Chapter 545 Leaving Tianjing City

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Su Zhe's vassals represented Tianjing City's civil servant group, and were basically taken down by Ouyang Shuo.

It is precisely because Su Zhe did not want to get involved in party struggles during his tenure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and devoted himself to government affairs, he established a very high prestige among the civil officials of the previous dynasty.

All those who are truly talented and learned are willing to make friends with Su Zhe.

Therefore, Su Zhe's recognition of Shanhai City will naturally drive a group of civil servants.

In the afternoon of that day, Ouyang Shuo issued his third edict since he was in charge of Tianjing City.

The content of the edict is aimed at the civil officials in the two counties.

Except for those who were marked and blacklisted by the two major intelligence agencies, all the officials of the former dynasty can find a place in the soon-to-be-formed county government.

Of course, all the officials in the two counties will follow the practice of Wuzhou County, and they will all be dismissed first, and then re-applied through the administrative department. In this way, the original officialdom was thoroughly cleaned.

The only benefit of the fall of Guilin County is that Xiao He no longer has to "fill the numbers". The thousand officials prepared by the Administrative Office are enough to operate Xunzhou County and Zhen'an County.

On December 3, all the 100,000 Taiping troops left Tianjing City.

With the departure of the Taiping Army, the situation in Tianjing City became clearer. At least on the surface, there is no force that dares to openly defy Shanhai City's government orders.

Seeing this, Yang Xiuqing was also very tactful, and gradually got rid of the government affairs of Tianjing City, and handed over all the power to the princes. Yang Xiuqing began to hide in the mansion, packed up her luggage, and was ready to take up the post in Leizhou County at any time.

On the same day, the Longxiang Army officially completed the sweep of the entire county of Zhen'an County. The next day, Bai Qi began to select the new headquarters of the Longxiang Army, and at the same time cooperated with the Military Affairs Administration to form the Group Army Command.

At the same time, Bai Qi will act as Ouyang Shuo's special envoy, and contact Bai Hua's special envoy Zhang Liao to discuss the issue of common defense between the two places, hoping to establish a long-term and effective relationship.

The meeting between the two sides is also to eliminate misunderstandings and prevent the armies of both sides from shooting at the border.

For the [Yunnan city-state] that is still being formed, the Longxiang Army's entry into Zhen'an County is like a bolt from the blue. No one would think that Shanhai City stationed troops in Zhen'an County to guard against its ally Lingxi City.

It is self-evident what his soldiers are referring to.

Previously, the cooperation between Shanhai City and Lingxi City completely changed the flag of Kunming County in just three days. Now, the two giants who have solved the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are joining forces again, which is really scary.

The next day, [Yunnan City-State] announced the completion of its establishment, and its efficiency was simply jaw-dropping.

Although, the accidental fall of Guilin County had a certain negative impact on Shanhai City's prestige in China. But no one can deny that Shanhai City, which once again annexed the two counties, is already a veritable giant in China, and its status is no one can shake.

Didn't you hear?

Although the Northern Sichuan Province united with [Shunan City-State] in this campaign, they jointly won Guilin County. The first thing Ximen officials did after they returned was to contact the lords of the Northern Sichuan Province to discuss the establishment of a city-state.

Especially with Han Xin's army stationed in the withered fortress, for the northern Sichuan province, it is only a Guilin county, which makes it impossible for them to reach Xinan.

The establishment of [Northern Sichuan City-State] is imminent.

As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar.

In this way, the surrounding area of ​​Shanhai City was surrounded by four major city-states [Yunnan City-state], [Northern Sichuan City-state], [Shunan City-state] and [Lingnan City-state] from west to east.

With such a formation, who can give up mountains and seas?

All of a sudden, the southwest region became the most watched existence in the entire China region.

How Shanhai City will break out of the siege has become a big news that players talk about for a while. Some so-called experts, unable to bear the loneliness, wrote articles on the forum one after another, expounding their high theories.

The most accepted view is that Shanhai City will move westward.

That is to say, Shanhai City will unite with Lingxi City, a hard-core ally, to clean up the [Yunnan City-State] first, and secure the position to the west of it, and then free up hands to clean up other city-states.

This kind of argument, coupled with the strong presence of the Longxiang Army, how can we not make [Yunnan City-State] frightened. The next New Year, these lords, I am afraid that they will have an unstable life.

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On December 4, the Tianwang Palace was demolished.

The huge Tianwang Palace was razed to the ground and completely became a thing of the past. And at the same time, at the same place, the newly planned Xunzhou County Office officially started construction.

The alternation of new and old represents the handover of old and new regimes.

So far, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has truly come to an end, and it has completely withdrawn from the road of fighting for hegemony in the wilderness.

That afternoon, the Department of Commerce held a grand auction on the square in front of the Tianwang Palace. In less than an hour, all the auction items were sold out, collecting funds of 110,000 gold coins.

Among them, there are not only merchants who actually sell timber, but also ordinary people who just need to build mansions, and of course there are diehard members of Hong Xiuquan, and so on.

The Military Intelligence Department and the Black Snake Guard will cooperate with each other to screen out these buyers one by one, trying not to let any slip through the net, and completely eliminate the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the two counties.

At the same time, the Black Snake Guards have already started investigations in thousands of villages in the two counties. Thoroughly eradicate the act of secretly offering sacrifices to the heavenly king, and severely punish those who committed the crime.

And all of this is naturally paving the way for the rule of Shanhai City.

For the funds obtained from the auction, Ouyang Shuo did not invest in the construction of Xunzhou County and Zhen'an County, but used it as military expenses for the expansion of the territory, including pensions for those killed during the war.

In this way, it is a blessing that the capture of the two counties, even the previous Wuzhou County, did not cause an additional financial burden on the territory.

As the auction ended, the Black Snake Guards began to carry out secret cleansing work in Tianjing City. But all those who were on the blacklist before, whether they are gentry officials or traffickers, will die one by one.

In just one day, more than two hundred people died.

All of a sudden, there was a commotion in Tianjing City.

As a last resort, Ouyang Shuo personally came forward to appease the people, saying that this was just a temporary elimination of bandits. Only in this way can Tianjing City be restored to calm.

On December 5th, Bao Shuya finally arrived in Tianjing City.

Accompanying Bao Shuya was Cui Shousi. Cui Shousi will stay in Tianjing City for one day to give a brief report on his work, and then he will set off again to Zhen'an County to take up his post.

As early as two days ago, Mu Lanyue had led more than 500 officials, under the escort of the Second Division of the First Army of the Dragon Army, successfully arrived in Zhen'an County, and officially took over the government affairs of Zhen'an County.

Along with Mulanyue was her bodyguard - Li Feixue.

It is reported that Li Feixue is planning to establish a sect in Zhen'an County, and has Mulanyue's full support.

For this, Ouyang Shuo was naturally happy to see the results.

The next day, Yang Xiuqing set off for Leizhou County under the escort of a team of personal guards.

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On December 8th, Ouyang Shuo left Tianjing City.

Leaving with Ouyang Shuo, there were also two Shanman independent divisions. As for the Imperial Guard Division, they will be temporarily left in Tianjing City, and will not set off back to Shanhai City until the formation of the Xunzhou County Guard Division is completed.

Prior to this, the Wuzhou County Security Division had been formed, and the Shanman Independent Fourth Division stationed in Chiyou City was already on its way back to Shanhai City and would arrive soon.

Originally, Ouyang Shuo wanted to stay in Tianjing City for a while, but a secret letter from the Black Snake Guard forced Ouyang Shuo to return to Shanhai City ahead of schedule.

According to reports from the Black Snake Guards, they finally found Fan Li and Xi Shi.

And on the same day, Bai Xue formally notified the Department of Commerce, saying that her father Bai Gui had agreed to move the Bai's trading company to Shanhai City.

If there was no connection between Fan Li and Bai Gui, even Ouyang Shuo would not believe it.

Regarding the invitation of the Black Snake Guards, Fan Li was surprisingly not embarrassed, and readily agreed to leave with the Black Snake Guards and go to Shanhai City to settle down.

According to their speed, as long as they arrive at the nearest king city, they can quickly teleport to Shanhai City.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo had to set off early and embark on the road of return.

Calculating the time, Ouyang Shuo left Shanhai City this time for more than two months, and it is time to go back.

On December 12th, Ouyang Shuo led his troops to Mulan Fortress.

In Mulan Fortress, Ouyang Shuo stayed briefly for a day and had an in-depth conversation with Du Ruhui, fully communicating with him about the specific army reorganization and related personnel appointments and dismissals.

Du Ruhui was worthy of being a competent minister. In a short period of time, he refined the rough army reorganization plan drawn up by Ouyang Shuo a few days ago into a ten-page plan with tens of thousands of words, taking into account all aspects of affairs.

Of course, this also has the assistance of various departments under the Military Affairs Administration. In particular, Zhao Kuo, the director of operations, played a great role in assisting and became Du Ruhui's most important assistant.

The next day, Ouyang Shuo led his troops to leave again.

With Ouyang Shuo leaving the fortress, there were Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng, Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan, four generals from the Taiping Army. These four are all hard-headed, and they still refuse to surrender.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo simply took them all back to Shanhai City and dealt with them later.

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On December 15th, Ouyang Shuo and his party arrived in Shanhai City smoothly.

At the north gate outside the city, Xiao He led all the civil and military officials to kneel down to meet him, and the momentum was so great that the entire Shanhai City was shocked.

From this, it was officially announced that Ouyang Shuo's return as king.

Back in Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo placed the two Shanman independent divisions in the Wangcheng military camp. After that, no one was seen, but they plunged into the apse of the Duhu Mansion.

After being away from home for several months, Ouyang Shuo naturally misses his relatives even more.

The lovely Bing'er and the gentle Song Jia are the existences that he misses day and night.

Only at this moment, Ouyang Shuo could temporarily let go of his hegemony and truly relax.