Chapter 393: The mother wants to marry her but the daughter-in-law refuses
"If you are knowledgeable, you will not have a bad conscience?
Hey, you still claim to be more knowledgeable than me. That saying, "For every man who slaughters dogs for justice, he will be a scholar for every heartless man", but that's not what's written in the book?
Scholars talk big words, such as "poor and lowly cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent". In fact, there is nothing that cannot be done for a small favor or a small profit.
It is said in the market: 'One official, two officials, three monks, four Taoists, five doctors, six workers, seven hunters, eight prostitutes, nine Confucians, and ten beggars'. These poor Confucians who have no virtue for money are no more than beggars.
A little taller, worse than a prostitute."
Jia She is not a fool. He understands very well that Jia Zheng just scolded Jia Lian for being "shameful for not studying", but actually he was pointing his nose at him and scolding Jia She.
The younger brother scolds the elder brother? I'm going against you!
Jia She had been holding in his anger for a long time, and now he found an opportunity to blast Jia Zheng's cannon.
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My brother's words were almost like puncturing Jia Zheng's lungs.
He loved reading most in his life. Although he had not taken the imperial examination, he always regarded himself as a scholar and was most proud of his ability to read. What he despised the most was insulting reading.
Over the years, Jia Zheng had long looked down on Jia She, an elder brother who was greedy for money, stingy, and lustful. He never took into account the family's various behaviors for his own selfish desires.
It's just that Jia Zheng is a sensible student and has strict self-requirements. He doesn't want his brothers to fall out with each other and make his mother unhappy, and he's even more afraid of losing the Jia family's face. Therefore, whenever he sees Jia She's excessive behavior, he repeatedly advises himself in his heart: "
"If we have different paths, we should not work together." He tried his best to maintain the appearance of brotherhood and respect, just pretending to be decent.
At this time, seeing Jia She say that scholars are "worse than prostitutes", Jia Zheng was so angry that he was so angry that he sneered:
"The Book of Changes says: 'A gentleman carries his wealth with great virtue'. If a scholar has a low status and dares not to forget about the country, his virtue is not high?
On the other hand, there are some people who are "poor in virtue but high in position, small in wisdom but big in ideas, small in strength but heavy in responsibilities, and are rarely compared to others." They have no moral character and no real talent and learning. They occupy high titles in vain, but they are just doing nothing all day long.
It’s the intoxication that makes people’s teeth run cold after seeing it.
"If virtue is not matched, there will be disaster." The heart is filled with unrestrained desires. Selfishness is like water without a dam, overflowing everywhere. If you do whatever you want, how can God not punish you?"
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Jia Zheng said such heart-wrenching words and stabbed Jia She in the lungs.
As the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia She cannot be the head of the family. The only thing he can get is a "hereditary title."
As a result, the younger brother said "virtue is not worthy of the title" and directly said that his virtue is not worthy of this title. Doesn't that mean that Jia She is not worthy of this title?
I, Jia She, don’t deserve it, but you, Jia Zheng, do you?
You have already acquired all the noble properties in Rongguo Mansion, and now you want to get my title, right?
You are such a "prude" person, and you are indeed full of evil! You are holding back to make me, your brother, lose everything!
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Jia She also looked sideways and sneered:
"Hmph, is virtue not worthy of it?
The emperor sees the merits of my ancestors and gave me this hereditary title so that I can enjoy it honestly.
I just want to marry a few more wives. I will spend money when it is time to spend it, and I will give you status when you should give it status. I will give you status. These wives are neither stolen nor robbed, nor are they forced to do anything.
I didn’t break the rules, didn’t break the law, didn’t violate the rules, so why am I no longer moral?
In my opinion, "talent is not worthy of the position" is more important than "morality is not worthy of the position".
As the saying goes, 'in your position, you will seek your own government', but you, since you have been appointed as a real official in the imperial court, you should behave as you should.
If you can't achieve political achievements, to put it nicely, it's called "eating with a corpse". If you occupy your seat in vain and put on pretense, everything you do is fake; to put it more ugly, it's called "bullying the emperor and ignoring your superiors." p>
You said you love reading, and your Mengpo Zhai is quite nice. The mahogany bookshelves are full of tomes, but how many have you opened?
Since you became an official and didn’t have to take the imperial examination, what you read and read every day are the few collections of poems on your desk?
Aren't you in that study every day, drinking good tea and eating homemade refreshments with the Qing guests like Zhan Guang and Shan Pinren, chatting and playing chess? Or are you sleeping alone in the study, and everyone in the house knows about it?
, what else are you pretending to be?
Do you know how much money is left in this family when you are said to have "a good way of running the house"? Do you know that the servants in your family have been gambling every day and night and causing trouble? Humph, even though my yard is small, the servants are also
Young man, it’s not as lively as your place with all kinds of things happening every day.
You say that you 'train your children well', but I haven't seen any of your sons become third-rank officials to support the family, let alone take the lead in building a provincial residence for the empress.
Although Lian Er is young, he is bold and courageous. He is only twenty, and he has not yet had time to work in the Ministry of Works for more than ten years. But he knows that he can find the Ministry of Works to calculate the housing and wages. When he finds the mountain pit, we will immediately
After being sent to the official, why is it still left behind?
Hum hum, I think I am lofty and useless, I have neither ability nor responsibility. Today I have seen what it means to be a strawbag.
Sure enough, wherever you put the straw bag, it will be a straw bag, and everyone will be a straw bag."
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Jia She feels happy today!
I have been dissatisfied with my younger brother Jia Zheng for many years, and I have vented it out today.
Behind this, what is venting is dissatisfaction with Jia Mu.
He had endured it before, but now, the situation is different.
His son has become promising, and he, the eldest son of the Jia family, has become stronger.
At worst, we will move out of our big house. Who is afraid of who?
If the family really breaks up, let’s see who suffers!
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Seeing Jia Zheng's mouth twitching in anger, Mother Jia felt really distressed and suddenly slapped her hand on the armrest:
"You bastard! Before I even got into the coffin, you were criticizing each other and arguing like black-eyed chickens, but you can't make me angry to death!"
Jia She and Jia Zheng were both angry and dissatisfied. When they saw their mother getting angry, they both knelt down in a hurry:
"Don't be angry, mother, your son knows he was wrong."
Jia Mu pointed at her two sons and began to lecture them:
"You two stupid people, don't you know the principle of 'brothers of one mind can break through metal'?..."
Jia Lian is so anxious!
He had just told everyone in detail about the Feng Shui trap in the wild map of Shanzi. He originally wanted to get Jia Mu's support, but unexpectedly it led to a quarrel between Jia She and Jia Zheng.
At this time, Jia’s mother only focused on teaching her two sons that "unity is strength", and what she wanted to say was ignored.
Looking for an opportunity, Jia Lian winked at Mrs. Xing, and then quietly pointed at the scroll that the maid had unfolded.
This action of his was deliberately made visible to Mrs. Wang.
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At this moment, I heard Jia Mu say:
"...If you brothers have a quarrel, don't you let the villain take advantage of it?"
Mrs. Wang immediately said:
"The villain who wants to take advantage of the situation is right in front of you."