The Jia family is rich and noble, and it is deserved! The Jia family, founded by the brothers Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong, started from a high point where there was no seal.
As the founder of a generation of dynasties at that time, the Jia family ranked second of the four kings and eight dukes, and was the undisputed head of the eight dukes. The power held by two princes will not be much worse than that of one prince.
A clue can also illustrate the importance of the Jia family, from the Duke of Ningguo to Jia Daihua to Wang Zi teng, the "Jingying" that protected the safety of the capital was controlled by the Jia family for three generations for decades. Take control of the security of the emperor and the capital. It not only represents the trust of the emperor, but also proves that the Jia family is bound to be rich and noble in its hands.
Until this generation of emperors ascended the throne and took back the Beijing camp from the hands of Prince Teng, the Jia family began to plummet.
When Lin Daiyu entered the Jia Mansion, the Jingying was still in the hands of Prince Teng, and it was also in the hands of the Jia family in disguise. Although Leng Zixing said that the Jia family is not as good as before, it is just an outsider corner. Where is the real wealth that Leng Zixing can know.
The Jia family that Lin Daiyu personally saw was the most real situation. As the daughter of the Seven Pins Patrol Salt Imperial History, although Lin Ruhai's official position is not high, she is also from a family of official eunuchs, especially the lin family's four generations of Marquis Shuxiang Mendi, and the foundation is even deeper.
At this time, the Lin family was no longer hereditary marquis, and it was no longer rich. Lin Daiyu was only from the family of the Seven Pins Patrol Salt Imperial History. But her vision and insight are far higher than Liu Grandma's education.
But Lin Daiyu was still cautious when she came to the Jia family, and the wealth and prosperity of the Jia family far exceeded the imagination of Daiyu, who was only seven or eight years old.
(The third time) And it is said that when Dai Yu abandoned the boat and landed on the shore that day, there was a vehicle sent by the Rong Guo Mansion to dispatch a palanquin and pull luggage for a long time, and Lin Dai Yu often heard his mother say that his grandmother's family was different from other families. The degree of food and clothing of these third-class servants he had seen in recent days was already extraordinary, let alone now in his home. Therefore, step by step, always care, not easy to say a word, one more step, lest he be shamed and laughed at him.
Some views that Lin Daiyu's restraint is "polite" are not correct. In ancient times, everyone's upbringing should be generous and elegant.
Later, Xue Baochao entered Jia Province, and Xue Baoqin's performance in Jia Province was in line with the generousness of falling, and there was nothing uncomfortable.
On the contrary, Xing Xianyan was somewhat similar to Lin Daiyu. She lives in the spring room, and even has to pawn cotton clothes to make some mother-in-law and handmaidens, not for fear of being ridiculed and laughed at.
When Lin Daiyu was a child, she heard her mother Jia Min say that her grandmother's family was "different from other families", first of all, it was different from the Lin family, and it was also different from the family they came into contact with on a daily basis.
"Different" is not a rule of etiquette, a different style of acting, but a difference in status and wealth.
The Jia family in Jia Min's mouth is a first-class rich and noble family. Madame Wang later proved this.
The third-class servant women sent by Jia Mu to pick up Lin Daiyu were all "eating and wearing degrees, which are already extraordinary."
"Extraordinary" refers to being extraordinary, beyond the high specifications that Lin Daiyu believes.
Ancient societies had very strict hierarchical requirements for inferior people. If the master's identity is not enough, the slave is not allowed to wear silk satin, let alone excessive decoration.
The Zhen family in Jiangnan, which was similar to the Jia family, sent four women from the Jia family, dressed not much different from their masters, and Jia Mu's Rongguo Gong's edict was higher than that of all the zhen family.
The third-class servants of the Jia family are "extraordinary" in eating and wearing, which is enough to prove the status and wealth of the Jia family. Lin Daiyu, who was new to the world, was amazed and not surprised.
In Lin Daiyu's eyes, the Rongguo Mansion was prosperous, and the qualities, conversations, and rules of the servants in each room were more distinctive. Pay attention at all times, pay attention everywhere, do not dare to say more, do not dare to do more, for fear of being "laughed at" by others.
Who would be laughed at? Grandma Liu will be laughed at. Xing Xianyan's poor family would be looked down upon. Therefore, Ping'er's shrimp whisker bracelet was lost, and Wang Xifeng's first suspect was Xing Xiuyan's little girl.
If you change the family of a family that is similar to the rich and noble jia family, you will not worry about being laughed at. Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baochao and Xue Baoqin, who belonged to the same four major families, were not as restrained as Lin Daiyu.
Lin Daiyu's step by step is careful, and the wealth of the Jia family exceeds her life experience at that time. Just by her personal servant Snow Goose and Jia Mu's personal servant Mandarin Duck, you can compare the huge gap between the two families.
The Jia family is divided into one, two or three grades, and the master's side is divided into first class, second class and little girl, plus the first three grade rough servants. In learning the rules and etiquette, the little girl has not yet been graded.
The standard of the snow goose is only enough for the little girl, not even the second class girl. There are views that the Jia family has a good one, and Lin Ruhai does not bring it to his daughter, which is not in line with people's common sense!
The wealth of the Jia family was truly revealed through Lin Daiyu's eyes. It is precisely because of Lin Daiyu's extraordinary that it highlights the wealth and luxury of the Jia family.
Cao Xueqin borrowed the "narration" of Leng Zixing and Xing'er, the personal experiences of Lin Daiyu, Liu Grandma and Xue Baoqin, and the daily life of the Jia family, which continued to present a full picture of the rich and powerful.
At that time, the Jia family was much weaker than before, compared to its heyday. But the standard of rich and noble life, at least when Lin Daiyu came to the Jia family, still retained most of it.
But Madame Wang also said that Wang Xifeng and her sisters had not experienced great wealth. When Jia Min was at home, it was the true prosperity of the Jia family. I don't know what the situation is.
What Lin Daiyu saw was that in the end it was not as good as before.
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