Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that when Jia Zheng entered the palace, he met all the adults of the Privy Council and all the princes.King Bei Jing said: "Today we sent you here to ask you something according to the order." Jia Zheng immediately knelt down.All the adults asked: "Do you know that your brother communicated with foreign officials, bullied the weak, indulged his sons to gamble, seized the wives and daughters of good people, and failed to kill them?" Zheng, after his term of office expired, he inspected the relief, went home at the end of winter last year, and was assigned to the project, and then went to Jiangxi to supervise the road, and went back to the capital. If you don't pay attention to the investigation, you are really confused, and you can't discipline your nephew, which is to live up to the grace. I also pray that the Lord will severely punish the crime." King Beijing heard that he was playing, and he sent an order in a short time.

The king of Beijing said: "The lord is bullying the weak because of the censor's participation in Jia She's transportation and foreign officials. According to the censor, it was pointed out that Ping'an Prefecture communicated with each other, and Jia Amnesty took charge of the lawsuit. Yan Jia Jia's amnesty, it is said that Ping'an Prefecture was originally a relative by marriage. The contacts did not interfere with official affairs. The censor could not prove the truth. Only the ancient fan of the stone nerd who was forced to rely on the situation is true, but it is a plaything. It was caused by insanity and stupidity, and it has something to do with those who were forced to death. Today, Jia amnesty is sent to the station to serve as atonement. The involved Jia Zhen forcibly seizes the wives and daughters of good people as concubines and refuses to be forced to death. The original case of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is taken. It can be seen that the second sister You is actually Zhang Hua's unmarried wife, and she voluntarily divorced because of poverty. Officially, the third sister Chayou was originally Jia Zhen's wife and sister, who originally intended to choose a wife for Yi. Because she was forced to ask for a marriage ceremony, everyone threatened to be dirty, so she committed suicide in shame and indignation. It was not Jia Zhen who forced her to death. But she was a hereditary employee. , ignoring the laws and regulations, burying human life privately, should have been severely punished. Nianyi is a descendant of a hero, and he could not bear to add more crimes. After serving for many years, the official is still diligent and cautious, and he will be exonerated from the crime of improper governance of the family." Jia Zheng was grateful when he heard this, but he couldn't kowtow, so he begged the prince to express his gratitude on his behalf.King Beijing said: "You should kowtow for the grace of God. What else can you do?" The surplus will be purchased and handed over to officials."

King Beijing said: "The lord is merciful, and he uses punishments wisely and carefully. There is no difference in rewards and punishments. Now that you have received great kindness and returned your property, why do you bother to play it?" The officials also said that there was no need.Jia Zheng thanked him for his kindness and kowtowed to the prince for coming out.Fearing that Jia Mu would be worried, she hurried back.

Men, women and men from all walks of life didn't know what good or bad news came to Jia Zheng, so they all went outside to inquire. When they saw Jia Zheng coming home, they were a little relieved and didn't dare to ask.I saw Jia Zheng hurriedly walked up to Jiamu, and told in detail about the forgiveness of Shengen.Although Jia's mother was relieved, it was just that the two careers were resigned, Jia Amnesty went to work in the station again, and Jia Zhen went to the sea again, so she couldn't help but feel sad again.Mrs. Xing Youshi cried even more when she heard that.

Jia Zheng said: "Don't worry, old lady. Although the eldest brother works for the station, he is also serving the country and will not suffer. As long as he does it properly, he can be reinstated. Zhen'er is young and should contribute. If it is not like this, it is grandfather's." Yu De can't enjoy it for a long time." He said some words of relief.Jia Mu didn't like Jia Amnesty very much at first, but there was a layer of separation between Jia Zhen in the East Mansion.Only Mrs. Xing Youshi wept bitterly.Mrs. Xing thought, "The family property is all gone, and the husband is old and far away. Although he has Lian'er under his knees, he has always followed his second uncle. Now they are all relying on the second uncle, and the two of them are going along there. Alone I'm alone, how good it is." That Youshi was originally in charge of the Ningfu's family, besides Jia Zhen, he was the only one who respected him, and made peace with Jia Zhen and his wife. Rong Mansion, although the old lady loves it, it is finally Yiren's family. They brought a phoenix together, and Rong'er and his wife are people who can't start a family and start a business." Thinking again, "Second sister and third sister are all troubled by Lian's second uncle. , Now they are safe and sound, and they are still together as husband and wife. Only a few of us are left, how can we survive!" Thinking of this, he burst into tears.Mother Jia couldn't bear it, so she asked Jia Zheng, "Your eldest brother and Zhen'er have already settled the case, may they go home? Rong'er has nothing to do with him, so she should be released." Family. I have asked someone to show my nephew to go home with my nephew to buy luggage. The yamen has already agreed. I think Ronger will come out with his grandfather and father. Please don’t worry, the old lady, my son will do it. Go." Mother Jia said again: "I have been too old for a few years, and I have never asked about family affairs. Now the entire Dongfu has been copied, and it goes without saying that the house has entered the official. Your elder brother's Lian'er's is also there. It has been copied. Do you know how much money is left in the bank of the West Mansion and the land in the East Province? When the two get up, they have to give them a few thousand silver."

Jia Zheng had no choice but to hear Jia's mother's question and thought to himself: "If you explain, I'm afraid the old lady will be anxious. If you don't explain, let alone the future, what can we do now?" After making up his mind, he replied, "If The old lady didn't ask, and the son didn't dare to tell. Now that the old lady asked here, now Lian'er is here too. The son checked yesterday, and the money in the old treasury was already empty. Not only was it exhausted, but there was still a deficit outside. If this matter is not entrusted with money, although the Lord is gracious, I am afraid that the two fathers and sons will not be very good. It is the money that has not been planned yet. The land in the Eastern Province has already paid the rent of the year. I can't turn back for a while, so I have to use up all the clothes and jewelry that have not been touched by the grace of the saints and change them to the eldest brother Zhen'er. I can only think about the things of living." Jiamu was anxious again when she heard this. With tears streaming down his face, he said, "What's the matter, has our family reached such a field! Although I haven't passed by, I remembered that my family Xiangri is ten times stronger than here, and it was just putting on airs for a few years. If nothing like this happened, it would have collapsed." , It will be over in one or two years. According to you, we will not be able to pay for it in one or two years." Jia Zheng said: "If the two life stipends do not change, there will be some transfers outside. Now there is nothing to say, who is willing to help " As he spoke, tears streamed down his face, "I think of my relatives, those who used us are now poor, and those who haven't used us refuse to take care of them anymore. Yesterday my son didn't check carefully, he only looked at the family booklet , not to mention that the money at the top has nothing to pay, and the people at the bottom can’t afford much.”

Jia Mu was worried, but Jia She, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong came in to greet Jia Mu.Seeing this, Jia Mu took Jia Amnesty with one hand and Jia Zhen with the other, and burst into tears.The two of them were ashamed, and when they saw Mother Jia crying, they both knelt down and cried: "The children and grandchildren are not growing up, and the achievements of the ancestors have been lost, and the tired old lady is sad. The children and grandchildren will die without a place to bury! "The people in the room saw this scene and burst into tears again.Jia Zheng had no choice but to persuade: "First of all, we should plan for the use of the two of them. We can only live at home for a day or two, and later they will not follow." Let's talk, daughters-in-law." Then he told Jia Zheng, "We can't wait for this matter for a long time. It may be useless to move it outside. How about missing the imperial limit at that time. I have to do it for you. It's at home. It's not normal to be in such a mess." As he spoke, he asked Yuanyang to give orders.

Here Jia Amnesty waited to come out, and wept with Jia Zheng for a while, and they couldn't help but talk for a while about how they regretted their separation after being self-willed before, and went to mourn with their daughter-in-law.Jia She is old, but he can't let go, only Jia Zhen and Youshi can't bear to be separated!Jia Lian and Jia Rong could only hold their father and cry.Although it is less than the military flow, after all, life and death, this is also the case, so everyone has to harden their hearts and go.But it is said that Jia's mother asked Mrs. Xing Wang and the second wife to go with the mandarin ducks and so on. She unpacked the box and took out all the things she had accumulated as a daughter-in-law until now. For the existing silver, pay Jia She 3000 taels, you take 2000 taels for your disk expenses, and leave 3000 taels for the eldest wife. The 500 taels are for Zhener, you are only allowed to take [-] taels, and keep [-] taels Leave it to your daughter-in-law to live. You still live on your own, the house is in one place, and you can eat separately. The future marriage of the four girls is still my business. Poor girl Feng has been worrying all her life, and now she has nothing left. Tell him to keep it by himself, not to let Lian'er use it. Now he is still sick and fainted, so ask Ping'er to come and get it. These are the clothes left by your grandfather, and the clothes and jewelry I wore when I was young. Now I use them No. For the men, call them Elder Master, Zhen’er, Lian’er, and Rong’er, and share them. For women, call them the eldest wife, Zhen’er’s daughter-in-law, and Feng Yatou. Give the [-] taels of silver to Lian’er I will send Miss Lin's coffin back to the south next year." After the assignment was made, Jia Zheng said again, "You said that it should be used by others now, which is indispensable. You ask to sell this gold to pay back. This is their trouble Lost mine, you are also my son, I am not biased. Baoyu has become a family, I have left these gold and silver and other things, which are worth a few thousand taels of silver, and they are all for Baoyu. Daughter-in-law Zhu You have always been filial to me, even Lan Er, I will give them some too. This is the end of my work."

Seeing that his mother was so clear-cut, Jia Zheng knelt down and cried and said: "The old lady is so old, and the children and grandchildren are not filial. Accepting the grace of the ancestors will make the children and grandchildren even more ashamed!" Jia's mother said: "Don't talk nonsense. If this mess doesn't happen, I'll keep it. It's just that there are too many family members now, and only the second master is on duty. It's enough to keep a few people. You can tell the person in charge to call all the people, and he will assign them properly. If there are people in the family, that’s all. For example, once it’s all copied, what should we do? We also need to be assigned by others. Those who should be assigned are assigned, and those who should be assigned are rewarded. Now, although our house is not an official, what are you doing? It would be good to hand over this garden. Those fields were originally handed over to Lian'er for cleaning up. Sell what should be sold, and keep what should be kept. Don't use it as a short seller. Let me just say, Jiangnan Zhen's family still has a few taels of silver. Keep it there, call someone to send it. If something happens again, didn't they escape the storm and encounter the rain again?" Jia Zheng was a person who didn't know how to manage his own affairs, but when he heard Jia Mu's words, Taking orders one by one, he thought: "The old lady is really a family manager. It's all caused by us who are not motivated." Jia Zheng saw that Jia's mother was tired, so he begged the old lady to rest and recuperate.

Jia's mother said again: "What I have left is limited, and I will use it when I die. The rest will be given to my servant girl." Jia Zheng and others felt even more sad when they heard this.Everyone knelt down: "May the old lady be merciful. I only hope that the sons will entrust the old lady's blessing and invite her family after a while. At that time, they worked hard to manage the family and served the old lady until the age of one hundred in order to redeem the past. time." Jia Mu said: "I hope this is the best, and I can see my ancestors after I die. Don't forgive me that I am a person who enjoys wealth but cannot bear poverty, but in the past few years, seeing how vigorous you are, I have come to an end. I don’t care, just talking and laughing to keep up the body, I know that the family’s luck has been defeated until this is the case! If you say that the outside looks good and the inside is empty, I would have known it a long time ago. It’s just that I can’t get off the stage for a while. Now Use this to restrain yourself and guard this door, or people will laugh at you. You don't know, just forgive me. I know I am poor and I am anxious to die. I am thinking of the great achievements of my ancestors, and I hope that you will be better than my ancestors every day. It's still strong, so it's fine if you can hold it. Who knows what the two of them are doing!"

Jia's mother was talking at length when she saw Feng'er running back and forth to Mrs. Wang in a panic and said, "This morning our grandma cried a lot when she heard what happened outside, and now she can't catch her breath. Ping'er called me Mrs. " Before Feng'er finished speaking, Jia's mother heard it and asked, "What's the matter?" Mrs. Wang replied, "It's not very good now." Jia's mother got up and said, "Well, these enemies are going to grind to death Me!" As he said, he asked someone to support him, and wanted to see for himself.Jia Zheng immediately stopped him and persuaded him: "The old lady has hurt her heart for a long time and has assigned many things. This meeting should take a rest. If there is anything wrong with the grandson's wife, she should just ask her to look at it. Why bother the old lady?" Go there in person. If you feel sad again, if there is something wrong with the old lady, what will you do with her son." Jia Mu said, "Go out each of you and come in later. I have something to say." Jia Zheng didn't dare to say much, so he had to come out to take care of the getting up of his brothers and nephews, and asked Jia Lian to pick someone to follow.Here, Mother Jia asked Yuanyang and others to send someone to bring the things for Sister Feng to follow.

Sister Feng is fainting.Ping'er cried so redly that when she heard Jia Mu bringing Mrs. Wang, Baoyu and Baochai, she hurried out to meet her.Jia's mother asked, "how is it going now?" Ping'er frightened Jia's mother, and said, "it's better now. Since the old lady is here, please go in and have a look." He ran in first and walked gently Open the curtain.Sister Feng opened her eyes and saw Jia Mu coming in, full of shame.Earlier, he planned to wait for Jia Mu to annoy him, and it didn't hurt anymore.Mother Jia asked Ping'er to hold it down, "Don't move, are you better?" Sister Feng said with tears, "I came here since I was a child, old lady, how does my wife love me? Then I know that my luck is poor, and I am driven by gods and ghosts. Not only If you can't show some filial piety to the old lady and please your parents-in-law, you still treat me like a human being and ask me to help with the housework. If you are messed up by me, what face do I have to see the old lady, madam? Today, the old lady, my wife came here in person, I can't afford it, I'm afraid that what should have lived for three days will be turned into two days." As he said, he swallowed sadly.

Jia Mu said: "Those things were caused by outsiders. It has nothing to do with you. It's nothing if your things are taken away. I brought you a lot of things and let you do what you want." Then, ask someone to bring it up and show him.Sister Feng was an insatiable greedy person, but now she has been confiscated. She is sad and afraid of people complaining. It is just when she almost wants to die. Today, Jia Mu still loves him, and Mrs. Wang does not blame him. Thinking that Jia Lian was fine and at ease, he kowtowed to Jia Mu on the pillow and said, "Please rest assured, old lady. If my illness can be bettered by the old lady's blessing, I would rather be a poor envoy myself and do my best." Do your best to serve the old lady, madam." Mother Jia shed tears when she heard what he said.Baoyu has never been through such a big storm. People who only know peace and happiness in their hearts and don't know sorrows, now they cry when they bump into each other, so he is even worse than a fool. He cries when he sees people cry.Sister Feng saw that everyone was sad, but she reluctantly said a few words to comfort Jia Mu, begging, "Please go back, old lady, madam, I will come and kowtow when I am a little better." She raised her head as she spoke.Jia's mother called Ping'er, "I'm so kind to serve you. Why don't you go to my place." Then, she took Mrs. Wang and was about to go back to her room.Only two or three cries were heard.Jia Mu couldn't bear to hear it, so she asked Mrs. Wang to disperse and Baoyu, "go to see your uncle and brother, and come back as soon as you see him off." She lay down on the couch and wept.Fortunately, mandarin ducks and others can use all kinds of words to persuade Jia Mu to rest for the time being.It doesn't matter that Jia Amnesty and others are separated and grieved.Who is willing to follow those who go?I can't help complaining in my heart, complaining endlessly.It is the farewell between life and fruit is better than death, and the beholder is more sad than the recipient.A good Rongguo Mansion is so noisy that people howl and ghosts cry.Jia Zheng followed the rules the most, and he was also particular about ethics. After parting hands, he rode out of the city to see him off with a drink.Jia Zheng and others parted ways in tears.

Jia Zheng took Baoyu home, but before he could enter the door, he saw a lot of people shouting at the door, "Today's decree is to inherit the post of Duke Rongguo from Jia Zheng." The Venerable Venerable argued with them, saying, "Our family has taken over the original position. What good news is there?" Those people said, "The glory of the position is rarer than anything else. Your elders have fallen out, and you want this." It can't be done anymore. Now that the saint is in power, he has pardoned his sins and rewarded the second master. This is a rare event, so why don't you give money for the wedding." Just as he was arguing, Jia Zheng went home, and the door was closed. Although I like it, it was caused by my brother's crime. I felt so disgusted that I rushed in and told Jiamu.Mrs. Wang was afraid that Jiamu would be sad, so she came to comfort her. She was very happy to hear that her post was restored.Seeing Jia Zheng coming in again, Jia Mu said some words of gratitude to the striders.Only Mrs. Xing Youshi's heart is full of sorrow, so she has no choice but to show it.Besides, these relatives and friends outside who are in the heat of the moment could not avoid coming to Jia's house in the past, but now that Jia Zheng is taking office, it is good to know that the holy family is good, so everyone comes to congratulate.Who knows that Jia Zheng has a pure and honest nature, because he took over his elder brother's position, he felt troubled in his heart, and he only knew to be grateful for the grace of heaven.On the second day, I went inside to thank you, and I will return the reward to the garden of the mansion to prepare a performance for the official.Jia Zheng can rest assured that there is no need for a decree from the inner court.After returning home, he worked according to the rules, but his family was poor and could not make ends meet.Jia Zheng can't socialize outside.

The family members saw that Jia Zheng was loyal, that Sister Feng could not take care of the family due to illness, and that Jia Lian's deficit became more and more serious day by day, so it was inevitable that the mortgaged house would be sold.The rich family members in the mansion were afraid of Jia Lian's stalking, so they pretended to be poor and hid their affairs, and even asked for leave instead of coming, and each looked for another way.There is only one Bao Yong, although he is a newcomer here, he just happened to encounter bad things in the Rongfu, but he acted with sincerity, seeing those people cheating his master, he was often upset.Nai Ta is a newcomer, and he can't get in a word, so he gets angry and sleeps every day after eating.Everyone thought he was unwilling to be easy-going, so they said in front of Jia Zheng that he was greedy for drinking and making trouble all day long, and he was not on the job.Jia Zheng said: "Let him go. It was recommended by the Zhen family. I'm sorry, but even though he is poor, he is not the only one who eats in the family." He didn't call to expel him.Everyone said in front of Jia Lian how bad he was. Jia Lian didn't dare to pretend to be a blessing at this time, so he had to let him.Suddenly one day, Bao Yongnai couldn't help but had a few glasses of wine, while wandering around Rongfu Street, he saw two people talking.The man said: "Look, such a big mansion was confiscated a while ago, I don't know what's going on now."

The man said: "How can his family be defeated? I heard that there is a lady in the house who is a girl from his family. Although she is dead, she has a foundation after all. Besides, I often see that they are all princes and uncles who come and go. There is no response. That's it. The former military department of the current Fu Yin is their family, can these people still not come here for shelter?" The man said: "You live here for nothing! Others are no different, but that Master Jia is even more amazing! I often see him Traveling between the two mansions, although the former imperial censor participated, the master still asked the governor to find out the truth before doing it. What do you think of him? He has benefited from the two mansions, and he is afraid that people will say that he protects the family, so he will be ruthless I kicked it hard, so the two mansions copied it in the end. Do you think the current world situation is okay!" The two of them had no intention of gossiping, but they didn't know that someone nearby understood it.Bao Yong thought to himself: "There are such ungrateful people in the world! But I don't know who it is from my master. If I see him, I will beat him to death, and I will take responsibility for any trouble." Bao Yong was drinking After thinking wildly, he suddenly heard shouting from over there.Bao Yong stood far away.

The two men said softly: "This is Mr. Jia." Bao Yong listened, filled with resentment, took advantage of the wine, and said loudly: "Unconscionable men and women! Why did you forget about our Jia family? Thank you." Yucun was in the sedan chair, and when he heard the word "Jia", he watched carefully, and when he saw that it was a drunk, he ignored it.That Bao Yong was drunk and didn't know what to do, so he returned to the mansion triumphantly, asked about his companions, and found out that the man he met just now was promoted by this mansion. "He didn't miss the old kindness, but came back to kick our house, saw him and scolded him a few times, but he didn't dare to answer." The people in Rongfu originally disliked Bao Yong, but the master didn't care about him, and now he is causing trouble outside again, I had to go back, and when Jia Zheng was fine, I returned Bao Yong's words about drinking and making trouble.Jia Zheng was afraid of the storm at this time, and when he heard his family's report, he got angry for a while, called Bao Yong in and scolded him, and then sent him to see the garden, and he was not allowed to walk outside.That Bao Yong had a straightforward temper, he voted for his master and defended him with all his heart, but Jia Zheng scolded him instead.He didn't dare to tell any more, so he had to pack his luggage and go to the garden to water the guards.I don't know what will happen next, I will break it down next time.