Dao Sheng is the captain of Lian Zhen, which Qi Ning really didn't expect.

He has a lot of contact with the Shenhou Mansion, and the daughter of the Shenhou Mansion is the wife he is marrying, but today he really knows the pervasiveness of the Shenhou Mansion, this Lian Zhen Lieutenant not only infiltrated into the Northern Han Dynasty, but also lurked in the Northwest Zhenxi General's Mansion for several years, and even gained the trust of Qu Manbao.

What made Qi Ning even more emotional was that the Chu State had planned a strategy to attack Xianyang a few years ago.

He always thought that this military plan had only been figured out by Jin Daohou in recent years, but he knew that not only had this matter been planned for a long time, but also that the first emperor and Shenhou Ximen Wuxian had already known about it, and even made arrangements for a rainy day.

Dao Sheng is a lieutenant of Lian Zhen, so all the strange things before make sense.

Dao Sheng is Qu Manbao's henchman, naturally knows Qu Manbao's whereabouts well, and the layout of Xianyang is also clear, Shenhou Mansion is not the only Dao Sheng in the northwest, Dao Sheng also directly admitted, there are many secret agents in the Northwest Shenhou Mansion, these people take Dao Sheng as the center, and form an underground intelligence network in the northwest, and it is the efforts of these dark spies for several years that have played a huge role in this military operation.

Qi Ning had to admit that Dao Sheng persuaded Qu Manbao to go to Tongguan, and this move alone was a meritorious achievement, if it were not for this, it was really unknown whether the Chu army could succeed in this operation.

Qi Ning handed the sign in his hand back to Hong Mendao, Hong Mendao took it with both hands, put it away, Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "Get up and talk." ”

Dao Sheng got up and arched his hand: "Sir, you and the little junior sister tied the knot, the little one didn't come to celebrate, please bear with me." He took out a document from his sleeve and handed it over, "This is a congratulatory gift from the villain to the lord and the little junior sister." ”

Qi Ning's expression froze, thinking that Hongmen Dao was one of the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the Shenhou Mansion, according to the order, it should be the fifth senior brother, got up, and arched his hand: "Thank you, fifth senior brother!" At this time, it was not good to be rude, and I took the document with both hands, and I was curious, and I didn't know what the congratulatory gift was.

He opened it and glanced at it twice, thinking it was a gift list, but when he looked closely, he saw that there were many names written on it, and there were official positions listed on the back.

He was a little strange, Hongmen Dao said with a straight face: "Sir, this is a list of officials in the northwest, we have also carefully checked the officials in the northwest over the years, the officials registered on this roster have more or less unreliable reasons, among which the red line marked behind the name is the person who must not be trusted, if they are left in the northwest, it is likely that something will happen, the officials who are not on the roster, the lord can be appointed with confidence, those people are just taking the money as an official errand, and now my army has come to the northwest, As long as they are guaranteed to have no worries, they will definitely serve my great Chu. ”

Qi Ning's eyebrows spread.

He certainly knew the importance of the roster.

Although the Chu army controlled Xianyang, it was still unknown whether it could control the entire northwest in its hands.

The people in the northwest are fierce, and Qi Ning has no way of knowing for sure whether the people here will accept the arrival of the Chu State, and if there is a rebellion in the northwest, Qi Ning will not be the slightest strange.

Because of this, he summoned the Northwest Hao clan as soon as possible, gave them excellent treatment, and before reporting to the imperial court, he had promised the Northwest Hao clan to reopen the trade road between the north and the south, in the final analysis, it was to use the northwest Hao clan to stabilize the situation in the northwest.

He naturally knew the influence of the wealthy family in various places, as long as he could make the wealthy family have a good impression of Chu and even assist Chu State, then there would definitely be no major turmoil.

In addition to the wealthy family, the officials in the northwest are of course also an extremely important link, and he summoned all the officials today, but also to stabilize the minds of these people, these officials know that their lives are worry-free, and they can still be officials in the northwest, so naturally there will be no rebellion.

In fact, it is impossible for Qi Ning to use a knife against the officials in the northwest at present, the northwest has a vast land, if these officials are dealt with, this land will not be chaotic, if they can be relieved and abide by their duties, there will naturally not be too much chaos.

But after all, the northwest has been under the rule of the Northern Han Dynasty for decades, and after so many years, the Northern Han court is bound to infiltrate a large number of court forces into the northwest.

Now that we have this roster, we have a very clear judgment on the position of the officials in the northwest.

"The last page of this roster is the outstanding officials of the Northwest." Hongmen Dao said solemnly: "Half of these people can be reused, they are all available talents who can take charge of themselves, if they can be able to work for my Dachu, it is a blessing, the other half, some can be fought for, but a small part of them are outstanding, but they cannot be entrusted with important tasks, and if they are disposed of, everything depends on the judgment of the lord." ”

Qi Ning looked through it, carefully put it away, and said with a smile: "Fifth Senior Brother, your credit this time is so great, far above us, I will write an excerpt and submit it to the imperial court today, I ..... your credit!" ”

"Sir, it doesn't have to be like this." Without waiting for Qi Ning to finish speaking, Hong Mendao immediately said: "These things are what we should do, whether or not to report to the imperial court requires the personal consent of Shenhou, so .....!" ”

Qi Ning suddenly understood, the Shenhou Mansion is a dark yamen after all, and the officials of the DPRK and China will never mention the Shenhou Mansion in the excerpts, if he asks for credit for Hongmen Dao in the excerpts this time, it will be inappropriate, and he bowed his head slightly and said: "I understand, your merits will be rewarded by the gods themselves." Yes, now that Xianyang is in our hands, where are the fifth senior brothers going to go in the future? ”

"My mission in the northwest has been completed, and after arranging some things here in the next few days, I will return to Jianye to resume my life." Hong Mendao smiled and said: "It's been almost ten years since I left Jianye, and I don't know how the old man and his brothers are doing, yes, there is also a little junior sister, she was just a child when she left, and now she has been out of the pavilion .....!" At this point, there was silence.

Of course, Qi Ning could understand Hongmendao's mood.

As an important intelligence yamen of the empire, the Shenhou Mansion not only strictly controls the domestic forces in the rivers and lakes, but also the movements of domestic officials are also under the surveillance of the Shenhou Mansion.

Although Qi Ning is already the son-in-law of the Shenhou Mansion, even he can't say how many people there are in the Shenhou Mansion.

On the bright side, many people know the Big Dipper of the Shenhou Mansion, but under the Big Dipper, how many officials of the Shenhou Mansion lurk in the world, I'm afraid no one can say clearly.

It is not enough to stay in their own country, but many officials of the Shenhou Mansion are far away from their homeland, lurking in the territory of the enemy, and they can be lurking for several years or even more than ten years.

And during the incubation period, danger is always with you, and even if you die, no one knows.

Hongmen Dao was assigned by the Shenhou Mansion to lurk in the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, and no one knows how many dangers he encountered in the middle.

Qi Ning knew that this attack on Xianyang was so smooth, and Hongmen Dao was a great contributor, but it took several years of hard work for Hongmen Dao to be able to provide this information.

lurking around the enemy, naturally turning himself into another person, acting day and night, such psychological pressure is probably not something ordinary people can bear.

"Actually, Zhan Sakura, they have also been worried about the fifth senior brother." Qi Ning said gently: "On the day of marriage, Zhan Ying also told me that if the fifth senior brother was present, he would definitely be able to give us a big gift. ”

Hongmen Dao showed a trace of warmth between his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Yes, when I go back to Jianye, I have to prepare a gift for my little junior sister, otherwise if I see her for the first time, I am afraid that she will never talk to me again in her life." Xiang Qi Ning arched his hand and said: "Sir, you are busy with official business, I won't bother much, deal with the matter at hand in the next few days, and then say goodbye to the sir, if the lord has anything that needs my service these days, be on call at any time." ”

After Hongmen Dao retreated, Duan Canghai, who had been silent, stepped forward and exclaimed, "Sir, I didn't expect that we would go so smoothly this time, but it was the people from the Shenhou Mansion who secretly helped. ”

"He has helped us a lot, and after returning to Jianye, I really want to thank the gods."

Duan Canghai groaned slightly, and then said, "Sir, I'm afraid that you won't be able to leave the northwest in a short time." ”

"Oh?"

"Although we have taken Xianyang and controlled Tongguan, it is not possible to make the northwest completely surrender to my Great Chu." Duan Canghai said in a low voice: "Governing the government and the people, that is indispensable, and Qu Yuangu lost the northwest, he will definitely be bent on Jiangxi being recaptured, the lord is sitting here, and it is impossible for the imperial court to send another person to guard the northwest, and the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and no one is qualified to replace the lord, looking for me to estimate, the lord will stay here for a year and a half." ”

Qi Ning said with a bitter face: "A year and a half? ”

"This is only an estimate for now, maybe it will be longer." Duan Canghai said: "Take the northwest, my Great Chu has an absolute advantage over the Northern Han militarily, if this time my Great Chu can not drive straight into Luoyang, then the northwest will inevitably become the flank of the empire in the future, I estimate that the emperor will make a will, so that we pass through the northwest, not only to stabilize the northwest, but also to accumulate strength, and when the time is ripe, from the flank with the Qinhuai army to launch a full-scale attack on the Northern Han." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, in the military strategy of Shantaihuang, taking the northwest was originally intended to be used as a flank to cooperate with the main force of the Qinhuai army, and now the state of Chu has the ability to launch an offensive against the Northern Han from two fronts, and the threat to the Northern Han is extremely huge.

Even if there was no action, the Northern Han only needed to guard against Chu on the Qinhuai line, but now it not only has to guard against the enemy in the south, but also has to spend huge financial resources and manpower to deal with the threat in the northwest, so the consumption of the Northern Han is also unprecedentedly huge.