Fun Kan Red House 250: Chinese New Year's Eve approaching, the Black Mountain Village came to Wuzhuangtou, the end of Jia Province, and the Ningguo Mansion cut off the road to life and wealth
Saying that near the end of the year, Cao Xueqin's pen turned from Ning Guofu. As the Jia family's long house in the capital, there is a ancestral hall in the Ningguo Mansion, and Jia Zhen, the patriarch, needs to prepare sacrifices in advance and is busier than the Rongguo Mansion.
Two things mentioned earlier at the end of the year require special attention. One is that the prince ascended to the nine provincial capital checkpoints. One is that Jia Yucun was promoted to the rank of Grand Sima (Bingbu Shangshu), counselor of the military aircraft.
It is said that they are all "affiliated" with the Jia family, and promotion is a good thing. However, the emperor deliberately only promoted the Jia family as an "outsider" and did not give benefits to the Jia family. It is equivalent to distributing the benefits of the Jia family to others, weakening the Jia family in disguise, and forcing them to mess up their positions in order to have a gap to take advantage of.
As for Prince Teng and Jia Yucun, they are more of a scourge to the Jia family than a gospel.
Regarding Prince Teng, from the time he lost the Jingying Jiedu that jia family handed over to him to make the promotion official rich, the author borrowed three things to reflect his harm.
First, Jia Baoyu went to give the prince Tengbai Shou, and inexplicably burned the bird golden fur, and it was Qingwen who fought for his life to make up for him. It's a tough one.
Second, on the birthday of Prince Teng's wife on that day, Jia Baoyu went to worship Shou and returned, and he was maliciously burned by Jia Huan, which was a dilemma.
Third, the next day, Prince Teng's wife came to visit, and jia Baoyu was "five ghosts and magic" before entering the door, just like the "five ghosts" came with his aunt. Aunt Zhao was just a cover-up. It's for the trilemma!
It was no coincidence that Jia Baoyu suffered when he came into contact with his uncle, and Cao Xueqin did not need to write so much one after another.
Burned by lamp oil, burned by Mars, all represent Jia Baoyu's "disaster (fire)" from his uncle.
If combined with the first time, Zhen Shiyin was sealed by the old man and killed the family property and finally left home. Coincidentally, the old men of the two rooms of the RongGuo Mansion represented by Jia Zheng and Jia Lian were all members of the Wang family.
On the eighteenth occasion of Jia Yuanchun's provincial pro-family, Li Yanzhai hinted at the defeat of the Fujia family in "A Bunch of Snow", indicating that the Jia family was framed by villains and the family was destroyed.
The person who framed the Jia family, in addition to the emperor behind king Zhongshun, there is also Jia Yucun, who is based on the villain Tang Qin in "A Bunch of Snow". [Jade asks for a good price in the tree, and the jade flies when it stays in the wood], which is the story after eighty times.
The Jia family was set a trap by the emperor and the king of Zhongshun to "invite the king into the urn", was constantly encroached upon by the Wang family's layers of plots, was counterattacked by the villain Jia Yucun, and was implicated by the ignorant ambitions of the King of Northern Jing, and finally fell down violently. Although they are at fault, being victimized is the key!
Therefore, this New Year's Day, the promotion of Prince Teng and Jia Yucun is definitely not a good thing for the Jia family. Cao Xueqin was hinting that they were the external troubles of the Jia family.
At this time, Ning Guofu ushered in Wu Jinxiao of The Black Mountain Village, who was extremely critical. His appearance led to the internal worries of the Jia family, so that the readers knew that the Jia family was finished!
(Fifty-third time) I saw Xiao Wei holding a prayer and an account in his hand, and replied, "The Wuzhuang head of the Black Mountain Village has come." Jia Zhen said, "This old beheading has only come today." Saying, Jia Rong took the post and the account, and busily unfolded it, Jia Zhen turned his back to his hands, and only looked at the red prayer post in Jia Rong's hand: "Under the door ZhuangTou Wujin filial piety please Grandpa, Grandma Wanfu Jin'an, and Gongzi Miss Jin'an." The New Year is a great blessing, honor and nobility, peace, and good luck. ”
Wu Jinxiao was the steward of the village in Ningguo Province. When I was studying, I thought he was a poor old peasant who worked for the Jia family, an exploited class. Only now do I realize that I was too naïve.
Wu Jinxiao was the steward of the village, and several of the farms in Ningguo Mansion were the property of the Duke of Ningguo. He was responsible for handing over the huge amount of land to the tenant farmers, collecting rent, and then handing over the proceeds to the Ningguo Government every year.
Such a Wu Jinxiao, holding the economic resources of countless people in his hands, how can he be a philanthropist. Don't look at Jia Zhen and think he is a countryman, the real Wu Jin filial piety is not simple.
This is vividly reflected in the fact that he comes from "Black Mountain Village", also known as "Wujin Xiao".
"Black" and "U" are synonymous. Black people, black hearts also. Ucker, greedy ink also. Wu Jinxiao is not "no filial piety", but embezzles the proceeds that should belong to the Jia family.
Cao Xueqin's details such as place names, personal names, costumes and furnishings often echo the plot to facilitate readers to understand the story.
Wu Jinxiao was not a good person, he came the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve, not as he said: "This year the snow is heavy, the snow outside is four or five feet deep, the day before suddenly warmed up, the road is very difficult to walk, delayed for a few days." Although I walked for a month and two days, because the days were limited, I was afraid that my grandfather was anxious, but I didn't rush to come. ”
Jia Zhen asked him why he didn't send his son, and why he had to run hard. Nor did he say it like that: "Don't hide from grandpa, the little ones are used to walking, and they are flustered when they don't come." Aren't they all willing to come and see the world at the feet of the Son of Heaven? They are young in the end, afraid of mistakes on the road, and in a few years they can rest assured. ”
For Jia Zhen to ask why the income of that year was so small, Wu Jinxiao's reply was also problematic: "Hui Ye said that this year's annual success is really not good. From the rain in March to August, there was not a single day of sunshine. In September, a bowl of hailstones, nearly 1,300 miles in all directions, even people with houses and livestock and food, injured thousands of people, so this is why. The little ones don't dare to lie. ”
Before we analyze Ujin's problem, let's look at these things he sent. It was once breathtaking.
(Fifty-third time) While busily unfolding the list, I saw that it read: "Thirty big deer, fifty roe deer, fifty roe deer, twenty Siamese pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty dragon pigs, twenty wild boars, twenty domestic pigs, twenty wild sheep, twenty green sheep, twenty domestic soup sheep, twenty domestic wind sheep, two sturgeon fish, two hundred pounds of various colors, two hundred live chickens, ducks, and geese, two hundred wind chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants, and rabbits, 200 pairs of bear paws, 20 pounds of deer tendons, 50 pounds of sea cucumbers, Fifty deer tongues, fifty cattle tongues, twenty pounds of dried clams, two pockets of hazelnuts, pines, peaches, and apricots, fifty pairs of prawns, 200 pounds of dried shrimp, 1,000 pounds of silver frost charcoal, 2,000 pounds of medium charcoal, 30,000 catties of charcoal, 2 stones of Oda rouge rice, 50 pounds of green glutinous rice, 50 pieces of white glutinous rice, 50 pieces of flour japonica, 500 pieces of variegated sorghum valley, 1,000 stones of regular rice underneath, a cart of dried vegetables of various colors, and a silver of 2,500 taels of takeaway sorghum grain and cattle. Filial piety under the outer door is stubborn: two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, two pairs of live golden chickens, and two pairs of Western ducks. ”
Wu Jinxiao had brought so many supplies and silver, including live animals, on his long journey. The road has been walking for a month and two days, and no matter how you look at it, you are a dedicated old steward.
But Jia Zhen was not satisfied with him, not only calling him "the old beheaded", but also saying: "I calculated that you have at least five thousand taels of silver, which is enough to do something!" Now you only have eight or nine Zhuangzi left, and this year there are two droughts and floods, and you have beaten the ring again. ”
With so much income, Jia Zhen is still too small, much like the unscrupulous "Huang Shiren" targeting the poor "Yang Bailao".
But in fact, if you believe the superficial situation, you will be deceived by Wu Jinxiao. The really pitiful one was Jia Zhen.
Because Jia Jing gave up the hereditary second-class knighthood in Ningguo Province, Jia Zhen directly inherited the hereditary third-class knighthood, and the knighthood was reduced accordingly, leaving only eight or nine Zhuangzi. Jia Zhen calculated that wu jinxiao should have five thousand taels of silver in this place, which was still the average he estimated according to previous years.
Since there is no good regulation, there will certainly be no small discrepancies. The income of Wu Jinxiao's place must be at least six thousand taels of silver to be reasonable. Even if there are five thousand taels of silver, there will be forty or fifty thousand taels of silver in eight or nine places. It is the remaining income of the Duke of Ningguo who has been born to the fourth generation.
The title of Rong Guofu was already one rank higher than that of Ning Guofu. Jia Yu's hereditary first-class knighthood was the same as Jia Daihua's, and it was speculated that at least fourteen or five places remained in the farmstead. This is also the reason why Rong Guofu is rich and noble than Ning Guofu.
The basic income of fifty thousand taels of silver a year, plus other income, is the foundation of Ningguo Province. It is said that saving points is enough.
However, a person like Wu Jinxiao who fought in the ring broke Jia Zhen's expectation and turned it into two thousand five hundred taels of silver, and there were still two places to report drought and flood... The situation is extremely serious.
Drought and flood mean no harvest. Two places together may not have two thousand taels of silver. The other few remaining places were added together, and it was only 20,000 or 30,000 silver to die.
Don't look at the big pile of supplies on the bill above, it seems like a lot, those are not worth anything at all. Silver was what Jia Zhen cared about most. What disappointed him was that it was less than half as expected. But it's not "really called don't celebrate the New Year."
Ujin's problem is obvious. First of all, he rushed to the first day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, which was a clever time point specially chosen for the ring.
Chinese New Year's Eve years, Jia Zhen had a lot of things, and he was not in the mood to be too calculating with him, and it was not auspicious to really make trouble, and the ancients were particularly taboo.
He calculated Jia Zhen's psychology, and at this time, he came on purpose. What snow or something, he said what it was, anyway, Jia Zhen didn't know.
Secondly, he did not let his son come, because his son had no weight in front of Jia Zhen and was easy to be caught. When the time comes, they really have to scare and expose the crime, and their family does not know how to die.
He said that in a few years, he would let his son come. It is estimated that at that time, the money was full of money, and they had already found another way out.
Finally, he said, "In September, a bowl of hailstones, nearly thirteen hundred miles in all directions, with people carrying houses and livestock and food, injured thousands of people."
According to the variety of gifts presented by Wu Jinxiao, the location of the Black Mountain Village should be somewhere in the northeast. At least the north. At that time, the "lunar calendar" was used, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in August had already begun to collect the bookmakers. The solar calendar at the beginning of September is now the middle and late October, and the grain has long been ripe and most of the harvest has been rushed. Even if the sword is "cut" in the sky, the loss is limited.
If he says that hailstones are under July, it is a real disaster. However, September is already autumn harvest season, and the loss of food is limited.
It is said that september (lunar calendar) snow drifts, and there are very few September hailstorms! Cao Xueqin deliberately wrote September, implying that there was a big problem with Wu Jinxiao's statement.
Wu Jinxiao is undoubtedly the giant rat of the Jia family, they hold the economic lifeblood of the Jia family, but they are greedy, full of private pockets, deceitful, causing the Jia family to be humiliated and greedy and sharply reduced, and they cannot make ends meet. Isn't it "black"!
Although the defeat of the Jia family was their own luxury and degeneration, it also had a lot to do with the "blackness" of Wu Jinxiao and these people.
Jia Zhen calculated that five thousand taels of silver was the bottom line for discrepancies, but Wu Jinxiao only gave two thousand five hundred taels. His brother, on the other hand, was in charge of more land in rongguo mansion, but he only had two or three thousand more silver. You can see how arrogant these people are.
If the Wujin filial pieties dare to be so wanton, there must be internal adultery. It was Zhou Rui who supervised the various farms in the Rongguo Mansion, and Lady Wang, who was not a good person, still had great trust in him. The grain depot supervisor is called Dai Liang, and the accounting supervisor Wu Xindeng are all problematic.
The master of the Jia family was calculated by these slaves to cooperate with the outside, and from the back of Wu Xindeng's family, he took a broken account and opened his mouth to deceive Tanchun, and he knew that the situation was serious.
The Jia family was deceived by these people, and it would be good to have half of the real gains. So the Jia family is still extravagant, how can it be undefeated!
It is ridiculous that Jia Zhen was easily deceived by Wu Jinxiao, such a master, such a family, such a patriarch, the Jia family is so good?
Wu Jinxiao left, but a man came again. Wang Ziteng represents external troubles, Wu Jinxiao represents internal worries, and the people who come this time represent the hopeless future of the Jia family. In this year of the Jia family, Cao Xueqin made the arrangement of the troubles clear.
So, who is this person? To find out what happens next, look at the next breakdown!
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