Why did Jiafu decline (Jiafu in A Dream of Red Mansions is a famous family in the world)

In A Dream of Red Mansions, the Jia family is a prominent family with outstanding achievements. "White jade is a horse" is a portrayal of its economic strength. But with the passage of time, the strength of his family is also declining.

The millipede is dead but not stiff. Although the outer shelf has not fallen down, it is actually a treasure trove. Among them, "Phellodendron amurense is a hammer-the outside is positive and the inside is bitter". Why did Jiafu, such a brilliant home of Zhong Ming Ding Food, decline and collapse?

One is all kinds of extravagant "creations". The extravagance of the Jia family is staggering, ranging from building houses, weddings and funerals to clothes, food, boats, cars and horses. As long as they are the best, they are not afraid of the most expensive.

Qin Keqing's funeral was lavish, and the longest period of mental cessation was 7749 days. Coffins are the top wood used by the royal family. Even in order to make it sound better and have some scenery on his face, he took out 1220 and made Jia Rong the dragon captain.

Yuan Chun spent a lot of money to build a magnificent grand view garden for the ceremony of mothering for several hours. Even Yuan Chun, who has seen the world, can't help but "look at the luxury inside and outside this garden, because he silently lamented that it is too expensive". Even Jia Zhen can't help but sigh, "I will be poor when I return to my hometown in two years."

Not only on these major events, the Jia family is extravagant and wasteful, but also on a meal and a dish, it is tireless and meticulous, and the cost is amazing. When Jia Jia went to Qingxuguan for a picnic, he occupied all the cars in the street. Jia Jia's sedan chair had gone away and the door had not been closed.

Even the maid Xiren went back to her parents' house, followed by two cars, several old ladies and pages. When Granny Liu arrived at Jia's house, the "eggplant" made of eggplant had no eggplant flavor, and it was made of more than a dozen chickens. Imagine how much this dish costs.

There are also Jia She and Jia Lian's goat father and son, who buy a little wife from time to time or spend money like water.

The second is all kinds of "fishing" between master and servant. Jia Fu's management mode is centralized management mode, which means "eating the same pot" in modern words. However, the master and servant are not thinking in one place and working hard in another, but each of them is full of their own little tricks and wishful thinking, and they all want to take more from the "pot" and turn "public" into "private".

For example, Xifeng put her own money into her pocket, used her housekeeper's identity to secretly put money into her pocket with public funds, and put her own interest into her pocket unnoticed.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang took the opportunity to make money. In the construction of the Grand View Garden, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang are responsible for hiring teachers, buying girls and running musical instruments in Gusu. Jia Rong quietly gestured to Feng: "Open an account or something and ask me to take it to the Qiang brothers and ask him to set up an account according to the account."

Apart from the benefits given to Xifeng Jia Lian and his wife, Rong Qiang doesn't know how much this opportunity cost.

Among the servants, Lai's family is definitely a powerful one. During the construction of the Grand View Garden, Lai brothers served as supervisors, built Jia's Grand View Garden, and also built Lai's "Small View Garden" with mountains, water and flowers. The reason is self-evident.

And Wu of Heishan Village pays rent to Ningfu every year. He is the housekeeper of Ningfu Grange. Zuo Zongtang is named after the villa he is in charge of and his own name, which has rich meanings, both "black" and "black".

When paying the annual rent, he can be said to be eloquent and watertight, and attributed the reason for the decrease of the annual rent to irresistible factors such as weather and rain. And more than this time, there are heroes who cry and bargain almost every year.

I don't know how much this old servant hacked Jia's house. At the same time, this plot indirectly describes the bankruptcy of rural economy, revealing that the bankruptcy of rural economy has aggravated the serious contradiction between Jia's luxury life and financial exhaustion, thus revealing an important economic reason for Jia's decline.

Third, all kinds of "consumption". Jia's expenditure mainly comes from three aspects: first, more and more "consumption". In that feudal era when there were many children and many blessings, a large population was a good thing. But the key point is that Jia's "teething" is almost consumptive, and "one generation is not as good as the next."

Such as escapist Jia Jing, fatuous and lewd Jia She, bohemian Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, happy Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, rebellious Baoyu, most of them are playboys, partying, fighting cocks and walking dogs, and they are not enterprising. ...

They are all masters of spending money, but there is no way to make money. No matter how thick the legacy of our ancestors is, it will eventually be eaten by these black sheep.

The second is the "consumption" of sticking to the rules. In the fifty-fifth story, Xifeng said: Every hundred small things are still according to the rules of our ancestors, but the industry promoted in one year is not as good as before. How frugal, outsiders laugh, old wives are wronged, and domestic servants are stingy. If you don't save money early, you will have nothing in a few years.

Tanchun was also aware of these disadvantages during his temporary employment, and saved his children's tuition fees, comprador fees and other unnecessary expenses. Jia Fu can't keep pace with the times, cut expenses and waste money in vain.

The third is the "consumption" of improper management. The focus is on the management of the Grand View Garden. Everyone in the Jia family has a yard that is less than half as big as the Grand View Garden, and it has been fully packed, which can not only meet the daily flowers brought by the girls and the fish and shrimp eaten at home, but also make a profit of 220 taels of silver a year.

However, the Grand View Garden has raised a lot of old ladies and servants, who are overstaffed and lazy, leaving "many valuable things being abused blindly", which seems really distressing.

Fourth, the various "wants" of powerful forces. Of course, the "want" here is divided into active and passive. "Initiative" refers to all kinds of welcome.

For example, in the fourteenth episode, during the funeral, Jia Fu was faced with the death of the monarch, An Gongzhu's birthday and Zhen Guojun's birth.

During the fifty-five sessions, Tanchun had the opportunity to take care of the housework because Xifeng was ill and Mrs. Wang was busy socializing. "It happened that these days there are more than a dozen princes and hereditary officials in Hou Bo, all of whom are relatives or friends of Rong Ning, who have been promoted or declined, or have been married, mourned, red and white, etc. Say hello to Mrs. Wang, there is no one in front. "

A noble family like Jia, of course, can't be shabby. Being too shabby not only affects face, but also loses resources and relationships.

"Passive" refers to being constantly exploited and "usurped" by powerful people. This exploitation mainly comes from the court. Seventy-two times, Xifeng told everyone a dream that she was robbed.

I suddenly had a dream last night, which was ridiculous. I dreamed that a person, although good-looking, didn't know his last name and wanted to see me. Asked what he was doing, he said that the queen sent him to ask for a hundred pieces of brocade. I asked him which queen he was, but he didn't mean our queen. I refused to give it to him, so he came up and took it away. "

As the saying goes, thinking about it day and night shows that Xifeng encounters many such things every day. Coincidentally, before Xifeng could say anything, Dr. Xia sent a small supervisor to "temporarily borrow" two hundred and twenty pieces of silver.

Before these two hundred and twenty pieces of silver, there were still 1,220 pieces of silver "temporarily borrowed" in this summer mansion. Not only that, Jia Lian also encountered the same thing. "Yesterday, the eunuch came and asked for 1200. I should slow down a little, he is uncomfortable. "

The money from these "temporary loans" is definitely meat buns hitting dogs-there is no return. For these "needs" from the court dignitaries, the Jia family can only be angry and dare not speak, and can only be greeted with a smile. We have offended them, and both Yuan Chun in the palace and Jia Fu outside the palace are in danger of being "hard pressed". It's a big tree and a big fortune!

Since ancient times, thrift is the black sheep, luxury is the black sheep, living within our means, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure is a rule that most countries like a family should strictly abide by, just as Grandma Liu said, "Keep as many bowls as you eat."

Leng Zixing, an outsider, saw Jia Jia: Now there are more and more teeth, more and more affairs, more and more masters and servants, more and more people, and no one is planning; It can't save the daily expenses of ostentation and extravagance. Now, although the outer shelves are not so good, the inner bags are also on.

As a housekeeper, Wang Xifeng also realized that there were more people going out at home and fewer people coming in. Every hundred small things are still in accordance with the rules of our ancestors, but the industry we entered in one year is not as good as before. If you don't save money early, you will have nothing in a few years.

Servant Lin zhixiao also thinks that the population is too large. Why not choose a free day to report to the old lady's master and let these old people who have made unnecessary contributions go out and beg for mercy? On the one hand, they have their own business, on the other hand, their family also saves some money on rations every month. And there are too many girls in it. As the saying goes,' a moment is better than a moment' ... "

However, the waves in the East China Sea have faded, and the future generations are not as good as the Jiafu generation. The day will come when buildings fall and trees fall apart.