"How come?" I asked.
"The officials who went to the countryside were to be granted even more support by the Emperor, from today onward. There would be a deluge of manpower coming out from the capital to the countryside. Who do you think would be sent?"
"Their confidants?" Cang An guessed.
"Not really their confidants, no. The Emperor kept their confidants close, to keep control of them. That's why most of their confidants have posts in the capital. Instead of confidants, the servants or juniors working under them were sent."
"In the end, the only ones left behind in the capital were the snakes within the grass, ready to be culled. Correct?"
