When Jia Yucun first arrived at Ying Tianfu as the prefect, he encountered the first major case, "Xue Pan's Murder Case". It proves that Jia Zheng "happened" to reinstate him to Ying Tianfu in order to send him to understand the case, and it also proves that the strength of the Jia family is really strong!
However, some things can only be understood as unspeakable. Cao Xueqin borrowed the mouth of the Hulu Temple's door to teach Jia Yucun's "Talisman" and informed the four major families of Jia Shi Wang Xue that "one glory and one loss are both lost". If he wants to be an official for a long time, he cannot offend the four major families, and he must deal with the "Hulu case" well.
As a result, "one prosperity and one loss" has become a symbol of solidarity among the four major families. It seems that the four of them are good relatives and good partners!
So, is this the case? It would be naïve to think so.
The world is bustling with profit. At the beginning, the alliance of the four major families was headed by the Jia family, and the Shi family, the Wang family, and the Xue family were subordinate. Their overall strength is also far from the Jia family. The second duke of Ning Rong ruled over the four factions, which naturally meant which to fight, and he was more capable of seeking the most interests of the four families.
To put it bluntly, Ning Rong Ergong Town had to live in the field, and the other three families were willing to follow, and everyone could eat enough.
However, after three generations of inheritance, the Jia family's transformation to Jia Jing, Jia Huan, and Jia Zheng's generation failed, completely lost real power and declined rapidly, and was no longer able to rule and lead the other three families to seek benefits for them.
At this time, although the four families are in-laws of each other, talking about "one glory and one loss" is just the "wishful thinking" of people like Menzi.
In ancient times, the interests of large families were supreme, and they all wanted to strive for the upstream. If there is an opportunity to seek greater benefits, it is impossible to observe any morality and in-law relations!
The most typical example is the emperor and the Jia family, Jia Yuanchun is the emperor's noble concubine, the Jia family is a foreign relative, and it is also considered the emperor's father-in-law. As a result, the home was ruthlessly raided.
The emperor is the king, the Jia family is the subject, and the relationship between the king and the subject is more severe than that of the four major families. But the essence of profit remains the same! Brothers clearly settle accounts, not to mention the four major families of in-laws.
The four major families of Jia Shi Wang Xue reached the third generation, and the situation changed significantly.
The Jia family declined, and the Ningguo government gave up the hereditary second-class knighthood and lost a generation of knighthood property and declined. The hereditary titles and property of Rong Guofu were divided, and the division of the two houses weakened the overall power of Rong Guofu, and the leadership of the Jia family plummeted. The Jia family itself has no "leader", and who is still leading!
The historian was not bad at the beginning, and the Marquis Shi of Baoling was Shang Shu Ling, and the head of the WenChen was the same as the prime minister.
Historians have a very deep foundation, and at the beginning of their meritorious service, the civil servants are not as prominent as the military generals.
But the historians are well-read and the tutors are excellent. In the third generation, in addition to Shi Nai's death due to the death of Shi Xiangyun's father, he succeeded his brother to inherit the Marquis of Baoling, and there was an additional Zhongjing Marquis Shi Ding.
Marquis Shi Ding of Zhongjing, the word "zhong" begins with a knighthood. Undoubtedly, like Prince Zhongshun, he represented the emperor's concubine cronies, and the position of the four kings and eight dukes and the four major families was different.
On the one hand, the historians cling to the power of the old ministers, and on the other hand, they speculate on the new emperor and seek a way out for their own future. With Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, even if the last four major families were destroyed, the Shi family would not really die.
The fact that Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, was able to follow the emperor to obtain the title undoubtedly had to be interpreted in connection with the former struggle for imperial power and the defeat of the Xue family.
At the beginning of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the Xue family was in the worst situation. Xue Pan's father and uncle had died at that time. The Xue family was on the verge of collapse. Only then did Aunt Xue bring her children to Beijing to seek a "golden and jade marriage" to save herself.
About the death of the Xue family's uncle, and even the cause of the successive deaths of Xue Tadpole's father, the second master of the Xue family. After Qin Keqing's death, Xue Pan proposed that the coffin board once used by Prince Yizhong Lao Chitose be given to the Ningguo Mansion for use, which was an important clue. At that time, it was said that his father personally found this board and sent it to Beijing to give to Prince Yizhong.
At that time, the Xue family undoubtedly supported Prince Yizhong's quest for the throne, but it was only when the prince was affected by "bad things" that he was defeated.
Speculate based on the age. The reason why Prince Yizhong's old Chitose was bad was that he failed to compete with the current emperor for the throne. The Xue family and Marquis Shi Ding of Zhongjing were two factions and two camps.
Of course, the choices of the Historians and the Xue Family are different, which can also be seen as speculations and do not harm the interests within the four major families. But the "ghost" behind the Wang family not only drew the Jia family's salary from the bottom of the cauldron, but also used the effective energy of the four major families to strengthen themselves.
First of all, the Wang family implemented the "mother locust" policy and profited through marriage.
The Wang family married Lady Wang to Jia Zheng and became the head of the Rongguo Mansion.
The Wang family married Wang Xifeng to Jia Lian and became the wife of the heir to the Dukedom of Rongguo.
In the future, the heirs of the two rooms of the Rongguo Mansion are all of the royal bloodline.
The Wang family married Aunt Xue to the Xue family and became the head of the family. After the death of Uncle Xue, Aunt Xue controlled the Xue family and could only rely on her brother, and the Xue family was taken down by the Wang family soldiers without bloodshed.
The Xue family's entry into Beijing to plot a golden and jade marriage is undoubtedly an overall collaboration between the brothers and sisters of the Wang family. Xue Baochao married Jia Baoyu, and in the future, rongguo mansion would be basically locked by the wang family, and the resources behind it would be used by them at will.
This was not the most excessive amount of the Wang family to the Jia family. The most crucial thing about the Wang family's current thriving situation is that Prince Teng was promoted from Jingying Jiedushi to the ruler of the Nine Provinces. Even more, Jia Yuanchun was promoted to Concubine Xiande, and the jia family's dividends should have been sealed.
The Jia family did not get a single benefit in YuanChun's promotion. All cheap prince Teng's mother-in-law uncle.
The reason why Prince Teng was favored by the emperor was that he had handed over the power of Jingying Jiedushi in the first place.
The "Jingying" is the guardian army of the capital. Protecting the emperor and the capital, the location was so crucial.
The last Jingying Jiedushi envoy was Jia Daihua of Ningguo Province. It is implied that the Jia family had controlled the Jingying since the time of the Duke of Ningguo, becoming an acre and a third of the Jia family's land and a chip to balance with the emperor.
However, the Jia family had been in control of Jingying for decades, which was really taboo, and it was not good to continue to hold power, so it had to be handed over to Prince Teng, a close confidant of the four major families. The original intention was to use the close relationship of "connecting branches with the same qi" to let Prince Teng guard the Jingying Festival on behalf of the Jia family.
As a result, what the Jia family did not expect was that Prince Teng betrayed the Jia family and used the Jingying festival to exchange for the Wang family's step-by-step promotion, so that the Jia family lost the chip of balance with the emperor from then on, laying the groundwork for the raider family.
Prince Teng's birthday, specially invited Jia Mu, but Jia Mu was "uncomfortable" and did not go. It indicates that there is a problem with the two.
On Prince Teng's birthday, the Jia family only has juniors to go, indicating that the relationship between the two families and their hearts are not harmonious.
In particular, as soon as Jia Baoyu touched his uncle Prince Teng, there was no good thing.
The first time, I went to pay homage to my aunt, and when I came back, I was burned in the face by Jia Huan.
The second time, my aunt came to visit the next day, and as soon as she entered the door, Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng were magically enchanted by the five ghosts.
The third time, when he went to pay homage to his uncle Prince Tengshou, The Bird Was burned by fire.
Lamp oil and fire represent "disasters", and Cao Xueqin clearly implies that the Wang family is the culprit of the jia family's defeat, the "fierce uncle" who has been plotting and hollowing out the interests of the Jia family, and the old man who pits the son-in-law like Fengsu!
It is speculated that when the Jia family raided the family, the four major families may not be "one prosperous and one lost". At least the Wang family and the historians would be able to preserve most of their strength. This can also be inferred from the fact that the fierce uncle turned Sister Qiao away.
The relationship between the four major families has long since ceased to exist in name only. The same breath is just an empty word of outsiders, and readers can't believe it. Interests are the reality of their convergence!
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