CH 108

The third closed-door meeting of the Governor's Office, in principle, all officials above the county level should attend, but Sheriff Lin did not show up.

This is the arrangement of the governor.

Sheng Huaixuan deeply knew that Lin Wen absolutely could not leave his center of power, and he was too busy now to have the spare energy to help him, so he could only reduce his pressure in this way.

After each meeting, Sheng Huaixuan would have the first secretary, Cheng Hexin, send a copy of the meeting documents to him, just to let him feel at ease. As long as he read these documents, he could understand most of the things happening in East Qin Prefecture and the direction of the wind blowing.

But this time, Sheng Huaixuan did not let the first secretary distribute the meeting documents because the situation clearly exceeded his expectations.

Firstly, during the meeting, someone raised the issue that the detention time of Zhang Xinyuan and others had exceeded the limit and asked how the governor should handle it.

Zhang Xinyuan was the relative of the investor who "accidentally" died in Changshan County. He and other relatives filed complaints everywhere and finally came to him.

However, they, who did not understand the internal relationships, were naturally detained.

But the detention period was limited and could not be extended indefinitely.

The solution was simple. Release them, find a random car to crash into their car, or find some hooligans to fight with them, and then lock them up on the grounds of disturbing social order or endangering traffic.

By repeatedly doing this, people could be imprisoned for a lifetime.

But what made Sheng Huaixuan angry was that someone actually raised such a simple matter. This indicated that his control was weakening, and the situation was not as stable as he had thought.

Sheng Huaixuan did not express any opinions on this matter, he only mentioned a few minor violations committed by the questioners and quickly retreated.

However, the matter did not end there. Someone actually openly proposed to punish Lin Wen.

He claimed that the new sheriff of Changshan County openly and arbitrarily shot imperial officials, showing a complete disregard for the law and acting recklessly. He must be taken down immediately to uphold the dignity of the empire.

This proposal received the support of many people, including some of his core members, confidants, and trusted subordinates.

Anger did not make Sheng Huaixuan's vigilance relax, and he did not make any statements either.

After the meeting, he immediately sent someone to investigate, and soon found out the truth.

There was no rebellion or defection. It was just that the proposer and supporters had relatives who were killed in the massacre of officials.

Due to the tight control of information by Sheng Huaixuan, they only recently learned about this.

The leading official, because his only son was killed and he hated Lin Wen to the core, disregarded everything and became the scapegoat.

Although Sheng Huaixuan understood, he did not show any mercy. He immediately found a reason to imprison the leader and comforted the others, considering the matter resolved.

However, his absolute confidant, Ling Huayue, the second pillar of the Governor's Office, and Nopes, the director of the State Government Hall, expressed dissatisfaction with the support plan for Changshan County at the closed-door meeting.

They believed that all areas of East Qin Prefecture were in great difficulty, and Changshan County was just an insignificant area. They had already given so much funding, and it was inappropriate to continue providing assistance.

Surprisingly, this viewpoint received the support of the majority of people attending the meeting, almost all of whom were Sheng Huaixuan's core members and confidants.

Sheng Huaixuan could not completely ignore their opinions. He immediately realized that his previous favoritism towards Changshan County had caused dissatisfaction among the majority of people. If this continued, even if he could suppress it forcefully, it would be detrimental to Changshan County itself.

To appease his subordinates, Sheng Huaixuan canceled the follow-up support plan for Changshan County and distributed the funds and resources to them.

As a result, the hungry wolves who got their share were appeased and once again became obedient dogs.

Sheng Huaixuan was well aware that it was a matter of balancing interests. His subordinates would not look at the problem from his perspective; they would only consider it from their own standpoint. If they felt disadvantaged, they would immediately make a fuss.

But if he didn't raise enough wolves, how could he survive in an empire full of wolves?

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But even more astonishing things were yet to come.

Early in the morning today, the Governor of Zhongzhou, Wang Bo'an, sent a stern notice, demanding that Sheng Huaixuan immediately deal with the sheriff of Changshan County, Lin Wen, who had led troops to cross the border, attacked the Qingcheng government, and looted on a large scale.

At that moment, Sheng Huaixuan first suspected that this was a conspiracy by Yu Zhongxian, but when the latest intelligence came, Sheng Huaixuan had a moment of regret, feeling as if he had let a lawless monkey out.

- A monkey he had raised when he was young, very mischievous. Once let out, it would use a stick to smash everything in the house.

Later, when he moved, the monkey was forgotten in the basement and never seen again.

For a while, he often felt regret and was very sorry, but he never dared to go back and take a look at that old house.

He had long forgotten about it, but now he remembered it because of another person.

- He gave him the power, just like handing the stick to that monkey.

But after reading all the intelligence, that feeling disappeared.Because Changshan County completely denied the accusations of the Governor of Zhongzhou, claiming that a group of ruthless and lawless bandits suddenly attacked Qingcheng. They went to assist, but unfortunately, they arrived too late, only to find the corpse of the Qingcheng official and the city area that had been looted.

At the same time, they boldly provided many pieces of evidence and photos. Subsequent examinations of the Qingcheng official's body also proved this point - he died before the troops from Changshan County entered.

This is also why the Governor of Zhongzhou, Wang Bo'an, did not accuse the newly appointed Sheriff of Changshan County of murdering the Qingcheng official in his announcement - this is the most taboo capital crime.

After reading all the intelligence, Sheng Huaixuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the kid is quite strategic, the aftermath work was done so well, without leaving any fatal flaws, it seems that he was well prepared.

His battle achievements are also remarkable, not only completely piercing through Yu Zhongxian's right-hand man, Lai Juncheng, killing Yu Zhongxian's lackey, Xiang Henian, but also burning all the forces that Yu Zhongxian had accumulated in Qingcheng over the years, prepared to deal with him, to the ground.

Looking at it this way, the announcement of the Governor of Zhongzhou is quite interesting. Rather than being a threat or a question, it is more of a warning, advising Sheng Huaixuan to quickly take down that reckless kid, lay low for a while, protect him for a while, and then let him go after the Thirteen States Joint Conference.

It seems that Wang Bo'an is also very dissatisfied with Yu Zhongxian's actions of undermining him on his own territory, but due to the face of the allies, he held his nose and accepted it, letting Xiang Henian run wild in Qingcheng.

With the death of Xiang Henian, he probably immediately sent a trusted person to take back Qingcheng, and Yu Zhongxian could not pick out any problems with this.

No wonder he was so easy to talk to.

Sheng Huaixuan thought, maybe he could win him over before the joint conference.

Although Wang Bo'an and his own faction have conflicts, they do not entirely belong to Yu Zhongxian's side, they are the ones who can be won over.

The various forces in the empire are inherently intertwined, fighting to the death in the morning, and cooperating hand in hand in the afternoon, which is not a rare phenomenon.

On different issues, they have different interests, and therefore different partners.

There are only eternal interests, no eternal friends, this is the eternal truth for people like them.

Distinguishing those who can cooperate, those who need to be confronted, and those who are both cooperative and confrontational, is what he, as the leader of the Eastern Faction, needs to do.

The struggle between factions is complex and tedious, and a slight misstep can trigger unpredictable chain reactions.

To fight without breaking is the eternal truth of struggle.

Of course, if it touches the core interests, or forms a blood feud, then it is a mortal enemy.

For example, him and Yu Zhongxian.

The Thirteen States Joint Conference is their battlefield.

What was thought to be a great situation, now seems uncertain.

What a pity, if only that kid had appeared a few years earlier.

Sheng Huaixuan sighed deeply, instructing his chief secretary, Cheng Hexin, to send a sternly worded criticism to Changshan County, asking Lin Wen to immediately write a self-criticism of no less than 30,000 words and submit it within a day.