1894年甲午战争是中日两国综合国力的角力。两国的商人阶层也难免牵扯其中。而在清政府一方,据说曾有向晋商借款100万两白银的记录。事实上,无论在甲午战争之前还是之后,晋商一直是清政府重要的御用商人。他们的足迹伴随着左宗棠征西的大军,跟着努尔哈赤的骑兵,遍布中国各个角落。即使在乱世当中,晋商也有自己的生存之道。在甲午的动荡岁月以及此后更大的巨变庚子之乱中,年轻的大德恒商号掌柜阎维藩,根据时势变化,采取 The 1894 Sino-Japanese War was a decisive force in the overall national strength of China and Japan. It is also inevitable that the businessman class in both countries will be involved. In the Qing government, it was said that there was a record of 1 million taels and 2 million silver loans to Shanxi merchants. In fact, both before and after the Sino-Japanese War, the Shanxi merchants have been an important royal merchant of the Qing government. Their footsteps accompanied by Zuo Zongtang levy the West army, followed Nurhaci cavalry, all over China every corner. Even in times of turmoil, Shanxi business also has its own way of existence. In the turbulent years of Jiawu and the greater turmoil in the aftermath of the Gengzi chaos, the young Dadeng firm treasurer Yan Wei-fan, according to changes in the times to take