It was almost noon that Wang Jian came out of Shen Hao's public room. He hurriedly did not eat lunch in the yamen, but went out through the back door and returned to a secret stronghold in the Fourth Ministry.

In the past two years, Heishui was drawn out by Pang Ban and asked about it alone, which gradually alienated Heishui the system of the Heiqi Camp... Wang Jian rarely even showed up publicly. After this habit was formed, there was no intention to change, and Shen Hao did not interfere, and he was happy to see it happen.

As for an intelligence organization, it is beneficial to be mysterious.

Wang Jian left, and Shen Hao enjoyed the long-lost yamen meal in the public hall. It was still the same as the old man, a stack of beef sauce, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a large stack of meat patties. Finally, he was accompanied by a pot of light fruit wine to serve.

While eating, Shen Hao was still thinking about what Wang Jian said before about the current pattern in the temple, and found it particularly interesting. It was even much more interesting than the things in the sect circle.

And the source of these interests starts from the top to the bottom.

The key point is the confusion about the position of Zuo Prime Minister and the emperor did not have a clear attitude from beginning to end, as if he was mixing with the mud, allowing the mud to stir the water of the pool more and more mud.

During the two years when Shen Hao was away, Cao Guobang was still sitting in the position of the left prime minister, and there was no ups and downs. The connection with Hei Shui was still maintained, but for a period of time, he felt intermittently that Cao Guobang seemed reluctant to provide information to Hei Shui. Later, with Shen Hao's return, it quickly continued. Cao Guobang even expressed concern to Shen Hao through Hei Shui's hope.

But Cao Guobang sat in the left position with steadily, which made many people anxious in their hearts. For example, the group of people surrounded by Bai Changqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Why is Bai Changqing so popular? So much so that he was labeled as the potential of the Left Prime Minister with his position as the Secretary of State?

There are two reasons. One is that Bai Changqing himself has very strong potential. Not to mention his qualifications, he is basically one of the first batch of emperors to take the imperial court, and played a very critical role in the emperor's successful ascension to the throne. In addition, Bai Changqing is also a rare monk among civil servants, and his cultivation has even reached the realm of gathering the gods, which makes him look half of his age in disguise. He belongs to the category of "young", although he is over 70 years old.

The second reason is that we have to talk about the key role that the emperor plays in it.

At the beginning, the emperor probably really planned to help Bai Changqing as the left prime minister. However, later Shen Hao broke the emperor's arrangements by Heishui's institution. In addition, Shen Hao replaced Cao Guobang and Heishui helped him. Cao Guobang threw out a lot of black materials from officials following Bai Changqing, which also cast a haze on Bai Changqing's reputation, causing the emperor to hesitate.

But despite his hesitation, Emperor Shu did not give up Bai Changqing as a reserve candidate, and even just responded to the public opinion in the temple to suspend his thoughts. While he asked Cao Guobang to sit in the left prime minister's position to exercise his power, he continued to copy a memorial from time to time to ask Bai Changqing for advice. In the middle of last year, he even held a job of giving Bai Changqing a pen to the Zhongshu Academy, so that Bai Changqing could legitimately review the non-top secret memorials submitted by various places.

This treatment is not simple. No matter who sees it, he will think that the emperor is deliberately cultivating Bai Changqing's ability to manage politics and giving Bai Changqing the opportunity to familiarize himself with the government affairs situation in various places.

Therefore, even though Hei Shui's intelligence helped Cao Guobang understand the followers around Bai Changqing, the effect was not as great as it was at the beginning. In the end, more than half a year before Shen Hao came back, few people around Bai Changqing had any handles that could be controlled by others. Looking back like this, it was like Cao Guobang who helped Bai Changqing clean up the unevenness around him. It was really hard to tell whether it was good or bad.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Guobang deliberately alienated Heishui for a period of time, as if he was a little blamed Heishui for the ups and downs of his psychological expectations.

However, with Shen Hao's return, even as the current left prime minister, Cao Guobang still dared not look at all. Compared to Bai Changqing's relatively clean body, Cao Guobang's life is in the hands of this Lord Shen. He doesn't have the conditions to be tough.

So the fun came.

People sitting in the left-celebrity position above have no potential and are of high age. How many years can they be with mediocre ability? Besides, they rely on the support of aristocratic families. They belong to the old faction, and they also need to support that faction. Anyone who is very smart will not follow the current left-celebrity, but will find a way out.

Who is the way out? Who can be there in the temple except Bai Changqing?

So from top to bottom, there were many fenceists. They were standing on Cao Guobang's side on the surface, but behind their backs they always looked for opportunities to get to Bai Changqing. From time to time, they even came to visit the door under the name of "please help". Who can't understand what medicine they sell?

Cao Guobang could not change this situation, and even had the intention of being purified. However, Bai Changqing was very calm, not arrogant or impatient, and still acted as his Minister of Revenue step by step. He did not really rely on his favor to His Majesty and pointed around.

Take the current dilemma caused by evil spirits and evil monks in the Jingji Dynasty. The Zuo Prime Minister, who should have been faithfully executed, changed after several twists and turns to a place. The reason was not that the local government had any bad intentions, but they consciously put the behavior of the Ministry of Revenue as the first reference and put it into the Zuo Prime Minister.

For example, Zuo Xiangling said that a place would make every effort to raise grain and grass for the supply of various troops in various places, Xuanqingwei, which required the best meeting. However, the grain and grass allocated by the Ministry of Households required priority supply to various official grain shops, so that the most basic price of people's lives should not soar.

Both orders were correct, but the local government tacitly put the requirements of the Ministry of Revenue first, while the left prime minister was executed in half. So the army and Xuanqingwei were always lagging behind in unification of food and grass. Especially the army, there was a huge opinion on this. Originally, the army would draw grain nearby, but you put the army on the second round of grain supply, so you could only eat a 70% full amount, and the impeachment for this matter has never been stopped.

However, it seems that the emperor did not say anything about this, and actually acquiesced to the situation of orders and reforms. In Shen Hao's opinion, this can be explained, and it should be due to Qingchi's obstruction. After all, the lack of food and supplies in the army can affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. It directly reflects the omissions in defenses in various places or the inability to do their best. Its significance is the same as curbing Xuanqingwei.
Chapter completed!