New Gods of North America.

Chapter 533 Sorting out
Reverend Tyrell returned to the carriage.
The wheels started to move slowly. The chief of staff, who had been sitting in the carriage waiting, could not wait to open the memorandum and continue to ask how to deal with related matters - there were still a lot of things that needed to be decided by the bishop-designate who was about to be officially ordained.

Reverend Tyrell's expression was not very good at the moment, and his mood was not as happy as he had imagined.

Last night, Bazzini and a bunch of old friends agreed to the appointment only after receiving my repeated promises of safety. Now they have all been labeled as "rebels" of the secret society in the newspapers. The people behind them may have completely lost their trust in me.

For now, I can only try to comfort them and calm them down. If that doesn’t work... it will take time to sort things out slowly.

Corleone's intention to "set himself up" is quite obvious. Since there is no one from their group among the candidates for this term, he simply created such a mess, causing people with southern backgrounds to attack and be wary of each other. "Their people" will become the ones he needs to win over, and he even has to continue to maintain his dignity and glory as the former bishop.

This trick was not particularly clever, but it was really effective. At least in the short term, he had to act according to the pace of his plan.

But Corleone may have overestimated those northern priests. The positions of parish priests are often not decided by themselves.
When facing small farmers and self-employed farmers in the mountainous areas, they could certainly be dissatisfied with many real situations, but once they were transferred to the plains parishes, they often had to learn how to coexist peacefully with the big landowners and slave owners - those who controlled the land and slaves not only had money and power, they could also indirectly influence the will of believers.

In fact, not all of the "own people" of the Southern pastors are from the South. Facts have proved that some Northern pastors eventually become more radical than the real Southerners.
Some people simply haven't had the opportunity to run a wealthy parish and haven't "changed". This has nothing to do with where they "come from".

Time and environment can sometimes really change everything.
Corleone has been balancing things for so many years, but he still hasn't been able to completely suppress it. He has supported so many people, both overtly and covertly, but in the end, they were either pushed to the margins or had problems themselves, and never had a chance to turn things around.

The general trend is like this, Virginia cannot be completely changed by relying on a few "strong men".

Unlike Bazini, I am at least willing to give those marginalized pastors a chance to “approach” and “change.”

Noticing that Pastor Tyr's expression had eased a little, the chief of staff in the opposite car seat began to ask tentatively about the current situation.
I was about to start making a modified memo according to the bishop's specifications. "Your Excellency, how should we deal with this detective later?"

"Before the formal ordination, you can still call me 'Pastor'. As for Wayne... we can cooperate with him on official matters, but you don't have to care about other aspects. Walter and Bazzini were too close in the past, and we need to weaken their power in the dark. There are some things that we cannot handle personally now, as they may overreact. It's just right for the people left behind by Corleone to take action.

"Those members of the SS who were originally under the management of Peter Clemenza are still missing. Wayne may be an insider. I have asked someone to leave some lists and evidence for him. With the scale of his detective agency, it should not be able to handle it now. Let's see whether the old people around Corleone will watch him die or jump out. "Since he chooses to be a neutral 'vigilante' and is unwilling to get close, then we don't need to invest resources in him. Just wait for the result."

The chief of staff made a timely reminder, "Our people checked a scene this morning. It should be the work of those red gloves under Clemenza. They didn't even try to disrupt the scene or destroy the evidence. Their target was a secret command post of Mr. Walter. From the intelligence originally collected by that post, this detective seems to be a target secretly followed by the head of the Fisk family. They noted him on the attack list as 'need to consult'."

Reverend Tyrell nodded slightly. "I know about this. Wayne has a personal relationship with Samuel Fisk's two children. This may be the instruction of Samuel Fisk himself. This is one of the reasons why I currently agree to let him continue to be a private 'vigilante'-some people may not allow him to deviate from the direction, or get too close to us. But I'm not sure whether this is an order left secretly by Corleone or because of the intervention of other people.

"The Fisk family also has a bad record in this regard. The public will probably never imagine that the reason why the Underground Railroad was originally created was that they wanted to use the thoughts of a part of the public to actually attack and destroy the industries of some small slave owners, and then take the opportunity to acquire their land. As a result, the Underground Railroad has now developed to a degree that is almost completely out of control, and has become an unorganized wandering wolf pack scattered all over the place."

It was the first time that the chief staff heard this secret, and he couldn't help but keep it in mind. This was also the biggest reason why he was willing to become Reverend Tyrell's personal staff, so that he could learn about all kinds of behind-the-scenes transactions.

While he was taking notes on his opinions on the detective agency's handling of the case, he began to ask about more important matters. "There were quite a few incidents last night. There are already 12 cases involving local church senior executives and related industries. Do we still need to arrange for formal investigations into these cases?"

Reverend Tyrell understood what the aides wanted to say and waved his hand. "Everyone related to Corleone claimed that they were arresting rebel criminals at the time. There has been no major movement in the political and military circles so far. Some things should have been discussed in advance. As his recommended successor, there is no need for me to take the initiative to leave these stains."

"But some of the situations at the scene are quite special. It may not be appropriate to say that we are 'catching criminals'..."

The chief of staff had just said half of his words when he noticed the change in Reverend Tyrell's expression and quickly gave a new reason, "Why not say that it was the rebels who ordered it, intending to silence them and destroy the evidence. We will have someone go through the formalities internally, and then seal the files. If no one brings it up afterwards, we can arrange for the files to be lost again in a few years."

"Okay, let's do it this way. Please guide the newspapers and don't let the public focus on this matter."

"Yes! Then here is our preliminary list of acting pastors. I'm afraid you will need to decide on some of the positions yourself..."

(End of this chapter)