Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 61
  The marriage between Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian formed a consensus among the Wang family, that is, to marry down.

Since you are getting married, don't you have to endure it if the Wang family has some pretense?
  Jia Lian's point of view is from another angle. Wang Xifeng is very beautiful, and LSP said that she cannot resist in the face of etiquette.

I can’t make the final decision on my marriage, and it’s not like the woman can’t accept it. That's probably it, there is no urgency or admiration.

To put it more simply, there are not many beautiful maids in Rongguo Mansion who want to crawl into bed? They won't look down on me.

In modern people's thinking, I know that I cannot make the decision on my own marriage, so why should I kneel down and lick my wife's natal family?

From the time-traveler's perspective, Wang Ziteng's defeat is clearly written in the novel, and the series of consequences it caused will be borne not only by the Wang family, but also by the Jia family.

If Jia Lian had no other options, he could only devote himself to helping Wang Ziteng maintain his high status.

The reality is that through personal efforts, Jia Lian has found a smoother road to self-protection. What would a modern person think? I may not offend you, but I will not kneel down and be a licking dog.

The Wang family would not consider that Wang Ziteng's rapid rise relied not only on personal efforts, but also on a large number of the Jia family's network resources. What the Wang family can understand is that in the field of power, the Jia family does not have a high-ranking official above the third rank, so it is in decline!

Mrs. Chen's idea is very simple that children belong to her own family. Wang Ren and Wang Yi are both children who understand etiquette. Jia Lian comes to the house as a guest. Even if there is a fuss, it will not cause an insurmountable situation. The problem is not big, Brother Lian will only suffer a little injustice.

Mrs. Chen thought in her mind that if she wanted Feng'er to live a more comfortable life after marrying, she had to take care of Jia Lian before the marriage.

Jia Lian didn't quite understand the mentality of the Wang family. After changing his clothes, he returned to the front of the hall. Wang Zisheng and Jia Zheng were already sitting opposite each other, drinking tea and chatting. In the normal rhythm, Wang Ren came to receive Jia Lian. The actual situation was that Wang Ren did not show up and Jia Lian was not accompanied. When he came back, he bowed his hands to the two elders and sat aside to listen to the exchange between the two in boredom.

An interesting thing is that Wang Zisheng is a traditional martial arts student who doesn't read much and prefers bow and horse. Jia Zheng is a nerd. Apart from the things in books, he doesn't have much that he can use.

The two sat there chatting awkwardly, and Jia Lian felt embarrassed listening to it.

"How was your uncle's new year?" Jia Zheng asked.

"Shanghao, my eldest brother is fighting in the northwest. I'm staying in the capital to push for supplies. There's not much to do. It's all done by the people below." Wang Zisheng.

"At the end of last year, the major events in Beijing were nothing more than cabinet changes." Jia Zheng.

"Yes, the Ministry of Industry is wondering how the preparations are for the equipment to be transported to the West after the new year?" Wang Zisheng. (Jia Zheng is in the Ministry of Industry)
  "The government does not care about the equipment of the Ministry of Industry. We know very little about this matter. It is better for future generations to take care of it." Jia Zheng.

Jia Lian secretly laughed after listening to it again, feeling that the fists in Wang Zisheng's sleeves were hardened, but there was nothing he could do about Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng's rhythm was also chaotic. He obviously talked about cabinet changes, such a big thing, but my uncle skipped it and asked about the preparation of equipment for the Western Expedition in the work department. This is not my responsibility. How could I know? Don’t you know, uncle, that it’s hard for officials, even those from the same yamen, to interfere in other people’s official affairs? Don't I feel uncomfortable if I ask?
  When Wang Zisheng saw that he could no longer continue the conversation, he quickly changed his target and said, "Brother Lian, do you have any advice on countering the rebellion in the northwest?"

Unexpectedly, Jia Lian happily ate the melon and ate it on his own head. He still answered seriously: "Soldiers are a major matter for the country. The northwest is thousands of miles away from the capital. Lian cannot obtain the actual information on the battlefield immediately. So I don’t dare to talk nonsense. I secretly believe that with His Majesty, cabinet ministers, and military officials making decisions, there will be no mistakes."

Many people who are not very capable actually like to give advice based on their partial knowledge of the actual situation. Typical of these are the so-called scholars of the Ming Dynasty, who like to talk about national affairs. When I was frothing at the mouth and writing passionately, I felt like I was floating in the sky, as if I were the chief minister of the cabinet and all problems would be solved. If I lead troops to fight, the enemy will definitely flee.

As everyone knows, if this type of people really become officials, they will not be able to solve any practical problems. They will be colluded with by the local gentry and petty officials, fooled, and ignored. In the end, they will accomplish nothing and can only lie down and die.

When leading troops on the battlefield, these people often tremble with their legs before a fight breaks out. Once a fight starts, the smell of blood in the air can make these people turn around and run away. The vast majority of cases in history that escaped were so-called literati and famous officials.

For example, Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao wrote, "I miss Xiang Yu now and refuse to cross Jiangdong." I don’t know if it was directed at my husband.

Jia Lian has been working at the grassroots level for a long time and knows that if any policy is to be implemented, it depends on the implementation at the grassroots level. In war, decisions must be made based on the actual situation. The so-called "willing to accept the emperor's orders" refers to flexible decision-making based on the actual situation.

The negative example here is the formation diagram of the emperor of the Song Dynasty. The joke he made was unprecedented in military history and has never been done since.

When Wang Zisheng heard what Jia Lian said, he felt that this boy was not cooperating with him to pretend to be evil. Obviously I have been familiar with military books since I was a child. It is a pity that I can't follow him to make contributions in this northwest battle. I feel regretful in my heart.

"The eldest brother proposed the strategy of a decisive battle when the spring comes and the flowers bloom later in the year on the grounds that he has just arrived in the northwest of Beijing and is not familiar with the terrain and climate. What does brother Lian think?" Wang Zisheng was unwilling to talk about poetry, poetry, and poetry with Jia Zheng even to death. The cabinet was adjusted and Jia Lian was seized to continue military discussions.

Jia Lian is also troubled by this problem. Let alone wars in the cold weapon era, I have never fought even in modern hot weapon wars. Is it appropriate for you to ask me, a layman, to talk about military affairs? On paper, it's all nonsense.

Fortunately, Jia Lian's information level was not comparable to that of Wang Zisheng, and he quickly found a countermeasure: "From the newspaper, the Taiwei arranged his troops with stability as the main focus. He built a stronghold, fought stupidly, and made camp step by step. , Don’t seek quick victory, but seek invincibility. Lian doesn’t know the rest.”

Jia Lian could only say what he could, and summarize Wang Ziteng's strategic and tactical ideas. Jia Lian could not judge whether this style of play was good or bad, but he knew that the court was short of money and the war was prolonged, giving Emperor Chenghui a headache.

Even if Jia Lian knew what Emperor Chenghui was thinking, he couldn't tell anyone about it.

When Jia Zheng saw what Jia Lian had said, he felt that he had been left out, and immediately reprimanded him: "At such a young age, you are arrogantly discussing the military strategy of the dynasty. It's so arrogant!"

In this situation, Jia Lian had no way to refute, so he could only lower his head and remain silent, clenching his fists as he really wanted to hit someone.

Jia Zheng, who felt that he had perfectly demonstrated his uncle's majesty, had a satisfied smile on his face. The elders and younger ones were in order, and the hierarchy was in order. This fully demonstrated that the Jia family's tutoring was qualified.

Wang Zisheng was heartbroken by Jia Zheng's words. The conversation he had just started was interrupted, and his words put pressure on Jia Zheng.

"The words spoken by a wise son-in-law are prudent. He is well versed in the ways of a soldier."

Jia Zheng suddenly opened his mouth slightly, feeling embarrassed. You are already a virtuous son-in-law, what else can I say? The Wang family are so vulgar!

Jia Zheng silently belittled this uncle in his heart!
  In fact, it's not that Wang Zisheng doesn't study, he just doesn't take the imperial examination route.

In terms of difficulty, the purpose of the imperial examination, which is an extremely inner circle, is to open up an extremely narrow path so that the people at the bottom can see that this is a road to the sky.

Jia Lian's only choice at this time is to help with the housework, otherwise the news that the uncle and nephew of the Jia family are not getting along will spread throughout the capital tomorrow.

"Master Taishan is ridiculous. My second uncle's teachings are correct. Lian has not yet reached the crown, and he is not trained in military affairs. What he said is just rhetoric. Today's things should be taken as a warning. Confucius said, if you know it, you know it, and if you don't know it, you don't know it. That's right Know it. Expressing opinions while pretending to understand something you don’t understand will lead to bad things if you develop a habit of encountering things in the future.”

With these words, Jia Zheng was happy, but Wang Ziteng was unhappy. His eyes were neither light nor heavy, and he tried hard to maintain a smile, pretending to be generous, and laughed and said: "Brother Lian is very humble, Enhou My brother’s good unicorn.”

Returning to the title Lian Ge'er again shows Wang Ziteng's change in mentality.

Jia Lian looked at these two elders and really didn't know where to start. Can you talk about the recent gossip in the capital?
  Gossip is what humans like to hear, so why compete on a track that neither of us likes?
  "I heard that Mr. Liu, General Fenwei, caused some commotion in the south of the city. I don't know whether it's true or not. I think it's mostly fake. After all, General Liu lives in the west of the city. He goes all the way to a place like the west of the city. He knows what fun there is. ." Jia Lian decisively turned on the Bagua state, and Wang Ziteng became more energetic. This is also an area in which he is relatively good.

"My good son-in-law doesn't know something. Mr. Liu is good at singing and acting. He is good at playing Tsing Yi, Hua Dan, etc."

Wang Zisheng was gossiping happily. When Jia Zheng heard that something was wrong with the topic, he quickly interrupted: "Brother, please stay."

The interrupted Wang Zisheng looked over with an unhappy expression: "Sister-in-law, what do you have to say?"

Jia Zheng couldn't say that Jia Lian was too young to listen to this special hobby, let alone that the servants in Jia's house were all selected according to the standard of comeliness. There are things you can do, but you can't say them out loud, it's tacitly understood. So Jia Zheng said calmly: "Since you can't see the two young masters in the house? Why don't you let Brother Lian find a secluded place?"

This is something that cannot be said, but can be done. Two future couples, please take the time to meet.

The atmosphere in Wu Xun's family is quite open. You can see each other during blind dates, and you can still see each other after the marriage is confirmed. Unlike those scholars who have bad habits, the girls in the family can only send their maids to take a look during the blind date. The girls always wait for news behind the curtain in the back room, or take a peek from behind the curtain.

Wang Zisheng was quite open-minded, and now he realized that it was not appropriate to say that Liu liked to wear Hua Dan costumes and cosplay with Wu Sheng.

"Then go ahead. Someone, come and take Brother Lian to the west wing to rest."

Although the whole family had no choice but to enter, the back house was still not allowed, at least Jia Lian couldn't enter, and Jia Zheng could enter, but he couldn't.

Mrs. Chen was talking to Mrs. Wang here, and Wang Xifeng was accompanying her. The maid came in and whispered in her ear. Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Feng'er, come and have a look."

Wang Xifeng naturally knew what was going on, and immediately turned red in the face. She said goodbye to her mother and aunt, took Ping'er with her, and followed the maid who led the way. Originally, Jia Lian was accompanied by Wang Ren, but the guy next door hadn't come back yet. This gave Jia Lian an advantage and allowed him to spend time alone with Wang Xifeng in private.

Jia Lian was sitting in a room in the west wing, drinking tea and waiting. After a while, the curtain was raised, and Wang Xifeng stepped in. Ping'er did not follow, and stood at the door to look out. This reminded Jia Lian of a scene in The West Chamber.

The atmosphere of the Han and Tang Dynasties was open, but after reaching its two peaks, Chinese civilization became more conservative. Since the imperial examination was conducted with eight-part essays to select scholars, conservatism has resulted in a high degree of involution.

Looking at the problem from the perspective of a descendant who was educated by Ma Zhe, this is that production relations in turn restrict the development of productive forces.

The Great Zhou Dynasty still followed the imperial examination system. It can be seen that everyone wanted to be the emperor. Even though the Taizu of this dynasty was probably a time traveler, he did not change this production relationship. There is no time to correct it, otherwise we would not have carried out the imperial examination to select scholars.

Wang Xifeng saw Jia Lian's dumbfounded look and thought she was stupid for seeing her happy. She stepped forward and bowed slightly and said, "Feng'er wishes brother Lian good luck. Brother Lian is blessed."

After coming back to his senses, Jia Lian hurriedly bowed and handed over his hands: "Sister Feng'er is so lucky. It's been almost a year since we parted ways, and even though the wild geese are sending letters, it's still hard to understand the pain of missing each other. See you again today, and I don't know where to start with the thousands of words to say?" "

As he spoke, Jia Lian came forward and reached out to grab Wang Xifeng's hand. Wang Xifeng's body was so weak that he had no strength at all. He leaned into his arms and stammered: "I'm at home. I miss my brother Lian every day."

How to get along with Wang Xifeng, Jia Lian has a determined purpose. That is, don't be impatient and maintain an attitude of respect and consideration for her.

He gently helped Wang Xifeng sit down on the chair, and Jia Lian sat down on another chair before speaking.

When Wang Xifeng saw Jia Lian acting like this, she secretly thought: Brother Lian is really a gentleman, and he doesn't want to betray his heart in secret.

It was as simple as erasing the incident of holding hands just now.

"Ping'er told me, don't worry, no matter what, I won't let my uncle have no steps to go down."

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng's soul returned to its original place, and she secretly blamed herself. I haven't married yet, but I want Brother Lian to be wronged. Where can I say this? My brother is a loser. He is not good at studying and martial arts. He is no better than Brother Lian. He can walk a bright road by relying solely on his studies.

"My brother is ignorant. He only listens to what Wang Yi says next door. Please bear with brother Lian when he is in trouble, and I will make it up to you in the future." Wang Xifeng bit her red lips and said these words.

Speaking of her passion, Wang Xifeng stood up, stretched out her hand to hold Jia Lian's hand, lowered her head and whispered: "I really want to get married tomorrow, but I can't help myself. At this time, I can only look forward to the coming year of brother Lian." When I was named on the gold medal list, I was carried in a sedan chair in all my glory." It was already too much for the woman to say this.

After hearing this, Jia Lian thought to himself that it seemed that PUA was effective. When he was about to go further with PUA, he heard someone scolding Ping'er outside.

(End of this chapter)