"Our current strength is still very weak, we can only obey the arrangement, fortunately, the eighteen princes have no other forces around them to compete with us, once we have the strength to compete with us, we will be in the cracks, so we must strengthen our strength before this situation is formed." An indifferent smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and there was a hint of firmness in his eyes, and he said softly.

"Rest assured, my lord, the last generals will definitely work hard towards this goal, and they will definitely achieve this goal." Pei Xiangdong's eyes flashed with a determined look, and with a hint of excitement, he said loudly.

Although Shen Yan had a good relationship with Pei Xiangdong and others before, he never showed any trace of his heart in front of Pei Xiangdong and others, nor did he reveal any ideals, at most he only mentioned the idea of helping the five hundred soldiers in the suburbs of Beijing to achieve revenge, and never showed Shen Yan's own ideals. Therefore, Pei Xiangdong and others are more grateful to Shen Yan than close, and now that Pei Xiangdong heard Shen Yan's heart, he was more close, although Shen Yan's image fell from high to earth, it was more real, which made Pei Xiangdong and others feel more at ease.

"This goal has a long way to go, although we have a certain strength in our hands, however, there is still a big gap from our expected goal, and our development in Huaibei County has almost reached a certain limit, although it is a good choice to increase our strength with the strength of the White Lotus Sect, it is not the best policy, the strength of the White Lotus Sect has already accounted for more than half of the Royal Army and the servant army of Great Xia, this is not a good sign, so, next, we can't completely rely on the strength of the White Lotus Sect to develop our strength." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and he already had a preliminary plan in his heart.

"That's why the adults put the surplus White Lotus Sect troops in Lingnan in Wuzhou Mansion and formed them as the Wuzhou Mansion Army, because they are worried that the strength of the White Lotus Sect in Lingnan will exceed half of the Royal Army and the servant army of Great Xia, thus forming a situation where the tail cannot be defeated. However, with the last general's understanding of Ou Zhenhai and them, they shouldn't have such great ambitions. Pei Xiangdong's eyes flashed with a complicated look, with Shen Yan's understanding of Ou Zhenhai, it was indeed a big risk to promote Ou Zhenhai, after all, when Shen Yan promoted Ou Zhenhai, it can be said that Shen Yan didn't know anything about Ou Zhenhai, relying on just a feeling.

"Although Ou Zhenhai and they don't have this ambition, with the change of identity in the future, it is not easy to talk about whether the people below will have such thoughts. This is also an important reason why I want to set up a military discipline brigade, not because I don't believe in everyone, but to strangle such signs in the cradle, if you take charge of the Great Xia Royal Army and the Servant Army for me in the future, this policy must be well continued, and we must not give up the two armies of the Great Xia Royal Army and the Servant Army. A complicated look flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, and he glanced at Pei Xiangdong indifferently, with a trace of seriousness written on his face, and said solemnly.

"Please rest assured, the Great Xia Royal Army and the Servant Army will not let others take it from us." Pei Xiangdong knew very well in his heart that although the Royal Army and the Servant Army of Great Xia were under the banner of the emperor's soldiers, in fact, Shen Yan had already regarded these two armies as Shen Yan's private army, which was an important basis for Shen Yan to control the military power, and he and others were Shen Yan's right-hand men.

Pei Xiangdong felt a sense of trust at the same time, but also felt a huge pressure, although Shen Yan's position reached the third grade, but such a position can only be regarded as a place in the court, how powerful it is, it is just self-deception, therefore, if Shen Yan wants to go to the next level, the Great Xia Royal Army and the servant army must firmly control their hands. However, it is impossible for Shen Yan to grasp these two armies in his hands at all times, so he can only let others carry them out, Pei Xiangdong may have already had this awareness, but he didn't expect Shen Yan's steps to be so fast.

Pei Xiangdong was already clear about Shen Yan's arrangements for himself, intentionally or unintentionally, to establish an absolute image in the Great Xia Royal Army and the servant army, so Shen Yan would let himself temporarily take charge of the military and command the battle many times, the purpose of which was to quickly get the approval of the Great Xia Royal Army and the servant army. Although the Royal Army of Great Xia did not reject themselves, there were still some voices in the servant army that did not approve of themselves, after all, the people in the servant army did not know enough about themselves, nor did they have enough emotions, and everything relied on their talents to reflect their own value.

Pei Xiangdong understood some of Shen Yan's steps, and he also knew in his heart that Shen Yan still had a long way to go if he wanted to realize this dream.

Although Shen Yan almost controlled the Great Xia Royal Army and the servant army, Shen Yan must not be able to achieve greater development by relying on the army alone, otherwise, some bigwigs in the military would have already covered the sky with one hand and would not be subject to certain constraints. Pei Xiangdong also knew in his heart that Shen Yan was deploying the Jinyi School, and through a short period of deployment, Shen Yan had successfully mastered more than half of the strength of the Jinling Jinyi School, as for the remaining half, it was either the spies of the various forces in the Jinyi School, or Shen Yan didn't want to move these people for the time being, so as not to cause some unnecessary impact.

At the same time, after Shen Yan vomited blood angrily from Lin Xiaotang, Shen Yan almost gained most of the real power of the Criminal Department, although Shen Yan was only the right attendant, but in Shangshu Lin Xiaotang was forced to take a vacation at home, and the left attendant accompanied the Seven Princes to inspect the place, so almost all the affairs of the Criminal Department were decided by Shen Yan.

As for the Ministry of War, although Shen Yan's official position is Zuo Shilang, Shen Yan does not have much influence in the Ministry of War, so the right to speak cannot be equated with the Criminal Department at all.

And Shen Yan's influence in the Ministry of Officials is almost zero, although the future father-in-law is the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, but Qiu Mubai has not formed a complete control of the Ministry of Officials, so Shen Yan's Ministry member Wailang is almost nothing.

Therefore, when it comes to Shen Yan's strength, what he can really control is the Great Xia Royal Army and the Servant Army, followed by the Criminal Department, and then the Jinyi School. If Shen Yan fully integrates the strength of these three aspects, with the strength of these three aunts, Shen Yan can already call some important ministers in the court and become the indispensable main force of the eighteen princes.

Of course, after Shen Yan returned to Jinling from defeating the White Lotus Sect from Huaibei County, as for whether he can gain a firm foothold in the military department and the official department, that is only a later story, if he wants to obtain a long-term development, he can only grasp the present, not the future.