As for the next arrangements for the chief general Ren Xiao and his deputy Zhao Tuo, Ying Zheng had already finalized them in Yin Yue.

The empire will establish three counties in the newly conquered Lingnan area - Nanhai County, Guilin County, and Xiang County.

However, although the county system was still implemented, the Lingnan region was special after all and was geographically separated from the Central Plains. It was difficult for the central court to directly govern this area like other counties in the empire.

Under the suggestions of Ren Xiao, Zhao Tuo, and Ying Zheng's own advocacy, the empire decided to implement a military control policy in the three Lingnan counties to ensure that the resistance of the Yue tribe could not resurgence.

The Xiangsan County of Guilin in the South China Sea does not have the traditional chief executive of the county governor. It only arranges the supervisory and censor management affairs of the supervisory system. Instead, it adopts the special policy of "one lieutenant in the southeast and one marquis in the northwest" to strengthen the Lingnan region.

governance and defense.

The so-called "Southeast First Lieutenant" refers to the special official position of Nanhai Lieutenant set up in Nanhai County.

Nanhaiwei, as the name suggests, is a county lieutenant in the normal county system bureaucracy, but it is a super enhanced version.

The captain named Nanhai was actually in charge of the military power of the three counties in Lingnan. Since the three counties in Lingnan implemented a strict military garrison policy, the highest military officer naturally had administrative power.

Therefore, Nanhaiwei was the well-deserved leader of Lingnan who was in charge of the military and political power of the three counties in Lingnan. In later generations, he might be called a governor, a governor, or something like that.

As for the "Northwestern Marquis", they built castles on the traffic channels in the northwest of Lingnan and stationed heavy troops to prevent the Xiou people from fleeing north.

The word "hou" here has nothing to do with official position or title, but refers to the outpost to visit the enemy, which means to station troops for surveillance.

This arrangement is to strengthen military control in the Lingnan region to ensure regional stability.

In Ying Zheng's view, the most troublesome people in Lingnan are the local Baiyue tribe. In order to suppress them, it is acceptable to expand the power of local bureaucrats - in order to suppress the local people, the empire will further send troops to Lingnan.

migrant.

Of course, the main force of immigrants is still second-class criminals such as merchants and merchants.

The candidate for the first Nanhai Lieutenant was naturally Ren Xiaolai, the chief general in the attack on Baiyue.

There are three counties in Lingnan, but the focus of empire building is only Nanhai County. Guilin County and Xiang County are a bit too far away. The main thing is to maintain stability, and whether it can develop is secondary.

Nanhai County is expected to consist of four counties: Panyu, Longchuan, Boluo and Sihui, with Panyu as the county government.

Ren Xiao's deputy Zhao Tuo is the magistrate of Longchuan County.

Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo will basically be the uncrowned kings of this three-acre area of ​​Lingnan for a long time to come.

The only fly in the ointment is that the Wuling Road at the junction of Lujiang County and Nanhai County in central Fujian is still under the control of the eldest son's faction.

Part of this area is located in the Lujiang River in central Fujian, and part of it is located in the South China Sea.

Ren Xiao naturally does not want to have an area in Nanhai County that he cannot control, even if it is just a small piece of land in the border area.

What's more, that piece of land is very important.

With that piece of land, he has the final say who can freely enter and leave the three Lingnan counties.

Now it is the eldest son's faction that has the final say.

Although Ren Xiao made a lot of efforts to persuade Ying Zheng to allow him, the Nanhai Captain, to completely control all the land in Nanhai County, Ying Zheng ignored him in the end.

Fortunately, the result was not perfect, and the core interests that Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo sought were achieved.

As for the remaining little bits and pieces, they can still think of another way.

One emperor and one courtier.

Although the eldest son's faction is still at its peak, Fusu has basically lost the qualification to compete for the crown prince position after all.

A political group with no future will inevitably see its strength decline day by day.

How long can it be prosperous with the emperor's favor?

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While everything in the empire was developing in an orderly manner, the anti-Qin forces in the shadows were also growing on their own.

After the mirage was over, the Mo family and the Xiang family parted ways.

The departure of the mirage to the sea can be regarded as a sign...or it should be said that the destruction of the Little Sage Village and the promulgation of the Book Burning Order are that sign, indicating that most of the anti-Qin forces have new goals.

In the past, they have been developing in secret, accumulating strength, while constantly trying to weaken the empire and create the right opportunity.

Now they are still hiding in the darkness and not exposed to the sun, but they are gradually coming to the forefront and flourishing in various areas of the empire - of course, mainly in remote areas.

Now those who dare to slap Ying Zheng in the face of the Guanzhong area, or even the imperial capital of Xianyang, are either ruthless people bent on death, brainless fools, or both.

Serious anti-Qin forces developed in Liaodong, Qilu, Jingchu and other places.

From the northeast to the southeast, there are thousands of miles of land for them to develop as much as they want, so there is no need to go to Guanzhong to provoke them.

In the eyes of the anti-Qin forces, the time is roughly ripe, and they only need to accumulate enough strength to make their official debut.

Of course, most people are not willing to be the first person. Even if they have accumulated enough power, they may still need a pioneer to lead the 'trend'.

However, it is still an important time for development, so there is no rush for this outstanding person to appear.

Although the Mo family and the Xiang family have a good relationship, it is reasonable for them to part ways for the next step of development.

Master Ban took the Mohist disciples north to the Liaodong area.

The Jiliao area has always been the area covered by the Mohist influence.

Even though they later suffered a serious blow from the empire, the Mohist forces in Liaodong did not suffer much losses because they were too remote.

Master Ban plans to reunite the scattered Mohist disciples in the Liaodong area, and at the same time prepares to hoard some organ creations for the funeral.

What the Mohists object to is unjust war, and they will not show mercy when war is forced to begin.

Throughout the five hundred years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Mohists were among the best private military contractors—of course, the Mohists generally did not charge money.

Otherwise, the mechanism white tiger would not be one of the four spirit beasts of the Mohist mechanism.

As a 'mercenary organization', the Mohists do not intend to and cannot directly rebel.

Master Ban's thinking is the same as that of his predecessors in the past, which is to choose a force that conforms to the Mohist principle of universal love and non-aggression to help it fight against the empire.

Of course, considering that times have changed, Master Ban does not rule out the possibility of cooperating with multiple forces.

But no matter how you do it, the Mohist's biggest advantage is always the mechanism technique.

If the Mohist family wants to exert sufficient power, it must use a large number of mechanism creations and mechanism beasts.

The Mo family's original inventory was either used or lost in various previous turmoils, and has been exhausted.

Now we have to save money again - this is not a small project and requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time.

And the Xiang family is not idle either.

Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng took Shao Yu all the way south to join Long Qie.

As the old aristocrats of the Chu State, if they wanted to develop, their first choice was of course the land of Jingchu.

Long Qie has already established a firm foothold in Kuaiji County, so they will naturally use that place as their base to further expand and develop their power.

Not only Xiang Liang and the others, Yingbu and Jibu, who were responsible for going to various places to recruit the old Chu troops, also rushed to Kuaiji with the old Chu troops they recalled after the spring of this year.

However, even in Kuaiji County, the southeasternmost part of the empire, the Xiang family is not without threats.

They have all established good relations with the local officials. As long as they don't kill people and set fires in public, they will basically not cause any trouble. However, in Minzhong County, which is adjacent to Kuaiji, their tentacles have not yet reached out.

It's not just a matter of being temporarily powerless. Even if they have the ability, they may not dare to reach out to Minzhong County.

The person who governs Minzhong County is Nei Shiteng of the eldest son's faction, a ruthless man capable of both literary and military skills.

Minzhong County has been run by him since the establishment of the county, and all the power of Liusha's original management on that land - that is, the Dongou and Minyue areas - was handed over to him.

The entire Minzhong County cannot be said to be rich and prosperous, and it can even be said to be far from it. After all, the previous foundation is really not good, but Neishiteng's control over the local government is absolutely nothing to say.

If anti-Qin forces want to develop under his nose, they are basically asking for trouble.

The key is that Minzhong County has a sparse population and is not a good place for the development of anti-Qin forces.

The commotion Long Qie has caused in Kuaiji County over the past six months is not a small one. Theoretically, Minzhong County should be aware of it, but Nei Shiteng doesn't seem to have any intention of meddling in other people's affairs, so the two sides are still in peace.

But if the Xiang clan's power in Kuaiji further grows, it's hard to say whether he will continue to sit idly by and ignore it.

What's even more terrible is that even if he doesn't care now, it doesn't mean he won't care in the future.

The reason why the anti-Qin forces chose remote areas far away from the center of imperial power for development was, firstly, because there was room for development in these places, and secondly, because they would have more time to develop when they really started to rebel.

If there is a rebellion in a remote place like Kuaiji County, it will take at least three to five days for the news to reach Xianyang.

This is still a very urgent situation. If we don't pay enough attention to this, it may take ten and a half days to send the news.

One back and forth, plus the time for the court to respond, it could be at least half a month, and it would be unreasonable to take more.

That's it, not counting the time it would take for the empire to mobilize its troops if it decided to suppress the rebellion.

But it's different with Nei Shiteng.

If he sends troops from central Fujian, if everything goes well, he will be able to put his troops on Xiang Liang's neck in five days.

Moreover, they still have sufficient troops, and the Lingnan Army is stationed in Nanhai County. The Xiang family does not understand the conflict between the eldest son's faction and Ren Xiao, the leader of the Lingnan Army.

There is no buffer time and no room for development. If you are about to fight against the elites of the empire, who can withstand this?

Therefore, the focus of the development of the Xiang clan is on the one hand to continue to grow the team, and on the other hand to solve the problem of Nei Shiteng.

As long as Minzhong County can replace its chief executive with a more incompetent one, they don't need to worry too much about this problem.
To be continued...