Chapter 2003 Hope
After Wen Rensheng thought of these nodes, the next step was how to flip them.
As for why it is reversed, it is because only by turning the pros and cons of what is true and what is false, and reversing it, can we break through this world of Red Mansions.
Just as a thing shows its cracks, it is when it is turned over.
How to flip the first node?
Kill Jia Zhen?
Jia Zhen is the head of the Jia family and the person in charge of the Ningguo Mansion. Among the two mansions, her status is second only to Jia's mother.
There is no doubt about it.
And he is quite capable. He can be a general among the dwarfs. His ability is definitely first-class among the men in the entire Jia family's direct line.
This can be seen from the fact that after Qin Keqing died, he was able to hold a huge funeral, and all the four princes and eight princes sent people to pay their respects.
This is something no one else can do.
However, it was because of his ability and ambition that he hid Qin Keqing.
This is the orphan of the emperor's political enemy, the old Prince Yizhong, Chitose, who had done something wrong.
He wanted to place a bet and be on the side that the imperial power would win, but he made the wrong bet and ended up completely defeated.
The whole family of the Ningguo Mansion was ransacked, all the male members of the direct line were arrested, and all the property was confiscated, leaving no chance for recovery. However, only one Jia She was lost in the Rongguo Mansion, and the others were identified and released. Including Jia Baoyu and Jia Zheng, even their family property was returned a lot, and everyone is basically fine.
The sequel only briefly touches on the confiscation of Jia's house, saying only that Jia She and Jia Zhen were punished and sent to prison. However, Chapter 80 ago, Cao Gong had already made it clear that Jia She, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong would hardly survive.
How is it possible to violate imperial power and still want to be exiled?
It is not difficult to kill Jia Zhen, but it is difficult to find someone to fill the vacancy after Jia Zhen.
How to kill Jia Zhen, but also in a reasonable way.
There are too many tricks for Wen Rensheng.
He looked through the cases he had handled in the past and found a simple and trouble-free method that would not cause chaos.
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What kind of things does Jia Zhen like to eat? She spent a little money to ask people to find out from the boy and the mother-in-law. They just thought that someone wanted to curry favor with Uncle Zhen, naturally. It was said casually.
What's more, Jia Zhen is not the emperor, the emperor will fall into the water and die, and many people die inexplicably, let alone a nobleman who is in decline?
Wen Rensheng mixed several things together, and even if he used any silver needle to test for poison, it was useless.
Then he found people from the Jia family's village and sent them to the mansion regularly. As a sign of filial piety in the village, no one thought it was strange. In the village, it is common to show filial piety to the elders by eating and playing with things.
One month later, Jia Zhen suddenly fell ill and died.
The imperial doctor came to see him, but he only said that he died from overeating and his blood surged.
In fact, the imperial doctor thought that the other party died of a stroke, which was a stroke, which was caused by a lack of exercise and eating too well, that is, a cerebral hemorrhage.
People with long-term high blood pressure are often at risk.
Jia Zhen is dead.
Jia Rong tops.
However, the title has declined again.
In short, there are only a few generations left before the king is eliminated.
But Wen Rensheng is not worried, Jia Rong was replaced by Wang Wenwen...
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Time flies by.
After March, the first level of the scholars in Shuntian Mansion began.
County examination.
Among the Jia family members who took the exam were Jia Baoyu and Jia Rong.
The test center is located in the county government hall of Daxing County near the capital.
Of course the Jia family has already taken care of things.
The two successfully passed the evaluation of the county magistrate, but neither of them became the head of the case.
Because the head of the case means that the magistrate will recommend the scholar, the magistrate is also afraid of taking responsibility and has a reputation of currying favor with the powerful.
Then came the government examination and the college examination. Each test was more difficult than the last, each test was more stringent than the last, and it became more and more difficult to pass.
Fortunately, the government examination was conducted by the prefect of the capital, so he could continue to build a relationship and take care of him.
But when it came to the college examination, the academic administration examination appointed by the imperial court began.
What also stunned Zhao Han and Wang Wenwen was that scholars were not allowed to leave their seats to go to the toilet during the college examination.
I will put a toilet for you in the dormitory, and you can solve it here.
If you go to the toilet in the middle, even if you are accompanied by an examiner, your paper will be black-stamped by the examiner. The examiner will not read it when marking the paper at the end, and will be dismissed directly.
The college examination is not the modern two hours, but lasts for a whole day.
Then the whole examination room was filled with the smell of urine and feces, which really made the two girls stunned...
"Don't they say that scholars are given preferential treatment? This is simply insulting to elegance." Zhao Han He said helplessly.
No wonder Jia Baoyu is unwilling to take the scientific examination. Who is willing to suffer this?
It is simply unbelievable that such a noble young man should be subjected to this court examination.
No wonder Jia Zhu died early and suffered a lot.
"Oh, old news said that this is to grind down the kneecaps of ordinary people and turn ordinary people into people who kneel down to worship the emperor. This polishing is the first step." Xiao Huan said very understandingly.
Fortunately, someone from the Jia family asked about it early, so the two of them cleaned up early and did not relieve themselves for a whole day.
The price is a dry mouth and an empty stomach.
"What does this mean? In the future, when you are an official and go to court, you will have to do this every day. Otherwise, if the emperor asks you, if you say that I have to go to the toilet before coming back, you are asking for death... I really think it is the same as going to work in modern times. , and you can even get paid..." Xiao Huan laughed.
Fortunately, the college examination was finally over. After leaving the examination room, Zhao Han and Wang Wenwen left with the support of the maids and servants.
There was no problem in the exam. Zhao Han cheated because of Xiao Huan, and he did well in the eight-part essay.
Wang Wenwen has always been an academic master, with the learning resources of Ningguo Mansion, and relying on the Jia family's current reputation, a scholar cannot escape either.
After the two of them finished their exams, Jia Baoyu, Jia Rong, uncle and nephew asked the servant to open a private room in the restaurant and spent thirteen and a half taels of silver to buy an exquisite banquet.
The boy and the maids were screened away, leaving only the two of them talking in a quiet room.
Although I was extremely nauseous, my appetite still defeated my brain's nausea after being hungry for a whole day.
"It's really hard work. I didn't expect that studying was not the difficulty, but the examination room was the difficulty." Zhao Han said angrily.
The dormitories are open to the public, and the exit faces the corridor. The smell spread throughout the examination room, and some people took it easy on the spot because they did not want to go to the toilet to invalidate their exam papers. After all, there are always special circumstances when hundreds of people take exams.
The taste is even more amazing.
"It's better to be a modern student. This person was a so-called scholar in ancient times, and he also kneeled." Wang Wenwen sighed.
"Of course. No wonder there were so many talented candidates in ancient times, but a scholar failed to pass the exam, or only passed the exam in his thirties. These extra tests are too many." Zhao Han thought about these three Guan, to a large extent, relied on the Jia family's reputation to have a stable examination environment.
Including examination experience, guarantor, relationship with the examiner... etc. It is very, very complicated.
Otherwise, if you are placed near a bad cell, you won’t have to take the exam.
Feudal society did not engage in invention and creation, but spent a lot of time playing tricks on people's minds.
"Eat the food, eat the food. The scholar exam is over, do you still want to take the exam?" Wang Wenwen picked up some food for his friend.
"Of course I will take the exam. I heard that it is much more difficult to be a scholar than to be a scholar." Zhao Han thought for a moment and said.
"Then you are wrong. In some places, it is easier to pass the examination than to be a scholar." Wang Wenwen then talked about the secret of an old Jinshi from the capital she invited.
Originally, if you were to take the test for merit and fame, if you had a strong family, you could ask someone to go to some remote rural areas to leave your place of origin. After passing the test for merit and fame, you could transfer your place of origin.
Of course, after this operation, you can't stop it without a few thousand taels of silver, and there will be some consequences. When you become an official in the future, you will be criticized in social circles.
So most candidates don’t even think about it.
And a person with so much money can also donate to an official position in his place of origin.
Jia Zhen bought Jia Rong the Dragon Guard, but it only cost 1,200 taels of silver.
This approach is only for those who are from a wealthy family and have talent, but are unlucky.
“That’s it.” Zhao Han suddenly realized.
Then she felt that it was too cheating to do this, and she had to change her place of origin. In ancient times, traveling back and forth could easily lead to death.
Remote places are often filled with disease, and it is easy to become acclimatized.
This is also the reason why this method is rarely used.
"You two are too courageous. Do you really know that walls have ears?" Just as Zhao Han and Zhao Han were talking vigorously, a voice came.
Then the door of the private room was pushed open, and a young Taoist priest with extraordinary charm suddenly walked in.
Zhao Han was stunned for a moment, and when he looked again, he found that the Taoist priest looked very familiar. After a closer look, he was surprised and said: "Teacher, why are you here?"
"If I don't come, you will be punished. Listen, you are all too brave. Do you really think that this world will not affect your true body? Have you forgotten that Journey to the West will cause time and space to reverse and your memory to go back?" Wen Rensheng sat on the table and poured himself a glass. Pulp.
"We are not very courageous. Teacher, you are more courageous if you just bring the real body in." Wang Wenwen said angrily.
“Yes,” Zhao Han said after hearing this, “Teacher, how do you enter directly with your own body?”
“Because in the world of Red Mansion, I don't like using other people's bodies." Wen Rensheng shook his head.
In fact, the two of them had a misunderstanding, and the truth was also false when it was fake.
When he entered the world of Red Mansions, he seemed to be using his real body, but in fact, what appeared here was just the shadow of his real body.
“Oh, I don’t feel this way. This Jia Rong’s body is quite comfortable for me to use. The biggest advantage is that I no longer have to control my mouth and can eat and drink as much as I want. Drink and eat." Wang Wenwen said as he gnawed on a big lamb chop.
The food and drink of this era have become very refined, with seasonings and spices, and the types of food are basically the same as those of later generations. Rich people eat better than most people in later generations.
"Teacher, are you here to give me some advice?" Of course Zhao Han was not a foodie, so she quickly asked about business.
"Of course I have some advice. If I don't show up, you two will be in trouble. You are still here eating, drinking and enjoying yourself." Wen Rensheng drank the pulp.
Yes, this is freshly squeezed by hand and tastes extremely delicious.
"What disaster is coming?" Zhao Han said in horror.
"Jia Zhen died before. You all attended his funeral, but do you know how he died?" Wen Rensheng asked.
"Isn't that what you did, teacher?" Zhao Han asked cautiously. Xiao Huan told him.
Yes, although she cannot use extraordinary power, Xiao Huan and Wen Rensheng are one, and she can share memories as long as Wen Rensheng allows it.
This is also the reason why Zhao Han asked Xiaohuan to cheat.
She can't learn eight-legged essay, but the teacher must be omniscient.
"I did this, but do you know why I wanted to kill him?" Wen Rensheng asked.
"It's not because of this guy..." Wang Wenwen said subconsciously, but he took it back mid-sentence. My friend is still here, so don't pollute the other person's pure heart.
"Haha, if you think about it carefully, all the leading figures in the Red Mansion will not have a good fate as the eldest brother. Jia Zhen Jia She, the same is true for the Xue family. Do you know why this is?" Wen Rensheng continued to ask.
“I don’t know.” Zhao Han shook his head.
"I know, because the emperor is afraid of the four major families." Wang Wenwen gave an answer.
"You are wrong. Jia's mother said that they are just a middle-class wealthy family. Why should the emperor be afraid of them? And you can clearly know that the Jia family is facing a bribe request from a big eunuch in the palace. Every now and then, Jia Lian had to spend thousands of taels of silver, which made Jia Lian feel distressed and asked, "When will this trouble come to an end?" Wen Rensheng shook his head.
"That's right. A big eunuch can make the Jia family tremble, but where do they get the energy to make Jia Yu Village rise to prominence?" Wang Wenwen asked again doubtfully.
"As the village said, Jia Yucun himself was a Jinshi, talented, and fell from being upright to tactful. His official position was naturally promoted all the way. This is an important hidden line, symbolizing that the feudal scientific examination was on the right track, and the final outcome was also in vain. Jia Yucun The real power of the four major families was Wang Ziteng. The emperor no longer trusted Wang Ziteng and later captured him. When he died of illness and Concubine Yuan died of illness, the Jia family fell into decline. He will still die." Wen Rensheng said calmly.
“Well, teacher, you have said a lot, but you still haven’t explained why the leading brother will die?”
“Because this is the fate of the entire world, and there is no hope in the world. If there is no way out, whoever rushes forward will suffer the greatest backlash in the world. Of course, it is written like this in the book, but in fact, the people who suffer the most backlash are Xiaomin. "Wen Rensheng finally told the truth.
Wang Wenwen said in surprise: "So that's it, I understand! Yes, the entire Dream of Red Mansions is about how life is in vain. What's the reason?"
"Where?" Zhao Han promptly asked My friends are applauded.
"The reason is that the author's own era was in an era of confusion and chaos. The author had seen the inevitable demise of the feudal dynasty and thought hard, but could not find a solution. The author has written about many Western items in the book , but he did not write Western ideological books? Why, because they were banned and destroyed by the Qing government, the author's vision was limited, and he could only see objects, not literature, and could only seek for them in the ancient thoughts of Lao and Zhuang monks. The answer is that only becoming a monk can solve everything..." Wang Wenwen answered enthusiastically.
"Yes, yes, then do you know how to solve it?" Wen Rensheng said with a smile.
"I am too familiar with this answer," Zhao Han raised his hand to answer, unable to let his friends steal the limelight, "The way to save the Red Mansion lies in 4 words."
"Feng Yue Baojian?" Wang Wenwen blurted out.
"Industry! Industry! Revolution! Life!" Zhao Han sighed word by word.
"That's right, that's right." Wen Rensheng clapped his hands and said with a smile, "The Dream of Red Mansions does mention the clothes of Rakshasa and the self-ringing bells of Europe. It's a pity that the most important things in the West are not seen. This is not the fault of the author, it is the corruption and backwardness. The Qing court only imported items, not books, and could not see the most important Western ideas. The author could only struggle to find a way out, but he could not find a way out. In the end, he could only write an ending of disillusionment, and we have to do it. The purpose is to give this world a hope.”
“Only the future can contain all possibilities, and the future can make eternity come true. Ancient humans could not believe that people in the future could fly to the moon and Mars, but now humans also cannot. I can’t believe that the future can be reborn forever.”
“What you really want to do is not to take the imperial examination and become an official, but to inject hope of prosperity into the world of Red Mansions.”< br>
“And these cannot be solved by being an official. Being an official can only prosper the Jia family for a while. What you have to do is to transform the Jia family into a centuries-old family like McCann and Europe. , will not be extremely prosperous but will not be extremely declining, and it will be solved in a unified manner from the external environment to the internal structure.”
(End of this chapter)