The thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh appreciations of the "Golden Plum Bottle": Zhai Butler sent books to find concubines, and Ximen Qing offered concubines for glory
The great love novel "Jin Ping Mei" depicts the rise and fall of Ximen Qing's family.
Ximen Qingben was a rich man in Qinghe County, and at first he just "opened a raw medicine shop in front of the county." However, a few years later, he became a huge rich man and was "promoted" to the position of deputy to the deputy head of the local prison. An important way for Ximen Qing to become a tai is to collude with power traitors and gain officials by profiting. Previously, he "was in charge of this official business in the county, and talked to people about things for money, traffic officials." The people of Manchuria knew that he had contacts with Zhixian and the prefect, and they were all afraid of him. Later, as soon as he paid for his birthday, he got a black gauze hat and became a deputy qianhu, and even more so, he "sent the Tengwang Pavilion when the wind came". The family property continued to increase with the increase of status, and from then on, Ximen Qing's official fortunes were prosperous and his wealth flourished.
Zhai Qian is the father of Master Cai's great housekeeper, Ximen Qing colluded with Master Cai to rely on Zhai Qian's introduction, and Ximen Qing of course knew that he could not make friends with Master Cai Qian without the bridge of Zhai Qian. "Ximen Qing buys a concubine for Zhai Qian" is the depiction of Ximen Qing's despicable behavior of not sparing expenses and trying to find a concubine for a young woman for Zhai Butler, which profoundly exposes the ugly face of the feudal nobles who covet pleasure.
For Ximen Qing, Master Cai can be said to be "as heavy as a mountain". At first, Yu gave the matter to overthrow Viceroy Yang and harm Ximen Qing. Son-in-law Chen Economic and daughter Ximen eldest sister fled home, Ximen Qing was surprised to see the report, and rushed to make some ceremonies and sent Wang to protect the Operation of the Taishi Mansion in Tokyo. Master Cai saved Ximen Qing's fate.
The day of Mrs. Cai's birthday is naturally the best opportunity for Ximen Qingba to commit adultery. He sent Baotong Wu to escort a heavy birthday to the Cai Mansion for Taishi Hexi.
Ximen Qing's birthday gift to Master Cai was extraordinary, gold and silver jewelry, everything was available, golden light was dazzling, full of dazzling, how Master Cai did not like it. To receive the gifts of others, there is naturally an answer, and the gift of the Master is nothing more than a promotion. So Ximen Qing paid the birthday burden in exchange for a thousand households of black hats. Ximen Qing wants to be promoted to an official and get rich, and he cannot do without the towering tree of Master Cai Taishi, and Zhai Qian is the great steward of Master Cai, and Ximen Qing understands that he must firmly grasp this "guide" of the entrance in order to have close contacts with the Taishi Mansion. Buying a concubine for Zhai Qian is certainly a good opportunity to settle down.
The interaction between the city servants, but the relationship of mutual use. Zhai Qian knew his weight in front of Ximen Qing, so when he came to Bao and Wu to send off his birthday, he asked Ximen Qing to find a woman for him as a concubine. Shameless, he said to Lypao:
"I will be forty years old, I often have diseases, there is nothing around me, the central and your father, only say that you are precious, there are good talented women, regardless of fifteen or sixteen up and down, find one for me to send, how many gifts, I will give them one by one."
Who knows, Ximen Qingde official forgot things, and when he asked, he actually forgot Zhai Dapa's instructions. However, Zhai Qian was thinking about it in his heart, and specially repaired the book to urge, which made Ximen Qing busy, if it were not for Wu Yueniang's advice to slow down the army, there was really a danger of breaking off the relationship between the Taishifu and the Government.
The author of "Jin Ping Mei" exposes the decaying darkness of feudal society. In this passage, on the one hand, a rich and powerful person who has pleasure, is forty years old, and is ill, and wants to find a woman of fifteen or sixteen as a concubine. On the one hand, it is ignorant of conscience, helping to be abusive, as long as the master likes, no matter how poor people suffer.
The two are compared, and the world is bitter and bitter, all in it!
"Ximen Qing bought a concubine for Zhai Qian" and Ximen Qing befriended Cai Zhuangyuan were written cross-over, and the thirty-sixth time Zhai Qian sent a letter at the beginning, in addition to urging the concubine to be found, he also introduced Cai Zhuangyuan to Ximen Qing in writing. The letter said: "The new Yuan, Cai Yiquan, is the false son of the old master, who returned to his hometown and relatives, and still hopes to stay a meal after passing through your place." ”
The author writes two things sandwiched together. Seemingly bland, its practical meaning is profound. First, Ximen Qing bought concubines for Zhai Qian, not to befriend Master Cai? Cai Zhuangyuan is the false son of Taishi, and Ximen Qing can fellowship with him, and there is no more way to the Taishi Mansion? Second, Zhai Qian wanted Ximen Qing to find a concubine, and he must make Ximen Qing profitable, and the introduction of Cai Zhuangyuan was a "gift" to Ximen Qing. Therefore, this move is actually just mutual use. In addition, the author borrowed Zhai Qian's mouth to intentionally mention Cai Zhuangyuan as a false son of Taishi, laying the groundwork for Ximen Qing to worship Master Cai Taishi for gan's son later in the text. The author sandwiched Ximen Qing's friendship with Cai Zhuangyuan between Zhai Qian's sending of books and Ximen Qing's sending concubines to Beijing for Zhai Qian, which played a transitional role in the writing, so that Ximen Qing had time to arrange the search for a daughter, so that the thirty-seventh opening of the sect was clear, and the plot was naturally reasonable.
Through the story of "Ximen Qing buys concubines for Zhai Qian", the author shows the personality characteristics of Ximen Qing and Wu Yueniang very vividly. Ximen Qing was born and settled in the rich man's family, and he only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun all day long, and he was a typical clumsy disciple. He is not firm in his work, hypocritical to people, and he is yin and yang. Zhai Qian asked him to find a concubine on the day of Mrs. Cai's birthday, and after several months, he forgot. It is reasonable to think that the day of Master Cai's birthday is the time when Ximen Qing has become an official, and the things entrusted on this occasion should not be forgotten.
However, Ximen Qing was intoxicated by the pleasures of the officialdom and could not manage so much. Therefore, when Zhai Qian sent a book to ask, he panicked and hurriedly acted:
Call the matchmaker, and you tell him to be tight and tight, to find for me, no matter how big or small, as long as the good daughter, or fifteen six, seventeen or eighteen, how much money should be given, I am here with him. Don't embroider spring in Sister Li's room again, pour a good look, and go with him. ”
Ximen Qing was not sincere with Zhai Qian, and in order to socialize, he was overwhelmed in a hurry, and even had to use the servants in his room to replace him. Compared to Ximen Qing's panic, Wu Yueniang seemed very calm:
"I said you are a fiery leg licensor for two or three months, what did you do earlier, people asked you to go, for him to see a real woman, he also thanked you." You, you've taken her again, how can you send her? You do it for him, and he will do it for you tomorrow..."
Wu Yueniang was indeed different, not only did she not panic in the face of chaos, but her vision was farther than Ximen Qing's. While Ximen Qing scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, Wu Yueniang came up with a good idea for him:
"When the person who retrieves the book tomorrow comes, get tangled up with him more, write it on the book, and reply to him." Only said that the woman found it, but the clothes and makeup were not done, and when the time came, someone sent it. Send the messenger to go, and it is not too late to teach people to find him here. ”
It's a two-pronged fight. Here the author portrays Ximen Qing's scheming personality of this "Xian Neisuke" as Wei Miao Wei Xiao.
Ximen Qing, such a scoundrel, rose smoothly and became a county dignitary, relying on money, and the history of Ximen Qing's origins becoming Thai, to put it bluntly, is a history of using filth to get rich and using wealth to climb the magnates.