Chapter 1427 Balance

Shen Hao bet on Cao Guobang. And also led the chain to Cao Guobang. At least 70% of all the orders issued by Zuo Xiangfu can't escape Heishui's eyes and ears.

And as long as Cao Guobang still sits in the position of left prime minister for a day, Heishui's control over the world's government orders will continue to be clear.

However, for Cao Guobang himself, Shen Hao is not optimistic about being the behind-the-scenes director of Heishui. Firstly, this person's ability is not high, and secondly, he is too old, and he has no cultivation base, so he can only help Heishui for another three to five years at most, and he will still need to rebuild his eyeliner later.

But Cao Guobang's "reluctantly" does not mean that Shen Hao hopes to see Bai Changqing take the position of left prime minister.

In fact, at the beginning, Shen Hao thought about helping Bai Changqing to the position of left minister. After all, Bai Changqing was surrounded by the earliest elite spies of Blackwater, and the lurking operation was extremely successful, and he had completely taken root in Bai Changqing's closest position. Once Bai Changqing came to power, then every bit of Zuo Xiangfu will have no secrets in front of Heishui.

It's a pity that the spies around Bai Changqing became distracted, pretending to be the real Bai Changqing's person, and put aside everything to draw a clear line with Heishui.

If Bai Changqing hadn't come to have a face-to-face showdown with Shen Hao, the two spies would have died long ago. Afterwards, Shen Hao took the initiative to put the matter in front of the emperor, and the emperor came forward to make peace, so the Liangzi between Heishui and Bai Changqing came to an end temporarily.

But Liang Zi is always Liang Zi. For Heishui and Shen Hao, Bai Changqing was a thorn. Although it was fatal, it would still make people feel uncomfortable.

"My lord, if things go on like this, Cao Guobang's position will definitely be lost. It is very likely that he will be forced to retire within two years. Do you think you need to make trouble for Bai Changqing? Even if you can't keep Cao Guobang, Bai Changqing will not be able to take the position?" Wang Jian is still very concerned about this matter. After all, who is sitting in the position of the left minister is directly related to the depth of Heishui's intelligence. It is undoubtedly the worst result if someone who knows Heishui and holds a hostile attitude replaces Cao Guobang. It is better to help another one up, even if it takes more effort.

Wang Jian's suggestion sounds good.

Although Bai Changqing is considered a clean-handed person among civil servants, there are few dirty things in his family. These were sorted out by Heishui a few years ago. But clean is clean, if you really have to work hard, Bai Changqing can't stand the tricks of black water. Even if you don't die, you can easily peel off the skin.

As long as Bai Changqing's reputation is rotten, and taking advantage of the lack of a unified power structure in the civil service group, it is not difficult to find some people to come out and create a trend.

At that time, as long as the emperor's intentions in his heart waver, and his respect for Bai Changqing becomes mixed, it will be difficult for Bai Changqing to take the position of left minister.

However, Shen Hao didn't answer in a hurry, but pondered carefully in his mind silently.

Emperor Shu is not a brainless person, on the contrary, recklessness is just a coat for him to disguise himself. And because of his early experiences, Emperor Shu's actions often seemed absurd, but there was his own logic in it, and his intention to take a slant. If you use common sense to infer, it is easy to be ignored or even misinterpreted.

After a long silence, Shen Hao shook his head and said, "Don't act rashly."

"Ah? But my lord, if Cao Guobang steps down and Bai Changqing steps up, it will be a big deal for us."

After waving his hands, Shen Hao interrupted Wang Jian, and continued: "The analysis of Heishui cannot always be limited to the left and right, but also needs to be considered from top to bottom, otherwise many things will go wrong.

Bai Changqing is indeed an unfriendly person to us. His two wives are also traitors of Heishui. Although they don't know how many secrets of Heishui, at least Heishui and them can be said to want to kill and then quickly. Therefore, if Bai Changqing ascends to the position of left prime minister in the future, it will definitely be a big trouble for us. Even get stuck everywhere.

But still the same sentence, Bai Changqing couldn't move. Even this whole thing is not suitable for Blackwater to intervene. "

"My lord, do you mean that His Majesty is observing us on purpose?"

Shen Hao smiled and said: "This is only one of the possible reasons. More importantly, His Majesty knows what is the nature of the reason why Bai Changqing and Liang Zi between us and our Black Flag Camp still want to reuse him.

First, Cao Guobang was too old after all, and he couldn't last for a few years. The position of left minister was not suitable for Cao Guobang. A few years ago, His Majesty intended to support Bai Changqing to the top position, but later suppressed it, in fact, it was because of our Black Flag Camp's thoughts. But it is impossible to give this face all the time, and it is already very rare to be able to give it for two or three years. The face has been given enough.

Second, do you think His Majesty will really choose someone who is close to us to sit in the position of prime minister? "

Wang Jian already understood when he heard this, and he also understood why Mr. Shen warned him that the analysis of the four parts should be both up and down. Only then will we take it for granted and focus on the superficial idea of ​​"whoever will sit in the position of the left prime minister will be beneficial to us".

But the emperor lived on the top of the temple, and what he liked was not the kind and friendly appearance in the temple. Noisy disputes among ministers are what the emperor wants to see.

And just as Mr. Shen said. Let Cao Guobang sit in the position of left minister for a few more years, which is actually the emperor's face for Heiqiying.

It is in the emperor's best interests and ideas to choose someone who will compete with the Black Flag Battalion, or even the future commander of Xuanqingwei, as the leftist. From this point of view, Bai Changqing is indeed the best candidate in the temple.

"This subordinate is short-sighted, please punish me." After thinking about these things, Wang Jian hurriedly knelt down. If the master really followed the analysis results given by them, there might be some big troubles and disasters. It's all possible. And this mistake, their black water's dereliction of duty naturally can't escape.

"Punish yourself and go down to collect it. Just follow your own rules in Heishui. There is nothing trivial about intelligence. Sometimes your conclusions will affect the lives of thousands of brothers, so you must be cautious. The lesson this time must be Take this as a warning, next time if there is such a superficial omission, it will not be enough for you to punish yourself internally, it will be eliminated with your head. Remember."

"Subordinates understand!"

"It's good to understand. Just look at the things in the temple at present, don't reach out. No matter whether Bai Changqing is in power or anyone else in the future, don't touch them. It is the best policy to make plans after the dust settles."

"My lord, what about people from Cao Guobang's family? If the new left minister wants to attack them, shall we?"

"No, Your Majesty's intention to help Bai Changqing to the top position is already obvious. For people in the temple, we can set up our eyes and ears, but we should not extend our hands. We must be careful about the proportion, otherwise it is not a good reputation to be regarded as forming a clique for personal gain."