On the third day of July, Shen Hao withdrew from the Imperial City Command Envoy Yamen to Fengri City. However, the case has not yet been closed, and some of the manpower is still retained in the command and envoy yamen, but it is not investigating, but in custody.
This was a Black Flag Battalion case, and independence was still needed, so even though Shen Hao had withdrawn from Fengri City to take charge due to official duties, felons like Ye Lansheng continued to be detained in the dungeon of the Commander's Yamen. Firstly, the commander made the yamen's dungeon safe enough, and secondly, it also eliminated the inconvenience of transferring prisoners. They will be detained until the case is concluded. Only after the superiors decide on the outcome will the fate of these criminals be determined.
Although this time was more than a month ago, it seemed that it was not that long ago, but the turmoil caused in the imperial city was so frightening that no one has dissipated.
Among the six ministries of the country and the dynasty, except for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, which were almost unscathed by this storm, the remaining four were severely damaged. The four ministers, including Ma Xuanlin, the Minister of Punishment, and the three left ministers of the fourth ministry have all gone to the dungeon. Now the original right minister of the three ministers is in charge of daily affairs, and the remaining one is presided over by the left minister who escaped from death. People in these yamen are even more panic-stricken, and no one knows whether they will be involved.
Come out alive?
Do you think everyone has such good luck? So many people came in this time, even the servants from every household went in. What about the ones who came out? Only the left servant who was so scared that he was peeing now is now trembling and does not say a word about what happened in the dungeon, and will not tell anyone who asks.
However, when Shen Hao, a mysterious figure who made countless people in the imperial city curious, pondered, hated, and surprised, left and returned to Sealing Sun City, the atmosphere in the imperial city obviously dropped a lot, and even the upper-class gatherings that were almost forbidden before It started again, and each of them couldn't wait to communicate about the news they had received. They hoped that everyone could analyze and analyze whether the storm would just pass.
The results of the analysis are uncertain, but everyone can really feel that the tense atmosphere in the imperial city is beginning to subside quickly. The most direct evidence is that those black-armored forbidden troops are now completely invisible on the streets. There is no news of the Forbidden Army being dispatched anywhere.
"Phew!" Many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
The dignified leftist prime minister, who has been in office for decades, has so many connections and connections? If we really follow the previous statement of "forming parties for personal gain", now more than half of the officials inside and outside the imperial city cannot withstand the investigation. In other words, whoever Shen Hao Xingxing wants to die with the handle of the knife will basically die. The feeling of having a knife hanging from the neck is really uncomfortable, so much so that the internal purge of Xuanqing Guard is in full swing, but no one dares to step out to intervene.
I hope that evil star will not come to the Imperial City again after returning to Fengli City this time. It will be unlucky for everyone.
Shen Hao was very aware of the reaction that his departure would bring to everyone in the imperial city, but this was exactly what he did deliberately. As for the Xuanqing Guards, they were being purged internally. It would be an exaggeration to say that everyone was so frightened by the ferocity of the Black Flag Camp that they tightened their legs and had no intention of paying attention to the changes in the imperial city. As for the senior officials of Xuanqing Guard, they were either pretending to be deaf and dumb like Jiang Cheng, or they were in sync with Shen Hao through Qi like Pang Ban.
As for the emperor, he was also able to understand Shen Hao's actions. He even took the initiative to talk about the progress of Ye Lansheng's case at the court meeting and expressed his satisfaction.
The emperor is satisfied, does that mean this matter is really coming to an end?
If so...that would be...eye-catching!
Eye-catching? What's eye-catching? Naturally, there are so many high positions that will be vacant once the Ye Lansheng case is settled. From the fourth grade, from the third grade, from the third grade, even from the second grade! Who will sit in these high positions?
Only when the sky is high can birds fly, only when the sea is wide can fish leap!
Who doesn’t want to sit in a higher and more powerful position? Especially civil servants. It is extremely difficult to get meritorious service in the civil service. Basically, you have to rely on your own career advancement to slowly gain some merit. If you are lucky, you will be rewarded with some meritorious service when you leave office. If you don't serve in the military, you can get meritorious service on the front line or at the border. .
Therefore, the competition within the civil service is far more fierce than that in the military. To put it bluntly, it would not be an exaggeration to replace "competition" with "competition."
In the past, there were at least a series of big shots led by Ye Lansheng in the civil service to keep the scene under control, and the competition below was basically carried out with their permission and control. Although most of them were recommended as "ones", at least there was still a mouthful of soup for others. Drink, barely managed to make the promotion of the civil servants look acceptable.
But now that Ye Lansheng has fallen, almost all the big guys who followed him are gone. The vacuum of power has created not only opportunities, but also more ferocious undercurrents.
There is no need to think about the position of left prime minister, that is prepared for the current right prime minister Cao Guobang. And after Cao Guobang is promoted to left prime minister, who will come to the right prime minister as a golden pit for retirement? In addition, who will be the minister of the fourth department and Zuo Shilang of the third department?
Therefore, after Shen Hao left the imperial city, there was a brief period of calm in the imperial city, and then there was an undercurrent again. They tried their best to get as many vacant positions as possible, both overtly and covertly.
As soon as he returned home to Fengri City, Shen Hao had only two days of leisure, but he was still not completely free. There was one thing at hand, and there was another private matter that he had agreed to before that needed to be fulfilled, and that was him. I want to go back to my "hometown" to meet my "family members" who I just found "with great difficulty", and to recognize my ancestors.
Shen Hao was not planning to go alone to Xinliang City this time. First of all, his current status does not allow him to choose to be "excessively low-key", which would instead arouse others' suspicion. So as early as June, Shen Hao asked the housekeeper Hu Tian to take care of the matter. Now Hu Tian means that it is ready, and it depends on Shen Hao to set a time to set off.
"Does it really need to be such a big pomp?" Shen Hao was sitting in the main room with the gift list prepared by Hu Tian and the arrangement of the ceremonial motorcade, looking a little stunned. The gifts alone were enough for more than ten cars, and including the yamen's ceremonial guard, the mammoth procession was probably more than a hundred people.
Is this too exaggerated?
Hu Tian seemed to have expected that his master would say this, so he smiled and explained: "Master Shen, these are all necessary. The gifts are arranged according to the population of your hometown, and the categories and quantities are regulated. You have to follow the rules. If you are missing something and it does not match your current status, you will be laughed at.
The same goes for ceremonial guards. The country has regulations that allow officials to "return home in glory", and the ceremonial guards used are also suitable for your current official position. This is a card, not only for you, but also for the people in your hometown..."
Hu Tian knew these rules far better than Shen Hao. After a crackling tug, Shen Hao had nothing to say except a nod.
"That's it. Get ready and leave tomorrow morning."
