The highest office in my life is from five grades, but I live a luxurious life. Why did my brother starve to death?

Li Ciming, a famous poet in the late Qing Dynasty, was brilliant, but the road to the imperial examination was bumpy. In the end, he bought the censor of Shanxi Daowupin, which was the biggest official position in his life. He lived in a big house, married three wives and four concubines, used many servants, and had to travel when he went out. Li Ciming lived such a luxurious life, but his younger brother starved to death in his hometown. Analyzing his life, it is easy to find the root cause.

Reason one: low income, pleasure-seeking.

Li Ciming doesn't have many sources of income, and his income is relatively small, but he spends half of his time eating and drinking in big hotels and restaurants outside every month, and he is often heavily in debt. At the same time, spend a lot of gold and silver treasures and take concubines frequently. Tongzhi for five years, with 400 yuan to buy a singer as a concubine? At the same time, it costs countless to hire servants. It can be said that he can spend 100 more than two taels of silver a year in Beijing, only on wine, food and audio, and he will not regret spending more money. On the contrary, he was greedy for pleasure and ignored his brother in his hometown. As a result, his brother starved to death.

Reason 2: Life is lazy and self-indulgent.

His career didn't go so smoothly. He didn't realize his ideal in life according to his own goals, but spent money? Donate an official? He got the official position from the fifth grade, which also made him passive and negligent in official affairs. Every day, he only indulges in enjoyment, grumbles, and even indulges in womanhood and poetry, losing interest in life and officialdom, and his life is devastated. He was even indifferent to his brother in the country, even if he starved to death.

Reason three: social environment, malodorous.

At that time, the late Qing society was in a crisis-ridden and declining environment. In the prosperous period of social crisis, the people are in poverty, and the life of the lower class is naturally poor, hungry and difficult. Although Li Ciming occupies an important position, he loves pleasure and leads a luxurious life. That salary is naturally not enough for him to squander, and it is not surprising that the second brother is facing starvation.