456th VII

Summing up the experience of the previous five lives, Wei Dongsheng knew that this body had gradually reached its limit, and the sixth life could end at any time. Considering that his life had come to an end, Wei Dongsheng simply stopped focusing on those long-term plans that required long-term planning, and summarized the gains and losses of the sixth life in advance.

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1633 is the sixth year of Chongzhen in the real world, the Zhu Ming Dynasty has already been troubled by internal and external troubles, and after Jin Jisi's mutiny, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng also made a name for themselves. And in this time and space, the Jurchen and other tribes were gradually changed and returned to the Yan domain many years ago, and there was no trace of Nurhachi and Jianzhou Jurchen, as if there were no such people at all. Dao is built on the ruins of the Russian Empire Luo Fan, a few years ago rose a fierce general nicknamed "wild boar", it is said that the ancestors have some Jurchen blood, I don't know if it can resonate with Nurhachi's spirit.

However, even if there are tribes who want to cause trouble, they may not be able to make a climate. Since the war between Mao Jiuzhong and Wei Yan, the Yan clan has been languishing for many years, as if it is poor and weak and has no threat at all. However, Mao Jiuzhong's Wei Wushu phalanx tactics had long been spread throughout the Wei Xia Empire, and the Yan Domain also reformed the army based on the Wei Wushu phalanx, and the field artillery had accumulated countless reserves, and had enough strength and enough organization to suppress the nomadic tribes and fishing and hunting tribes.

Of course, the Xiaoice climate cannot be ignored.

The reduction in grain production caused by the climate of the Xiaoice River also caused numerous political and economic crises to the Tang, Zhou, Jin and other clans, and the local rice price continued to soar. However, the Tang, Zhou, Jin, Zhao and other vassal states had advantages that the Zhu Ming Dynasty did not have, on the one hand, they could quickly quell the civil unrest in various places nearby, and ruthlessly resell the hungry people to Penglai and other colonies in the name of exile; On the one hand, we can actively purchase grain at high prices in the international arena to make up for part of the grain gap to a certain extent.

In all this, Shaanxi Province and other places have at most some sporadic civil uprisings, but there has never been a large stream of gangsters like Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. Extrapolating the future from the present, the Wei Xia Dynasty should not perform the tragic song of Jiashen's change and repeat the mistakes of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

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On this day, Wei Dongsheng was learning more about the climate crisis in the Xiaoice River, when the security department suddenly reported: "A tourist named Fang Chengtai, who claims to be the dean (Wei Dongsheng), hopes that the dean will take time to meet him for a while." ”

Fang Chengtai.

Wei Dongsheng recalled for a long time before he remembered who Fang Chengtai was.

Seeing Fang Chengtai again after fifty years, his pale hair, wrinkled face, and his life was obviously coming to an end. After a few simple words of old things, Fang Chengtai hesitated and said: "I heard that the little Suitinghou (Wei Dongsheng) came to Lu State?" ”

Wei Dongsheng nodded: "Qian Faqun and Qian Xiaoxiao first helped me do things in Xiadi, and then both settled in Ludi. ”

Fang Chengtai's voice trembled: "Is she okay?" ”

Wei Dongsheng shook his head regretfully: "She has been dead for more than ten years. ”

Fang Chengtai was stunned, and asked again after a long time: "Is she happy when she leaves?" ”

Wei Dongsheng: "It should be." ”

Fang Chengtai muttered to himself: "That's good." ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Qian Faqun and Qian Xiaoxiao's graves are buried at the foot of Laoshan Mountain, do you want to go and see it?" ”

Fang Chengtai got up and thanked him: "Thank you, Tinghou." ”

Fang Chengtai rambling a lot about the past, saying that he didn't know that Qian Faqun rescued Qian Xiaoxiao, and he was deliberately misled into Qian Xiaoxiao's death in chaos. Since then, Fang Chengtai has abandoned innocence and dreams, and has desperately climbed up, mixing up the political quagmire of self-deceit. After the outbreak of the Charoo-Wu War, the Baron Shen family was killed, and Fang Chengtai took the opportunity to support his grandson to inherit the inheritance of the Baron Shen family. Then, Fang Chengtai gathered the resources of the Baron Shen family to defeat several strong enemies, and accidentally learned that Qian Xiaoxiao had actually been rescued by Qian Faqun back then, and immediately searched for Qian Xiaoxiao's whereabouts, and finally found Wei He Academy.

The above is Fang Chengtai's life.

Wei Dongsheng didn't carefully ask Fang Chengtai and Qian Xiaoxiao about their entanglement, some things passed in the past, and time ruthlessly covered up all their love and hatred after all. Fang Chengtai's lonely back, Wei Dongsheng has seen a lot during his training.

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In 1635, Wei Dongsheng died at the age of 71.

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On the 18th, the time buffer was unveiled.

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In 1650, Wei Shengming died of illness and was succeeded by his son Wei Junyang, who was the sixteenth emperor of the Wei Xia Dynasty.

From 1635 to 1653, when Wei Dongsheng left, there were no interesting changes in the Wei and Xia empires. The Lu clan and the Wu clan made peace, the Wei domain was repelled by the Zhao domain, and the idea of the imperial family annexing the Wu domain or ceding the Wu domain eventually came to naught, and the result was still a stalemate in the balance of power in Kyushu for hundreds of years.

The camera focuses on Wei Dongsheng's seventh experience.

Wei Dongsheng's seventh identity background continued to decline, and his nominal father was only a small staff member of the Lu Fan Hesheng Chamber of Commerce.

Summarizing the background of the first seven generations, Wei Dongsheng gradually understood the law. The titular fathers of the first four generations can all be classified as the ruling class, the strong can control the direction of national policies, and the weak can also control a certain region or industry to a certain extent.

The titular fathers of the fifth to sixth generations can only be classified as the middle class.

The fifth nominal father, although the official title is called the mayor of the town, can actually be regarded as the secretary of a real county party committee or a deputy department-level cadre in the real world. They are inextricably linked to the ruling class, but it is difficult for them to exert their will on a certain region or industry, the so-called seven-pin sesame officials.

The sixth titular father can be considered a small business owner. It is difficult for them to form a close relationship with the ruling class, but they have their own business. The term "successful people" in the general sense of public opinion generally refers to the wealthy commoners in this class. When ordinary civilians climb to this level, they can proudly sigh: "I finally have my own career, and I have come here in vain for a lifetime." ”

The seventh nominal father can be regarded as a junior employee of a well-known company. They don't have their own careers to speak of for the time being, but they have some hope or room for growth in the future. If the workplace is running smoothly, there is a chance to advance to the sixth level, or climb to the senior management of the company, and have the influence to interfere with the direction of the company; Or quit your job and start a small business of your own. And if there is no achievement in the workplace, then you can only follow the trend for the rest of your life, pin your future on the future of the enterprise, and honestly stay in the seventh layer.

The titular fathers of the fifth to seventh generations belong to the middle class in the broad sense. However, because the seventh class has the largest population and the most universal significance, even if it essentially belongs to the low-end middle class, it has been gradually distorted and rendered into the mainstream middle class by public opinion, and gradually turned into the image of the middle class.

That is to say, Wei Dongsheng's background in the seventh generation was further reduced to the typical middle class.

The titular father died in 1650, leaving Wei Dongsheng with a house and a total of 250 silver dollars.

The sixth nominal father left Wei Dongsheng's small Wei family firm, when the nominal father died, the net profit that year was only 350 silver yuan, so simple comparison, as if 249 yuan is also a huge amount of money. Moreover, when the nominal father worked as a junior clerk in the Halcyon Chamber of Commerce, his annual salary was as high as 83 silver dollars, which was more than the annual salary of Qian Faqun during the period of the Xiao Wei family firm. But the ledger cannot be calculated in this way, first of all, the annual net profit and fixed assets of the small Wei family firm are not the same thing, and secondly, the 1 silver dollar in 1582 and the 1 silver dollar in 1653 also have completely different values.

In particular, in 1652, because of rumors that Lu Fan was preparing to issue a silver dollar with a smaller silver content due to a financial crisis, "the face value was increased by 25%, and the silver content was reduced to 80%", and the financial market suddenly broke out into a tragic crisis, and the risk of silver dollar depreciation intensified several times. The nominal father and the nominal mother worked diligently in the first half of their lives, and barely left Wei Dongsheng a total of 250 silver dollars in savings.

With only a mansion and a total deposit of 250 silver dollars, Wei Dongsheng finally didn't have to worry about the regent or the evil slave bullying the master.

It's not that people's hearts have suddenly changed for the better, but that the titular father has neither a vassal nor a servant.

Without the family business of raising evil slaves in captivity, it is naturally impossible to talk about evil slaves and bullying their masters.

Of course, the upper class has the troubles of the upper class, and the middle class has the troubles of the middle class.

The nominal parents of the seventh generation have a sense of anxiety that is common in the middle class, and they yearn for Wei Dongsheng to break the shackles of the class and climb up, even if the hope is shattered, at least to maintain the status of the seventh class, and never fall into the eighth class. Because of this and that kind of anxiety, the nominal parents of the seventh generation did their best to provide the best educational conditions for their children, and when the nominal father's annual salary was only 83 silver yuan, they were shocked to save money and send Wei Dongsheng to a high-end private school with an annual tuition and miscellaneous fee of 72 silver yuan. Shouldering such a heavy burden of education, the nominal parents of the seventh generation were still able to save 250 silver dollars, which shows how much they attach importance to their children's education.

It's a pity that Wei Dongsheng lived up to the ardent hopes of the seventh nominal parents.

Similar to the background setting of the sixth generation, the small background of Wei Dongsheng's seventh advent is also a failed student.

At the same time, in the three years from 1650 to 1653, when the titular father died, after deducting the annual tuition and miscellaneous expenses of 72 silver dollars and the necessary expenses for survival, the 250 silver dollar inheritance was almost spent. Wei Dongsheng turned the house inside and outside, and found that only a pitiful 3 silver dollars and 187 Wen remained.

Remarks explain some monetary policy, when the Wei Xia Empire tried to implement the silver standard system, 1 silver dollar could be exchanged for 600 copper coins, but with the depreciation of silver prices and the continuous appreciation of copper prices, it was forced to adjust to 1 silver dollar to 360 copper coins.

This amount of money cannot be said to be less.

Considering that Wei Dongsheng has his own residence, 1 silver dollar and 187 yuan can live for two or three months at a low cost. However, it is difficult for Wei Dongsheng to make a difference with this. Don't talk about starting a business, there is no way to repeat your studies for a year at your alma mater, after all, the tuition and miscellaneous fees of your alma mater are as expensive as 72 silver dollars a year, which is not something that a father or mother can afford. It is also not feasible to go to other schools, because the contemporary schools are all elite education, and the cheapest schools in the surrounding schools also have to pay 28 silver dollars a year in tuition and fees.

The real poor are not qualified to study at all.

Even after more than 300 years of development, the Lu clan was still illiterate.