The time came to the end of September, the winter in the north of the Great Wei was coming, the temperature had dropped significantly, and the impact of the first battle in Yongdu City was slowly disappearing.

But the impact of this battle on the situation in Great Wei continued, and the hundreds of officials lost had been compensated, and the official positions were full of people, but people had changed.

The original noble and bureaucratic system has been greatly attacked, the middle and lower levels of the civil and official system have been cut off from the top level, and Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve's men and horses have been inserted into all corners of the six ministries, although they are still mostly at the bottom, but their influence is increasing day by day.

Especially in Jiang Cheng's faction, his people are carefully selected, and each of them must have at least half a year of grassroots work experience, and in just half a month, some people stand out and are famous for their strong ability to do things, and no one can stop this kind of demeanor.

And Xungui's side, after realizing the importance of strength, began to fully tilt towards Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve, of course, Xungui poured more to Li Hongsleeve, coinciding with the re-recruitment of disciples in the Immortal Pavilion, each Xungui was very positive, this time they did not send some people to gild at random, but really selected talented people to ask the Immortal Pavilion.

According to the confessions of the prisoners of loose cultivation, there were three or four batches before and after, with a total of more than 1,000 people, and the number of scattered cultivators killed by me was less than 500, which means that there are still more than 500 scattered cultivators left among the people.

Of course, there are also scattered cultivators who went to Liao, Xia, and the Southern Wilderness, I don't know how many went to these places, but the Great Wei did not allow scattered cultivators to exist, so the encirclement and suppression must continue."

The headquarters of Tsing Yi Wei, after more than a month of repair, has been restored as new, Jiang Cheng gave a lecture on it, saying that he would continue to encircle and suppress scattered repairs.

"My lord, we may be running out of manpower"

Yang Shen was the first to put forward his opinion, Tsing Yiwei suffered heavy losses this time, and there were not many people who had been dispatched, so how could he still exterminate Sanxiu.

"Someone"

"Where do people come from?"

"The military department and the people, except for the royal family and Li Hongsleeve's Zhenwu Hall, we don't move, in other places, as long as there are masters, we will dig them.

Official positions, titles, gold and silver, pills, weapons, exercises, we will give whatever they want, as long as people come, they will be our people in the future"

Jiang Cheng said, Tsing Yi Wei is too many people have died, the worship hall is directly emptied by two-thirds, the casualty rate is too high, mainly because of the early dragon language They plundered the place, the town guard Tsing Yi Wei is more loyal, one dead and wounded, and in the first battle of Yongdu City, Tsing Yi Wei is the main force, and there are more deaths, and almost all of the supplements in the past two years have died.

It was too late for temporary training, so Jiang Cheng decided to dig people, the masters raised by the honorable and noble ministers, and the masters of the military department, all of them, and give whatever they wanted.

As long as people come, it's easy to say, and when they get to Tsing Yiwei, they can't help it, and when the time comes, there will be laws to control them, and then let Cheng Qingsong do ideological work, Jiang Cheng can guarantee that absolutely most people will be very loyal.

"If we dig people like this, we will offend many people"

"Do you think I'll be afraid of offending people?"

"That's right, you're not afraid, okay, who are you responsible for this?"

"He Zhifang, after all, he is the old man of Tsing Yiwei, you can do this."

"My lord, the lower officials did their best, I don't know how many people the adults will dig"

"How much to dig and how much, someone to stop, you tell me, I'll solve it"

"Yes, my lord"

He Zhifang hurriedly agreed, after Jiang Cheng took the position, he had actually been hollowed out, everything was done by Yang Shen, and Yang Shen was also awesome, it was more than enough for one person to do the work of two people.

Now that there is a chance for him to show something, he is naturally very happy and wants to do it well.

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"After the first battle of Yongdu City, the situation in Great Wei was very unfavorable to the Shengshang, most of the officials we wanted to promote were obstructed by Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve, and most of the vacated positions were occupied by them, plus Guozijian also took refuge in them, Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve have become the biggest ministers of Great Wei..."

In the palace, in the emperor's study, Yao Ce was explaining the current situation to the emperor, the battle of Yongdu City, Yao Ce's loss was very large, hundreds of official positions were not under his control, and they had been taken away by Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve.

Especially Jiang Cheng, he simply pressed him to the ground and rubbed him, some key positions, he wanted to pull people up, but as soon as he brought it up, Tsing Yiwei was able to find a case related to that person, press the person down, and then replace it with Jiang Cheng's person, but Yao Ce didn't dare to be tough with Jiang Cheng, so he could only watch Jiang Cheng behave nonsense.

"The people of the Guozijian have no bones of scholars"

The saint was furious, Guozijian was a protégé of the Son of Heaven, but those scholars, in order to be officials, didn't even want to have a face.

"Holy Lord, there are still a group of people in the country who are holy in the country"

"I know this, Yao Xiang, you say, how can we turn the situation around?"

"It's difficult, Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve's status is made by themselves"

Yao Ce said that he is not afraid of anyone in the struggle for power, but Jiang Cheng and the two of them are unruly and do not talk about martial arts, he can't play at all, he is in a hurry, what should people do if they pick up knives and cut people.

"Force, hey"

The emperor sighed, in fact, when he was the prince, he also practiced martial arts diligently, and even had a good talent, but after being an emperor all these years, he was riddled with things, and he had never practiced martial arts at all, and his strength had regressed a lot.

"Holy Lord, dare to ask, King Xin..."

"You've guessed right, I've joined forces with King Xin, including the Evergreen Ancestor, and I'm back on my side."

The emperor nodded, this point can actually be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, King Xin is thinking about the throne, if it is not for other internal affairs, it is impossible for him to leave Yongdu City.

After King Xin returned to Li County, he re-persuaded Li Changqing, who went back to retire, and now they have begun to operate in Li County, relying on the strong financial resources of the royal family to cultivate excellent Li children.

The effect is not bad, mainly because the Li family's background is deep enough, and they can also get exercises from Li Hongsleeve, which Li Hongsleeve can't stop.

"Shengshang, the minister dares to ask again, if Jiang Cheng leaves Dawei, is Shengshang sure to take down the eldest princess?"

"Leaving Great Wei, do you mean the tribute in March next year?"

"Yes, I don't know if Your Majesty has noticed, Chen Shifeng has only seen Jiang Cheng three times in the past month or so, and before, they had to see each other every few days."

"How can they be dirty?"

"Because Jiang Cheng's strength is too strong, Chen Shifeng can no longer suppress Jiang Cheng in Great Wei, people's desires are endless, and after Jiang Cheng takes power, he will inevitably conflict with Tianlan Sect in terms of interests."

"What Yao Xiang means is that we still have a chance to turn the situation around?"

"Naturally, as long as Jiang Cheng is not the opponent of the Tianlan Sect, we will have a chance, even if we don't get rid of him next year, we will wait for another year at most."

"I see, it's okay"

The emperor said, Li Hongsleeve is still interested in the Li family, some of the means he has not used yet, if it is really like that, then they will have a chance to fight back next year.

"Then please ask the saint to be patient, what Jiang Cheng wants to do, let it go, how beautiful he is now, how miserable he will be when the time comes"

"Yao Xiang, don't hurt the lives of the Jiang family when the time comes"

"This is nature, the Holy One can rest assured"

Yao Ce nodded, unless Jiang Cheng died in the Immortal Gate, otherwise the people of the Jiang family would not move, but he could raise them and raise them in the air.

But he is not polite to Jiang Cheng's subordinates, and when the time comes, those who can be incorporated and those who cannot be incorporated will all have to be carried out.

The emperor's mood suddenly became much better, he at least saw hope, and he would not be pressed by Jiang Cheng for the rest of his life, or even forever, because Jiang Cheng's martial arts realm was so high, it was estimated that he could live for hundreds of years, and even his children and grandchildren would be suppressed, and the taste was simply not too cool.

The two conspired for a long time, Yao Ce left the palace, and then returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he also summoned his henchmen and asked them to continue to be patient, anyway, not to provoke Jiang Cheng.

It's just that Yao Ce didn't know that his every move was under the surveillance of the Intelligence Department, and Jiang Cheng received a lot of news faster than his henchmen.

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"Seeing this news, don't think that we have the chance to win now, in fact, there are still many forces opposing us, and they are all aiming for the opportunity to fight back"

Jiang Cheng put a stack of news in front of Cheng Qingsong and said to him, the above news about the Imperial Palace, Yao Ce, and Li County is very detailed, and the Intelligence Department has been expanded many times more than before.

"Sir, since it is possible for you to leave Great Wei, it is better to settle them all at once"

"Qingsong, did I tell you in vain during this time, it is not the best way to physically destroy the enemy, if you kill a Yao Ce, Zhang Ce will come out, maybe it will be Li Ce, even if you kill the emperor, the Li family can arrange for someone to come out at any time"

"Sir, let's just be in power"

"How can it be so simple, let me ask you, if you become an emperor, how to sort out the relationship with Xianmen"

"Sir, you're not..."

"I won Chen Shifeng, but I can't win against everyone in Tianlan Sect, Qingsong, you still think like this, I don't dare to hand over the big task to you"

"Sir, I'm not obsessed with power, but I hate Great Wei"

Cheng Qingsong said directly, not only him, but also Fang Xiaocheng and Chen Datong, they have hatred for Dawei, they are all orphans adopted by Jiang Cheng, and the reason why they became orphans is often because of the inaction of the court, or disorderly acts.

Some people will eliminate this hatred when they grow up, but some people will deepen their hatred, obviously, Cheng Qingsong is the latter, and his hatred for Dawei has not diminished at all.

"I can't help you, if I leave, you can assist Yang Shen in the future, don't think about seizing power, you know?"

"Understood, sir"

Cheng Qingsong nodded, he was among Jiang Cheng's henchmen, his martial arts and abilities were not top-notch, and there were people who were better than him, but he was just older.