After hearing the news from Shang Jingwang, to ensure its authenticity, he even went out of his way to ask his nephew.
His nephew charged him a hundred taels of silver for the information under the pretext of clear accounts between brothers, before selling the news to him. Of course, since it was his own uncle, he also provided additional information about Shang Jingwang, such as the Ten Thousand People's Umbrella presented by the people when he left a certain place in Qinzhou; and the severe banditry issue in Huainan Prefecture when he first became the Huainan Prefect, how he worked tirelessly to eliminate the bandits and pacify the people...
Jiang Yuhuo was instantly stunned. Shang Jingwang was clearly a capable official, but no one in the Capital City knew about the Ten Thousand People's Umbrella, and the Emperor was unaware of it. Most of the credit for eradicating bandits was claimed by Yu Shikui, with only a very small part of the rewards reaching Shang Jingwang.
