This conclusion just falls into the trap of the author's "when it is true, what is false is true". When describing Mr. and Mrs. Lin Xue, the author deliberately wrote all aspects of Daiyu in conspicuous places, but deliberately scattered Baochai's information in subtle details. That is to say, it is easy for beginners to draw the above conclusions, but if they study deeply, they will find that the conclusion is just the opposite: from the perspective of origin, Baochai's gold content is much higher than that of Daiyu.
The Lins' "Zhong Ding House" is a thing of the past, but the Xue family is carrying on the "official". The Red Chamber mainly writes about the end times, but many readers only see the end times of Jia's family, but they can't see the end times everywhere in the book, and the Lins are the first to enter the end times.
It is said in the book that it is the fourth rank of the Lins. Unfortunately, Lin Daiyu was born at an inopportune time, and the fourth rank of the Lins ended in her grandfather's generation. For Daiyu, the Lins' "Zhong Ding House" is a thing of the past, and Daiyu can no longer be blessed as a column.
In contrast, the Xue family's "famous minister" is in progress. Many readers only remember that the Xue family is a "royal merchant", but forget that Baochai is a "daughter of a famous minister". The fourth time, Baochai made a low-key appearance, which was brought out by her brother Xue Pan, explaining that Xue Jia's coming to Beijing was Xue Pan's "sending her sister to the selection". It is specifically stated here that "the daughters of famous officials are all named after their names". Baochai was qualified to stand for election because she was "the daughter of a famous minister", which shows that the Xue family was a famous minister at that time.
The Xue family is not among the "officials". Why is it a "famous official"? It shows that the Xue family's "imperial merchant" status is equivalent to "official", but the division of labor is different. The Xue family belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, serving the royal family, and their responsibilities are as important as those of serving officials. In terms of relationship, the Xue family has a very close relationship with the royal family, which is equivalent to the logistics staff of the royal family. The book says that the Xue family "takes money from the imperial treasury and buys miscellaneous materials", which means that they take money from the imperial treasury and buy miscellaneous materials for the royal family.
Don't feel unimportant when you see "miscellaneous materials" This "miscellaneous material" refers to materials other than daily necessities, that is, novel luxury goods, which cannot be fixed, otherwise it will not be described as "miscellaneous material". Generally speaking, there are fixed suppliers for royal products, and there is no need to send people to buy them. The Xue family went out shopping as a businessman, with the purpose of finding and excavating novel items among the people by walking around. Because of this, Xue Baoqin can travel around with his father.
This identity is not the same as that of an official. The relationship between the imperial merchants and the royal family is closer and easier to be trusted. Because the emperor and officials only have a working relationship, but they have a life relationship with the imperial merchants. Many years after Xue Fu's death, the Xue family is still listed as a "famous minister" and still retains the status of an imperial merchant, which is enough to show that the relationship with the royal family is extraordinary. ?
One is yesterday's yellow flowers, and the other is then. Whose gold content is higher is not difficult to tell?
The Lins are extremely poor, but the Xue family is "rich and expensive". Lin Ruhai was very successful after the Lins lost their position as a Liehou.
Is the gold content of flower exploration high? That depends on whose eyes it is. In the eyes of ordinary people, flower exploration has a high gold content, because it can change the fate from now on. But in the eyes of the nobility, even the champion is not worth mentioning, let alone exploring flowers.
Yes, it is the poor, not the nobles, who value the imperial examination most. Jia She said, "It's not that shabby for you to come to a family like ours. You should shine through the snow window, and when the moon wins the laurel one day, you should be proud ",which means that only" poor "people take a fancy to the imperial examination and hope to pass it. Therefore, Jia Zheng, who originally wanted to be a family member, was given the title of "master". He didn't feel any regret at all, so he became an official with a clear conscience. Jia Jing was admitted to Jinshi, and instead of entering officialdom, he went to a monastery. For him, taking the Jinshi exam is like playing with a ticket, regardless of the result.
This is the present situation of the Lins. After Hou's hat was taken off, the Lins were poor and had to rely on the imperial examination to find a way out. Judging from Daiyu's "extraordinary" feeling when she met Jia's third-class servant, the Lins' social status is not only poor, but also their material life is poor. Don't say that the Lins are frugal, but think that "extraordinary" is knowledge, which means that Daiyu has never seen a well-dressed person, and it also means that the Lins' social circle is basically poor, far from the nobility.
Look at the Xue family again. For the fourth time, when Menzi introduced the "official protector" to Jia Yucun, he mentioned that all the people on the list were "the most powerful, richest and most expensive squires in this province". "Extremely rich and expensive" shows that the Xue family is now extremely rich, and its material life and social status are in the aristocratic class.
It is often said that the Xue family is poor, because the Xue family's mother and daughter live a simple life and are very poor. This is the difference between the Xue family and the Lin family. The Xue family is really frugal, not that they don't spend money. In contrast, the Xue family can afford a villa but live in an apartment, while the Lins can't afford a villa but live in an apartment. This is a completely different realm.
The fifty-seventh time, Baochai warned Xing Xiuyan not to pay attention to decorations such as Bi. She said, "When you come to our house in the future, you will have a box of these useless things." This means that we don't wear it, but we don't wear it, because we have to cultivate the character of "keeping things separate from facts". Therefore, the Xue family's mother and daughter are very frugal to themselves, but they are never stingy when helping others. For example, Daiyu's bird's nest is great. After Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian became sworn friends, they bought Liu Xianglian a house for their wedding. Money should be used in practice, which is the consumption view of the Xue family's mother and daughter, so the Xue family is not shabby, but frugal.
Besides, the Xue family is "extremely expensive" and can be tied with Jia, Shi and Wang as four big families. If it is not "extremely expensive", who will buy it? When the author wrote about the official protector, he made it clear that Yucun was interrupted only after reading the information of the four major families, indicating that the official protector was not only the four major families, but also other families lined up behind him. If the Xue family hadn't been "extremely rich", they would have been crowded out by people waiting in line behind.
As can be seen from the title, Jia ranked first in the Lord protector, second in the history books in Bowling Hou, third in the king in the county uncle controlled by Du Taiwei, and fourth in the Xue family who is not in the bureaucratic sequence, which also shows that Xue family is not in the bureaucratic sequence, but its weight is second only to the county uncle.
This is the status quo of the Xue family. On the surface, it looks frugal, but there is a mystery. It is "extremely rich and expensive", which is beyond the reach of the Lins.
Therefore, from the perspective of birth, the gold content of Xue Baochai is much higher than that of Lin Daiyu. Compared with Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu is poor and noble, totally out of an order of magnitude and incomparable.