Author: Qing Zhi
Jia Zhen was a descendant of Jia Yan, the Duke of Ningguo, and after Jia Yan passed away, his son Jia Daihua hereditary official, Jia Daihua had two sons, and the eldest son, Jia Shi, died at a young age, so the second son Jia Jing hereditary official jue, Jia Jing also had a son, that is, what we want to talk about today.
(i) Pie falling from the sky
Jia Jing was only keen on visiting the Dao every day, burning Dan to refine mercury, and the rest of the things were not taken to heart, even if he did not even have a family, and lived in the Taoist Temple outside the city all year round. It is precisely for this reason that Jia Jing's officials are also not done, and the hereditary officials are hereditary by his son Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen not only inherited the title of "General Weilie of the Three Pins", but also the patriarch of the entire large family of the Jia family, which can be described as a high authority.
The glory and status that Jia Zhen now possesses is not determined by the competition of ability and character, but by his origin. But the two things of ability and character are very important to Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen's ability will affect whether he can lead the entire family to prosper more, and Jia Zhen's virtue will affect whether he will pull the entire family into the abyss. Facts have proved that the collapse of the Jia family is inseparable from Jia Zhen's moral unworthiness, and it is true that as the ancients said, "If the virtue is not worthy, there will be disasters."
Since Jia Jing did not hear about the affairs of the palace and only wanted to practice the elixir, the Ningguo Mansion was completely controlled by Jia Zhen. Without his father's control, even if Jia Zhen turned over the Ning Guo Mansion, no one would dare to take care of him. Lacking the necessary restraints and controls, Jia Zhen became more and more absurd and unscrupulous.
(2) Beasts that disregard the norms and disregard the law
The story of Jia Zhen and his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing has been talked about by many people, especially the author's deletion of Qin Keqing's "obscene funeral Tianxiang Lou", which makes readers think about the story between Jia Zhen and Qin Keqing.
The thirteenth time, Qin Keqing died suddenly, although the previous article said that Qin Keqing was ill, but in the text, "at that time, everyone in the family knew, all of them were suspicious", or added a lot of doubts to Qin Keqing's death. Next, a series of actions by father-in-law Jia Zhen were really eye-opening.
Qin Keqing's funeral, Jia Zhen was extremely luxurious and solemn. Jia Zhen said to Sister Feng, who helped to assist in the funeral: "Love is how it is, don't worry about saving me money, as long as it looks good." The coffin used by Qin Keqing did not conform to the instrument, but in the face of Jia Zheng's persuasion, Jia Zhen could not listen to it at all, and he looked eager to replace Qin Keqing to die. Jia Zhen did not hesitate to spend 1,200 taels of silver to donate a five-pin Dragon Guard official position to his son Jia Rong, just to make Qin Keqing's identity more beautiful.
At Qin Keqing's funeral, Jia Zhen was grief-stricken and wept like a tearful person. Even Qin Keqing's husband, Jia Rong, did not behave in this way. Jia Zhen's abnormal behavior makes people have to think of Jiao Da's words: "Every day the family steals dogs and plays with chickens, climbs ashes, raises little uncles..."
In addition to Qin Keqing, Jia Zhen's black hand also reached out to his wife and sisters, You Erjie and You Sanjie. Although You Shi and You Erjie and You Sanjie are not sisters, in name, Jia Zhen is still the brother-in-law of You Erjie and You Sanjie. However, for Jia Zhen, who has long disregarded the code of ethics, what about even if he is a wife and sister? This time, Jia Zhen not only played with her own debauchery, but also brought her son Jia Rong to join in. In the text, the author uses the term "julu", to describe Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, and the emergence of this idiom makes jia zhen and Jia Rong's father and son disregard the gang and ignore the law.
Under the influence of such family education and environmental atmosphere, there is naturally Liu Xianglian's comment that "in the East House, except for the two stone lions, I am afraid that even the cats and dogs are not clean". It can be seen that the fornication in Ningguo Mansion has long been known to everyone.
(3) Misconduct
Jia Jing died, and Jia Zhen was in the midst of hot filial piety, but even so, Jia Zhen was not idle. While flirting with You Erjie and You Sanjie, Jia Zhen led her son and a group of children and nephews to practice archery in the name of gambling and prostitution, and had fun night and night. Jia Zhen's bad character is really jaw-dropping.
Jia Zhen was the official who came from hereditary ancestors and served as the head of the family, and should have been in his position, doing his duty, working hard to manage the family, revitalize the family business, carefully cultivate the younger generations, cultivate outstanding talents for the Jia family, and contribute his due duties and strength to the prosperity and development of the Jia family. However, Jia Zhen did not act in this way. Jia Zhen did not fulfill his obligations, but blindly enjoyed the glory and power brought to him by his status and status, indulged in pleasure, squandered, and acted recklessly.
Jia Zhen in addition to eating, drinking and having fun in the house, indulged in sexual immorality. Outside the palace, it is also a show of strength and prestige, bending the law for personal gain, and disregarding the law. In terms of morality, Jia Zhen belongs to the category of "serious failures".
There are many reasons for the decline of the Jia family, if only Jia Zhen is blamed, it is naturally inappropriate, but Jia Zhen, as the patriarch of the Jia family, must be hard to blame.
Jia Zhen, as the head of the Jia family and the head of the Ningguo Mansion, never realized the necessity of restraining his temperament and attaching importance to moral cultivation; he never realized the necessity of being bound by the family rules and family laws; and never realized the necessity of virtue matching. As the saying goes, "If morality is not worthy, there will be disasters", Jia Zhende is not worthy of the position, and eventually disasters will come.
At the end of the story, the Jia family fell, and Jia Zhen was also dismissed from his post and exiled. The glory and wealth that are not worthy of the position will eventually become a passing cloud.
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