In the entire Rongguo Mansion, no one hates Jia Zheng more than Jia She.
This kind of hatred started when Jia Zheng captured Zhou.
Before that, his father, Jia Daishan, was in charge of the border army and was away from home all year round. In addition to honoring his parents-in-law, his mother also took charge of the household chores. The only eldest grandson in the family, Jia She, was survived by four great-grandfathers, great-grandmothers, grandfather and grandmother.
The ancestors held it in their hands and doted on it.
It can be said that the young Jia She was the real living phoenix in the Rongguo Mansion. He could do whatever he wanted. If he wanted stars, he would definitely give them the moon.
However, when Jia She was twelve years old, Jia Zheng arrested Zhou.
What's wrong with him? He grabbed a book.
To this day, when Jia She thinks of his grandfather Jia Yan’s smile at that time, he feels so sickened with hatred.
Grandpa Jia Yan smiled at his father Jia Daishan and said:
"I have earned my family fortune through my military career. It seems that I have to rely on my son to study in the imperial examinations before he can change his family. Poetry, courtesy, and scholarly family are the way to go."
And he, the eldest grandson who has always been favored by his grandparents, was actually ignored because he didn't like to study.
Since then, both grandfather and father have attached great importance to Jia Zheng, and often said to Jia She: "Your brother still knows how to study, you..."
As the four old people passed away one by one, especially after the death of Jia She's grandmother (the wife of Jia Yan, the first generation of Ningguo Gong), Jia She's last protection was completely gone.
At this time, his father Jia Daishan was transferred back to the capital, and his mother no longer had two parents-in-law, so she had more time to educate her children.
Seeing that the two brothers in the family were both born to the same mother and raised by the same father, their parents were comparing the two of them all the time.
The second child loves to read, but the eldest child doesn’t like to read - he doesn’t know how to make progress!
The second child is humble and kind, while the eldest child is arrogant and lewd—poor character!
As the eldest son of the family, Jia She did not receive any respect or love from his parents.
His father beat and scolded him, and his mother was cold to him. They both said they were very disappointed in Jia She.
But Jia She is very confused.
He also came here like this when he was a child. Didn't his great-grandfather, great-grandmother, grandpa, and grandma always like his every word and action? Why did he become so wrong just because his younger brother loved to read? p>
As an older brother, if he is not as good as his younger brother in everything, he will be as frustrated as he needs to be.
Not to mention the people in Jia's family, even her brother-in-law Lin Ruhai always praised Jia She and Jia Zheng's two eldest uncles: "The second brother-in-law is a humble and kind man, and he has the legacy of his grandfather." What about the eldest brother-in-law?
Don’t mention it? I told you to eat it?
Everyone said that Jia Zheng was busy studying every day and making progress, while Jia She was either busy taking concubines or drinking flowers and wine every day, one in the sky and the other in the earth.
Compared to my wife, Mrs. Xing of Jia She’s family, from birth to scheming, nothing can compare to Jia Zheng’s Mrs. Wang.
Compared to my daughter, Jia She's family's Spring Festival, let alone Jia Zheng's family's Yuan Chun, can it compare to Jia Zheng's family's Tanchun?
Than my son...
Hehe!
This time I finally arrived at Jia She’s home court!
Jia Zhu of Jia Zheng's family passed the scholar examination at the age of fourteen, but he died.
Jia Zhengjia's Jia Baoyu is elegant and beautiful, but she is not a prostitute competing with others to dress up in pink makeup. It is useless to look good.
Not to mention Jia Huan from Jia Zheng's family, a useless thing raised by a little wife is not as good as our Jia Cong who digs through the sand.
Your three sons from Jia Zheng are not as good as our Jia Lian.
Does being a third-rank magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture count as a glorious lintel?
Does being decisive and decisive in doing things count as honoring one's family name?
Even his grandfather is interested in the potential of this eldest grandson, but you, Jia Zheng, are nothing!
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Jia Shehui got involved at this time, because Jia Lian asked Xing'er to send the letter, and he was rushing to find a place with Jia Zheng.
How to put things second, let’s make Jia Zheng sick first and then talk about it.
At this time, Jia She glanced at his younger brother Jia Zheng and said to Jia Mu:
"What's wrong with catching a slave? Isn't Lian Er worried about not having enough money to build a provincial residence?
In this case, there is no need for Lian Er to help manage the Rongguo Mansion now anyway. It is better to let him leave the affairs of the Provincial Family Courtyard and leave him alone. It will save him the worry and burden and invite complaints, which is boring."
Although Jia She had poor conduct, he was not a scheming person. As soon as Jia Mu heard what he said, she knew the purpose of his visit.
If it is true, as he said, that Jia Lian was allowed to completely ignore family affairs, then Dafang has completely withdrawn from Rongguo Mansion, and the two families have completely broken up since then.
Jia's mother was nearly seventy years old. She only wanted to have a harmonious family, with her children and grandchildren around her, and to enjoy her old age in peace. She really didn't want to have another accident, so she said to Xini:
"Their children are just learning to do things, how can they reach this point?
How can we make a whole family unhappy for the sake of a few slaves?"
Jia Zheng's resentment was originally directed at Jia Lian, but when he saw that Jia She, who had always done nothing serious, suddenly got involved, he stabbed himself with "a timid and timid bookworm", and he became increasingly unhappy and stopped.
He was willing to give up and said to Jia She in a cold voice:
"It's okay if he only captures a slave, but he captured Shan Ziye, an old celebrity in the capital!
If outsiders find out, wouldn’t they say that our Jia family is bullying others?
What's more, bullying scholars and humiliating Confucius are even more despicable."
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In this family, the two brothers have looked down on each other since childhood.
Jia She couldn't stand his brother's "pretending to be serious," and Jia Zheng couldn't stand his brother's "irregular behavior."
Jia She is greedy for pleasure, while Jia Zheng thinks he is noble.
But Jia Zheng doesn’t have much ability.
Externally, if I don’t have the ability to make political achievements, I naturally won’t be promoted and shine.
Internally, managing finances, running the family, educating children, these "mundane affairs" are all out of the question. How to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and how to make the family harmonious, they don't even think about it.
Even though Jia Zheng didn't take the imperial examination, he was very bookish and not down to earth at all. In fact, like Baoyu, from the bottom of his heart he neither wanted to be an official nor a housekeeper, he just loved the illusion of elegance and just being a wealthy and idle man. .
"Did you embarrass 'Sage Kong'?" Jia She laughed deliberately, "I think you embarrassed 'Brother Kong Fang' (Qian)?"
He turned to Jia Lian and asked:
"How much money did Shan Ziye defraud our family? Tell us and let everyone listen."
Jia Lian thought:
Fortunately, I brought this "father" here. Otherwise, who can directly attack Jia Zheng with a big cannon for me? I can just sing with this "father" myself.
So he replied politely:
"According to calculations by the Ministry of Industry, at least 1.48 million taels of silver were embezzled by Shan Ziye."
One million, four hundred and eighty thousand taels!
This number instantly surprised everyone present.
This...is this greed for ink?
This is clearly robbery!
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This time, even Jia Mu couldn’t sit still and murmured:
"Is this a repayment? Is this a repayment? I built a provincial residence for my empress and was embezzled so much money. Is this a repayment?"
Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward, seemingly to persuade Jia Mu, but in fact she was shady Jia Lian:
"Old lady, there is no need to worry. The reason why I just mentioned Lian Er is because Lian Er just listened to the nonsense of people around him and recklessly arrested Mr. Shan Ziye. That old gentleman is a famous person, how could he do such a thing?"<