Zheng Jiu nodded and said, "Yes, I have asked people who live near his home, and they all said that Li Jifeng has a good character. He has never done anything inappropriate in so many years."
"So, there is no way that Wei promised to have anything against him?" Faced with the comprehensive inquiry, Zheng Jiu said: "Wei promised to come to Yongshou Palace after Li Jifeng was banned. From what I can see...the two should be the same.
There is no connection. The reason why he went to rescue Wei Yao was probably because of his mission."
Zhou Quan tapped the edge of the table with his fingers and murmured: "If it's not Li Jifeng, who could it be?"
Zheng Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Manager, could it be that the queen guessed wrongly? In fact... there is no such person."
"I have thought about it, but..." Zhou Quan hesitated and said, "Your Majesty's mind is far more delicate than ours. Over the years, she has rarely made a wrong guess. Since she has spoken, she should not be wrong.
, it’s just that we haven’t found it yet.”
Zheng Jiu thought for a while and said: "Manager, don't you have any clue about Yongshou Palace?"
Zhou Quan sighed and said, "If so, I wouldn't have such a headache. There is also Zhang Quan, who keeps staring at me and once even grabbed Xiao Chengzi and asked questions. It's really troublesome."
Zheng Jiu said coldly: "This person wants to harm the manager. If you leave him here, even if nothing happens this time, he will become a disaster in the future. The manager should take precautions early."
"I have also thought about this matter. I originally thought that after this incident was over, I would ask the empress to order him to be transferred to another place, but I had no choice..." Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "So this matter can only be slowed down first. As long as
Let's be more careful, he shouldn't be able to find anything."
Zheng Jiu's eyes flashed coldly, and he said slowly: "Actually, we can strike first to gain advantage."
Zhou Quan knew that Zheng Jiu always had many ideas, so he quickly asked: "If you have any ideas, please tell me quickly."
Zheng Jiu smiled slightly and said: "Didn't Zhang Quan always want to find fault with the manager? Then let's find fault with him and make it difficult for him to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"But this person has always done things..." Zhou Quan seemed to understand something in the middle of his words, and frowned: "You mean he is doing things in secret?"
"Yes, as the deputy general manager, he must have a lot of things to deal with every day. As long as we find one of them that is quite important and take action, we can naturally report it to the queen and legitimately depose him as deputy general manager.
position, or even be kicked out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Zhou Quan was not a sloppy person, so he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Although this method is a bit underhanded, it is the only way to drive Zhang Quan away. As you said, keeping him will always be a disaster." After a pause, he said:
"You pay attention to what Wei promised, Zhang Quan... I will deal with it."
The next day, after Zhang Quan counted and recorded the mangosteens that had just been brought in from outside the palace, he called Fu Tai in, took a sip of tea and said, "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Fu Tai looked embarrassed and said: "Please forgive me, manager, there is no news yet."
Zhang Quan said displeasedly: "It has been nearly half a month since I told you to do something. Every time I ask you, you give the same answer. When can you change your answer?"
Fu Tai said aggrievedly: "I also want to find out as soon as possible, but Zheng Jiu and the others are very guarded. No matter how hard I try to follow or even get close, I can't get a word out of their mouths."
Zhang Quan put down the tea cup and said in a cold voice: "According to you, there is nothing we can do about it?" After a moment of pause, he added: "This old fox is hiding so well, so the matter must be serious. I have a hunch.
As long as we can find out, we can definitely drive him out of the position of general manager."
Speaking of this, Zhang Quan's heart felt very uncomfortable, just like a cat that knew there was a mouse in the hole but couldn't get in because the hole was too small, and could only watch the mouse show off its power in the hole.
Zhang Quan walked back and forth several times, stopped in front of Fu Tai, and said coldly: "Keep investigating, I don't care what methods you use, but you must find out what the three of them did secretly." Fu Tai lowered his head and said nothing.
, he said: "As long as I can take the position of general manager, I will recommend you to the emperor as deputy general manager."
Hearing this, Fu Tai's eyes suddenly lit up and he said in surprise: "Does the manager really mean what he said?"
Zhang Quan smiled and patted his shoulder and said: "I know very well how you have done things over the years. I will never treat anyone who is loyal to you."
Fu Tai said excitedly: "To be valued so much by the general manager is really a blessing accumulated over many lifetimes. I wish I could work as a cow or a horse for the general manager all my life, and be dispatched by the general manager." Before Zhang Er could speak, he said again: "
I’ll go out and investigate again now.”
Zhang Quan was about to nod when he caught a glimpse of Zhou Quan and Zheng Jiu coming in from the corner of his eye. He hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile, "Manager, why are you here?"
Zhou Quan glanced at him and said coldly: "What's wrong? Can't I come to Mr. Zhang's place?"
Zhang Quan smiled and said: "Where did the manager go? I just think that if anything happens, you can just ask someone to come over and send a message. I will just go over and see you. There is no need for you to come over in person."
Zhou Quan snorted coldly and said with cold eyes: "I'm afraid that Manager Zhang won't tell the truth if I don't come over."
Zhang Quan sensed something was wrong in his words and quickly said: "Why did the manager say such things? But what happened?"
Zhou Quan ignored him and only said to Zheng Jiu: "Go and bring the batch of Shu brocade from the warehouse with Xiao Chengzi."
After Zheng Jiu left as instructed, Zhang Quan said again: "General Manager..."
Before he could continue, Zhou Quan raised his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, let's wait until Shu Brocade has moved here."
Seeing what he said, Zhang Quan could only swallow his words. After touching half a stick of incense, Zheng Jiu and Xiao Chengzi brought in seven or eight batches of brightly colored brocades.
After they carefully placed the brocade on the table, Zhou Fang said expressionlessly: "This batch of Shu brocade was brought up as tribute a few days ago, and then passed through your hands and was stored in the warehouse, right?"
"Sichuan brocade is precious, and it has always been said that every inch of brocade is gold. Although Shu is rich in mulberry trees and has many mulberry insects, in a year, only a dozen pieces of Shu brocade can meet the standards of tribute. It is not enough to say that it is rare.
Yes; I remember one year, there was a drought in Shu, mulberry trees dried up in large areas, and the number of mulberry insects also dropped sharply. The local officials were afraid that the emperor would blame them if there were not enough Shu brocades as tribute, so they used second-class Shu brocades as tributes. It was just right at that time
It was me who inspected and found that eight of the eleven pieces of Shu brocade were defective, and only three were truly worthy of tribute. When the emperor learned of this, he immediately dismissed that person from his official position and sent him into military exile."
Zhang Quan was not sure what Zhou Quan meant by saying this, so he said cautiously: "I also know about this. At that time, Manager Qian also praised you very much, Manager Qian."