"A handful of bitter tears, full of absurd words".This is the first of the four famous novels "Dream of Red Mansions" author Cao Xueqin wrote a classic sentence at the beginning, and it is also a small summary of his life, the reason why this ** is classic and no one can stand out is because it is the epitome of the author, and its creation is described according to Cao Xueqin's own experience.
Jia Baoyu's story is the epitome of Cao Xueqin, for him, once upon a time he was also a carefree son in the family, a treasure favored by the elders, and an unattainable existence in the eyes of his peers, but fate is always not so smooth sailing, the Cao family was finally raided, and the splendid building was instantly stormy, which actually corresponded to the ** plot of the overturning of Jiafu.
Of course, ** is not reality, which is mixed with the author's emotions, although the ending cannot be changed, but there will always be many variables in it, just like the demise of the four major families represented by the Jia family, the author will always give readers plenty of imagination space,From the increasingly obvious decline of Jiafu, we have questioned whether Jiafu will slow down its decline if it opens up sources and reduces expenditure
On the demise of Jiafu alone, it should not be cut into reality, and it should be discussed from the worldview of **, the "dream" of the Red Mansion is mainly based on dreams, so there are many dreams that have to be paid attention to, among which the more important ones are, and even the one that predicts the ending of the whole story, is too illusory, which is a more magical existence in the dream of Red Mansions.
It has appeared many times, and there are immortals, the protagonist of this book, Jia Baoyu, also had the opportunity to enter, and this incident happened at the beginning of the story, when Jiafu was still splendid, Jia Baoyu entered the too illusory realm during Qin Keqing's boudoir lunch break.
At this time, Jia Baoyu was very playful, only knew that there was a mysterious and good place in front of him, and he didn't know that this was the place of the unpredictable prophet, and finally under the guidance of the police fairy in the too illusory realm, he saw the judgment of the woman in the world, the most eye-catching of which was the canonical book of the twelve hairpins of Jinling.
The police fairy had reminded Jia Baoyu to pay attention to this, and even hinted to him many times about what happened to Jiafu in the futureBut at that time, because Jia Baoyu was too young, coupled with the brocade clothes and jade food since he was a child, he couldn't predict what would happen in Jiafu laterSo I still didn't care about the reminder of the police fairy.
Despite this, the police fairy still gave Jia Baoyu a chance, that is, to take him to do "cloud and rain things", and hoped that after that, he could mature a little, have some understanding, and study seriously from now on, and have a half-official position in the future that is worthy of the family.
It's a pity that Jia Baoyu indulged in pleasure after experiencing this, and still didn't change his plans, so from this time on, the opportunity for Jia Fu to turn the tide was missed, and then, as mentioned at the beginning,Jia Mansion is just that the outer shelf has not yet fallen, but the inner bag has already come up.
There are many reasons for the decline of Jiafu, there are two points inside and outside, the first is the external reason, the so-called external, in fact, is the problem of social relations between Jiafu and the court, as the so-called "wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it", Ning Guogong and Rongguo Gong, who made great contributions to the emperor that year, gave Jiafu two "made" brands.
This is also the beginning of the prosperity of Jiafu, when the Duke of Rongguo and the Duke of Ningguo were still alive, it was the peak of Jiafu, the court naturally made friends, the grace of God and future generations, in the shadow of the fathers, it can be regarded as sweeping away some thorns for the later generations.
But if you want to be long-lasting, you need not only the burden of the predecessors to move forward, but also the continuous extension of the descendantsIt is obvious that Jiafu did not realize these things, and the second generation after Ning Guogong and Ning Guogong did not continue the fine tradition of daring to fight, which can be seen from their political achievements.
The second-generation Jia Zheng and Jia Yu did not have any great achievements in their careers, and the next generation of Jia Baoyu was also too spoiled and neglected to study and education, and the official and half-official positions held by Jia Zheng were not worth mentioning at allThis situation is like metal fatigue for a behemoth like Jiafu. It will be difficult to detect for a while, and if there is a problem, the consequences will be very serious.
The second generation has no achievements in the official career, which means that there is no right to speak in the court, so the prince Baylor, who was still afraid of Jiafu in the early years, has long regarded it as a paper tigerFor example, the most typical enemy of Jiafu in the imperial court is the "Prince of Zhongshun".In the early years, Jiafu relied on the emperor's favor and confronted the loyal prince in the court, but Jiafu did not see the rapidly changing situation in the court.
With the passage of time, not only Jiafu was renewed, but also above the court, and finally Prince Yizhong, who was supported by the loyal prince, ascended to the position of emperor, and this one thing alone was enough to bring disaster to Jiafu.
The new emperor's accession to the throne is naturally to get rid of a group of stubborn forces that were once hostile, and Jiafu was once an enemy of the faithful prince, which is equivalent to the current antagonism with the emperorAt present, the career of the elders of Jiafu is mediocre, and they are not even qualified to meet the emperor to defend themselves, so they can only sit and wait for death, which is only the external reason for the decline of Jiafu.
If the external factors represent the inevitability of the demise of Jiafu, then the internal factors represent the speed of the demise of Jiafu, the first and foremost point of internal factorsIt is the extravagance that Jiafu has not changedIn **, the author has spent a lot of space to show the luxury of Jiafu, and it has been implemented throughout.
From the beginning of Lin Daiyu's entry into Jia's mansion, it was presented to the brilliant buildings, and then later, the Grand View Garden built for the Yuanchun Provincial Relatives was even more extravagant, it is said that after the completion, Jia Zheng had taken people to check the acceptance, just this time to check, it took half a day,This building is more like the existence of a small world.
There are all kinds of places, jewelry, etc., and even the beautiful scene of the mountains and rivers in spring, summer, autumn and winter is built, even Jia Yuanchun, who lives in the palace, is shocked by the splendor and extravagance in front of him, these are just one of the links in the extravagance of JiafuIn addition to the architecture, the food and clothing of Jia Mansion is also an astonishing figure.
This point was mentioned at the beginning, but later there were some marriages, funerals, birthday gifts, etc., and Jiafu made them very luxurious, taking Qin Keqing as an example, after her death, just a coffin exceeded 1,000 taels of silver. With such high expenses, no amount of property will be squandered sooner or later.
More importantly, the extravagance of Jiafu represents a large amount of expenditure, which is completely disproportionate to the income that can be obtained, because the second generation of Jiafu did not enter the court as officials, so the family's income cannot rely on Yulu at all, and all the ** basically rely on a lot of land rent and harvest, but the natural environment has a great impact on this aspect.
Especially after the flood and drought disaster, the meagre income of Jiafu has become a problem even to pay the wages of the tenants, not to mention the income, the income has decreased, but the expenditure has been increasing, and decay is inevitable.
The second internal reason is the problem of the descendants of Jiafu, of course, it does not mean that they do not learn and have no skills and their careers are blocked, but that there are internal contradictions and **, which is actually implied at the beginningLin Daiyu came to take refuge, and almost all her relatives came to greet her, but her two uncles did not come.
This shows that there is discord between the two in Jia's mansion, in fact, the reason is the partiality of Jia's mother, Jia Yu is the eldest son, but he is not favored by Jia's mother, Jia Zheng, as the second son, is also very valued by Jia's mother, and even opened a separate courtyard for him to liveAs the supreme power of the Jia family, Jia Mu's bias represents the inclination of the entire Jia family.
Although Jia Yu was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say it, but after a long time, this kind of negative emotion would grow secretly, coupled with Jia's mother's self-esteem and selfishness in the open, secretly and privately, causing a group of people in Jia's mansion who were dissatisfied with Jia's mother's preference to gradually become a wholeLater, a situation of confrontation between the two sides even formed.
In the end, because of the incident of copying and inspecting the Grand View Garden, the contradictions between the two sides were completely stimulatedCoupled with the threat from the outside, Jia Fu was already covered in bruises, and in addition, the existence of Jia Mu made it impossible for some people who saved the situation to use their abilities. Wang Xifeng is such an existence.
In terms of her performance, she is a very capable woman, as the chief housekeeper of Jiafu, she does things in an orderly manner, although she is spicy, but she has a very good control of the detailsAs early as before the Lantern Festival, Sister Feng had already found that Jiafu could not make ends meet. Reducing expenditure and changing the pattern of land leasing have also been mentioned.
But Sister Feng belongs to the type of person who has the intention to kill the thief and has no power to return to the sky, she can have a lot of ideas and means, but whether it is correct or not, it still needs to be agreed by Jia's mother, so these methods have not been put into practice in the end.
In other words, opening up sources and reducing expenditure is the method and means that Sister Feng thought of early onFor the luxurious Jiafu, as long as the quality of clothing, food, housing and transportation is slightly reduced, not so delicacies of the mountains and seas, and not so particular about pomp, it will definitely save a lot of money.
Therefore, opening up sources and reducing expenditure is an important means to alleviate the decay of Jiafu, and it is also a very effective means, but there is one thing to note, that is, the final outcome of destruction cannot be changed.
Just like the final outcome in reality, even if Jiafu opens up sources and reduces expenditure, it will eventually perish, because from the outside, there is an enemy that cannot be defeated, and from the inside, the older generation of Jiafu has poor political achievements, and the new generation has no achievements, and it has long been left with an empty shell.
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