Chapter 15: Stewardship
That night, Wei Fu tossed and turned, and it took a long time to fall asleep.
Early in the morning of the second day, when she got together, she specially asked Yingxue to tell the kitchen that lunch must be made carefully, and make a few more dishes that her brothers and sisters love to eat.
Ying Xue naturally didn't dare to disobey, and went to the kitchen to convey Wei Fu's instructions.
After breakfast, Wei Fu asked the maids to put away all the soft cushions on the strange benches in the room, and then sat down on the benches with a frown, and said lightly: "When will the stewards from all over the house come to reply?" ”
Ying Xue and Ying Lan glanced at each other.
With yesterday's experience as a foundation, and now hearing Wei Fu's strange command, the two are not so surprised, anyway, this is their mistress and the lady of the Guogong Mansion, no matter what she wants to do, they just need to obey.
"Mrs. Hui, because you have been impatient to manage the affairs of the house in the past few years, the stewards of all parts of the house usually do not come to the courtyard to reply......" Yingxue said.
"If you want to see the stewards, the servants, let them in." Yinglan Road.
Wei Fu furrowed his brow slightly.
In this case, it is no wonder that the people in the house are so unruly.
This is a huge Guogong Mansion, the head of the house doesn't care about anything, and the affairs of the house are all in charge of everything, so you can imagine what kind of chaotic situation it will be, and it has not been messed up until now, probably thanks to Jiang Heng's name is shaking.
But even if Jiang Heng is shocked, at most, it will just make the house not messy, and how many moths will breed, I'm afraid no one can say.
I'm afraid that now that I have come to my senses and want to take charge of the house again, these moths who have tasted the sweetness will be unhappy.
But......
Oh, in the end, the surname of this Guogong Mansion is still Jiang, she is the mistress of this Guogong Mansion, if the people below are more knowledgeable, she doesn't have to do things absolutely, if there are still people who try to provoke her majesty, then you must be ready to spit out the money you eat!
Wei Fu bowed his head slightly, "Let everyone come over." ”
Ying Xue and Ying Lan saluted, and went to inform the stewards everywhere.
Today's Guogong Mansion, that is, the General's Mansion that Wei Fu was once familiar with, this mansion was given by the current Shengshang, Jiang Heng was the general of the Zhenguo Dynasty, it was originally the palace of the previous dynasty, because the royal family of the Jing Dynasty was not rich in blood, but it has never been given to any prince.
According to Jiang Heng's official title at that time, living in this prince's regulated mansion was actually overstepping, but this was a reward from the saints, even if it was the imperial history of those in the court who liked to pull people's pigtails, no one dared to say a word.
Since it is the prince's regulation, you can imagine how big this house is, even if you go to the capital several times, I am afraid that you will not be able to find a few mansions that are bigger than the Zhenguo Mansion.
In such a large house, even if there are not many masters in the Guogong Mansion, if you want to maintain the normal operation of the mansion, you need many subordinates, and you always need a steward for all kinds of complicated affairs.
Therefore, there are really a lot of things in charge of the inner and outer courtyards of the Guogong Mansion.
After Ying Xue and Ying Lan notified the stewards of various places, they went back to the main courtyard to resume their lives.
And those stewards who got the news, after Yingxue and Yinglan left, they did not go to the main courtyard as soon as possible, but gathered at the house of one of them under some tacit understanding.
"Mr. Liu, what do you think about this matter?" One of them, dressed in gold and silver, looked extremely wealthy, and spoke impatiently first.
This woman looked at the age of forty years old, wearing a jujube red dress, tidying herself up, looking extraordinarily energetic, this look, said that the old lady in charge of the family is afraid that it will not make people feel disobedient, if you don't know her, who would have thought that she is actually just a person who signed a deed of sale?
Known as Steward Liu, he was a middle-aged man in his forties, and his clothes were undoubtedly much more low-key than the mother-in-law who spoke, wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and there were no ornaments on his body.
Such a person seems to be everywhere on the street, but he is the head of the entire Zhenguo Mansion, and he is also the person who makes many stewards below look at him.
Hearing the mother-in-law ask, Steward Liu smiled: "I'm just a subordinate in the Guogong Mansion, saying that I am the chief manager, and I am also the face of the masters, and now Mrs. wants to see us, where can I have any opinion, naturally I will go to Mrs. to reply." ”
The mother-in-law who spoke first was surnamed Zhao, who was born in the Jiang family, and later married a man who was also a child of the family, and was regarded as a servant of the Jiang family.
Seeing that Steward Liu didn't care about his own stubble at all, Mrs. Zhao was anxious, "Steward Liu, you know what I mean, Mrs. has not cared about the affairs of the house for many years, and now she suddenly called me to wait for a reply, could it be that she wants to personally ask about the affairs of the house?" ”
The other stewards who had not yet spoken looked at each other.
Although they didn't speak, Mrs. Zhao took the lead, but they had the same idea as Mrs. Zhao, and they were all worried that if Mrs. wanted to take care of the affairs again, the authority in their hands would be weakened.
Don't look at them, they are also subordinates in the Guogong Mansion, but everyone is more or less in charge of some things, and in the case that the masters in the mansion don't just ask about the general affairs, they have lived no worse than some lower-grade officials and eunuchs over the years.
It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
Such is the case with these stewards.
Even if they know that they are just subordinates of the Guogong Mansion, and the little power in their hands is given by the master, but if the master really wants to take back the power in their hands, how can they be willing?
It is precisely because of this that they gathered together at Manager Liu.
It's just that I just hope that Manager Liu can get up and put pressure on Mrs. with them.
For a while, everyone stared at Mr. Liu, waiting for Mr. Liu's answer.
was watched by everyone, and Manager Liu still said: "This Guogong Mansion is the Guogong Mansion of the Grandpa and Mrs. Guo, and it was Madame who trusted us to entrust me with important responsibilities, and now if Madame wants to be tired of taking care of the affairs in the mansion, let's ......"
Speaking of this, Manager Liu paused.
Others, too, were holding their breath because of his pause.
“…… All you need to do is follow Madame's orders. "Mr. Liu.
After hearing Mr. Liu's words, Mrs. Zhao, as well as some other people, were obviously a little disappointed, and even they couldn't hide it, letting the disappointment hang on their faces.
But there are also some people who look thoughtful.
After Mr. Liu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Mrs. Zhao to say anything, so he waved his hand at everyone, "Okay, let's disperse, Mrs. is still waiting for me to reply, I can't let Mrs. wait for a long time." ”