Chapter 11 Chapter Ten: The Mystery of Chapters 91 to 99 (3)——The Mystery of Li Wan

In the past, there was a saying that one of the hairpins in the "Jinling Twelve Hairpins" was considered perfect, but which hairpin?Li Wan.If you have read Cao Xueqin's entire book like Zhiyanzhai, you will know that it is absolutely not the case.Even if you are reading the popular version, if you carefully consider Li Wan's verdict and her song in the fifth chapter, you should doubt whether Gao E's subsequent plots are correct.Gao E didn't write much about Li Wan later, and it really gave people a feeling that Li Wan was perfect. In the fifth chapter, Cao Xueqin has already told you through the verdict and Li Wan's "Late Shaohua" song that Li Wan is not only not perfect, but also has serious problems.There are two sentences in the judgment about Li Wan, which are called "like ice water, so jealous of each other, it is useless to make jokes with others".If you think about it carefully, is this a compliment?Especially the last sentence.Li Wan's ending was better. Her son Jia Lan later passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official.Others don't admire or envy her, but instead laugh at her. Why?Could it be that the public opinion formed by "others" is unreasonable and all misunderstandings and slanders against her?Of the two judgments I quoted, the first sentence has been litigated for a long time, and the explanation is unclear. What does it mean to be "like ice water, so empty and jealous"?In fact, this sentence is not difficult to understand, that is, after the eighty chapters, it will be written that the Jia clan finally collapsed suddenly, and the fate of everyone in the mansion appeared to be divided.Originally they were all water in the same pool, but some were frozen into ice, and some still existed in the form of water and could flow freely, so the relationship between ice and water, although originally the same However, after the accident, the living conditions are very different, and there is a gap between them. Even the ice will be jealous of the water, and the water will not care about the ice.

There must be friends who are red fans frowning and asking: You have talked for a long time before, and made it clear to me that if the emperor hits this family, then not only the noble officials themselves will lose their freedom, "frozen into ice", including The sinner's wife, concubine, son and daughter-in-law, young lady, and all the male and female servants in the mansion all face the same fate of being beaten, killed, or sold.If the two governments of Rongning and Ningxia in the book collapse completely, how can Li Wan be an exception and not be hit, or is she still "good water" and has freedom?

This requires exploring the prototype of Li Wan's character. The role of Li Wan should have a prototype. Of course, from the prototype to the artistic image in the book, the author has carried out a lot of artistic processing.Even in terms of seniority, she was lowered to a generation to write. What's going on?Let's talk about the situation in life first. Cao Xueqin's family, in the Kangxi Dynasty, his grandfather Cao Yin, inherited the mantle of his great-grandfather Cao Xi, and was in charge of weaving in Jiangning.Cao Yin's mother was Kangxi's foster mother, Kangxi and Cao Yin can be regarded as children, and Kangxi loved Cao Yin very much.But Cao Yin got malaria later and was about to die. When the news spread to the capital, Kangxi was very anxious, so he sent post horses to deliver Cinchona cream to him non-stop. At that time, there was this rare special medicine in the palace, but, Cao Yin had no luck, and when the posthorse arrived, he was already dead.Ordinarily he died, wouldn't it be the end if the court sent another person to do Jiangning weaving?Before Kangxi, during the Shunzhi period, the royal family set the principle that jobs like Jiangning weaving cannot be hereditary.But since Emperor Kangxi became the emperor, he liked Cao Yin. He could break the rules of the former emperor and let the people of Cao's family be weaving, so he appointed Cao Yin's son Cao to continue weaving in Jiangning.After Cao became Jiangning Weaving, Kangxi was very satisfied. What he didn't expect was that Cao died again after he hadn't been Jiangning Weaving for a few years.Cao Yin no longer has any sons.How much did Kangxi love the Cao family?He also wanted the Cao family to inherit the position of Jiangning weaving, so he ordered Suzhou weaving Li Xu to help him choose a good quality from among Cao Yin's nephews, and adopt him to Cao Yin's widow Li Shi—this Li family is Li Xu Cao’s younger sister—come to be the son, inherit the family business, and continue to be Jiangning weaving. This adopted son of Li’s is Cao.

In the previous lectures, I told you many times that Mrs. Li is the prototype of the artistic image of Jia Mu in the book.Think about it, Cao Yin died, Li became a widow, Cao Yin and Li's son Cao died again, and Cao's wife also became a widow.Cao's wife's surname is Ma, and she is called Ma's.This Mrs. Ma, her fate is very miserable. She originally lived in the main hall of the main building complex of Jiangning Weaving Mansion. She was the weaving lady, but her husband died, and the emperor appointed another person named Cao to take him If his wife came here to become Jiang Ning weaving, she would have to move out of the main house and lose her identity as Mrs. Jiang Ning weaving.Cao's wife replaced her as Mrs. Weaving.It was an awkward situation for her.

It can also be found from the old archives of the Qing Palace that when Cao just took office, he wrote a memorial to Emperor Kangxi, which mentioned the situation of his sister-in-law Ma Shi, and reported that Ma Shi was pregnant. Although his brother Cao died, Ma Shi A posthumous baby will be born. If it is a boy, my brother will also have descendants.However, in the follow-up memorials, Cao continued to greet Kangxi and report and ask for instructions, but there was no information about Ma's birth.Kangxi also continued to write a reply on Cao's memorial, and he did not see him ask about the birth of Cao's widow.Therefore, it is not clear whether Ma Shi gave birth to a child, whether the boy or girl was born, how the birth was, and what happened after the birth.At that time, there was no need to destroy and hide the documents related to Ma's birth. What kind of secret is this?It will not affect the government at all.Therefore, it can be deduced that this Ma Shi is very unfortunate. She either had a miscarriage, or she only gave birth to a daughter, or even though she gave birth to a son, the son was not raised.She is a widow and unemployed, very poor.Of course, according to the rules of the game in the feudal society in the past, in order to continue the Cao family, she can also adopt a boy from other places as her own son. Mother and son support each other and go their own way in life, but her Although the adopted son is considered a grandson of the Li family in terms of status, he has no blood relationship at all. As for Cao, he is just his uncle. To him, uncles, aunts and their children are not his family. The relationship between them is "every family, another family".Listen, understand, in real life, there will be such a situation.

In the text of the novel, the character Li Wan is a generation shorter than Mrs. Wang, and she is set as the daughter-in-law of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang’s eldest son. The eldest son is Jia Zhu. At the beginning of the novel, the story has not yet unfolded. Well, let me tell you that this man died, and a widow appeared, that is Li Wan.If we think about it carefully, we will find that the positioning and description of Li Wan's role in the book does not conform to the ethical order of the society at that time.If Li Wan is indeed the daughter-in-law of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang's eldest son, then think about it, if Mrs. Wang's housekeeper is too busy with the affairs of the mansion, she will entrust a reliable person to take care of the house. Who should it be handed over to?She should be handed over to Li Wan.And Li Wan didn't need her mother-in-law to speak, she should stand up for herself, and she didn't have to deal with foreign affairs, but she should take care of the life of the young master and the young lady, the manpower distribution of the maid and the mother-in-law, and the internal affairs of the whole mansion. bear.But at the beginning of the book, it tells us a very strange phenomenon, she is like a dead wood, indifferent to the affairs of the whole family.Who will manage the entire Rongguo Mansion?It fell into the collateral lineage, Jia She's son and daughter-in-law, and actually fell into the hands of that daughter-in-law, Wang Xifeng.However, Wang Xifeng doesn't think she has usurped anyone's power, and Li Wan herself doesn't think that others have taken her place. From the description in the book, it's very strange to talk about people and things in terms of facts. .

In the forty-fifth chapter, there is a conversation between Li Wan and Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng suddenly talks about the amount of monthly silver for each person in the mansion.Then there is a shocking number.Careful readers will notice that Li Wan received twenty taels of monthly silver, four times more than Wang Xifeng, and ten times more than Baoyu and other ladies of the same generation.Equal to whom?It is equal to Jiamu and Mrs. Wang.It is unreasonable to discuss the book based on the book and discuss the matter in the book.You are a daughter-in-law, a widow, how can your financial treatment be equated with the master of the mansion, your mother-in-law, and your mother-in-law?It doesn't make sense.Moreover, Wang Xifeng also said that in addition to this monthly silver, she also has garden land, and the land rent belongs to herself; Rongguo Mansion's manors in other places, every year to pay the land rent, there will be money and real things, and the distribution will be based on the level. It is called annual regulations—the book does not directly describe the situation of Rongguo Mansion’s annual regulations, but it describes the situation of Ningguo Mansion Jia Zhen’s annual rent and annual regulations in a very delicate way—Wang Xifeng further pointed out that Li Wanling’s annual regulations , it is the top grade, that is, the highest grade, and it should be on the same level as Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu.It can be seen that the treatment she enjoys is very special, and her life with Jia Lan is very special.Cao Xueqin wrote about Li Wan's economic status in Rongguo Mansion, how could he write like this?

Now think about it, what I mentioned just now, the situation in real life, and then think about the relevant descriptions in the book, if you overlap the two, isn’t there a lot of similarities?Therefore, my conclusion is that if it cannot be said that Li Wan's prototype is Ma Shi, then at least Li Wan has Ma Shi's shadow, a deep shadow.If you imagine this Li Wan as Ma Shi, you will know everything.How do you call it all-in-one?The Jiangning Weaving Mansion has a new mansion owner and his wife, you moved to the side, but can your salary be reduced?You used to be treated as a wife, but your husband died, so you lost your status as a weaving lady. You didn’t commit any crimes or mistakes. The emperor even spoke highly of your dead husband and expressed deep regret , although the new Jiangning Weaving was appointed and brought his wife, you let me go to the side, and your treatment cannot be changed, do you understand?So in this case, Mrs. Li is still in life, she has a new son and daughter-in-law, and she is appointed by the emperor, so this new daughter-in-law corresponds to Mrs. Wang in the book. To manage family affairs, she recruited her niece to support her family. You, Mrs. Ma, have nothing to say, you quit the management, but the salary remains the same.So after such an investigation, you will feel that when Cao Xueqin portrayed the character of Li Wan, he had a prototype in his heart, and this prototype should be Ma Shi, and he just lowered her seniority by one generation to write.

Through careful reading of the text, stronger evidence can also be found.In the twenty-second chapter, one stroke is even more meaningful.The twenty-second chapter is about the Lantern Festival, Rongguo Mansion held a family banquet, and made lantern riddles, which was very lively.This is a festival that emphasizes family reunion the most.Mrs. Jia Zheng Wang presided over the family banquet. Jia Mu is the mother, so of course she is present here. Baoyu and Jia Huan are the sons, and there are no less. In the state mansion, Lin Daiyu is the granddaughter of Jia's mother. Both of her parents died, and she was fostered by her uncle and aunt. Of course, these ladies are all there. As for Li Wan, it is set in the book that she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, so of course she will be there. .However, one character is absent, who is absent?Jalan is not there.

The twenty-second chapter is written like this.It is said that the writing is wrong.Don't say that aristocratic mansions like Rongguo Mansion in the book must pay attention to rules, and small families also pay attention to rules, right?A family reunion, eating Yuanxiao around the table, how can you not come?The description in the book is really weird. It said that Jia Zheng suddenly found out that Brother Lang was not there, and asked why he didn't come?Li Wan and the male relatives cannot be in the same space, but in another space, when she heard the sound and stood up to show respect, she replied, pay attention, in the book it was written that Li Wan answered with a smile, saying that it was because he said that the master did not ask him to come. , so he didn't come.What's going on?If there is no life prototype, a fictional novel, write about a feudal family, you can't write like this, it's too outrageous!According to the relationship between the characters designed in the book, what does Jia Lan belong to Jia Zheng?It's his grandson, and Jia Lan is an ignorant child?No, Jia Lan had already studied at that time, and he was well-versed in the book, but he didn't take the initiative to attend the Lantern Festival banquet hosted by his grandparents, saying that he would not come if he was not specifically called.Why is it written like this?

I think it is because when Cao Xueqin wrote this scene, he wrote it based on the real situation in life.In real life, let’s think about it, if Ma Shi didn’t give birth to Cao’s posthumous son, or if she died after giving birth, she adopted a son. As for Cao Lai, is there any blood relationship?There is no blood relationship, Cao is just his uncle in name, and the uncle's family is holding a Lantern Festival reunion. If you don't call me, I won't go, isn't it logical?Each family has another family, we are not a family.Someone may ask, Ma Shi's son didn't take the initiative to go, why did Ma Shi go?If it's just Cao and Cao's wife who hold a family banquet, if the upper-class mother-in-law dies, she doesn't have to go, do you understand?You are another family.But Li's mother-in-law is still there, your husband is dead, your mother-in-law is still there, do you want to go?must go.She went without letting her son follow. Why is it written in the book that when Jia Zheng asked Jia Lan why he didn't go, Li Wan wasn't nervous at all?She smiled when she answered.According to the design of the characters in the book, Li Wan's father is the Imperial Academy offering wine, she should be very polite, the father-in-law asked why the grandson didn't come?I should be terrified, what happened, I don’t know the etiquette, I have failed in education!However, in the book, it is written that she replied with a smile, and her mood was very relaxed.Why?It is because in real life, if encountering this situation, Mrs. Ma can smile and talk. Of course, the words will be very tactful, but the message must be very clear: my son is not a member of your family, come as soon as you invite him, He won't come unless you invite him.Of course, it was written later in the novel that all the people present said that Lang Geer was really eccentric, so they sent Jia Huan to lead someone to invite Jia Lan over. When Jia Lan came, Jia Mu and Jia Zheng showed that they liked it very much. he.This strange plot flowed past in the inadvertent reading of many readers. The "false words" in the book hide the "truth" is that in the Cao family, the Ma family is not the same as Cao and his wife. If something goes wrong with Cao, his wife must be implicated, but Ma Can be excluded. After Yongzheng seized the throne, he did not immediately dismiss Cao from office and punish him. Instead, he handed him over to Prince Yi to take care of him. In fact, he was under political surveillance.At that stage, no matter how Cao flattered Yongzheng in the memorial, Yongzheng's comments were very harsh and cruel.It was not until the sixth year of Yongzheng that the "harassment station" was borrowed On the charge of confiscating Cao's family property, he was arrested in Beijing and punished.Yongzheng attacked Cao in two waves.In the book, the downfall of Jia Zheng in the Rongguo Mansion was written, and it was also written that the emperor dealt the blow twice. There was still some leeway in the first wave, but the second wave was not polite, and the Lala building suddenly collapsed. When Yongzheng dealt with Cao, he made a special decree to ask Sui Hede, the official in charge of ransacking Cao's house, to allocate a small amount of houses to accommodate his family members after escorting Cao to Beijing.Some experts have verified that the courtyard of the seventeen and a half houses allocated at that time is located at Suanshikou in Beijing today.The so-called family members of Cao mainly refer to two widows, one is Cao Yin's widow Li, and the other is Cao's widow Ma.For Cao's wife and children, it is impossible for Yongzheng to have any compassion and care, but for the two widows Li and Ma, their deceased husbands were all favored by the late Emperor Kangxi.Needless to say, Cao Yin, Kangxi loves him like a brother.As for Cao, after he died, Kangxi said to the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Cao has watched him grow up since he was a child. It is a pity for this son! I am in the coat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and no one can catch up. Check if he can do things. Able to write and compile, he is a person with literary and military talents, and he is extremely careful and cautious in weaving..." These supreme evaluations are recorded in the archives of the Qing Palace Internal Affairs Office, which has been preserved to this day. Yongzheng attacked Cao without any scruples, because Kangxi later did not appreciate Cao who succeeded Cao. In the files left by the Kangxi Dynasty, there was no praise for Kangxi and Cao. Incidentally, In his later years, Kangxi also criticized Li Xu, who was originally favored and trusted, and even showed disgust.However, in the so-called first emperor's will announced by Yongzheng when he ascended the throne, it was emphasized that "the four sons of the emperor are of noble character, and they are deeply humbled by me." Like him, so after his death, the successor must be the fourth elder brother.Regardless of whether this will is true or not, after Yin became Emperor Yongzheng, he had to make a gesture, that is, I am indeed the one most like him among all the sons of my father, and I will do things according to my father's wishes in every way. Then his father was so kind to Cao Yin, could he completely turn his back on Cao Yin's widow—even if she was Li Xu's younger sister who had been punished by him?He can't.Kangxi had a very positive evaluation of Cao, and it was recorded that he could cook with Cao's widow Ma Shi in the same pot?he can not.In the Qianlong Dynasty, because the Cao family was implicated in the "Hongxi Rebellion Case" and was wiped out by Qianlong, the Li family should have died at that time, but the Ma family was still alive, and Qianlong didn't have to put her and her adopted son with Cao. If she and the rest of the Cao family are dealt with together, not only will she and her son be spared, but they may also have better prospects. Since this is the real situation in history, Cao Xueqin wrote about Li Wan based on the Ma family. Although the widow was demoted to a generation in the book, he wrote that when the family was hit by the emperor, the widow could get an exception. Excuse me, Jia Zheng and others in the book have all turned to ice, but Li Wan and Jia Lan are still water, still have freedom, and can rise, so it is logical. Of course, when Cao Xueqin wrote this film, he was very flexible in his use of "real events" materials.If the life of the Jia family experienced by Jia Baoyu in his pen corresponds to the situation of the Cao family in real life, it should have been in the early Qianlong Dynasty. He worked as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and in the fourth year of Qianlong, the eldest son of the abolished prince in the Kangxi Dynasty—Sun Hongxi, Kangxi’s love—rebelled against some other nobles. Cao was implicated, and the Cao family was completely wiped out. Because Qianlong destroyed most of the files of the "Hongxi Rebellion Case" afterwards, the life trajectories of Cao Yin's descendants were all blurred and even blank.In Cao Xueqin's book, he compressed the three dynasties of Kang, Yong, and Qian to write together, and also compressed all the "truths" of the Cao family from heyday to annihilation in the three dynasties into a special "false language" system, which made the text appear blurred. A state that is new and can be verified. In the seventy-sixth chapter, after Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun's joint poem, Miaoyu continued 26 lines in one go. The first 18 lines hinted at the decline of Rongguo Mansion, but the next two lines were "The bell rings at Yuancui Temple, the rooster sings." Daoxiang Village", these two sentences vividly describe that after the entire Jia Mansion was attacked by the emperor, Rongguo Mansion and other parts of the Grand View Garden were in an abnormal state, but there were two exceptions. One is Daoxiang Village, and the cock is still crowing. Why can Yuancuian do that?Because Miaoyu is not a member of the Jia family, of course she will be investigated. There is a foreshadowing in front of it. At that time, she was invited to post a post. This post must have been copied, so I have to find out what is going on.But after all, it was Emperor Enzhun Jia Yuanchun who visited relatives at that time. Yuancui Nunnery was built for the necessary part of the process of visiting relatives. King Zhongshun, who was in charge of the inspection, coveted Miaoyu's collection of antiques and famous porcelain and even herself, so it was difficult to close Yuancuian and implicate her in Jia Zheng's case.Li Wan and her son Jia Lan survived. According to my previous analysis, you should understand the reason. Of course, it will not be written in the novel because the Supreme Emperor affirmed Jia Zhu, so the Rongguo Mansion did not move her. It is likely that the emperor thought that she was dedicated to chastity, and it had nothing to do with Jia Zheng's crimes. Including copying the bottom of the Grand View Garden to the sky, allowing Daoxiang Village to remain as it is, and allowing Li Wan to take Jia Lan to live there, and then move out to buy a house and live elsewhere. It has already been revealed in the first eighty chapters that although Li Wan does have many advantages, she is very kind to her younger siblings, she is more generous to her servants, she can also write some poems, and her taste is not vulgar, but when it comes to spending money, She is very cautious, and can even be said to be quite stingy.The reason why she went to talk to Wang Xifeng and elicited Wang Xifeng's dissatisfaction about her twenty taels of silver per month was because Wang Xifeng felt that as a sister-in-law, she would lead her younger siblings to play, set up a poetry club, and meet once every ten and a half months. How many taels of silver are used, you can't bear it, and you still come to ask me for silver?Of course, Wang Xifeng expressed these meanings in a joking tone, but there are also real opinions in the jokes.Li Wan is very calculating financially. Why is she calculating?Let's think about that Ma Shi in life, can she not count?She has to calculate, she has to leave a way out for herself, not to mention that when the family is hit, she has to have a way out, and if Cao continues to be Jiang Ning weaving, she also has to leave a way out, because the reason why she stayed in that In the weaving mansion, it is because the mother-in-law Li is still there. If Li lives for a day, she, as the eldest daughter-in-law, has to serve her mother-in-law in that space for a day. She should move out to live. At that time, she does not have enough money in her hands, how will she cope with her future life?She must first, work hard to train her son so that he can pass the imperial examination to obtain an official position in the future, and second, accumulate grain to prevent hunger, the more the better.Since Cao Xueqin created the image of Li Wan with reference to Ma Shi's situation, it is understandable that she revealed her stinginess in the first eighty chapters.Eighty chapters later, in the plot unit I am talking about now, chapters ninety-one to ninety-nine, the Rongguo Mansion was hit by the emperor's second wave of blows. Sister Qiao allowed her close relatives to take her away because she was underage. Her ruthless uncle Wang Ren, after taking her out, actually took her to a brothel, which should be the Jinxiangyuan where the prostitute Yun'er mentioned earlier was located, and sold her to the madam.At that time, brothels would buy underage girls. When you buy them, you will be asked to do chores first, and then they will force you to pick up customers when you grow up. That is inhumane.Grandma Liu and Ban'er went to the city, found this situation, tracked down the brothel to rescue Qiaojie, and the madam asked them to pay a ransom, where did they have such a large sum of money?They met Jia Yun and Xiaohong. Jia Yun and Xiaohong left Rongguo Mansion a long time ago to become self-reliant in society.So we discussed together, and naturally formed an idea, that is, in this critical moment, you can go to Li Wan and Jia Lan. They have money in their hands. Sister Qiao is Li Wan's niece and Jia Lan's cousin. Living in the state mansion, dear relatives, wouldn't you still not take out the money?But never expected that Jia Yun would bribe the guards of the Rongguo Mansion, the soldiers under the command of King Zhongshun, sneak into it, sneak into the Grand View Garden, touch Daoxiang Village, and see Li Wan and Jia Lan. Li Wan may have thought about Qiaojie falling into the fire pit at the beginning. She expressed pity, but when Jia Yun offered to redeem her with silver, Li Wan remained silent, and Jia Lan behaved very badly, and even said that what her uncle did was out of our control, and her heart was very cruel. The mother and the son were desperate to save each other, and they didn't want to pull out a hair.Jia Yun begged bitterly, but Li Wan and Jia Lan's heart still could not be softened. In order to let Jia Yun leave quickly, Jia Lan would take out a few bills, saying that there was no cash, so you can cash them use it.After Jia Yun took it, she found that it was a dead ticket and could not be cashed.Therefore, Jia Lankan and Wang Ren are paired, one is a ruthless uncle and the other is a treacherous brother.This is the true story written by Cao Xueqin after eighty chapters. How did Gao E write it?Eighty chapters later, there are no plots related to Li Wan, Jia Lan and Qiao Jie, and Xiaohong almost lost the writing. He actually wrote "treacherous brother" as Jia Yun, which is really confusing right and wrong!In the first 80 chapters, Jia Yun was a very ambitious person in Cao Xueqin's writing. Zhiyanzhai had many comments and gave him high praise. Zhiyanzhai read the complete version. and Ban'er, redeemed Qiao Jie, and Grandma Liu took her back to the countryside, and finally married Ban'er as his wife.It is too polite to write about Jia Yun in Gao E's pen, saying that he does not conform to Cao Xueqin's original intention. He is simply perverse and ridiculous. Gao E not only vilified and slandered Jia Yun, but also dragged Jia Qiang into it, pretending to be a "treacherous brother" who was collaborating with Jia Huan, which is also outrageous.Wang Xifeng is kind to Jia Yun and is very dependent on Jia Qiang.Who is Wang Xifeng's helper in the previous story of "Fengyue Baojian"?Jia Rong and Jia Qiang.Moreover, there is a positive description of Jia Qiang in the book. The relationship between him and Ling Guan was originally the troupe owner and actor, or the unequal relationship between the noble son and the humble actor. He may have played with women to Ling Guan at the beginning. , In the end, he fell in love with him, and a pure love based on equality of personality arose between him and Lingguan. After Jia Baoyu witnessed it, he had a philosophical awakening.In Cao Xueqin's novel, in the true story after the 80th chapter, Jia Qiang picked up Ling Guan long ago, and before the emperor attacked the Rongning Second Mansion, he and Ling Guan had long been alienated from the two mansions, and went to low-key in secret. life.There is no reason for Gao E to write Jia Qiang so badly. Looking back, let's read carefully the sentence in the song "Late Shaohua" about Li Wan in the fifth chapter: "Although it is true, life should not suffer from old age and poverty, but you also need to accumulate children and grandchildren." The hole is as bright as watching a fire.This is very heavy critical language!Many readers are not careful when reading, and do not weigh the weight of these two sentences.Where is Li Wan a perfect person?Cao Xueqin's setting for her in the fifth chapter, or his description of her in the whole book, how can he affirm her from beginning to end?Later, he will severely criticize the dark side of Li Wan's human nature.What do these two sentences mean?It's this Li Wan, she was saving money to prevent hunger, originally it was understandable, because she had to consider what to do when she was old, "Although it is true, life should not suffer from old age and poverty", but when things come to an end, your relative Qiaojie You are trapped in the kiln, and it is about to be destroyed. It is urgent to save people, and you are not required to take out all your savings.Can you accumulate some virtue?Even if you no longer need to accumulate virtue yourself, can you accumulate virtue for your children and grandchildren? "You also need to accumulate children and grandchildren" is a harsh criticism of her. "Yin stallion" is a superstitious saying in the past, that is, you should save your savings in the underworld. This savings is not money, but your good deeds. Maybe you don't need that savings in your life, but think about it for your children and grandchildren. , that savings can be withdrawn when they need it.But after the 80th episode, in the plot unit of the 91st and 99th episodes, there will be a thrilling plot. Li Wan, who has always shown his gentle and generous face, at such a very important juncture in life, She didn't want to spend money to save people, she pretended to be deaf and dumb, and she didn't want to pull out a penny, so her son Jia Lan came forward to set up a trick to deceive the people who came to ask for help, and Qiaojie almost became a kiln sister.Are you saying that this is not accumulating virtue?If you don't accumulate yang virtue, can you accumulate some yin virtue?It should indeed be severely criticized. So when you look at Cao Xueqin's writing of characters, he writes very comprehensively, not with a single tone.I once said that some characters, such as Mrs. Xing, Aunt Zhao, and Cao Xueqin seem to be written in a relatively flat manner, and their negation seems to be revealed between the lines. Now I read the text carefully, and I find that it is actually good for Mrs. Xing, right Aunt Zhao is also good, he also has some touches on the other side of their hearts, so that readers can appreciate that they also have their sufferings, and there are factors worthy of understanding and forgiveness.Some people think that Li Wan is a kind person to the end, but now, let me tell you, after eighty chapters, Li Wan will show her fatal weakness in human nature, even the dark side. Cao Xueqin wrote in the first eighty chapters that Li Wan worked hard to train Jia Lan.Including the twenty-sixth chapter, it is written that Baoyu is wandering in the Grand View Garden, and suddenly finds that Jia Lan is chasing something with a small bow?Chasing sika deer.Baoyu said what are you doing?Say I practice riding and shooting.What is riding and archery practice? In the Qing Dynasty, there were not only literary examinations in the imperial examinations, but also martial arts examinations.Jia Lan was trained by Li Wan—the book says that they are mother and son, and the prototype in life may be the adoptive mother and adopted son—not only can write stereotyped essays and poems, but also her martial arts level has been continuously improved.Cao Xueqin clearly wrote earlier that Jia Baoyu was very disgusted with the imperial examinations because of his enthusiasm for practicing literature and martial arts. Jia Lan chased deer and said that he was practicing riding and shooting.However, Gao E specially wrote half a chapter "Bo Ting Huan Baoyu Praises the Orphan" to obliterate the important difference in life pursuit between Baoyu and Jialan.After the eighty chapters, Cao Xueqin would write that after Li Wan moved Jia Lan out of Daoxiang Village, Rongguo Mansion and set up a new home, Jia Lan passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official, probably a military officer. Wan also became Mrs. Gaoming, "wearing a beaded crown and wearing a phoenix jacket", but as soon as she put on the hat of Mrs. Gaoming, she died of joy, "it is not worth the impermanent life".The surviving members of the four major families, and those who knew that Li Wan was not willing to give money to redeem Qiaojie, all took pleasure in her joy and sorrow, and she ended up "making jokes with others in vain". So far, I have pointed out all the twelve beauties in the "Jinling Twelve Beauties" by sorting out the true stories after eighty chapters.However, the true story after eighty chapters will continue to be told.Well, after Jia’s Mansion was completely destroyed, I quoted Zhi Yanzhai’s comments many times to tell you that there was a major scene, which took place in the Prison Temple, and the characters included Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu. It's strange, because I know from the previous description that they are all members of the criminal family, so there is also Qianxue and Xiaohong, what is going on?What is the prison temple?What stories will happen in the Hell God Temple?What will Cao Xueqin write about?Please listen to my next lecture.