Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 14 14 Weakened Push Order
If you want to be an official, you have to obey the arrangements; but if brothers and sons become officials, they may face the risk of someone being released; it is very likely that the family will be split into two families.

This law seems to disregard family affection.

But Jia Lian was right if he thought about it carefully. If you want to be an official, these are the conditions you must accept. There is nothing fair or unfair.

The harsher you are on officials, the more fair you will be to the people. After all, being an official in this world is a superior profession!
In the early Ming Dynasty, scholar-bureaucrats were so harsh and faced the risk of losing their heads every day, but did it stop people's enthusiasm for becoming officials?
Obviously not!

Therefore, there is no need for Jia Lian to complain on behalf of the officials.Although he will soon become an official, he understands that this is the price he has to pay.

The most powerful thing about this law is not here, but the consequences it brings.

In this era, transportation was inconvenient and information was underdeveloped.The separated families are in different places, so it will be difficult for them to get together again.

It is easy for a family to be together, but it is not easy to get back together again after separation.Because parents naturally need to consider their own interests.

Isn't this a weakened version of the push order?
It’s a good way to safeguard imperial power!

"But why is it useless?"

Jia Lian didn't quite understand that such a good method was in vain. Anyone with brains as an emperor would support this law.

Seeing that Jia Lian seemed to have thought clearly, Zhang Hu said.

"Because any official in Beijing doesn't have many classmates, teachers, friends, relatives and friends! If you can't have a private residence, then you can live in the residences of relatives and friends! It will be more convenient for everyone to expand your network!"

Yes, this is also a disguised form of encouraging everyone to expand other relationships.

In this way, although the separation of the family makes it impossible for the family to advance and retreat together, it does not prevent those who are officials from working together in the same field.

Jia She, who had been listening for a long time, came over to have a bite to eat, grabbed Jia Lian's cakes and competed, not forgetting to add.

"In addition, there are businessmen from other places who have done business in Beijing, but they can't find a backer in Beijing. Their original backer relationship has become their backer in Beijing!"

Speaking of this, Jia She was a little envious.

"If you can do business in the capital, you will naturally be rich; such businessmen cannot get through to the governor, and even the chief envoys can't do this; even those who have got through to the Taoist platform are not in a good position; "

Jia She ate Jia Lian's mung bean cake in two mouthfuls of three, Jia She continued with a look of reminiscence.

"The extravagance of the Beijing Central Courtyard built by such a rich man is also charming!"

Looking at Jia She's hopeless look, Zhang Hu understood that he was jealous that no one was looking for a protective umbrella to find him.

"Hmph, but in the future, this kind of thing will change."

The uncle named the topic and Jia Lian continued.

"So what uncle means is that this law is going to be restarted!"

Zhang Hu nodded.

"It's not a restart. The ancestral calendar was always there, but it wasn't so strict before."

Seeing Jia Amnesty like this, Zhang Erhe couldn't bear it, and pushed the tea forward, and then continued to talk to Jia Lian.

"But from now on, when foreign officials come to Beijing to report on their duties, it doesn't matter where you live or whose home you live in. You must register your residence; the emperor's decree will go directly to the place of registration. My dear, do you understand what this means!"

Jia Lian thought for a while, this means that although everyone knew about your internal and external collusion in the past, it was always hidden under the table. Now the emperor wants to bring this matter to the table to see if you still dare to move around in private.

Although it won't disappear immediately, it will be somewhat taboo.

Jia Lian didn't know if he was thinking right or not, so he replied.

"It means that no matter where they live, these foreign officials can no longer report their addresses! Because it will implicate their friends!"

Zhang Hu nodded in approval, but in fact this matter was far from as simple as Jia Lian thought.

There is no point in preventing officials from colluding privately because they will always find a way to communicate if they need to.Life will always try to find an outlet for oneself, let alone the political future of an official.

But what Jia Lian said is also one of the meanings, Zhang Hu added.

"The most important meaning here is that when a law is taken seriously, it means the rise of a department of authority. If the existing authority cannot be enriched, then naturally new authority will be created!"

Mr. Zhang explained the meaning to Jia Lian, and continued, regardless of whether Jia Lian understood or not.

"The law was the most stringent when it came into effect. Not only can foreign officials no longer report their residence randomly, but in order not to cause trouble to their relatives and friends, they have to find their own way to find a place to live!"

This can indeed cause a bit of confusion.Jia Lian asked in order to understand the future work content.

"You can't have a private house or live in the homes of relatives and friends, so where will they live?"

Those are the residences in the capital.

A brothel is obviously not suitable. Although the girls raised in brothels in this era are equivalent to celebrities in modern society, those who are famous, popular and sought after can even say "everyone"!
But it's obviously not suitable for an official to live here.

Of course, it's not that brothel girls don't sell them, but that they don't sell them to ordinary people.They were sold to the rich and powerful.What is sold is not physical service, but emotional service.

I just want to fall in love with you.

Officials are indeed their main customers, but they can't get it out in the open.

In this era, the emphasis is on marrying a virtuous wife. All ladies who marry are supported by the strength of their natal families, and not all ladies are good-looking or have good temperaments.

Officials could not divorce such wives. After all, they still needed the support of their in-laws' families, so there was a market for brothels.

Naturally, officials who are sent abroad would not dare to live here. Who knows which official from the capital they might offend.

It is not suitable to stay in an inn. Good inns are not cheap, small inns are inconvenient, renting a courtyard seems unethical, and living in a single room is too complicated with the coming and going of people.

Jia Lian felt for a moment that the emperor was making things difficult for everyone.

Who knew, Jia She could see through it.

"Live in a temple!"

Jia She interjected.

"The temple complies with the rules and has a comfortable place!"

"Live in a temple?"

Jia Lian had some doubts for a while, but it was normal to think about it carefully.

The temple and other places are closely related to the backyard of the mansion. What do the wives of the house believe? It is easier for monks to enter and exit the mansion than others.

As a result, the temple became a place for lawsuits.

Ordinary people would seek help from monks if their families had any lawsuits, and monks also had connections and could find powerful or relevant wives.

Wang Xifeng ended up in a miserable state just because a monk took over the lawsuit!
The squire and landlord found the old nun Jingxu of Shuiyue Nunnery, and then established a relationship with Wang Xifeng through the old nun, which also paved the way for her tragic end.

It can be seen that this temple, which is more and more popular, relies on more than just ordinary pilgrims' scattered money.They must also have their own way to reach heaven.

Jia Lian still remembers that in his previous life, there was a director behind the small Caihu Temple in Caihu Palace in his hometown. It cost hundreds of millions to build a small temple.

The luxurious temple is even more amazing.

For ordinary people, the head of the first department and the first bureau chief are heaven.

In this way, this temple must have been like this in the Qing Dynasty, so after so many years, I am afraid that they have become the mouthpieces for the gentry and landlords, the merchants and the powerful to contact the powerful.

(End of this chapter)