Loulou Lou (9): On Lin Daiyu's family background and Fu Lin's money destination.

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People often say that Daiyu is a "poor orphan", helpless, and Baochai can't compare with the daughter of a rich businessman. So the snobbish Mrs. Wang abandoned Daiyu and chose Baochai as her daughter-in-law. The reason why Mrs. Wang is far from Daiyu and close to Baochai will be analyzed in a special article later. Now I only talk about Daiyu's family background and the whereabouts of Lin Daiyu's money.

Let's take a look at Daiyu's family background first. Daiyu's father, Lin Ruhai, is a gardener with a criminal record. His official position before his death was doctor of Lantai Temple and inspector of salt affairs in Lianghuai. In order to avoid literary inquisition, Cao Xueqin used to deliberately confuse and blur the boundaries of dynasties when writing official names in his novels, so the official names in A Dream of Red Mansions were mixed in different dynasties. The position of "Doctor of Lantai Temple" can also be said to be true and false, half covered and half covered. "Doctor" is an ancient rank of senior civil servant, so no matter what Lin Ruhai is in charge of, he is a senior civil servant in the imperial court. However, the post of "salt inspection in Huaibei" is obviously an official name, but it is a powerful and obese messenger!

Ancient salt and iron monopoly, salt, is an important material related to the national economy and people's livelihood. The salt industry in Huaibei area is the most salt-producing and richest area in China. There has always been a saying that "the salt in Huaibei is the salt in the world", and the management center of Huaibei salt merchants is located in Yangzhou, so what you wrote in your book is that Lin Ruhai took office in Yangzhou. The salt inspector is responsible for the salt affairs in the whole Huaihe River area, including most areas of Jiangsu, Anhui and other six provinces. All salt merchants here have to accept the supervision of salt inspection, which shows the strength of Lin Ruhai. Yangzhou salt merchants are rich in the world. Can the officials in charge of them be poor? Even if Lin Ruhai is an honest official and does not practice favoritism, I am afraid it is not a small sum. In addition, his salt patrol proposal is only a part-time job, and there is another job in Beijing, and it is double salary. His ancestors were Marquis, who passed down from generation to generation. The wealth accumulated by four generations, plus the fact that he has been an official for decades, even the Lins are not prosperous, and there is no black sheep like Jia. From the above, we can see that the Lins are not only poorer than Rongfu, but also much better than Jia.

Seeing this, some people may ask, Lin Daiyu is so lofty, will her father be a lofty person? From the limited description in the book, we can see that Lin Ruhai is indeed a lofty and self-sustaining civil servant, but he is not a man who is ignorant of the world and doesn't want money. At the beginning of the third time, in order to repay the kindness of Jia Yucun's education daughter, Lin Ruhai asked Jia Yucun to take her daughter Lin Daiyu to Beijing, and wrote a letter to his second uncle Jia Zheng, asking Jia Zheng to help him find a job and be reinstated. In addition, all the costs of opening the joint need not be worried by Jia Yucun himself. This is enough to show that Lin Ruhai knows everything about the world. Otherwise, he wouldn't be a salt inspector, so he would worry about half of the treasury for the emperor.

These are the "rich people" in Fu Lin. Let's talk about "expensive" in Fu Lin. His ancestor was Hou, who went to Ruhai Five Dynasties, Jiafu, and he was the grandson of Rong Guogong, only in the third generation. Although according to Hou Bozi's ranking, Hou was one level lower than Gong, when Jia was underdeveloped, the Lins had enjoyed two generations of wealth and their family background was much deeper than Jia's. And Lin Ruhai's official position is his own struggle, he is a "criminal record", and he is the third official appointed by the emperor after having obtained the provincial examination, the provincial examination and the third-level scientific examination! Is this talent comparable to Jiamen? Jia men's official positions are hereditary, and no one likes reading except Jia Zheng. This Jia Zheng wanted to be born in Kejia, so he was given extra favor to seal the post, thus avoiding the opportunity of scientific research. If he really participated in scientific research, we have no way of knowing whether he can be admitted.

Look at the "status quo" of the two governments. Jia Fu is declining, Jia She is profligate, and Jia Zheng is also a useless idle official. He only knows how to chat with diners on weekdays, but he doesn't know how to run a family. Although the outer shelf of Jiafu is not very low, "the inner bag has also come up." On the other hand, Fu Lin's official position rose steadily after the senior high school entrance examination in Lin Ruhai. Finally, he went to Yangzhou, a rich place, to work as a part-time salt supervisor. It can be seen that he was deeply trusted by the emperor, and his official career and family background were rising.

The only regret is that children in Lin Ruhai are not rich. Only Lin Daiyu, a precious daughter, died of illness in middle age a few years after Daiyu's mother and his first wife died, which broke the prosperity and inheritance of the Lins. As a last resort, he had to entrust his daughter to Jia's family before he died and left with regret.

At this point, we have made it clear that Lin Daiyu's family is rich and her family background is not weaker than Jia's. Then, the next key question is: After Lin Ruhai died, where did the Lins' money go?

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Many people say that after Lin Ruhai's death, the Lins' money was divided up by the Lins' kin, because in ancient times, women had no right to inherit.

Did ancient women really have no inheritance rights? These days, I have searched and studied a lot of information about ancient property inheritance laws, and I have come to the conclusion that the property inheritance laws in feudal society are different, but they are all dominated by men and supplemented by women. Generally speaking, if there is a son, the daughter has no right to inherit property, but she can get part of her parents' property through dowry when she gets married. If her parents have no sons, the daughter can get all or most of the property.

According to the law of the Song Dynasty, a family has only a female, and a daughter can get three quarters of the property. Only married women can inherit one-third of the property, and the rest are buried in the government. Ming Dynasty law "Daming Hu Ling" clearly stipulates: "If a family denies property, if there is no heir of the same blood, the children born will be divided equally. Be an official without a woman. " "The Laws of the Qing Dynasty" stipulates: "When a household dies, there is no heir in the same family, and all parents will bear it."

In ancient times, the so-called "household rejection" refers to families without sons. Lin Ruhai had only one daughter, Daiyu, but no son or grandnephew, which constituted a "abandonment" in fact and legal sense. From the fifty-seventh chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, we can clearly know that there is really no one in the Lins' family, and no kindred inherits the Lins' heritage. This time, because she was anxious about Baodai's marriage, Zijuan took words to test Baoyu, saying that Daiyu would return to her hometown in Suzhou in a few days, which scared Baoyu into dementia at that time. Jia told Baoyu that all the Lins were dead and no one took Daiyu back. After Baoyu recovered from his illness, Zijuan also seriously told Baoyu that the Lins really had no population, and even if there was, it was far away. Therefore, there is no question of the kin competing with Daiyu for property. Besides, for a whole year before and after Lin Ruhai's death, Jia Lian stayed in the Lins' care. With the forces of the Jia family, who dares to escape?

Therefore, the Lin family property should be completely inherited by Lin Daiyu in theory. However, as can be seen from some details in the book, Lin Daiyu actually didn't know how many possessions her father left and how much money was not hidden around her. So, where did most of Fu Lin's property go?

Naturally, I went to Guo Rong Building.

Lin Ruhai was seriously ill and wrote to take her daughter back. Grandmother Jia did not trust Daiyu and sent Jia Lian to accompany her all the way. Why did Jia Jia send Jia Lian? Is it really just for the convenience of taking Daiyu back? There are deeper reasons for this. Since Lin Ruhai is very ill, he must know that he is dying. In his letter to his mother-in-law, he must have talked about his worries and worries about his daughter after he left, or expressed his expectations for Jia's family implicitly or explicitly. Jia Jia sent Jia Lian to show his attitude and reassure Lin Ruhai that I will take care of your daughter. When she grows up, I will let her marry Baoyu. However, Lin Ruhai is the only beloved daughter in her life, Daiyu. She will think carefully before leaving and make plans for her daughter's lifelong happiness. What is his plan, that is, to marry him with all his property in exchange for the happiness of his daughter's life!

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At this point, the whereabouts of the Lin family's property have become clear: more than half of it went into the government's account, and less than half went into the pockets of Jia Lian and Feng. There are several details in the book that we might as well look at together.

The first time was in the fourteenth time. After Lin Ruhai's death, Jia Lian sent Zhao Er, a confidant, back to Beijing and went to his hometown.

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Second, Pinger and Ann said that we still have to find out the temper of our master and the money in the oil pan. Jia Lian and Xi 'an both love money very much. Jia Lian was alone in Yangzhou, in charge of Fu Lin's bulk property. How can he not be corrupt! I don't know how much Fu Lin spent, in that romantic and rich south of the Yangtze River, quietly chasing happiness and buying laughter.

Third, at the beginning of the 26th session, my little girl Jiahui chatted with Redjade. Jiahui said that she went to ask Miss Lin to send tea. It happened that the old lady sent money to Miss Lin and was distributing it to the maids. When she went, Miss Lin caught two for her. This passage reveals two messages: first, the old lady often sends money to Lin Daiyu. This money should be an exception in February, because Xifeng is responsible for monthly payment. Second, although Lin Daiyu doesn't have much money around, she is not short of money. The old lady often sends money. No matter whether the money the old lady gave her was her own private money or the Lins' money, in short, the old lady really loved Daiyu.

Fourth, the seventy-second time, the eunuchs in the palace came to make a fortune one after another. Jia Lian and Feng sighed, "It would be nice to earn another three or two million now." Note that what is said here is "again", not "can" or "if", that is to say, they have made a fortune of two or three million. How did Jia Lian and Feng get so rich? Can only make an issue of the Lins' property.

How much is the Lin family's property? It must be more than 32 million. The Grand View Garden, a provincial villa built by Guo Rongfu, even Yuan Chungui, a well-informed princess in the palace, lamented that the cost was too high. Only girls who teach, singers and musical instruments will cost 32,000 silver, and candles, lanterns and curtains will cost 20,000. The cost of building the whole Grand View Garden should be a huge figure. Where did the money come from? It depends on the situation that Jia Fu can't make ends meet. It should not be called misappropriation, because before her death, since Lin Daiyu entrusted it to the Jia family, all the property naturally belonged to Rong by default. The only condition is that Jia and others should take good care of their daughter and let her marry Baoyu when she grows up.

Everyone should vaguely know that the Lins' real estate has entered the Rong-Guo mansion, but only, Jia Lian and Feng know the specific real estate number of the Lins. The Lins' possessions, such as real estate appliances, are not easy to take. Jia Lian must have sold it on the spot and got a discount. Most antique jewels were brought back to Guo Rong Palace in boxes. If nothing else, I don't know how many boxes the dowry of Daiyu's mother Jia Min can hold. Jia Min, the daughter of Jia family, got married in the heyday of Rongguofu. Her dowry can be less. You see, in her books, Xifeng always boasts about how good her dowry is. Daiyu's mother's dowry can only be more and more luxurious than her. Just take out one and you can sell it for thousands of taels of silver.

The Jia family once said that all the men and women in the Jia family "have a rich heart and two respectable eyes". If I didn't know that Lin Daiyu had entered the house with a huge "dowry", how could the housekeeper's daughter-in-law and the woman in the house be so respectful to Miss Lin? You see, except for Mrs. Wang and her confidant who dare to be indifferent to Lin Daiyu, there is no one who does not put Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu in the same position. Among them, of course, there are reasons why Jia Mu dotes on Daiyu and Baoyu loves her. But if Daiyu really has nothing in Jia Fu, people in Jia Fu would have been cynical. But look at the whole court. Who doesn't love Daiyu abnormally? Who dares to treat Xing Xiuyan and Yingchun like this?

Daiyu herself, who grew up in luxurious food and elegant family, has no concept of money at all and is a real noble lady. You see at the end of chapter 45, Baoyu went to see Daiyu on a rainy night. Before leaving, Daiyu was afraid that he would slip in the rain, so she asked him to hold his own glass hydrangea lamp for lighting. Baoyu said he had one, too, and he didn't bring it, for fear that it would be broken. Daiyu immediately criticized Baoyu, saying, is it valuable to lose the lamp or the person? The lost hands are limited, so how did he suddenly develop this temper of putting trivial matters above important ones, which convinced Baoyu to take it orally and quickly took it over. Daiyu was born so noble. For her, people are more precious than money and love is more precious than money.

The old lady was bent on fulfilling her agreement with her son-in-law to let Daiyu marry Baoyu, but Mrs. Wang blocked it in every way, making it impossible for the old lady to fulfill Daiyu and Baoyu. Jia Zheng is an impotent man who is afraid of his wife's weakness. Cao Xueqin named him "false Zheng", which, as the name implies, is prude and false justice. He spent money on his sister and brother-in-law, but let his wife break up a beautiful marriage and watch his niece die. It really disappointed his sister and brother-in-law, and also made his grandmother's painstaking efforts very sad.

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