Although Jia Baoyu hated the eight-strand system, he didn't dare to slack off when he saw Jia Zheng's face, he only knew that this passage was from "Shangshu··· Gao Tao Mo", recorded a dialogue between Dayu and Gaotao, mainly Gaotao suggested to Dayu to govern the country with nine virtues.

So Jia Baoyu pondered and meditated, searched through his memory, and finally found the relevant content, and said in a pitted manner: "Jun, Zhiye, Liang, Mingye." There is a home... There is a family, a scholar, and a state...... Refers to the princes. Jun Liang is brilliant, and everything he says is.... It's all Korean-Chinese politics, well.... There are also career and family affairs. ”

Jia Zheng saw that Jia Baoyu was incoherent and messy, his old face was red with shame, and he said angrily: "You are a wicked obstacle, stop me!" ”

"The old man's face has been lost to you, you rebel, how did the old man usually teach you, you are so stupid!" Jia Zheng said, he was about to pick up the pen wash on the table and smash Baoyu.

Lin Ruhai hurriedly stopped the angry Jia Zheng and persuaded: "Brother Cunzhou, don't be annoyed, and don't be impatient for a while, wait for me to ask again!" ”

"What you just said, from Cai Shen's "Commentary on the Book of Scriptures", what is your own understanding of governing the country and the people?" Lin Ruhai continued to ask, he was not very satisfied with Jia Baoyu's performance, and even the annotations in the "Commentary on the Book of Scriptures" were a mess.

Jia Baoyu was stunned there, his body trembled a little, he was frightened by Jia Zheng, his brain was scared at the moment, and he didn't hear Lin Ruhai's question clearly.

"Rebel son, your uncle asked you, how to solve Zhibang Anmin?" Jia Zheng saw that Jia Baoyu didn't react, and couldn't help but shout angrily.

Jia Baoyu woke up suddenly when he heard this, cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, his body couldn't stop swinging, and he felt anxious in his heart.

He has always hated the words of the Qi family to govern the country and level the world, and he naturally dislikes the way of governing the country in the "Book of Shang", if it were not forced by Jia Zheng, he would not have bothered to recite it, let alone have any in-depth understanding.

Lin Ruhai saw Jia Baoyu trembling there, sighed helplessly, and said: "The sage is reluctant to enter the virtue, and there is a governance effect in the state family, the king is widely used in the use of the virtuous, and the governance is effective in the world." There are differences in the size of the country, and the virtue of the sage is also different. The desire of the king of the people is to rule, and the way of the virtuous is not widely used! ”

Jia Baoyu has always been smart, but his mind is not on this, and at this moment, he was instructed by Lin Ruhai and hurriedly replied: "With the way of virtue... The way of using the virtuous can be described as extensive, so that the wild and virtuous can be left behind, and the talented can be officials. However, what Gao Tao has shown, all of which Emperor Shun has done, if this policy is still implemented, it will be difficult to calm the heart of the sage. ”

Jia Baoyu replied here, his train of thought was stuck again, and in a hurry, he hurriedly changed his concept and began to explain this sentence with the four books he was most familiar with.

"The university said: 'The country is ruled and then the world is peaceful.'"

"The mean said: 'The gentleman is respectful and the world is peaceful'."

"Mencius said: 'Everyone kisses their relatives, and the world is peaceful when they grow up', and said: 'Cultivate their bodies and the world is peaceful', govern the country with virtue, must cultivate their bodies, govern their families, because the foundation of the world is in the country, the foundation of the country is at home, and the foundation of the family is in the body.

Lin Ruhai sighed secretly in his heart, Jia Baoyu's explanation is simply off-topic, but it can be regarded as having quick wisdom and a solid foundation in the four books, so he praised: "It is also commendable that you can have this opinion!" ”

Then Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan and asked, "Do you have any opinions on this?" ”

Jia Huan and Jia Cong saw that Jia Baoyu was barely explaining, and the two of them couldn't do it, so they hurriedly shook their heads and said no.

Jia Lan came out of the crowd and said: "There is a cloud in the Analects, and Zi said: 'When a disciple enters, he is filial, and when he goes out, he is cautious and faithful, and he loves the public, and if he is kind and has the ability to do it, he will learn the literature. Earnestly admonish, the key to staying at home. ”

"There is a cloud in "University": 'Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule their country first; Whoever wants to rule his country, first gather his family'. ”

"The world needs, the tradition is formed, the Qin and Han dynasties follow one after another, and the "Book of Rites" shows people, marking the etiquette norms for the family style."

"The Wei and Jin dynasties came, the emperor's great work, magnificent, Ban Zhao's "Female Commandment", and the style of people, Pan Yue's literary style, the beginning of the family style; Lu Ji's resignation, first Chen Shide. ”

"In the prosperous era of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the "Yan's Family Motto" has been passed down through the ages, the Song and Yuan dynasties have been inherited, and Bolu's work "Maxims for Governing the Family" is an incisive publication."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he didn't think that Jia Lan, who was younger than Baoyu, could answer the head.

So he praised: "You can use the words of the four books to explain 'the three virtues of the day, and the night is clear and have a home', and extend it to the family style, which is not bad." ”

Jia Lan's square little face couldn't help but smile, and after bowing, he retreated to his original position.

After Lin Ruhai tested Jia Baoyu's scientific examination level, he no longer used the examination title to embarrass him, but picked out a few sentences from the Five Classics and asked Jia Baoyu to interpret it, and Jia Baoyu also explained it unsatisfactorily.

Although Lin Ruhai was not very satisfied with Jia Baoyu's learning progress, he thought that Jia Baoyu was born in a noble family, and it was already good to have the current level, so he planned to discuss it with Jia Zheng, and he would personally teach Jia Baoyu in the future.

After Lin Ruhai inspected Jia Baoyu's homework, he immediately inspected the learning progress of Jia Huan, Jia Cong and Jia Lan.

Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan are all about the same age, they are all in their teens, and now they have only just learned the Four Books and are in the stage of learning the Five Classics for the first time.

So Lin Ruhai mainly investigated their mastery of the Four Books, Jia Huan and Jia Cong were barely and unsatisfactory, but Jia Lan was quite talented, and the Four Books were extremely solid, three points stronger than Baoyu.

After some investigation, Lin Ruhai roughly judged that the education level of the juniors of the Jia family was significantly backward compared to the general scholarly family, and except for Jia Lan, the rest of the people were not qualified in their homework.

However, he also noticed that Jia Baoyu was smart, if he could study hard, the scientific examination was expected, Jia Lansheng had a solid foundation, if he could continue, he could also get out of the imperial examination, and the rest were mediocre and lazy.

Jia Zheng saw that Jia Baoyu's performance was not good at the beginning, but later he performed well, and Lin Ruhai also praised Baoyu a lot, which finally allowed him to save some face.

He also praised Jia Baoyu a few rare words, and rewarded Jia Baoyu with the jade pendant in his hand.

Seeing that Jia Lan was also doing well, he rewarded Jia Lan with the treasure inkstone he got a few days ago.

After Lin Ruhai's inspection, he also prepared gifts such as the four treasures of the study room and the engraved set of four books and five classics for his juniors, which were regarded as his meeting gifts to Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan and others.

Although Jia Baoyu was a little flattered by Jia Zheng's praise, he still felt very aggrieved in his heart, he didn't like these books that 'spoke on behalf of the saints', but because of Jia Zheng's majesty, he had to pretend to be happy and thank Lin Ruhai.

His most urgent idea now is to rush back to Shi Taijun and accompany those sisters, especially Sister Lin, who has been detained in the room by Mrs. Wang these days, and has never seen Sister Lin, which makes him extremely frustrated.

After the examination, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng stayed in Lin Ruhai to eat wine, Lin Ruhai immediately responded, planning to wait for the banquet and drink, and then talk to Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng about Jiangnan in detail.

Because Lin Ruhai reminded Jia Lian of the title, Jia Yu had a little understanding of Lin Ruhai's mustard in his heart, and he was not as angry as before, thinking that Jia Lian would ask Lin Ruhai about the Jia family's title.

Jia Zheng has always been close to Lin Ruhai, and because of Yuanchun's concubine, he is extremely enthusiastic about Lin Ruhai, thinking that he will discuss Baoyu's marriage with Lin Ruhai.

In this way, the banquet was quite harmonious, but the three of them had their own thoughts, and the rest of the guests Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, etc. were all juniors, and they rarely spoke, and the three of them only talked in generalities.

After the banquet, Lin Ruhai was about to talk to Jia Yu and Jia Zheng about Jiangnan and Jia Baoyu's education in detail, but he never thought that at this moment, he heard someone from Ning Guo's mansion report that the grandmother Rong in their house was gone.

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, and then thought that the one who died should be the wife of Jia Rong, the son of Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion.

When everyone in Rongguo Mansion heard the news, they were immediately in a hurry, they didn't expect Qin Keqing to die at this moment.

The older generation thinks that Qin Keqing is filial piety, the ordinary generation thinks she is harmonious and intimate, the younger generation thinks she is loving, and the servants in the family think that she is poor and cheap, and the old and the young love the young, so they can't help but cry sadly.

Lin Ruhai saw this scene, and also stopped talking to Jia Yu and Jia Zheng in detail, and did not propose the marriage of Daiyu and Baoyu.

However, now that there is a funeral in Jiafu, Lin Ruhai does not want Daiyu to continue to stay in Jiafu, so he took the opportunity to propose to take Daiyu back to Jiafu.

Shi Taijun was helpless, now that Qin Keqing has died, the Jia family will inevitably not be able to take care of Daiyu, so she agreed to let Lin Ruhai take Daiyu temporarily.

On September 15, the seventh year of Yuan Yong, Qin Keqing of Ningguo Mansion finally couldn't support it, and the fragrance disappeared.

Jia Zhen instructed Jia Rong to invite the Yin and Yang Division of Qin Tianjian to choose a date, and Qin Tianjian chose to suspend the spirit on the 7749th day, and Ning Guofu held a funeral to send an obituary three days after Qin Keqing's death.

Lin Ruhai waited for the obituary of Ning Guofu, so he sent the housekeeper Lin Zhong to mourn, and then heard Lin Zhong report that the daughter-in-law of Ning Guofu died, and his son Jia Rong still couldn't see the sadness, but Jia Zhen, as a father-in-law, was crying like a tearful person, so he felt strange, and under careful questioning, he heard people talk about all kinds of rumors in Ning Guofu, Lin Ruhai sighed deeply in his heart, this Ning Guofu has fallen to this.

When Qin Keqing died, Jia Baoyu was sad about Qin Keqing's death, and he didn't notice it at the time, Lin Ruhai left Jia's house with Lin Daiyu.

When he found out, it was already the third day of Lin Daiyu's departure, and he suddenly felt like he had lost his soul, and he came directly to Lin's house a little stupidly, wanting to see Lin Daiyu.