Lu Jing sighed in his heart, after all, he looked at things a little one-sidedly and did not take into account the position of the Jia family.

As the representative of Xungui, the Jia family is bound to stand on the same front as Xungui, and the Jia family and the Zhen family are too deeply involved, it does not mean that they can withdraw if they withdraw, and the Jia family itself is not willing to give up the backers in the palace.

However, he was extremely interested in the information revealed by Lin Ruhai: "The teacher said that the Zhen family will support the Jia family?" ”

"Yes, seven years ago, the second brother-in-law sent a letter asking about sending Yuanchun into the palace as a female historian, and I felt that this move was inappropriate, how could there be a reason to send the daughter of the Hou Mansion into the palace as a female official."

"It's just that the Jia family insisted on going their own way, and took advantage of the Zhen family's momentum to send Yuan Chun to the palace as a female official, and now I don't know what the situation is!" Lin Ruhai sighed.

He is only the son-in-law of the Jia family, and he can't be the head of the Jia family, but the choices of the Jia family will involve him more or less, and he has nothing to do about it.

Lu Jing sighed in his heart, Jia Yuanchun actually walked the way of the Zhen family when he entered the palace, and he thought that it was arranged by the concubine Zhen.

Jia Yuanchun was crowned concubine at the end of this year, and at that time, Jia Zhengwen heard that Jia Yuanchun was concubine and ran to the East Palace to thank him, and the East Palace is Taiji Palace, which houses the Emperor Taishang, the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhen and others, it seems that Jia Yuanchun's concubine should be promoted by Concubine Zhen.

Jia Yuanchun died in the inner palace about three years after he became a concubine, and he died after Concubine Zhen, presumably Jia Yuanchun's death was inseparable from the emperor.

From this point of view, Jia Yuanchun's concubine was due to political reasons, and the end of the Jia family was already doomed when they decided to follow forces such as King Beijing and the Zhen family.

"Does the teacher think this is a good thing or a bad thing?" Lu Jing asked meaningfully.

He didn't believe in Lin Ruhai's shrewdness, and he couldn't see that the ship of the Jia family was about to sink, and at the same time, he was also curious about Lin Ruhai's entrustment of Lin Daiyu to the Jia family.

Lin Ruhai definitely didn't understand the situation of the Jia family recently, but he still sent Lin Daiyu to the Jia family, which made him suspicious.

Lin Ruhai sighed weakly: "I'm afraid it's not a good thing, since the death of my father-in-law, the Jia family has been in decline, and now there is no one who can support the family business, and now I am involved in the Zhen family, I'm afraid it will not be able to last long!" ”

Lin Ruhai sighed in his heart, since the death of his father-in-law Jia Daishan, the Jia family has no one to support the Guogong Mansion, and now he is thinking of sending his daughter into the palace to maintain the glory of the Jia Mansion, which is really not the right way, not to mention that the Jia family has followed the steps of the Zhen family wholeheartedly, and even he has been implicated.

"Then why did the Jia family choose like this?" Lu Jing questioned, he didn't believe that the Jia family were all stupid, and he didn't even have this knowledge.

Lin Ruhai glanced at Lu Jing and explained: "The so-called moral heirloom is more than ten generations, followed by the heirloom of cultivation and reading, followed by the heirloom of poetry and books, and the heirloom of wealth and wealth, but only three generations. ”

"Most of the noble families are rich and noble heirlooms, since the founding of the country, most of them have been passed on to the fourth or fifth generation, and they are also noble teachers, and the title of the Lin family has come to an end when it reaches my grandfather's generation."

"It is also the grace of the emperor, and when it came to my father, it was another generation, and now it is the fifth generation of the teacher, if I hadn't debuted from the imperial examination, I'm afraid the Lin family would have already declined."

"Now the Rongguo Mansion has also been passed down to the third generation, and the eldest brother has inherited the title of first-class general, and the Rongguo Mansion is quite good compared to the situation of other families."

"Over the years, most of the magnates in Beijing have declined, and it's good that the four kings of the opposite sex don't descend to inherit the throne, but few of the other nobles can maintain the glory of the past, and they can only live on the shadow of their ancestors now!"

Lin Ruhai said with emotion: "If they want to rise again, they can only get some credit when the new emperor ascends the throne, how can my father-in-law be valued by the emperor if he is not meritorious, and continue the glory of Rongguo Mansion." ”

"If the Jia family wants to rise again, they can only hit the emperor with their ideas, in fact, this is also a retreat for the Jia family, but the Jia family has taken the wrong path."

Lu Jing suddenly understood, it turned out that the Jia family sent Yuanchun into the palace to show favor to the emperor, but it was through the power of the Zhen family, causing the emperor to regard the Jia family and the Zhen family as one party.

Moreover, when Yuanchun was crowned concubine, the Jia family did not see the situation clearly, and still obeyed the orders of the emperor, which also laid the groundwork for the Jia family's later raids.

When he read the book, he didn't find any rebellion in the Jia family, but the Jia family was suspected of rebellion, and they were all involved in it without knowing it.

It can only be said that the descendants of the Jia family are too unscrupulous, and there is no one who can plan for the family, although there are some actions to save themselves, but it is also counterproductive, he guesses that the Jia family was raided in the end, it should be Jia Yuanchun and Wang Ziteng did something to affect the Jia family.

After a pause, Lin Ruhai continued: "After all, the noble family is different from the heirloom of poetry and books, and the scholarly family can rely on the imperial examination to continuously cultivate talents to maintain the lintel. ”

"But the nobles can only rely on military merits, if there is peace for a long time today, where will there be a big war, so the nobles will hit the idea on the saints in the palace, but they chose the wrong prince back then, which led to today's situation, and now they can only barely maintain it, so as to confront the current emperor."

After hearing this, Lu Jing said: "The disciple thinks that many noble families have begun to abandon martial arts and literature, according to the disciple's understanding, it seems that the Jia family has abandoned martial arts and literature since the third generation. ”

Now the Jia family except for the two hereditary, I haven't seen anyone engaged in martial arts, but they have all started to study, the third generation of the Ningrong two mansions in Jia Jing is from the imperial examination, Jia Zheng also wanted to be from the imperial examination, but when the emperor was directly rewarded by the emperor of a ministry of six products, the fourth generation of Jia Zhu also began to study since childhood, if he did not die early, I am afraid he could also be from the imperial examination.

"You're right, the Jia family has abandoned martial arts since the third generation, when the father-in-law was still there, he planned to let the Jia family give up martial arts and turn to the imperial examination, but this road is not so easy to walk, for so many years, the Jia family has only one brother Jia Jing in Ningfu, who has entered the official through the serious imperial examination, but he didn't last long before resigning."

Speaking of this matter, Lin Ruhai was also full of emotion in his heart, even if the Wuxun family was from the imperial examination, it would be isolated and ostracized by the civil official group at first, and it would be difficult for them to change their style without three generations of operation.

At the same time, Lin Ruhai felt even more sorry for the Jia family, when his father-in-law Jia Daishan was alive, he had already chosen a path for the Jia family and planned everything.

The Jia family expanded the Jia family's connections among the civil officials through the marriage with the scholarly family, so that the Jia family would not be so isolated in the civil official group, as long as the Jia family went through the efforts of one or two generations, it could slowly transform from a noble family to a family of poetry and books.

For this reason, he asked his eldest son Jia Yu to marry the daughter of Zhang Gelao of the cabinet at that time, but unfortunately Zhang's death in the Jia family was unknown, and Zhang's eldest son also died young, and the Zhang family and the Jia family also fell out.

Later, he asked Jia Zhu to marry the daughter of Li Shouzhong, the priest of the country, but unfortunately Jia Zhu died early, and the Jia family forced Li Kun, who was only in his twenties, to swear to be widowed in front of Jia Zhuling, and the Li family and the Jia family no longer interacted.

In addition, the father-in-law married his daughter Jia Min to the Lin family, if the business was good, the Jia family would not be in such an embarrassing situation now.

It's a pity that the original good road, since the death of his father-in-law, has been deviated by the Jia family, and now the Jia family is mixed with the nobles again.

If you really want to say that their Lin family was originally a noble family, but because his father married a woman from the Gusu Lu family, he was also taught by his mother since he was a child, so he embarked on the road of the imperial examination, and their Lin family changed from a noble family to a scholarly family.

"Since I have said this, the disciple still has a doubt, except for the king of Beijing County, the king of Nan'an County, the king of Xining County and the king of Dongping County, the heroes of this dynasty are all demoted to the rank of lord."

"It stands to reason that the title of the old duke was passed on to the generation of the old man, and he should inherit the first-class marquis, how did he become a first-class general?" Lu Jing asked, and at the same time, he also wondered that Lin Ruhai's family was a marquis, and it stands to reason that he should not be without a lord so soon.

There are nine ranks and 27 grades in total, namely the first, second, and third-class dukes, the first, second, and third-class marquises, the first, second, and third-class counts, the first, second, and third-class viscounts, the first, second, and third-class barons, the first-class Weilie General, the second-class Weizhen General, the third-class Weiyuan General, the first, second, and third-class cavalry captains, the first, second, and third-class cloud cavalry captains, and the first, second, and third-class En cavalry lieutenants.

Among them, the duke, the marquis and the earl are super products, the viscount is the first grade, that is, Jia Yu's current grade, the baron is the second grade, the first-class Weilie general, the second-class Weizhen Jianjun, and the third-class Weiyuan general are the third grade, and the title of Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion is in this grade, and the cavalry lieutenant is the fourth grade, the cloud cavalry captain is the fifth grade, and the encai lieutenant is the seventh grade.

The second duke of Ning Rong was originally a first-class duke, but when Jia Daihua of Ning Guofu attacked the lord, he was demoted to a first-class viscount, and he was downgraded by three levels at once.

And Jia Daishan of Rongguo Mansion did not descend to the title when he was knighted because of his merits, and he still attacked the title of first-class Duke of Rongguo, but when he arrived at his son, he was downgraded by three levels at once and became a first-class viscount.

Moreover, Lin Ruhai's ancestor is a marquis, and he can inherit seven generations, and he will not descend to the end in the fourth generation, not to mention that Lin Ruhai's father is still a special favor from Emperor Yan Kang, so he inherited another generation.

Lin Ruhai explained: "This matter is related to the abolition of the prince, at that time, the Jia family was implicated because of their support for Prince Yizhong, and the father-in-law asked for a surrender, but the emperor did not allow it, but the eldest brother was demoted to the third rank when he inherited it, and this is also the reason for Ningfu, most of the nobles in the capital were implicated by the abolition of the prince, and most of them asked for a surrender, not only the Jia family." ”

Lin Ruhai also noticed that Lu Jing's understanding of the title was wrong, and immediately said: "The titles of this dynasty are not all demoted titles, but also hereditary replacement, three generations of lords and one generation of lords. ”

"The title of my Lin family is the third generation of the lord, and the number of titles is stipulated when the reward is awarded, and such a title is not downgraded, but this title can only be inherited for three generations, and my mother-in-law's maiden historian's title is also a third-generation lord, and the Marquis of Zhongjing was canonized for merit, and it does not belong to the hereditary title, and it is not an inheritance."