After sending away Han Xin, Ouyang Shuo met Thunder of Sword Energy alone.
To be honest, Ouyang Shuo didn't expect that Tingyu Tower would fight so hard. Not to mention the assassination in the palace, just the attack of 10,000 adventurer players made a great contribution on the battlefield.
For this, Tingyu Tower also paid a heavy price. Not to mention the headquarters was burned to the ground, the industries in Luoyang were also destroyed by Wei Qing's order, and more than 1,000 players died.
Thunder of Sword Energy's decisiveness made Ouyang Shuo look at it in a new light.
With the capture of Luoyang, the harvest of the Rain-listening Building was absolutely worth it. Ouyang Shuo gave Thunder Sword Energy two choices. "Stay in Luoyang or move to Shanhai City. Both are acceptable."
If it stayed in Luoyang, Tingyu Tower's destroyed industries would be rebuilt by the Governor's Office of the Central Plains Province, and there would even be relevant compensation. They would never let Tingyu Tower suffer losses.
Ouyang Shuo had decided to appoint his father Yan as the first Governor of the Central Plains Province, and try to use the Han Dynasty's old officials as much as possible.
Speaking of his father Yan, he was also a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty. He was born in a poor family and learned the Art of Crossing and Crossing in his early years. Later, he learned the Book of Changes, the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Hundred Schools of Thought. In Qi, he was excluded by the Confucian scholars, so he traveled north to Yan, Zhao, Zhongshan, and other vassal kingdoms, but he was not treated politely.
In the first year of Yuanguang, his father Yan arrived in Chang 'an and directly wrote a letter to Emperor Liu Che. He was summoned on the same day and became a doctor together with Xu Le and Yan An. Not long after, he was promoted four times in a year, and was appointed by Emperor Wu as an exception. He also proposed to Emperor Wu the political idea of 'Great Unification'.
In addition to his father Yan, another famous minister of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu, was arranged by Ouyang Shuo to enter the Hall of Southwest University China and became Confucius's Confucian Classics assistant.
Dong Zhongshu was a doctor in Emperor Jing of Han and taught the Spring and Autumn Annals.
In the first year of Emperor Yuanguang of Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu issued an edict asking for a strategy to govern the country. Dong Zhongshu, in his famous "Strategies to Promote the Virtuous and Virtuous," systematically proposed the theory of "Interaction between Heaven and Man", the theory of "Great Unification", "Everything that is not in the field of the Six Arts and the art of Confucius should be eliminated", and "Discard the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", which was adopted by Emperor Wu. Confucianism became the orthodox ideology of Chinese society, and its influence lasted for more than two thousand years.
His studies were centered on the Confucian patriarchal ideology, mixed with the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, linking divine power, monarchical power, paternal power, and marital power together, forming the theocratic system of theology.
Some even jokingly said that Dong Zhongshu was the chief architect of the two thousand years of feudal rule.
The theory proposed by Dong Zhongshu catered to the needs of governance at that time, strengthening the centralization of power and safeguarding the legitimacy of the emperor. At that time, there was no right or wrong.
However, when it came to Great Xia, Dong Zhongshu's theory was not in line with Ouyang Shuo's political vision. Naturally, he had no choice but to abandon it. Arranging for him to be a disciple of Confucius was also out of consideration for his talent.
Sending Dong Zhongshu away was also conducive to breaking the overly rich Confucian atmosphere in the Central Plains Province. Ouyang Shuo did not forget that when Emperor Wu of Han took over Luoyang, he abandoned the hundred schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, which was incompatible with the hundred schools of thought in Great Xia.
This time, Ouyang Shuo broke the convention and appointed a large number of old officials of the Great Han Dynasty. Firstly, under the management of the Great Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Province's political situation was stable. The sea was clear and the rivers were peaceful. The county magistrates were mainly Han officials, so there was no problem of them being unqualified.
Secondly, it was to stabilize the people's hearts and not to cause turmoil.
The war in the Central Plains had just begun. What Ouyang Shuo needed was a stable Central Plains Province. Therefore, it was not appropriate to cause turmoil at this time and replace the officials wantonly, which would cause panic among the people.
Moreover, the army also needed the cooperation of these local officials when collecting food.
If he really wanted to sort out the Central Plains' officialdom, he could wait until the year-end assessment. According to the assessment results of the Administrative Bureau of Personnel, then he could make adjustments. Presumably, by that time, everything would have been settled.
If the Tingyu Tower chose to move to Shanhai City, the treatment would naturally be the same as the Baleful Blood Mercenary Group and other super guilds. Based on the loss of Luoyang, there would also be additional compensation.
Hearing that she could stay in Luoyang, Thunderous Sword was a little tempted.
After all, Luoyang was the headquarters of the Tingyu Tower. It had been operating for several years and was deeply rooted here. Moreover, there were no other competitors. It was very easy to achieve a monopoly.
Thinking of this, the temptation was too great.
Fortunately, Thunderous Sword was not a short-sighted person. She immediately realized that in the situation where all the guilds that settled in Great Xia set their headquarters in Shanhai City, the Tingyu Tower would definitely be an exception if it stayed in Luoyang.
Since it was an exception, it would naturally not be accepted by this circle.
More importantly, Thunderous Sword had already found out that in Shanhai City, the reorganization of Great Xia's guilds had already entered the fast lane. The two were speeding up the integration, and a large number of adventurer players were recruited to serve in the army.
A new guild survival model was taking shape, and Thunderous Sword did not want to fall behind.
"I choose Shanhai City," Sword Qi Lei Yin answered with decisiveness.
"Smart!"
Ouyang Shuo smiled and took the initiative to extend his hand. "Then, let's have a pleasant cooperation!"
"Let's have a pleasant cooperation!"
Thunderous Sword also smiled brightly. The Tingyu Tower was finally going to be revitalized.
…
For the next few days, Ouyang Shuo stayed in Luoyang.
He attended the funerals of Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Qing, and the others, received the old ministers of the Han Dynasty, received the representatives of the guilds and chambers of commerce stationed in Luoyang, and appeared to appease the people …
Things happened one after another, and it was difficult for him to rest.
When he searched the treasury of the Great Han Dynasty, he also found two Teleportation Talismans. Ouyang Shuo used one of them in Hawaii County and officially opened the teleportation formation there, so that it would not be isolated overseas.
The remaining Teleportation Talisman was temporarily kept.
During this period, under the personal leadership of Jiang Shang, the framework of the Central Plains Province Governor's Office had been set up and would soon be put into operation to help the imperial court stabilize the situation in the Central Plains.
Under the Leopard Troop's full speed sweep, the entire Central Plains Province had been conquered. In the process, the Leopard Troop was still making use of the time to gather provisions and prepare for the next battle.
Ouyang Shuo admired Han Xin's fighting spirit very much.
What made Ouyang Shuo even more gratified was that in August, the heavy rain that lasted for more than half a month finally stopped.
The long-awaited sunlight shone on the earth again, and people everywhere went out in unison to try their best to harvest as much food as possible that was about to rot in the fields.
This was also beneficial for the war in the Central Plains.
In another two days, when the situation in Luoyang had stabilized, Ouyang Shuo prepared to go to Fallen Phoenix City and cheer for the Great Jin Dynasty as an ally. At present, the war between the Great Zhou and the Great Jin had entered a critical period.
Under the relentless pursuit of the Great Zhou, the Great Jin was beaten back step by step.
Just yesterday, the vanguard of the Great Zhou Imperial Army had already appeared on the outskirts of Fallen Phoenix City, which meant that the war would soon change from an all-out confrontation to the most difficult and tragic siege battle.
Once Fallen Phoenix City was lost, the Great Jin would be destroyed.
As a staunch ally of the Great Jin Dynasty and the leader of the Mountain and Sea Alliance, the Great Xia Dynasty did not directly assist the Great Jin during this period, and even asked the Great Jin to provide provisions for the Leopard Troop.
This inevitably caused the Great Jin Dynasty to suspect that they had been abandoned by the Great Xia Dynasty.
One could imagine the pressure that Feng Qiuhuang was facing. Under such circumstances, if Ouyang Shuo appeared in Fallen Phoenix City, the situation would immediately be different.
… …
August 2nd, night, Luoyang City.
Early the next morning, Ouyang Shuo would set off for Fallen Phoenix City. Using this last bit of time, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to fight through the night and finish the task at hand as quickly as possible.
In his room, Ouyang Shuo was reading the reports from the frontlines.
In the northwest, the two warlords of the steppe had already begun their battle. In order to capture the Western Turkic Khaganate, Genghis Khan had not only personally set out, but had also sent out almost all his Great Generals, mobilizing an army of more than seven hundred thousand cavalry.
The Western Turkic Khaganate was not to be outdone and had sent out all its forces to meet the enemy.
Because this was a battle between cavalry, the war was certain to not last for too long. The war observation staff of the Grand Council estimated that it would take at most a month for the true ruler of the steppe to be decided.
In the north, the Great Xia's war against the Qing was also on the right track.
The eleven field armies of the Great Xia had all taken their positions, and large amounts of provisions were being transported by sea to the Northern Frontier Province.
In the meantime, the Great Zhou had even attempted to use its fleet to attack the Great Xia's supply ships, but with the escort of the Cliff Mountain Fleet and the coastal fleet, the Great Zhou's schemes were doomed to fail.
Only after losing ten-some warships did the Great Zhou stop its schemes.
Of the five hundred thousand Qing soldiers, two hundred thousand were stationed on the borders of the Great Xia, and three hundred thousand were stationed in the capital. They intended to coordinate with the Great Xia and fight a protracted war.
But Li Jing did not fall for it.
Under Li Jing's orders, the commander of the Soaring Eagle Army, Li Mu, personally led three corps of the Soaring Eagle Army to the southwest of the capital and set up camp between the two Qing armies.
The remaining eight corps concentrated their firepower, preparing to copy Han Xin's strategy and besiege the capital.
If the two hundred thousand Qing soldiers attempted to reinforce the capital, they would be ambushed and intercepted by the Soaring Eagle Army. If they did not come to reinforce the capital, the fall of the capital would only be a matter of time.
This made the Qing army feel extremely uncomfortable.
Emperor Kangxi had no time for regret, nor did he have the energy to reprimand Oboi for coming up with this strategy. He could only hope that the Great Zhou could quickly destroy the Great Jin and relieve the Great Qing of its encirclement.
The feeling of placing the fate of a country in the hands of another was naturally very unpleasant.
But Kangxi had no other choice.
Ouyang Shuo put down the battle report and sighed. Because of the existence of the Great Xia, the nine lords of the Huaxia region were destined to be unable to be as all-powerful as they were in his previous life.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was about to rest, there was a sudden hurried knock on the door.
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