Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

Baoqin's ill fiancé finally died, and the Mei family asked her to hold a memorial tablet to pay homage, even Mr. Zheng scolded her as "ridiculous".

Isn't Mr. Zheng the most Confucian scholar who defends orthodoxy? How could he say this?

Master Jia is loyal to the emperor, loyal to the emperor, and defends the emperor's way, everything else is evil!

In this dynasty, it was only sixty years since the Tai~Zu~Huang finally brought peace to the world. When Jia Zheng was young, he was seriously short of men, and it was common for childless widows to remarry.Nowadays, there is not so much lack of people. There are rotten Confucian scholars who are listed as chastity ~ women begging for chastity ~ Jiefang. The emperor is annoyed. If you think about it, can such luxuries be given now?Therefore, the Ministry of Rites ordered the Ministry of Rites to "inspect and reward the previous generation, and leave behind those who have not been invited. No matter monks, nuns, beggars, women, etc., there is one thing to be commended, that is, to send their resumes to the Ministry of Rites for a reward." For this reason, Mr. Zheng held an elegant gathering in Rongfu to collect elegy poems (see Chapter 140).Later, the emperor bestowed this gift and that, but he didn't even bestow a chastity card, and even used the blood skirt case to drive the young nun out of the nunnery to get married.

The government official who is extremely loyal to the emperor can't approve of the Mei family's actions against the holy will.

Mrs. Wang also felt that the Mei family was too much. She said that if the eldest son of Chengsi died, he could adopt the eldest son from among the brothers and carry the Baoqin through the door. What is absurdity called?

After hearing this, Mr. Zheng felt more and more that he could stand on his feet both emotionally and rationally, so he persuaded Mei Hanlin as Baoqin's adoptive father, but he was sprayed by the "big Confucianism" who had always admired him, and he fell down angrily.

This angered Bao Xiucai, the "seven orifices and bad water heart", and he still has some feelings for the fake father.

Originally, in order to prevent himself from being dragged into this matter, he had been suppressing Xue Pan who was furious, saying that he would wait until Xue Biao rushed back to Beijing from Pingan Prefecture. Xue Biao was Baoqin's brother. Qin lifted the door.Now he is angry, but he is just a low-level seventh-grade sour ding in the Hanlin Academy, bullying the men!So he picked out some good deeds from the Confucian scholars who had been pestering him for remuneration, and they went to Mei's house as juniors to pay homage to Mrs. Mei.

The younger generation came to the door to perform the ceremony very respectfully, comforted the senior Mei, and comforted Mei's peers, expressing surprise at the inconsistency between the funeral of the Mei family and the etiquette.

After all, Mei Hanlin was born as a nobleman, so there are so many inconsistencies in hosting an old mother's funeral?

certain!No one can 100% follow the ancient etiquette, and besides, Mrs. Mei and her grandson's funeral will be held together.Under a certain mean mouth, Mei Xiaozi became a model of hypocrisy, filial piety and hypocrisy, greedy for money and despicable.It should be known that the accumulated amount of money sent to the Mei family by the royal merchant Xue's family is frightening. A certain person who is the younger brother of the Xue family's mother and the family head's first cousin has a high degree of credibility in what he said.

Bao Xiucai used the dictionary elegantly and euphemistically, but Mei Hanlin didn't realize it at first, and the Confucians took a deep breath when they heard it, and all of them were disdainful before recalling it.

Bao Xiucai had a look of disbelief, and interjected softly: "The Imperial Academy didn't allocate the repair fee for ancient books? I haven't heard Jiayan say that."

The Confucian scholars despised him even more: Mr. Jia is a supervisor sent by the Ministry of Rites, so do you know if the Imperial Academy allocates funds?I've heard that the surname Mei likes to seek fame and reputation, it really is a disgrace to scholars, even dare to tarnish the reputation of the Imperial Academy!

Bao Xiucai sighed: "Senior Mei is a model for the younger generation! You must not mourn too much, the old man has not yet passed a hundred days, and the younger generation heard that your mansion only waited for a hundred days to marry a wife for Brother An Xin. Only then will the boss be able to let go of his worries."

The Confucianists couldn't bear it any longer, and they shouted loudly: Shangbeng, mother's funeral, only remember to marry a wife for the dead concubine, who is it?

A Confucian shouted: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!"

All the Confucianists shouted in response: "Filial piety, loyalty, propriety, righteousness and integrity!"

This couplet is absolutely stolen from later generations by Bao Mingshi. The first couplet is a metaphor for "Wang Ba" (the homonym of Wang~Ba), and the second couplet is a metaphor for "shameless".

Mei Hanlin finally fell down, Bao Xiucai was full of panic, and rushed to support him before he fell to the ground, slamming into his crowd.Mei Hanlin cried out in pain, the Confucian scholars only regarded him as pretending to be dizzy and disdain him even more.

Bao Xiucai bowed respectfully and bowed: "Marrying a daughter who has not yet reached the age of Ji for the deceased is an unprecedented feat in the capital. The younger generation waits for the ceremony to be completed." After saying this, he shook his sleeves and left, followed by the Confucianists who were constantly scolding.

In fact, Baoqin's birthday is the twelfth of September, only a few days after Shangbeng's birth, so the Mei family would say this.But the outsiders don't know that a lady's birthday, everyone scolds the Mei family for forcing a dead man to marry a living man, it doesn't count, she is still a girl who is not as good as Ji, or the orphan of a benefactor who supported Mei Hanlin all the way to obtain fame, what a pig and dog!As for the engagement of the Mei and Xue families, it was ignored...

Well, the bottom line is that Mei Hanlin doesn't know how to be a human being, and there are too many Hanlins who have offended him.It is said that as long as he understands the ways of the world, he would not ask Bao Qin to hold a memorial tablet to pay homage.The Xue family is a businessman, not a family of scribes who want to be famous, so how could they promise?That is, Xue Biao doesn't take his sister seriously, and only cares about benefits. How can the Mei family give Xue Biao what to send his sister to be a widow?

Mei Hanlin was born as a poor man with no foundation in the court, but within a few days, there was an impeachment by the censor.

The emperor is immersed in grief, hearing that such an unfaithful, filial and heartless person will almost go to prison.It was the head of the Imperial Academy who pleaded for him with a few fair words, and the emperor endured his anger and punished him lightly: "Being unkind and unfilial, I will never use it!"

Mei Hanlin, no, it was Mei Jinshi who managed to keep his fame.The Mei family is not from the capital, and their origin is not far away, in Meijia Village in Shuntian Prefecture.Mr. Mei died early. According to the etiquette system, Mei Jinshi is not to worry about his mother Ding for one year, but to tie a hut in front of the widowed mother's grave for three years.The Mei family was ashamed to stay in the capital any longer, and as soon as Mrs. Mei's [-] days passed, the whole family helped the coffin back to their hometown.

Ping'an Prefecture is only a thousand miles away from the capital. Xue Biao rushed back to the capital on the fourth day after Mei Anxin's death. pro paperwork.

Mei Jia is willing to do this, of course, because the handle falls into the hands of Xue Biao.Mei Jinshi himself is really an upright person, but he can't keep his family in good order, and his eldest son actually outsourced a red prostitute.Ordinarily, this son is just a scholar who has not yet become an official, and he was not hired during the filial piety of the country. He must have committed no crimes, but he has a bad reputation.But Confucian scholars value reputation, what future is there without reputation?At that time, Mei Jinshi hadn't received the "never use" edict, so he would no longer insist on marrying Baoqin for his dead son.

And Xue Biao will have this proof, he was the one who set up a trap to get Uncle Mei into a trap. At that time, he wanted to bribe the successor of the Mei family, so that Baoqin would not be too hard to bear after passing through the door. Unexpectedly, Mei Anxin died before marriage as he wished. .

It is said that if Mei Anxin did not die, Bao Qin would not get married this year, because until the death of the Supreme Emperor, the Mei family never came to invite her for a wedding date.The old lady Mei died, and the Mei family had nothing to say. The grandson had to keep a filial piety for his grandmother for a year, and the Mei family should have said that they would get married when Mei Anxin fulfilled her filial piety.It can be seen that the Mei family did not take the Xue family seriously, and would marry Mei Anxin after Mei Anxin's death, probably thinking that Baoqin would marry another, and the Xue family would not give money to the Mei family, so Baoyu was not wrong.

In mid-August, Liang Chalian escorted Xin Liang back to Beijing.This is the subordinate of Shandong Liangdao, and there is also a grain messenger who lives in Shuntian Mansion with him.The food in Shandong is good, and new grain is sent to Beijing twice a year as a tribute. It was not the turn of Erxin to go to Qiulian.

Lian Er was busy collecting grain, and when Lian Er arrived in Beijing, he found out that Mei's family wanted to carry a qin to be a widow. On the scene, but still sent someone to deliver harsh words.It's not unrelated to the fact that the Mei family went back to their original place as soon as Sanqi passed. They could be considered to understand that the Rong family was not a good family, and the pedantic Jia Zheng and the Xue family were not something the Mei family could bully.

Lian Er was only at home for a few days, and he was still busy with business. He had been thinking about playing Baoqin for a long time. After asking Jia Cong what he meant, he immediately ran to beg Master Xi to marry Baoqin for his younger brother.Mr. Xi has a good impression of Xue's family, and he doesn't pay much attention to a concubine. It's no big deal to change relatives. Baoqin is not the sister-in-law of Pan's son-in-law, so he invites the political brother and his wife.

Mr. Zheng hesitated, but Mrs. Wang repeatedly claimed to be kind, saying that it would be a great thing to get married——Bao Qin was the third wife of Cong, and she was the best choice for the second wife!As for Baoqin's "killing her fiancé-in-law and getting divorced", what does it matter to her?Adopted daughters are not a big deal, and since there is no genealogy, Lin Xing and his wife are both adopted children of Zhong Jinghou and his wife.

After hearing this, Jia's mother even said that she was kind. She didn't mention how much she liked Baoqin. She only said that she would do it again next year. She said that she is now in the limelight.

Brother Pan Tiao is very willing, and Mrs. Xue Wang has no objection. In this situation, Baoqin can marry the concubine of the Rong Mansion, let alone her own daughter. ?

That's it.It is also Baoqin who knows how to be a man, which wins the favor of Rongfu.Especially Cong children's shoes, Miss Qin is so beautiful, he never thought that she could become his wife.

Lian was full of ambitions, and by the way, agreed to Bihen for the hoe medicine.Bihen's parents are a little suspicious, and they have been released. They still want to let Bihen be the second master Bao's roommate, so Baoyu can't handle it.Now that the patriarch of the old Jia's family has spoken, Bihen's mother-in-law dare not not agree.Uh, during the peak marriage season, Mingyan married Sheyue, and Saohong married her charming stepdaughter, Daya.One of the earliest four servants had only Mo Yu who was still single, and the Chen family's family was not well off, so they said that they would discuss marriage after he had passed the written examination and became a petty official.This son got married late, until Jia's mother passed away.It turned out that he fell in love with Yuanyang a long time ago. Yuanyang swore not to marry Yuanyang without being pardoned by the master to force her to become a concubine.

Gossip aside.But Lian Er was ready to return to Shandong after handing over his business, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly transferred him to Suzhou Weaving Supervision.

The weaving supervisor is also a five-rank, but it is quite different from the five-rank grain. It is a full-time job, and there are only three weaving supervisors in the country. They are located in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Ningxia, where weaving is developed. Machine tax, etc., also manage the procurement in the palace and other affairs assigned by the emperor, and supervise the local area, and can report to the emperor.This post has always been held by a senior fifth-rank doctor sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but Suzhou Weaving is too senior and old to take the post.Six hundred miles quickly went to Beijing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to send a spare doctor, but was rejected by the emperor, saying that the old doctor was on his way to his post on a flying horse, and Jia Liangchai happened to be in the capital, just right,

In fact, it is inappropriate, so I don’t want to mention the senior ones. Officials in this dynasty should be thousands of miles away from home. The Jia family’s ancestral home is Jinling. Bend... It's on the border of Jinling, it's impossible to be four hundred miles away.But the emperor said it was thousands of miles, so it must be thousands of miles away.Furthermore, the Rong Mansion is in the capital, so it can be said that it is thousands of miles away from home.

Since then, Lian Er has embarked on the road of earning money for the emperor, which saved him from being blinded by a non-graduate in the household department.

Lian weaving wants to "take the post on a flying horse". Bao Yusi and the two families who have been in Jiangnan weaving for a long time during the Kangxi era, the red scholar, told the troubled brothers that they would rather offend the villain than be greedy.

Lian Er comforted the troubled brother: "I should be sent for the year-end tax. In this dynasty, the position is changed every year. When changing positions, the settlement of accounts is strict. There has never been anyone who stepped down because of corruption. It's just that old guy who doesn't live up to expectations. He died in less than a year, and next year the Ministry of Internal Affairs will definitely choose a younger person to take over."

Lian's second guess is correct, but this position is always changed on the official New Year's opening day, so he has been in it for more than a year.Next, he was still poor in dry fertilizer, but not a good one. At that time, there was a riot in the mining area of ​​Shu Province due to the plague, and he was appointed as the mine supervisor of Shu Province when he was in danger.

Baoyu didn't know that Brother Nan would become a more dangerous official. He was always worried that weaving would be difficult and he couldn't help, so he could only learn from the women in the inner house.

The family members didn't know what he meant, they just thought he was praying for Second Mistress Bao to give birth to a big fat boy, and they all secretly had fun.

I don't know if the Bodhisattva is annoyed, but the Taishang Emperor moved his coffin to the imperial mausoleum at one end, and the other end reported that Lian's Second Grandma would be buried on the ninth day of September.

The death of the clan's wife is a major event. The political master is an elder and has business affairs, so there is no need to go.Mrs. Wang's husband sings and his wife follows, and Kong's big belly is naturally impossible.So the second room was sent to Jinling by Baoyu and Li Wan's mother and son.

Xue Pan is Sister Feng's cousin, and he is worried about Uncle Lian, so they go south together.Liu Xianglian wanted to follow, but Baoyu asked him to help look after Rongfu and honor his parents for him.

The big house pardons the old man who has been ill for a long time and is his father-in-law, so he doesn't need to go.Mrs. Xing should serve Mr. She when she is sick. She shouldn't move. She kowtows and begs in front of Jia Mu's seat.Jiamu knew what she was thinking, but she was just afraid that the Wang family would marry another daughter to Lian Er, and Prince Teng had gone to guard the imperial tomb, so she didn't want to remarry with the Wang family, so she gave her permission.

So the big house only left the concubine Jia Cong to take care of the sick master, and Mrs. Xing went south with Sister Feng's own daughter Qiao, three concubine children and Aunt Xing.Qin Zhong and sister Qiao were engaged, and they went together.

Each of the relatives sent one or two people. Jia Rui was an orphan, so he didn't have to stay in Tiekan Temple for three years, and together with Xiao Xia, he helped the grandparents' coffins go south.

There are many female relatives and babies, so going south is naturally by boat.Mrs. Xing is a first-class imperial order, and there are juniors who are good at handling common affairs to manage internally and externally, so it can be regarded as smooth sailing.

It was 49 days earlier than the arrival at Jinling Old House.Lian Er was not seen in the old house, and they were greeted by the brothers of the Wang family, Aunt Ping and the old servants of the old house.Wang You told Zhilian that the second master had business affairs and could not wait for a long time. With his approval, Sister Feng's body had been burned.

Mrs. Xing cursed violently, everyone wept bitterly, but they were secretly relieved, tuberculosis can be passed on to others!

After burning, there will be an altar of ashes, as well as clothes and hats, which can also be set up in the mandala to do Buddhist ceremonies, and the funeral will be held after the hundred-day sacrifice.

Ping'er rushed to Suzhou from Shandong with Lian'er's staff team, and went to Jinling for the funeral before he even breathed out, so thin that only a skeleton remained.Amid all the wailing, probably only she and sister Qiao were really sad.

The most pathetic thing is a fake stone, all relying on ginger juice to induce tears.He knew very well that Sister Feng was not to mention how strong she was, and he still admired Sister Feng in his private heart, but he did not agree with each other and did not make an alliance.

The Hundred Days Ceremony is already in the twelfth lunar month, and the clansmen have no way to rush back to the capital before the year. Anyway, there are people from every family, and the patriarch is in Suzhou. Everyone agrees to worship the ancestors at the ancestral graves for the New Year this year.

In this way, Sister Feng's "burial" simply dragged on and came from Suzhou after Lian's second seal.

Lian Er is a straightforward person, and when he arrives, he promises that Mrs. Xing will help Aunt Xing, but asks her to deal with Jia's mother.Mrs. Xing knew it was not easy, so she could only think hard about how to do it.So it was agreed that Mrs. Xing would bring her family back to the north after the new year, that Qiao's sister, Xing Xiuyan, and three brothers and sisters, Coriander and Qiong, would stay in the ancestral village, and that Qin Zhong would go to Suzhou with Lian Er. ).

The winter in Jinling is also cold enough, but fortunately, the ancestral tomb and ancestral village are not far away.The original ancestral village was built by Jia Zhen as a luxurious villa, and when the clan was divided, Ningfu naturally got it.The ancestral villa of Rongfu was built after Lian Er paid for the money, and Sister Feng sent someone to build the villa. Sister Feng's handwriting...is only slightly inferior to the ancestral villa of Ningfu.Although it was against Helian's Er Baoyu's low-key principle, there was no need to listen to complaints from relatives.

After the burial, go back to the village and set up a plain banquet.After the meal and the chores are over, the troubled brothers and sisters can finally talk in private. Baoyu said, "Sister Qiao has an extra daughter-in-law, Caiming. I don't want to ask more questions. Do you have a clue?"

Lian Er pouted self-deprecatingly: "Master, you're open to the room! When Aunt Xing straightens up, she will be the new aunt. I have no choice but to bring Ping'er with me. She doesn't care, and turns the false words into the truth. Anyway, Caiming is still counting. Be honest, and let her serve Miss Qiao."

Caiming was originally Baoyu's maidservant. He thought he was responsible, and sighed: "That's it, you take a look at the sky and call Caiming. If you have something difficult to say, I will beat it. Women don't understand how difficult it is to be an official." , since you went to Suzhou, no, since you went to Shandong, my little heart has been hanging around, worrying alone is not as good as worrying about others, please share your worries!"

Lian Er burst into laughter, and then sighed bitterly: "Who said it wasn't? I wish I could make a mistake and be dismissed from office, and I couldn't decide what to do, so I had to support my concubine as a wife. .”

Baoyu's heart was full of emotions, and he murmured: "Some people skipped the night to go to the examination room, and some people resigned and returned to their hometown..."

The author has something to say: in troubled times, you must have the ability of a fox