China has gone through many social stages, and only then has it had a history and culture of five thousand years, the most important of which is the feudal period, because there was an aristocratic class in that period, and the hierarchy was seriously divided. The aristocratic class first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty and ceased to exist with the end of the Qing Dynasty. The nobility of the Qing Dynasty was distinguished from other dynasties, and it appeared in the Eight Flags Brigade, which was known as the "Eight Flags Disciples".
In the late Qing Dynasty, most of the Eight Banners disciples were not climatic, only caring about eating, drinking and having fun, and did not have to do anything, because behind them there was the Great Qing Dynasty, the back mountain to support, and later the Qing Dynasty died, these people also lost their backers, and their lives gradually became depressed. There was once a down-and-out Eight Flags disciple who went to the street to buy a flask to eat, only to find that he had been deceived by a servant for 20 years.
When the Qing army entered the customs, the eight banners were brave and good at war, and made great achievements on the battlefield, so they would be called nobles and would receive special treatment. Daqing sent them money every month, at least three or two silver a month. Marriage, death, marriage, birthdays, holidays, etc., and other subsidies. In the long run, these people naturally did not understand what human suffering was, and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun all day long.
The pressure of the Qing Dynasty to support these nobles in its heyday was not great, and when the Qing Dynasty's national and economic strength was weakening, it would be very stressful to raise these people. After all, they only consume and do not produce, and do not create any value. In the later period, the mere provision of these nobles was a loss of the national treasury. Therefore, when the evening sun shines, the nobles have less and less money, and the standard of living is not as good as before. But they didn't care, and they could eat enough anyway.
There was a man named Jin Guangping who was one of them, and with Puyi's abdication, he lived an ordinary life, and all the glory and wealth of the past disappeared
However, he still spent money like water, squandering all his savings, even the mansion was gone. One day he was wandering in the street, walking and his stomach was a little hungry, so he went to buy baked cakes to eat, and this first bite shocked him, the burnt cakes were actually hot, and it tasted very delicious. Before the rich Jin Guangping, the food he ate was cold, and now he completely understood that he had been deceived by his servants for 20 years.
Before, most of the Eight Flags disciples would use their status and status not to treat people as people, often scolding the servants, comparing their hearts to their hearts, and the servants naturally would not beat their hearts to him, so they deceived these Eight Flags disciples, saying that the burnt cake was cold and delicious. In this way, they will not be scolded and reprimanded for buying burnt cakes for too long, and in the end, these people are also for self-preservation.
With the development and progress of the times, the so-called aristocracy has long ceased to exist, after all, it can not stop the pace of historical development, from which it can also be learned that the existence of the aristocratic class has no benefit to the country and society, and even hinders the progress of the times.