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Synopsis of the novel "The Five Years of Daoguang: Dreams in Jiangnan" 1. Core settings Era background: In the fifth year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1825), Wuzhen, the surrounding villages and Suzhou Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, the Qing Dynasty had turned from prosperity to decline. There was a deep collusion between power and capital (official merchants, salt merchants, water transportation capital), forming a hidden pattern of a "grand kleptocracy" - imperial power was sidelined by vested interest groups, and capital used the endorsement of power to achieve monopoly oppression. Although Jiangnan is still a land of plenty, behind the long-standing malpractices in water transportation is the chain of interests that divides the spoils between officials and merchants. Land annexation is dominated by bureaucrats and powerful capital. The influx of Western industrial goods (foreign cloth) is the precursor of capital's global expansion. Social unrest is beginning to appear, and the ethical order collapses under the crushing interests.

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