The answer is: half of the private property of parents.
Rongguo Mansion and all the titles that belong to the hereditary titles of Duke Rongguo, did not have a penny of Jia Zheng. The truth is so cruel.
Ancient families were hereditary, similar to the inheritance of the throne. There was only one successful person, and the others were accompanying guests. Even the brothers of the same-child fellow.
In theory, Jia Zheng can only obtain the personal property of his father Jia Daishan and his mother Jia Mu , including monthly money, salary and other deposits, business income other than the title, personal purchase industries, etc.
These will be equally divided after their death or when their sons separate, and the father's property, no matter whether it is legitimate or illegitimate, will be equally divided. Even if the illegitimate child is admitted, it will be half a share (according to the Ming laws and the Qing laws).
The mother's property is divided equally by the biological birth.
Therefore, after Jia Daishan's death, those who belong to Duke Rong's inheritance should be inherited by the eldest son Jia She. His personal property is divided into two parts, with Jia She and Jia Zheng each half.
Jia Zheng took the money and left on his own. In this way, the brothers such as Jia Daihua and Jia Daixiu also moved out of Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion, becoming the eight houses in the Jia family’s capital.
At that time, the only one who could truly represent Rongguo Mansion was Jia She's eldest son's house, and Jia Mother should have been supported by Jia She and Jia Lian . Jia Lian would not be the so-called second master, he should be the eldest young master of Rongguo Mansion. Wang Xifeng is the eldest young grandmother.
However, what surprised everyone was that after Jia Daishan died, Jia She moved out of Rongguo Mansion after inheriting the title and moved into a mansion separated from the old garden. A single family is equivalent to a different life.
However, the Rongguo Mansion is in charge of Jia Zheng, who controls the huge Jue property and all affiliated industries. This situation is simply "impossible".
It is like after the death of the old emperor, two heirs appeared, one ascended the throne and the other as the regent had real power. No matter how you look at it, they are abnormal and lay the root of chaos and division.
If Jia She had no problem, it would not be the turn of Jia Zheng to be the Rongguo Mansion in any case, and he would also talk about "inheriting" the hereditary title of Duke Rongguo.
Rongguo Mansion will obviously be inherited by Jia Zheng's son in the future and has nothing to do with Jia She's eldest son. Not only Mrs. Xing said that Wang Xifeng was in Mrs. Wang 's house, Ping'er also said to Wang Xifeng : "Why bother to worry about this! 'You have to let go when you have to let go', what a big deal, you are so happy to be kind. According to me, even if you have to worry about one hundred hearts in this room, we will go there in the house over there for a long time. There are no villains that make people hate each other, and they will be resentful."
Moreover, the ranking of the two houses in Rongguo Mansion is in the order of birth, which means that both are legitimate and have equal inheritance rights. This makes no sense. So there was a lot of controversy and many different opinions.
Regarding the hereditary issue of Rongguo Mansion, the most popular view is that Jia Mu favored her younger son, which led to Jia Zheng living with her mother.
Because Jia Mu was not dead, Jia Zheng was in charge of the family, so their family lived in Rongguo Mansion, which was a big mistake.
Not to mention hereditary families like the Jia family, no one dares to mess with inheritance rights even in ordinary families. If it is not done well, the family ethical tragedy of "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan" will occur.
More importantly, it is more important to not clarify the heirs, which is extremely unfavorable to the family's development and is a sign of a failure.
, especially , Jia family is a hereditary family, similar to the inheritance of imperial power. The ownership must be clear, at least it must be reasonable and legal.
The Rongguo Mansion was built as part of the inheritance of the Duke of Rongguo, not the private property of the Jia family.
Whoever becomes the hereditary heir of Rongguo Duke is qualified to use the imperial edict to build Rongguo Mansion, to lead the Rongguo Mansion, and to inherit and use the title of title.
, and the imperial decree was not just for Duke Rong to use. Jia She and others would take back the Duke Jia were no longer Duke.The imperial decree of Rongguo Mansion was the "real estate" hereditary of Rongguo Duke. As long as the title was inherited, the heirs of the Jia family could live in it for a long time.
The hereditary of the Jia family is clearly set based on the hereditary set of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty. From , the Duke of Zhenguo, , to be reduced to hereditary hereditary. It is not that it will be reduced to an indefinite period, but that it will not be reduced to a certain extent. The Jia family can pass on this title and coexist with the descendants and dynasties.
Therefore, the title of the Jia family and the corresponding titles and titles, as well as the imperial founding Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, can be passed down all the time, as long as they are not surprised.
This is also the reason why the Jia Mansion built the ancestral hall in Ningguo Mansion and spared no expense to build the Grand View Garden . Because they are all their own, others can't take it.
is precisely because hereditary has legal effect. Not to mention that Jia Mu is not qualified to assign a designated designation at will, even if Duke Rong is alive, he dare not let anyone live there. It can only be inherited, resided and used by the legal heir, that is, the head of the family.
Now Jia She is not in charge of the family, so that Jia Zheng, who is not qualified to inherit the family, indicates that Jia Zheng has also obtained legal inheritance.
The third generation of Rongguo Mansion appeared in the joint governance of two houses, which was equivalent to dividing the Duke of Rongguo into two. Jia She inherited the title, and Jia Zheng inherited the title and property.
The only person who has the power and ability to do this is the emperor.
But the premise must be that something went wrong with Jia She, the heir of Rongguo Mansion. This leads to differences in inheritance. This is why Jia Zheng’s second son was in charge of Rongguo Mansion.
So what exactly happened to Jia She? I won't talk about this article for now. It is just to make it clear that the Rongguo Mansion is divided into two now is reasonable and legal, and it is also caused by the emperor. It is not the distribution of the Jia family themselves, nor is it caused by the bias of Jia Mu.
The above views are compiled and inferred based on the clues before the 80th chapter of " Dream of Red Mansions ".
text｜Jun Jianya talks about the Red Mansion Illustration｜The Qing Dynasty painter Sun Wen's "Portrait of the Dream of Red Mansion"
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