When Ren Yuan arrived in the Shao Residence, Shao Cheng had arrived at one of the meeting places he was able to spread around in the Chang Capital without getting the attention of the powerful people that had already built their own secret forces.
Shao Cheng's memories of his previous life have made it easier for him to dodge the dangerous, meticulous, and paranoid people around him.
Completely handling the state of the Empire, and mostly taking care of the entire situation in the Chang Capital has given Shao Cheng enough information to build his own secret forces without worrying about affecting anyone's grasp of power.
Although certain situations early on in Shao Cheng's life can be different from the information he had learned after managing the Empire after becoming the Great Advisor of the new Emperor.