Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Everyone said that Jia She, the elder of the Rongguo Mansion, was a well-known old dandy who could only read and write, and Wu could only ride a horse. He was far inferior to his younger brother Jia Zheng who could read.In the eyes of discerning people, this is a big joke.

This Jia Zheng is nothing more than pedantic, but if he can't write well, he can't do martial arts. He thinks he has a great talent, but he is still in vain.

In the Great Jing Dynasty, martial arts were the most important. This sentence is not only useful for knighted military officers, civil servants also rely on martial arts to promote themselves!According to the law, if the nobles want to attack the nobles, they must go to the battlefield and behead more than five people. If there is a border problem, all the nobles must also go to the battlefield to meet the enemy.That Mr. Jia She, looked like a good-for-nothing, but he also went to the battlefield with his father and killed people under his command.This is a military officer, and if a civil official wants to go from the fourth rank to the third rank, he has to go around the battlefield for one term. Even Feng Ao, the first assistant, was an official guard in northern Xinjiang when he was young.

On the face of it, Jia Zhengming disliked the vulgarity of martial arts, but in fact he didn't have the guts to go to the battlefield. Otherwise, relying on Jia Daishan and Jia's mother's love for him, he might not have a chance to win the title, but what about now?Even if Jia Zheng became an official, he might reach the fourth rank at most. If he wanted to go up, would he have the guts to go to the border?This alone is enough to hold him down for the rest of his life.

Jia Zhu, Jia Zheng's son, could be lifted out of the Gongyuan after all the imperial examinations. How can he pass the battlefield with this physique?If he can't go, the so-called son does not surpass his father, his father will be an official for a day, Jia Zhu will not be able to surpass his father for a day, and he will only be a fifth-rank official in this life.The officials of the Jing Dynasty can rule the army when they are on horseback, and they can calm the people when they are off their horses. Where is his position as Zhengqing of Dali Temple secure?

Because of this, Jiang Yuan didn't pay attention to Rongguo Mansion at all, but before he took revenge, Rongguo Mansion dealt with him again and again. Wouldn't it be sorry for himself if he didn't use some means?

The reason why Jiang Yuan didn't take revenge on the Rongguo Mansion this year was because he was busy getting rid of Jiang Kun, the right servant of the Ministry of War who was holding him back.After collecting several months of evidence, and presenting the letters between Jiang Kun and Beiman to the emperor, the Jiang Shilang who forced him to death was beheaded in the name of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and his whole family was also killed. Issue border crossings as slaves.Afterwards, Jiang Yuan was busy lobbying officials to defect to Prince Rui, even Fang Yue, who was as clean as water and had been promoted to Minister of Industry, was persuaded by him.

After all these things were done and the marriage was completed, Jiang Yuan thought of Rongguo Mansion.It's a bit difficult to shoot them to death, after all, the emperor is still protecting them.But who said that revenge has to be done in one go, he will collect the interest first.It's like how Prince Rui dealt with four kings with different surnames.These four lords who wanted to kill him were picked up by him from time to time and cleaned up, but they didn't knock them down all at once, which only made these four families worry about it every day.The four kings are more cautious, as Rongguo Mansion is full of braids, he can grab one of them at will, so it doesn't need to be so troublesome.

Knowing what he was thinking, Yuehua smiled and said: "It's not easy? You are a great talent, always thinking about how to deal with Rongguo Mansion openly, and now Rongguo Mansion is protected by my father. The back house is moving its hands and feet."

Yuehua thought for a while, "Leave this matter to me. You, a talented man, should still think about important government affairs."

Jiang Yuan smiled and hugged Yuehua, "I, a talented man, only think about you now."

Yuehua was taken aback by his sudden move, and then the two started laughing, and went into Baizi's tent together...

On a day when it was snowing heavily near the end of the new year, a donkey cart came to Ningrong Street. A rotten cart that looks like it's about to fall apart at any moment.The driver was an old man in his 50s, and there was an eight or nine-year-old boy sitting in the car. The two had sunken cheeks, and they were dressed in tatters. They didn’t even have a cotton-padded jacket in the cold winter months. Others felt cold when they saw it. No matter how you look at it, it looks like you are fleeing famine.

I saw the old man drove to the gate of Ningguo Mansion, went up to knock on the door, and after a while, a servant came out, and drove him away without asking a word.The old man begged for a few words, and handed over a few copper coins, and the servant reluctantly went in to report the news, and only after a while did he let the two of them in.Those who watched the play thought that the matter was over, but after a while, the old man and the boy were thrown out by the servants.

The old man swallowed his anger and didn't dare to yell and scold. He just led the donkey cart to the gate of Rongguo Mansion, and walked in the same way. Who knew that Rongguo Mansion was even more ruthless. The old man and the boy were beaten out by big sticks this time. , the boy was suddenly thrown by the servants, and he bumped his head against the stone lion at the entrance of the Rong Mansion without standing still, blood flowed out immediately, and a hole about an inch long was knocked out.

This time the old man couldn't hold back anymore, and started cursing at the gate of Rongguo Mansion while holding the child.He is old, but his voice is not small. After a while, the people watching on both sides can understand the reason of the matter.It turned out that the old man's surname was Jia, and he was a relative of Rongning and Jinling. In terms of seniority, he was still of Jia Daishan's generation. His name was Jia Daiping, and the child was his grandson Jia Jue.Originally, life in Jinling was not bad, and the children of the Twelve Household Jia’s family lived fairly well relying on the Jia family’s sacrificial fields, but in recent years the sacrificial fields have been getting less and less every year, and the money and food they have been allocated has become less and less. Well, everyone’s houses are okay, they have other ways to get money besides offering sacrifices to the fields, but Jia Daiping can’t do it, his son died early, and he, a lonely old man, is pulling his little grandson, so he can only rely on sacrifices. How can they live without Tian Tian?

Old man Jia had no other choice, so he went to inquire about offering sacrifices to the fields.The other houses did not hide from him, saying that the amount of the sacrifice land was determined by the Rongguo Mansion of the Ningguo Prefecture in Beijing. Now that the Rongguo Mansion sold the sacrifice land, how could they dare to take care of it?After careful investigation, it is said that the Rongguo Mansion sent a steward to sell all the good sacrificial fields at a low price, and the remaining ones are less than [-]% of the original value.

Old man Jia couldn't survive anymore, so he took his grandson to Beijing to ask for an explanation.He originally thought that the patriarch was the Ningguo Mansion. Hearing what he said, he would definitely punish the Rongguo Mansion who privately sold the sacrificed land, but before he could say a few words, he was thrown out by the elder Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion.He went to beg the Rongguo Mansion to open a way to survive, but the Rongguo Mansion only sent a steward surnamed Lai to talk to him a few words, and then he was kicked out with a stick!

How can there be such a reason in this world? The sacrificial land is the public property of the clan, and it belongs to the whole clan. The Rongguo Mansion sold it privately and did not give the clan members a way to live. Now even the clan members who ask for an explanation are beaten. Is there any reason for this? , is there still a king's law? !

The spectators at the side hurriedly asked, who sold this sacrificial field in Jia's mansion?

The old man insisted that the one who sold the sacrificial fields was Mrs. Wang from the second room, and said that the manager who went to Jinling to sell the sacrificial fields was called Zhou Rui, and that his wife, Zhou Rui's family, was Mrs. Wang's dowry!

Right at this point, the gate of the Rongguo Mansion was wide open, and a group of servants were about to beat the old man with sticks. The old man hurriedly drove away in a donkey cart with his grandson, but he had finished speaking. People have heard it, so can you not spread it?The whole capital knew about this matter before two days had passed, and it was very lively.Everyone scolded Mrs. Wang for being unvirtuous, and even sold her ancestral property privately. If there is such a prodigal daughter-in-law in her family, she must divorce.

Jia Zheng, who was keeping his filial piety at home every day, heard about this by accident, and immediately went to the backyard to find Mrs. Wang, had a big fight with her, and rested at Aunt Zhao's place, hating Mrs. Wang so much that she gritted her teeth.The private sale of the sacrificial land was obviously done by that old man, and now the crime is being placed on her head, does it really mean that she has nothing to do with that old lady?

Within two days, the tone in the mansion changed, and all the servants began to spread rumors that it was Jiamu Shi who sold the sacrificial land, and even pissed off the old man to death. That's what he said.But it was Mrs. Wang who completely tore her face and let out the words.Now her son and daughter have been snatched away by Jia Mu, and her daughter-in-law was not chosen by her. Her husband even rejected her. It is obvious that Jia Mu wants to force her to be divorced. The books are going to be thrown to her.She also went all out, and it wasn't a big sin to sell the sacrificed land privately, but it was different if she pissed off her husband. She wanted to see what good fruit the old godly woman who had been persecuting her could get!

The servants of the Jia's family had no secrets at first, but within three to five days, the outside world heard about it. With the strength of the previous rumors, this time the news of the Shi family spread all over the capital.When you go to the tavern or go to the stall, the most enthusiastic things are talked about by the dignitaries, the nobles and the common people.Not only is the name of the back house of Rongguo Mansion stigmatized, but even Ningguo Mansion was involved, saying that the third-class general Jia Zhen is not worthy to be the head of a clan, and he can't even protect his ancestral property. He only knows how to obey Rongguo Mansion. The old lady's order, it's better to let the old lady be the patriarch, at least you don't have to sell the ancestral property in a sneaky way, wouldn't it be a pleasure to sell it openly and put it in your pocket...

Originally, Jia Amnesty didn't care about everything. When news of the sacrifice to the land first came out, he scolded Jia Zheng severely. However, Jia Zheng couldn't answer back. He was happy in his heart, and turned his head to realize that the land was sold. It is Jia Mu.Well, he can't make trouble with his mother, can he?But it was not enough to let him die, and he took Xing's family to live in Rongxi Hall by taking advantage of this shareholder wind.At the beginning, Mother Jia was reluctant and wanted her youngest son to live in Rongxi Hall, but in the past she could suppress the eldest son with the hat of "filial piety", and now her reputation of being unworthy is still shining. What can be used to govern Jia Amnesty?

Before she could recover, Mrs. Wang immediately snatched back some of her children, and her name was upright. In the past, she raised her children with Mrs. Shi because she felt that Mrs. Guo was well-educated. Her hair can smell bad on the street, and she can spread five miles against the wind. Wouldn't it be disgusting for outsiders to be brought up by her?Mother Jia couldn't say a word, so she had to let her take away a few children.

Shi Shi sold the property and blamed his daughter-in-law Wang Shi, which shows that Baolinghou's family was not well educated.At first, he was still criticizing the family education of the Wang family, but within two days, it was changed to the fact that women from the Shi family were not allowed to marry.Master Hou Shi did not go to Jia's mansion in person, but Shi Nai and Shi Ding were sent by his father.Shi Ding was okay, he only talked about the difficult marriage of the Shi family's daughter, and didn't say anything else. Shi Nai's mouth was full of viciousness, and the sarcastic person's heart was like being stabbed by a knife, and he directly pissed off Jia Mu leaning backwards.But she was also afraid that the historian would no longer care about her. If she lost the foreign support of her natal family, how could she manage the two daughters-in-law below her now?

It's no wonder that Shi Nai is mean, many of the words in this set are the original words of Wang Ziteng.The day before yesterday, Wang Ziteng went to Bowling Hou's Mansion to say such a thing, and he almost pissed off Old Master Shi to death. pressed down.This anger has been stored in Shi Nai's heart for two days, but it didn't just come to Jia's house to vent/vent.

To put it bluntly, the private sale of sacrificial fields is just a matter within the clan, and there are no regulations in the law, but this incident caused the Rongguo Mansion to turn against the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the husband and wife were at odds, and the mother and child were divorced.This is not over yet, the two houses of Rongning and Ning became estranged, and Jia, Shi, and Wang's families turned against each other.

The root of all this lies in the pair of grandparents and grandchildren, but now the pair of grandparents and grandchildren have changed into silk and satin, sat in a magnificent carriage, left the capital, and they have not returned to Jinling. Mother Jia can't find anyone arrive.Outsiders only said that they were silenced by the Jia family, making it difficult for the Jia family to behave...

In the middle of the night, Li Da returned to Guanyinghou's Mansion, and was immediately found by Jiang Yuan.As soon as he saw Jiang Yuan, he immediately replied without waiting to ask, "Master Hou, everything is settled, the grandparents and grandchildren were sent to the middle of Shu, after a few years, who would recognize Jia Yuanwai and Young Master Jia?" It’s the beggar couple back then, the Jia family will never try to find them in this lifetime.”

Jiang Yuan was very satisfied, and sent Li Da to collect the reward on the account.Yuehua's move can be described as a clever plan. She only spent a little money to find a pair of grandparents from the Jia family who couldn't survive in Jinling to cause such a big disturbance, but she didn't even add fuel to the flames. The one who belongs to Tian is Zhou Rui." This nonsense turned the three noble families into an uproar. In the final analysis, there had been dirty things in Rongguo Mansion, between Rongning and Jia Shiwang's three families, but it was just an excuse. Just let this thing explode.His little wife is indeed a capable person, a very capable person, and must be rewarded well, so Jiang Yuan got up and went to the kitchen and ordered a bowl of glutinous rice balls to serve Yuehua as supper.

As for the Lin family, hehe, based on the current reputation of the Jia family, Jia Min will be criticized sooner or later. In addition, she has no children so far, and the Lin family will not be able to calm down.Don't pretend that he doesn't know, that Lin Hai is in the emperor's heart in name, and Jane is the lonely minister of His Majesty, but in fact, he has already caught up with the Zhen family line and became the eldest prince's pocketbook, and he is also on two boats with the fifth prince. Something involved, hmph, he wants to see how long this newly-appointed censor can laugh...