Chapter 19: Dancing the Power of Wealth (I)
Not long after Zhang Huan walked, his eldest son Zhang Xuan was called by his mother, so he hurried to the inner courtyard, and before he entered the door, he saw that his mother's personal maid was facing away from him, and was cautiously looking inside.
The maid was shocked, and when she was about to scream, she saw that the eldest prince was standing behind her, and her heart relaxed, she pushed Zhang Xuan's hand away, pointed nervously inside, and said in a low voice: "Not now, Madame is angry!" ”
"Angry?" Zhang Xuan smiled, his mother was not angry one day, he was just about to drag the maid into the side room, and Mrs. Wang's voice came from the hall, "Is Xuan'er outside?" Don't come in yet! ”
Zhang Xuan had to let go of the maid, hurriedly walked into the guest hall, only to see his mother writing something at the desk, he didn't dare to disturb, hanging his hands and standing aside, after a while, Mrs. Wang finished writing the letter, and when the ink was dry, she stuffed it into the envelope, and wrote the words 'Wang Ang personally opened' on the envelope, and then put the pen down.
"Mother, do you have something to do with me?" Zhang Xuan asked softly on the side.
While painting the envelope with fire paint, Madame Wang asked with concern, "Xuan'er, what do you think of what your father announced?" ”
Zhang Xuan's face immediately gloomy, 'No matter the concubine, only the move', this is tantamount to denying his inheritance as the head of the family, how can he not be annoyed, but helpless, he glanced at the letter in his mother's hand, and his heart moved, does his mother want to ask the Shannan Wang family for help?
He seemed to see a glimmer of hope, so he hurriedly said: "Father's decision is really ridiculous, what is the only move, now the world is peaceful, even if you are an official, you are going step by step, step by step, how can you have the opportunity to show any talent?" Besides, all the families in the world succeed to the throne with the eldest son, in order to ensure the noble bloodline, and the Zhang family is different, doesn't it make people laugh when it is passed out? ”
Mrs. Wang put down the letter, sat down facing her son, sighed and said: "Xuan'er, you can think like this, it shows that you still have a little ambition, but I want to tell you that the so-called 'no matter the concubine, only the move', that is just a cover!" ”
"Disguise?" Zhang Xuan was a little confused, and he looked at his mother in confusion.
"Yes, it's just a disguise!"
Mrs. Wang's eyes burned with anger, she restrained her emotions and said: "In fact, the heir of the head of the family has been decided, there are a total of four candidates, you are one of them, your second uncle and the two sisters-in-law of the fourth uncle are average, lackluster, you don't have to worry about the two of them, but your father takes a fancy to that Zhang Huan is also among them, this is the person you pay attention to, do you understand?" ”
Zhang Xuan now has a good impression of Zhang Huan, willing to help him solve Erniang's house, and specially increased her monthly money, although he didn't want to come to the door to thank him in person, but he still received this favor, so for more than a month, he didn't deliberately make things difficult for Zhang Huan.
But now his mother meant to let herself deal with Zhang Huan, which really made him a little embarrassed, how could he pull his face down, his lips moved, but he didn't speak, Mrs. Wang saw his hesitation, and couldn't help but be angry: "I see you're really confused!" He gave Hua Erniang a house, that's just a small favor, can it be compared with the position of the head of your family? If you are so soft-hearted that you can't tell which is more important, then give him the position of head of the house! ”
Mother's angry rebuke was like a slap on the head, and Zhang Xuan suddenly woke up, yes! What could be more important than being a head of the house?
"I see!" He nodded slowly, looked up and thought for a while, a knife on the head of the color word, this has been the most effective method since ancient times, if he can catch the rapist on the spot, then he can't do anything no matter what.
The more Zhang Xuan thought about it, the more proud he became, and he cheered up and said to Mrs. Wang: "I want to use beauty tricks to lure him into the bait, and then damage his reputation, I don't know what my mother thinks?" ”
Mrs. Wang's face flushed slightly, and then the frost froze, she shook her head and said: "Don't underestimate him too much, he won't eat this set, the best way is to unite all the people to oppose him in charge of wealth, and let your father know that the Zhang family is not the only one who has the final say." ”
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Although he had also heard a little rumor about Mrs. Wang, he would never believe that she would casually tempt her when they first met, and that she was still a child, and she actually wanted to marry the daughter of the Shannan Wang family to herself, there is only one explanation for these, she is doing it for a purpose.
Zhang Huan poured himself a cup of tea, closed the door, and the light in the room immediately dimmed, he simply lay down, pillowed his hands under his head, and carefully thought about Mrs. Wang's intentions, perhaps because he was dissatisfied with his financial power, so he seduced himself, and then planted the great crime of humiliating his mother on his head.
This possibility seems very big at first glance, but Zhang Huan thinks about it carefully, but feels that it is not so simple, if it is for financial power, she will not wait until now to do it, moreover, she will end it in a month and a half at most, and the contradiction with Zhang Xuan has also been resolved, even if she drives herself down, at most it will be restored to the previous Zhang Ruofeng to approve, and she does not have the slightest benefit, she has no need to sacrifice her hue for this, let alone think about marrying the daughter of the Wang family to a concubine of the Zhang family.
Ruled out the possibility of competing for financial power, Zhang Huan naturally thought of yesterday's letter from the capital, he sat up suddenly, a flash of realization flashed in his eyes, it should be for this matter, Zhang Xuan was deprived of the heir of the head of the family, as his mother and the main room of the head of the family, the only thing she is worried about now can only be this matter.
But what does this have to do with yourself? He remembered what the head of the house said to him meaningfully before leaving, 'If one day the concubine can also be the head of the house, do you have any ideas?' ’
"Does the head of the family really mean to favor himself?"
Zhang Huan simply took out a blank piece of paper and wrote down a series of sporadic incidents that had happened recently, 'Provincial relatives, appoint yourself to be in charge of financial power, audit accounts, 400,000 guan, Shannan Wang family, Mrs. Wang, Zhang Ruofeng......
Zhang Huan's pen froze, he looked at Mrs. Wang and Zhang Ruofeng's names in a daze, and gradually understood in his heart that Zhang Ruohao must have heard some rumors, so he came back to investigate in the name of his relatives, but he didn't want to cause infighting among his brothers, so he appointed himself in charge of financial power to audit the accounts.
But the result was that Zhang Ruofeng transferred the 400,000 yuan of the Zhang family to the Shannan Wang family privately, needless to say, Zhang Ruofeng must have colluded with Mrs. Wang, in this case, if Zhang Xuan is the heir of the family head, the Shannan Wang family will swallow the Hedong Zhang family sooner or later, so only a little more than a month has passed, Zhang Ruohao decisively abolished Zhang Xuan as the heir of the family.
Thinking of this, Zhang Huan had fully understood Mrs. Wang's intentions, and he couldn't help but sneer, marrying the daughter of the Wang family to himself was to cut off his own path as the head of the family! What a cunning woman.
Zhang Huan threw down the pen, took out the family rules from the drawer, and turned to the page of the authority of the approving authority of income and expenditure, and looked carefully one by one, Mrs. Wang could not make a plan, and there must be a follower, how could he be swayed by them?
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After a few days, a message gradually came out in Zhang's mansion, more than 20 concubines of Zhang's mansion first united, unanimously demanded the abolition of Zhang Huan's right to approve revenue and expenditure, not only Taiyuan Zhangfu, but also other concubines who were officials in various parts of Hedong also wrote back to support the decision of the sect, and the concubine should not be in such a high position, and even some concubines and side branches also made sarcastic remarks, saying that Zhang Huan did not know the height of the sky and the depths of the earth, and asked for his humiliation.
As the attitude of the people became clearer, the voices against Zhang Huan to take power had completely taken over the mainstream, and everyone enthusiastically signed the joint letter, indicating that they were firmly on the side of the mainstream.
This morning, Zhang Huan had just come to the tent room, and he saw starling Zhang Can standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy, his eyes were complicated and he stared at a big tree in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking?
Zhang Huan slowly walked to his side and said with a smile: "Starling seems to be in a bad mood!" If I had known, I wouldn't have called you over. ”
Zhang Can was startled, he looked back and saw that it was Zhang Huan, seeing that he was leisurely, as if he didn't know anything, he couldn't help but be angry and anxious: "The entire Zhang Mansion is angry with you, even I am implicated by you, but you act like you're nothing, you, do you know how serious the matter is?" ”
Zhang Huan smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Of course I know the matter, but don't be so frightened, come!" Let's talk in the house. ”