Chapter 1378 Hobbies

It was near noon when Wang Jian came out of Shen Hao's office. He didn't have lunch in the yamen in a hurry, but went out through the back door and went back to a secret stronghold in Sibu.

In the past two years, Heishui was drawn out by Pang Ban to personally intervene, so that Heishui gradually alienated the system of Heiqiying. Wang Jian rarely even shows up in public. After forming this habit, he didn't intend to change it, and Shen Hao didn't interfere, so he was happy to see it succeed.

Intelligence organizations, it pays to be secretive.

Wang Jian left, and Shen Hao enjoyed the long-lost yamen meal in the office. It's still the same as the old three, a stack of sauced beef, a plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and a large stack of meatloaf. Finish off with a jug of light fruit wine.

While eating, Shen Hao was still thinking about what Wang Jian said about the current layout of the temple, and found it very interesting. It's even more interesting than things in the Zongmen circle.

And the source of these interests will start from top to bottom.

The key point is the confusion about the position of Zuo Xiang, and the fact that the emperor did not have a clear attitude from the beginning to the end, as if he was making peace with the mud, allowing the mud to make the pool more and more muddy.

During the two years when Shen Hao was away, Cao Guobang was still sitting in the position of left minister, with no ups and downs. . The connection with Heishui is still maintained, but for a period of time, Cao Guobang seems to be reluctant to provide information to Heishui, and then he quickly continued with Shen Hao's return, and even Cao Guobang also passed Heishui hopes to express his concerns to Shen Hao.

However, Cao Guobang's steady sitting on the left side made many people notice and feel anxious. For example, the group of people clustered around Bai Changqing, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Why is Bai Changqing so favored? So much so that with the post of Shangshu, he was marked with the potential of the left prime minister?

Two reasons. One is that Bai Changqing has a lot of potential. Not to mention seniority, he was basically one of the first batch of temple bosses who stood in line with the emperor, and played a key role in the emperor's successful ascension to the throne. In addition, Bai Changqing is still a rare monk among civil servants, and his cultivation level has even reached the state of gathering gods, which makes his age look less than half. Falls into the "young" category, even though he's in his seventies.

For the second reason, we have to say that the emperor bundle played a key role in it.

At the beginning, the emperor probably was really planning to help Bai Changqing to the position of prime minister. However, Shen Hao later revealed that Bai Changqing was placed as a spy by Heishui, which disrupted the emperor's arrangement. In addition, Shen Hao switched positions to win over Cao Guobang, and Heishui assisted him. Cao Guobang threw out a lot of black information about the officials who followed Bai Changqing, which cast a layer of haze on Bai Changqing's reputation. This caused the emperor to hesitate.

But hesitation is hesitation, Emperor Shu did not directly give up Bai Changqing as a backup candidate, and even just suspend his thoughts in response to the public opinion in the temple. While letting Cao Guobang sit in the position of left minister to exercise his power, he continued to copy a memorial to Bai Changqing from time to time to ask for advice. Even in the middle of last year, Bai Changqing was given an errand to write in the middle school, so that Bai Changqing could justifiably consult the non-top secret memorials played in various places.

This treatment is not simple, no matter who read it, they will think that this is the emperor's intention to cultivate Bai Changqing's ability to manage politics, and to give Bai Changqing the opportunity to familiarize himself with the political affairs of various places.

Therefore, even though there was information from Heishui to help Cao Guobang understand the followers around Bai Changqing, the effect was not as great as it was at the beginning. Even more than half a year before Shen Hao came back, there were few people around Bai Changqing who could be manipulated. handle it. Looking back like this, it seems that Cao Guobang helped Bai Changqing clean up the irregularities around him. I really can't tell whether it is good or bad.

Because of this, Cao Guobang deliberately alienated Heishui for a while, and seemed to blame Heishui for the ups and downs of psychological expectations.

However, with the return of Shen Hao, even as the current left prime minister, Cao Guobang still dare not show any face. Compared with Bai Changqing who was relatively clean, Cao Guobang's life was in the hands of Mr. Shen. If you want to be tough, you don't have that condition.

So here comes the fun.

The person who sits on the left side has no potential and is old, how many years can he be? What's more, the ability is mediocre, relying on the support of the aristocratic family, belonging to the old faction, and the one who has to support is also that faction. But anyone with an active mind will not follow behind the current left prime minister wholeheartedly, but will find a way out.

Who is the back road? How could there be anyone in the temple except Bai Changqing?

So from top to bottom, there are many factions who sit on the fence. On the surface, he is on Cao Guobang's side, but secretly he always looks for opportunities to join Bai Changqing's side. From time to time, he also visits under the name of "Qing Yi". Who can't understand what kind of medicine is sold?

Cao Guobang had no way to change this situation, and even felt a little out of sight. On the contrary, Bai Changqing was very calm, neither arrogant nor impetuous, and still followed the steps as his household secretary, and did not really rely on his majesty's favor to point fingers around.

Take the current predicament in Jingjiu Dynasty because of evil spirits and evil monks as an example. The Zuoxiang Order, which should have been faithfully implemented, changed its appearance after several twists and turns to a certain place. The reason is not that a local yamen has any bad intentions, but that they consciously put the behavior of the household department as the first reference in the Zuoxiang order.

For example, the Prime Minister Zuo ordered a place to fully raise food and grass to supply the army and Xuanqing guards in various places. This is an order that needs to be optimally satisfied. However, the grain and grass distributed by the household department are required to be given priority to the government-run grain shops, so as to stabilize the most basic prices of people's lives and prevent them from soaring.

Both orders were correct, but the local government tacitly put the requirements of the Ministry of Household Affairs first, and the Zuoxiang Order was executed in half. As a result, the military forces and Xuanqing Guards in various places are always lagging behind in terms of food and grass. The army, in particular, has great opinions on this. Originally, the army marched and took food from the nearest place. If you put the army on the second round of rations, you can only eat 70% of the food. The case of impeachment for this matter has never been broken.

However, it seems that the emperor didn't say anything about this, and actually acquiesced in the situation of changing orders from above. From Shen Hao's point of view, this can be explained, it should be from Qing Chi's obstruction. After all, the failure of the army to provide food and grass in time can also affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, which directly reflects the omissions in the defense of various places or the inability to do their best. Its meaning is also the same as containing Xuan Qingwei.

I just don't know why Qing Chi did this. It seems that they are deliberately letting those evil monks in the Jingjiu court do harm. Shen Hao still can't figure it out at all.