Chapter 789 The warmth and warmth of human relationships
An ancient saying goes: If you are poor in the busy city, you will have no one to care about you; if you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives!
This statement can be applied in any era.
Of course, for official and powerful families, the so-called "wealth" refers to real power and official influence, not as simple as money.
Thanks to the promotion on New Year's Eve, on the 'Returning Day' on the second day of the new year, Jia Rong took his wife Qin Keqing and his grandmother Mrs. Zhao to pay a rare visit to the Zhao family.
The Zhao family is similar to the Lin family where Lin Ruhai lives. They are both Wenxun families, with titles.
Although he was only the founding earl, the Zhao family's reputation was much better than that of the Lin family, who was the founding marquis.
Not to mention anything else, if the population is more prosperous, the Zhao family will completely defeat the Lin family.
Not only that, the Zhao family generally has a relatively long lifespan. Starting from the ancestor who founded the country, to the current head of the Zhao family, it is only the second generation.
Wenxun families like the Zhao family generally have quite strong foundations.
Apart from anything else, the ability and means to educate future generations are very good.
At this time, the third generation of the Zhao family, the two male members of the direct line were both Jinshi scholars. Mrs. Zhao was their direct sister, otherwise she would not have been able to marry Jia Jing, the third generation head of the Ning family.
The other three male concubines also all have the title of civil servant, which is quite exaggerated.
It can be seen that the three sons of common people are not incapable of achieving Jinshi status, but are specially arranged by the family.
Otherwise, three or four Jinshi from the same school would be too conspicuous and exaggerated.
It can be said that the Zhao family is a prominent member of the civil service group in the court, both in terms of influence and strength.
Of course, judging from the Zhao family's past disregard for the Ning Mansion, it can be seen that they are also snobbish.
By the way, Ning Rong's second mansion in The Story of Red Mansions gives readers a very strange feeling.
It's like, except for the four major families in Jinling who hug each other to keep each other warm, there are no other relatives or friends, which is quite weird.
The family of the wife of Jia Jing, a cultivator in Ning Mansion, the Zhao family, has never shown her face at all, nor has she given Xichun the slightest care.
There is no trace of the family of Jia Zhen's first wife, and Jia Rong himself doesn't seem to care, as if there is no uncle's family at all.
The situation is similar in Rong Mansion. At least the natal family of Mr. Pardon's first wife has not appeared.
It is impossible to say that the heads of Ning Rong's second house or the prince's wife's natal family are all snobbish.
But there are no traces at all, which is quite strange.
The only possibility is that the Ning Rong Mansion is caught in a very dangerous power struggle, and its usual performance is too bad. In order to avoid being dragged into the water, the ladies' natal families have kept away from each other.
Officials and powerful families value profits. Once they become cold-blooded, it can chill people to the bone. But this is Chi Luoluo's reality.
The same is true. Seeing that Ning Mansion was showing signs of re-emergence, the Zhao family naturally started to think about maintaining a relationship.
Through my wife’s relationship, I invited Mrs. Zhao to come back at the beginning of the year.
It has been more than four years since Jia Rong traveled through time, and this is the first time he has visited the Zhao family.
There is no special feeling, and the perception is just average.
What if the bookish atmosphere is rich?
So what if the Zhao family's power now completely surpasses that of the Ning family?
Different road non-phase plan!
At this time, the Zhao family had completely transformed from the Wenxun family to a civil service power.
As for the Ning Mansion, now it has returned to the inner circle of the Founding Group, so the two families naturally cannot urinate in the same pot.
More importantly, as far as Jia Rong knew, the Zhao family had a very good relationship with several famous academies outside the city.
In other words, through the relationship with the academy, the Zhao family controlled the scientific research resources and even the right to speak in the north, especially in the capital and Zhili areas.
Being friends with such a family involves taking considerable risks.
It seems that the Zhao family just wants to repair the cold relationship between the two families and does not mean to be too enthusiastic. This is best.
This time I followed my grandmother, Mrs. Zhao, back home. I guess I just recognized someone.
When I left in the evening, there was basically no scene worth remembering in my mind, and the relative left speechless.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, several people from the Ning Mansion were invited to have a dinner at the Rong Mansion.
By the way, things are not much better here in Rongfu.
The relatives who can move around are the Wang family and the Shi family.
The head of the Wang family, Wang Ziteng, did not return to Beijing, and the housekeeper who stayed at the palace in the capital was not qualified to invite the Rong family as guests.
On the other hand, the two princes of the Shi family came together to pay New Year's greetings on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Jia Rong and Jia Qiang accompany each other, and Jia Mu's intention is self-evident.
It's nothing more than hoping that the Ning family and the Shi family can get closer and closer.
The lives of the two princes of the Shi family can only be described as average.
One is hanging around in the Ministry of War, and the other is hanging around in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army. Neither of them has real power, let alone military power.
Epang Palace is 800 miles away and cannot fit into the history of Jinling!
Take a look at the descriptions of historians among the four major families in Jinling. Compared with the other three families, they are almost like jokes.
Not to mention the wealth of the Jia and Wang families, the Xue family is also as pearly as earth and gold as iron, unlike the Shi family whose characteristic is that there are many people.
During wars and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, strength in numbers was no joke, it was a particularly huge advantage.
But when the situation has completely stabilized, even in the heyday of the dynasty, there will not be much advantage in having more people.
The key point is that the Jinling historians and the Jia family are of the same nature and have not evolved from landlords to local tyrants, so the problem is quite serious.
Think about it, many tribesmen are counting on the two historians to beat the autumn wind. Even if their families have gold, mountains and silver, they can't bear it.
In The Story of Red Mansions, the historian's family already had serious financial problems.
Otherwise, even if the dignified Hou family is in decline, it will not be reduced to the situation where the Marquis and his wife take the lead in doing needlework to support the family. It would be embarrassing to say so.
Unfortunately, the two princes of the Shi family did not appreciate Jia Mu's kindness.
In other words, they don't know how much voice Jia Rong has among the founding nobles at this time.
His attitude towards Jia Rong and Jia Qiang was mediocre, neither enthusiastic nor indifferent. On the contrary, he had a great drinking session with Lian Er and Mr. She Da.
In the words, the meaning of closeness is very obvious.
Obviously, as the official fortunes of the second master Zheng and the second master Lian are prosperous, and the Rong mansion has the momentum to rise again, the two historians naturally have a close relationship.
It's just that the second master Zheng is too pretentious and his personality is really not very likable, so the two historians don't want to get too close to each other.
Jia Rong didn't care much about these.
The Ning family and the Shi family didn't have much friendship at all, so there was no need to care about their attitudes.
But later in the evening, I met Jia Min and her two children at Rongqing Hall who came to pay New Year greetings...