Question: How big is Madame Wang's sphere of influence? Does she really care? Is she a good person or a bad person?
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In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Madame Wang is the hostess of the Rongguo Mansion, and many people have a lot of misunderstandings about this character, such as many people think that Madame Wang does not care about things, nothing, is a person who eats idle meals, and for example, many people think that Madame Wang supports Jin Yu Liangyuan, is a figure of the Xue family, or that she is a member of the Wang family, intending to encroach on the Jia family.
However, in fact, Lady Wang is the head of the Rongguo Mansion of the Eight Classics of the Eight Classics, representing the interests of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu and Madame Wang, not tit-for-tat mother-in-law relationship, but the two hostesses of the Rong Guo Mansion, Lady Wang's right to be in charge is exactly what Jia Mu gave.
Many people think that Wang Xifeng is exquisite on all sides, and the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion are all decided by Wang Xifeng, and everything is decided by Wang Xifeng, but in fact, as small as the monthly silver distribution and the people in the Rongguo Mansion making clothes, and even the personal contacts between relatives such as Grandma Liu, Wang Xifeng does not need to ask Madame Wang.
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Lady Xing sent the embroidered spring sac to the hands of Lady Wang, the housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion, and saw what Lady Wang said in front of Wang Xifeng?
When Madame Wang saw this, she burst into tears and said in a trembling voice, "I got it from there!" I sit in the well every day and treat you like an attentive person, so I steal a space. Who knows you're just like me. Such a thing is placed on the mountain stone in the garden, picked up by the old lady's handmaiden, and it has long been sent to the old lady without your mother-in-law's encounter. And I ask you, how did this thing come to be left there?"
It can be seen that Wang Xifeng is managing the house for Madame Wang, and she is in charge of trivial matters, even the party Wang Xifeng knows this truth, do you see what she said in the Steamed Bun Nunnery?
Sister Feng listened and laughed, "This is not a big deal, but My wife doesn't care about such a thing anymore." Old Ni said, "The wife doesn't care, Grandma can also advocate." ”
Yes, Madame Wang is the one in charge of major affairs, and Madame Wang does not care to personally deal with things, so it is Wang Xifeng's turn to advocate, even so, Wang Xifeng does not ask Madame Wang to make her own claims, or trespass.
The officials heard that when inspecting the Grand View Garden, Madame Wang mentioned the five companion rooms of the Wang family, except for the Wang family's and Laixi's accompanying rooms, the rest were Mrs. Wang's accompanying rooms, which did not include the deacons in Jinling, and Madame Wang's escort room was more important.
For a while, the Zhou Rui family and the Wu Xing family, the Zheng Hua family, the LaiWang family, and the Lai Xi family now came in with five accompanying rooms, and the rest all had deacons in the south.
After Jia Baoyu was beaten, the characters who came to visit were all people with heads and faces in Jia Province, and they were also Madame Wang's people.
Then, Zhou Rui's daughter-in-law, Wu Xindeng's daughter-in-law, and Zheng Haoshi's daughter-in-law, who had been in frequent contact with each other, heard Bao Yu beating him and also came in.
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Bao Yu went to pay homage to his uncle Prince Tengbaishou, and most of the people he brought with him could only be people from the Wang family, that is, Lady Wang's companion.
The old lady followed her to the hall, only to see Baoyu's grandmother Li Gui and Wang Rong, Zhang Ruojin, Zhao Yihua, Qian Qi, and Zhou Rui, carrying six people, carrying tea cigarettes, accompanied cranes, hoeing medicine, and sweeping red, carrying clothes bags, holding a mattress, and holding a white horse with a carved saddle and colored reel, which had been waiting for a long time.
So, what things did Madame Wang's companion room manage in the Rongguo Mansion? Zhou Rui manages rent collection and Wu Xindeng manages the silver treasury, both of which are the most important departments of a family and even a country.
Zhou Rui's family smiled and said, "Grandma, you can rest assured, Dayuan's sincerity has come, is there anyone who doesn't teach you to see a true Buddha?" Reasoning, people come and go, but they have nothing to do with me. We all have the same share here: our men only take care of the land rent in spring and autumn, and when they are idle, they only take the little masters out of the house, and I only take care of the things that go out with the wives and grandmothers. Because you were originally a relative of your wife, and you took me as a person and defected to me, I will make an exception and send you a letter. ”
However, the chief leader of the silver treasury called Wu Xindeng and the leader of the warehouse, Dai Liang, as well as several leaders of the stewards, a total of seven people, came out of the accounting room, and when they saw Baoyu, they all came to stand together. There was a comprador named Qian Hua, because he had not seen Baoyu for many days, and he was busy calling Qian'er to ask for peace, and Baoyu was busy smiling and carrying him up.
It can be seen that among Lady Wang's people, almost all the "Zhao Qiansun Li and Zhou Wu Zheng Wang" representing the "Hundred Family Names" are gathered, only a Sun surname is missing, but there is an extra Zhang surname, but in the book, Sun Shaozu's ancestors have also been attached to the Jia Fu Gate, which shows that the subjects of the whole world are under the control of Lady Wang, and her son is the kingdom of the jade in the mouth, and the true body of Lady Wang is the king of the country.
Interestingly, even the aunt surnamed Zhao in Jia Zhengfang was from Lady Wang's companion room, and Jia Tanchun once said to Aunt Zhao that Zhao Guoji was originally Lady Wang's slave.
Jia Tanchun said, "He is a slave of his wife, and I am doing it according to the old rules." Say well, receive the grace of the ancestors, the grace of the wife; If he says that he does not do it evenly, it is because he is confused and does not know the blessing, so he has to complain about it. My wife even rewarded people with the house, and I have something to face; I don't get anything out of it, and I don't have anything to lose face. According to me, the wife is not at home, the aunt is quiet and recuperating, so why bother. ”
It is precisely because the Zhao family is Lady Wang's slaves, and Lady Wang is the head of the Rongguo Mansion, so Aunt Zhao's brother Zhao Guoji died yesterday, and Wu Xindeng's daughter-in-law told Jia Tanchun that this matter had been returned to Mrs. Wang for the first time yesterday.
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the fate of Tanchun is to marry far away, Madame Wang is waiting for Tanchun, it is as if she were her own, and Jia Tanchun has also said many times that "Mrs. Tangchun is full of heartache for me". Madame Wang did not want to separate flesh and bones, and when she heard that the official mediawoman had come to ask for advice on things such as Tanchun, she was upset.
Jia Lian said, "I thought the same thing, but the old man only came home, how many major things have not returned, and there is a discussion on this." The former official media took a Gengtei to ask for relatives, and the wife also said that the old man had just come to the house, and every day he said that the flesh and bones were finished, and suddenly mentioned this matter, afraid that the old man was sad, so he did not call it to mention this matter. ”
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the author has repeatedly emphasized that Madame Wang was originally a good person, and said that she was naïve and messy, a person with a true temperament, moody and angry, no more than those who covered up their words, so Madame Wang is definitely not a negative role.
All in all, Madame Wang's position is the Jia family, not the Wang family and the Xue family, the Zhao family is also a wife's person, Madame Wang is talking about stealing, in fact, she is a workaholic like Qin Shi Huang, who is busier than Wang Xifeng on weekdays!
The information in this article is mainly quoted from: "Dream of the Red Chamber" Cheng Gaoben, "Fat Yan Zhai Full Review Stone Record"