Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 533: Creation of Saint
Mrs. Xing was not really feeling aggrieved. After all these years, no matter how stupid she was, she could see that Master She was not a loyal person.

Now as the wife of a superior duke, with Yingchun as her own daughter, she really has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

As for coming to Rong Xi Tang today to act aggrieved, to put it bluntly, it was just a way to try to get something good out of the old lady...

Sure enough, the old lady gave Mrs. Xing a surprise right away for her eldest son's plan.

"Don't feel wronged. Zheng is a good businessman. You can gather your private money together and I will add some to it. You can give it to Zheng and ask her to help you run the business. You don't have to worry about it. With Zheng here, you can just sit back and count the money."

Oh, there is money to be made, this is just what Mrs. Xing wants.

At that moment, she no longer cared about pretending to be aggrieved, and bowed to the old lady in a money-grubber manner to express her gratitude.

"Okay, okay, I still don't understand you?"

The old lady didn't care about the silver. She was very rich now. With the pearl farm, she earned hundreds of thousands of yuan a year. She was the one who was least worried about not having money to spend.

The old lady stopped Mrs. Xing from flattering her and said in a very serious tone, "The eldest brother let Zheng, a widow, marry into the family just to vent the anger of the second girl and her husband. The Li family is backed by those old guys from the Liu family. The eldest brother's move not only slaps the Li family in the face, but also makes it clear that he is helping Zheng to deal with the Li family. What do you think those old guys from the Liu family will do if they know that our family is not on good terms with the Li family?"

Mrs. Xing had no idea what was going on in this question, so she shook her head vigorously.

The old lady did not think that she was talking to a deaf person, and patiently explained the seriousness of the matter to Mrs. Xing.

"If the eldest brother did it himself, he would only like to reason with others using fists and knife handles. But now the second girl's son-in-law is in charge. Young people have not experienced these things. The second girl is the same. She has been protected at home for more than ten years. After all, she has to experience some things..."

"Mother is right. My son just wants his son-in-law and the second girl to practice with this!"

Master She brought Jia Cong into Rong Xi Hall, and the two of them bowed and greeted each other.

The old lady nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and continued, "Those old guys from the Liu family just bully the young Erya and her husband. Now that they know that the Li family has offended us, they must be trembling with fear and not knowing what to do..."

When Jia Cong thought of the Liu family members who were blocked outside the door today, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Grandmother is right. The Liu family was frightened. They were reluctant to give up the money given by the Li family, and they wanted to ease the relationship with our family through my second brother-in-law. You didn't see that today outside the gate, the Liu family's younger generations almost knelt down to my second brother-in-law."

Some people are really interesting. They are obviously scared to death of Rongguo Mansion, but they still want to plot against Rongguo Mansion's son-in-law.

He was clearly worried that the Rongguo Mansion would attack him because of the Li family's affairs, but he was reluctant to give up his possessions such as gold and silver.

Jia Cong didn't know how to describe the stupidity of those branches of the Liu family. Anyone could see that Liu Xianglian was a rare talent among the princes and sons of nobles, and the emperor's confidant.

If you follow this new clan leader, you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself.

But he chose to go against Liu Xianglian and even plotted against the Jia family's daughter's child.

This is not stupidity, this is pure suicide!

"I'm also thinking of finding an opportunity to take the Liu family's maids of appropriate age into my house..."

Ok?
"Dad, who should we marry? Who should we marry as concubines? How many?"

Jia Cong was stunned. He felt as if he was hallucinating.

Master She's face actually turned slightly red, and he felt quite embarrassed.

"Ahem... those old guys in the Liu family are using the marriage alliance to plot against my grandson. It doesn't matter who you marry. I'm in my prime, so what's wrong with taking a few concubines? Those illegitimate branches of the Liu family, if their daughters can come to our house to be concubines of a Duke, they are marrying up!"

hiss~
Jia Cong first looked at his father in shock, then turned to look at the old lady.

If there is nothing wrong with his memory, it seems that this idea was suggested by the old lady to Master She.

The old lady looked normal, and even had a feeling of depression that she couldn't vent.

"That was a good deal for those old guys. If it were up to me, I would definitely give them a good slap in the face this time. A bunch of shameless old guys actually plotted against two children!"

hiss!
For the first time, Jia Cong had a very clear understanding of the old lady's cruelty. If he really did that, Master She would at most lose face.

But the second half of the lives of those concubines of the Liu family will be completely ruined.

As long as Master She is shameless enough to design a plan to take those girls from the Liu family as concubines, there won’t be too many ways for him to do it.

Like someone falling into the water to save someone, or someone accidentally entering a boudoir, etc. Anyway, it won't be Master She who will suffer.

This idea was vicious, but the Liu family had no choice but to follow it. Unless they hang their daughter who had lost her "virginity" on the beam of the house, they could only grit their teeth and send her to Rongguo Mansion.

"As for the Zheng family's matter, my son was just thinking of sifting through the grass to catch rabbits, but he didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise. My son has already told his son-in-law about the unscrupulous things the Li family did. Let him plan it himself, and we can just watch the show."

Master She also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was shameless enough, his children were all grown up, and now he had grandchildren, so it was better for him to do less of some things.

The appearance of Zheng solved his problem. After all, a woman who brings trouble to others was not in line with his honor as the Duke of Rong!

Although the old lady was unwilling to be unable to vent her anger, she did not mention her previous plan again.

She nodded and said, "Since you have made up your mind, let's do it. But those old guys who plotted against the second girl must not be let off easily. What is the status of the Li family? Are they worthy of marrying my great-grandson? Since his family is willing to eat up the entire family, let Zheng not have any scruples. If the money is not enough, tell me. We must eat up all the assets of the Li family!"

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The concubine-taking banquet of Jia She, Duke of Rong, has almost become the biggest gossip in Beijing in recent days.

Zheng's identity and her experience soon became the talk of thousands of households. In this matter, the role played by Master She was particularly interesting. Not only did it not bring him any bad influence, but it made people think that Duke Rong was a kind man who was happy to repay his enemies and was compassionate.

On the other hand, the Taizhou Li family, especially Li Jingwei, suddenly became a beast that everyone despised and cursed...

No, it should be said that he is a dog that is worse than an animal!
When Zheng was carried into the Rongguo Mansion, some people could no longer sit still.

When Jia Cong saw Zheng again, it was not in the east wing of Rongguo Mansion, but in Nanchifang Market.

Zheng actually opened a shop specializing in weaving and embroidery opposite Li's Xiufang.

"This Aunt Zheng is really courageous. She actually wants to fight her enemy face to face!"

Daiyu's embroidery skills were average, but she put as much thought into her wedding dress as any other woman.

In front of Jia Cong was a bright red shirt with sleeves, embroidered with dragon, phoenix and mandarin duck patterns, dotted with jewels and brocade, and sewn with gold and silver threads, which looked elegant and luxurious.

Jia Cong wanted to touch her, but Daiyu slapped his hand away.

But Daiyu continued to sew pearls of various colors onto her wedding dress, and she was also busy chatting with Jia Cong.

"I heard from my second sister that Aunt Zheng went to the Duke of Liguo's mansion to find her. She said that she wanted to open a fashion show and was short of money. She wanted to borrow some from my second sister and she would give her a dividend every year."

"How can we say we are short of money? I don't know how much my father gave us, but my wife gave me 50,000 taels, and the old lady gave me another 50,000 taels..."

Jia Cong collapsed on the rocking chair in Daiyu's boudoir, admiring Sister Lin's embroidered wedding dress, and chatted leisurely: "Aunt Zheng is a smart person. She knows why my father took her into the mansion. She also knows that relying on the Jia family is the best way to take revenge. In addition, my second brother-in-law wants to investigate the Li family. If she wants to protect her family, she has to get rid of the Li family."

To put it bluntly, Zheng was returning a favor by borrowing some money and letting Yingchun invest. Then, if the time came to distribute the dividends, it would be legitimate and no one would find fault with it.

Hey~
Daiyu suddenly sighed and stopped what she was doing.

She turned and walked to the window, looking at the flowers in the yard.

For a woman, the most horrifying thing is probably to have her entire family wiped out.

The Zheng family incident once again brought this cruelty to light.

"Brother Cong, how could this person be so cruel? When Zheng was in her husband's family, she was filial to her parents-in-law and kind to the people in the village. But when the Li family provoked her, those kind-hearted people in the past turned into hungry wolves, rushing over to eat her alive. They even ruined Zheng's reputation and used the lynching method of immersing her in a pig cage to kill her!"

Daiyu has always been emotional, even though she has been handling most things rationally over the years.

But the things she encountered in the past few years made her realize more clearly the cruelty of the world.

It turns out that this world is not only bright and beautiful as she knew in books, but is also filled with darkness.

Jia Cong responded without hesitation: "Because of profit!"

"Yes, it's because of profit!"

Daiyu naturally understood, she was just sighing.

"But there is one more thing. Brother Cong, have you noticed that although Zheng is a very capable person, she still cannot prevent the family property from being divided up by relatives and outsiders. If she goes to the government to sue, how will the government rule? Will it support Zheng to manage the family business, or will it be awarded to those who want to wipe out the family?"

Daiyu's question made Jia Cong a little difficult to answer, not because he didn't know the answer, but because this question had clear provisions in the "Daxia Law".

"If a woman's husband dies and she has no children, she shall inherit her husband's share. The clan leader shall choose a person of the same generation as her to be the heir. If she remarries, the husband's family property and original dowry shall be under the control of her ex-husband's family."

That is to say, if the husband dies and the woman has no son, but she is determined to remain faithful to her husband, then the husband's property cannot be inherited by the woman. Instead, the clan leader will choose a boy to adopt as the woman's successor.

If a woman chooses to remarry, her husband's property and her dowry will be distributed and controlled by her husband's family.

Moreover, a woman’s dowry no longer belongs to her, and her husband’s clan members have the right to dispose of it.

If Aunt Zheng had asked her parents-in-law to choose an adopted son in advance, she would have had a chance to keep the family property.

But my parents-in-law died suddenly, blocking their last way out.

As for the clan leader choosing an heir for her, that was pure nonsense. Just look at the cruel methods used to wipe out the entire family, and you can see that the clan members of Aunt Zheng's ex-husband are all jackals, tigers and leopards!

If things go wrong, the clan leader might directly acknowledge Aunt Zheng as his mother. After all, the family business is as huge as that of the Li family in Taizhou.

"I will discuss this matter with Mr. Zhang and ask him to consider similar situations when revising the Daxia Law."

Daiyu was not optimistic about Zhang Zhengju, who revised the Daxia Code. She shook her head and said, "It's useless. I know Mr. Zhang is a good man, but he can't fight the whole world alone. The rise of Neo-Confucianism is doomed to bring misery to women. Do you know how many women have enrolled in school in the capital this year? There are less than a thousand in total!"

Thousands of people, that sounds like a lot.

But the entire Gyeonggi region has a population of more than two million, and the number of boys attending public schools has exceeded 200,000, not counting those who go to private schools.

"Even though there are laws that state that children of school age must attend public schools to receive compulsory education, the people are still stubborn and don't let their daughters go to school, thinking that this is raising children for other families..."

It turns out that Daiyu was not just embarrassed by Aunt Zheng's experience, she was really lamenting the whole society's confinement of women.

Every time she inspected compulsory education in the capital, Daiyu would feel gratified by the results of her hard work.

But at the same time, she was frustrated by her own inability. The girls' admission to school was like a demonic barrier that could not make any progress.

Jia Cong had no better solution to this problem. This was a problem with no solution for the time being, unless someone dared to say that women hold up half the sky.

Does Jia Cong dare to shout? Of course he does!

But it is useless for him to shout, because the person who shouts this must be able to suppress rationalism.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Wei left too early!"

If Wei Qinghe were still here, perhaps he could break this situation...

Suddenly, Jia Cong had an idea and remembered a question Zhou Jiong had asked him one day: What will be his posthumous title in the future?
"Sister Lin, maybe someone can solve this problem!"

……

Zhou Jiong didn't expect that Jia Cong would suddenly come to his house. It was obviously only a few days before Jia Cong's wedding day, but he still had the mind to chat with him at this time.

"Lord, do you want to become a master?"

Ok?
This inexplicable question made Zhou Jiong confused.

Jia Cong changed the question: "How long has it been since Zhu Xi appeared a saint? Are you interested in trying to ascend to the throne of Confucian saint?"

Zhou Jiong's face turned pale immediately. He glanced outside the house vigilantly, and then wanted to chase Jia Cong out.

"I will pretend I have never heard such words today. You are so ignorant and fearless that you dare to say such words!"

Good boy, you are trying to kill me!
There are only four sages in Confucianism: the Great Sage Confucius, the Second Sage Yan Hui, the Ancestor Sage Zengzi, and the Second Sage Mencius.

Zhu Zi? He is not even worthy of the title of saint.

If today's conversation were to get out, wouldn't all the Confucian disciples in the world be spitting at Zhou Jiong to death?
"Jia Cong, I want to live a few more years!"

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　I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)