Chapter 18 Analysis of the Situation and Dispelling Doubts
Lin Ruhai found that he couldn't understand his disciple anymore, he originally just wanted to use the emperor's power to make a big fight in Jiangnan, but he didn't expect Lu Jing to provide him with a new idea, so that his hope of getting out safely increased greatly.
Lu Jing ignored Lin Ruhai's thoughts, but continued to remind: "Teachers still have to beware of them using some shady methods. ”
Lin Ruhai immediately woke up and said: "What you said is right, according to your idea, as long as I can ensure my own safety, I can protect myself." ”
Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai had rekindled his fighting spirit, and he was relieved, so he could be regarded as having completed the first step to change Lin Ruhai's fate, and the next step was to help Lin Ruhai get out of the whirlpool of Jiangnan safely.
After Lin Ruhai straightened everything out, he began to think about how to act in Jiangnan according to the ideas provided by Lu Jing, so as to ensure his safety and complete the emperor's task.
At the same time, he also wanted to take this opportunity to pull the Jia family out of the camp of the Zhen family, so that he could not only be suitable for his relatives, but also make plans for Daiyu's future.
Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai was deep in thought, and did not disturb him, but sat quietly aside, while thinking about how to help Lin Ruhai in his heart.
After all, the Zhen family is still covering the sky in Jiangnan today, and if Lin Ruhai makes a slight mistake, he will fall into endless trouble.
Lin Ruhai stopped thinking for a while, and asked, "Huai Jin, do you think that if the Zhen family is moved as a teacher, how will the Emperor Taishang treat the teacher?" ”
Lu Jing knew that Lin Ruhai was mainly worried about the attitude of the Emperor, and at the same time, he also understood that Lin Ruhai said that the Zhen family should want to help the Jia family get out of the camp of the Zhen family, so he comforted: "The teacher is relieved, the Emperor will naturally have the emperor to deal with it, I am afraid that the emperor also wants the teacher to move the Zhen family to test the reaction of the Emperor." ”
After a slight pause when Lu Jing said this, he continued with a serious expression: "It's just that the teacher needs to be careful of the forces under the command of the Emperor Taishang, in case they figure out the thoughts of the Emperor Taishang, I'm afraid the teacher will never have peace in the future." ”
Lin Ruhai understood what Lu Jing meant, and nodded solemnly: "What you said is right, I have my own plans for this matter." ”
Lu Jing's heart moved, I am afraid that Lin Ruhai regards the Jia family as a way out, the Jia family, as the head of the Eight Princes, has a very high status in the noble circle in Beijing, only under the four kings of the opposite sex.
Moreover, the Jia family is friendly with the king of Nan'an County, and it seems that Lin Ruhai intends to use the Jia family to buffer the relationship with the Emperor Taishang and his family.
"However, the disciple suggested that the teacher should not directly touch the Zhen family, now there are many people in Jiangnan Yanzheng who are involved with the Zhen family, the teacher only needs to do something to the Yandao Yamen, and the rest will be handed over to the emperor to deal with!"
Lu Jing did not suggest that Lin Ruhai directly confront the Zhen family, Lin Ruhai only needed to clear the dependent forces of the Zhen family in the Yandao Yamen, so that he could show his attitude to the emperor, and he was really not suitable for a large-scale conflict with the Zhen family.
Lin Ruhai groaned: "Let me think about this matter again!" ”
He wants to move the Zhen family because of the Jia family, after all, the Jia family and the Zhen family are too deeply involved, if he can move the Zhen family, he can also make the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family have some cracks.
In this way, the two families can be less involved, and when the time comes, he will let the Jia family gradually reduce their contacts with the Zhen family, and basically break the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family.
Lin Ruhai thought of the Jia family, and then thought of his daughter Daiyu, and sighed a little: "I don't know what happened to Yu'er in Beijing now?" ”
Hearing this, Lu Jing asked, "Didn't the teacher send someone to Beijing to find out about Sister Lin?" ”
Lin Ruhai shook his head and said: "I have always exchanged letters with Yu'er, she often said that she had a good life in Beijing, and the old lady also loved her very much, in order to avoid misunderstanding, I didn't send many people to Beijing to investigate." ”
Every year, when he goes to Beijing to give gifts during the New Year's holidays, he inquires about Daiyu's news, and usually has correspondence with his daughter, so he doesn't send anyone to inquire about Daiyu's life in Beijing.
The most important thing is that he is afraid of causing misunderstanding among the Jia family, saying that he raised Daiyu in Jiafu, but he does not trust his relatives, which in turn causes estrangement between the Lin family and the Jia family.
Lu Jing didn't know what to say, Lin Daiyu in order to avoid Lin Ruhai's worry, she definitely couldn't say that she had a bad life in Jia's house, so she reminded: "As the saying goes, 'Don't worry about traveling thousands of miles, don't report good news and don't report bad news', the teacher should also send more people to visit Sister Lin." ”
After hearing this, Lin Ruhai also felt that what Lu Jing said was reasonable, with his daughter's intelligence and sensibility, if he suffered any grievances, he would not say it in the letter, but he believed that with the relationship between the Lin family and the Jia family, the Jia family would not criticize his daughter.
However, Lin Ruhai felt that it was reasonable, and he should often send someone to visit his daughter: "What you said is the same, I will send someone to visit Yu'er in Beijing in a few days." ”
When Lu Jing heard this, he immediately asked Lin Ruhai a question: "Why did the teacher send Sister Lin to the capital in the first place?" ”
In Lu Jing's opinion, Lin Daiyu was young at the time, and when she arrived in a strange environment, she would inevitably have a feeling of being under the fence, even if she had Shi Taijun's love, but after all, she was not in her own home, and everything might not go well.
And Lin Daiyu had just lost her mother at the time, so it stands to reason that she should be filial to her mother, but Lin Ruhai resolutely sent Lin Daiyu away, which made him quite puzzled.
"Alas, this matter is also a last resort!" Lin Ruhai sighed.
"Back then, your master and mother went to the fairy, Yu'er had no one to educate you, and your mother-in-law wrote a letter to raise Yu'er in person, and for Yu'er's marriage, I had to send Yu'er to Beijing!"
Lu Jing suddenly knew in his heart that in this era of strict etiquette, if a girl is not raised by her mother, she will not only be picked on by her husband's family, but she may not be able to marry, especially in all dynasties, the marriage etiquette law has made strict regulations, there are seven abandonments, three no-outs, and five non-marriages.
Seven renunciation, also known as seven out, stipulates in the form of the law seven conditions for divorce of the wife, as long as one of them is met, the husband's family can directly divorce the wife, one is disobedient to the parents, that is, after marrying the past is not filial to the parents, the husband's family can directly divorce.
The second is that there are no children, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, if the wife cannot give birth to children, the husband's family can directly abandon it.
The third is lewdness, that is, the wife has indulged in fornication, the husband's family can directly abandon it, obscenity is considered to be the greatest evil virtue of women's moral character, and the women who have committed adultery do not have to carry out the three nos, and sometimes they will even be punished by the sinking pond, and the wedding night test is red, if there is no blood, it is concluded that the adultery is immediately abandoned.
Fourth, a serious disease, that is, if the wife suffers from an incurable disease, the husband's family can directly abandon it.
Fifth, jealousy, if the wife is dissatisfied with her husband's concubine and dares to show it in words and actions, the husband's family can directly abandon it.
Sixth, if the wife has no taboo to speak, the husband's family can directly abandon it.
Seventh, theft, if the wife takes the public property as already in the process of housekeeping, the husband's family can directly abandon it.
The three no-outs refer to the fact that if the following three situations occur, the husband's family cannot abandon his wife, one is that there is no place to return to the wife, that is, the wife's family is scattered, and the wife is divorced at this time, the wife will be homeless, and the wife can not leave the husband's house.
The second is that there are more than three years of mourning, and if you don't go, that is, if your wife has served for three years of mourning for her aunt, she can't be abandoned.
The third is that the former was poor and then rich, and he did not go, that is, the husband's family was poor when he married his wife, and later he was rich and could not divorce his wife.
Five do not marry refers to the following five situations, these women will be blamed by the law of etiquette, it is difficult to marry, one is the widow and the eldest daughter does not marry, because the eldest daughter loses her mother, no one teaches her, so she cannot marry.
The second is that the son of the rebel family does not marry, that is, the children of the family who have done rebellion in the family cannot marry.
The third is that the children of the disorderly family do not marry, that is, the children of the family who have a bad reputation and live a promiscuous life cannot marry.
Fourth, those who have been punished in the world do not marry, that is, those whose ancestors or parents have been punished, and the children of the family who have committed crimes in the family cannot marry.
Fifth, if there is a malignant disease in the world, do not marry, that is, the children of the family with malignant diseases cannot marry.
Lu Jing sighed in his heart, Lin Ruhai sent Lin Daiyu to Jiafu, and he also loved his daughter, and raising Lin Daiyu under a respected duchess would undoubtedly make Lin Daiyu's marriage easier, but he felt that Lin Ruhai didn't know anyone, and he trusted it to someone else.
Lin Daiyu was originally only in line with the fact that the eldest daughter of the bereaved mother would not marry, and if Shi Taijun taught it well, it would not be a big deal, but now it is rumored in the Jia family that Lin Daiyu is weak and sickly, and she can't live without medicine all the time, which has made Lin Daiyu have a reputation for having a bad disease.
If the Jia family tells Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu about it again, I am afraid that Lin Daiyu's reputation will be even more unbearable, in this era of great attention to women's fame, it will be difficult for Lin Daiyu to marry in the future.
And as far as he knows, Lin Daiyu's life in Jiafu is not satisfactory, although Shi Taijun spoils Lin Daiyu in every way and is very satisfied with his material life, but he has never paid attention to Lin Daiyu's spiritual life.
Lin Daiyu left her hometown to live in Jiafu, what she needs most is not spoiling but love, and Shi Taijun is not concerned about Lin Daiyu's education, and rarely teaches Lin Daiyu the principles of how to behave in the world, and the etiquette rules that his daughter's family should understand.
When Lin Daiyu first went to Jia's house, although she was only six years old, under Jia Min's tutelage, her words and deeds were impeccable.
On the contrary, she has been in Jia's house for a few years, and basically has not received systematic education, and ordinary girls need to know etiquette and rules, but Lin Daiyu doesn't know anything.
That's why she is very close to Jia Baoyu, she is still lying on the same bed when she is a teenager, peeking at the forbidden books of romance and love together, and has a personal relationship with Jia Baoyu, and Lin Daiyu is still in full view of everyone during the Lantern Festival, feeding Jia Baoyu wine.
Especially in this matter, a girl feeds a man to drink in public, no matter what era it looks like, her behavior seems frivolous, not to mention that now the etiquette is strict, and the requirements for women are more stringent, Lin Daiyu's behavior will naturally not be accepted.
Although Wang Xifeng's eyes were bright at that time and he stopped the indecent behavior of the two, Shi Taijun still took advantage of the topic to play and euphemistically criticized Lin Daiyu's indecent and frivolous behavior with the affair of the talented and beautiful woman, which caused Lin Daiyu to completely despair about her marriage with Jia Baoyu.
When Lu Jing thought of this, he couldn't help but think of his sister, and it seemed that she also needed to ask for a nurturing grandmother for her sister, and teach her some of the manners and etiquette of her daughter's family and how to take care of the house, not to let her sister be bound by these etiquettes, but to let her sister understand these things.
As for his sister's marriage, he is not worried, he is confident that he will definitely choose a satisfactory marriage for his sister.