Jia Mu’s classics are widely known, but she has never experienced poverty.
She was the legitimate daughter of Baoling Hou Shangshu Lingshi Gong. She married Jia Daishan, the eldest son of Rong Guo Gong, at the age of fifteen. Two years later, she got a son and gave birth to Jia She, the legitimate eldest grandson of Rong Guo Mansion.
From a historian with two princes to a Jia family with two fathers, Jia's mother was born in wealth, grew up in wealth, and grew old in wealth. She also believed that she would die in wealth.
She has given her whole life to this family, and all her hopes are from this family. She is the "ballast stone" of this family.
Therefore, she, the grandmother who was ten times smarter than Wang Xifeng, gradually turned into a kind-hearted ancestor who didn't care about other people's business.
When others call her "old birthday girl", Jia Mu laughs and calls herself "old waste":
"I'm old and useless. My eyesight is blurred, my ears are deaf, and my memory is gone. I don't even remember you old relatives. When my relatives come, I'm afraid that people will laugh at me, so I won't.
Just eat a couple of bites to keep them going, take a nap, and joke with these grandsons and granddaughters when you're bored, and that's it."
Others only think that she is greedy for pleasure, but no one understands the pain in her heart.
Her husband Jia Daishan was less than forty years old when he passed away. After his death, there were six concubines who stayed in the Jia family peacefully.
The husband and wife are deeply in love, but they are still widowed in middle age. There is no myth of "a couple for life".
Others envy Jia Mu for having two legitimate sons who have grown up, and both of her legitimate sons have given birth to legitimate grandchildren, so she is very happy.
But of the two legitimate sons, the eldest son Jia She was spoiled by his grandpa and his mother-in-law and became a "bastard" with bad qualities, while the second son Jia Zheng was a "mediocre" with good character and no use.
If a "bastard" were to inherit the family property, the entire property would probably have been replaced by a group of little wives.
As a last resort, Jia Mu could only bear the title of "eccentric old lady" on her head, let "bastards" inherit the title, and let "mediocre people" inherit the family property.
Although "mediocre people" don't have much ability, at least they lose their fortunes at a slower rate than "bastards".
As long as you don't lose your family too quickly, if a talented person emerges from among the grandchildren, the Jia family will be saved.
This is the case outside the home, and as for the situation inside the home, we can only muddle along.
At that time, the eldest son of the "mixed man" refused to marry Shi Hou's granddaughter, and wanted to marry a woman from a poor family of the B family as his wife. As a result, the background of the eldest grandson Jia Lian was affected, and his status in the family was not high.
Mrs. Xing also dared to scold Jia Lian at will.
As for the "miscreant" Mrs. Xing, it can be summed up in four words: don't mention it.
The "mediocre" wife is actually a young lady from the Wang family in Jinling. She has a good background but also has big ideas. Ever since she married into the Jia family, she has wanted to bring all the girls from the Wang family into the Jia family.
First, she persuaded Jia Zhen to marry her niece Wang Chunfeng, and later she arranged for Jia Lian to marry her niece Wang Xifeng. If it weren't for the fact that Li Shouzhong, the imperial wine minister, had a great influence on Jia Zheng's career, Mrs. Wang would definitely have to marry another daughter of the Wang family.
To Jia Zhu.
Now, Mrs. Wang is doing everything she can to get her niece Xue Baochai to marry Baoyu.
It is true that Mrs. Wang loves Baoyu, but she loves her own sister Aunt Xue even more.
Aunt Xue's daughter Baochai married Baoyu. Aunt Xue, who had already ruined her family, had the Jia family as her backer, and Mrs. Wang also had the most reliable daughter-in-law as her helper. However, when Baoyu married Xue Baochai, he married the daughter of a merchant.
Even if Baoyu passed the imperial examination, he would be inferior to others in the future. Not to mention Baoyu's son, he would definitely be "a son because his mother is inferior" in the aristocratic circle.
Speaking of grandsons, the two grandsons born from concubines are also the kind of people who "don't mention it".
A three-year-old looks young, a seven-year-old looks old.
When Jia Huan was seven years old, he was already as evil-minded as his biological mother, Aunt Zhao. He didn't think much about studying, but he thought a lot about planning to get two more fruits. When he caught it, he stuffed it into his mouth immediately, rather than eating it himself.
, and refused to give his mother one.
Jia Cong's mother was too young and died in childbirth after giving birth to Jia Cong. It is said that Jia Cong's problem of not being able to sit still for a moment is very similar to his mother's. She entered school at the age of seven, and no one could write three words without black eyebrows and a black mouth.
Looks like, if you write more than five words, you can use ink to make your face full of flowers.
Jia Mu’s hopes were placed on her two legitimate grandsons and granddaughter Yuan Chun.
Now that Yuanchun has finally made it in the palace, she is the Jia family's only supporter in the royal family.
Baoyu has no bad intentions, but the child is too simple-minded to understand that others will plot against him. If no one protects him, even if he takes the imperial examination and becomes an official, he will be just like his father, unable to get anywhere.
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Jia Lian was originally just a person who took care of Jia Zheng's family affairs. He didn't cause trouble or cause trouble, but he didn't have much ability. He didn't like reading and couldn't pass the imperial examination, so he donated a fifth-grade fake title to wait for his father in the future.
If a "bastard" dies, he will inherit the title.
Unexpectedly, Jia Lian suddenly enlightened, saw the emperor's trend, won recognition in one fell swoop, and became the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. This has greatly exceeded Jia's mother's expectations for this legitimate grandson.
Unexpectedly, in addition to his political vision, he also had a great vision for family management, which really shocked Jia's mother.
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"Then you can tell me what the foundation of the Jia family is."
Jia Mu did not express any joy at all, she just asked Jia Lian seriously.
Jia Lian is also very serious:
"Normally speaking, as a minister, the foundation must be divine grace.
The emperor has the power of life and death, and if he wants his ministers to die, they will have to die.
But our Jia family is the founding hero of the country. Unlike ordinary ministers, the emperor does not need us to die, at least not explicitly at the hands of the emperor.
Emperors of the past dynasties punished many of their ministers, but few took action against the meritorious ministers of the previous dynasty.
Because emperors want to be written down in history books, they care about how future generations will evaluate them.
Therefore, unless the founding heroes conspire to rebel, killing the founding heroes will easily lead to eternal infamy for being unkind and unjust, and will be regarded by later generations as "the bird is hidden in the bow, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked".
To put it too far, even if Brother Zhen commits murder and arson, the emperor will at most take away his title and punish him alone. In addition, a nephew of the Jia family will continue to inherit the title, which will not completely shake our foundation.
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As long as we are not disloyal, disloyal, disrespectful and unruly to the Emperor, our biggest threat is that we will ruin our family."
His words made Jia Mu secretly frightened:
This Lian Er's knowledge is indeed extraordinary. He really has great abilities.
Before his grandfather died, he had a private conversation with Jia's mother. The thing he was most worried about was exactly what Jia Lian said about the Jia family's situation and crisis. He grew up with the first generation Rong Guogong.
Mr. Daishan has understood all his life. Jia Lian, a child who grew up in a nest of gold and silver, has understood everything at the age of twenty?