Chapter 52: Gratitude (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
In Jia Cong's impression, whether in his past life or in this life, Jia Zheng is a good person.
But a good guy who is a little pedantic.
Concentrate on reading and talking.
Abide by the duty of a strict father, beat and scold Baoyu, and discipline him strictly.
He never thought that Jia Zheng would say such down-to-earth words.
But when you think about it, it's not entirely surprising.
In the world of Red Mansions in his previous life, didn't Jia Zheng often ask Jia Baoyu to entertain guests with him?
Because Baoyu didn't like it, there was a play where Xiangyun persuaded him and was ridiculed by him.
Moreover, Jia Zheng was able to force the big house and take charge of the Rong Mansion as the youngest son.
Although the main force in this matter is the eccentric Jia Mu, if Jia Zheng really doesn't know anything about world affairs, then he can't help Adou.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Jia Zhengneng said that Jia Cong would have more contact with world affairs.
Thinking of this, Jia Cong's heart was relieved, and he was surprised and grateful.
Jia Zheng's move is obviously to take him to share the connections of the Jia family!
This is also to show the world that Jia Cong has since become a member of the Rong Mansion and is a child recognized by Jia Zheng.
This is crucial!
This means that from now on, Jia Cong has certain qualifications to represent the will of the Jia family outside!
In this way, it is also qualified to occupy some of the resources and energy of the Jia family.
This is exactly what Jia Cong has been planning all along.
Of course, he wanted more.
Because only by truly controlling the Jia family and becoming the main or even the only person in power can we better use the resources of the Jia family to protect themselves, and then change the fate of some people in the Jia family......
Anyway, this would be an excellent start!
In his previous life, when he read the Red Mansion, like many people, Jia Cong also wondered, why Jia Zheng, who was a minor official from the fifth grade, was able to recommend a senior member of Ying Tianfu who was a fourth-grade official?
What qualifications does he have to be able to overcome the rigid system of officialdom?
In addition, the Jia family is in the officialdom, except for Jia Yu, who does not go to the court to be an official and only drinks with his little wife at home, only Jia Zheng is a petty official in the court.
With such a disadvantage, why can it be ranked first among the four major families?
A great-granddaughter-in-law of the Jia family died of illness, why could she work the four kings and eight princes and so many noble mansions to come to pay tribute?
Also, Jia's mother celebrates her birthday, and the ministers of civil and military affairs of the emperor's relatives come to congratulate her, and even the imperial court etiquette department specially came to congratulate, is it just because the Jia family has a concubine?
But Concubine Jia is not Yang Guifei!
She is far from being so favored, otherwise she would not have said that the palace is "a place where no one can be seen" on the day of Guining Province.
This kind of doubt, it wasn't until more than a year after coming to this world that Jia Cong understood it little by little and wanted to understand it.
It's complicated, but it's actually quite simple.
Taking the events of later generations as an example, there is only one grandchild left in the chief designer's family in the officialdom, and when converted, it is only a seven-grade petty official.
But which family dares to say that it is above it?
I think that even the leaders at the highest level have to give his family a little bit of thin face.
The reason is nothing more than two words:
Aftershade.
The old man has a high level of merit, has the virtue of recreating the Chinese Qiankun, and the incense left behind is also heavy enough.
So even if the family is not visible in officialdom now, there are still a lot of people to take care of it.
And the Jia family is the same.
Because of the special Confucian culture, in the land of Yanhuang, from ancient times to the present and even in the future, the inheritance of human connections and incense is the most important branch in social relations.
Although the merits are different, the Jia family has a double family, and the ancestral hall of the Jia family has a personal letter from the emperor's imperial pen:
He has inherited his children and grandchildren, and he still thinks of Rongning.
And in the previous generation, Jia Daishan inherited the position of Rongguo.
Two generations of three princes have left a deep legacy for the Jia family, which started with military merits!
Especially in the army, where loyalty is the way of inheritance, there are many incense burns!
It is precisely these "incense loves" that gave Jia Zheng the qualifications and background to recommend the four-grade prefect from the five-grade petty official.
And these "incense love" are the most precious wealth of the Jia family!
Perhaps the power formed by these "incense loves" cannot directly control the situation and change the general trend of the world.
The Jia family can't be directly in a high position, because they can't bear the weight themselves.
But no one can deny that this is a huge relationship force with great energy.
Even if this force can't directly turn the clouds and rain and change the situation in the world, it is enough to affect the fate of a person or even a family!
For example, Jia Yucun, and the Wang family.
If it weren't for this, in this feudal era where a high family married a woman and a low family married a woman, how could the Wang family marry two daughters in a row into the Jia family?
In the future, how could Aunt Xue marry the pearl of her palm into the Jia family?
Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, praising the high and stepping on the low, is not only human nature, but also the fundamental law of the survival of the big family!
The more wealthy it is, the more ruthless it is.
Could it be that the Wang family will go against the trend, it is a clear stream in this rolling red dust, marrying two daughters into the Jia family, just to fulfill the beautiful love between Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, as well as Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng?
Hehe.
The Wang family married two daughters into the Jia family, which can only show that the Jia family has the interests expected by the Wang family.
That is the remnant of the incense left by the three princes of the Jia family.
It was these incense remnants that allowed Wang Ziteng to take over the envoy of the Jingying Festival, and then went all the way up.
It is undeniable that Wang Ziteng's own ability must be outstanding, far superior to Jia Zheng, Jia Yu and others.
However, in the military, it is by no means said that those who have the ability can rise to the top.
There must also be a certain inheritance!
This is still the case in the Hereafter, let alone in this era?
It is also because of these residual shade forces that the Jia family is qualified to ask the Tai Doctor to come to the door for treatment, and Jia's mother dares to threaten that if Baoyu is not cured, "send someone to demolish the lobby of the Tai Hospital"!
Ordinary people, who can afford to use the imperial doctor, and who dares to threaten in person?
Even if it's a naughty smile, not everyone is qualified to make it.
Even if it was an ordinary pavilion and a scholar of the six departments, would they dare?
It can also be seen that the Jia family has a deep heritage, and it is by no means a medium-sized family as some people think.
In terms of influence, the Jia family, which has produced three national princes, is still the lintel of the top wealthy families!
It's a pity that with such a high lintel and such a deep heritage, the Jia family has no children who can carry it forward, and they can't even inherit it at least.
first let the Wang family benefit, and then let Jia Yucun, who is not even a branch vein, get a chance.
Because Jia Yucun is handsome and good-looking, he is the most popular scholar in Jia Zheng's eyes.
After Lin Ruhai's recommendation, coupled with the fact that he always likes to go to Rongguo Mansion to drill camps, he is very appreciated by Jia Zheng.
Not to mention Jia Zheng, even Jia Yu was favored because of the handling of the case of Shi Nerd's forcible name fan.
This also makes Jia Yu Village's official fortune prosperous, rising step by step!
Jia Cong remembered that in his previous life, someone said that Jia Yucun was built by Wang Ziteng.
Because in the sixteenth round, Jia Yucun entered Beijing to see His Majesty, and it was the prince who played this and made up for the lack of Beijing.
But no one was surprised that in the fifty-third round, the prince was promoted to the capital of nine provinces, but Jia Yucun was awarded the title of Da Sima, assistant military aircraft, and counselor of the government.
Although Jia Cong didn't know what kind of official the nine provincial capital inspectors were, there was no doubt that this was a military attaché.
However, the pinnacle of the military attache is Da Sima.
As for the assistant military aircraft and the counselor of the government, they have already crossed the difference between civil and military!
Could it be that the prince can carry people to his own head?
Moreover, if it is Jia Yu Village brought by Wang Ziteng, then what does Jia Yu Village do when he goes to Jia's house to drill camp?
After all, with Jia Zheng's character, it is absolutely impossible for Jia Yuanchun to be by the emperor's pillow and blow the pillow wind for Jia Yucun.
Therefore, it is obvious that it was Jia Yucun who coaxed Jia Zheng and even Jia Yu to seize the Jia family's most precious Yu Yin connections!
And every time Jia Yucun came to Jiafu, Jia Zheng would ask Jia Baoyu to accompany him, which was not a kind of entrustment, or even a transaction.
The Jia family pushed Jia Yucun to the throne and became the spokesperson of the Jia family in the court, and in turn, Jia Yucun blessed the Jia family and carried Baoyu.
If this is the case, it may not be impossible.
Even in later generations, whether at home or abroad, there are many such things.
But there must be a premise for doing so, and that is to win the people you entrust!
It's a pity that Jia Zheng looked away and overestimated this person's humanity.
Jia Yucun received a great favor from the Jia family, and instead of pulling a hand when the Jia family was in trouble, he turned to the enemy and fell into the ground.
Political resources are non-renewable resources, especially when the Jia family sits on empty water.
The Jia family used the "incense" left by their ancestors on Jia Yucun, and they lost the blessing of their ancestors.
Even if it is a personal relationship, it is easy to use it once, but when it comes to the second time, it will not be bright.
Pity the Jia family, because they believed in the wrong person and exhausted the people who were supported by resources, but betrayed the Jia family.
In the end, he was seized by his political enemies, killed with one blow, and exiled from his home!
is a huge family, and the land is really clean......
These are naturally all afterthoughts, but in any case, it can be seen from the above how powerful the Jia family's potential afterglow power is!
This force has always been Jia Cong's goal.
It's just that he originally thought that he would have to wait a long time before he had the opportunity to come into contact with these.
But I didn't expect that the opportunity would come so quickly and so easily......
It can also be seen that Jia Zheng is a very emotional person.
As long as it is in his eyes, he will not hesitate to appreciate and promote.
Jia Cong is very grateful to him.
Looking at Jia Zheng with a warm and encouraging face, Jia Cong bowed deeply.
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PS: Regarding the positioning of the Jia family, I don't know if I have made it clear.
Some people said to Aunt Xue that Jia's mother said, "A medium-sized family like us", but it was clearly a naughty and humble remark, and she also said that an old woman like her should live in a horse pen.
What kind of family background is the Jia family, in fact, you only need to look at the level of the people he comes and goes with.
The Jia family may not be as powerful and exaggerated as written in the previous book, nor does it have the power to directly control it, but it must still be extremely influential.
In Huaxia, you must be a direct official to have influence.
In fact, I don't think there is much need to talk about these truths, everyone is a Chinese person, and they should understand it very well......
As long as you don't stand in the wrong line, the remnants of the ancestors can really eat for a long, long time......
As for Wang Ziteng, everyone has read so many historical novels, especially those written in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and you should know that the central military power in ancient times was basically in the hands of the Xungui group.
Whether it is the Governor's Office of the Five Armies of the Ming Dynasty or the Military Aircraft Department of the Qing Dynasty, most of them are like this.
A military attache is not a civilian official, he can rely on the imperial examination to carp and jump into the dragon gate, and then worship a good teacher, as long as he has the ability, he can rise to the top.
There are only two possibilities for a military attache to be promoted.
One is the military exploits, and the other is the background.
The latter is a bit more proportional.
Needless to say, the first eighty times of the Red Mansion Li Baoyu said clearly, the world is peaceful, if you don't move a soldier or a gun, the northern aliens will come to pay tribute and surrender.
Moreover, Wang Ziteng first served as the envoy of the Jingying Festival, and he was a Beijing official, so he had no chance to make military achievements.
So it can be seen that it will not be because of military exploits.
And the background ......
The ancestor of the Wang family is a county uncle, and he cannot be hereditary.
Anyway, Wang Ziteng has no title.
There are a lot of princes and uncles in the imperial court, what qualifications does he have to serve as the envoy of the Jingying Festival?
You must know that Qi Jianhui, the hereditary second-class male of the grandson of the Marquis of Dingcheng, is just a guerrilla in the Beijing camp.
And the position of Jingying Jiedu was previously the position of Ningguo Jia Daihua.
I think it is for this reason that the Wang family married their second daughter into the Jia family in a row, and married Jia Zheng and Jia Lian, who have very mediocre qualifications, in exchange for the political resources of the Jia family in the army.
Explaining these is to set the tone for the Jia family in this book.
The Jia family is not a rural landlord's family, the middle talent can be exempted from taxes and forced labor, and the middle person can donate land to make a windfall.
For the squire family, these were their family roots, so they revered the scholars.
If there is no benefit of exempting from forced labor and surrendering land, then in their eyes, the scholar is a ball......
For a noble family like the Jia family, forced labor and taxes do not exist.
So even if one of the children of the clan is talented and promoted, it is just the icing on the cake.
If you want to rely on the imperial examination to turn over and become the master of the Jia family, and talk about the matter of scholars, it is a complete joke.
The title is the foundation of the inheritance of the powerful mansion.
As long as this foundation is maintained, it will naturally be able to continue to be rich and prosperous for generations.
Therefore, some book friends frequently suggested that it would not work for me to quickly rely on the imperial examination to turn over, so as to take charge of the Jia family.
The Jia family is not a rural landlord's family, and the strong potential power of the Jia family is the reason why Jia Cong is currently hiding and hibernating.