The first-class general in the Rongguo Mansion who was not doing his job was the most incompetent father in the dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Yu is the grandson of Jia Yuan, the Duke of Rongguo, and also the eldest son of jia Daishan, the second generation of Rongguo Gong, he inherits the title of first-class general, but does not do the right thing, Jia Yu likes to mix with concubines in his daily life, does not pay attention to the maintenance of his body, and does not do his own work well, Shi Taijun Jia Mother does not like this eldest son. In addition, Jia Yu is not close to his children, and from the perspective of family responsibilities, Jia Amnesty is not a competent father.
First, beat his son Jia Lian.
Although Jia Lian does not introduce his birth mother in the book, from Cao Xueqin's description of him, as well as the criticism of Li Yanzhai and the research of some red scholars, he should be the eldest son born to Jia Shu's wife. Jia Lian lost his mother since childhood, lacked his father's love and affection, and developed some bad habits, but he was still a very obedient and obedient child in front of his father Jia Shu, otherwise he would be beaten by his father Jia Shu if he did a small thing wrong, and he would be beaten by his father if he did not succeed in buying a fan.
Moreover, when Ping'er saw that Xiangling had gone, she pulled Baochao and whispered, "Can the girl hear our news?" Bao Chao said, "I didn't hear the news." Because I have been sending my brother out for days, you don't know anything about here, and you haven't even seen your sisters these two days. Ping'er laughed and said, "The old man beat the second master and couldn't move, didn't the girl hear it?" ”
From the dialogue between Ping'er and Baochao, it can be seen that Jia Yu not only hit Jia Lian this time, but also made a particularly heavy hand, beating Jia Lian to death. The reason was that Ping'er also said next, it was because of a few fans of Shi Nerd, Jia Yu saw it, and let Jia Lian get it. Jia Lian did not want to make people's families die for a few fans, so he bought a fan at a high price, and the partial stone nerd was a person who loved fans as his life, and would rather die than sell.
Jia Lian finally gave up, and later Jia Yucun found a reason to catch Shi Duzi in the big prison and forced him to exchange a fan for ransom. Jia Yu didn't care what way Jia Yucun used to obtain the fan, he only felt that his son Jia Lian had no ability, perfunctory him, originally a stomach angry, coupled with the refusal of the Mandarin Duck to marry, it made Jia Yu resent his son Jia Lian, so Jia Yu beat his son Jia Lian with a cruel hand.
In fact, at this time, Jia Lian already had a daughter QiaoJie, and she had already become a father. Regardless of his son's decency and feelings, Jia Yu beat his son severely for the refusal of several fans and Mandarin ducks.
Such a father is usually arbitrary, the education of the child is also simple and rude, in the child's heart, Jia Amnesty is not a competent father, from the family responsibility and parental role, Jia Amnesty is not a responsible parent.
Second, marry his daughter to Sun Shaozu, the wolf of Zhongshan.
It turned out that Jia Yu had already sent Yingchun Xu and the Sun family. This Sun family was a member of the Datong Province, whose ancestors were from the military ranks, and were protégés of the Ningrong Province on that day, and they were also family friends. Now there is only one person in the Sun family in Beijing, and now he is in command, this person is called Sun Shaozu, born with a large appearance, a strong physique, a skilled bow and horse, a change of social rights, less than thirty years old, and a rich family, and now the military department is waiting for the promotion of the topic. Because there was no room, Jia Yumi was the grandson of a family friend, and the character and family were all commensurate, so Qingmu chose to be the son-in-law of the East Bed. He also returned to Ming Jia Mu. Jia Mu was not very pleased in her heart, and she was afraid that she would not listen to her if she wanted to stop it, because the affairs of her children had their own providence antecedents, and moreover, she was advocated by her own father, so why bother with many things; for this reason, only the three words "I know" were said, and there was not much left. Jia Zheng also deeply hated the Sun family, although he was a family friend, it was only Pizu Xi Mu Rong and Ning Zhi, and there were things that could not be settled, and he worshiped under the door, not of the shili clan, so he had advised twice, but Jia pardoned and did not listen, and had to stop.
Judging from this passage, Jia Yu gave his only daughter Jia Yingchunding's family affair, and his mother Jia Mu felt that it was inappropriate, but in ancient times, the marriage of children and daughters was mostly decided by parents, and Jia Mu was not good at deep management, only saying "I know" three words, leaving Jia Yu to make his own decisions.
The strange thing is that Jia Zheng also disagrees with this family affair, Jia Zheng feels that although the Sun family and the Jia family are family friends, they are not the kind of old relatives who have a very close relationship, but the Sun family originally saw that the Ningrong Second House was gaining power, and their own family had things that could not be settled, and wanted to use the power of the Ningrong Second House, so they worshiped under the door, not a famous family. Coupled with the bad reputation of the Sun family in the imperial court, Jia Zheng especially disliked the Sun family, and he naturally did not want the Jia family to marry his daughter to the Sun family, but unfortunately Jia Yu did not listen to advice, and Jia Zheng had to let him decide.
In this way, Jia Yu sent his only daughter Jia Yingchun into the fire pit of the Sun family, after Jia Yingchun married, because there were not many dowry items, plus the Rong Guo Mansion and the Ning Guo Mansion had already arrived in the autumn of troubles, Sun Shaozu felt that the Jia family had lost power, and his own family affair was not good, not only did not help him soar, nor did it bring any benefits to the Sun family, but also lost the opportunity to return five thousand taels of silver.
Here is not to discuss the authenticity of the five thousand taels of silver in Sun Shaozu's mouth, only to say that Sun Shaozu married Jia Yingchun, did not get the help of Jia Fu on his career, and Jia Pardon gave his daughter very little dowry, which could not meet Sun Shaozu's expectations. In this case, Sun Shaozu himself felt very unwilling, felt that he had suffered a loss, and thought of finding a way to make up for it.
So Sun Shaozu began to abuse and torture Jia Yingchun, and the tangtang Gongfu Qianjin was actually tortured and tortured to death by Sun Shaozu, the wolf of Zhongshan, and her father, Jia Yu, never thought of taking the lead for his daughter, but ignored his daughter and left Jia Yingchun to the Sun family. Jia Fu's attitude and the decline of Jia Fu also made Sun Shaozu no longer have hope for Jia Fu and began to torture and abuse Jia Yingchun in disguise, until he tortured her to death.
Because the content of the last forty times was lost, Cao Xueqin did not write about Jia Yingchun's death, but it can be seen from jia Yingchun's crying at the end of the first eighty times when he returned home, jia yu completely ignored this daughter and let the Sun family torture her to death. If Jia Yu was willing to stand up for his daughter at that time, Sun Shaozu did not dare to blatantly bully Guifei's sister, and the reason why he dared to do so was because he was sure that no one in Jia Fu would come forward to make decisions for Yingchun.
In the 87 version of the Dream of the Red Chamber, after Jia Yingchun was abused, everyone did not dare to hide from Jia Mu and had to tell her the truth. At this time, Jia Mu was particularly sad, and she accused Jia Yu and his wife of killing Yingchun.
It can be seen that Jia Yu is not a competent father, nor is he a responsible parent. If he had more concern and love for his children, Jia Yingchun would not have been tortured to death, and Jia Lian would not have been beaten up often. In addition, Jia Yu is still a person who does not do the right thing, if he is not a hereditary first-class general, with Jia Amnesty's unprofessional and unscrupulous behavior, it is difficult for him to achieve meritorious fame, let alone get a title like a first-class general.
I am Xiao Meng, telling you the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Reference works: Cao Xueqin, Fat Yanzhai commentary on "Dream of the Red Chamber" Fat Collection