The seven countries that had been in chaos for many years had become history.
From now on, there was only one voice in Dongjiang.
It was the voice of the City Lord of Chang 'an.
Although the City of Chang 'an had no intention of holding a celebration, people from all over Dongjiang went to Chang' an to greet the City Lord.
People from the Land of Old Jin and the Land of Old Chen came the fastest.
The Wei Family helped the City of Chang 'an to stabilize the Land of Old Jin.
Their investment in advance was fully repaid at this moment.
This time, the Wei Family Head, Wei Chong, personally went to Chang 'an to congratulate the City Lord without Wei Kunxuan.
When he saw Mr. Dark Cloud in the Tianshu Hall, he realized there were other people there.
One was a Confucian, one was a Taoist, and one was a martial artist.
To Wei Chong, everyone was familiar.
One of the Confucians was the Dean of Jiguang Academy, Yuan Zhe, who was one of the two Level-9 Confucians in the East Jin Dynasty.
The East Jin Dynasty was the place where Confucianism was the most popular among the seven countries of Dongjiang.
Other than Wei Chong and Yuan Zhe, there were many other Confucians.
Academies were all over the country, and most of the aristocratic families were based on Confucianism.
One was the Forest Monastery Master and Taoist Feng.
In the East Jin Dynasty, he was second only to the Three Stars Palace Master, Perfected Tian Lu.
In the past, the Forest Monastery was on par with the Three Stars Palace.
But in recent years, Perfected Tian Lu's strength and the Three Stars Palace's strength had been rising.
The Forest Monastery was suppressed by the Three Stars Palace in the East Jin Dynasty.
Now that the Three Stars Palace had declined because they went against Chang 'an, the Forest Monastery had submitted to Chang' an and risen up.
Beside Yuan Zhe and Taoist Feng was a man with strong Qi and blood, showing the strength of a Level-8 Martial Artist. He was Xiong Yao, the Sect Master of the Stone Sect in the East Jin Dynasty.
The East Jin Dynasty didn't have many martial artists.
Other than the Sima Family of the royal family, the Stone Sect was the strongest.
When Chang 'an arrived, Xiong Yao immediately brought his disciples to surrender.
They were the first to welcome Chang 'an and later found out that the Wei Family had already contacted them.
Therefore, when Xiong Yao saw Wei Chong enter, he couldn't help but turn his head to the side.
Wei Chong acted as if nothing had happened and bowed to Mr. Dark Cloud. "I, Wei Chong, have long wanted to pay my respects to Your Majesty and Mr. Dark Cloud, but I never had the chance before. Now that I finally have the chance, I am truly overjoyed."
"You may rise."
Mr. Dark Cloud ordered calmly.
His gaze swept across the faces of the two Confucians, one Daoist, and one Martial Scholar, "I won't say any more superfluous words. The position of Chief Steward of Jindi is temporarily vacant.
Although His Majesty and I both prefer that Jin be governed by Jin, if there is no suitable candidate among you, then I will follow His Majesty's orders and choose from other places. Do you understand? "
Wei Chong and the other three replied in unison, "Please rest assured, Mister."
Mr. Dark Cloud nodded and waved his hand gently. The four of them left.
The two Level Nine Confucian scholars, Wei Chong and Yuan Zhe, looked at each other.
Although it was said that the position belonged to those who had merit and not those who didn't.
However, if one wanted to make great contributions to Chang 'an, there was no doubt that the stronger one was, the more confidence they had to fight for it.
Obviously, the two Level Nine cultivators were each other's most important competitors in the Land of Jindi.
When the group from East Jin walked out of the main hall, they were met with another group of people.
When Wei Chong, Yuan Zhe, Daoist Priest Feng, and Xiong Yao saw this, their eyes flashed slightly.
There were three people — one Martial Scholar, one Daoist, and one Confucian. The first two were Level Nine, and the last one was Level Eight.
To Wei Chong and the others, although they were all from South Chen, they all knew each other.
The Level Nine Martial Emperor used to be a real king who had thousands of miles of land.
The King of Chen, Chen Mengyang.
Other than Sima Xuan, who was imprisoned in the Seven Countries of the East, he was the only king who was still alive.
Compared to Sima Xuan who was directly captured, Chen Mengyang still had his freedom.
He had taken the initiative to surrender to Chang 'an and saved himself and the royal family of South Chen from the fate of defeat.
As a Level Nine cultivator, as long as he sincerely surrendered and followed the rules of Chang 'an, then there would be places for him to be used in the future.
However, whether he could return to the Land of Jindi was still a question.
There were many rumors about Chen Mengyang and the royal family of South Chen's choice in the East.
Some praised them for being sensible and not going against Chang 'an.
Some praised them for loving the people, not wanting to see the people in misery and suffering, and going with the flow.
Of course, there were also people who thought that Chen Mengyang lacked the dignity of a king and had no integrity.
Because Chang 'an had now unified the East, the latter's words were naturally very few and could only be spread in a small circle.
Wei Chong and the others observed Chen Mengyang and saw that he was calm and composed.
Obviously, this former King of Chen didn't hesitate after making a decision.
The Taoist priest beside Chen Mengyang was the Headmaster of Fulu Palace, Huifang Zhenren.
Like Wei Chong, Fulu Palace was a force that had surrendered to Chang 'an before they entered the Land of Jindi. Now that Fulu Palace had taken advantage of the situation to expand in the Land of Jindi, they were proud of their success.
However, Huifang Zhenren's attitude was still very humble when he came to Chang 'an.
Taoist Yan Zhi had already told his Headmaster about the Purple Sun, Gu Hechuan, and most importantly, the Flying Snake Meteor.
Facing such a powerful Chang 'an, Huifang Zhenren naturally didn't dare to be negligent.
As a Level Nine Taoist Priest, he had originally been obedient when facing the King of Chen beside him.
But now, the old Taoist priest was as humble as a Taoist child.
He knew very well that this Chang 'an was far from what the former royal family of South Chen could compare to.
If Fulu Palace could leave a good impression in front of the other party, then the entire sect might be able to reach a higher level.
Compared to the Level Nine Chen Mengyang and Huifang Zhenren, the middle-aged Confucian priest beside him was much more low-key.
He was the current head of the famous He Family of South Chen, He Fangping.
The He Family was established by Confucianism. He Fangping's cultivation level was at the Level Eight Taoist Priest, and he was second only to Xu Feng in the former South Chen Dynasty.
Now that Xu Feng had fallen, He Fangping was basically the person with the highest cultivation level in the southeast region of the Eastern Border.
He and the He Family also decisively submitted to Chang 'an's army when facing it.
However, what made He Fangping and the He Family uneasy was that the royal family of South Chen hadn't been destroyed.
The royal family had always disliked them. If Chen Mengyang continued to gain a foothold in the Land of Old Chen, then everyone would submit to Chang 'an, and the He Family's life wouldn't be easy.
The people of East Jin and South Chen faced each other and nodded, but they didn't speak.
Everyone brushed past each other silently.
Chen Mengyang, Huifang Zhenren, and He Fangping met Mr. Dark Cloud.
Mr. Dark Cloud still gave the same instructions.
He finally looked at Chen Mengyang. "You can go back now. Seize the opportunity."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. Thank you for your kindness." Chen Mengyang bowed.
To be honest, he was a little surprised.
He originally thought that he and the royal Chen family would be forced to leave the Land of Old Chen and find another place to start anew.
He didn't expect that Chang 'an would allow them to continue living in the Land of Old Chen.
They used to be the royal family.
Although the position of Chief Chen was still vacant, Chen Mengyang, as the former king and a Ninth Realm expert, undoubtedly had a huge advantage in this regard.
Wasn't Chang 'an worried that the Chen family would once again become the ruler of the Land of Old Chen?
… Yes, they weren't worried.
If the Chen family had any more ideas, the Demon Emperor Flying Snake would probably immediately come to kill them.
Chen Mengyang's mind was clear.
The other party had enough confidence and was also magnanimous enough to tolerate others.
However, according to the rules of Chang 'an, Chen Mengyang was confident that he could compete for the position of Chief Chen.
Beside him, Huifang Zhenren and He Fangping weren't so happy.
For Huifang Zhenren, if Chen Mengyang returned to the Land of Old Chen, the expansion of his Fulu Palace would have to slow down. He might even lose it again.
He Fangping began to seriously consider whether his He family should find another place to settle down.
Other than Nanchen and Dongjin, Zhang Dongyun didn't immediately arrange for people to be in charge of Northern Qi and Nanliang.
However, Eastern Tang, Western Chu, and Western Zhou, which he had been in charge of for a long time, all had their own chiefs.
There was no doubt that the position of Chief Zhou would be taken up by Zhuo Zui, the leader of the Barren Thunder Sect.
To be honest, in terms of comprehensive ability, especially the ability to manage all kinds of things in the vast territory, Cao Ranran, the Ninth Realm Great Confucian, was more suitable.
Confucian cultivators had an objective advantage in this regard that couldn't be ignored.
However, Zhuo Zui, as the first top expert of Western Zhou to pledge allegiance to Chang 'an, had made the most contributions these days.
Therefore, in the end, he still took up the position of Chief Zhou.
While the people of the Barren Thunder Sect were cheering, they also had some worries.
Other than Zhuo Zui, there were two other Deputy Chiefs in Zhou.
Normally, the Deputy Chiefs would assist and listen to the Chief's orders.
However, the Deputy Chiefs had the right to reserve their opinions and report directly to Chang 'an.
In terms of power, one chief and two deputy chiefs were directly responsible to Chang 'an.
One of the two Deputy Chiefs was naturally Cao Ranran, the Head of the Barren Thunder Academy.
The other Deputy Chief was a little unexpected because he wasn't from Western Zhou. Instead, he was the Elder of Dahe Longmen, Zhang Chong, who was from the former Tang.
This made the people in the surrounding area secretly mutter in their hearts.
However, when they thought about it, they felt that it was reasonable.
Although it was a principle for people of Zhou to govern Zhou, Chang 'an still had to extend its influence.
Chang 'an wasn't worried about rebellions, as it could settle them with a wave of its hand.
However, if he could avoid trouble, it was naturally better to avoid trouble.
Moreover, the Eastern Border had been unified.
Although Chang 'an still had the position of Chief of Seven Lands, the concept of the Seven Kingdoms of the Eastern Border would gradually fade.
In the end, there would only be the concept of the Eastern Border and Chang 'an.
People coming and going between the Seven Lands would become normal in the future.
When they thought of this, everyone in Zhou felt relieved.
What's more, the position of Chief Steward wasn't set in stone.
If they fought for merits, they might be able to replace him in the future.
In the former Zhou, at least Zhuo Zui taking up the position of Chief was expected. However, the situation in Chu was somewhat unexpected.
The position of Chief of Chu fell to Li Qiong.
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