[Red Mansion] Jia Lian, son of a family

Chapter 37

Regarding Jia Daihua's question, Jia Daishan nodded firmly.

"Since that's the case, let's divide the sect. It's just the detailed regulations. Has my cousin already cares about it?"

Jia Daihua's straightforwardness made Jia Daishan mutter to himself, but it's good to be able to divide the clan, and it's always good to have less trouble.

"I don't want to divide the clan unless it is absolutely necessary," Jia Daishan said with a shameful face. "The detailed rules and regulations will be determined by you, cousin."

"It's so good." Jia Daihua picked up Xiaoji's teacup as a sign to see off the guests, "I'll discuss it with the clan elders in the past two days, and I'll invite my cousin over after confirming the regulations."

Hearing that it will take a few more days, Jia Daishan frowned and said, "If possible, please hurry up, cousin. Now that the division of the clan has been confirmed, don't procrastinate."

"Cousin can rest assured about the speed of my brother's work." Gently putting down the teacup, Jia Daihua's smile was extremely perfunctory.

"Thank you." Jia Daishan didn't want to stay any longer to make fun of him, so he got up and handed over his hands, and strode away.

Not long after he left, Jia Dairu, Jia Daixiu and others who were still alive in the Jia family came to Ningguo Mansion at the invitation of Jia Daihua. When they heard from Jia Daihua that Jia Daishan wanted to divide the clan, everyone condemned with righteous indignation .

Jia Dairu stroked his well-trimmed long beard, and said in a tone of urgency that was completely different from his usual slow and leisurely lectures in the ethnology school: "Recently I have heard rumors that the Rongning and Ningfus are going to split the clan. It turned out to be true! It's just that I really can't figure out what Duke Rong is thinking. Unite and divide, he will not understand. Doesn't he understand the meaning of this old saying?"

"Yes, yes," an old man with a gray beard nodded tremblingly, "When the Rongning Second Mansion was established, they didn't even think about dividing the clan. This descendant has stretched to the third generation, but Jia Daishan clamored to split the clan. Isn't he messing around! Patriarch, you are the head of the Jia family, you can't let him continue to divide the clan, this will damage the foundation of our whole family!"

Jia Daixiu and the other elders beside him all nodded frequently, and when they wanted to speak out to condemn Jia Daishan, they saw Jia Daihua raise his hand in vain, and had to swallow the words that had already reached their mouths.

"I understand what you said, but Jia Daishan has already made up his mind to divide the clan, there is no room for change."

Jia Daihua has seen Jia Daishan's determination to branch out, but he is not afraid that Jia Daishan will talk about his arranging for his unborn great-grandson to marry the prince's illegitimate daughter.But after all, this is a "secret" that many people know well. If he has agreed to split the clan, if he can't convince these clan elders, Jia Daishan still thinks that he has no promises and threatens him, then it will be bad .

"Ten days ago, he first invited a few people and then came to me. Today he came to me for this matter. Since he has made up his mind to split the clan, why do we bother to stop it? Even if we persuade him not to split the clan , the Rongguo Mansion may not be able to do their best for the clan."

It has to be said that Jia Daihua, the patriarch, is quite prestigious in the Jia family. After he said this, several old people calmed down. After looking at each other for a while, they were still the oldest representative of Jia Daixiu. Everyone spoke.

"Patriarch, according to what you mean, do you agree to divide the clan?"

"As the saying goes, twisted melons are not sweet." Jia Daihua said helplessly with a wry smile.

"Hmph, it's not that Jia Lian in their mansion has become closer to the royal family by being the companion of the Ninth Prince. Jia Daishan thinks he's great and wants to draw a line with us poor relatives!" It was Jia Dairu who said this.

As early as when Jia Zhu studied with the teacher at home and Jia Lian joined the Zhang family, he was dissatisfied with the Rongguo Mansion. The only two school-age children in Rongguo Mansion didn't come to Jia's family to study. Isn't this an excuse to smash Jia Dairu!

"Isn't it!" Jia Daixiu continued, "Do you still remember that a few years ago when Rongguo Mansion was run by the second wife, my family's confidant Zhou Rui's family mentioned that she seemed to be moving to sell Jinling. The idea of ​​sacrificing the fields over there. Although the sacrificing fields in the clan are under the name of the Rongning Second Mansion, they are clan property. They want to sell them without the consent of the clan. It seems that Jia Daishan has long wanted to separate from us. Got an idea!"

Jia Daihua heaved a long sigh: "No matter whether Jia Daishan planned it in advance or made it on the spur of the moment, since he has made such a decision, we can no longer force him. However, I also told him that this case can be divided. How to divide it... that's why I invited you here."

Although he was reluctant to lose the backing of the Rongguo Mansion, since Jia Daihua, the patriarch, had already said so, there was nothing to force, and it was true that he could win more benefits for each branch.Afterwards, the small hall became lively like a vegetable market, and the maids who occasionally came in to refill tea couldn't believe that those old men who were frothing hoarse, exhausted, and blushing were actually the usual dignified members of the Jia family. clan elders.

After the next day, Jia Daihua brought a stack of papers to Lixiangyuan, Rongguo Mansion.After reading the stack of papers, Jia Daishan's face was not very good-looking: "Is this the constitution of your cousin about branching?"

"Yes." Jia Daihua slowly picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, "Cousin, aren't you in a hurry to divide the clan, so after you left yesterday, I invited all the clan elders to discuss it. Your hand It is the result of discussion among the clan."

Closing his eyes, Jia Daishan said in a hoarse voice: "I think, cousin, you didn't tell everyone the reason why I want to separate from the Ningguo Mansion."

What Jia Daishan thought was that when the clan was divided, there were still a few members of the Jia family who were willing to follow the Rongguo Mansion, so that even if the incidents of the Ningguo Mansion were revealed in the future, some members of the Jia family could be preserved.Unexpectedly, the members of the Jia family in the capital chose to stay and follow the Ningguo Mansion, and only hoped that the Holy Majesty would not issue an order to punish the nine clans out of anger.His ability is limited, and now he can only choose to protect Rongguo Mansion first.

Jia Daihua didn't say a word. Apart from Ningguo Mansion, only Rongguo Mansion was on duty in the court. Naturally, it was impossible to tell ordinary Jia family members about these confidential matters.

"I agree to all the requests made by the higher authorities." Jia Daishan was obviously much older after saying this.The clan has a different meaning to people of this era. Leaving the clan means abandoning the ancestors, which is criticized by people.Even if he has good reasons, he still cannot avoid this guilt.

Jia Daishan didn't have the slightest objection, which made Jia Daihua stunned. Both he and the clan elders thought that Jia Daishan would bargain, so they made the rules of the branch clan a little harsh.As a result, Jia Daishan agreed in this way, which was beyond his expectation.

This time, only the lineage of the Rongguo Mansion was separated from the entire Jia family, so everyone asked Jia Daishan to hand over [-]% of the family property under the name of the Rongguo Mansion.And this [-]% is not only from the capital, but also from Jinling's hometown.

"There's only so much I can do for the clan." It's just some belongings, and Jia Daishan has nothing to be reluctant about.In general, family property such as sacrificial fields would not be confiscated in family raids. As long as the nine clans were not exterminated, there was always hope for the Jia family with the family property in hand.

"It's so good." Jia Daihua didn't bother anymore, "The ancestral hall will be opened on the first day of next month, and the tablet and genealogy of the Rongguo Mansion will be separated. Before that, cousin, you'd better repair your ancestral hall in Rongguo Mansion .And the handover procedures for the sacrifice field, I will send Lai Sheng to handle it.”

Jia Daishan cupped his hands: "Thank you cousin for reminding me. I will ask my servants to sort out the title deeds of the sacrificial land first, and hand them over to Lai Sheng together with the account books."

Nodding his head, Jia Daihua left lightly with a cold snort.Originally, he wanted Jia Daishan to bleed well, but Jia Daishan agreed so easily, which made him feel so boring.

Then Rongguo Mansion started construction, and Jia Daishan finally decided to arrange the ancestral hall of Rongguo Mansion in Rongqingtang.When Jia Shishi was under house arrest, he said to let Zhang move here, but fortunately, the matter of raiding everyone in Rongguo Mansion had not yet been dealt with, otherwise he, the head of the family, would have been slapped for his arrangement.

If it weren't for the words Jia Lian brought back, the sect would not have been divided so quickly, so Jia Daishan hadn't considered where the ancestral hall should be placed before this.

And knowing that the Rongguo Mansion will have nothing to do with the Ningguo Mansion on the first day of next month, Jia Lian doesn't know whether to be more happy or sad.In any case, without the drag of Ningguo Mansion, Rongguo Mansion should be stronger than in the previous life.

After the seventh prince, Situ Yuan, learned from Jia Lian that the Rongguo Mansion would be officially separated from the Jia family on the first day of next month, he was obviously closer to him.While the Seventh Prince was getting close to him, the Ninth Prince's tone towards him became even more eccentric.The attitude of the two princes made Jia Lian both painful and happy. If he hadn't clearly known the relationship between the Ninth Prince and the Seventh Prince, he would have been unable to bear such a Ninth Prince.

And it was Jia Lian's unobtrusive behavior under the attitude of the Ninth Prince, which made him gain a lot of points with the Seventh Prince.Although the Ninth Prince has not fully accepted him, that day is not far away.Looking sadly at the smiling Situ Yuan, Situ Rui pursed his lips.When Jia Lian really became a member of their side, his excuse for using this attitude as a test would no longer be acceptable.

The master who taught riding and archery asked for leave today, so after the cultural class in the afternoon, everyone can go back to their respective homes.But Jia Lian and his cousin Zhang Mao stayed, and the Seventh Prince invited them to go to the imperial garden to enjoy flowers together, even if they were not flower lovers, they had no choice but to go.

When Jia Lian and his entourage came to the Imperial Garden, snacks had already been placed in the Wanrui Pavilion on the east side.The dazzling array of delicacies made the Ninth Prince run over with a little cheer, and after swallowing two pieces of yam and red date cake, he sighed in satisfaction: "Seventh brother, you are so kind, you know I am hungry, so you ordered Dai Quan to prepare it." ?”

The Seventh Prince frowned slightly and shook his head: "I came to this imperial garden on a temporary basis. Although I have already asked Dai Quan to go to the imperial dining room, it is not so soon."

A woman dressed as a court lady in her early twenties was walking gracefully into the Wanrui Pavilion with a tray. She didn't show any surprise when she saw the two princes, but knelt down to salute: "Bilian, Your Highness the Seventh Prince, please greet me." , Your Highness the Ninth Prince. I have met Mr. Zhang and Mr. Jia."

Seeing her, the Seventh Prince's eyes softened a bit: "Get up. Bilian, why are you here?" Amicable.

Bilian held the tray and lowered her head and replied: "Today Mrs. Mei brought Miss Mei into the palace to pay her respects to the Empress Empress. The Empress asked her servants and Hong He to accompany Miss Mei to the Imperial Garden. Hong He has been following Miss Mei, The servants came here to arrange some food."