At the end of the day, no one wanted the other to have control of this wealth, so they had to fight for it!
The few of them looked on, watching the two sides quarreling until their faces were red and their necks were thick. They were just short of killing each other.
Zuo'er, who saw this scene, had an indescribable expression on her face. Her eyes were filled with disappointment, and she felt a chill in her heart.
Ever since they heard of Ying Jiuguang's death, the two sides had started quarreling. Even she, a servant, had held onto a last glimmer of hope. But as the children of the Ying family, they did not grieve for their father's death, did not think about revenge, did not think about how to establish a foothold in the future, did not think about how to calm the hearts of the people. Instead, they were fighting over this. Now was the time to unite and get through this difficult time together, not the time to split. What would the people below think? Publicly exposing such an ugly state in front of the people below, where would the hearts of the people be? Did they not know that the elites left behind by the Xiahou Family were the greatest wealth? With this group of people, supplemented by the remaining resources of the Ying Family, it was a long-term solution!
"Second Master, Third Master, stop quarreling. Miss Yue ran back in a fit of anger. She might be in danger. Try to contact her again and persuade her to come back quickly. Don't be reckless!" Zuo'er walked in front of the two sides and persuaded.
Her appearance still had some influence on both sides, so they stopped quarreling.
Ying Wuque said, "This girl is still causing trouble at this time. She doesn't know her place without suffering a little! Steward Zuo, the most important thing now is how to gather the scattered sand. Steward Zuo, you judge, is there anything wrong with the order of seniority? Is it wrong for an elder brother to be the head of the family? "
Ying Wufei was furious. "The family has already reached this point. Only those who are capable can lead the family out of this predicament. Steward Zuo, don't you think so?"
Ying Wuque pointed at him and said angrily, "You keep saying that those who are capable can be the head, but where are you? How many women can you sleep with? "
"Bullsh * t!" Ying Wufei scolded.
"Enough!" Zuo'er shouted in a deep voice, and the scene became quiet for a moment. Although Ying Jiuguang's death had removed the pressure from these people, her influence was still there. Most importantly, the Ying family's assets were under her control. Only she knew how many things the Ying family had hidden in the dark. If she supported someone, there would be no suspense about who the new family head would be.
Zuo Er pondered for a moment and looked around. "It's bad for a family to quarrel. In this old servant's opinion, why don't we split the Ying family's property in half. Second Master and Third Master will each control half. Then, we can discuss about cooperation. What do you think?"
"This …" The two brothers looked at each other. It would be difficult for them not to share anything with each other. They were fighting because they were afraid of being swallowed by the other party. They looked at the people behind them and didn't seem to have any objections.
"Since Steward Zuo has said so, I will listen." Ying Wuque snorted coldly with his hands behind his back.
Ying Wufei cupped his hands towards Zuo'er and said, "Then I shall trouble Steward Zuo to uphold justice."
Zuo'er didn't expect the two to really agree. A trace of despair flashed in her eyes as she looked at them.
At this moment, Ying Wuque's mother suddenly stepped forward and said in a strange tone, "Steward Zuo, we don't know how many things the Ying family has in their hands right now. You can't just say how much it is. Why don't we open up the accounts first before we talk about the division?"
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Zuo'er.
Zuo'er bowed slightly and smiled. "Madam Ru's words make sense. How about this, I will let everyone tally up the accounts and open them for everyone to review to show fairness. What do you think?"
Seeing that no one objected, Zuo'er waved her hand left and right. A group of guards and servants obeyed and followed her to the side.
The group of people gathered together. One of them frowned and said, "Steward Zuo, are we really going to split the family? What are we going to do if we give everything to them? "
Zuo'er smiled bitterly. "The Ying family is finished. It's really finished. There's no hope …"
Less than an hour later, the thousands of people around Zuo'er suddenly appeared and surrounded the Ying family. All of them took out their magic breaking bows and aimed at them.
Ying Wuque and the others were shocked. Ying Wufei looked at Zuo'er in the distance and yelled angrily, "Zuo'er, what are you doing? Do you want to be a thief? "
Rumble!
The sound of intense fighting suddenly rang out. Zuo'er slowly closed her eyes.
When everything calmed down, there was no one left alive from the quarreling Ying family. The servants cleaned up the belongings on the corpses and gathered to look at Zuo'er.
Zuo'er looked up at the starry sky and didn't speak for a long time …
The Ying family's affairs were no longer important to many people. Most people only talked about it. For example, the people on the streets of Celestial Street analyzed the situation clearly and logically, but not many were reliable.
Those who knew what was going on focused on their own affairs. The Ying family was already in the past for them. What was most important was to grasp what was in front of them.
Teng Fei and Cheng Taize got what they wanted and attended the court. Emperor Qing appointed them as the Left and Right Heavenly Kings of the East and Right Heavenly Kings of the East. The two Heavenly Kings then presented the names of those who had contributed to the rebellion. Three marshals were promoted from the left and right sides. There were many people who were promoted. Emperor Qing agreed to all of them, and no one in the court objected.
The two new Heavenly Kings expanded from the original one-third of the eastern army's territory to half each. Although the newly promoted marshals' territory was smaller than the original three marshals' territory, it was still bigger for those who were promoted. Moreover, they also had the status of marshal, which was the same as Teng Fei and Cheng Taize. As for the number of Celestial Sovereigns below them, there were only two Celestial Sovereigns under each marshal. Emperor Qing wanted to increase the number of Celestial Sovereigns, but Teng Fei and Cheng Taize refused. Even so, the positions were now empty after their promotions. Furthermore, they had taken over Linghu Dou Zhong's territory, so it was inevitable that a lot of people would be promoted. Teng Fei and Cheng Taize rewarded the army, and the entire eastern army's territory was filled with joy. Of course, there were also those who were depressed because they had lost their power.
The troops of the former Netherworld Governor Office were promoted as well, with the exception of Miao Yi. However, the benefits Miao Yi received were clear to see.
The signboard of the Netherworld Governor Office had been changed. It was now officially called the Netherworld Governor Office, and Miao Yi was officially appointed as the Governor of the Five Military Manors.
Wen Ze, whom Emperor Qing had forced in, became the Deputy Governor, while Heng Wudao, the former General of Yin Lu, became the other Deputy Governor.
Miao Yi had no other choice. Even though he had become a General with six segments of Purple Armor because of Xu Tangran's promotion, his rank was still a little lacking. His superiors wanted him to be a General, but he couldn't find anyone with the rank of a General among his subordinates. He couldn't let the guards take all of his Deputy Governor positions, so he had no choice but to use Heng Wudao.
Of the five generals, Xu Tangran naturally had to take one. However, there were still very few people with the rank of a general. Miao Yi appointed Enlightened Perch Tree, who had no experience in commanding troops, as a general. The other generals were Huang Li, Nangong Ruyu (female), and Mai Zi (female) of the guards.
Two of the five generals were women. Miao Yi wasn't interested in their beauty, but because they didn't get along well with their former colleagues. He wasn't sure if it was because they were women.
As for their capabilities, that wasn't something Miao Yi had to consider at the moment. He didn't use the position of a Deputy General yet, because the ranks of his subordinates weren't high enough.
There was nothing more to say about the five hundred Senior Commanders. Fu Qing and a dozen other elders from the Subjugation Crusade all had positions. Naturally, Bluemoon and Long Xin couldn't be missed out. As for the others, their ranks weren't high enough, so Miao Yi used the troops from the Subjugation Crusade.
However, these five hundred Senior Commanders didn't have the authority to command troops, including the five generals. Miao Yi used the reason that the Nether Hell Lands was too small, so there was no need to spread out too much. Thus, he changed it to a system of appointing generals. The troops would be controlled by the Governor's Office, and the generals would be appointed to lead the troops during missions.
The five Lieutenant Generals and five hundred Senior Commanders had basically lost their military authority. Miao Yi had taken over their positions as mere figureheads. On the surface, Miao Yi said that he would take turns taking care of the daily training of the tens of millions of troops. In reality, Miao Yi had delegated all of that to Fu Qing and the other elders of the Constellation Sea, as well as his old subordinates of the Netherworld like Bluemoon and Long Xin.
The thousands of red-armored generals, including the fifty guards that Wen Ze had brought along, and the millions of Purple Armor Generals, were all selected by Miao Yi to form a Heavenly Plan Department that directly reported to the Governor's Office. To put it bluntly, Miao Yi was directly in charge of the Governor's Office. To put it bluntly, he was just keeping them idle. Once there was a war, he would appoint generals. In any case, most of these people didn't have official positions in the past, so they were used to it.
As for the commanders below him, Miao Yi didn't mess around. If the commanders at the bottom were all just mere figureheads, then he wouldn't be able to do anything.
In order to appease the lower ranks, Miao Yi kept their positions. However, there were about fifteen thousand commanders, so he didn't need that many. It was about ten thousand more than the normal number. However, Sky Avenue lacked reliable manpower. Xiao Lingbo and the others took up the positions of Senior Commanders and Deputy Senior Commanders. The commanders and Deputy Generals below them were mostly from the local forces. Thus, Miao Yi transferred over all the commanders and Deputy Generals from Sky Avenue. He kept their ranks, but they couldn't even think about being promoted. If they had the ability to fight with the people here, they would drown in their own saliva. As for the commanders and Deputy Generals who were transferred over, they were naturally overjoyed. The Governor had given them a lucrative job. It was a benefit that they couldn't even imagine in the past. How could they not accept it? They hurriedly went to work with their new superiors.
Miao Yi cleared out more than three thousand positions for the commanders below him. In order to control those who were demoted, he still kept about two thousand positions. Naturally, Miao Yi used all the old people in the Netherworld Governor's Office for the remaining ten to twenty thousand old people were left to listen to the Governor's Office's orders. They were concentrated in protecting the Governor's Office's safety.
With this structure, it was equivalent to providing for all the Deputy Governors, all the way down to the Senior Commanders. Basically, they didn't have any military power. Wen Ze couldn't help but curse in his heart. What kind of game was this? It seemed like he was the only one in charge. Unfortunately, the situation in the Netherworld was special. In addition, the group of surrendered troops had yet to settle down. They didn't know what their future would be like, so they all hoped to settle down as soon as possible. No one objected. If Wen Ze and his family objected, they would be killed. This gave Miao Yi the opportunity to make drastic reforms.
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