439: Celebrating the eightieth birthday, the princes and nobles came to congratulate, the Jia family honored, and the two kings were absent, hiding hidden worries.

Subtitle: On the 80th anniversary of Jia Mu, the four kings and eight lords only came to the North and South Kings, but the absent East and West Kings had problems.

439: Celebrating the eightieth birthday, the princes and nobles came to congratulate, the Jia family honored, and the two kings were absent, hiding hidden worries.

After Jia Zheng returned to China, he soon held the "80th Anniversary Celebration" for Jia Mu on August 3rd. Invite nobles, relatives and friends to get together.

Therefore, the date of Jia's birth has always been controversial, leading to different opinions in later generations.

There is no problem with Jia Mu's birthday, that is, after the Lantern Festival in the first month, as Jia Tanchun said, on the 21st day of the first month, she and Xue Baochai had their feet.

There are two reasons for holding a birthday celebration on the third day of August.

First of all, this is the old lady's "life". According to the time, it should be 70 years old. Life is seventy years old, which is a big birthday. But in order to avoid "old people's birthday" and "shorten life", it was postponed. Nowadays, many elderly people's birthdays are also handled in this way.

In addition, note that the expression "eightieth birthday" is not eightieth birthday. The ancients were very particular about the use of words. The eightieth anniversary celebration is to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of life.

The ancients took ten as ten days, which is why a month is divided into three days.

A person is ten years old when he is born, and then by analogy, he is seventy years old before his seventieth birthday, and after his seventieth birthday, he enters eighty years old and begins to "March" towards eighty years old. In order to celebrate the March towards the age of 80, it is called the 80 th anniversary celebration.

Therefore, octogenarians don't mean eighty years old, but the span between seventy and eighty years old. Just like the first ten days of January don't mean the tenth day, but all the time between the first day and the tenth day.

The eightieth birthday of an old man cannot be called eightieth birthday, but eightieth or eightieth birthday. Birthday is called 80-something, also called 90-year-old celebration.

In the first month of that year, Jia Mu just celebrated her seventieth birthday. The celebration on the third day of August is not to celebrate her birthday, but to celebrate her eightieth birthday and her longevity.

Second, Jia Zhenggang just came back from prison for three years, and just took advantage of Jia's birthday celebration to invite relatives and friends to get together, which was regarded as official entertainment. Even if we don't celebrate the 80th anniversary of Jia Mu, there will be other activities under various pretexts.

The Jia family is a noble, and the Jia family is also the wife of Rong Guogong, belonging to the top life woman of the dynasty. Of course, she held a birthday celebration with many guests, so on July 28, she began to hold a big banquet and invited old friends of different identities to the banquet.

Foreigners need to pay attention to the following groups:

On July 28th, please invite the royal family, Xu, the prince, the princess, the princess, the princess, the monarch, ladies and gentlemen. Like the Jia family, these people are all nobles, that is, princes and nobles, who are either rich or expensive.

These people are privileged classes and the "masters" of the dynasty. Born a nobleman, he enjoys aristocratic privileges.

July 29, is your governor town, imperial edict. These people refer to the cabinet university students, prime ministers, six ministers, various governors and buffer regions, such as Zhen Shi in the south of the Yangtze River, General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Ziteng, Jingying, Chang 'an, Ping 'an, or ladies appointed in Beijing.

They are all important officials of the imperial court, officials of the imperial court and ministers of the ruling and opposition parties. The status is not as good as that of the nobility, but it has the greatest power.

On July 30th, officials, relatives, friends and cousins were ordered to live far and near. These talents are civil and military officials and wives of various ministries, yamen and government departments in the imperial court, as well as relatives and friends and their families.

Judging from the personnel invited by the Jia family, the three major interest groups of the dynasty were clearly divided.

Although Jiafu declined, it has always been in the first group. As long as they are hereditary, they are born aristocrats and enjoy privileges. For example, taxes, taxes and labor services have nothing to do with them, and wages and allowances can be taken.

The second group, even if you are the prime minister, six ministers and government officials, will stop here. Occasionally, Yue Longmen, a carp, will enter the first group, but it is hard to think of Yin Fu's descendants.

For example, under Qiu's command, his grandfather was made a county uncle, but it was not hereditary, but only briefly became the first group. Children and grandchildren are still the third group. Of course, Wang Ziteng later entered a high position in the second group.

People from the third group have the opportunity to enter the imperial power center of the second group, and it is even more difficult to enter the first group.

Gossip less Syria, from the beginning of July, the Jia family began to receive birthday gifts in an endless stream. From the emperor's decree to the birthday present sent by Jia Yuanchun, other families send birthday presents in advance.

The Jia family will also draw up invitations and arrange activities according to the birthday present, which are very particular, so I won't go into details.

The most important family friend of the Jia family, besides the four families, is the old comrade-in-arms "four kings and eight lords". According to historical records, the "Four Kings" are undoubtedly royalty, not kings with different surnames.

However, the people who came to congratulate this time were very conspicuous, because only the king of Jing County and the king of Nan 'an County were present. Surprisingly, no one came to the other two palaces.

When Qin Keqing went to the funeral, all the four heavenly kings and bitches had condolences. Even if they didn't come, there was a mourning shed to pay homage to.

This time, the 80th anniversary celebration of Jia Mu happened to be without the king of Dongping County and the king of Xining County, which was thought-provoking and intriguing.

Qin Keqing is just a great-grandson daughter-in-law of Jia family. How can she compare with the Jia family?

At first, four kings and eight princes gathered at the funeral to represent family friendship. Now, Jia Mu's 80th anniversary celebration lacks the congratulations of the "two kings". The author did not mention that there may be only two explanations.

The descendants of the first and second kings are all contemporaries with the King of Beijing, and they are no longer princes, unlike the King of Nan 'an County or their elders.

On the day of Qin Keqing's funeral, it was mentioned that the four kings were hereditary, and only the king of Jing County inherited the baron.

According to seniority, King Jing is equivalent to the fourth generation and Jia Baoyu. The king of Nan 'an County is the third generation, and Jia She is the same generation. His next generation will no longer be a baron. This can also be seen from the generation of Tai Fei and Jia Mu in Nan 'an.

Dongping county king and Xining county king are no longer governors, and they belong to later governors if they don't mention it. But that would underestimate the details of these two kings.

You know, there are four big families behind the Jia family, and there is a Fu, not to mention the two kings. Don't underestimate.

Second, another possibility is that the two kings of the East and the West deliberately "avoid suspicion".

On the same day, King Jing publicly attended Qin Keqing's funeral with the honour of the Lord. The three families, including the King of Nan 'an County, only had a Peng Ling, but I was not present.

It is illegal for the King of Beijing to attend Qin Keqing's funeral in public without imperial edict, which also represents his disrespect for the emperor.

Later, Emperor Jing of Beijing even courted the emperor, comparing it to a string of rosaries given to Jia Baoyu by the royal authorities as a brotherly feeling. Regardless of the emperor's brother's feelings, he openly said that he was favored by "family celebrities" and his attempt to woo and seduce the Jia family was obvious.

Wait until the 28th time when Jia Baoyu meets Jiang Yuhan. It was from Wang Fu that Jiang Yuhan took off the clothing of King Beijing and tied it around his waist, which was also the fragrant arhat towel that King Beijing gave him the day before.

Jia Baoyu gave Jiang Yuhan a jade Jue fan pendant in exchange for the fragrant arhat towel of King Jing, and the metaphor is very obvious.

Jade Jue represented "determination" in ancient times. When he decided to seek something with others, he often took a piece of jade Jue to express his determination.

Sweat towel means binding and binding, and it also means forming a party or alliance.

This incident represents the Jia family's determination to form a party with the king of Beijing and abandon the emperor.

The emperor's confidant, Prince Zhongshun, sent someone to Jia Fu to spite Jiang Yuhan, which was a blow and warning to Jia Fu.

It is the author's ingenious design that Prince Zhongshun and King Jing "compete" for Jiang Yuhan.

Jiang Yuhan is obviously "jade-bearing", which refers to Jia Baoyu who was born with jade, and also represents the Jia family.

The so-called "two kings vying for jade" is actually the position of the Jia family and the forces behind it.

Zhongshun Wang represents loyalty to the emperor, and Jing Wang represents the old minister who is not loyal to the emperor, and forms a party to plot evil.

Unfortunately, when Jia was in the palace, he still made friends with the king of Beijing, which eventually led to a property disaster.

Wang Xifeng's joke about "the deaf set off firecrackers" at the Lantern Festival foreshadowed the rebellion of the King of Beijing. Jia Yuanchun's verdict that "a tiger will dream" is also a portrayal of his property being robbed in the future after he failed in the conflict with the emperor.

Because Jingdi and Jia Jia opposed the emperor, of course, not everyone foolishly went into darkness with them.

Prince Zhongshun doesn't even have a gift, which shows that he is hostile to the Jia family and is in the same boat.

However, the imperial court has its own faction, and the group of four turtle owners is different from the four families. They are just the names of a dozen old heroes and a dozen old interest groups. Although they have friendship with each other, they are not interest alliances, and even often check and balance each other.

The Jia family kept a distance from the former two generations of King Jing of Beijing, but they were not close and loyal to the emperor. It was the third generation Jia She, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen who were in a coma, and the emperor did have the intention to weaken Jia Fu, which caused strong dissatisfaction with Jia Fu and was lured into the thief boat by King Jing.

Dongping County and Xining County don't want to participate in the struggle between King Jing and the emperor, so as to avoid suspicion and keep their distance from Jia family. It's just a birthday present, but people can't make excuses, naturally.

In fact, it's not only the two kings who didn't arrive, but also Hagong didn't mention them one by one as before. Obviously, most of them didn't arrive. Readers should pay attention to this.

On the one hand, Jiafu did decline obviously.

On the other hand, the Jia family got too close to Beijing Jingdi, not only the emperor was wary, but also the DPRK-China forces were wary and avoided. Does not rule out the emperor has killed the heart.

So, what else should we pay attention to on the occasion of Jia Mu's 80th anniversary? If you want to know how, listen to the next decomposition!

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