Although there has been rumors in the state town since the beginning of the year that Shang Cheng may be the seventh governor of Yanshan, however, because Shang Cheng's humble background and shallow qualifications are not renowned, most people are quite cautious about the prospect of this matter, and only regard it as a topic of conversation after dinner. Therefore, when Cao Cao, the official of the Ministry of Officials who came to Beijing, officially announced his appointment on behalf of the imperial court, most people were very surprised by this.

Oh! The blind man actually sat on the Admiral's seat!

Although it is only a fake admiral, after all, it is a fake admiral officially appointed by the imperial court, which is completely different from Chen Changsha's "fake post......

This result was so unexpected that many people didn't know what to do for a while. Although everyone can't figure out what profound meaning is behind the matter for the time being, if this matter is analyzed in conjunction with the personnel changes in the imperial court some time ago, then this matter is definitely not simple!

Between Mengdong and Dongyue last year, Wang Lun, the right servant of Shangshu, who had just been revived for less than two years, resigned due to illness, and the position of the right minister became vacant. Today's edict was elected by the ministers, and as a result, Shangshu Province and the Six Ministries jointly recommended the former prime minister Zhang Pu, and the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia proposed that Dong Quan, the subordinate servant, take over. But Tang Xing, the left minister, is a kind and kind old man, caught in the middle and angry, and simply didn't say a word, and no one helped him impartially, so the candidate for the right minister at the end of the year was not decided.

Some guys with a keen sense of smell in politics quickly came to a conclusion based on the limited information at hand, maybe because the position of the right minister was not decided, so the candidate for the governor of Yanshan was also inconclusive, and the people who were pushed out by the two factions would definitely not be able to pass the court discussion, so Shang Cheng chose a bargain. Of course, several of Yanshan's heads and brains must have worked in secret, if it weren't for the unanimous recommendation of Chen Pu and Lu Ji, these military and political officials, the position of admiral would not have fallen on the head of the little-known businessman in any case!

However, while these smart people lamented Shang Cheng's unparalleled good fortune, they also had a kind of schadenfreude. Where is the Admiral so good? Regardless of whether the blind man has the experience and ability to govern civil affairs, not to mention the current messy situation in Yanshan that is almost out of control and the homeless bandits who are making trouble everywhere, even those hundreds of thousands of mouths waiting to eat can also allow Shang Cheng to pull out the hair that he grew after he returned to the vulgar and pulled it out one by one. The hoarded military rations did not dare to move around, and the grain in the south could not be helped because of the weather and road conditions, and the more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Yanbei that were invaded were either out of grain or were about to run out of food, if the hungry people made trouble or a mishandling provoked a civil uprising...... Hey, maybe you can see the eighth admiral of Yanshan in the first half of the year!

People waited to see the jokes of the blind merchants.

However, what they were waiting for was the first order issued by Shang Cheng on the day he took over as the admiral: in view of the current difficult situation in Yanshan, the Admiral's Office ordered that the five-day holiday for the officials of the guard during the Lantern Festival in the first month of the 20th year of the Eastern Common Era be temporarily canceled, and all officials, regardless of their positions, should go to the Ya office as usual.

This official document, which makes many people grit their teeth in hatred, is just the beginning.

On the morning of the next day, Shang Cheng ordered the opening of the military grain depot in the three prefectures of Yanfangduan, and after leaving enough rations for the guards, the remaining grain was all available to support the place. At the same time, it was ordered that the prefectures and counties affected by the disaster in Yanbei immediately count the population of the people who had fled, check the disaster situation, determine the post-disaster subsidies, and compile them into a book and send them to Yanzhou urgently; Wei Zhen will draw up a plan to allocate money according to the account books submitted by the local government. In addition, on the one hand, the localities should properly comfort the disaster victims, on the other hand, they should assist the disaster victims in rebuilding, and they should also do a good job in sending and receiving the refugees to their hometowns, so as not to delay this year's spring planting. In addition, the Admiral's Office also repeatedly stressed that the various departments and yamen of Weizhen and the garrisons in various localities must make every effort to assist the local authorities in solving the problems of the victims, and when necessary, they can send troops to participate......

The proclamations that came out of the Admiral's Mansion were simply dizzying. While conveying and carrying out these orders, people also had to express their admiration at the boldness of the new admiral, and privately released military rations one by one, which even Chen Zhuguo did not dare to do!

Shang Cheng's reckless behavior also made more people believe that he would definitely not stay in the Admiral's Mansion for long. Shang Cheng won't be able to work for long, who will be the next admiral? It seems that Li Shen, who was frustrated for a while, is even more admiral. Everyone knows that Li Shen wants to be a governor with all his heart, and no one can deny that he does have the qualifications and ability to be a governor, but in the end, it was not him who sat in the governor's mansion, and he would definitely be very disappointed. What's even worse is that if the new admiral is another respected or meritorious veteran general, he may still accept it, but the new admiral is a rising junior who was personally picked up by him, and he can't swallow this grievance anyway. And according to his narrow temperament, there is absolutely no possibility of giving up, and he will definitely try his best to embarrass Shang Cheng, and even do something in the court to knock Shang Cheng down. In this way, it was almost logical for him to take over as Admiral.

Realizing this, the people who were good at maneuvering immediately took action, and when Li Shen returned to Duanzhou on the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, there were even more people who saw him off at the Guanting in the east of the city than when Chen Pu left Yanzhou the day before. Except for Lu Jidi Xu, who had a deep grudge against him, and the other heads of the various yamen of Weizhi were almost not left behind. Gifts, farewells, caring advice, warm words and condolences, a large group of officials dressed in scarlet clothes lined up to talk to Li Shen according to their official rank and proximity; The horses and carts that flocked here blocked the official road for more than a mile. If the people who passed by there at that time didn't know, they might have thought that Li Shen was not going to sit in Duanzhou but was transferred back to Beijing to take up an important position.

This "grand scene" soon spread throughout Yanshan, and caused a very bad impact on the local area. Through this incident, the contradiction between Li Shen and Shang Cheng was clearly put on the table. Now, people have to make a wait-and-see choice between these two people, whether to support Li Shen or Shang Cheng. Faced with this problem, it is difficult for most people to make a clear decision. They have deep concerns, one by one, Li Shen is certainly revenge, but the new admiral, who is not familiar to everyone, is not ruthless?

In a dilemma, many people have wisely adopted a side-by-the-other approach to the matter. They do not stand for anyone, nor do they oppose anyone openly, but quietly observe the progress of the situation, waiting for the final result. From the point of view of their own career prospects, this is undoubtedly the right thing to do. Judging from their responsibilities, this is undoubtedly wrong, and their vague and ambiguous stance will inevitably affect their attitude towards handling their daily official duties, resulting in the delay and shelving of many local problems that urgently need to be resolved. In normal times, this may not be too problematic, but in the current situation, it can have serious consequences......

Shang Cheng didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at first.

As a novice who had just entered the political arena, faced with a land that had just experienced war, and his predecessor was only a person who stamped official documents, from the moment he stepped into the Admiralty's Palace, he was overwhelmed by the long-standing backlog of various official duties. Labor troops, comforting the people, bereavement pensions, rewards, and awards, the disbandment and dispatch of each division of the camp, the evacuation of the various armies of the Liyuan battalion and the routes along the way, and the transfer of the three armies of Yanshan...... It took him ten days to sort out a rough picture of this bunch of military affairs alone. Except for the fact that Chen Pu specially left him to establish his prestige and rewarded the meritorious soldiers of the three armies, the rest had to be coordinated and organized by himself, but now the lower battalion has become useless, and the officers with their own divisions have withdrawn their envoys, except for consultants, he can't even find anyone who can help in a hurry. Most of the old people who can do things in the Admiral's Mansion are detained in the Yamen of the Inspection Division, and he can't even find a grass stage team that can barely sing.

What he didn't expect was that the current situation in Yanshan was so difficult, in addition to reaching a consensus on the matter of helping the hungry, several big yamen were still arguing endlessly. Hey, he didn't take over as the admiral of this Lao Shizi, he didn't know that there had always been a deep contradiction between several yamen in Weizhen, and in the several departments under his direct control, such as Wei Mu Mansion and Wei Fu did not buy each other, the Bian Military Mansion also looked at Wei Fu unpleasantly, and the Patrol Department and Wei Mu Mansion were quarreling at any time, just in order to argue whether the official documents between the two yamen were at the same level, Wei Mu Lu Ji and the patrol envoy Di Xu showed the real "style" of the Great Zhao literati in front of Shang Cheng. Hearing this, Shang Cheng was dizzy and dumbfounded. In the end, Shang Chengdu didn't have the strength to resolve the conflict, so he waved his hand and asked the two of them to get out together.

This was also the first time that the heads of several major yamen had seen the work style of the new admiral. The embarrassed and angry Shang Governor Shuai didn't show mercy to Lu Mu and Di Inspector at all, the scar on his face was bright red, and a big eyeball with a blindfold stared at the two heads of Yanshan civil officials, patted the table and scolded: "Get out of here!" ”

Lu Mu and Inspector Di, who were swept away, finally left in disgrace.

There was only a group of officials sitting in the chamber with their faces upright.

"Get out of here!"

Then there were Shang Cheng and Bao Kan left in the huge room.

Finally, with the crisp sound of something smashing on the green bricks, the commander's personal captain, Captain Bao, also rolled out.