"Prince Yizhong Lao Chitose" is a past deceased person in "Dream of the Red Chamber". If it weren't for Qin Keqing's sudden death and his priceless coffin board, no one would have known that there was such a number one person.
However, the more such "short-lived" understated characters in "Dream of the Red Chamber", the more attention should be paid to. Prince Yizhong Lao Qianshi was by no means a foil for Qin Keqing, but he was the key person who directly led to the Jia family's raid. It all starts with his "bad thing".
(The thirteenth time) But Xue Pan came to ask, because he saw Jia Zhen looking for a good board, he said: "We have a pair of boards in the wood shop, called what a tree wood, out of the Huanghai iron mesh mountain, made a coffin, ten thousand years is not bad." This was still brought by his father that year, and the original Prince of Yizhong, Old Chitose, wanted it, because he had a bad thing, so he never took it. It is still sealed in the store, and no one dares to bid for it. If you want it, just carry it. ”
The "prequel to the dream of the Red Chamber" narrated by Xue Pan has many clues worth noting.
First, Xue Pan's father sent "Shou Material" to prince Lao Chitose of Yizhong, representing the xue family's attachment and treasure.
The merchants were unprofitable, and the Xue family had the lowest status among the four major families. If they want to get ahead, they have to look for a backer. The Jia family, the Shi family, and the Wang family are no longer "powerful", and can only find another way out to speculate!
Second, Xue Pan's father found that "the tree came out of the huanghai iron net mountain, made a coffin, and it is not bad for ten thousand years", which means "long live". It proves that Prince Chitose of Yizhong is going to be emperor.
The emperor at that time was the Taishang Emperor, and according to the time of Xue Pan's father's death, prince Chitose of Yizhong could determine that he could use the coffin of "Long Live" when he was emperor, and his identity should be the prince. Otherwise, uncle Xue Family, who gave ten thousand bold people, would not dare to do things so "trespassing"!
Third, Prince Yizhong's old Chitose turned out to be "bad", the emperor did not do it, the coffin board was useless, the emperor abdicated as the emperor, the new emperor took the throne, and Xue Pan's father and uncle both died...
Behind the three words of "bad things" is a bloody storm of power struggles, and the Xue family bet on the wrong treasure and defeated it.
And Prince Yizhong, Old Chitose, lost the throne and did not know whether he would live or die. The point is that his father abdicated as emperor Taishang, and his brother became emperor, which gave this history a vague prototype.
Regarding "Dream of the Red Chamber", some people are history, some people are encyclopedias, and some people are literature. In particular, it involves the rise and fall of imperial power and officialdom, and it is said that it is the story of the Kowloon conquest in the last year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and combined with the jiangning weaving of the Cao family to raid the family. It is said that it is the story of the southern Ming at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the death of Chongzhen. There are also stories such as the Battle of Jing in the early Ming Dynasty, as well as stories such as the Tang and Song Dynasties... There are many opinions.
Junji Yakan Red Chamber thinks that these may be a little. But the view is quite the opposite. "Dream of the Red Chamber" is not a history book, but a "warning word" that intercepts historical allusions and teaches lessons from the rise and fall!
All the historical allusions, literary allusions, folk tales, opera poems, etc. involved in the book are not so-called hidden history, but only borrow from the rise and fall of history to warn the world.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" is literature after all, not a historical poem!
Gossiping about the power struggle, Prince Chitose of Yizhong failed in his struggle for power with the emperor, and there are four famous stories in history that are similar to them.
First, the Kangxi Emperor's crown prince Yin Rong was deposed and abolished, and the Kowloon conquest finally cheapened the Yongzheng Emperor.
This story is the most praised, so that the new red science and Cao Xue are based on it. However, the discrepancy between the story of the Nine Dragons and "Dream of the Red Chamber" is that Prince Yinrong and Yongzheng are not hostile, nor are they too emperors.
Second, after the change of Tumu Fort in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen imprisoned Nangong as Emperor Taishang, and Emperor Mingjing Zhu Qiyu as emperor, and later the "change of the door", the Taishang Emperor Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne for the second time, Zhu Qiyu died, and was demoted to the title of prince.
At that time, the two emperors stood side by side, similar to the "Dream of the Red Chamber" Taishang Emperor and the emperor "double hanging sun and moon shining qiankun".
Third, in the Battle of Jingnan in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di's "Qing Junfang" seized the throne from his nephew Zhu Yunjiao. That is, when Jia Baoyu was sleepwalking in too illusory, the old woman said: "Where is the uncle who slept in the nephew's bed".
The setting of Jinling and Beijing in "Dream of the Red Chamber" undoubtedly borrows from this story. The Ningrong Second House in Nanjing corresponds to the Ningrong Second House in the capital, not "true or false", but the fact that the Ming Dynasty's Northern and Southern Erjing are the same.
The Duke of Ningguo and the Duke of Rongguo built a legacy a generation later than Lin Daiyu's ancestors, and also had the shadow of the Battle of Jingnan.
However, the above three stories all have the shadow of Prince Yizhong's old Chitose, but they are not complete. In fact, the allusion that most resembles his "bad things" is the fourth story.
Fourth, after the change of Xuanwu Gate in the early Tang Dynasty, after Li Shimin, the king of Qin, killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng, he forced Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, to abdicate and build the Xingqing Palace for emperor Taishang to live in, which was the later Daming Palace, also known as "Dongnei".
If you put the "Dream of the Red Chamber" character into it. The Taishang Emperor is Li Yuan, the Emperor is Li Shimin, and the Prince of Yizhong, Lao Chitose, is undoubtedly the crown prince Li Jiancheng.
The coffin board that Xue Pan's father gave to the "prince" Prince Yizhong," the old thousand years old, "Ten Thousand Years Of Incorruptible", represents the meaning of "Long Live", because the prince is the future emperor, and the coffin board so means that the arrogance is relatively small.
Unexpectedly, Prince Yizhong "did something bad", the throne was gone, the coffin board could not be used, and the Xue family also suffered with him. Although he did not raid the house and destroy the door, he was also liquidated and killed two pawnbrokers.
At that time, as an old courtier of the Taishang Emperor, the Jia family should not have been involved in the imperial power struggle. But there is no doubt in his heart that he embraces the prince. Otherwise, it would not have defaulted to the Xue family's stone throwing stones to ask for directions. Nor will he be dismissive of the emperor's improper seizure of the throne, and his "disloyalty and disobedience" to him.
The emperor hated the Jia family and other four kings and eight dukes who refused to be "loyal" and supported Prince Zhongshun as hostile. Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing of the Shi family, also received a knighthood because of this. Note that his "Zhongjing" is the opposite of the Jia family's "rebellion".
The Attitude of the Jia Family towards the Emperor has been demonstrated through Jiao Da's arrogance in scolding Jia Rong. Not much to mention.
Prince Yizhong's story line is not too much. However, it has the effect of "pulling out the clouds" for the political pattern of "Dream of the Red Chamber"!
Why did the Jia family raid the family, why did the emperor not tolerate the Jia family, why did the King of Beijing win over the Jia family to form a party, why prince Zhongshun had no contact with the Jia family, why Jia Yuanchun suddenly promoted to concubine Xiande, and what the old concubine meant to the Jia family...
Junji Yakan's view of the Red Chamber is to understand the imperial court pattern of "Dream of the Red Chamber" through the clues of Prince Yizhong's old thousand years and combined with the conflict of the change of Xuanwu Gate, and conclude that the emperor is as majestic as Li Shimin. However, because of the improper access to the throne, he was not supported and subjected by the Jia family and other four kings and eight princes.
The root cause of the rise and fall of the Jia family still lies in the struggle for imperial power! The power shuffle behind the "bad thing" originated from Prince Yizhong's old Chitose. The Jia family and other old meritorious groups are like "golems" lying on the side of the improper emperor's bed, vaguely threatening. And when the tigers meet, there will be a wound!
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