Reading the Red Chamber, there are questions that have been haunting my mind, I believe many readers are like me, that is, Jia Fu has been going downhill since the beginning of the Dream of the Red Chamber, even outsiders Leng Zixing can see it, so as the actual supreme ruler of Jia Fu, is Jia Mu aware of the decline of Jia Fu?
At least in the first half of the Dream of the Red Chamber, Cao Gong did not directly explain, mentioning that Jia Mu was aware of the decline of the family, or taking corresponding measures to save it, and what we saw was either Jia Mu taking her children and grandchildren to celebrate the festival, or eating and drinking everywhere. For example, the Lantern Guessing Lantern Riddle, such as the Qing Void Temple, such as giving Xue Baochao and Wang Xifeng a birthday, such as the Two Feasts Grand View Garden...
As the ancestor of Jia Province, Jia Mu has always lived at the top of the pyramid and enjoyed the old age of her children and grandchildren.
Jia Mu was originally Miss Qianjin of the Shi Hou family, and she married into Jia Province, which is undoubtedly a typical marriage of four major families. From Jia Mucha's gamble, we can also see that if Jia Mu really manages the family, it is not ambiguous at all.
Jia Mu's housekeeper's style is not to calm things down, not to be blindly benevolent, but to trace back to the roots, never to be soft, especially when she realizes the seriousness of the matter, it is even more that she does not let go, no matter if you have a face, the punishment that should be beaten should be punished, and it is useless for anyone to intercede.
It should be said that according to the means of a housekeeper like Jia Mu, if you continue to manage the family, the decline of Jia Fu may not come so quickly, and even in the future, it will not be scattered to the descendants, and the land will be really clean. Although Wang Xifeng also has the means to manage the family, she is too greedy, and compared with Jia Mu's rank, she is not a star and a half.
When Qin Keqing dreamed of Wang Xifeng, a young granddaughter-in-law of hers was still aware of the decline of the family, and could propose an actionable plan for the family for a long time that could be implemented immediately, wise as Jia Mu, a noblewoman who had experienced most of her life's ups and downs, was not even as good as a young daughter-in-law's insight?
Therefore, jia mu could not fail to perceive the fall of Jia Fu. But if there is a perception, in the face of the failure of her descendants, in the face of the reality of the rapid decline of the family, why did not she turn the tide of the tide and stand up in time to make suggestions and suggestions for the long-term prosperity of the family?
Therefore, some people believe that Jia Mu is a sinner who has fallen in Jia Province. She obviously has the power and ability to save Jia Fu, but she chooses to ignore it, chooses not to pay attention to it, and only cares about her old age, regardless of the family ruin and prosperity.
In the second half of the Red Chamber, there are two pens and inks, suggesting that Jia Mu has long been aware of the decline of the family. One is the death of Jia Jing, and the other is the sorrow of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Jia Jing is the eldest of the Jia Fu generation, and the only descendant of Jia Fu who has been admitted to the Jinshi through his own efforts, and he is also the eldest grandson of the Ningguo Fu Changfang, according to the patriarchal concept, before he was born, he was also the patriarch of Jia Fu. Therefore, his death has a different meaning.
Hearing of the death of his nephew Jia Jing, the original text has a description of Jia Mu: Jia Mu's twilight years of life, seeing this situation, also hugged Zhen, Rong and so on and wept bitterly. Jia Yu and Jia Zheng were on the sidelines of the persuasion, and the strategy was slightly stopped. Turning to the right side of the spirit, he saw You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and he couldn't help but have a big pain again.
A sentence of "twilight man" and a sentence of "crying bitterly" have written out the shape of Jia Mu at this time. At this time, Jia Mu was already an old man who was too old to be old. She is still alive, but the next generation of children and grandchildren have already passed away, or started from the long house, how can she not be sad? I believe that in Jia Mu's crying, there is the bereavement of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people, and there is also deep mourning for the gradual decline of the family.
The precursor to the decline of a family, in addition to the descendants of the losers, is the scattered people, Rong Province is fine, Ning Province is not good. There is only one Jia Jing in the writing generation, only one Jia Zhen in the jade generation, only one Jia Rong in the cursive generation, and there is no one in the next generation, even if there are hundreds of millions of family businesses, hundreds of generations of grace, and no successors, it is particularly sad. Jia Mu faced jia Jing's death, and she was sad not only one person, but the entire family!
Then there was the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jia Province, and Jia Mu finally couldn't help but let out a sad voice. Prior to this, the Zhen family in Jiangnan, who had been friends with the Jia family for generations, had been convicted of raiding their homes and returned to Beijing to deal with the crime. After Jia Mu knew, she was uncomfortable and said, "Let's leave other people's affairs alone, and discuss that it is serious for us to enjoy the moon on August 15." ”
When Menzi presented the talisman to Jia Yucun, he once said that the four major families were both prosperous and lost, and the Zhen family in Jiangnan, which had close contacts with Jia Fu, had already been defeated, would Jia Fu still be far away?
Who is Jia Mu, and how can she not have any sense of the end of the family? She had long been aware of it, but Jia Fu Hehe Yangyang has been nearly a hundred years old, and now her children and grandchildren can not continue to work, not to mention, many problems have long been accumulated and difficult to return, not her iron fist governance can be solved immediately, see the Chun Li family once you know.
Therefore, Li Yanzhai has a comment that says: Jia Mu has seen through it, and the fox is sad and the rabbit is dead, so he does not change the past, and the conversation comes from the ear. That is to say, although Jia Mu knows about the family's downfall, she has insufficient strength in her heart, and she knows that it is inevitable, so it is better to have a carnival of the end of the world. It's kind of a broken can.
Having said that, in the face of the inevitable decline of the family, Jia Mu could not hide her grief after all. In the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year in Jia Province, Wang Xifeng was absent, the xue family mother and daughter were absent, and Dai Yu Xiangyun left the table early, but Jia Mu did not want to disperse, probably because she knew in her heart that this family would inevitably disperse after all.
The original text said: The night is quiet and the moon is bright, and the flute is sad, and Jia Mu's elderly person with wine, listening to this voice, can't help but touch the heart, and can't help but fall into tears. Everyone can't help but feel desolate and lonely... Jia Mu's tears are the tears of the last days, and they are even more shed for the decline of the family soon after.
Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.