was on the verge of bankruptcy, but it wanted to make a final struggle. He wanted to nationalize the railways of China's provinces. It's just that this nationalization is not really back in the hands of the Chinese. The Qing court was weak, and the young son was called the emperor. If you want to stay on the throne, you need to turn to foreign powers and be willing to be puppets. And the bargaining chip for help from the great powers is the right to operate the railways in Huguang, Guangdong-Han, Sichuan-Han and other provinces!

Sheng Xuanhuai is the person who was chosen by the Qing court to do this!

In this era, railways are not only a means of transportation, but also an economic artery. Moreover, in provinces with railways, there are countless people who depend on railways for their survival. Such perverse actions of the Qing court will naturally cause a backlash. The famous Sichuan Road Protection Movement in history was born! All localities followed suit and disobeyed.

Only then did the Qing court know that it was a hornet's nest. In order to appease the people's anger, he issued an order to punish Sheng Xuanhuai, that is, to be dismissed, and never to be used. Sheng Xuanhuai held several weapons for making money, and he had already been remembered by people with a heart, and when he lost his position, some people fell into the well and wanted to punish him.

And Sheng Xuanhuai was also prepared, asked the Japanese for help, was covered by the Japanese, fled from Beijing to Dalian, and then fled to Japan. Fu Xiao'an, as Sheng Xuanhuai's confidant, also colluded with the Japanese at this time. And when Sheng Xuanhuai fled to Japan, it was Fu Xiao'an who was left by Sheng Xuanhuai to guard the Sheng family's business!

Moreover, Fu Xiao'an did a great job this time, when Shanghai business people gathered to discuss whether to confiscate Sheng Xuanhuai's private property, Fu Xiao'an actually knelt down in public and kowtowed. Tears flowed in order to keep Sheng Xuanhuai's property. And, running around, standing on Sheng Xuanhuai's side with a clear banner, leaving no way out for himself.

Sheng Xuanhuai also used his connections to finally preserve his property. So far, Fu Xiao'an has become Sheng Xuanhuai's number one confidant! After this incident, Sheng Xuanhuai was frightened, his health deteriorated, his energy was poor, and the descendants of the Sheng family were not angry, so Sheng Xuanhuai handed over many of the Sheng family's properties to Fu Xiao'an to take care of.

In 1916, Sheng Xuanhuai died of illness in Shanghai. After his death, according to the inventory of the Sheng family, Sheng Xuanhuai had accumulated as much as 60 million taels of silver in this life! It can be regarded as the wealth of the country! And the descendants of the Sheng family were not angry, and after Sheng Xuanhuai's death, they divided the property with Bo Gongtang.

However, the premise of dividing up property requires a clear estimate of the price of each property. Among them, there is Fu Xiao'an's operation space. Fu Xiao'an has been operating the Shengjia industry for a long time, and he has already priced some of the industries that he has already fancied at very low prices. Then he went into seclusion behind the scenes and asked someone to buy it. In this way, the whale swallowed and encroached, and many of the industries accumulated by Sheng Xuanhuai were swallowed into his mouth.

And this method is no different from Sheng Xuanhuai's embezzlement of the legacy of the Westernization Movement! Sheng Xuanhuai is a good student, and there are successors!

Although outsiders don't know how many things Fu Xiao'an embezzled, there is one thing that can be glimpsed - that is, the equity of China International Commercial Bank in Sheng Xuanhuai's hands!

The China International Commercial Bank, during the Qing government, was still a joint venture between the government and business. However, it is extremely easy for Sheng Xuanhuai, the founder, to want some equity, and he only needs to find some agents. After the Xinhai Revolution, the shareholders of China International Commercial Bank had as many as 1,600 shareholders. In addition to taking the opportunity to get a large proportion of the shares in Sheng Xuanhuai's hands, Fu Xiaoan also took the opportunity to search for shares in the hands of various retail investors.

By 1919, with the death and retirement of the older generation and the retreat of foreigners due to the May Fourth Movement, Fu Xiao'an actually took control of China's first commercial bank founded by the Qing court, the Commerce Bank! Became the largest shareholder of Commerce Bank!

After grasping the real power, Fu Xiao'an wanted to sit firmly in his country. First of all, two branches of Commerce Bank were set up in Hongkou and Nanshi in Shanghai. and appointed henchmen Wang Xinguan and Fang Jiaobo as branch managers. Fu Xiao'an has a unique vision, the two branches are located in the downtown area, and the manager is capable, and the performance has risen quickly. By the middle of 1919, the Commerce Bank had made a profit of 170,000 taels of silver! It is the highest since the establishment of Commerce Bank!

Fu Xiao'an changed the dividend per share from 8% to 1 cent, and then increased it to 1 cent and 2%, and shareholders made a lot of profits, so they supported Fu Xiao'an. Later, the board of directors passed a resolution that from now on, all deposits, loans, mortgages, and interest in and out of the Bank must be approved by Fu Xiao'an. In this regard, Fu Xiao'an sat firmly in the country of the Commercial Bank.

At this time, Fu Xiao'an was only forty-seven years old. After 32 years of self-made, he has become one of the few chaebols in Shanghai! At this time, China is the least comfortable, and it is the warlords of all stripes. Not only colluded with foreign warlords, but also the army under his command did all kinds of evil, and it was completely a bandit temperament. But these are the people who hold the real power and a large number of troops in China.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition came into being.