Chapter 48: Jia's House Scroll (Part 2)
The atmosphere was harmonious. After Jia Huan left the main room of Jia Sheyuan, Mrs. Xing sent a little maid to invite Jia She over.
It was hot in the afternoon, and the room was quiet and cool. After hearing Mrs. Xing say that, Jia She sat on the wooden chair and gently sang her beard.
Mrs. Xing smiled apologized. Jia Huan refused to enter and exit the corner gate on the east side, and was very alert. This shows that he knew very well what the real power of Mrs. Wang's ban was.
And when Wang Ziteng came to add conditions, he actually said that he was willing to cooperate.
Of course, "cooperation" in the back house does not immediately have a clear person or event goal, and needs to wait for the opportunity. The key is to reach a tacit understanding.
After being silent for a long time, Jia She snorted coldly, "At a young age, I have a big appetite." As he said that, he shook his sleeves and left Mrs. Xing.
Jia Huan walked lightly along the shade of the trees in the courtyard and walked towards the corner gate.
I have to say that Mrs. Xing Jia She suddenly extended an "olive branch" to make his perspective on the Jia family suddenly widen, as if a giant scroll slowly opened in front of him.
Expose its ultimate, original, true face
Jia Huan knew the pattern of the Jia family, but he had never seen it clearly.
My previous understanding was just from the original book and the mouths of the Jia family, and speculation. Today, I heard Mrs. Xing Jia She’s thoughts with my own ears, as if a veil was suddenly unveiled in front of me.
If the Jia family is compared to a chessboard, there are only a few people who are qualified to play chess on it. Jia Huan has always focused on four people: Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Wang Madam, and Wang Xifeng. Because these four people in power in the Jia family are all related to his life.
But after today, two more people were in his sight: Jia She and Mrs. Xing.
And this is like the arrangement and combination in mathematics. Even if the total number of combinations is one more, there are many variables.
This also completes the full picture of the Jia family pattern in Jia Huan's mind.
Jia Huan learned about Jia She’s bottom line from Mrs. Xing, which is divided into two parts:
First, Jia She’s demand. He hopes to get the power of the Jia family’s inner house because it means money and power. Mrs. Xing expresses this clearly. Jia She is the eldest son of the Jia family, and he should be the steward of the house in terms of etiquette.
Second, Jia She’s efforts. How naive Jia Huan must be to believe what Mrs. Xing said: It’s your mother and I’ll never miss you.
This seems to mean that Jia She will help Jia Huan seize more property. But this vague language just reveals the essence of Jia She being so fierce and weak on the outside. The trump card: he didn't dare to turn on the "death fighting mode" at all.
Do you still remember Jia Huan's temptation? He asked Mrs. Xing: What is the relationship between Jia She and Wang Ziteng? Mrs. Xing smiled and refused to answer. This is actually the answer: Jia She and Wang Ziteng have nothing to do with him. Jia She dare not provoke Wang Ziteng. And Mrs. Wang is Wang Ziteng's real sister.
All Jia She wants to do is "house fighting", to be precise, instigating Jia Huan to be the pioneer to fight: I feel unhappy today when you leave my face. Tomorrow I leave your face, I feel happy. I am whispering, like a child playing house, without affecting their respective status, and only gaining a sense of satisfaction.
Mental masturbation
Jia Huan hates and despises such behavior. He does not have a clear and clear goal in doing things, so what is the best place to do?
Jia Huan did not intend to join forces with Jia She. If a person who exposed the essence of a "pig teammate" before contacting her, he would not know how badly he would be cheated by him. He would just use each other.
Of course, with this contact and reaching the so-called "tactic understanding", Jia Huan's room for maneuver in the Jia Mansion will become larger.
Jia Huan left Jia Sheyuan and returned to his residence. The pattern of Jia's mansion was churning in his mind.
The geographical structure of the Jia Mansion is composed of three roads: east, middle and west. The power structure also revolves around this. The core interest focus is: the management rights of the Jia Mansion's back house.
This involves silver, power, treatment.
Whoever has the management rights of the back house can make the maids, mothers, girls and aunts in the back house of the Jia family respect. You can tell by looking at the daily treatment of Jia Mu. It is not just because of "filial piety".
According to feudal etiquette, for Jia Mu, she lived with Jia She, or lived with Jia Zheng as her likes, but it is very important that she has to hand over the management power of the inner house of the Jia family. At least on the surface, she has to hand over it.
However, many times it is often: the regulations are like this, and the actual operation is the same. Because there is another one in feudal etiquette: filial piety is the first priority for all virtues.
For example: Mrs. Xing is a person who speaks poorly in the Jia Mansion. Wang Xifeng is fierce in the Jia Mansion and is very authoritative. Logically speaking, Mrs. Xing will not be the opponent when she meets Wang Xifeng, and she will only be completely abused. But Wang Xifeng is Mrs. Xing's daughter-in-law, let's see how Mrs. Xing "plays".
Chapter 71 of the book. Because the two mothers in the Jia family were disrespectful to Youshi's maid, Wang Xifeng planned to punish the two mothers. Mrs. Xing "pleaded with Xiao and Sister Feng" in public when many people, including Mrs. Wang.
Many people probably couldn't imagine what Feng Jie's reaction was.
It made Sister Feng "had and angry in front of many people, and she was unable to find her mind for a while, and her face was so purple that she was so angry that she felt more and more ashamed as she thought about it. She didn't feel discouraged and sad, and she burst into tears."
The mother-in-law begged for her daughter-in-law with a grudge in public. What would this be like if it is spread? This is a usage of "filial piety for all virtues": retreat is advancement. It is so powerful that even those who are smart and smart and capable as Wang Xifeng will retreat.
A fight like Mrs. Xing can be like this, and even a scumbag can be "trained" Wang Xifeng, who has a strong combat power. Not to mention the elderly spirit who experienced glory and wealth and prosperity of the Jia family.
So in reality, whether the mother or the wife is in power depends mainly on who is more skilled. It is obvious that Jia Mu is a very skilled person. Although she is Rong Yang, she has given the power of the Jia Mansion's inner house to Mrs. Wang to manage. But she still has the right to decide.
Jia She and Mrs. Xing are people on the edge of power. They always want to enter the center of power.
But in front of Mrs. Wang, Jia She and Mrs. Xing could only think about it. Mrs. Wang herself has powerful means, and now she has the support of Wang Ziteng and the support of her legitimate daughter Jia Yuanchun in the future. Below is the support of her niece Wang Xifeng, and her status is stable.
Therefore, the power structure of the Jia family continues this main line: Jia Mu Wang’s wife Jia Zheng and Wang Xifeng. The backbone of this power chain is Mrs. Wang.
Wang Xifeng is not an indispensable link in this power chain. She can only be regarded as an excellent professional manager. She is helping her uncle and aunt as her nephew and daughter-in-law, and she has a very awkward identity. Her power comes from the trust of Mu Jia and Mrs. Wang.
It is precisely because it is not indispensable that when she fell ill in the book, Mrs. Wang easily replaced her with the combination of Li Wan, Tanchun and Xue Baochai.
Wang Xifeng is not as powerful as she looks
Finally, as Jia Huan believed: there are no factions within the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. In this power chain, are there no conflicts between Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang?
Some Hongxue's view points out that Mrs. Wang gradually puts Jia Mu in the book. The battle between Qingwen and Xiren in Baoyu's room was the battle between the two sides. Jia Mu's sigh was a failure because Jingwen was driven out of the Grand View Garden and died of illness.
"This is the truth, and I was thinking about it. But I think that Qingwen's girl is very good, so why did she get up like this? I mean, these girls look so smart and smart, and they are not as good as him. In the future, he can still use Baoyu. Who knew it changed."
When a leader speaks, the general focus is on the content after "button". Look at what Jia Mu said after "button" and the context is related to it. Read it carefully, it has a deep meaning.
Whether Baoyu’s marriage was Daiyu or Baochai, it was also the focus of the conflict between the two parties.
In the book, the only time Jia Mu scolded Mrs. Wang was when Jia She wanted to marry Yuanyang. Jia Mu scolded: "You all plot against me." With Jia Mu's skillfulness, wit, and hiding needles in the cotton, how could it be just a pissing word? She still had some objections to Mrs. Wang in her heart.
Of course, the conflict between Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang does not need to be too much attention for Jia Huan. In terms of disgusting him, Jia Huan believes that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang’s position is consistent. They are Jia Baoyu’s guardians.
What he can use is Jia She's ambition.
After Jia Huan and Mrs. Xing met, they focused on studying. Time passed slowly.
Mrs. Xing's suggestion that he asked him to leave the house from the east of Jia's mansion was like a kitten's paws tickling in his heart from time to time. It was itchy and free, and when you lose it, you would be extremely eager. But after all, he would restrain himself. As long as he walked around, he would give Mrs. Xing and Jia She a handle.
The cost of this freedom is too high
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, the Jia Mansion began to become prosperous and noisy, with traffic. Those who came and went were all dignitaries, such as the Duke of Zhenguo, Duke of Liguo, Duke of Qi, Duke of Zhiguo, Duke of Xiuguo, Duke of Shanguo, Duke of Shanguo, Duke of Nan'an County, Duke of Xining County, and Prince of Beijing County.
A batch of housekeepers, family members, and carriages carrying goods were in and out. These were the first batch of nobles enthroned when the Zhou Dynasty was founded. Including Duke Rong, Duke Ning, and Duke Dongping, they were collectively called "Four Kings and Eight Dukes".
However, after a total of 153 years of the five dynasties, the mixed forces of nobles had declined. In the Jia family, the husband of Jia Daishan, the eldest son of Duke Rong, was still granted the title of Duke Rong, and now he has fallen into a middle-class family.
During the funeral of Qin Keqing in the book, there is a general description of the current situation of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes: the grandson of the Zhenguo Niu Qing Dynasty, the grandson of the Duke of Liguo Liu Biao, the grandson of the first-class son Liu Fang, the grandson of the Duke of Qi Chen Yi, the grandson of the third-class general Weizhen, the grandson of the Duke of the State, the grandson of the Duke of the State, the grandson of the Duke of the State, the grandson of the third-class general Weiyuan, the grandson of the Duke of the State, the grandson of the Duke of Xiu, the grandson of the first-class son Hou Xiaokang, and the grandson of the Duke of the State, the grandson of the Duke of the State, the third-class general Weiyuan, the grandson of the Duke of the State, the fabrication of the third-class Bo Shi Guangzhu.
The decline and differentiation of old forces: some still maintain the glory of the past, while others sink. The rise of new nobles. This is an irreversible historical trend
But on the three major festivals of Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival, old nobles such as the Four Kings and Bagongs will still walk around to connect with each other, communicate with each other, especially at this time, the court is full of wind and waves.
But this kind of excitement has nothing to do with Jia Huan. He still heard the news from Tanchun. For example, the relationship between the Prince's Mansion of Dongping County and the Mansion is not good and has cut off contact.
On the afternoon of the 23rd, because the next day's holiday, Jia Huan got off school earlier and went back to the inner house with Jia Lan. When he passed by Aunt Zhao's courtyard, Jia Huan went in and walked around and heard a whimpering cry from inside.
The crying was miserable and grievances were hard to describe.
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Chapter completed!