The time has been great for nine years.

Since the Great Qiantai Taizu was born in the land of the four wars in Jinling, the southern and northern wars, the expulsion of the Tartars, and once again the stormy Han family, has gone through three emperors, more than 100 years.

After a hundred years of recuperation, the original mountains and rivers were broken, and the people of Li were devastated, all of which have become clouds of history.

Peace and prosperity have arrived.

However, it seems to be a historical law.

In all dynasties, at the beginning of the founding of the country, they were all virtuous and virtuous, and they were strong in literature and martial arts.

In this way, we can cut through thorns and make things happen.

But after that, the world was too peaceful, and it slacked off.

It is inevitable that Wen Tian is martial and indulgent.

Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Zhihong was only a little rough back then, and he had long expected that such a thing would happen.

So he discussed with his subordinates, military generals, and founding heroes how to prevent this kind of thing from happening, so as to protect the great Qianjiang country for thousands of years.

Emperor Taizu Liu Zhi believed that the decline of a dynasty must begin with the lord of the world.

Especially those who have been passed down from generation to generation.

They don't have to work as hard as ordinary people, they don't have to desperately pursue getting ahead like ordinary people, and they don't have to study hard like ordinary people, and they don't have to suffer step by step to get to the top.

As long as they are born in a noble family, they will be stable and wealthy for generations.

Even the Heavenly Family, because of the ancestors of the Wuxun family, gave them a little face.

They are usually also in charge of the military, and their power is monstrous.

However, it is these people who are the most corrupt and degenerate!

Liu Zhi believes that when the army of a court begins to deteriorate, then it is not far from changing the dynasty.

On the contrary, if the army of the imperial court always maintains a strong combat power.

Then the fortune of the dynasty can always be extended for a long time.

Therefore, Emperor Taizu Gao and the twelve largest military leaders in the court at that time, the four kings and eight dukes, set the title to inherit the ancestral system to prevent decline.

The title of Daqian is divided into two categories: relatives and clansmen.

The lord of the nobles, that is, the duke, the marquis, the uncle, the son, the male five and other noble titles.

This kind of noble lord cannot be attacked unless he is in charge of the army.

And the first title of the prince was only a baron, and he was sealed according to the number of years of the border.

For example, the Duke of the Kingdom was awarded the title of First Class Baron from the military garrison, and he started as a soldier.

Five years, promoted to viscount, seven years, promoted to second-class earl, ten years on the border, promoted to first-class earl.

Further up, it will depend on military merit.

As for the marquis and the earl's court, the highest title decreases in turn.

Further up, military merit is also required.

In this way, it can ensure to the greatest extent that the top nobles in charge of military power are not the children of the rich and soft incense.

And the lord of the clan is much more relaxed.

Even if the children of the nobles do not want to fight on the border, they can enjoy the wealth of the fifth world.

From the first rank of the general to the fifth rank of the general, the rank is higher than the general of the Heavenly Family.

It's just that if you are expensive, you can't run the army, and you have no real power.

Of course, in fact, after the third-class general, it is no longer of much significance, just relying on Zuyin to support the starting point.

However, thinking of the kindness of their ancestors, the court will give them a chance.

As long as you go to the military at this time and make military achievements, you can restore the title of nobleman.

You must know that if the ordinary white body wants to be knighted, the required military exploits are gone.

How many generals have won battles for a lifetime, but in the end they have not been able to get a lord.

But the children of the family, as long as they make military achievements, they can restore the lord of the nobles, although they are only the lowest-ranking barons.

But the meaning is completely different, it is equivalent to renewing the life of the family lord again......

This grace is not insignificant.

In this way, it not only completes the kindness of the monarch and the minister, but also protects the great Qianjiang country for thousands of years.

I have to say that the Great Qiantai Ancestor and the Four Kings and Eight Princes are all heroes with great wisdom and courage.

According to common sense, even if there are many children and grandchildren in a family.

But at the very least, there will always be a few of them.

Especially the prince, even if the family is spoiled, for the sake of the inheritance of the ancestors, he should be ruthless and sent to the nine sides to go to the border.

After only a few years, you can change a hereditary replacement, and the generation will be rich.

But anyone who has a little bit of motivation and enterprising spirit should be able to do this.

It's a pity that they can't think of it anymore......

The four kings and eight princes at the time of the founding of the country were so famous!

To this day, except for the imperial court that reluctantly left a king of Beijing County as a fig leaf, the other three royal palaces have all withered.

Among the eight great princes, only the three princes of Zhenguo, Xiuguo, and Liguo still inherit the lords of the nobles.

The rest, including the Second Duke of Rongning, were all reduced to the lords of the clan.

Even the likes of Ning Guo are about to fall into a place where they do not enter the stream.

And even if it is the three princes who are still nobles, the highest title is now only a first-class earl.

They are all titles that have been made by years of hard work, and there are not many military merits......

The four kings and eight princes who used to be authoritative in the world can only barely survive by relying on the prestige of their ancestors in the past.

However, the Rongguo Mansion of the Jia family can barely support it, because the Rongguo Mansion is different from the side family, and there was an "outlier" Jia Daishan in the previous generation.

Meritorious deeds, not weak ancestors, attacked the first-class Rongguo Duke.

Although Dai Shan is now deceased, the widow Shi Lao Taijun is still there, and the equal connection with many powerful mansions is there.

There is also the order of a first-class lady on her body, which supports the lintel of the Jia family.

If Mrs. Shi has a big birthday, not only the palace and the princes and ministers, but even the court etiquette department will come to congratulate him.

Because of this, it has the highest status among the two mansions of the Jia family.

This is where Jia Cong's plan lies.

In the Jia family, Jia Yu is not invincible.

……

Jia Yu himself also knows about some of the bad reputations circulating outside, but he really feels wronged.

If others say that he is not a good official, does not go to the Nine Frontiers, and inherits the title of his ancestors, he also has grievances in his heart.

Where is he reluctant to go?

Who doesn't want to live in eight seats and be majestic on all sides?

It's just that he was ignorant when he was young, and one misstep turned into a thousand hatreds.

has fallen into a ridiculous reputation, where can he still have the face to be an official again.

What's more, let him, a noble man with arrogance and wealth, go to the nine sides to be the head soldier of Laoshizi, what kind of system will it be?

Besides, even if there is a fault, it is not all his fault.

No, it's not his fault at all!

It was the lowly fox woman back then who seduced and taught him.

It was the ignorant wife back then, that is, Jia Lian's biological mother, who didn't know the truth of her husband as a wife, and didn't know how to sympathize with his difficulties, that caused such a big turmoil.

It's the old man and the old lady in the family who are eccentric, don't know what it means to be orderly, and want to give all the furniture to their favorite youngest son......

What can he do in the face of this?

There's nothing he can do.

Therefore, if he can't inherit the lord of his relatives and nobles, and he can't be a big official, he can only stay at home every day to enjoy happiness and use.

In fact, he was also very bitter in his heart......

However, Jia Yu has never wronged his character.

Eat and drink well, and have fun playing.

Although he lived in a small side courtyard, he was also picked up by the exquisiteness.

Pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, all available.

At this time, it is autumn, the flowers are withered, and only the chrysanthemums are gorgeous.

A small white stone bridge with twists and turns, and on both sides of the bank, dotted with bunches of delicate chrysanthemums......

Naturally, it is not the yellow of chrysanthemums planted by ordinary people, but strange colors such as mud gold, snow blue, ink, and green.

Coupled with a few leisurely mandarin ducks playing in the water in the small river, and a few red or golden maple trees on the riverside......

A good autumn scene.

"Old lady, slow down!"

Just after noon, on the opposite side of the bridge, there was a burst of loud laughter.

A group of people dressed in brocade clothes, radiant and extravagant, slowly appeared on the bridge.

In the crowd, a rich old lady with frosty hair, full of smiles, crossed the bridge surrounded by everyone.

Isn't it the most noble old lady in Jiafu, who is it?

And the loud laughter is the famous "splashing skin and breaking down" in Jiafu, known as Wang Xifeng, the son of Fenglazi.

Mother Jia was supported by her and her closest maid, Mandarin Duck, and slowly crossed the bridge.

Around the three of them, there were more than a dozen people.

The two of them are two middle-aged men, and they have a good bearing.

From time to time, he laughed and coaxed the old lady to nod and laugh.

Among them, the eldest one is luxurious and elegant, and there is a lot of arrogance in his eyes.

Pointing to this small garden, it seems to be pointing out the country.

He is the owner of this side courtyard, Jia Yu, the eldest son of Rongguo Gong, and the word is gracious.

And the other person doesn't look like a noble family, and he has a lot of elegance.

didn't argue with Jia Yu about anything, just nodded and smiled from time to time.

This person is the second son of Rongguo, the younger brother of Jia Yu, and the real head of Rongguo Mansion is now Jia Zheng, whose words are stored in Zhou.

Behind the two of them, a young man followed.

The figure is dashing, with a humble smile on his face, sometimes echoing one or two, and his eyes are gentle.

He is Jia Lian's eldest son, and now he lives with Jia Lian, who lives in the second room......

To the south of the old lady, there are two middle-aged ladies serving.

Both of them are graceful, with a smile on the corner of their mouths and charitable eyebrows.

The one on the left is Jia Yu Xing's family, known as Mrs. Xing.

The other is Jia Zheng's wife Wang, known as Mrs. Wang.

Behind the two ladies are the young ladies and sons of the Jia family.

Two of them stand out.

One is a half-eldest son, wearing a purple and gold crown with inlaid treasures on his head, and his eyebrows are tied to the two dragons grabbing pearls and gold to wipe his forehead.

Wearing a two-color gold butterfly wearing a flower red arrow sleeve, covered with a stone blue flower eight regiments of forging gown, and wearing a blue satin foundation small court boots.

Dazzling.

He is Jia Baoyu, the phoenix son of the Jia family.

The other girl was dressed in a green and yellow silk cotton skirt and a red feather yarn embroidered brocade gown, and her steps were like weak willows supporting the wind.

The posture is delicate, like a fairy.

She is the granddaughter of the Jia family, named Lin Daiyu.

These two are the most favored by Jia's mother and Mrs. Jun among their grandchildren.

After the two, there were three more girls.

The first skin is slightly plump, the body is in the middle, the cheeks are condensed with new li, the nose is greasy goose fat, gentle and silent, and the view is amiable.

The second has shaved shoulders and a thin waist, a long figure, a duck egg face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, looking forward to Shenfei and the essence of Wencai, and forgetting the vulgar.

The third is not large enough and is still small.

Its hairpin ring skirt, all three of them are the same makeup.

These three people are the three of the four springs of the Jia family, which are Yingchun, Tanchun and Cherishing Spring.

There is also a spring, and now he is a talented person in the palace, which is Yuanchun.

Behind the three of them, there was a little boy, but he seemed to be different.

The other people's gestures are complete, and their postures are thoughtful.

Even if he laughs, he is not arbitrary.

He was the only one who hung a pair of arms and hung his head.

He followed weakly, swaying step by step.

I don't have fun and joke with any sister, I seem to be bored, and I can't love it......

Although the group of mothers-in-law and maids who walked at the back and served at any time had disgusted eyes in their eyes, it was difficult for him to feel that he seemed to be very good, pouting from time to time, and staring contemptuously ahead......

"Baoyu, look at that ......"

Lin Daiyu, who was walking behind Jia's mother, was wearing a green and yellow silk cotton skirt and a red feather yarn embroidered brocade gown, which was more colorful than the delicate flowers, and suddenly, she pointed to the riverside and whispered to Jia Baoyu beside her.

When Jia Baoyu heard this, she looked at Lin Daiyu's slender fingers like green and white, and saw a green and ink-colored chrysanthemum in full bloom.

"Sister Lin, you wait, I'll pick it for you."

After that, Jia Baoyu was going to turn back and go around to the shore to pick flowers.

This movement naturally attracted the attention of the people around him.

Lin Daiyu saw that the people around her looked over with a smile, and hurriedly grabbed Jia Baoyu, and said angrily: "I just think it's good-looking, but I don't want it." ”

Jia Baoyu didn't care about other people's eyes, just looked at his sister Lin, and said with a smile: "You think it's good-looking, why don't you?" ”

Listening to the more undisguised "ridicule" around her, Lin Daiyu became more and more shy, but before she could say anything, she heard a "annoying" coquettish laughter sounded: "Brother Bao, your sister Lin likes you to pick flowers, so what if I like it too?" ”

The people around him laughed when they heard this, Jia Baoyu was not afraid, the Lao Tzu he was most afraid of was being suppressed by the old lady, and he said it last night, he was not allowed to restrain his sex today, and it was rare to relax.

Therefore, he retorted: "If you like it, let the second brother of the chain pick it." ”

The others haven't done anything, Lin Daiyu's pretty face is already full of redness, a pair of beautiful eyes that seem to be floating with a layer of mist but can hardly hide their agility, and they are very embarrassed and disgusted with Jia Baoyu, who is very proud.

Before Jia Baoyu could react, the surroundings were already laughing......

Especially Wang Xifeng, the initiator, laughed loudly: "Brother Bao is really a sincere person, you should tell me, what is the relationship between you and your sister Lin, and what is the relationship between me and your second brother?" How can they be analogous to each other? ”

Jia Baoyu came back to his senses at this time, and then he was dumbfounded, panicking and happy in his heart......

Although I don't know what feelings are, I have reached the age of ignorance.

It's just that in front of the parent, it is inevitable to panic.

"Feng girl, don't bully your brother Bao!"

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, and her round face turned purple, Jia's mother was very distressed and reprimanded.

On the side, Mrs. Wang also smiled and said: "Feng girls are talking nonsense, how old are they, and you can also make fun of them." Baoyu just takes care of his sister. ”

Mrs. Xing echoed: "The old lady teaches well, Baoyu is careful, and knows how to hurt people." ”

said this, Wang Xifeng turned back and praised Jia Baoyu.

In addition to Jia Zheng glancing at Jia Baoyu coldly, even Jia Yu praised it twice, and Jia's mother became more and more happy.

The wind spread to the back, and those old Chen's mothers-in-law were even more desperate to praise people.

For a while, the road was full of praise for Baoyu.

Others, however, are used to it.

And Jia Baoyu is really careful, and he is not arrogant and rampant and bullying his sisters because of the favor of his elders.

The sisters of the Jia family only smiled when they saw him so favored.

Only Jia Huan, who walked at the back, trembled with anger when he heard the words of this garden, and he only felt that this was a group of stinky and shameless people!

scolded in my heart: You praise Baoyu as unparalleled in the world, and there are no two on the ground, why do you still open your eyes and talk nonsense, saying that he is the most handsome son and brother in the house?

Just his face, bigger than my rice bowl master, that's also called the most handsome?!

A group of black-hearted and blind stinky women......

Seeing the garden, I was about to arrive at the door of the weeping flowers, and a group of small women outside had already prepared mule sedan chairs and carriages, but the group of mothers-in-law were still chattering and boasting.

Jia Huan remembered that he almost missed the right thing, he saw the right time, chose the direction, and turned his head as if inadvertently, looking at the inconspicuous small rockery on the side of the road, and then exclaimed loudly with some pompousness:

"Oh my God! Jia Cong, are you being beaten again?! ”

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PS: The issue of knighthood in the Red Chamber has always been a difficult problem to explain.

In order to solve this problem in the last book, I introduced martial arts, and then many people criticized it.

After writing most of the book, I felt as if I could solve the chaotic inheritance of titles in the Dream of Red Mansions without using that system.

This chapter is a big chapter, and if you're not interested in this question, it's okay to skip the first half of the chapter.