At the beginning of August, King Jiang Yao of the Ming Dynasty sat in Xuancheng and issued the "Edict to Return to the Ming Dynasty in the Southern Regions", announcing to the Southern Regions:

"I mourned for the people, punished them for their crimes, and followed the laws of heaven to conquer the Qing Dynasty. In March and May, the eighteen states were at peace..."

"I hope that the monks from the southern region will each return to their own state and each county... and register in the yellow book as a member of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Once the reform is launched, how will our monks in the Southern Region be different from those in the Western Region... I only have the heart of a king..."

The "Edict of Returning the People to the Southern Region" mentioned major policies such as protecting the country and the people, reforming the law, abolishing feudal lords and establishing prefectures and counties, confiscating the resources of the Wu family, providing relief to poor families, and restoring the four famous religions.

It can be said that he is resolute, bold, and very high-profile, without any concealment.

For the poor families in the Southern Region who have been suffering deeply, this is nothing less than a long drought followed by good rain.

When the monks from the poor families in the southern region saw Jiang Gong's edict, they were all very happy and filled the sky with excitement.

"The monks in the Western Regions all say that King Ming was born as a saint, and I am sincere in saying this!"

"If it weren't for Mr. Jiang, we would have become slaves!"

"Okay, okay! I'm so lucky! My southern region has returned to the Ming Dynasty now, and we are all people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"If Mr. Jiang doesn't come out, what will happen to the world?"

"His Royal Highness Prince Ming has issued an edict to recruit new soldiers of the Wuzong. Those who meet the conditions should hurry up and apply!"

After much anticipation, His Highness Prince Ming finally arrived.

Monks in many places spontaneously built Jianggong Temple to wish His Highness King Ming a prosperous path, peace and longevity.

When the Ming Dynasty monks in the Western Regions heard the news of the great victory in the Southern Expedition, they all cheered for joy.

The king won! The Ming Dynasty won!

From now on, our Ming Dynasty owns the Western Region and the Southern Region, accounting for more than 20% of the territory of Shenzhou.

The population and territory have more than doubled!

National power has skyrocketed!

Many fanatical Ming people even issued slogans such as "conquer the east and destroy the Zhou Dynasty", "take advantage of the victory to unify the Shenzhou", and "go south to destroy the Qing Dynasty".

There are more and more arrogant citizens, and their enthusiasm for war far exceeds that of the military nobles.

The surge in national power brought about by the reform, the revival of culture and education, and the self-confidence brought by the Ming army's victorious battles over the years made many Ming people high-spirited and ambitious.

The prestige of the Imperial Court of the Ming Dynasty and the ginger medicine of the Ming Dynasty has once again climbed to a new height.

The ginger medicine's will power is skyrocketing every day, and in just a few days, it has skyrocketed by tens of millions!

Moreover, there is still no intention to stop. The power of the magical power is even more powerful.

Not only Jiang Yao's personal will power, but also the royal luck of the Ming Dynasty were skyrocketing.

What's more important is that the royal destiny in Jiuding has a color!

There are five colors of royal luck: blue, green, red, purple, and yellow, and each color is divided into two colors: dark and light.

From low to high, there are ten colors: light cyan, dark cyan...light red...dark yellow.

The darker the color and the higher the level, the stronger and more prosperous the royal destiny will be.

Today's Jiuding already has the light blue royal destiny!

Although it is the lowest level of royal luck, it has achieved something from scratch, which is of epoch-making significance!

It was a great event for the Ming Kingdom, and even for the entire Zhenjie.

However, this important matter is the top secret of the Ming Dynasty, and only a few people know about it.

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When the Ming army occupied the southern region, the one who was most stimulated, apart from the heavy defeat and heavy losses of the Qing Dynasty, was the Zhou Dynasty who was also in Shenzhou.

When the news of the Ming army's consecutive victories came, the Zhou court was in an uproar.

The call to extinguish the Ming Dynasty became louder again.

"Jiang Longcheng actually occupied the entire southern region!"

"Awesome! Damn it!"

"False knowledge is immortal,

We will die without a burial place!"

"Send a letter to destroy the Ming Dynasty!"

Not only the officials of the Zhou Kingdom were anxious, but also the military aristocratic group represented by the anti-Zhou Allied Forces and the Ten Thousand Immortals Army were anxious.

In order to deal with the increasingly powerful Ming Dynasty and strangle the increasingly terrifying reform forces, they did not dare to continue the civil war!

The anti-Zhou coalition forces and the Ten Thousand Immortals Army took the initiative to send a letter to Yu, willing to return some of the land that had been granted by Yu, and were willing to serve the Great Zhou Emperor as their master.

There is only one request for Zhou Zhu Yu: I hope there will be no more civil war, unite as one, and destroy the Ming Dynasty!

The northern military aristocratic group that was in danger of turning against the Zhou Dynasty before, now behaves respectfully:

"If you teach your majesty to destroy the Ming Dynasty and protect the Wu family and the country, your majesty's merits will be as high as the sky and the earth, and will last forever..."

"...Then your Majesty will be the Holy Lord of the Divine Continent, and I, the Great Zhou, will be able to rule the world..."

In addition to these 'nice words', the military noble group also made veiled threats:

"If Your Majesty still protects the Jiang family, the heart of Shenzhou will be cold, the top and bottom will be separated, the soldiers will be heartbroken, and the loyal will be heartbroken..."

"Your Majesty is the co-owner of the Wu family, not the grass king of a poor family. Which one is more important, your Majesty should think carefully..."

He even threatened Lord Zhou more openly:

"If Your Majesty has no intention of conquering the Ming Dynasty and rectifying the difficulties, and has no intention of bringing order to the chaos, then the Ten Thousand Immortal Army will have no choice but to overtake the subordinates and go south to destroy the Ming Dynasty..."

"In this way, the defense line of Taiyin Mountain will be broken, and the Northern Territory will be trapped by the Charming Tapir. And we can only abandon the Northern Territory and take in the Western Territory. If the north is lost, the west will be replenished..."

When Yu saw the "letter" from the north, he couldn't help but change his expression.

"It doesn't make sense."

"Oh, how dare you, rat, bully me."

In the Xingkong Pavilion of Zhou Palace, Yu said to Zhongshu Ling Nangong Lingyi with a frosty look on his face.

"Nangong, look at it." Yu handed the memorial to Nangong Lingyi, "They are threatening me."

"Haha, they actually said that they would rather abandon the northern defense line and go south to suppress the Ming Dynasty. I am very disappointed with them."

"In their eyes, Jiang Yao is more terrifying than the Charming Tapir Barbarians. It's really ridiculous. Do they think that being from a poor family is worse than being a pig or sheep?"

Yu is wearing a white dress with a moire pattern, a blue gold-stepped crown on her head, and a pair of distinctive phoenix eyes as cold as ice.

This is a girl with alluring looks and supreme demeanor.

Anyone who sees her beauty will never forget it.

Although Yu's words contained murderous intent, his tone was very calm.

"Your Majesty." Nangong Lingyi put down the memorial to the north and said:

"They are not the only ones who are persecuting His Majesty. Even the imperial court and local officials, most of them demand that the civil war be stopped and the Ming Dynasty be annihilated?"

"In their view, returning half of the states and counties that were sealed off by the false emperor in exchange for stopping the civil war is already very sincere."

Yu Xuan, the King of Ye on one side, said: "There were originally only thirty-six states and counties under the direct jurisdiction of the state, but the false emperor sent them all away. Even if they return half of them, there will only be eighteen states. The court cannot suffer this loss."

Yu nodded, "The thirty-six states are directly under the imperial court, and no state can be left behind."

"If you want me to march westward, you can. First return all the thirty-six directly-administered states."

"If they dare to give up the northern defense line, then just give up. The Northern Territory has been their home for tens of thousands of years, and they don't even want their home anymore. I feel bad for them? It's a joke."

"If they want to go south and destroy the Ming Dynasty, then they can destroy it themselves. What does it have to do with me?"

Yu was sure that the Ten Thousand Immortals Army would never dare to abandon the northern defense line and go south to conquer Jiang Yao.

She is not afraid of the Ten Thousand Immortal Army either.

Why?

Although the Ten Thousand Immortals Army is powerful, it is not monolithic. There are great internal differences, and there are several on the mountain.

First of all, the so-called Ten Thousand Immortals Army actually does not have ten thousand people, only eight thousand, and Ten Thousand Immortals is an imaginary number.

These eight thousand people are also divided into ten generals and commanders, each of whom commands eight hundred martial immortals. They are called the Thousand Immortals Army, but in fact they can number up to eight hundred people.

Among the ten generals, Xuzhou and Mu Wuji represent the Central Region and Zhou Ting.

Although the two of them cannot dominate the Ten Thousand Immortal Army, they can dominate the Thousand Immortal Army under their own command. The two of them are Zhou ministers, and of course they will not easily rebel against the Zhou Dynasty.

Among the other eight generals, there is Yu Canglang, who is Uncle Yu and King Jing of Zhou Dynasty.

He has always been on Yu's side. The Thousand Immortal Army under his command will certainly not go against Yu.

Yan Ji, the leader of the Yan clan, is also one of the top ten generals.

But he is the leader of a super powerful vassal in the Northern Territory, and the Yan clan's territory is all south of Taiyin Mountain. How could he give up his hometown?
To be continued...