dream of red mansion

Chapter 8
Time flies in the idle place, and it is another spring.

Four years passed in a blink of an eye, and Jia Qing was no longer a child, but an urchin of seven or eight years old.

"Little children"

At this time, he was sitting in a small yard, shaking his head and reading a book, but his wandering eyes told us that this guy was not serious at all!

In the past four years, he has basically grasped the world. Except for the inaccessible aspects, under his careful inquiry, a complete and vivid world appeared in his mind.

The dynasty of this world is known as the 'Great Chu Dynasty'.Don't be surprised, it has nothing to do with Xiang Yu's Da Chu.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Xiaoshan, the founding emperor of Great Chu, supported the Nanming court. When the Yongli regime came, the traitor Wu Sangui broke through the southwest, and King Mangbai of Burma was intimidated by Wu Sangui's army, and sent Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang to Wu Sangui.

At this time, Yuan Xiaoshan, who was recruiting troops in the south of the Yangtze River, heard about it, and quickly set up the banner of King of Qin, personally leading the army from Jiangxi to Hunan to attack the three places of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and followers gathered along the way.

In April of the following year, Wu Sangui killed Zhu Youlang and his son, and the Nanming regime declared its demise.

After Yuan Xiaoshan heard about it, he and the lieutenant officers wept bitterly: "The unification of the emperor has been lost, and the recovery of the Han Dynasty is hopeless. I will kill the traitor Wu Sangui and the rebellious king Mangbai to comfort the spirits of the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wu Sangui saw the ferocity of Yuan's army, so he decisively abandoned Mangbai and retreated to the area of ​​Shaanxi and Hubei, waiting for the Qing court's cavalry.

Yuan Xiaoshan led troops into Yunnan and captured Burmese King Mangbai alive.Build a high platform, cook it, and invite the soldiers of the three armies to eat its meat, because they vowed: the traitor Wu Sangui will be punished, the rivers and mountains will be recovered, and the Tartar emperor will be driven out.

Later, the rebel army was changed to the Chu army, one to commemorate the uprising in the pre-Chu land, and the other to show the determination: "Although there are three families in Chu, Chu will die when Qin is destroyed".

After ten years, the Chu Army finally defeated the mighty Manchu Eight Banners, killed Wu Sangui, established the Great Chu Empire, and restored the Han people.
This period of history was told to him by Jia Qing's teacher Yu Yuanchen. Yu Yuanchen was the tutor Jia Jing hired him at the beginning.The capital is so big and it is not easy to live in. Later, he was recommended by someone to go to Ningguo Mansion to enlighten Jia Qing.

He is rigid and upright, and every time he talks about the history of the founding emperor's founding of the country, he is full of energy and eloquent, obviously a fan of the founding emperor.

It's just that Jia Qing felt that, regardless of the truth or falsehood, just looking at Yuan Xiaoshan's every step of the way, always grasping the hearts of the people, he was a man of strategy, not a peerless loyal minister as he appeared on the surface.However, it is indeed a generation of outstanding people who can set the Central Plains in troubled times and defeat the Manchurian cavalry.

Da Chu has been passed down to this day as the fourth emperor, named Zhengqing Emperor.Moreover, the first emperor Wanlong is still in power, and he is named the Supreme Emperor. The current political situation is that the sun and the moon hang together.

That's all for state affairs, let's talk about the family situation.

Jia Qing finally found out that Big Face is only eight years old this year, a little older than him.That is to say: sister Bao hasn't come yet, sister Lin is coming soon.

The Red Chamber drama is about to kick off.

Three years ago, Jia Yuanchun entered the palace;
Two years ago, Wang Xifeng married Jia Lian, the eldest son of Rongguo Mansion;

A year ago, Qin Keqing married into Ningguo Mansion and married Jia Rong.

Because the first two incidents happened in Rongguo Mansion, he is beyond his reach at present.Just to mention the last thing, Qin Keqing married Jia Rong, who was also 16 years old at the age of 16. As the second uncle, it was easy for Jia Qing to meet her.It is worthy of being one of the twelve hairpins. If Jia Qing were to comment, he could only say: It really is beautiful and incomparable.

I still remember Keqing (who called her so affectionate in her heart, but I didn’t teach it.) when she offered tea to Jia Jing and others, Jia Zhen looked like a pig, Jia Qing wanted to step forward and give him an old punch. He also quickly took the pig-like appearance, and encouraged him with a human-like appearance.

Jia Qing was actually not worried about this.For some unknown reason, Jia Jing, who was supposed to become a Taoist priest in the past two years, did not go. He just resigned from the post of Jiedu envoy of the Beijing camp, leaving only a first-class general at home to recuperate and study. After Chunwei failed, he had no face to work as a school teacher in Ningguo Mansion again, resigned and went back to his hometown. Later, it was Jia Jing who tutored him personally.

So, now the boss of the family is still Jia Jing.If Jia Zhen wants to do something, there is still a big risk.
In the past few years, Jia Qing has a preliminary understanding of ancient culture: compared with modern culture, it is narrow and deep.Specifically speaking, serious books do not cover a wide range of areas, but only issues such as politics and self-cultivation; while depth refers to a book that has high requirements and often requires a thorough understanding before it can be considered a study. A thorough understanding means that the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.Unlike modern literature books, just read them.

Of course, for schoolchildren like Jia Qing, the requirements are not so high.It's just that I study a book every day and talk about it over and over again, and it's classical Chinese, which is a bit boring.

As everyone knows, he feels bored, but his teacher and Jia Jing don't think so.Because he can often explain a sentence and the connotation of an allusion (after all, he is in his 20s with an emotional intelligence), they all agree that he is a material for reading and has a root of wisdom in learning.Therefore, Jia Jing liked him more and more.

"Second Master, Second Master"

The servant girl's pleasant voice brought him back to his senses, and said, "I'm here, what's the matter?"

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl ran in, panting and said to Jia Qing: "Second Master, Master is waiting for you in the study, and sent someone to tell you to go quickly."

This servant girl is called Peifeng, the eldest servant girl sent to him by Jia Jing four years ago, and she is a couple with another little girl, Xie Luan.It's not that she is beautiful, but she is beautiful, much more outstanding than ordinary girls. The key point is: running around in front of her every day, it's so eye-catching!
"Understood, hurry up, lead the way for the second master, you will be punished if you miss the time."

Pei Feng just ignored him. In the past few years, she has long been familiar with Er Ye's temper: he is gentle with his servants, as long as he doesn't make any "principle mistakes" that Er Ye said, he will not care.

Although she doesn't know what a principled error is, she has never been punished in four years, so she is not afraid, and occasionally dares to joke.

"Let's go, I don't know if I will be punished if I go late, but the second master will definitely be scolded, hehe."

Hey, this little girl is getting bolder!It seems that we have to set rules for them when we go back.
After a while, I arrived at Jia Jing's study, and met the ceremony according to the rules.

Jia Jing looked at the youngest son in front of him, he had just turned seven years old, he was born with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he was full of cleverness. He didn't look like a child of seven or eight years old, but a monkey in his teens. Much bigger than the children of the same period.

"Tomorrow is the [-]th birthday of Mr. Liu Yong, the former chief assistant of the cabinet. I am going to take you to see the scene. It will also be good for your future development. You have to perform well. It should be noted that Mr. Liu is not only the former chief assistant, but also the leader of the Communist Party of China today. He is known as the leader of scholars and the master of literary circles."

Liu Yong?Why does this name sound so familiar, but I'm sure I don't know it, so whatever.So back: "Yes, my lord father, I will definitely behave well."

"Um"

Looking at the seriousness of the youngest son, I couldn't help but give him a suggestion: "The elder loves lotus the most. You can go to the Huifang Pavilion in Huifang Garden to see if you have any inspiration. It's best to make a lotus flower first." Come out with a little poem."

Poor Jia Jing has never done such a shameful thing in his life, but he feels that tomorrow is indeed a good opportunity for his youngest son. Not only is Liu Yong himself highly respected, but many of his disciples are now important ministers in the court.Although I have resigned from the official position now and do not stay in the officialdom, I hope that my youngest son will have a good future. Anyway, his elder brother is able to become a nobleman.

Looking at Jia Jing's embarrassed face, Jia Qing felt admiration for this cheap old man for the first time, and he could feel that Jia Jing was really good to him.

"Thank you father for your advice, my son will remember." Then he said goodbye and left the door.

As for whether he went to see the lotus, it's a joke!Does he need it? Anyway, university is not for nothing. Well, I dare not use it before Ming Dynasty, and there will be a lot of it after Ming Dynasty. Don’t tell me that plagiarism is shameful. If there is a ready-made one, don’t you use it? There are ghosts when things come out well.

(End of this chapter)