Twenty years ago, old Beijing was a mixed bag. However, if you just stop a few people and listen to them describe their families, you will probably understand that they all work for those people - the Shen family, the number one tea merchant in old Beijing; the Guan family, located in the center of old Beijing, where four generations of their descendants have been high-ranking political officials; the Su family, who is exported by the sea, and the Guo family, a family of craftsmen.
The article mentions five families, and the last one is the Xia family in the Jianghuai area in the south.
Qingshan is lucky enough to bury loyal bones, so why should the corpses be returned in horse leather? This is the belief of soldiers.
Those who want to be upright should look after their appearance, and those who want to be honest should put themselves first. This is the insistence of politicians.
It is a businessman's method to control vertically and horizontally, twist and turn, and be cold-hearted.
Turning one's hands to cover the clouds and rain, this is the courage of a counselor.
Acacia dies and languishes first, but in old age still feels pity for the king, which is the sadness of an actor.
The article is the tragedy of the five families of the era, and also the turbulent past left by the seven younger generations in that era...