The bus is the official title of the Han Dynasty, which refers to sending Juzi to Beijing by car and horse for scientific research, and then becoming a symbol of people's honor. 1895, 1000 people signed a letter on the bus, opposing the signing of treaty of shimonoseki between the imperial court and Japan. So Kang Youwei's name spread like wildfire and became a household name. But in fact, the bus petition was initiated by senior officials in Beijing. Kang Youwei is an active participant at best. He only collected the signatures of 80 scholars, while another example, Chen Jinghua, joined 280 people to sign together. Although Kang Youwei didn't organize bus writing, he made the most profit. Because he had the idea of sustainable management-three months later, he advertised in Shanghai Shenbao and sold his book "The Book of Cars" at a price of two cents each. This advertisement has been broadcast six times in a row, which is a big event. In the seventh advertisement, the book price plummeted to 10%, and each book was 2 cents.
Although the book price plummeted, the publicity effect was achieved. From then on, the world thought that Kang Youwei wrote the book On the Bus alone, and he also successfully won the "first bucket of gold in life". It's just that the market is changing too fast. The market is changing. You have to change. Kang Youwei began to look for new business opportunities. Do you want to launch a reform movement in 1898? In order to open this powerful turning point, Kang Youwei completed the first transformation from a scholar to a political reformer. After three years on the bus, Kang Youwei lobbied officials and people, and finally began to implement the Reform Movement of 1898. The reform lasted 103 days. Therefore, the reform movement of 1898 is also called the Hundred Days Reform. It is normal that the Hundred Days Reform failed. How can such a big country come up with an idea in one hundred days? Kang Youwei was able to step onto the front desk of history because he was bolder than others. Whether he was sure or not, he took a box as a guarantee and got the chance to play.
After taking office, Kang Youwei found that things were not as simple as he thought, so he took medicine in a hurry and came up with a strange idea to merge China, the United States, Britain and Japan into one country. Of course, this is completely infeasible. Finally, he turned a blind eye to the facts. -secretly summoned Jianghu people to Beijing to prepare to surround the Summer Palace and assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi. But as soon as the news came out, Kang Youwei quickly fled. Kang Youwei fled to Hong Kong and registered a company. The full name of the company is Hu Qingdi Company. Anyone who joins the company is not only unpaid, but also pays membership fees, but the company can raise funds from overseas Chinese in Hong Kong, Macao, North America and Oceania. Many overseas Chinese believe him. Their family was ruined and gave all their hard-earned money to Kang Youwei to help them out. This money has become a "dividend" for Kang Youwei's political career. According to records, Kang Youwei got tens of thousands of silver dollars in the second year after he fled.
As a political reformer, he became the brand culture of the company that saved the Qing emperor and ensured his income in the financial market. At this time, Kang Youwei's identity has successfully changed from a political reformer to a business giant. Kang Youwei's far-sighted investment vision was also reflected at this time. His real estate investment in Mexico alone earned more than one hundred thousand silver dollars, which is about one million dollars now. However, the normal operating profit is far from enough to maintain Kang Youwei's expenses. He has five wives, six children and more than 40 employees in private enterprises, but the biggest expense is the interpersonal relationship of China people, 2000 won a month. In just five years, Kang Youwei's company that saved the Qing emperor quickly slipped from the peak and entered the countdown to bankruptcy. Strong financing demand contributed to Kang Youwei's third transformation.
As early as when Kang Youwei wrote a letter on the bus, there was an unknown follower named Liu Shiqi. He and Kang Youwei were friends for more than 20 years. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, Liu Shijie, who worked in Guangxi, recklessly wrote a letter to Kang Youwei, which brought fatal disaster to Liu Shijie! But it wasn't the imperial court that killed Liu Shijie, and Empress Dowager Cixi didn't bother him. Soon, Liu Shiqi went to the United States to raise money for Guangxi Silver Mine and became the vice chairman in charge of finance in Guangxi. In the United States, Liu Shiqi received a letter from his close friend Kang Youwei. Kang Youwei made it clear that Guangxi's rich silver mines need to become the "party property" of the royalists. This may be the first time in human history that the strange word "party property" appeared, and it was also the initiative of Kang Youwei. To Kang Youwei's disappointment, Liu Shiqi rejected Kang Youwei's request. Because Liu Shijie has discovered that Kang Youwei reached out to make money, but only to make up for his drunken mess. Liu Shijie's refusal made Kang Youwei fly into a rage. Since then, they have been in the same boat. In retaliation, Kang Youwei ordered members of the American royalists to sue Liu Shijie for fraud. In fact, the American police detained Liu Shijie, who was released after the diplomatic intervention of the Qing Dynasty.
But this is just the beginning. At this time, Japanese spy agencies were active around the Qing Dynasty. They were surprised to find that Liu Shiqi, who had completed the proposal of returning to China, was kidnapped by the Hong Kong royalist society and ordered him to raise half of his shares into the company account, thus saving the Qing emperor. Liu Shiqi flatly refused, and the royalists dared not commit crimes in Hong Kong, so they had to let him go. Half a month after Liu Shiqi returned to Guangxi, the murder happened. He was ambushed at home and hacked to death. Three months after Liu Shiqi was killed, another shareholder of Guangxi Silver Mine was assassinated in broad daylight. Two murders shocked the whole country. After all, Liu Shijie is a deputy provincial official. If he said he would kill him, it would be inappropriate. The court ordered Guangxi to solve the case within a time limit. Soon, a suspect involved in the case was arrested, and a large amount of evidence pointed to the mastermind behind the case, namely Liu Shijie's close friend Kang Youwei.
Therefore, the court had to issue a second arrest warrant against Kang Youwei. Last time he was a political prisoner, this time he is a criminal. At this time, Kang Youwei also successfully completed the third transformation of his life and became the leader of financing, which may be his true identity. However, it was too late for the Qing court to pursue Kang Youwei. At this time, the Revolution of 1911 broke out, which changed and reshaped the political power. No one investigated Kang Youwei's murder of Liu Shijie. He returned to China, settled in Shanghai and lived a rich life like a prince. Counting Kang's life, this man is definitely a great adventurer. Although his personal success has its shrewd factors, it also has specific time and space background factors. But more importantly, he knows what human nature needs most. In today's business terms, he knows what the market is.
As easy as blowing off dust, he got a huge reward. In this process, morality has been seriously ignored. Kang Youwei's greatest success in his life was not that he escaped punishment after ordering murder; Not every time he turns around, it will bring great commercial success; But after so many disgraceful events, he is still regarded as a "famous modern politician" by orthodoxy. In fact, politics is only a product label for a period of time. Once the label expires, he will not hesitate to throw it away. First profit, then profit, then name. An immoral behavior, which is still profitable today, can only prove that human nature, rules or both have not changed from Kang Youwei to 100 years ago.