Chapter 797 Resistance From the General Administration

On January 11th of the fourth year of Gaia, Lingxi City.

A few days have passed since the battle of Wenshan City. Yesterday, the Longxiang Army had a good news. Under the encirclement and suppression of the three-way army, they had already captured the entire territory of Tengyue County.

According to the battle report from the front line, after the defeat of the allied forces in Wenshan City, the next attack on the city was almost easy. Often before the army of Shanhai City arrives, the defenders in the city have already voluntarily opened the city and surrendered.

There was almost no fighting along the way.

This is the general trend, irresistible. In this way, Tengyue County was also spared from the ravages of war, and it was regarded as escaped, allowing Tengyue County and Shanhai City to achieve a win-win situation.

At the same time, the war on Yizhou Island was coming to an end.

When the Yizhou Strait was blocked by the two major fleets, Overlord City had already given up. Even if Xiongba went back, he would be powerless. Seeing no reinforcements, Yizhou Island's resistance naturally weakened.

With the cooperation of the Third Army of the Huben Army, the army destroyed the city and pulled out the village all the way.

In this way, the entire southern border war has almost subsided.

The end of the month is Lunar New Year's Eve, and the end of the war will bring a little peace and auspiciousness to the Spring Festival. What's more, when the Spring Festival comes, the soldiers miss their loved ones, and it is not appropriate to fight again.

Not only southern Xinjiang, but the whole of China will gradually stop fighting to welcome another Spring Festival.

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On this day, Huo Qubing led the Imperial Guards to Lingxi City and stationed in the camp outside the city.

As early as two days ago, the Swordsman City army had all withdrawn from Dongchuan County. Just before leaving, the army of Swordsman City carried out a very dishonorable search operation in Dongchuan County.

Wealthy merchants and aristocratic families in major cities have all been scratched.

Afterwards, it was estimated that the Swordsman City army had seized at least 400,000 gold coins from Dongchuan County this time, and turned the not-so-rich Dongchuan County into impoverished people.

Some chambers of commerce even have no working capital to purchase goods and are facing the danger of bankruptcy.

In addition, 15,000 captives from the Imperial Guard were also brought back to the territory by Swordsman City. Feng Qingyang's attitude was very clear, he was neither willing to confront Shanhai City directly nor to cooperate.

Feng Qingyang probably thought that Shanhai City would not be able to do anything to him if he returned to Shu.

Ouyang Shuo could only say, "Too naive!"

On the same day, Ouyang Shuo shouted to Feng Qingyang through [Daily Express], demanding that Swordsman City return the Imperial Guard prisoners of war within a week, and at the same time compensate 800,000 gold coins for the economic loss caused by the looting of Dongchuan County.

Otherwise, the only option is to fight each other.

Ouyang Shuo was not just talking. After the imperial guards arrived in Lingxi City, Huo Qubing entered the city and had a secret talk with Ouyang Shuo. Early the next morning, the imperial guards pulled out their camp again and marched to Dongchuan County.

Yongren City in Dongchuan County is a shameful place for the imperial guards. No one would think that the imperial guards led by Huo Qubing were just visiting Dongchuan County for fun. From afar, everyone could smell the smell of revenge.

The cloud of war that has just subsided seems to be stirring up trouble again.

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The land of Shu, the city of swordsmen.

Unlike the main cities of other territories, Swordsman City has a strong Jianghu atmosphere. People from the rivers and lakes can be seen everywhere on the street, and hundreds of martial arts gyms are dotted among them, which is really spectacular.

In this atmosphere, the hearts of the people in the city are very strong.

Fighting and brawling, and fighting in the competition, are staged in the city every moment. For this reason, Swordsman City imitated the six gates and set up a special arrest agency to control people in the world.

Even the central street in the city is designed in the shape of a giant sword.

At the hilt of the sword is the City Lord's Mansion.

In the study of the city lord's mansion, Feng Qingyang saw the report of [Daily Express], he was extremely angry, and said harshly: "Bastard, I have never seen such arrogance. If you start a war, you will start a war. No one is afraid of anyone."

Seeing her elder brother's appearance, Feng Qingyue sighed in her heart.

Feng Qingyue never expected that her elder brother would be so lucrative that he would send troops to loot the people for a mere 400,000 gold coins.

As soon as this happened, Swordsman City immediately became the laughing stock of the world.

In the territory that has survived so far, which lord does not know the importance of people's hearts. In addition to the popularity of the people in the territory, the reputation of the lord outside is equally important.

Previously, the coalition forces were willing to take the initiative to return to Shanhai City, which is why Ouyang Shuo, the lord, has spread his reputation far and wide. Honglu Temple even set up a special department responsible for promoting the prestige of the lord to the outside world.

In contrast, Feng Qingyang's approach is really helpless.

It's no wonder that after the news spread, some people jokingly said that the Feng family is a group of warriors, not suitable for managing the territory at all, and it's better to obediently throw themselves into Liu Bei's arms.

Full of malice, rushing towards his face.

Ouyang Shuo shattered all Feng Qingyang's fantasies through "Daily Express". Shanhai City will never compromise. Once Jianxia City does not agree to the conditions proposed by Shanhai City, war will be inevitable.

Shanhai City, which just won the Yunnan War, is so powerful that it makes people feel chilling.

The entire [Yanhuang League] can't suppress Shanhai City, how can a mere swordsman city resist the tiger and wolf master of Shanhai City? !

Thinking about the faces of Di Chen and the others, Feng Qingyue didn't think that they would fight Shanhai City again for Jianxia City at this time.

The only way is to compromise.

Thinking of such humiliating conditions, Feng Qingyue frowned, and this time, Jianxia City might have to take its own humiliation. Just looking at his brother's expression, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to compromise.

A local scuffle is inevitable.

Feng Qingyue looked in the direction of Yongren City, a faint light flashed in her eyes.

"Shanhai City asked for it this time, I'm afraid it won't be so simple!"

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Consonance City.

Because of the looting of Swordsman City, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to start appointing and dismissing the newly occupied four counties before the imperial guards arrived in Lingxi City, so that the county guards could leave for their posts in time.

Just yesterday, the Southern Border Protectorate announced a series of personnel appointments and dismissals.

Tian Wenjing was revoked from the position of Sheriff of Qiongzhou and replaced by Sheriff of Mengding County. Appoint Hai Rui as the new governor of Qiongzhou. These two personnel appointments were made a long time ago, so there was no surprise.

The only surprise is probably that Mengding County is more dilapidated than imagined. Now let's see how Tian Wenjing, the cold-faced sheriff, can restore the hearts of the people and the local economy in Mengding County in a short period of time.

In the global auction that just ended, Ouyang Shuo had an unexpected balance of one million gold coins. Ouyang Shuo didn't keep a single cent of this money, and put it all into Yunnan Province.

In addition to paying the transmission fee of 300,000 gold coins, the remaining 700,000 gold coins will all be used to support the construction of the three counties in Yunnan.

For Mengding County alone, a one-time payment of 300,000 gold coins was allocated for construction. Dongchuan County was accidentally ransacked and will also receive financial support of 200,000 gold coins.

The remaining 200,000 gold coins were naturally put into Tengyue County.

Cao Shen was revoked from the post of Director of Kunming County Administration and reassigned as Sheriff of Dongchuan County.

The appointment of Cao Shen was recommended by Bai Hua, the prefect of Kunming. Ouyang Shuo had already promised Bai Hua the position of future Governor of Yunnan Province as one of the conditions for Shanhai City to merge with Lingxi City.

As Bai Hua's most important administrative assistant, Cao Shen, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, will definitely play an important role in the future Governor's Mansion and hold an important position.

That's why, in order for Cao Shen to be able to convince the public in the future, Bai Hua proposed that before the formation of the Governor's Mansion of Yunnan Province, let Cao Shen serve in Dongchuan County to accumulate political achievements.

Cao Shen is capable, familiar with the situation in Yunnan, and understands military affairs. Since Cao Shen was appointed as the Sheriff of Dongchuan County, and it was recommended by Bai Hua, Ouyang Shuo had no reason to disagree.

Zhou Haichen, the magistrate of Leishan Prefecture in Leizhou County, was promoted to the governor of Tengyue County. Yizhou Island was renamed Yizhou County, and military control was temporarily implemented, and the appointment of Yizhou County Governor was suspended.

Originally, Ouyang Shuo planned to appoint Lei Fan, the prefect of Duanren Prefecture in Zhili County, as the prefect of Yizhou. It never occurred to me that this appointment was not approved by the General Administration of Administration and was put on hold for further discussion.

This time, Ouyang Shuo planned to promote two aboriginal magistrates to the post of county magistrate, which was really surprising. From the prefect to the county guard is a qualitative leap, which is equivalent to the leap from the city level to the provincial level in reality, like a natural moat. If it wasn't in the game, such a personnel appointment would be a laughing stock.

Even though Cui Shousi, an aborigine, was promoted to the prefect, the appointment of the two encountered some resistance. Even though Ouyang Shuo pushed hard, he was still stuck in the General Administration Department.

Xiao He, the director of administration, has doubts about the two Xinzha prefects, especially Lei Fan. At least Zhou Haichen came from a major, and he is a man of integrity in the wilderness. In the Territory, he has successively served as the Assistant to the Director of the Administrative Department, the Magistrate of Youyi County, and the Prefect of Leishan.

Just Lei Fan? Born in a mountain barbarian, he has never studied the classics for a few days in his whole life. The only school experience is studying in Southwest University for two months. In the eyes of Xiao He and others, Shanman is synonymous with ignorance, and it is extremely absurd to be promoted to a feudal official.

In this way, Zhou Haichen's appointment was barely passed, and Lei Fan's appointment was stuck.

Ouyang Shuo couldn't ignore the opinions of ministers like Xiao He. If you really want to do that, the whole system will not be able to operate effectively, and it will even shake the foundation of the territory.

If Ouyang Shuo forced the General Administration to approve Lei Fan's appointment, Xiao He would have no choice but to resign, which Ouyang Shuo didn't want to see.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to personally write a letter to discuss the appointment and dismissal with Xiao He, and suggested that the Civil Affairs Bureau send an inspection team to conduct an evaluation of Lei Fan's government affairs.

The matter will be discussed after the evaluation results come out.

Since Ouyang Shuo, the lord, took the initiative to take a step back, Xiao He naturally would not be interested, and immediately agreed to the proposal. Just the day before yesterday, the inspection team led by Zhang Tingyu, the director of the Bureau of Civil Affairs, had already entered the Duanren Mansion.

There is no doubt that this appointment will become a landmark event in the history of territory construction. The conflict and cooperation between monarchy and ministerial power will be a normal state in the future officialdom of the territory.

For Ouyang Shuo, the test and experience had just begun.