Fun Kan Red Chamber 289: The pen is clear, Shi Taijun is in charge of no small matters, old cases, and the old news of Rong Guofu is revealed
Jia Tanchun discussed with Li Feng and Xue Baochao on the reform of the Grand View Garden, and after initially making overall plans, he drew up relevant manpower and waited for the promulgation and implementation of the order.
The reform of the Grand View Garden has come to an end, and the housekeeper still has a lot of things to deal with every day. Subsequently, someone came to report that the Zhen family in Jiangnan was ordered to come to Beijing to visit and present a gift list. The story about the Zhen family in Jiangnan involves the old lady, and we will tell it later.
This article interpolates a previous omission. It is that after the death of Aunt Zhao's brothers, Jia Tanchun checked the accounts of the relatives of several old aunts and grandmothers in Jia's mother's room, which is one of the few past events of Jia Mu's mother, and it needs to be said extra singlely.
(Fifty-fifth time) At one point, the Wu family took the old account. When visiting the spring, the two families were rewarded with twenty-two, and the two outside were rewarded with forty-two. There are also two outside, one rewarded one hundred and twenty, and one rewarded sixty-two. There are reasons for these two strokes: one is the coffin of the parents who have moved from one province to the outside world, and the other is the purchase of a burial place and the reward of twenty-two. Tan Chun handed it to Li Yi to see. Tanchun then said, "Give him twenty-two pieces of silver." Leave this tent behind and we'll take a closer look. "Wu Xindeng's family has gone."
Jia Mu's story back then was not much told. She said that she married into the Jia family from the beginning of her grandson and daughter-in-law, fifty-four years before and after. Ancient women could marry at the age of fifteen, so Jia Mu was not old, and may not be seventy years old.
But her life can be described as magnificent, rich and noble, dangerous, and strange things have experienced a lot.
The account book taken by the Wu family recorded the pension accounts given after the death of the family members of the six concubines in Jia's mother's room, and one by one was very clear. It is an important clue to the relationship between Jia Mu and her husband and wife.
Among the concubines of the six houses, two concubines were promoted in the family, and the other four were from outside.
"At home" means having children from home, and "outside" means buying or marrying from outside.
For example, Ping'er and Qiutong are counted as family members; raiders and Yanhong are outside; Second Sister You's highest status is "married".
As a concubine, Jia Mu's concubines were arranged and found by her according to the rules, which was for the three from the four virtues.
In such a large family as the Jia family, men cannot end up with wives and concubines.
In the matter of concubines, Jia Yu and Jia Zhen were the most relaxed, and their concubines were in groups and there was no restriction. Jia Mu also did not approve of Lady Xing, who was too obedient to her husband, and thought that it was too "three from four virtues". This is true of Lady Xing, and so is the case of Youshi.
Jia Zheng only had two concubines, not many of whom met the standards of a scholar and doctor of that era. But Jia Mu was even more dissatisfied with Madame Wang. The number of concubines that Lady Wang gave to Jia Zheng was far less than that of Jia Yu, nor as good as Jia Mu, which was the key to Jia Mu's dissatisfaction, believing that Lady Wang was too jealous.
On that day, Jia Pardoned Mandarin Duck, and Jia Mu scolded Lady Wang, but instead let Lady Xing go, because Jia Mu could see clearly. Jia Yu's real intention was to catch Jia Lian on Wang Xifeng's birthday the day before, and he was also dissatisfied with Jia Mu's laissez-faire "inaction".
Jia Mu's scolding of Lady Wang stemmed from Wang Xifeng's method of controlling Jia Lian with Ping'er's shame, just as Lady Wang used Aunt Zhou to control Jia Zheng.
If it weren't for Madame Wang's stomach fighting and her old age, there would be no Aunt Zhao or anything at all. Wang Xifeng made the family uneasy in a different way, and the lack of observance of women's morality made Jia Mu extremely angry. She was embarrassed to say Wang Xifeng, so she naturally sent the fire to the head of the initiator, Madame Wang.
In the Jia family, the reproduction of heirs is both an obligation and a responsibility. Like Jia Jing of Ningguo Province, he is the only man who does not write that he has concubines, and monogamy is certainly admirable, but having only one son also caused three generations of Ningguo Mansion to pass on single generations, becoming the root of the losers.
Jia Mu led by example and was virtuous and generous. Now that the "daughters-in-law" are doing something haphazard, how can they not be angry?
Polygamy is an inevitable choice for the men of the Jia family, and those who are born noble like Jia Mu must also accept reality.
Jia Mu was the eldest daughter of The Marquis Shangshu Ling Shi of Baoling. Jia Daishan, who is married to the future heir of Rong Guofu, can be called a pair created in heaven and earth. But even the immortal lovers have to compromise with reality, and Jia Mu still has to take the initiative to find a concubine for her husband.
It is the responsibility of the wives of the three virtues to take concubines for their husbands, and there is no need for the husband to worry. And after marriage, most wives will leave one of the bridesmaids around them to be a concubine for their husbands. The two support each other, such as Lady Wang and Aunt Zhou, Wang Xifeng and Ping'er. This is called exemplary.
Subsequently, depending on the situation of the husband's heirs and his own age, he will take concubines for the husband.
The second time Lin Ruhai appeared, because the Lin family's heirs were difficult, Jia Min also took several concubines for him. The young brother Lin was only one year younger than Lin Daiyu, and it was most likely born of a concubine.
Jia MinXianhui, even if he is the Duke of Rongguo, does not play the temper of the big miss, that is, his mother Jia Mu teaches well.
Jia Mu gave her husband six concubines before and after, which was very suitable for the identity of rongguo gong. Too much bad reputation, inevitably delayed in lasciviousness. Too little impact is not good, there is a suspicion of jealousy.
Therefore, Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng, including Aunt Xue, as long as they look at the number of concubines of their husbands around them, they know that the daughters of the Wang family are jealous.
Jia Mu is not a "jealous" woman, in line with her guidelines for dealing with people. Just by looking at the clear and impartial records in the ledger, I know that the relationship between her wife and concubine in those years could not be said to be completely harmonious, but there was no major problem.
At least Jia Mu had the ability to control her husband's six concubines, and she would not press the gourd like Lady Wang and Aunt Zhao did, nor would she shout and kill like Wang Xifeng.
However, one thing that many people may have noticed is that although Jia Daishan has six concubines, he has not mentioned a "child", at least he definitely has no son.
So, why did Jia Daishan have no other children? We will never know the story of that year, but there are still some clues in the original text that can make us "far-fetched".
When Leng Zixing first gave a speech on Rong Guofu, he mentioned Jia Daishan's children, and only said jia shu, Jia Zheng, and Jia Min, who were born to Jia Mu, and the three of them were all concubines.
In addition, Leng Zixing heard Jia Yucun say that after Jia Min died, he sighed and said, "There are four old sisters, this one is extremely small, and it is gone." The sisters of the older generation, not a single one is gone. Just look at this younger generation, how will the future east bed be. ”
There were also four daughters of Jia Min's generation, but unfortunately they all died every day. Among them, it is not excluded that there will be another mother Jia,but there must also be a concubine born to other concubines.
Jia Min's three sisters will certainly not be born in Ningguo Mansion like Jia Xichun. Xi Chun's situation is special, her mother died after giving birth to her, and was ordered by Jia Mu to be held by Lady Wang, so that she would rank with the other three springs. However, Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, and Jia Baoyu were not ranked, which proved that Ning Guofu and Rong Guofu were ranked separately.
The "four old sisters" that Leng Zixing said should all be the daughters of Jia Daishan. Jia Mu also said that she had these "children", Jia Min, the mother who loved Lin Daiyu alone, and there were other daughters.
If Jia Daishan's concubines gave birth to three daughters, naturally there were not many. But in ancient times, childbearing was one thing, giving birth was another, and surviving was even more so. The proportion of miscarriages, dystocia and premature death is too large, which is also the reason why Jia Daishanshu rarely has children. Even If it is Jia Mu, there is no guarantee that she will only have three children in her life.
It is certain that Jia Daishan did not have a son, and it can only be said that this is a "fluke" of Jia Mu.
Although Jia Mu had two sons, Jia Yu and Jia Zheng, there was no need to worry about Shuzi snatching the inheritance rights. However, once a son appears, it is easy to cause "disharmony" in the family.
For example, when Jia Huan was born, Madame Wang was quite wary of him, not only was she not responsible for her upbringing, but she also secretly used the hysterical birth mother to raise Jia Huan by exerting pressure on Aunt Zhao.
Lady Wang calculated jia huan, and aunt Zhao also calculated her concubine Jia Baoyu for her son.
"Evil Magic Sister Brother Feng Five Ghosts", that is, Aunt Zhao bought Ma Daobao to kill her concubine Jia Baoyu. Once Jia Baoyu died, Jia Huan became the fourth generation heir of the Rongguo Mansion, inheriting the Rongguo Mansion that belonged to Jia Zheng.
Of course, there are also "conspiracy theories" that jia mu is not guaranteeing her advantages through any means, it is difficult to say anything good and evil inside the giants, this kind of thing Cao Xueqin did not write, we do not speculate.
Jia Mu has a cheerful personality and a kind heart, not the kind of person who is vicious and fierce, and similar speculations are not based.
To find out what happens next, look at the next breakdown!
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