The Jia family is actually looked down upon! At that time, the two brothers Jia Yan, the Duke of Ningguo, and Jia Yuan, the Duke of Rongguo, two brothers from the same family, received hereditary titles and blessed their descendants. How glorious and distinguished they were. At t

The Jia family is actually looked down upon!

At the beginning, two brothers, Ning Guo Gong Jia Yan and Rong Guo Gong Jia Yuan, two brothers from one family and two countries, received hereditary titles and blessed descendants. What a glory and illustriousness.

The Jia family was definitely the backbone of the four princes and eight ministers at that time. Although they are not relatives of the royal family and cannot be crowned kings, the combined power of the two princes is by no means worse than that of the princes, and is much higher than that of the other six princes.

has been passed down for three generations. Although the power is not as strong as before, and it was also to avoid the emperor's suspicion that he gave up the real power, the background behind it is still there. No one dares to underestimate their influence in the military and court.

Ning Guogong passed it down to his son Jia Daihua is a hereditary first-class Shenwei general.

Jia Daihua's son Jia Jing gave up the hereditary second-class title and passed it to his son Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen is a hereditary third-class mighty general.

Rong Guogong passed it down hereditary to his son Jia Daishan. He was demoted to Rong Guogong, the same as Ning Guogong.

Jia Daishan's eldest son Jia She The general who inherited the first-class hereditary title is equivalent to Jia Daihua. The second son, Jia Zheng, inherited Jue Chan Rong Guofu and became the head of the family.

The inheritance of the Jia family is very clear. Cao Xueqin was designed according to the inheritance of clan titles in the Qing Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, the clan titles were divided into twelve levels. The previous ones have nothing to do with the design of the Jia family title.

The title of Rong Guogong corresponds to the seventh rank, and does not belong to Bafenzhen Guogong.

The title of Ning Guogong corresponds to the eighth grade, and does not fall into the eighth grade to assist the Duke.

Jia Daishan surrendered and others inherited it, and he did not join the eighth auxiliary government.

Jia Daihua was demoted and inherited the ninth rank. He is a general who governs the country, which is equivalent to a first-class general.

Jia Shejiang and others succeeded him and became a general in charge of the country.

Jia Jing gave up the downgrade and inherited the tenth rank. He became a general of the country and became a second-rank general.

Jia Zhenjiang inherited the eleventh rank, was a general of Fengguo, and was a third-grade general.

Jia Rong will be demoted to the twelfth rank in the future. General Feng'en, a fourth-grade general, is the last rank of downgraded hereditary rank, which happens to be the title of fifth generation .

Because Rong Guogong is a hereditary Duke, his title is higher than that of Ning Guogong. The Rongguo Mansion passed down generals in this way, and it was not until the sixth generation that they were demoted. Enjoy more hereditary titles and estates for one generation.

As for the hereditary title of the Jia family, why the author borrowed it as the hereditary title of the Qing Dynasty clan, I won’t go into details. There is nothing wrong with the author's writing in a way that is easiest for readers at the time to understand.

The Jia family has reached the generation of "A Dream of Red Mansions", Jia's mother is equivalent to the imperial concubine of the Duke of the Eighth-Five-Five Kingdom. Jia She and Jia Zheng both succeeded Rong Guogong as the hereditary first-class generals, and were of the first rank. Jia Zhen inherited the hereditary rank of third-class general from Ning Guogong and was promoted to the third rank. His title and status were not low in all dynasties.

Especially as a hereditary noble, the imperial court, from the prime minister to the great scholar, to the civil and military officials, could only hope to achieve it. He is truly an iron-clad nobleman and a smooth civil and military official.

Only civil and military officials formed interest groups dependent on various nobles, and the reverse was rarely the case. After all, nobles have the deepest foundation.

Take Jia Jia as an example. They are old friends with Beijing Wang and other four princes. Although they are not allies, they have similar stances and help each other.

The Jia family leads four major families, the Shi family has one family and two princes, and Prince Teng of the Wang family is in charge of the capital inspection of nine provinces and the official of Xinjiang.

Jia Yucun is the Minister of the Ministry of War of Da Sima counselor of military aircraft. There are also court forces such as Zhao Shilang, Mei Hanlin, Fu Shi.

Outside, they are old relatives of the Zhen family in Jiangnan. Chang'an Jiedushi, Ping'an Jiedushi and Guangdong General Wu's family, high-ranking officials and military and political leaders, are undoubtedly the long tentacles and influence of the Jia family.

The Beijing camp that was taken back by the emperor has been in business for decades from Ning Guogong to Prince Teng, and its influence is unquestionable.

A family like the Jia family looks insignificant on the surface, and doesn’t even have any real powerful figures. The background is very scary. The reason why the emperor wanted to ransack their house was to cut off the countless connections of interests behind it and avoid uncertain dangers.

And the Jia family is definitely capable of threatening the emperor.

Let’s not mention the confiscation of the Jia family, but now we have to talk about a more controversial issue, which is the hereditary issue of the Jia family. Mainly focus on three issues.

1. Why can the Jia family still live in Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion even though the second Duke Ning Rong is dead?

Second, after Jia Mu’s death, will the emperor take back the Duke’s Mansion?

Third, does the hereditary lineage of the Jia family end when the fifth generation Jia Rong (Rong Guofu wants the sixth generation) is demoted to the rank of four hereditary generals?

In fact, if you understand the structure of hereditary inheritance in the Qing Dynasty, you will know that the answer is very simple.

First of all, the titles of Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong are hereditary. The author adopts the Qing Dynasty clan descending hereditary formula, which is equivalent to "not entering the eighth class." The Duke of "Divided" can be reduced to the twelfth-level General Feng'en, which is the hereditary fourth-level general in the book, which is equivalent to the fourth-level general.

However, the hereditary inheritance of downgrading has "ended", but it does not mean that the title has ended, but that there will no longer be downgraded. The descendants will always inherit General Feng'en (hereditary fourth-class title) and pass this title down to the next generation.

Since Cao Xueqin drew on the titles of the Qing Dynasty, he would design it like this. If the Jia family does not confiscate the family, their descendants will continue to inherit the hereditary fourth-class title. If you are interested, you can look up the hereditary information of the Qing Dynasty. This article will not go into details.

Secondly, since the titles of Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong have always been held, as a rewarded title, the Duke's Mansion can be retained for a long time, lived in by the Jia family, and become the hereditary glory of the Duke.

The Imperial Ningguo Mansion and the Imperial Rongguo Mansion were not just for Duke Ning and Duke Rong to live in, but as a hereditary award and symbol for Duke Ning and Duke Rong, and were part of the royal estate.

As long as the title remains and the title is hereditary, the heirs of the Jia family can continue to live there. You can continue to hang the "signature plaques" of the Imperial Ningguo Mansion and the Imperial Rongguo Mansion.

After all, the full names of the Fourth Hereditary Grade Lord are also the Fourth Hereditary Grade Lord Ning Guogong and the Fourth Hereditary Grade Lord Rong Guogong.

The title is here, and the wealth is there!

The above opinions are compiled and deduced based on the clues of the story before 80 chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions".

Text｜Jun Jian Ya Kan Red Mansions Illustrations｜Qing Dynasty painter Sun Wen's "Illustrated Complete Edition of A Dream of Red Mansions"