Chapter 79

Pan Chen and Ning Shufei's words made the atmosphere in Kangshou Palace also have some changes, if it wasn't for Pan Chen to bring up this point, everyone really forgot that many of the people from these departments and departments outside were left by the previous dynasty, when the Qi family entered the palace, there were 20,000 people in the palace, 18,000 were cleaned up, and thousands of people were newly recruited from outside the palace, but no one can deny that in the harem today, there are still more than 2,000 old people from the previous dynasty.

These people all entered the court during the Ning Kingdom period, in other words, now this Concubine Ning Shu was their serious master at the beginning, if she thought far-reaching, then Concubine Ning Shu's position would be very embarrassing.

Concubine Ning Shu also seemed to be aware of this problem, and as soon as she was reminded by the tall and thin eunuch behind her, she also shut up, her eyes coldly swept Pan Chen up and down, and then returned to her position. After she left, Pan Chen turned his gaze back to the Queen Mother and asked:

"Queen Mother, do you think what the concubine said is right?"

Yan glanced at Pan Xiao and Ning Shufei, and replied to Pan Chen angrily: "Hmph, how good is the truth?" Do you dare to say that you have no selfish intentions? Although Concubine Ning Shufei's position is not good, what she said is not unreasonable, you rashly cleaned up all these people outside the palace, you want to install your own eyeliner, isn't it? ”

Pan Chen was not humble or silent: "Queen Mother, have you carefully read what the concubine wrote?" These people outside the palace, the concubines have never said that they want to clean up and replace them from beginning to end, they are still the chief managers, they are the aunts in charge, the salaries remain the same, the grades remain the same, but they just disperse the power in their hands, why would they be unwilling? The concubine didn't understand. ”

The Queen Mother hesitated a little, and Pan Xiao, who had always been silent on the side, walked out and said coldly:

"Concubine De Niangniang may have just been promoted, some inflated, some self-righteous, you said that others are confused, but as everyone knows, the most confusing thing is you, these managers outside the palace are reluctant to disperse the power in their hands to ask the Queen Mother to be the master? If, as you say, there is no change, why did they come? There are rules in the palace, which have been operated like this for thousands of years, since the emperor ascended the throne, the harem has been peaceful and smooth, and nothing bad has happened, which shows that there is no problem with the previous palace rules and systems, but Concubine De, you want to break this peace, use the prestige of your new promotion, and wantonly oppress with high-sounding reasons, if the queen mother allows you today, then do you still have to set rules for the queen mother and us in the future? The entire harem is at your mercy, doesn't that mean? ”

Pan Xiao is a dog that doesn't bark, and when he opens his mouth, he bites.

Pan Chen smiled slightly, and did not argue with Pan Xiao, but turned around and shouted outside the hall: "Qiu Ping, bring things in." ”

Pan Xiaohu looked at Pan Chen suspiciously, and then saw Qiu Ping, who was holding a stack of things in his hand, walked in from outside, respectfully bowed and knelt down to everyone in the hall, and then bowed down and presented the things in his hand to Pan Chen, like a few stacks of account books, before bending down, Qiu Ping and Pan Chen glanced at each other, and knocked lightly on the side of the account book with one hand.

"Whether I have been oppressed or not, this account book will tell. If there really were no problems with the management of the departments and departments, then I would not bother to do this. This account book is one of the account books of the Purchasing Division over the years, and the account details on it are very clear, the amount is good, and there is no problem on the books. Someone came, handed the account book to the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian and took a look. ”

Another grandmother beside Yan looked at Yan, Yan was suspicious, nodded, and then the grandmother went to Pan Chen, took the account book in her hand, Pan Xiao walked to Yan's side quietly, watched with Yan, and then said to Pan Chen:

"Since the ledger is fine, what else do you want to say?"

Pan Chen didn't sell Guanzi, and replied directly: "Please take a look at the specific details of the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian, this account book is done quite well, there are no mistakes, every page has a page number of the account book, the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian pay attention to the eighty-second number, which is written on the daily use of the palace, and what is bought is the ingredients and ornament materials, that is, the imperial dining room, the things needed by the Shangyi Bureau, these things, bought back by the purchasing department, and distributed to the imperial dining room after being inspected by the Inner Court Division, Shangyi Bureau, I am not wrong about the process." Things are true, and the process is also true, but don't you think the price of things is strange? The price of one or two golden silk dates is almost worth the price of one or two blood swallows, and a pound of lotus seeds is grown on the Tianshan Mountains, and it is impossible to sell it more expensive than ginseng, right? Besides, the Shangyi Bureau, this roll of cotton thread for sewing and mending clothes, even if it comes out of the best clothing shop in Jiankang City, the price will not be more expensive than the price of gold thread, right? ”

After Pan Chen's explanation, Yan and Pan Xiao really saw the price problem, Yan was originally in charge, and he could read the account book, and this account was indeed not bad, but as Pan Chen said, there was a big problem with the price, Pan Xiao had learned the skills of a housewife in the past, and he could understand it when he looked at the account, but he didn't want to admit that Pan Chen was right, so he took a deep breath and stood aside.

Yan slapped the handrail and said angrily: "Come on, let the purchasing department, the inner court department, the head of the imperial dining room and the Shangyi Bureau all come in, and explain this matter to the mourning family clearly." ”

The queen mother gave an order, and the summoned people rushed in, the head of the inner court department glanced at Pan Chen, and then hurriedly knelt down in front of Yan, Yan threw the account book in front of them, the inner court department was fine, the head manager of the purchasing department saw the account book, he was so frightened that his head was full of sweat, and he couldn't wipe it clean, Yan said coldly:

"I didn't know that in the harem, there were people like you who harbored evil intentions, and this account book belonged to you?"

Each department in the harem has its own account book, and you can know where it is from the pattern and style of the account book, Manager Zhang nodded tremblingly: "Yes, yes." ”

"Hmph. Can you admit what Concubine De said? How many heads do you have? ”

Manager Zhang's face was pale, and the corner of his eyes couldn't help glancing at Manager Liu of the Inner Court Division, but he didn't dare to say anything, Pan Chen saw this qiē in his eyes, walked to Manager Zhang's side casually, squatted down, looked at Manager Zhang who was kneeling on the ground, hooked his lips and said:

"Did Mr. Zhang just bring his mother from the township to Jiankang City recently, and there is a little daughter-in-law hidden in the house, it is the beginning of a good life."

Pan Chen's words made Mr. Zhang look at Pan Chen as if he had seen a ghost, he looked at Pan Chen in horror, his lips became more and more white, the cold sweat on his head flowed, Pan Chen looked at his reaction with satisfaction, Mr. Zhang was stared at very uncomfortable by her, raised his eyes and quickly glanced at her, Pan Chen looked at him at the right time, and glanced at Mr. Liu of the Inner Court Division, Mr. Zhang looked at Pan Chen's eyes, and his heart suddenly became clear, Pan Chen stopped being verbose when he saw this, and stood up.

"This account book is indeed the responsibility of the Purchasing Division, then this matter must be the responsibility of the Purchasing Division, and I am afraid that the good life of Manager Zhang will come to an end." Pan Chen said lukewarmly.

Mr. Zhang swallowed his throat, then looked to the side, and said in a trembling voice:

"De, Concubine De, this account book is indeed my purchasing department, but our purchasing department is only responsible for buying, but the place that is really designated, as well as the price given by that place, are all proposed by other departments themselves, I, we don't know that the price is like this."

As soon as Manager Zhang's words came out, the aunt of the head of the imperial dining room and the Shangyi Bureau next to him was not happy, and the director of the imperial dining room said: "No, no, no, this, the minions know what these things are!" Just, let's just say that we want things for the imperial dining room, but what is the price, we also ...... this I don't know. ”

The aunt of the Shangyi Bureau also realized that she was scared at the moment, she never thought that she would be burned today, and she was also unlucky, so many departments, but Concubine De picked them to talk about the matter, and hurriedly defended herself:

"yes, yes, these things slaves don't know the price, it's all ...... It's all bought by the Purchasing Division, and we just have to take things from the Inner Courtyard Division and use them back. ”

As soon as the aunt of the Shangyi Bureau said words, she gave the head of the Inner Court Division, Liu Gonggong, a glance back, and the aunt of the Shangyi Bureau hurriedly shrank her head, as if she also knew that she had lost her words, Pan Chen came to the head of the Liu Bureau and said with a smile:

"Oh, so that's the responsibility of the Inner Division? The Inner Court Department supervises this qiē, and is Manager Liu filling his own pockets or ...... Have ulterior motives? ”

Regarding Pan Chen's words, Chief Manager Liu of the Inner Court Division just snorted coldly, "Hmph, Concubine De Niangniang is really powerful, she has worked hard to frame the slaves, is there a problem with the price of these things, even if there is a problem, then what evidence is there to say that it is the responsibility of my Inner Court Division?" I ordered something in the palace, and the purchasing department went out to buy it, and my inner court department checked the number of things, how did it become the self-filling and ulterior motives in the mouth of Concubine De? Concubine De wants to convict me, the head of the Inner Court Division, on these trumped-up charges, isn't it too child's play? ”

Pan Chen smiled silently, looked at Manager Liu condescendingly for a moment, and just when Manager Liu seemed to be aware of her staring, Pan Chen suddenly turned around, did not give Manager Liu a chance to speak again, and said directly to the Yan family who was sitting on the phoenix:

"So the queen mother saw it, what the concubine said before was not wrong, the management of the various departments and departments of the harem is too chaotic, and there is no clear system of responsibility, there is really something like this kind of account chaos, you push me to push, everyone seems to have some problems, but think about it carefully, it seems that everyone can not be fully responsible, this is the negligence of the management regulations, the palace rules in the palace can regulate the manners, clothing and speech of the palace personnel, but they can't regulate this responsibility, a person does things in the palace, but can not take responsibility, then what was found today was just two or three dates and a few rolls of cotton thread, but if it is bigger, this is not a small problem. Queen Mother, are you right when you say that the concubines are right? ”

After Pan Chen's words came out, the chief managers and the Queen Mother Yan were dumbfounded, they all thought that Pan Chenfei was so energetic, just wanted to kill chickens and monkeys and convict these chief managers, but she didn't expect that she just used this incident to make a raft, and finally went back to the original route.

thought that she was going to make a move to wrongfully sit and kill the Quartet, but who would have thought that she was just borrowing novels to convince people with virtue.