Jia Zheng is the second old man of Rong Guofu, as a reader, he does not pay much attention to household affairs, but he is only more attentive to Baoyu's studies, but because jia mu is spoiled in his head, he cannot take care of Baoyu deeply.
The only time Jia Zheng had the opportunity to try Baoyu's talent was the Daguanyuan Examination, although he was dissatisfied with Baoyu's mischievousness all day long, but he was also quite appreciative and satisfied with Baoyu's crooked talent in poetry.
Jia Zheng, as a father, should see his former self from his son Jia Baoyu, when he was young, he was also a person who was born in poetry and wine, because he loved to read, and his grandfather was the most painful. And today's Baoyu, although he does not like to read canonical books, his talent is also one of the best among the descendants of Jia Fu, and his grandmother is the most painful.
Jia Zheng's discipline of Baoyu was also limited to this, he did not have more energy and kung fu to ask Baoyu's homework and daily life, he left more time to be an official, to those qingkes around him.
Although Jia Zheng is not accustomed to mundane affairs, his heart should also be eager for family affection, hoping that the whole family can get along harmoniously and share the heavenly gifts, and his idea is mentioned many times in the original text.
For example, the Lantern Festival of Jia Fu guessed the riddle of the lantern, Jia Zheng also came to join in the fun, after all, it was a festival of family reunion, but did not expect the existence of Jia Zheng, but these princes and ladies in Jia Fu were restrained, and they did not dare to play. Therefore, after three rounds of drinking, Jia Mu asked Jia Zheng to rest.
Jia Zheng is also very aggrieved, although he also knows that he is here, everyone can not be happy, but he is also a member of the family, he also longs for the warmth of the family. So he said to Jia Mu, "Why hurt the hearts of grandchildren and granddaughters, so he doesn't give his son half a point?" ”
For example, at the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Feast in Jia Province, it was not long before the Jia Zheng brothers participated in the family banquet, and they were taken away by Jia Mu and let them go out to accompany those Qing guests.
It should be said that Jia Zheng's life, the beginning is smooth, without participating in the imperial examination, he was given an official to do, but his life process is somewhat monotonous and even lack of warmth, he is a man with a mid-life crisis, whether it is family or career, are in an embarrassing position of not being able to go up and down, so how is all this caused?
Jia Zheng and his wife Lady Wang had two sons and a daughter, the eldest son died prematurely, the eldest daughter entered the palace, and the youngest son was raised by Jia's mother, so the political master looked like he had both children and daughters, but he had nothing. Jia Zheng and Aunt Zhao had a son and a daughter, but due to the limitations of the patriarchal law, he had almost no direct communication with these two children.
In the face of his children, Jia Zheng is not a competent father, he has not fully fulfilled his responsibilities as a father, or educated his children like Lin Ruhai, or accompanied his children like Zhen Shiyin. This father only knows how to talk about economics with the pilgrims, but he ignores the family, which is inevitably a bit boring and false.
In the face of his wife and concubines, Jia Zheng also had unspeakable suffering. Although the two have three children, they are respectful of each other and do not have a trace of the warmth of an ordinary couple. They are not like the Couple of Lian Feng, there are playful and fighting, there is a smell of fireworks, it seems real and tangible, and their husband and wife are somewhat abnormal.
About here in Aunt Zhao, Jia Zhengcai really felt that he was a man, in order to find some fun, but also to really relax, but Aunt Zhao is also a foolish concubine, and the troubles and troubles caused in Jia Province, presumably Jia Zheng has also heard about it. If Aunt Zhao couldn't stay here, then Old Master Zheng really had nowhere to go.
Where is Aunt Zhou? This is really a childless and childless bitter urn, for Jia Zheng, not to easily disturb, let her spend the rest of her life in peace, whether it is for Jia Zheng or Aunt Zhou, should be the best way.
Those under-the-door cleaners? About the time when they tried Baoyu caixue and beat Baoyu hard, they only had some value of existence, but how true were their words? Who is really a friend who can make a heart? Jia Zheng's life is pale and helpless.
Does he want to climb up? Regardless of the mundane affairs, he probably doesn't know much about human feelings, right? In the official arena at that time, Jia Zheng, a seemingly serious reader, was squeezed and suppressed everywhere because he did not take the career path. Otherwise, Shi Guan, the governor of the Zhongshun Palace, was so imposing that Jia Zheng came to Jia Mansion to ask for people, how could Jia Zheng be so accompanied by a smiling face and be careful?
Children and daughters can't manage, and there is no time to take care of; wives and concubines either have to wear masks and dress seriously, or there are broken things that cannot be dealt with, there is no great progress in the career path, there are no real friends around, and the big occasions of the family cannot be squeezed in, who can understand the desolation in the heart of a middle-aged man?
Not only that, even in the face of his brothers and even the younger generations in the family, Jia Zheng's words were not binding at all. Qin Keqing died, Jia Zhen wanted to do a big job, but also to use a wooden coffin that violated the system, Jia Zheng as an uncle to persuade, Jia Zhen did not listen. The elder brother Jia Yu wanted to marry Yingchun to Sun Shaozu, Jia Zheng knew about the Sun family and wanted to dissuade this matter, but Jia Yu did not listen.
None of the family took the words of the political master to heart, no one paid attention to his opinion, or no one really took him seriously. This is true of the family, and the colleagues in the official arena will probably be like this, right? Jia Zheng's middle age, everywhere hit the wall, everywhere crisis ah.
When he visited the Grand View Garden, he was aroused to return to the peasants, he could not help but cry when he beat Baoyu, he let Baoyu's pride and self-confidence when he composed poems, he knew that there was no stubborn literati in the bones of a reader who insisted, he knew that there was no father's anger, and he knew that there was no middle-aged man's loneliness and helplessness and vicissitudes of sentimentality.
Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.