At the beginning of the reconstruction of Changxing Island, Dong Liang was the busiest of all, on the one hand, he had to select elite soldiers for Changxing Island, and on the other hand, he had to persuade the nearby homeless people to live on the island, and at the same time, he was also responsible for the work of the Great Song Dynasty to form a naval army in Xianghu. Except for Dong Liang, everyone else also lived on Changxing Island during this time, and with the arrival of the first batch of residents, the work on the island gradually began to unfold. Although there is nothing on Changxing Island now, but these residents originally had nothing, although the days when they first came up were a little harder, but they were always able to eat enough, and they could still have their own land, and they didn't have to pay taxes, which was unthinkable outside, and at least there was a hope for the future. In addition to farming, there are also many people who are willing to follow Jin Dajian and others to learn crafts, Shi Pre also paid them, and after the shipyard is built, the handicrafts they make can be sold by sea to the Song, Yan, and Qi Kingdoms.

Seeing that everything on the island was on the right track, Shi Luosheng calculated the time, and Deng Yuanjue almost sent someone to recall him back to Jianye. So he handed over Changxing Island to Shi Yu and Ling Zhen to take care of, and he returned to Jeju with Liu Zixuan and Wang Lun, while Dong Liang still stayed in Xianghu to continue his original work.

"General Shi, you are finally back, His Majesty's holy decree has been sent to Jeju City two days ago, His Majesty is calling the general back to Jianye, I have sent people to look for you everywhere in the past two days." Guo Xu was also relieved to see that Shi Luosheng and the three of them had finally returned to Jeju.

In fact, Guo Xu also knew a little about the situation on Changxing Island during this time, especially in the past half a month, there have been displaced people going to sea, Guo Xu guessed that it was related to Shi Luosheng, but Guo Xu wisely chose to pretend not to know, and did not inquire specifically, and also hinted that Xun Yuqing should not ask about it.

"Oh, has the appointment of the court been made? Then congratulations to Mr. for being promoted to Jeju Taishou, by the way, I haven't had anything happen in the past few days, right? Shi Luosheng heard that the holy decree had arrived, and Guo Xu was still in Jeju, which means that his appointment had been approved by the imperial court. Guo Xu's appointment as a Taishou in Jeju is also good for his Changxing Island, and another person may poke this matter out, which is also the reason why Shi Luosheng asked Deng Wenying to hurry back and recommend Guo Xu.

Guo Xu said with a smile: "Everything is fine in Jeju, except for the normal taxes, I have abolished all the others, and now the people's mood is stable, and they have begun to resume production one after another, and the city defense army has also resumed training." Two days ago, the appointment of the imperial court arrived, and His Majesty agreed to all of the general's proposals this time, I was the Taishou of Jeju, Yuqing was the commander of the Jeju City Defense Army, Dong Liang was named the general of Wupin Suibian and served as the commander of the newly built naval army, as for you, General Liu, and Mr. Wang will be rewarded after returning to Jianye. ”

Shi Luosheng was slightly surprised, it was expected that Guo Xu and Xun Yuqing's new positions were approved, after all, the two of them were also Deng Yuanjue's descendants. But Dong Liang's promotion to the commander of the newly formed naval army was quite unexpected, Shi Luosheng originally thought that Deng Yuanjue would send someone else to be the chief officer and let Dong Liang serve as the deputy, but he didn't expect to directly approve Dong Liang as the chief officer.

In fact, the reason why Deng Yuanjue agreed to Shi Luosheng's proposal was that on the one hand, it was to win over Shi Luosheng, and on the other hand, he also felt that the soldiers of the newly established naval army were mainly composed of the 3,000 forbidden troops and the newly surrendered mountain bandits, and he did not need to pay additional costs. Finally, the most important point is that Deng Yuanjue thinks that the Great Song Dynasty has not had a naval army since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the Chu State is not close to the sea, and the war with the Chu State still relies on the army, so he does not attach much importance to the construction of the naval army.

After Shi Luosheng returned to Jianye, he first went to the General's Mansion. Deng Yuanjue saw the three of them and said with a smile: "You can count it back, this is Mr. Wang Lunwang, Luosheng mentioned Mr. in the letter several times, saying that Mr. has the talent to govern the world, and when I saw it today, he really had an extraordinary bearing." ”

Wang Lun hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The grass people have seen the general, and the general is too famous. ”

Deng Yuanjue laughed: "This time, several of you have made great contributions, Guo Xu, Yuqing, Dong Liang have already been rewarded, the remaining three of you will follow me into the palace tomorrow to face the saint, Your Majesty will definitely reward you well, put down the Jeju rebellion, although the final credit was snatched away by Xu Wenzhe, but His Majesty also knows what happened, and he remembers it in his heart." ”

Hearing Deng Yuanjue mention Zhang Mancheng, Shi Luosheng asked: "By the way, father-in-law, has Tian Taiwei been implicated by Zhang Mancheng?" ”

Deng Yuanjue shook his head: "Taiwei Tian reacted really quickly this time, because he sent Xu Wenzhe to kill Zhang Mancheng in advance, so His Majesty did not punish him, and finally sentenced a merit to offset it, and several other great families could only accept it." By the way, what do you all think about tomorrow? ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Luosheng is at the behest of his father-in-law." ”

Deng Yuanjue thought for a while and said: "It's peacetime now, and there is nothing important in the army except for daily training, so don't go back to the barracks." I plan to let you stay in Jianye for a while, two months ago, Tian Yulong's grandson Tian Tengjie married the granddaughter of the Li family, and the power of both families has grown, Your Majesty congratulated you on the surface, and you must be even more jealous in your heart, I want to sponsor you as a guard lieutenant, and Zixuan as a lieutenant. Wei Wei is in charge of Jianye's garrison, this position is also close to His Majesty, and Mr. Wang is still your deputy, how about serving as Wei Weicheng? ”

Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan, and Wang Lun glanced at each other and said, "Father Xie is promoted, we have no opinion." ”

On the second day, Deng Yuanjue took the three of them into the palace, and Emperor Xiao Daocheng of the Song Dynasty directly agreed after listening to Deng Yuanjue's reward proposal. Xiao Daocheng looked at Shi Luosheng and said with a smile: "General Shi, the title of your guard is a reward for you to pacify the bandits in Jeju, and although Zhang Mancheng's rebellion was nominally put down by Xu Wenzhe sent by Taiwei Tian, in fact, your credit in it, I am also very clear in my heart." Therefore, in addition to Wei Wei, I also plan to crown you as the crown prince and concubine, I know that you are both civil and military, and I can rest assured that I will hand over the prince to you. ”

As soon as Xiao Daocheng said this, not to mention Shi Luosheng, even Deng Yuanjue was slightly surprised, although he knew that Xiao Daocheng valued this young man very much, but he didn't expect to hand over the crown prince to him, it seems that His Majesty is planning to recruit talents for the next suppression of the five major families.

Xiao Daocheng is nearly sixty years old, and has four sons under his knees, although the crown prince Xiao Yan is the prince of the country, but he is the youngest son, and there are the eldest son Xiao Yin, the second prince Xiao Yu and the third prince Xiao Che.

At present, almost all the officials above the fourth rank in the DPRK are controlled by the five major families, and even the official positions of the fifth and sixth grades have gradually fallen into their hands. At present, only Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan are not from a family, but even so, one of these two is the righteous son of the general, and the other is the disciple of the general. Fortunately, the two of them have not followed the general for a long time, Liu Zixuan is only three years, and Shi Luosheng is only a few months. Last time Shi Luosheng entered the palace, Xiao Daocheng had already asked Shi Luosheng's origin, and now it was too late to win over the two, so Xiao Daocheng was very happy to approve the appointment of the two.

Shi Luosheng excused himself and said: "Your Majesty, this move must not be, the minister himself is less than twenty, I am afraid that it will not be good for the minister to mislead His Highness if he is too young, and I ask Your Majesty to take back his life and find another virtuous." ”

Xiao Daocheng said with a smile: "Shi Aiqing is too worried, since I appointed you as the crown prince, I believe that you can teach the prince well, don't you believe in my vision?" You don't have to have a psychological burden, I will let the prince wait for you in the East Palace from tomorrow. ”

Shi Luosheng couldn't shirk it, so he had to say: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely do his best to teach the prince well." ”

On the way back, Deng Yuanjue suddenly asked, "Luosheng, do you know His Majesty's intention to make you the crown prince?" ”

Of course, Shi Luosheng guessed that there was no one around Xiao Daocheng who was available, and he promoted himself in order to suppress the five great families in the future, but Deng Yuanjue was also one of the five great families, how could Shi Luosheng dare to say this conjecture in front of Deng Yuanjue.

Shi Luosheng pretended to be dazed and ignorant, and said, "Luosheng doesn't know, and I ask my father-in-law to make it clear." ”

Deng Yuanjue smiled: "It's not that you don't know, you have already guessed that you don't dare to say it, in fact, it's nothing, you don't have to care too much." That's right, Your Majesty promoted you to deal with the power of the family, although your father is also one of the five great families, but from the perspective of the country's long-term development, the current situation is really not good, and it should be suppressed. ”

Shi Luosheng didn't expect Deng Yuanjue to be so direct, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Deng Yuanjue didn't mind, patted Shi Luosheng on the shoulder, and left first.

Shi Luosheng asked Wang Lun: "Sir, do you think the general will be estranged from me because of this matter?" ”

Wang Lun sighed and said, "Your Majesty's move is also powerful, and it easily separates the relationship between you and the general." In the future, there will be a battle between Your Majesty and these families, general, you can only choose one side between the family and Your Majesty, if you choose the general, you have to resign the prince and the prince, but in this way, it will completely offend Your Majesty, even if there is a general behind you to support you in the future, I am afraid that it will be in vain. If you choose Your Majesty, at least there will not be much conflict with the general in a short period of time, and Your Majesty is now in the process of employing people, and there will be more opportunities, I think it is better for the general to stand on His Majesty's side. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Sir's analysis is reasonable, but now is not the time to talk about taking sides, Your Majesty and your father-in-law are currently working together to deal with the Tian family, and they can't take care of anything else for the time being." In the future, there will really be a conflict, and the day when you have to choose, then we will see the strength of both sides. ”