The World Online

Chapter 1189 – Blazing the City

After sending away Han Xin, Ouyang Shuo met Jianqi Leiyin alone.

In truth, he did not expect that Tingyu Floor would go so far before this. Not to mention assassinating the king, just the 10 thousand adventure gamemode players striking out had achieved much credit on the battlefield.

For this matter, Tingyu Floor had paid heavy a heavy price. Not to mention their headquarters being burned to the ground, but even their businesses in Luoyang City were totally destroyed and over a thousand of them had died.

Jianqi Leiyin’s decisiveness made Ouyang Shuo see her in a different light.

When one put in hard work, there would be returns. Along with Luoyang City being taken down, Tingyu Floor’s gains were absolutely worth it. Ouyang Shuo gave her two choices, “Either stay in Luoyang or move to Shanhai City.”

If she stayed in Luoyang, the Zhongyuan provincial office would be in charge of rebuilding the lost businesses of Tingyu Floor and would even compensate them. At the very least, they would not let Tingyu Floor take a loss.

Ouyang Shuo had decided to appoint former Great Han official Zhufu Yan as the first Zhongyuan Provincial Governor. As for the prefecture and county officials, they would try to mostly use old Han officials.

Talking about Zhufu Yan, he was a famous West Han minister. He was born in a poor family, and he read the book of changes and Spring Autumn Annals and other philosopher works. He was ostracized by the Confucians in Qi, so he went to Yan, Zhao, Zhongshan, and other states but was not treated well.

At the first year of Yuanguang, Zhufu Yan arrived in Chang An, writing a letter to the Han emperor and was summoned on the same day. He was appointed Langzhong the same day as Xu Le and Yan An. Within a year, he was promoted four times, being greatly trusted by the emperor. He also raised up the political idea of unification.

Apart from Zhufu Yan, another famous Han official Dong Zhongshu was arranged by Ouyang Shuo into the Xinan University to be the economics helper of Kong Zi. He would not be allowed to enter the official field.

Dong Zhongshu was a professor during Emperor Jing of Han’s rule, teaching Mr. Gongyang’s annals.

During the first year Yuanguang, Hanwu Emperor chose a statecraft ruling method. Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu, he raised up talk of unification, telepathy between human and nature, chasing out philosophers, and only using Confucianism, which was accepted by the emperor and used as the orthodox way of thought for Chinese civilization, affecting close to two thousand years of history.

With Confucianism ideas as the core, along with the Yin Yang and the five elements, linking up the power of God, power of the ruler, power of the father, and power of the husband to forming the imperial theology system.

Some people even said that Dong Zhongshu was the grand architect of two thousand years feudal rule.

Dong Zhongshu’s ruling methods and ideas were befitting of the ruling requirements of that time, strengthening the rule of the emperor and protecting the orthodoxy of the emperor. During that time, there was nothing wrong with that.

However, in regard to Great Xia, his set of rules did not fit Ouyang Shuo’s political ambitions. Naturally, he could only give up on them and not use it. Arranging him to work under Kong Zi was due to him cherishing talents.

Sending away Dong Zhongshu would be beneficial to breaking the dense Confucianism environment in Zhongyuan Province. Ouyang Shuo did not forget that when Hanwu Emperor moved into Luoyang, he only used Confucianism, which was a bad fit with Great Xia’s idea on the schools of thoughts.

Ouyang Shuo broke his rule and used a large number of old Han officials. First, Zhongyuan Province was really stable under Great Han rule, and there were no big problems with Han officials taking up the majority of the appointments.

Secondly, it was to calm down the peoples’ heart and to prevent riots and chaos from starting.

The Battle of Zhongyuan had just begin, and what Ouyang Shuo needed was a stable Zhongyuan Province. Hence, it was not a good time to make large changes to officials, as that might cause people to be terrified.

Furthermore, the military gathering grain needed the cooperation of these local officials.

As for changing and dealing with the Zhongyuan officials, that could wait till the end of year evaluation based on their results. At that time, the dust would have probably been settled.

If Tingyu Floor chose to move to Shanhai City, they would naturally be treated as well as super guilds like Blood Evil Mercenary Group. Regarding the losses in Luoyang, they would also be compensated.

Hearing that she could remain in Luoyang, Jianqi Leiyin was a little tempted.

Luoyang was the main camp of Tingyu Floor after all. They had run it for many years, and they were deeply rooted. Without other competition, monopolizing the place would be an easy matter.

Thinking in that direction, the temptation was simply too huge.

Luckily, Jianqi Leiyin was not a short-sighted person. She immediately noticed that with all the other guild headquarters being in Shanhai City, if Tingyu Floor lived in Luoyang, they would be an anomaly.

Since they were an anomaly, they would naturally not be accepted within the circle.

More importantly, Jianqi Leiyin had already noticed that in Shanhai City, the organization of the guilds had already begun, and the two sides were quickly merging together with adventure gamemode players entering the military.

A new survival model was forming, and Jianqi Leiyin did not want to fall behind.

“I choose Shanhai City,” Jianqi Leiyin replied confidently.

“Smart.”

Ouyang Shuo smiled and reached out with his hand, “Then let us have a happy cooperation!”

“Happy cooperation!”

Jianqi Leiyin smiled brightly. Tingyu Floor was finally going to have a new start.

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In the next few days, Ouyang Shuo remained in Luoyang.

He attended the funerals of Hanwu Emperor, Wei Qing, and the others, met the Han dynasty officials, met the chambers of commerce and guilds, went out to calm the people down….

Things happened one by one, and he had little time to rest.

When searching the Great Han treasury, Ouyang Shuo found two more teleportation talismans. He used one in Hawaii to open up a teleportation formation there so that it was not a lone island overseas.

The remaining one was temporarily kept.

During this period, Jiang Shang helped to ensure that the Zhongyuan Province provincial governor office was set up and was quickly thrown into operation to help the Imperial Court stabilize the Zhongyuan situation.

Under the swift work of the Leopard Legion Corps, the entire Zhongyuan Province was taken down. Throughout the process, the Leopard Legion Corps gathered up grain to prepare for the next huge battle.

Han Xin’s fighting spirit was something Ouyang Shuo really admired.

What made Ouyang Shuo feel happy was that entering the 8th month, the heavy rain lasting for half a month finally stopped.

The long-awaited sunlight shone on the land once more. Civilians all moved out to gather up the grain that was going to be spoilt in the mud, and every bit they collected was every bit gained.

This was great for the Battle of Zhongyuan.

Two days later, once the Luoyang situation stabilized, Ouyang Shuo was ready to head toward Fallen Phoenix City to support Great Jin as an ally. The war between Great Zhou and Great Jin had reached a crucial juncture.

Under the ferocious attacks of Great Zhou, Great Jin was being forced back.

Just yesterday, the Great Zhou palace guard vanguard forces arrived outside Fallen Phoenix City. As a result, this battle would change from an all-round resistance to a difficult siege battle.

The moment Fallen Phoenix City was lost, Great Jin would be on the verge of destruction.

As an iron ally of Great Jin and the guild leader of Shanhai Alliance, Great Xia did not directly assist Great Jin and even wanted Great Jin to help Leopard Legion Corps provide grain.

This undoubtedly made them suspect that they were abandoned by Great Xia.

The pressure faced by Feng Qiuhung was understandable. Under such a situation, if Ouyang Shuo appeared in Fallen Phoenix City, things would be totally different.

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8th month, 2nd day, night, Luoyang City.

The next morning, Ouyang Shuo would start his journey toward Fallen Phoenix City. Using the last bit of time, he was going to burn the midnight oil to complete everything at hand.

Within the room, Ouyang Shuo was reading the frontline battle report.

On the northwest side, the two giants of the grassland had officially engaged. To take down Turkish Khanate, Genghis Khan not only personally led the troops, but he also sent most of his generals and over 700 thousand cavalry.

The Turkish Khanate was not weak either, going all out.

As it was a battle between cavalry, the war would not last for too long. The Grand Council predicted that in a month at most, the true Overlord of the grassland would be decided.

In the north, the Great Xia Qing destroying battle was underway.

The 11 Great Xia legions were all in place. Large amounts of grain and resources were transported to Beijiang Province through the ocean route.

During this period of time, Great Zhou tried to use their squadron to attack the Great Xia grain ships. However, as they had the Yashan and Binhai Squadrons protecting them, Great Zhou’s small acts were destined to be fruitless.

After suffering a loss of 10 warships, Great Zhou stopped such despicable acts.

500 thousand Qing troops, 200 thousand at the Great Zhou border, and 300 thousand in Jingdu City. They were trying to take concerted action to fight a drawn out battle with Great Xia.

Li Jing would not fall for it.

Under Li Jing’s leadership, the three legions of the Eagle Legion Corps led by Li Mu circled to the southwest side of Jingdu City and set up camp between the two Qing armies.

The remaining eight legions focused their firepower to try to replicate Han Xin’s strategy in attacking Jingdu City.

If the 200 thousand Qing army tried to save Jingdu City, they would be stopped by the Eagle Legion Corps. However, if they did not save them, Jingdu City’s days would be numbered.

This time, the entire Qing army was in a tough spot.

Kangxi Emperor did not have time to regret and did not have any energy to chide those who thought about the strategy. He was only hoping for Great Zhou to destroy Great Jin soon and save Great Qing from this encirclement.

Such a feeling of putting your fate in the hands of others was really uncomfortable.

However, Kangxi Emperor had no other choice.

Ouyang Shuo placed down the battle report. He was filled with thoughts. Due to the presence of Great Xia, the nine imperial cities could not be as big and as domineering as they were in the past life.

Just as Ouyang Shuo was resting up, a rushed knocking sounded out from the door.