The most taboo person of King Lu Li Shi was his brother Zhao Wang Li Si, because his father had made it clear that Li Si was more suitable to inherit the throne than other sons.
Perhaps the father is just talking, but why has Yu Chaoen been destroyed for more than a year, and the father is still reluctant to establish a prince? Isn't it because there is another option?
Li Shi stood in front of the window, staring at the yard with stern eyes, but Lu Qi's words fell into his ears without missing a word.
Li Si is secretly cultivating his own power. He believes that several of the Guanlong nobles have been bribed by him, and several senior generals also support him. Prime Minister Han Huang has expressed sympathy for Li Si many times, so who else?
?Who else would burn Li Si’s cold incense?
"You mean Guo Song?"
Li Shi was startled, turned around and asked, "Why do you say Guo Song is the one who summoned the king?"
"Your Highness, the relationship between Guo Song and King Zhao has lasted more than a day or two. They met on the grassland two years ago. I have investigated before and found that Guo Song's house was the former official residence of King Zhao. This time they came back from Hexi together."
"enough!"
Li Shi interrupted Lu Qi, "Everything you said is speculation, and there is no clear evidence. I don't want to decide a person's ownership based on speculation. I know the cause and effect of Guo Song's house, so you don't need to say any more.
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Lu Qi hit a snag and felt really depressed. However, he knew Li Shi after all. He knew how to make Li Shi believe his words. Maybe today was not the time.
"In addition, Wei Chen would like to report on the matter of summoning the king."
Li Shi was very interested in this topic, and he immediately asked: "How is his condition?"
"After King Zhao returned to Beijing, he immediately went to the palace to visit the emperor, but our spies discovered that a young eunuch came to notify King Zhao first, and then King Zhao went to the palace."
"Who sent this little eunuch?"
Li Shi realized that this was the key point, Zhao Wang had someone in the palace.
"Reporting to Your Highness, it was sent by Sun Xiaozhong, the chief internal affairs officer."
Li Shi took a breath of air. It turned out that Sun Xiaozhong, the chief internal officer, was the one who summoned the king, and he didn't even know it.
"Is this news accurate?"
"The news is accurate!"
Li Shi was a little confused. He knew very well that the weight of the chief internal officer was equivalent to that of a prime minister!
And he also thought that Sun Xiaozhong was promoted by Emperor Suzong, so of course he was biased towards Zhao Wang Li Si, but his power in the palace was weak.
Lu Qi seized this opportunity and whispered: "There is really no one else who can deal with Sun Xiaozhong except Cheng Zhenyuan. Your Highness must have his own talent in the palace!"
Li Shi finally agreed with Lu Qi's suggestion. He nodded, "Let's make arrangements! I'll meet him at the Zhuque Restaurant sometime."
Guo Song met his third senior brother Zhang Lei and Li Wenyu in the evening. Li Wenyu was six months pregnant, and his temper was not as gentle as that of a pregnant mother, but was even more violent.
"Don't mention it!"
Li Wenyu slammed the water glass on the table and said with an annoyed look: "Jiannan Shaochun's secret technique of steaming wine was leaked last year. Some people guessed that the secret recipe of our Meishou wine is also the same. There is really a winery that made it.
For good wines similar to our Meishou wine, in addition to Meishou wine, there are also Qiongjiang wine, Biye wine, and Xinghua wine on the market to compete with us. Even the bottles are imitating ours, and a lot of business has been taken away at once.
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Zhang Lei quickly explained: "In fact, the business is still good, but it is not as popular as before. Our Meishou wine is still in short supply, but many big restaurants want us to send Meishou wine, Lao Wu, what do you think?"
"Did you send any?"
"Not yet, your sister-in-law said she must listen to your opinion on this matter."
Guo Song nodded and said: "The reason why many century-old restaurants have been prosperous is that they insist on quality and principles. Although expanding the restaurant's delivery can bring about a short-term increase in sales, fake Meishou wine will also inevitably spread.
, no one knew which was true or false, and in the end the Meishou wine brand was ruined.
The reason why we insist on only selling to the top ten restaurants is because the top ten restaurants cherish their reputation and will not sell fake wine to damage their own store brands. Therefore, drinkers who drink Meishou wine in other restaurants will definitely say that the wine is fake.
, instead of saying that Meishou wine is not good, this is called a good reputation, do you understand?"
Li Wenyu glared at her husband, "Did you hear what your junior brother said? You're the only one who has a fever all day long."
Zhang Lei scratched his head in embarrassment, "I understand, and I won't think about it anymore."
Li Wenyu yawned, got up and left a little tiredly.
Zhang Lei poured another glass of wine for Guo Song and said, "What are your plans next?"
Guo Song shook his head, "I don't know yet that the emperor fell ill and his aunt is not in Chang'an. I don't know what to do myself. But I will submit a report to the Ministry of War tomorrow morning and see how the court arranges it.
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"Even us businessmen know that the court is in chaos right now. You have to be careful and don't be easily caught."
"I understand all this. Let's not talk about me. Let's talk about you. Didn't I suggest that you do more business?"
Zhang Lei hesitated and said: "We now have a store in Dongshi that does jewelry business, called Duobao Pavilion. In fact, we bought the original Duobao Pavilion, but we haven't decided how to distribute the shares. Wait until you come back.
discuss."
"Then half for each person."
Guo Song quickly set the shareholding ratio. He smiled a little surprised and asked: "How did you think of doing jewelry business?"
Zhang Lei was very happy. Although they only accounted for 30% of the shares in the wine shop, they both hoped that the jewelry store could get more shares. It would be best for him and his fifth brother to share half of the shares. He was originally a little worried that his fifth brother would not agree, but he didn't expect it.
The fifth brother agreed so happily, which made Zhang Lei very happy.
Zhang Lei quickly said: "The purchase of Duobao Pavilion is still related to Uncle An. Uncle An has 30% of the jewelry store. He doesn't want it anymore, so he comes to ask us if we want it? Then he replaced me and several other owners.
We negotiated and everyone agreed to transfer it to us, and we spent a total of 130,000 yuan to buy this store."
"So how's business?"
"Business is not bad. Although there is no wine shop to make money, it is relatively stable. There are the best jewelry craftsmen in the shop. Our customers are all relatives of the emperor and powerful people. Some big businessmen will also come to patronize us."
At this time, Guo Song suddenly remembered something and asked with a smile: "Does Duobao Pavilion accept jade?"
"Yes, yes, but generally we only accept good-quality jewelry and jade."
"There is definitely no problem with the quality. My soldiers brought back a lot of beautiful jade from Anxi. You will arrange for two stewards to go to Qingxu Temple tomorrow morning to collect the jade. They must pay a fair price so that my soldiers can make a profit."
Early the next morning, he took the report from the Western Regions to the Shangshu Province located in the Ming Dynasty Palace. He did keep a secret and made a copy of the report. He worked hard to write a 30,000-word report. If some court officials failed to accept it,
If the responsibility is destroyed, where can you find the large amount of data?
The Shangshu Province is an extremely grand building. There are seven official government gates on the nearly one mile long red wall, including the Six Departments and the Shangshu Provincial Government. There are soldiers standing guard in front of each gate, and there are two imposing gates on the left and right.
There are majestic stone lions and seven official offices from right to left, namely the Shangshu Provincial Office, the Officials Department, the Household Department, the Rites Department, the Military Department, the Punishment Department and the Works Department.
Guo Song wore a fifth-grade official uniform with a silver fish bag hanging on his waist, and walked directly into the gate of the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War has two floors, with a large courtyard in the middle. In the courtyard, there are rockeries, ponds, fish, and towers and pavilions.
, the Zhifang Department, the Jiabu Department and the Treasury Department are located on both sides of the courtyard. At the end of the courtyard are two small courtyards, which are the official rooms of the Minister of War and the Minister of War.
Guo Song was the emperor's special envoy. Logically speaking, his report should be handed over directly to the emperor. However, the emperor Li Yu was seriously ill and the king of Lu, Li Shi, was in charge of the country. Guo Song planned to hand the report to the superintendent Li Shi.
But King Zhao Li Si specially sent someone to remind him that although he was the pacifier of the Western Regions, he was also the governor of the Anxi Protectorate. If his report could not be handed over to the emperor, it must be reported as the governor of the Anxi Protectorate.
The name should be handed over to the imperial court, but not directly to the supervisory state, and the supervisory authority and the emperor should not be confused.
So today Guo Song came to the Ministry of War. According to the rules of the imperial court, he must submit the investigation report of the Western Regions to the Staff Department of the Ministry of War, and then the Staff Department will report it to him level by level.
"Excuse me, is Dr. Fang Si here?" Guo Song asked at the door.
"Who are you? What's the matter with?" An official in his thirties came forward and asked.
"This is Shi Guosong, the governor of Anxi Province. Is there an investigation report on the Western Regions that I want to hand over to your company?"
The official was a little surprised. When did the imperial court appoint the governor of Anxi Protectorate, Shi, and he didn't even know?
But he did not question it, nodded and said: "The report is handed over to us. Guo Changshi, please give the report to me! I am a staff member, and maps and reports from all over the world are handed over to me first, and I will review them later."
Submit to the doctor."
Guo Song felt a little uncomfortable. At least the Minister of War should have received his report, but in the end it was a Yuanwailang who dealt with him.
"This is the military intelligence investigation report of Anxi and Beiting!"
Yuanwailang felt a little slighted, and his tone became colder, "No matter what report it is, it must be handed over to me. This is the rule. Not to mention it is just a long history, even the report written by the Anxi Governor must be first handed over to me."
Come to me."
Guo Song was dissatisfied and said with a serious face: "I want to see your minister!"
"I'm sorry, Cui Shilang is not here today. Let me say it one last time, Guo Changshi, please give me the report, and then you can leave."