Sun Shangshu is worthy of being a perennial veteran fritter in the workplace who rides the wall and can still stand alone, a former household secretary who is proficient in business, and a politician with rich experience in officialdom survival.

As an experienced former secretary of the household department and the current secretary of the military department, Sun Shangshu has been tempered for many years, and his business level is not the same level as He Wenmao, who is a speculative leader. He is really slippery, and he is indeed a wise self-preservation school who does not want to come out on weekdays, but his style of doing things has nothing to do with his ability.

Sun Shangshu is a solid business strongman who has the ability to do the best. The idea he gave Zheng Ying to buy grain can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

First, buying grain is the fastest way to raise grain that he judged by his experience. Although the cost of raising food in this way is not the lowest, the most important thing at the moment is to quickly raise food to the north, rather than to reduce the cost to the greatest extent.

Second, the household department paid money, so that most of the pressure fell on the household department, restraining the main energy of He Wenmao, the secretary of the household department, and allowing him to divert his attention from the warehouse department to the greatest extent, and instead concentrate on the gold department and the degree branch.

Third, it is not a simple matter for the imperial court to openly requisition grain from the people. The workload of the various government offices and yamen in Gyeonggi will be very large. Just to calm the fluctuation of food prices, prevent merchants from maliciously hoarding supplies, and prevent malicious rumors in the market, it is enough for relevant officials to be busy for a while.

The movement is so big and the involvement is so extensive, it is bound to cause a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition. This is a new focus of contradictions, and most of the officials' attention will be focused on the matter of requisitioning and purchasing grain, and Li Xiang, Xie Xiang, and other people in the current dynasty will certainly be no exception.

Zheng Ying understood that Sun Shangshu planned to stand up and be a target this time to contain Li Xiang.

"Have you thought about it?" Zheng Ying asked, "In the next few days, you will have to suffer a lot of grievances." The idea is that you take the lead, and the matter is handled by your military department, but the main pressure must be borne by the household department. He Wenmao must not compromise easily. Moreover, not only He Wenmao, Li Xiang has also been staring at you for a long time, and the so-called 'collaborator case' has not yet been decided, and you, the secretary of the Ministry of War, still have a black cauldron on your back, at this time, if the Ministry of War presides over the requisition of grain and grass, it will inevitably attract criticism from the courtiers, and Li Xiang will definitely seize this opportunity to impeach you. ”

"Figured it out! Don't worry! Sun Shangshu nodded, and the answer to this sentence was categorical, with a confident appearance.

For Sun Shangshu, who has already made a loss-making business, he doesn't care about taking on more pressure at the moment. Because Sun Shangshu is a smart person, he understands that the biggest capital in his hands has fallen into Zheng Ying's hands, and what he can do in the future is to do his best to assist Zheng Ying and help Zheng Ying, because as a henchman of King Xin, King Xin's interests are his interests to a certain extent.

If Zheng Ying can successfully turn the household upside down and find evidence to severely punish He Wenmao, then his future and status can be regarded as preserved, which is called capital preservation. And if Zheng Ying can smoothly ascend to the throne in the future, then he will not only lose money this time, but even make a big profit.

Therefore, driven by interests, how could Sun Shangshu not work hard? And he really hates He Wenmao and Li Xiang to death! I don't care about spending a little more money so that these two people can get bad luck as soon as possible.

"Good." Zheng Ying nodded: "Act quickly, don't give He Wenmao too much time to react." ”

Sun Shangshu agreed happily and acted quickly, after Jiling sent him out of the Xinwang Mansion, he did not go home, but went directly to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, summoned all the officials of the Ministry of War to discuss matters, and prepared to buy food for the emperor in the name of the Ministry of War.

All the officials of the military department are working overtime, including Jiang Wenbin and Zhao Zhiliang. Jiang Wenbin was of course very happy, he felt that Sun Shangshu was experienced after all, and the method proposed to buy grain and grass in Gyeonggi was many times more clever than his previous method of transferring grain from the military arsenal of the government.

Zhao Zhiliang, on the other hand, did not seem so active, sitting quietly and listening to the gossip of the officials, without expressing any opinions, which was very in line with Zhao Zhiliang's consistent style. However, he remembered to send his servants to quietly deliver the news to Li Xiang and He Wenmao.

In fact, Zhao Zhiliang is doing this too much. Sun Shangshu deliberately tossed so much in the military department, where was he still needed to ventilate the news, and the household department soon received the news.

He Wenmao, who was in the Yamen of the Household Department, smiled coldly when he heard this, and was not angry. Because in his eyes, Sun Shangshu is desperate, in order to keep his official position and future, he is so active in his political achievements. After all, if you have political achievements, you are qualified to speak in front of the emperor. Sun Shangshu's suspicion of collaborating with the enemy could not be cleared, so he had to go sideways and do more things, so that he would be more important in the emperor's heart.

In He Wenmao's view, Sun Shangshu is called a dying struggle, which is completely useless. Because He Wenmao will personally guarantee that the crime of collaborating with the enemy will eventually be firmly buckled on Sun Shangshu's head. Ready-made scapegoats, of course, have to be used to the end!

And Xie Changjing, who was working in the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, naturally got the letter, and he quickly sent his Chang Entourage to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and asked his friend Jiang Wenbin to have dinner together after getting off work, and then casually found an excuse to take leave, and ran home to hide.

Gu Sanye, the head of the household department, also got the news that he was in charge of the accounts, and he was responsible for everything on the accounts of the household department. Different from Xie Changjing's reaction, as soon as the news came, Gu Sanye had already started to work in advance, and began to calculate the silver taels that could be used with a few Lang Zhong under his hands, and his work attitude couldn't be more positive.

Several of Gu Sanye's subordinates got the order, and asked suspiciously while sorting out the account books: "Lord Gu, this Lord Shangshu hasn't ordered yet, so you need to be in such a hurry!" In my opinion, don't look at the noisy shouting of the Ministry of War, the emperor may not approve it immediately, such a big matter, how can it go through the court discussion, listen to the opinions of our household department, right? He thinks that Lord Shangshu will not agree easily. ”

"If you don't agree, it's all a matter from above, what does it have to do with us," Gu Sanye smiled and haha: "I'm thinking, this thing on the books, it's all up to us anyway." Lord Shangshu is serious, and even if he will not easily agree with the opinion of the Ministry of War, he will definitely ask the treasury account in private. It won't take much time for us to check it out in advance, so if we ask from above, we can know it in our hearts. ”

The words were not leaky, and several Lang Zhong had no choice but to smile and nod, and resigned themselves to helping Gu Sanye work in advance.