Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 1 [001] Jiajia Building will be

Looking up, you can see brothels and painting pavilions, and bead curtains embroidered with households.Carved cars compete in Tianjie, and BMW competes in Yulu.Jin Cui is dazzling, and Luo Qi is fragrant.

In the prosperous city of Shenjing, where the fire is cooking oil, there are two Duke's Mansions separated by a street.

To the west is Rongguo Mansion, and to the east is Ningguo Mansion.

Different from the glorious days in the past, a mourning shed was built at the gate of Rongguo Mansion today, and there were mourning streamers hanging on it. There were also strings of shredded paper hanging on both sides of the gate of Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Zhu, the eldest son of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion, died.

The Rongning Second Mansion held a grand funeral for seven days, but only a few people, including Jia Zhu's wife Li Wan, really shed tears, and everyone else covered their faces and pretended to cry.

Jia Chen, a distant descendant of the "Yu" generation in the Rong Mansion, was mixed in the crowd, and he didn't even bother to pretend to cry.

He came to the funeral mainly for the banquet and to pack the leftovers by the way.

"It's better to treat the descendants of the Jia family. There are so many delicacies from mountains and seas, I can't eat them normally."

Jia Chen silently sighed, and under the disdainful eyes of many Jia's masters and servants, he picked out a few leftovers and wrapped them up to take away.

He didn't care about the gazes of the people around him, anyway, some meals were no one cared about, no one touched their chopsticks, and they were as good as new.

In his previous life, he had been severely beaten by the society, and he had already had a rock-solid heart and a firm will, and he would not let other people's attitudes affect his own mood.

Go your own way and let others say go!

In this life, he was one of the eight householders of the Jia family in Beijing. His family was poor and his life was difficult.

His cheap father is called Jia Xun, who is the sixth child among the eight households, nicknamed Jia Lao Liu. Because he is a concubine, he was kicked out of Rong Mansion when he became an adult, and he set up a household by himself.

Jia Yan was naturally romantic and wandered around the Fireworks and Willow Lane all day long, but he contracted Hualiu disease and died young.

Jia Chen's mother died in childbirth. As a time traveler, Jia Chen has never seen this mother.

Once Dad Cheap died, Jia Chen became an orphan.

Fortunately, my house is still there. Although it is only an old house with a second entry, it can at least provide shelter from the wind and rain.

The Rong Mansion will allocate him one tael of silver every month, which is only equivalent to the monthly money of the Jia family's first-class maid.

If this amount of money is used for eating, drinking and having fun, it is definitely not enough, but if you live frugally, it is enough to eat and clothe yourself.

Although the family is poor, they have a lot of books. Jia Chen will look through them when he has nothing to do. I don't know if he has awakened the golden finger of the traveler, but Jia Chen can never forget them.

He is only eight years old this year, and he has already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics backwards.

According to the timeline of the original book, Lin Daiyu is six years old this year, and it is estimated that she will come to Jia's mansion soon.

When Jia Chen returned home, he put the leftovers in a pot to heat up. After eating and drinking, he took a history book from the shelf and read it at night by candlelight.

Now is the Great Zhou Dynasty.

According to the records in the book, before the Great Zhou Dynasty was the Great Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty devoted himself to cultivating Taoism and abolished the government. As a result, he was destroyed by the Tatars.

Fortunately, the descendants of Zhang Shicheng, the king of Cheng at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, set up troops from Gaoyou, drove the Tartars to the north, set foot on the Central Plains, swept the world, and established Shenjing as their capital. It has been nearly a hundred years.

Now it has been handed down to the third emperor and changed to Yuan Chongrui.

Jia Chen calculated the year of the dynasty, and his heart sank suddenly:
"This year is the seventh year of Chongrui, but with Emperor Chongzhen."

"bang bang bang"

Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted Jia Chen's thoughts.

Jia Chen hid a short knife behind his waist and got up to open the door.

Looking through the crack of the door, it turned out that it was Jia Zhu's mother, Lou Shi.

Since the death of Jia Chen's cheap father, Mrs. Lou saw that Jia Chen lost his father at a young age, and felt sorry for him, so he often came to bring him some food.

Jia Chen hurriedly opened the courtyard door, cupped his hands and saluted:

"Jia Chen has seen Mrs. Lou."

Lou pointed to the food box carried by a maid next to her, and said with a smile:

"Brother Chen, my family stewed two chickens tonight, and I brought you half a chicken to nourish your body."

"Thank you Sister-in-law Lou, please come in and have a cup of tea!" Jia Chen felt warm in his heart, turned sideways, and let her and the maid into the room.

Sister-in-law Lou entered the main hall, and after she sat down, her gaze was fixed on a picture hanging on the wall, she was suddenly dumbfounded, and suddenly got up.

"Stay firm on the green hills and don't let go, the roots are originally in the broken rocks.

Thousands of blows are still strong, let the wind from east to west, north and south. "

Lou's sister-in-law recited it aloud, and exclaimed:
"Good poem! Good calligraphy! Brother Chen, did you write this poem?"

Jia Chen said modestly:
"Sister-in-law Lou's reputation is too high. This is just a clumsy work I wrote impromptu in my spare time to pass the time. It's hard to be elegant."

Sister-in-law Lou smiled and praised:
"Brother Chen, don't be too humble. Although I am a girl, I have read books for a few years. Your poem is highly talented and brilliant. It is full of words and infinite meaning. With the help of God, it is enough to be passed down through the ages."

Jia Chen smiled and said, "I really dare not take it."

Sister-in-law Lou recited incessantly:
"Especially the last sentence, 'Thousands of blows are still strong, let the wind from the southeast to the north', while showing a strong and proud character, it also exudes a chic and unrestrained vicissitudes of life, which really surprised me.

You can still write such vigorous poems in such an embarrassing environment, which shows that you have a broad mind and a strong character, and you are definitely not a thing in the pool! "

Jia Chen smiled lightly and said, "Sister-in-law Lou praised you absurdly."

Lou asked with a smile:
"Brother Chen has read poetry and books at a young age, and his literary talents are outstanding. It can be seen that he has worked hard. Presumably he is preparing for the county exam?"

In Dazhou, the imperial examination consisted of "six examinations", namely the county examination, the government examination, the hospital examination, the township examination, the general examination and the palace examination.

Jia Chen said: "I'm really preparing for the exam. My family is poor, and I can only change my fate by taking the imperial examination."

Lou's expression turned serious, and he said with emotion:
"He is so sensible at such a young age, he must have a bright future. Your nephew is the same age as you, and he is also preparing for the county exam. Please help him."

Jia Chen said seriously:
"Sister-in-law Lou is kind to me, so I am naturally duty-bound to learn from each other and make progress together with nephew Jun."

"Brother Chen is too modest, Jun'er doesn't have your level of poetic talent and calligraphy accomplishment." Lou said a few more words of greeting, then said goodbye and left.

After sending Lou's away, Jia Chen shook his head and smiled wryly. Among the descendants of the Jia family, Lou's son, Jia Zhu, was willing to study hard. Besides him, Jia Zhu's son, Jia Lan, was considered the seed of study.

Most of the other descendants of the Jia family are not filial, they only know about eating, drinking, whoring and gambling all day long.

There are many people who seek pleasure, but few planners.

Both Ningrong and Rong's mansions can't make ends meet, and they are living on their own.

Don't look at the infinite scenery now, in fact, the building is already in its infancy, and it will eventually end up in a tragic end of "the vast white land is really clean".

Now, Jia Chen can still rely on the Jia family to eke out a living. When the Jia family is ransacked, no one will give him monthly money.

In order to change his destiny, Jia Chen can only study hard, strive for the title of the gold list, butcher the official, preside over the overall situation of the Jia family, set things right, and avoid the fate of being ransacked.

However, as the founder of the country, Jia's family probably cannot escape the fate of all the birds and the rabbits.

Now the two suns are hanging in the sky, and the two saints are in court. Although the Supreme Emperor has passed the throne to the emperor, he still loves the power and position, and often intervenes in the government affairs.

The Supreme Emperor relied on the founding nobles represented by the Four Kings, Eight Dukes and Twelve Marquises. The Jia family belonged to the founding line, and they were both Dukes of two kingdoms, with the most respected status.

In order to fight against the Supreme Emperor and his veteran group, the emperor promoted a group of confidants, known as Chongrui Xungui.

The situation of the two noble and noble groups is like fire and water, and they are on the verge of being at war.

When the Supreme Emperor dies and the emperor monopolizes the power, one can imagine what will happen to the founders of the country.

Jia Chen made plans silently. If he wanted to change the fate of himself and the Jia family, besides being named on the gold list, he also needed to be in command of the military.

A real man was born between the heaven and the earth, how can he live in depression for a long time?

As a time traveler, Jia Chen doesn't have the foolish and loyal thinking that the emperor wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. If the emperor wants to destroy the Jia family, he must first ask me if I agree with the knife in my hand?

(End of this chapter)