Chapter 5 3. Looking back at the Prime Minister, it has been turned into ashes——Jia Yuanchun

Zhi Yanzhai has a comment here: "The tragedy is extremely dangerous!" "Sorrow" is easy to understand, but why is it "dangerous", and what is "dangerous"? We know from the previous article that Princess Yuan's shout of "retreating and withdrawing" was never called by Princess Pingjun to Cao Yin, because Cao Yin did not experience the fate of family decline; Shout out, Kangxi is the emperor, but where does he "retreat and withdraw"?But it wouldn't be Hongxi who shouted at his father, the deposed prince, because it was Hongxi himself who conspired against him. What about Lixiang Xunsu"?

Perhaps, this is just the self-pity of Yinfeng, Hongxi, and his son who turned into Yuanchun, or they are begging the royal family who are fighting for power and profit on behalf of the four major families. If this is the case, then Yuanchun is not simply a certain The substitutes of the relatives of the Cao family or historical figures represent a certain power, a certain phenomenon, and the exclamation and epiphany caused by this power and destiny. This makes every word and deed of this character, every frown and sigh, all have very important suggestive meanings.Concubine Yuan concubine's visit to relatives is described in a rich and colorful scene, which is the only concubine Yuan's frontal appearance in the whole book, and its significance is even more extraordinary.And look at the following paragraph:

The tea has been offered three times, and Concubine Jia descends to her seat, and the music stops.Retire into the side hall to change clothes, and then prepare the family car to drive out of the park.When I went to Jiamu's main room, I wanted to perform family rituals. Jiamu and others knelt down and stopped.Concubine Jia's eyes were full of tears, and Fang went up to meet each other, holding Jia's mother with one hand and Mrs. Wang with the other. The three of them had a lot of things in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything, they just sobbed and cried.Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, three sisters Ying, Tan and Xi were all around, weeping and saying nothing.For half a day, Concubine Jia endured a sad smile and comforted Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang, saying: "Since I was sent to a place where no one can see people that day, it was so easy to go home today, my wife, and instead of talking and laughing, I started to cry. I went to the meeting, and I don't know how sooner or later I will come!" Speaking of this sentence, I couldn't help but choked up again.

"Send me to the place where I can't see people that day" was actually the first sentence Yuan Chunchun said after getting together, how heartbroken it is! Cao Xueqin almost couldn't wait to point out to us the tragic situation of Yinfeng and Hongxi's father and son.On the one hand, they were originally noble people with extremely noble status; on the other hand, they were in a bleak situation and were imprisoned for a long time, "not allowed to see people".If you describe a character in the novel to describe their situation, what is more appropriate than creating a concubine who has no freedom?

The concubine Yuan also said: "Although the family in the farmhouse is full of salt and cloth, it will eventually be able to gather family happiness; although it is extremely rich and noble, and the flesh and blood are all parties, it is not interesting in the end!" A kind of compassion and advice issued by the person in the dream.If these people can "regress back and withdraw" early, and don't rebel against the map, how can they be separated and separate? Therefore, it is called "the most tragic and dangerous", so it is called "the road is far away and the mountains are high", so it is called "distinguishing right from wrong in the past twenty years", so it is called "looking back at the Prime Minister, it has turned into ashes"!

Look at the four dramas ordered by Concubine Yuan: The first "Luxury Banquet" (Gengchen's two-line review: "The defeat of the Fu Jia family in "A Handful of Snow"); The second "Qiqiao" (Gengchen double-lined comment: Zhongfu Yuanfei's death); The third "Fate of the Immortals" (Gengchen double-lined commentary: Fu Zhen Baoyu sent jade in "Dream of Handan"); The fourth is "Li Hun" (Gengchen's two-line commentary: Zhongfu Daiyu died. The four events in the drama Fu Fu mentioned are the major festivals and key points of the whole book).

Because of this sentence, "The four things in the drama mentioned are the major festivals and key points of the whole book", which made people who studied popular became fans of the drama for a while. However, each play has its complicated beginnings, transitions, occurrence, development, climax, and end. It is impossible to completely apply something to a certain play.Therefore, what Concubine Yuan ordered was only a piece of music, and what was echoed was only a certain detail, or some kind of hint. Zhi Yanzhai kindly clarified the sources of the four scenes and what happened, which could have saved the red scholars a lot of time searching for information, but it turned out to be counterproductive, and led the red scholars to take a lot of detours— ——Because "Qi Qiao" comes from, and "the death of Concubine Fu Yuan", so red scholars believe that Concubine Yuan was also strangled to death by the emperor because of "the three armies stopped and horses did not move forward" like Concubine Yang Guifei—such According to the scriptures, it looks like the Lu beetle that Jia Baoyu laughed at. How can there be any aura and flexibility at all?

In fact, I think Zhi Yan has already made it very clear that the "big fault and key point of Tongbushu" is not these four plays, but the four things they subsume.And these four things, Zhi Yan also explained very clearly, namely "the defeat of the Jia family", "the death of the concubine Yuan", "Zhen Baoyu gave the jade", and "Daiyu's death". This passage, from the story to the commentary, is itself a riddle and the answer, just like the meaning of "Yuan, Ying, Tan, Xi" concealing "should be sighed", the words have been exhausted, and there is no need to do more scrutinized.However, red scholars are not tired of it, and they took out the playbooks for a long time to study, insisted on taking the opera story as the framework of the red building, and rigidly applied it to the characters, making a lot of jokes. In fact, this kind of error is easy to find its fallacy: if the death of Concubine Fu Yuan in "Qiqiao" means that Concubine Yuan will be bestowed to death by the emperor, then does the death of Fu Daiyu in "Li Hun" mean that Daiyu will come back to life? And have a secret intercourse with Baoyu?is it possible? Therefore, what needs attention and special discussion in this episode is not actually the plots contained in the four operas, or what content is implied, because these have been clearly revealed by Zhi Yanzhai, so there is no need to entangle ; What didn't reveal the answer was the relationship between these four things and Concubine Yuan. The four dramas are directed by Concubine Yuan, which fully shows that the four things are related to Concubine Yuan or the imperial power represented by Concubine Yuan.Among them, "the defeat of the Jia family" and "the death of the concubine Yuan" are easy to understand, but the relationship between "Zhen Baoyu giving jade" and "death of Daiyu" and the concubine Yuan or the court is open to question. Some people say that Baoyu and Baochai's "good marriage of gold and jade" came from the marriage bestowed by the concubine Yuan. If so, she would have a direct connection with "Daiyu's death"; The conjecture of the first candidate for a distant marriage (see Tanchun for details) also confirms the direct relationship between Daiyu's death and the imperial persecution. But what about "Zhen Baoyu Sends Jade"?Could it be that the story of the Zhen family is also related to Concubine Yuan? The only thing that is certain is that "Zhen" is "Jia", and the stories of the two are interchangeable, and sometimes, the story of the Zhen family is more realistic than the story of the Jia family.For example, it is written in the book that the Zhen family is "the president of the Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education", "the only other family has picked him up four times", etc., all of which are "true facts".Concubine Yuan's visit to relatives implied that it was Jiang Ning's pick-up. Therefore, how could the Zhen family not be mentioned during the visit to concubine Yuan, and how could concubine Yuan not hint at the "real thing" when she ordered a play? And this matter is "Zhen Baoyu gives jade". It's a pity, what kind of story is "Zhen Baoyu giving jade" and what kind of relationship does it have with the palace?I have made many kinds of speculations, but none of them can really convince me, so I have to put it aside for the time being. Finally, let's talk about the last scene of Concubine Yuan visiting her relatives: After everyone had finished thanking them, the deacon and eunuch said, "It's already three quarters of the ugly, please drive back to Luan." After hearing this, Concubine Jia couldn't help but burst into tears again.But he forced a laugh, took the hands of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and couldn't bear to let go, and urged him again and again: "Don't worry about it, so you can support yourself. If you are so kind today, I will go to the introspection once a month and see each other. It’s all there, so there’s no need to hurt it. If God’s grace is still allowed to return tomorrow, it’s absolutely impossible to spend such extravagance.” Geng Chen wrote two lines of criticism here: "Excellent prophecy, how can you use an ominous word as prophecy in other books? It is not the case today. Only such a ready-made word is no longer prophecy, just Seeing him use the word 'if' to hide it, it's natural." It can be seen that since then, Concubine Yuan has never visited relatives for the second time.This unique glimpse is the only positive description of Jia Yuanchun in the book.Later, even if there are words and deeds in response to Yuanchun, they must be written in vain and sidelines, such as the rewards of the Dragon Boat Festival or the lantern riddles of the Lantern Festival in the palace. However, the sequelae of visiting relatives was planted from then on. Since then, she has done two major things: one is to give the Grand View Garden to the sisters and Baoyu to live in; present.As for this gift, Baochai is the same as Baoyu, but Daiyu is the same as Sanchun, which is lowered.What exactly does this mean?Please see below. Yuanchun had only one face-to-face meeting with Daiyu and Baochai, and that was when visiting relatives: Concubine Jia asked, "Why are Aunt Xue, Baochai and Daiyu missing?" Mrs. Wang said, "The family members have no jobs, so I dare not enter without permission."At that time, Aunt Xue waited to come in. She wanted to perform the national ceremony, but she was also ordered to avoid it. She went forward to say goodbye to the cold and warm. This was the first time Concubine Jia saw Bao and Dai, and she didn't express anything. Since Bao and Dai had never seen Concubine Yuan before, they naturally had nothing to say about "far away from the cold and warm", so it can be imagined that It was probably Aunt Xue who was talking. However, the next passage turns around: Jia Zheng said again: "All the pavilions and pavilions in the garden are inscribed by Baoyu; if there are one or two who can be seen a little, please don't give them names." It's good." Jia Zheng withdrew.Concubine Jia sees that Bao and Lin are also different from other sisters, they are really beautiful.Because he asked, "Why doesn't Baoyu come in?" Previously, when Concubine Jia saw Bao and Dai, she did not express anything.At this moment, I talked about some homely gossip. After my mood stabilized, I heard that Baoyu could ask questions.But he was not in a hurry to order, but suddenly thought of Guan Bao and Lin. Seeing that they were "like beautiful flowers and soft jade", they didn't praise them, but suddenly turned to ask Baoyu.There are really twists and turns, which is unreasonable at first glance, but it is quite interesting when you think about it. Is it possible to make such a conjecture? ——When Concubine Yuan heard Jia Zheng talk about Baoyu's ability to ask questions, and knew that he had "benefited", she was happy, and naturally thought of her younger brother's lifelong events.So I thought of watching the two cousins, and I might have the intention of choosing a daughter-in-law on behalf of my brother.After watching it for a while, I was very satisfied, and it was difficult to decide whether to compete, and then I remembered to summon my younger brother to compare. Next, Concubine Yuan ordered all the sisters and Baoyu to compose poems.After reading it, he praised it and said with a smile: "In the end, the second sister Xue Lin's work is different, and the non-Yu sisters can be listed together." It can be seen here that Yuan Chun recognized Bao and Dai's talents and learning, and compared the two with no difference. If the story stops here, then the stories of Yuanchun, Baochai, Daiyu, and Baoyu will not have side effects and lingering rhymes.However, Yuanchun ordered Baoyu to compose four poems of five-character rhymes in succession, "Make me have an interview, so that I can live up to the painstaking efforts I taught since childhood." So, after Baochai and Daiyu handed in the papers, they saw Baoyu was thinking hard, and they both worried on his behalf and wanted to help, but their performances were completely different, exactly "same concern, two attitudes", It was written quite expressively. Look at Baochai's performance first: At that time, Baoyu hadn't finished writing, but had just composed two poems "Xiaoxiang Pavilion" and "Hengwu Garden", and was writing "Yihong Courtyard", which included the sentence "Lvyuchun Juan".Baochai caught a glimpse of it in a blink of an eye, and while everyone was not talking about it, she hurriedly turned around and pushed him quietly, saying, "Because he didn't like the word 'red fragrance and green jade', he changed it to 'Yihong, quick green'; you prefer to use 'green jade' now." Didn't you intend to compete with him for the word 'two words? Besides, there are a lot of banana leaves, so think about changing it." Seeing Baochai saying this, Baoyu wiped his sweat and said, "I can't think about it now. What is the source of the allusion?" Baochai laughed and said, "You just change the word 'yu' of 'green jade' into the word 'wax'." Baoyu said, "Does 'green wax' have a source?" Baochai saw Asked, smacking his lips quietly, nodding his head and laughing, "It's a pity that you're just like this tonight. In the future, the Golden Palace will countermeasures. You probably even forgot 'Zhao Qian, Sun Li'!" "Damn, can't you forget it?" Baoyu listened, and felt very happy, and said with a smile: "Damn, damn! I can't remember the things in front of me. I can be called a "one-character master". From then on I only call you Master, and I won’t call you Elder Sister anymore.” Baochai also smiled quietly: “Don’t hurry up, just worry about your elder sister and younger sister. Who is your elder sister? The one in the yellow robe is your elder sister. Do you recognize her?” My sister is here." While talking and laughing, because he was afraid that he would delay his work, he pulled away and walked away.Baoyu had to continue, and there were three poems in total. Look at Daiyu's performance again: At this time, Lin Daiyu was not happy because she hadn't realized her ambition.Seeing that Baoyu took a lot of thought to compose the four rhythms alone, why not compose two poems for him, and save him some energy.Thinking about it, he also walked to Baoyu's case and asked quietly, "Do you have all of them?" Baoyu said, "There are only three songs, only one is missing." , you just copy the first three. As soon as you finish the other three, I will make this one for you too.” After speaking, he lowered his head and thought, he had already recited the same song, so he wrote it on a piece of paper and twisted it into a ball throw it in front of him.When Baoyu opened it, he felt that this poem was ten times higher than the three poems he had written. He was overjoyed, so he hurriedly presented it in regular script. Concubine Yuan praised Daiyu's poem on behalf of her, calling it the crown of the four poems—of course, she didn't know that Baoyu was cheating at that time. When returning to the car, Yuan Chun ordered people to award rewards. Mother Jia's was naturally the first class, and Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were reduced by one class. The format is two pairs of gold and silver. The same is true for Baoyu." So far, Yuanchun still treats Bao and Dai equally, and treats them as sisters. However, due to the reward of the Dragon Boat Festival not long after, the two suddenly became superior and inferior, and Baochai was equal to Baoyu, while Daiyu was lowered to the same level as all the sisters.In this regard, Baoyu's first reaction was "wrong transmission", but Xiren said, "they are all signed one by one", so there is no mistake. But why did Yuan Chun miss the mandarin duck?When she was visiting relatives, she clearly treated Bao and Dai equally, since when did she suddenly become partial?Did Daiyu do something wrong? One possibility is that when Mrs. Wang visited the palace later, she couldn't stop mentioning her niece Baochai to Yuanchun, talking about Baochai's various benefits and Daiyu's worry and sickness, and encouraged the noble concubine's daughter to marry Baoyu; Another possibility is that Daiyu helped Baoyu write a cheat sheet, and Yuanchun found out about it later, so he became disgusted with Dai Xichai and changed his direction. There is a supplementary evidence. In the 76th chapter of "Tubi Hall Feels Desolate and Aojing Hall Couplets Poems Sad and Lonely", Xiangyun praised the words "Tubi" and "Aujing" well. Daiyu said : "To tell you the truth, I drafted these two words. Because he tried Baoyu that year, and he drafted several places, some of which were kept, some were deleted and some were not yet drafted. This is what we later put together. The ones with no name or sex were also drawn out, the source was noted, and the location of the house was written, and they were brought in together to show it to the elder sister. He brought it out again and ordered him to show it to his uncle. Unexpectedly, the uncle liked it and went to see it again. Said: "If I had known this, I should have asked his sister to draw it together. Wouldn't it be interesting?" So I used everything I drew without changing a single word." After nearly sixty chapters with "Visiting Relatives", I suddenly added such a section of "post-biography", which is really unexpected.And this text, is it just to describe the layout of the scene in the garden again?Or use this passage to re-point the paragraph "Grand View Garden Examination Questions vs. Erongguo Mansion Returning to the Province to Celebrate the Lantern Festival" to remind readers that Daiyu not only proposed a name for Baoyu, but also wrote poems for Baoyu? By this time, the tragedy of Grand View Garden had opened, and the general situation was about to end. Daiyu was still proud of her "big sister"'s affirmation of her vision, and she didn't have the slightest intention to reject it, which shows her innocence.However, she didn't think about it: why "everything was used without changing a word" that she drew up?Is it really only because of her talent that Gao Zhuo is classified?Or, is it the performance of Yuan Chun's "seeing the outside world"? When he was in the garden before, Yuanchun looked at the plaques and had the habit of correcting them.For example, "Liaoting Huaxu" only left the word "Huaxu" and changed "Red Fragrance and Green Jade" to "Yihong and Quick Green". Wait.However, after Jia Zheng sent the names and colors drawn up by the sisters to the palace, Concubine Yuan asked who drew them up, and learned that some of them were written by Daiyu and out of jealousy, but there were only two ways to express them: either not to use a single word. , or leave it unchanged. Concubine Yuan's stamina and self-cultivation made her choose the latter. It is very likely that at that time, the concubine Yuan had already learned about the different performances of Baochai and Daiyu when they were visiting relatives and composing poems through the mouths of eunuchs and court ladies.When Baochai was helping Baoyu, she cared about the thoughts of the imperial sister, "Because he didn't like the word 'red fragrance and green jade', he changed it to 'Yihong, quick green'; you prefer to use 'green' now. Didn't the word 'yu' deliberately compete with him? Besides, there are a lot of banana leaves, so think about it and change it." How considerate, how careful, and more importantly, how respectful!But Daiyu, on the other hand, is proud of her talents, shows off her own talents, treats others as fools, completely oversteps her role, and instigates Baoyu to cheat and pass the test. Isn't this "deception"? At that time, although Yuanchun was high and mighty, the eunuchs and maids of honor stood all over the room. What those people did every day in the palace was "watching words and demeanor, and finding fault". Can you escape their "eyes see six directions, ears listen to all directions"? Zhi Criticism said that "Daiyu's whole life was caused by her cleverness", which can be seen in this poem.