Chapter 22 Lin Ruhai recalls Jia's family affairs
Lu Jing sighed in his heart, throughout Lin Daiyu's tragic life, Lin Ruhai, Shi Taijun and Jia Baoyu all have unshirkable responsibilities.
Lin Ruhai trusted the Jia family too much, although he loved Lin Daiyu, but he ignored Lin Daiyu's situation in the Jia family, and never planned a good future for Lin Daiyu, so he only entrusted Lin Daiyu to the Jia family.
Shi Taijun only doted on Lin Daiyu, but did not teach and care, resulting in Lin Daiyu having no spiritual attachment to her, and could only be attached to Jia Baoyu.
Moreover, Shi Taijun wanted to match Bao Dai and the two, but in the end, he was powerless, so he gave up Lin Daiyu for the inheritance of the Jia family.
Lu Jing even guessed that Shi Taijun gave up Lin Daiyu at a very early age, because Lin Daiyu was seventeen years old when she died, and she was considered an older leftover girl in ancient times.
Generally, women will get engaged before the age of fifteen, and they will get married after the age of fifteen, and if they are not married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, they are considered to be older leftover girls, but Shi Taijun kept his mouth shut about Lin Daiyu's marriage.
Although Jia Baoyu loves Lin Daiyu deeply in his heart, he is too fraternal, he forgets his sister when he has a sister, and he has been shuttling among flowers all his life, Lin Daiyu is just a part of his life, but for Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu is the whole of her life.
And Jia Baoyu has never only enjoyed the beauty brought by love, but rarely worked hard for the marriage of the two, causing Lin Daiyu to give up in despair in the end, and can only pursue spiritual satisfaction.
However, no matter how beautiful the spiritual love is, if the two don't work hard, they will eventually be defeated by reality.
As for Mrs. Wang, as Jia Baoyu's mother, it is understandable that she doesn't like Lin Daiyu, after all, it is difficult to ask everyone to like Lin Daiyu, and Lin Daiyu's temperament and body cannot satisfy her, and Lin Daiyu is not her favorite daughter-in-law candidate.
Lin Daiyu's personality is too strong, no matter what the reason, as long as she has a conflict with Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu always bows her head first, for a parent like Mrs. Wang, who attaches great importance to the three subordinates and four virtues, Lin Daiyu's behavior and other conditions are obviously not the best candidate for daughter-in-law in her heart, not to mention that there is a Xue Baochai who everyone praises for comparison.
Moreover, Lin Daiyu's physical reasons are also a great obstacle to her marriage, in Mrs. Wang's opinion, Lin Daiyu is frail and sickly and cannot undertake the task of inheriting the lineage, Lu Jing thinks that this is probably the biggest reason why Shi Taijun finally gave up Lin Daiyu!
Lu Jing felt that Lin Daiyu also had some problems, she put all her energy on Jia Baoyu, used all her talents to hurt the spring and sorrow, and also felt sorry for herself because she couldn't ask for it.
However, he also knew that Lin Daiyu was arrogant, and he couldn't do anything like Xue Baochai to please Mrs. Wang, and even if he did, he might have no effect.
However, he felt that Lin Daiyu was also excusable, after all, she was already an orphan girl at that time, and she was sent to the fence, so she could only live carefully.
Judging from Lin Daiyu's behavior when she first entered the Rongguo Mansion when she was six years old, she is sophisticated but not sophisticated, she lives with her own edge, and she does not bully others and does not allow others to bully her.
And using her thorns to filter out bad people, leaving only those who are sincere to her, can be regarded as a manifestation of her true temperament, but this true temperament has met a lady Wang who doesn't understand and appreciates her.
Now that the golden and jade relationship in Jiafu has been circulating for a year, I don't know what kind of state the emotions of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai have reached.
After Lu Jing left, Lin Ruhai fell into contemplation alone in the study, although Lu Jing said that some things could not be true without verification, but Lin Ruhai felt that Jia Wang's dislike of Daiyu because of his wife was probably not fake.
He knew that his wife was quite high-spirited when she was not married, and he looked down on the illiterate Wang, and felt that Wang's face was kind and ruthless, not like a lady.
When the second brother-in-law Jia Zheng and the Wang family discussed marriage, she was dissatisfied, and later Jia Zheng and the Wang family got married, she also competed for the first place in everything, and made it difficult for the Wang family, and I heard that the Wang family also needed to serve her sister-in-law at the beginning.
Now I think that my wife had a grudge with the Wang family at that time, and later my wife heard that Mrs. Wang was in charge of Jiafu over the years, and she never returned to Jiafu once.
Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai suddenly regretted sending Daiyu to Jiafu back then, and at the same time, he also began to worry about his daughter's life in Jiafu in the past five or six years, especially about Daiyu's famous festival.
And he is in a difficult situation now, although he has the hope of getting out now, but it is difficult to say whether he can get through this crisis, and he can't take Daiyu to his side now, and he is both guilty and remorseful for a while.
Since Lu Jing talked to Lin Ruhai last time, in addition to studying hard at home every day, he has also secretly paid attention to Lin Ruhai's movements.
At the same time, Lu Jing also asked people to inquire about raising grandma everywhere, and even wrote a letter to Beijing to let Lu Zheng pay attention to this matter, and through Lin Daiyu's matter, he realized the necessity of asking his sister to have a good upbringing.
On the fifth day of the second lunar month, Lu Jing was studying in the study, but Lin Zhong, the old housekeeper of the Lin family, came to the Lu family in person and invited Lu Jing to the Lin Mansion to talk about it.
Lu Jing knew that he was afraid that Lin Ruhai had already had a plan to get out, so he and Lin Zhong went to the Lin Mansion together.
After Lu Jing came to Lin Ruhai's study, he saw that Lin Ruhai looked tired and a little sluggish, much older than a few days ago.
Lu Jing was a little worried in his heart, afraid that something would happen to Lin Ruhai's body, so he hurriedly said: "Please also ask the teacher to take care of your body, don't overwork." ”
"It's okay to be a teacher!" Lin Ruhai's voice was a little hoarse, and then he ordered Lu Jing to sit down, and continued: "Huai Jin, I have ordered someone to go to the capital to inquire about the news, if what you say is true, the teacher has his own decision." ”
After three days of thinking, Lin Ruhai finally made up his mind to investigate Daiyu's situation in Jiafu over the years.
And he is still thinking about how to remind the Jia family of the situation in front of him, although the Jia family is suspected of harshly criticizing Daiyu, but the Jia family is his wife's maiden family after all, and Daiyu will marry into the Jia family in the future, no matter what, he can't care about the life or death of the Jia family.
"That's fine, if you can find out that those are all lies, the teacher can rest assured, right?" Lu Jing said indifferently.
He was not surprised by this result, and he didn't care that Lin Ruhai didn't believe his words, but personally sent someone to verify the matter, after all, in Lin Ruhai's heart, if he talked about intimacy, the Lu family was still not as good as the Jia family after all, and it was natural for Lin Ruhai to have doubts about his words.
"Today, the teacher called you to come, in addition to the matter of Yu'er, that is, the teacher has thought about it for the past few days, and he has been disheartened about this career, and after the teacher gets out, he will ask for his resignation, and today I will talk to you about the situation in the court!"
Lin Ruhai said happily, he was completely disheartened by the officialdom, and he had now thought of a plan to get out, but this matter involved a wide range of things, and he was not sure of winning, so he didn't want Lu Jing to be involved, this time he called his disciple over, and planned to tell Lu Jing not to get involved.
"It's also a good thing if the teacher can resign, and he can take a good rest." Lu Jing nodded in praise.
In his opinion, Lin Ruhai's illness is mostly caused by fatigue, if he can recuperate with his heart, it is not difficult for Lin Ruhai to live for another four or five years, if Lin Ruhai lives for a few more years, presumably Lin Daiyu's fate will also change a lot.
When Lin Ruhai heard the concern in Lu Jing's words, he was moved, and at the same time, he also felt a little guilty.
He was entrusted by Lu Yu on his deathbed to become Lu Jing's teacher, but in fact, he hadn't taught Lu Jing much in the past few years, so Lin Ruhai stopped the topic just now and asked about Lu Jing's studies: "What confusion do you encounter when you study these days?" ”
Lu Jing didn't understand why Lin Ruhai suddenly turned to this topic, but he immediately threw out some of the problems he encountered during this time and asked Lin Ruhai for advice, and roughly retold the meaning of a scripture he wrote recently, and asked Lin Ruhai to comment.
After hearing this, Lin Ruhai praised and said: "Your article is already deep, and when you are so old, you are not as good as you, I am ashamed to say that as your teacher, I have never taught you a few times." ”
Lu Jing hurriedly said: "The disciple can have such a level thanks to the teacher's teaching, and the articles that the teacher gave the disciple have also benefited the disciple a lot. ”
Then the two talked about Lu Jing's homework for a while, and after Lu Jing had no questions about his homework, Lin Ruhai restarted the topic just now: "Huai Jin, do you know the power of the DPRK now?" ”
"The disciple has also collected some information in Beijing in the past few years!" Lu Jing said.
In fact, since he decided to step into the science field, he has been paying attention to the affairs of Beijing, and he has also paid special attention to the affairs of the court.
After all, sometimes choice is more important than hard work, especially in politics, if the position and direction are wrong, not only will it be a waste of effort, but it will even cause death.
Since the last long talk, Lin Ruhai has greatly admired his disciple's vision and ability to handle things, and even thinks that Lu Jing is even more powerful than him.
At this time, Lin Ruhai also wanted to take advantage of this matter to teach Lu Jing again, so he asked: "Tell me, what forces are there in the DPRK and China now?" ”
Lu Jing listened to Lin Ruhai's words with a faint meaning of teaching, so he didn't hide it, and told the forces of the DPRK and China that he had summarized in the past few years.
"The disciple thinks that the forces in the court can be roughly divided into three visible and two hidden five major forces, the three prominent forces are the first line of the Emperor Taishang, the first line of the emperor and the first line of Prince Zhongshun, and the two hidden forces are the first line of the three princes and the first line of the four princes, there are only five princes in the saint today, and now the five princes, the sixth prince and the eighth prince are still young, still raised in the palace, and have not yet gathered their connections to condense into a force!"
The reason why Lu Jing did not mention the princes of the previous generation is because among the eleven princes who grew up in the Yankang Dynasty, except for the five who lost the palace back then, the rest except for the current emperor and the king of Zhongshun, the other two princes are firmly regarded by the emperor, and there is no power around them, and they are not favored by Emperor Yankang, so they basically pose no threat to the emperor.
As for the eldest prince who took the lead in launching the palace rebellion and survived by luck, he was imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion since the thirty-second year of Yankang, and I heard that his time is running out now, and he does not pose any threat to the imperial power.