On February 26, local time, the British BBC reported that Jacob, the head of the Rothschild family, passed away at the age of 87.
On the day of his death, Jacob reflected on his life's achievements, including the fact that he founded Rit Capital Partners, the UK's largest investment trust, based on his family business, with a net worth of £3.5 billion as of the end of November last year.
After the death of the head of Rothschild, countless news and rumors about him appeared on the Internet, many of which were"Father of the Nation of Israel", "Elder Leader of the Jews", "Planning Countless Major International Conflicts", "Planning Color Revolutions in Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus and Other Places", etc.
If you ask a question on the web"Which is the most powerful family in the world?", then someone must tell you"It's Rothschild"., after all"The Democrats belong to Morgan, the Republicans belong to Rockefeller, and Morgan and Rockefeller belong to Rothschild. ”
In many people's opinions, Rothschild is the controller of the dark side of the world, the source of chaos in the world, so much so that after Jacob's death, many people said: the world is fair, and anyone who goes to the end will die.
Are the Rothschilds really the best families in the world? Why are there so many legends about this family on the Internet? What is the real Rothschilds like?
This is indeed an amazing and legendary family, which has completed the accumulation of capital in only two generations, and has become one of the leading financial companies in Europe. All its glory would not have been possible without its first-generation family founder, Mayer Rothschild.
Mayer, whose original name was Mayer Amschel Bauer, was born in 1744 in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfork, Germany, to a local goldsmith and moneylender, and the surname "Rothschild" was later changed to mean "red shield".
Meyer was very intelligent from an early age and was deeply loved by his father, who taught him some knowledge about lending and lending from time to time, hoping that he would achieve something in the future.
When his father died, Meyer was only 13 years old, and with the encouragement of his relatives, he went on an apprenticeship with the Oppenheimer family's bank, and soon returned from his studies to buy an accounting firm and run his own banking business.
After the age of 20, Meyer began to expand his business, buying and selling antiques and coins, and even selling cotton fabrics, tobacco and alcohol, etc., and became the richest man in the region at the age of 40.
With Meyer's excellent start, Rothschild's second generation took Rothschild's development to the next level, Meyer sent his five sons to various parts of Europe to carry out financial activities, and gave birth to the family's iconic "Five Arrows", which represents the strength of family unity.
In order to prevent the family wealth from flowing out and extend the family's strength, Meyer carefully arranged the marriage between the family members, initially only to cousins, and later to other Jewish banking families.
Of course, it was not only Meyer's personal ability that was due to his success, but also to the fact that he met General von Istoff, Prince William, Jewish community scholars, and so on during his business, and his stammering, flattering, and long-night conversations made these people very happy, and also allowed Meyer to obtain all kinds of royal rights.
Because of his growing relationship with Prince William, Meyer also lent money to Prince William's cousin, the King of Denmark, earning royal interest while also becoming famous in Europe because of his close relationship with the royal family.
Meyer vividly showed the world what it means to "lick everything to the end", after Napoleon came to power, he wanted to pull Prince William into his camp, but Prince William was unwilling to stand in line in advance, so angry that Napoleon wanted to remove him from the list of European rulers, so he had to flee to Denmark in a hurry, leaving 3 million US dollars for Meyer to keep, and this is also the first pot of gold for Meyer's business empire to develop.
By the time Nathan died in 1836, he was the richest man in Britain and the richest man in the world.
It is no wonder that in the 19th century, Europeans loved to say that the six great powers of Europe were Great Britain, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Prussia and the Rothschilds.
Due to the frequent lending of money to various royal families, raising funds for **, managing finances for politicians, and even lending money to the Pope, and putting forward the request for the demolition of the Jewish ghetto in Rome, the story of the Rothschild family was gradually written into various books and stage creations, leaving many legendary stories for the subsequent world.
In 2007, an author named Song Hongbing published a book titledWar CurrencyIn the book, he expounded his understanding of currency war, that is, currency war is an invisible but real war, just like today's Sino-US confrontation, with no blood.
In the first chapter of the book, Song Hongbing introduced to the world a very secretive and mysterious behind-the-scenes family, who silently ruled the world for 200 years and was rich enough to rival the country.
In the book, Meyer's most courageous third son, Nathan, is like a god possessed, knowing early that Napoleon would be defeated at Waterloo, and early knowing that the British ** would go to Europe to fight, and use this to hoard gold and silver and make war money.
In the mid-20th century, the English writer Ezra Pound publicly accused the bankers led by the Rothschild family of being the initiators of World War II and the Civil War, and denounced the greed of capitalists and bankers.
The word manipulation is an exaggeration, and although Rothschild has indeed been brilliant for a long time, it is not enough to control a country and control a war, let alone the "$50 trillion in assets" mentioned in it.
In the summer of 1846, there was a magical "Roche conspiracy theory". During the war, the Luo family relied on the intelligence system and mail system they established early to raise funds for the British and ensure logistics for the British team, and reaped a lot of benefits.
Nathan Rothschild was even more decisive, making a shocking gamble on the great battle between Napoleon and Wellington, if Napoleon won, Britain's public debt would fall to the bottom, and if Wellington won, then Britain's public debt would rush to the sky.
On the day of Wellington's victory, Nathan deceived everyone into selling British public bonds with his tough intelligence and superb acting skills, and became the largest creditor of the United Kingdom in one fell swoop, so that the family's glory went further.
The German Nazis even released amazing lines in the anti-Semitic blockbuster, the old Rothschild said:"You can only make a lot of money by letting a lot of ** blood! ”
Because of the former glory, ridiculous rumors that "Rothschild controls the Federal Reserve", "family wealth is equivalent to 2066 Wang Jianlin", and "controls the world" gradually spread on the Internet.
His family member, Mrs. Lynn Rothschild, once said:"War Money is ridiculous, but it has given Roche a good name in China. ”
Being able to rise in a short period of time, the Rothschilds have some dark side in their hands, but the so-called "sinners through the ages" argument is still too exaggerated.