The young master who had never appeared was the key figure in the dream of the Red Chamber who caused the tragedy of Li Yi's life
Li Feng was already a widow when he appeared in the fourth appearance of the Dream of the Red Chamber, her husband Jia Zhu was the eldest son of Jia Zheng and Lady Wang, unfortunately, the young master of the Rongguo Mansion never appeared in the story but died early. After Jia Zhu's death, Li Feng's life has changed a lot, she began to raise her young son Jia Lan at home alone from the once beautiful housekeeper grandmother, living a widowed life of dead wood, and the colors of life have been gray since then. And that great young master Jia Zhu, who had never appeared, became the key figure in the dream of the Red Chamber that caused the tragedy of Li Yi's life.
So after the death of her husband Jia Zhu, what changes has changed in Li Feng's life?
First, the heirs of Rong Guofu have changed.
The core of religious inheritance is the inheritance system of the eldest son, which is limited to the eldest son of the concubine, and the eldest son of the concubine is the eldest son, and the eldest son of the concubine is the second son, the eldest son of the concubine, the second son of the concubine, the first son of the concubine or the grandson, the first son of the concubine, the eldest son of the concubine, or the grandson of the concubine, and the heir can be established in the same sect.
According to the provisions of the patriarchal system and the inheritance system of the eldest son, in ancient times, it was the inheritance system of the eldest son, after the death of the second generation of Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan, the hereditary title of Rong Guofu was hereditary by the eldest son Jia Zheng, and the second son Jia Zheng was deeply loved by his grandfather Jia Yuan, the first generation of RongGuo Gong, and was given an additional position as the chief of the affairs by the emperor, and did not get out of Kejia again.
It is reasonable to say that the title of Rong Guofu was hereditary by the eldest son Jia Yu, and the power of the family's stewardship should also be controlled by Jia Yu and his wife, but Jia Mu gave the stewardship power of the Rong Guo Mansion to the second son Jia Zheng, and also let the eldest son Jia Yu move to the courtyard separated by the garden of the Rong Guo Mansion, leaving Jia Zheng's family and Jia Mu living in rong xi hall.
Jia Mu's arrangement also laid the groundwork for the contradiction between the two houses of Rong Guofu, according to the provisions of the patriarchal system and the inheritance system of the eldest son of Rong Guofu, the heir of Rong Guofu should be the eldest grandson of Jia Zheng, that is, Jia Lian's son Jia Lian, even if Jia Lian is childless, he also needs to choose one of the sons of Jia Huan to inherit, and from Jia Mu's arrangement, the heir of Rong GuoFu has become Jia Zheng's talented and outstanding eldest son Jia Zhu.
Jia Zhu was no longer there when Leng Zixing gave a speech on the Rong Guo Mansion, which made the originally very clear heir of the Rong Guo Mansion suspense again, the candidates included Jia Baoyu's eldest son Jia Lian, Jia Zheng's second son Jia Baoyu, there seems to be no longer a matter of Jia Zhu's son Jia Lan, the fourth time Jia Lan appeared in the Dream of the Red Chamber, he was five years old, but because of the death of his father Jia Zhu, he had already lost the qualification to inherit the Rong Guo Mansion, which was also the main reason why Aunt Zhao's mother and son were plotting to kill Bao Yu.
In the cognition of Aunt Zhao's mother and son, once the concubine Baoyu is gone, the inheritance of rongguofu will fall into the hands of Jia Huan. In fact, this is even the unilateral idea of Aunt Zhao's mother and son, even if Baoyu is gone, the power of the RongGuo Mansion will not fall into the hands of Shuzi Jia Huan, and Jia Lian, the eldest grandson of the long house, is there. It is just that the power of Jia Zheng's branch is according to the provisions of the inheritance system of the eldest son, and after the death of the eldest son Jia Zhu, it should be inherited by Jia Zhu's concubine Jia Lan, but at that time, Jia Zheng and Lady Wang's second son Jia Baoyu were there, and with Jia Mother and Lady Wang's favor for Bao Yu, the golden phoenix of Rong GuoFu was no longer Jia Zhu's son Jia Lan, but Lady Wang's younger son Jia Baoyu, which may also be the reason why Lady Wang alienated Li Yi's mother and son.
If Jia Zhu is alive, the successor of Rong Guofu will be born in Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, after Jia Zhu's death, even Jia Huan, the son of Jia Zhengshu, wants to share a piece of the pie, wants to fight for this inheritance, in order to swallow Jia Zheng's family property alone, Aunt Zhao mother and son will not hesitate to use witchcraft to harm Baoyu.
In fact, Jia Yu's eldest son Jia Lian was childless, and the most qualified successor of Rong Guofu should be Jia Zheng's eldest grandson Jia Lan, but Lady Wang would not do this, she had the most beloved youngest son Jia Baoyu, and the eldest grandson Jia Lan, who was originally the most qualified to inherit, lost all this because of the death of his father Jia Zhu.
After Jia Zhu's death, Li Yi's mother and son lost their dependence and became marginal figures in the Rongguo Mansion.
Second, after Jia Zhu's death, Li Feng lost the power of the housekeeper.
Although this Li Yi was widowed in youth, he was in the midst of the splendid embroidery of the anointed sorghum at home, and he saw and heard nothing like the dead ash of the wood, but he knew that the waiter had adopted his son, and the others were accompanied by the waiter's sister-in-law and other needles and reading.
The fourth time in the Dream of the Red Chamber, under Cao Xueqin's arrangement, li Feng, the grandmother of rongguo mansion who had lost her husband, officially appeared, but she was no longer as beautiful as Wang Xifeng, the second grandmother of Lian, Li Feng's identity at this moment was widowed, after the death of her husband Jia Zhu, Li Feng also lost the power of housekeeper, idle to raise and educate her young son at home, and sometimes took her sister-in-law to do some needlework and recite some poetry.
After Jia Zhu's death, Li Feng's life has changed a lot, she can no longer show her face, her job is replaced by Wang Xifeng, the second grandmother of Lian, and Li Feng can only idle at home at a young age. A woman who loses her husband, raises a young child alone, and loses her job, wanting to come to such a day also makes Li Feng feel insecure, which is also the reason why Li Feng continues to accumulate money, and it is also the reason why she is stingy.
It can be said that Jia Zhu's death provided an opportunity for Wang Xifeng to enter the power center of Rong Guofu, and also laid the groundwork for the decline of Rong Guofu. Of course, it also made Li Feng, who was originally unlimited, lose the power of the housekeeper and become a marginal figure in the Rong Guo Mansion.
Third, after Jia Zhu's death, Li Feng's life had no color.
After Jia Zhu's death, Li Feng lived a life of dead ash, her world was a piece of ash, she did not wear makeup, did not dress, usually on some important occasions, when others were happy to laugh, Li Feng was only a shallow smile, and did not say much. Only when the poetry club was started in the Grand View Garden did she briefly forget her pain and laugh with her sisters in the garden, and the rest of her life was lonely and colorless.
Because of the loss of her husband Jia Zhu, Li Feng's situation in Rongguo Mansion was very embarrassing, Jia Yuanchun returned home to the province, Li Feng should have been the protagonist, responsible for the work arrangements for welcoming the noble concubines home to the provincial relatives, but because of her widowed status, Li Feng's work was replaced by Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng became the beautiful second grandmother of the Rongguo Mansion.
After Li Feng lost her husband Jia Zhu, in addition to being idle at home to raise her young son Jia Lan, more of her life was lonely and gray, without the youthful brilliance that she should have at her age.
Bi Yue said, "Our grandmother didn't play, and she also detained the two aunts and girls." Now that the piano girl had gone with the old lady, she was even more cold. The two aunts will also be married until next winter, and it will be even more deserted. You see, there was a xiangling out of the treasure girl, like how many people were short, and the cloud girl was left alone. ”
From the words of Li Feng's handmaiden Biyue, it can be seen that there are few such lively scenes in the Yihong Courtyard in Daoxiang Village, and Li Feng himself does not play, and he also restricts his two younger sisters and Xue Baoqin. After Xue Baoqin moved away, Daoxiang Village became deserted, and if Li Feng's two younger sisters also left, Daoxiang Village would be even more deserted.
In fact, Li Feng's life is related to her widowed identity, and it can be seen from the Poetry Club in the Grand View Garden that Li Feng is not so unsmiling in her daily life, but because of her widowed status, she is more restrained and depressed in front of her elders, and she is trying to live as she does not like, and all this is related to Jia Zhu's death.
If Jia Zhu is still alive, Li Feng is a figure on the pyramid in the Rongguo Mansion, and her husband Jia Zhu entered school at the age of fourteen, is talented, and studies very hard, which is deeply loved by Jia Zheng and Jia Mother. In Madame Wang's words, if Jia Zhu was still alive, she wouldn't care if she hit Baoyu a hundred times. It can be seen that Jia Zhu is excellent, but it is a pity that this talented Young Master of rongguo mansion died before he had time to enter the career path.
Jia Zhu is the hope of Rong Guofu, and also the eldest son of Jia Zheng and Lady Wang who have placed more high hopes on him, and his death not only deeply shocked Jia Zheng and Lady Wang, but also the grief of Li Yi's life. After Jia Zhu's death, Li Yi's mother and son became marginal figures in the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Lan became a master with a very low sense of existence, and could only appear with his uncle Jia Huan, who was not valued, which was also the reason why Jia Lan became indifferent in the future.
His son Jia Lan is the eldest grandson of Jia Zheng and Lady Wang of the Rongguo Government, and his situation is still like this, not to mention that li Feng, who is widowed and has no dependence, in addition to suppressing herself to live a life of dead wood and ashes, her only hope is to cultivate her son Jia Lan and pin the hope of the second half of her life on her son. Fortunately, Jia Lan was more contentious and did not disappoint Li Feng, but after this child relied on his own efforts to seal his mother, unfortunately died early, of course, this is already the content of the last forty times.
It can be seen that for Li Feng, Jia Zhu is not only her husband, but also her dependence in the big family of Rong Guofu, once this person is lost, the situation of Li Feng's mother and son in Rong Guofu becomes very embarrassing, and Jia Lan's identity has become very delicate. Compared with her son, Lady Wang naturally likes her son Jia Baoyu more, but she rarely cares about this grandson, Jia Lan has become a child that Grandpa does not love and Grandma does not love, if it is not Jia Mu who has more compassion for Li Yi's mother and son, their situation in Rong Guo Mansion will be more difficult.
It can be seen from this that although the character of Jia Zhu has never appeared in the novel and has died on the scene, he has changed Li Feng's life, and he has also become a key figure in the tragedy of Li Feng's life.
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