The four largest islands in the Sang Kingdom, one is Beizhou Island, one is Zuozhongzhou Island, one is Youzhongzhou Island, and one is Nanzhou Island. Chen Leng has returned, but the expeditionary force of Daning is still fighting, and the entire territory of Sang Kingdom has not reached the point of complete conquest.

Taking over Kyoto City does not mean taking over the entire territory of Sang Country, but it symbolizes that the complete and unified Sang Country has been destroyed.

Now the Daning Expeditionary Force only conquered Zuozhongzhou Island. Nanzhou Island is still fighting, and Beizhou Island is almost no need to fight, but there are still a large number of mulberry troops stationed on the Youzhongzhou Island, and the area of ​​Youzhongzhou Island is slightly larger than Zuozhongzhou Island.

After Kyoto was captured by the Daning Expeditionary Force, the Sang Kingdom suddenly became in chaos. In places where the Ning army had not yet been conquered, more than twenty forces, large and small, had the courage to declare themselves emperor with great courage and insisted that they were orthodox.

Among them are people with close ties to Ying Tiao and Thailand, such as this distant relative and the old subordinate under his command, who have to be related even if it doesn't matter.

There are also people with close ties with Takaihara, this nephew, that nephew, or a noble family who once supported Takaihara. Anyway, each of them is a person like Takaihara's own son.

Among these twenty or so emperors of the Sang Kingdom, few really wanted to regain their territory, and most of them just wanted to live up to the emperor's addiction and dream of becoming emperor's dream.

After Chen Leng returned to Daning, Meng Chang'an personally led his army to attack Youzhongzhou Island, and attacked with swords and weapons at most. At most, nine emperors were killed in seven days. In Meng Chang'an's words, such emperors were not even qualified to enter Babu Lane.

A month after Shen Leng returned to Dongjiang, Prince Li Changye sent a messenger to Sang Kingdom to find Meng Chang'an. When the messenger arrived, Meng Chang'an was besieging a county town. There was an emperor who claimed to have 150,000 troops, but the county town was full of people and only 20,000 people were stuffed into it.

After receiving the letter from the prince, Meng Chang'an asked the messenger to reply to the prince's highness and wait for him for seven more days. In seven days, he will set off to return to the eastern border of Daning, and the messenger will return immediately.

Meng Changan spent seven days sweeping over half of the Youzhongzhou Island, and more than 20 emperors were killed by him alone.

The overall situation has been decided, Meng Chang'an handed over the expeditionary force to Haisha's command and then returned to Daning.

In fact, whether it is talent or personality, Haisha is better than Yan Kaisong. The reason why His Majesty asked Yan Kaisong to stay in Sang Kingdom instead of Haisha was because Haisha would definitely follow the expedition during the North Expedition in the future.

Daning, Gyeonggi Province.

After a period of time, Xue Huayi, the Lord of the Gyeonggi Province Dojo, asked the Ministry of Justice Cen Zheng for instructions. After obtaining the agreement of Cen Zheng, he summoned the county magistrates and prefectures of Gyeonggi Province to Shicheng to discuss matters.

Chang'an City.

Two young people were admitted to the academy, one of them was Xue Zhen and the other was Xue Zhao. Xue Zhen'er entered the girls' academy to study.

Both of these young people have good qualifications and are at the forefront when they were admitted to the academy. However, due to their age, they can only enter three years of academic study.

Shortly after the three-year examination of the academy, this list of outstanding students entered the East Palace Zhanshi Mansion. After His Royal Highness returns from the East Palace, this list will be placed in front of the Crown Prince's Hall.

Before this list was placed in front of the Prince's Hall, the person who carefully checked the list was Xu Jushan.

Neither Xue Zhen'er nor Xue Zhao'er knew that they came to Chang'an City Academy to study, and they might not be able to help them in three years, and this was just a way out for Xue Huayi to arrange for them.

The two young men were eager to repay their kindness and waited for three years to return to Xue Huayi and become his right-hand man. However, they did not expect that Xue Huayi did not intend to let them come back.

The conference in Shicheng lasted for three days. According to convention, the Taoist master Cen Zheng will attend the conference on the first day and will also attend the conference at the end of the third day, but he will not come during the formal meeting on the middle day.

This is a meeting where officials of the entire Gyeonggi-do wing system met their new boss, so of course it is not convenient for Cen Zheng to attend the whole process. They appeared at the opening and closing to show the importance of the conference.

In the academy, by the lake.

Xue Zhaoer looked at Xue Zhener who came to find him. Neither of them was still used to this kind of life, but they both tried hard to adapt.

Fortunately, the schoolwork in the academy was not very heavy, and the two of them met frequently when they had time. They also rented a small courtyard in Chang'an City, and they would take the time to return to that small courtyard for a secret meeting.

"The roster that sir gave me..."

On the stone bridge, Xue Zhaoer lowered her voice and said, "I've hidden it under this stone bridge. You must also remember that you may use it in the future. If any of us has an accident, the other one can keep the roster."

Zhen'er nodded and said, "I remember."

She looked at the lake in the academy, and after a moment of silence, she said, "This academy is actually really beautiful."

“It’s very beautiful.”

Zhao'er nodded and said, "Do you remember what the adults said? He said that when he gets old in the future, he will be unable to deal with state affairs anymore. He will learn from the old dean Lu Congwu to come to the academy and be a teacher."

"We were all middle-aged by then."

Zhen'er smiled and said, "Our children are already at the age of entering the academy. Adults are the deans in the academy and can teach our children."

The two young men stood on the stone bridge to imagine the future. There was no trace of pessimism in this enjoyment, because both of them firmly believed in Xue Huayi's ability. Since the day they followed Xue Huayi, they had never seen anything that Lord Xue would do but could not do.

Tingwei Mansion.

In Han Huanzhi's study, he handed a list of them to Fang Shiyi.

"This is the list of newly admitted disciples of the academy. We will not review the list of disciples of the academy. Tingwei Mansion has never had any convention to investigate these people, but the current situation is a bit special."

He pointed to the list and said, "This was sent by Xu Jushan, the secretary of the Eastern Palace Secretary, and he is also the second assistant to the cabinet. You are already familiar with Daning, so you should know the identity of Lord Xu."

Fang Shi said: "The Eastern Palace Secretary is still the second assistant to the cabinet. Then, after His Royal Highness ascended the throne in the future, 99% of this Lord Xu will be the first assistant to the cabinet."

Han Huanzhi nodded and said, "It's probably that. Lord Xu means that the outstanding talents on this list are very likely to be selected into the Eastern Palace and are very likely to become a loyal minister of Daning in the future, so he feels it is necessary to let the Tingwei Mansion touch the details of these people."

Fang Shiyi picked up the list and leaned over and said, "I will find out everyone as soon as possible."

Han Huanzhi asked: "Then do you know why you need to check it?"

Fang Shiyi shook his head: "I don't know."

Han Huanzhi's fingers tapped on the table rhythmically. After a while, the other party said, "I asked you to check these people. It's Lord Xu Jushan who ordered your name."

Fang Shiyi was stunned. Why did he be named and investigated these people?

Han Huanzhi smiled and said, "Let's think about it slowly by yourself. Now I will go and read all these people first, especially the top 20 people, so you must be extra careful."

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

Fang Shiyi leaned over and bowed again. With his wisdom, he did not immediately understand why a big man like Xu Jushan named him.

But he had a little understanding of Lord Xu. When he was young, Lord Xu was appreciated by Duke An of the academy and entered the official career directly. When His Majesty was in charge of the army, he was also the people he brought with him.

Not long after, Lord Xu returned to the cabinet and became the second assistant. After the emperor deposed the former crown prince Li Changze, he appointed the second prince Li Changye as the crown prince. Xu Jushan also took charge of the Zhanshi Mansion.

All this is enough to show that Lord Xu will be the chief minister of the Daning Cabinet in the future and his right-hand man to the future.

Taking this list, Fang Shiyi left Han Huanzhi's study room. He suddenly felt that the burden on him was getting heavier, and suddenly felt Daning's trust in him. Logically speaking, he was a Bohai native and would not be reused.

However, the moment this list was handed over to him, it was enough to show the recognition of the Daning court for him. In fact, he also thought that since Lord Xu called him to investigate this matter, Lord Xu must have asked His Majesty Emperor Daning before this.

Fang Shiyi let out a long breath and a warm feeling rose in his heart.

If it was in Heiwu, if it was in Bohai, how could a person with his identity be used by the court?

He looked down at Qianban Jinyi on his body, then let out a long breath, and waved his fists while walking forward.

Live up to this trust!

When he returned to his branch, Xu Jushan sat down on the chair and handed the list to his subordinates: "There are a total of 136 people on the list. I will go to check the top 20 people in person. You can divide the remaining people. This is not a case, but it is important to find out the details of these people. We have time. Just check the details before the crown prince comes back from Dongjiang, so be sure to check them in detail!"

In short, even if His Royal Highness has set off to return to Chang'an from the East Xinjiang, it will take at least two months to arrive. In fact, they have at least three or four months to find out these people.

Fang Shiyi stood up and said, "Go."

"call!"

The subordinate lieutenant responded and immediately turned around and went out.

Meanwhile, Shicheng, the second day of the conference.

The meeting place was in Lord Daocheng's mansion, and many tables were set up in the yard. The adults of these prefectures and county towns sat around, and it was not easy for everyone to gather together, so the conversation was very pleasant.

Xue Huayi waved his hand, and the personal guards in his mansion immediately scattered out. There was no one else in the yard, all of whom were in charge of the wing soldiers of Gyeonggi Province.

"I have always been thinking about what to say when calling all the adults to meet me and talk about serious things. After thinking about it, I don't know what to say to make you pay attention to this conference."

"After thinking for a long time, I thought of that sentence. If there is a sentence that makes you all feel that this will be necessary at the same time, it is not just to let you know me, but this sentence can only be..."

Xue Huayi's eyes swept over the adults and deliberately paused.

Because of this pause and this opening, all the officials present focused on Xue Huayi's face, and they were all waiting for what Lord Xue said.

Xue Huayi's intentional pause was indeed very effective. He nodded with satisfaction when he saw those people staring at him, and then asked in a slightly longer tone.

"Sir, please be on the list."

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