The Beijiang rebels, excluding those that are not a force to be reckoned with, are now roughly divided into two factions.
One faction is the Northern faction that occupied the imperial city. Its leader’s surname was Zhang and it was said that he was originally a scholar.
He was born into a common family and had been bullied in official circles since he passed the imperial examination at a young age.
After the famine, all his family members died. He raised a flag at the entrance of the village and started a rebellion. He now has about 150,000 people under his command.
The other faction is the Eastern Faction which occupied the west and east. Its leader is a butcher. This faction is not as strong as the Northern Faction, but it has more people and a vast territory. Now it has about 200,000 people.
As the imperial court moved its capital, those inferior rebel refugees gradually moved towards the Northern and Eastern factions.
There were frequent frictions between the two factions, but most of the attacks were directed at the imperial court.
So the emperor encountered several assassination attempts on the way to move the capital.
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As the year draws to a close, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and there seems to be no sign of stopping.
Beijiang was not greatly affected because of its cement roads and coal.
More and more common people and scholars came to seek refuge, and naturally there were more spies who infiltrated.
Not only were there troops sent by the Beijiang rebels, but also by neighboring countries.
Although Beijiang is weak in national strength, it has a vast territory and a suitable climate.
Many countries are watching covetously, waiting for Beijiang to become completely chaotic so that they can rush in and get a piece of the pie.
Especially Wei Zhao, Yun Qin, and Fengwu Kingdom in the southwest.
Fengwu Kingdom is located in the southwest and is not near the sea.
The salt industry, water transport, and commerce all rely on imports, and they have long been eyeing the territory of Beijiang.
Fengwu Kingdom is also very special among the seven kingdoms because it is the only country dominated by women, where women are superior to men.
In order to find out the spies, Xie Ling specially organized a team of reconnaissance soldiers, with An Linzhang as the team leader.
But there were not enough people in the team and they couldn't move anyone anywhere. In the end, they could barely find forty people.
As the population of civilians and soldiers increased, talent was still scarce in Sinan.
Usually a civil servant has to manage more than a dozen households, register, manage, and lead the people into the village... He is so busy that he is too tired to sleep all day.
Gu Wei increased welfare measures in an attempt to attract more talents.
Just when Gu Wei and Xie Ling were troubled by the talent problem, they did not expect that this problem would be temporarily solved after just a few days.
It was snowing heavily that day.
A group of people appeared on the cement road outside Sinan City.
This group of people, both men and women, all wore long robes with wide sleeves, wide belts and tall crowns. They looked like ancient people who walked out of a mural thousands of years ago, elegant and simple with proper manners.
The leader was a young man. As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he patted the shoulder of the soldier guarding the city and said, "Old Zhang, go tell the county magistrate that I have brought my family here."
This person was obviously acquainted with him, and said with a smile: "Okay."
After a while, Zhou Cisui came out and took Fengjian Qingli and his family towards the city.
Gu Wei had already reserved a residence for the Feng family, right behind the county magistrate's mansion, to facilitate their work.
All the Feng family members, regardless of gender, were well-versed in the Four Books and Five Classics and were well-versed in national policies.
Along the way, Fengjian Qingli had explained Sinan's policies to them.
Therefore, the Feng family went to work that night.
The Feng family handled their work smoothly and effortlessly, which can only be described as ease.
Even Zhou Cisui was shocked.
Who is this Feng Jian Qingli?
He had never heard of any family in Beijiang with such a rich cultural heritage. Each of them, taken individually, had the strength of a famous official in Beijiang.
Especially the white-haired elders and clan leaders of the Feng family, whose talents are just as great as his.
It's not that he's proud.
You know, talents like him are rare in the entire Seven Kingdoms, and he will receive preferential treatment wherever he works as a staff member.
And the Feng family actually has four or five of them!
It would be a waste of talent for such a person to be a civil servant.
But he believed that with Sinan's development trend, there would be a day when they would be able to show their talents and make great achievements.
As for why the Feng family has so many talented people, Zhou Ci Sui kept his mouth shut and didn't ask any more questions.
Everyone has secrets. It’s enough for everyone to keep them tacitly known. There’s no need to look too clearly.
Although the Feng family had learned to read and write and studied political theory and national policy since childhood, this was the first time they had displayed their talents and applied them in practice.
Including those white-haired elders, who are also teachers of the younger generations, although they have spent most of their lives studying how to assist the king, govern the country, and appease the people...but in the past they have always been talking about it on paper and analyzing historical wars.
It was their first time to truly come into contact with ordinary people. They were so excited that they stayed up most of the night and had heated discussions with each other.
"Who came up with this policy? It really overturns all my previous knowledge."
"It seems that it is not enough to just learn from history. We must always move forward... The word Xie Zhubo said, innovation! Yes, innovation!"
Chief Feng chuckled, blew on the teacup in front of him, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
The Feng family has lived in seclusion for a thousand years.
Finally I can get out of the mountain and see the light of day again.
The Feng family, which once left its name in history, will one day shine again.
Become the king...the best assistant!
After Fengjian Qingli came back, he told several elders about his recent encounter with the Fengjian family's ancestor and the hunt for the Shi family.
The nine major families that have been passed down from the Zhou Dynasty have now gradually surfaced.
Secretly, someone is eyeing these nine major families and wants to control them for his own use.
The expressions of the old men were indecipherable, as they fell into deep thought.
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