At this point, Yi Xingchen became the new master of the original territory of Dongli Country.

Seeing the complete collapse of the rule of the former monarch of the Dongli Kingdom, and the major royal families and nobles in the eastern city were all raided by the surrendered army, under the general trend, they naturally understood what it meant to be "a person who knows the times as a handsome".

Because the initiative is not actually on them, Xinghua Kingdom is to occupy their country and kill their monarchs who left the country, not to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, and they already have the power to kill them, so Yi Xingchen naturally does not need to care about the hundred officials who left the country, and he doesn't even need their existence. On the contrary, the property of the nobles and large landowners among the hundred officials of the Eastern Departure Kingdom was the spoils of the Xinghua Kingdom.

This truth, whether it is the officials in Wangdong City, or the noble landlords, they all deeply understand this truth, and they also know their true situation clearly, if they still don't know that they should cater to the new situation, then they deserve to be executed by Ling Chi.

Therefore, in this Wangdong City, at least eighty percent of the officials hurriedly set various examples, expressing to the ruler of Xinghua that they would draw a clear line with the king of Dongli, and expressed their willingness to submit to the king of Xinghua, and from then on they were willing to swear to serve Xinghua and obey the rule of Xinghua king.

In the face of the change in the attitude of these old departments, Yi Xingchen didn't care about the mercy of his subordinates, and mercifully spared their lives. In fact, at the moment when Wangdong City completely fell, the situation had been decided, and Yi Xingchen's attitude towards them was naturally completely based on their performance. Yi Xingchen didn't mind destroying them all, and he could also prevent other dynasties, and some of them were diehards who wanted to overthrow the new rule of Xinghua Kingdom. and revive the regime of their former departure from the east. Now. Since they all said that they deeply understand the truth that the old days are no longer there. Willing to bow down to the new rule of Xinghua Kingdom, then, Yi Xingchen can still give them the only chance for the time being, but if any of them will show some signs of inconsistency in the future, Yi Xingchen will never tolerate this person.

Of course, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. These hundreds of officials who have left the country must pay a certain price to atone for their sins.

First of all. Purge the nobles who left the country, especially the royal family. All the property of these people shall be confiscated, and all property related to them shall be inventoried, and the seals shall be sealed.

This is because, even if they do have the heart of surrender, the nobles and the royal family are the most likely to have rebellious thoughts among the surrendered troops, so since they have expressed their willingness to surrender completely. Then it shouldn't matter if you "go out of the house". And that's the test. If they say they are unwilling on the spot, it proves that their commitment to surrender is not enough, and naturally they cannot be allowed to stay with them.

Secondly, strictly investigate the civil and military officials in Wangdongcheng. After examination, officials who are harmless to Xinghua can only be freed if they take out a sum of money to atone for their sins according to the size of their official positions.

In addition to the nobles and royal families, the officials who had the most chance to have an impact on the next ruling of Wangdong City were the officials who left the country. Among them, if they are really talented and truly loyal to Xinghua Kingdom, after they regain their personal freedom, Yi Xingchen will not object, continue to retain them, even if they are no longer reinstated, they can also be arranged to other suitable positions. Therefore, on the basis of not ruling out this possibility, Yi Xingchen's background information of these people certainly needs to be thoroughly understood first.

Finally, the order of Wangdong City was rearranged.

Wangdong City has just been used as a battlefield for the battle between Xinghua Kingdom and Yuan Dong Liguo, and the most affected people, in addition to the imperial court of Yuan Dong Liguo, are naturally the ordinary people of Yuan Dong Liguo who have taken root in Wangdong City. After they have experienced this great change of dynasty that is closely related to the change of dynasty, both their lives and psychology will be greatly shocked and affected. They were inevitably in a state of wandering, especially since they did not know what the king and army of Xinghua would do next after invading their native homeland. The killing of the monarch of their own country is the biggest shock to the common people, and in this stage of the alternation of national politics, they will definitely have all kinds of suspicions and will be in fear all day.

Therefore, what Yi Xingchen needs to do is to make it clear to them as soon as possible that they will not become victims of politics, what kind of life they are about to face, and if they are willing to accept the rule of the new country, it will make their lives better. In short, Yi Xingchen needs to restore the order of people's livelihood and subdue the people.

Regarding these measures, Yi Xingchen is full of confidence. In fact, in addition to Wangdong City, as well as Beisha City, which had also just been captured and had not yet been governed, Xilin City and Nantu City, which had been captured by Xinghua State earlier, were already implementing the new system of Xinghua State, and it had been proved that it was feasible. Therefore, Yi Xingchen and Xinghua's domestic cabinet will of course also prepare to implement the same new system in Wangdong City and Beisha City to further consolidate the rule of Xinghua Kingdom.

It's just that because Wangdong City has just been captured, there is a key question, Yi Xingchen has not yet made a decision - although the scale of Wangdong City is very large, whether it is more suitable for customizing the capital, whether to move the capital or not, Yi Xingchen still needs time to think carefully.

The reason is that Xinghua Kingdom is not the original East Departure Country, and it will not neglect to look at Dongcheng because of the distance. Because Xinghua can buy a set of basic communication equipment in Blue Mercury, the king's orders directly affect the whole country, and the cabinet can easily understand and control a city.

Yi Xingchen decided to adopt two options: telegraph equipment and wired telephone.

Telegram method, which is relatively easy to implement. Xinghua only needs to buy a dozen sets of equipment in Blue Mercury, and set up telegraph stations in the five major cities of Xinghua and some key checkpoints, which can ensure that the decrees of the king and the cabinet are spread throughout the country. Before Xinghua attacked Wangdong City, he was preparing for this matter, cultivating telegraph talents, and purchasing wireless telegraph equipment.

The wired telephone method is more difficult to implement. Xinghua needs to spend manpower to lay telephone lines, and in a short time, Xinghua City can only be connected to the mines, outposts, and outer cities around Xinghua City.

Not long after taking control of Wangdong City, Leon also sent back good news.

The Xia army withdrew to the Xia State, and the Xilin Army also recovered the territory of the former Dongli State. Reoccupied the Eastern Xiongguan - Snow Wolf Pass, which left the country in the east.

Snow Wolf Pass. It is located in the southern part of the summer country. It is also the only artery leading to Xinghua Kingdom, built between the two peaks of Snow Mountain and Wolf Mountain. Because of the terrain and the ingenious construction of the level, as long as there are only a few hundred soldiers in the Snow Wolf Pass, the entire checkpoint can be guarded to prevent the invasion of the Xia army.

Yi Xingchen ordered Leon. Arrange a thousand Xilin regiments to be stationed at Snow Wolf Pass. The rest of the soldiers of the Xilin Legion were to be temporarily stationed in Wangdong City and the surrounding walled cities to assist in the establishment of the ruling system of the Xinghua Kingdom.

However, Wangdong City is a large city with a nominal population of 200,000 after all, and in order to ensure the dominance of Wangdong City, Yi Xingchen left five hundred soldiers of the Xinghua Royal Guard, together with a soldier of the Xilin Legion, to garrison Wangdong City. In addition, the original east leaves the royal palace. Yi Xingchen received it directly and became his king's palace.

After the situation in Wangdong City stabilized. Yi Xingchen began to make appropriate appointments from among the meritorious officials. The city guard of Wangdong City was appointed, and then the Wangdong Legion of Xinghua State was formed, and at the same time, the children of the good families of Wangdong City were directly recruited to join the Wangdong Legion, and they were given preferential treatment.

The commander of the Wangdong Army, Yi Xingchen, was also selected from the officers of the Royal Guard, and the basic officer was directly transferred to dozens of soldiers of the Guards to hold the military power of Wangdong City in his hands.

The Wangdong Corps, once formed, can withdraw to the Xilin area.

Yi Xingchen did not stay in Wangdong City to supervise the formation of the Wangdong Army. Two weeks after occupying Wangdong City, Yi Xingchen led the Xinghua Royal Guards back to Xinghua City.

Yi Xingchen had just returned to the palace in Xinghua City, and the cabinet ministers collectively asked to see the king.

Yi Xingchen knew in his heart that the cabinet ministers would come en masse, and there must be something important.

Sure enough, the ministers had just entered the meeting hall, and Sheen took the lead and made several suggestions to Yi Xingchen.

The first suggestion was to propose that Yi Xingchen be the emperor and increase the prestige of the ruling area. All in all, Yi Xingchen's status cannot be worse than that of Dongli Wang. Since the Xinghua Kingdom destroyed the Dongli Kingdom, it is qualified to be called an "empire".

The second suggestion was that the cabinet believed that in order to maintain its rule, the Xinghua Empire needed to continue to expand its army. In addition, it is necessary to establish a central legion, which is under the direct control of the king and the cabinet, which is different from the local legions of Xilin, Nantu, and Xinghua. The Central Corps was formed by selecting outstanding officers and soldiers from the local corps. The establishment of this legion also has the effect of preventing the local legions from becoming bigger. In peacetime, the local legion guards the locality, and the central corps mainly fights abroad to safeguard the national interests of Xinghua.

The third suggestion is that the cabinet strongly urges Yi Xingchen to marry a wife and have children as soon as possible, so as to calm the hearts of the people.

Yi Xingchen did not immediately agree with the cabinet minister's suggestion, but listened to the cabinet minister's reasoning analysis in detail, and felt that it was reasonable, so he agreed.

Calling himself an emperor or not, in fact, Yi Xingchen has no opinion.

This is also a matter of title, Yi Xingchen will not change the political system of Xinghua Kingdom.

In fact, the cabinet has no idea of changing the system, and what they need is a righteous name. Of course, the cabinet is not thinking for itself.

After Yi Xingchen became emperor, Xinghua Kingdom will introduce a glorious title system.

Cabinet ministers are not young in age, and they all want to be able to obtain a glorious knighthood, and when they die, be more honorable.

Yi Xingchen did not object, he emphasized that the title must be glorious, not hereditary, and the social status should be higher. Then, let the cabinet ministers discuss the issue of knighthood.

In short, Yi Xingchen did not object to being the emperor, and the first proposal was passed.

The second suggestion, Yi Xingchen did not object.

This is a military system that must be adopted to prevent the emergence of warlords. Yi Xingchen added an article that any middle and high-ranking officer must pass the training of Xinghua State officers before he can be promoted.

The third suggestion involves Yi Xingchen's private life. Yi Xingchen showed his attitude, not in a hurry, and talked slowly.

At this time, Yi Xingchen rebuilt the kingdom, and his prestige was in full swing, and Sheehan and other cabinet ministers did not dare to force Yi Xingchen too tightly. In fact, they only expressed their own concerns.

After a battle, Yi Xingchen and the cabinet ministers were in a good mood, and the atmosphere of the conversation was not bad.

Then, the cabinet proposed to hold a celebration in Heunghwacheng.

Yi Xingchen nodded in agreement, and asked the cabinet ministers to plan, and took out some items from the palace warehouse and distributed them to the citizens of Xinghua Kingdom, so that they could also enjoy the benefits of the war.

The cabinet ministers hurried out of the palace to settle the affairs they had discussed.

Yi Xingchen was about to leave the council hall, go to the palace warehouse, pass through the space passage, and return to Blue Mercury. At this time, the palace guards reported that the second-level alchemist of the Alchemy Research Institute of Rocco asked to see the king.

Yi Xingchen's heart moved, and he was right.

Yi Xingchen took a sip of tea, and Luo Ke hurriedly entered the hall.

After Luo Ke saluted Yi Xingchen, Yi Xingchen asked, "Master Luo Ke, do you have anything to do?"

"Your Majesty, my research has made significant progress!" Rocco said with a smile.

Yi Xingchen was slightly stunned, he remembered that Luo Ke had been promoted to a second-level alchemist, and there were several studies, but he didn't know which of his studies had progressed.

Rocco didn't let Yi Xingchen guess, he took out a ring, handed it to the palace attendant, and gave it to Yi Xingchen.

Yi Xingchen took the ring and recognized it as a space ring at a glance.

"Your Majesty, this is the Soul Separation Ring I studied. Rocco said.

Yi Xingchen remembered that an accidental experiment had carved the wrong magic circle, making a space ring have the function of holding souls. At that time, Yi Xingchen also encouraged Rocco to continue his research. Now, apparently, Rocco's research has made significant progress.

As soon as Yi Xingchen thought of this, he couldn't help but get excited in his heart, and said, "Have you discovered the mystery that the space ring can separate souls?"

When Rocco heard this, he made a bitter face, thought for a while, and said, "I can't think of the principle for the time being. Just research a new magic circle, which can separate people's souls and get a spiritual space in the space ring. In this mental space, we are free to do something. In addition, according to His Majesty's suggestion, I also set some rules in the Soul Space Ring. ”

"For example?" Yi Xingchen's interest increased.

"The soul space ring can preset an environment in advance, and the human soul can use the power of the spirit to live a normal life in it. The environment in this soul space ring is a piece of land. When a person is in it, you can grow some plants, and the plants can grow over time and other factors," Rocco said.

Yi Xingchen was surprised: "You really did it?!"

Yi Xingchen couldn't wait to try if the Soul Space Ring was so magical. (To be continued.) )