The day before Fang La ascended the throne and became emperor, his third brother Fang Maang Fang Qifo rushed from Shezhou to Hangzhou. That night, Fang La, Fang Maang, Fang Baihua, Lou Minzhong, Zu Shiyuan and others discussed for nearly a night, and decided on the distribution of positions of the generals and the strategic direction for the rebel army afterwards.

The uprising began to be planned a few years ago, and various situations were considered. The reason for being eager to become emperor is nothing more than to establish a regime as soon as possible and digest the fruits of the uprising.

The rebel army has now occupied the four prefectures of Muzhou, Hangzhou, Shezhou and Yuezhou. It is urgent to arrange local officials and defense generals to implement Fang La's policy proposals so that people can feel a sense of identity and belonging to the Yongle court. This is a long-term solution and can make more people infected and join the uprising cause.

However, it is meaningless to talk about political construction. The current important task of the Rebel Army is to expand its power and resist the main force of the official army who came down to challenge the south.

Among the people's calculations, the imperial government army would have at least more than a month to arrive, so the final plan they formulated was: before the government army came, the rebels would capture prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River, including Runzhou to Chizhou, and use the Yangtze River natural chasms to resist the official army. Only in this way can the rebels with mixed quality match the well-equipped official army.

Under the discussion of Fang La and his men, the strategic deployment of the rebel army was roughly divided into six routes, including "Four Norths and Two Souths", with Fang La, Fang Baihua, Fang Meng, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, and Li Tianrun, each leading the route, and radiating to the surroundings with Hangzhou as the core stronghold.

The next day, when Fang La ascended the throne, he also announced his strategic deployment in court to all the generals, so that everyone would be prepared and take action within three days.

The place where he ascended the throne was in the government office, which only made people reorganize it. Although it was a little shabby than the palace, Fang La knew very well that at the beginning of the uprising, both manpower and materials were extremely lacking and should not be wasted. So he kept everything simple and, with the support of a core general, he was able to proclaim himself emperor and ascend the throne in the government office meeting room.

Fang La called himself Shenggong, Jianyuan was "Yongle", and appointed his wife Shao Xianying as the queen, and made his eldest son Fang Tian the crown prince.

All civil and military officials also have their own feudals. The left prime minister Lou Minzhong, the right prime minister Zu Shiyuan, the deputy political affairs officer Shen Tao, the national teacher Bao Daoyi, the palace chief Zheng Biao, the minister of the Ministry of War Wang Yin, and the Privy Councilor Lu Shinang... The military officers were mostly granted military positions, such as Shi Bao, Li Tianrun, Si Xingfang and others were named Marshals, Pang Wanchun, Gao Keli, Qian Zhenpeng and others were named Generals of each title, and so on...

Of course, there are many people who are both civil and military, such as Wang Yin, Pang Wanchun, etc. Even after a long discussion by Fang La and a few people, some people are still inconsistent with each other. After all, the Fang La group members have just revolted, and many arrangements cannot be copied from Song Ting, so they need to explore it slowly by themselves.

Therefore, many positions are empty positions and have no real power. Fang La is too lazy to study these things for the time being, and just wants to expand his reputation first. What he always cares about is the matter of resisting the official army. As soon as he ascended the throne, the rebel army began to rectify.

Although the rebel army was incomplete in its system and was not fully equipped with military and political officials, under the enthusiasm of the people, it quickly entered a full-scale rectification.

Just when the city of Hangzhou was very lively, Xu Ziling and Mingxia had already arrived in Changxing County, Huzhou and were walking on the way to Jiangning.

This was Zhou Ti's idea, and he wanted to take them away from Fang La's power. As for why he went to Jiangning, it was because Zhou Ti wanted to find a place to let him and Mingxia hold the wedding banquet. Even though he and Mingxia felt a little hurry, they could not resist Zhou Ti and had to follow his heart. However, they didn't want to find a place to hold it casually, so they finally decided to hold it in Jiangning where the two met again.

What made Xu Ziling helpless was that Yao Mengling, who had been away for many days, was also in the team and wanted to follow him to Jiangning.

In order to avoid the war, she was arranged by Xu Ziling to temporarily stay in Ninghai County until the city of Hangzhou was broken, and she was escorted to Hangzhou by the Manichae church members. Xu Ziling's idea was to ask her to follow Fang Baihua, but she was unwilling to follow Xu Ziling, even if he said he would marry in Jiangning, she would not mind.

What made Xu Ziling even more helpless was that she discovered that Zhou Ti was the most prestigious among the people. She surrounded him and asked about his well-being, rubbed his shoulders and backs along the way. The old man was very helpful to this and often boasted about her, allowing her to follow everyone arrogantly, and even called "Just treat me as the master's maid."

The most disgusting Yao Mengling, who was silly and wanted to follow him, was not Ming Xia, but Gu Yue'er, who was about the same age as her and had a similar life experience.

It’s not that Yao Mengling’s slutty face made her disgusted, but that every time they pass by, Yao Mengling would hold her head up and look at her with a playful look.

The two girls are fourteen years old and the other are thirteen years old. The age difference is only a few months, but their figure is a big difference. Yue'er still looks like a pretty little girl, but Yao Mengling is already erect and looks like a girl.

While Yue'er secretly blamed herself for being unsuccessful, she even competed with Yao Mengling. Whenever she thought of any prank, she would tease her.

For example, when I was sleeping in the camp last night, Yue'er found a few small insects in the grass and soil near the camp, and quietly put them in Yao Mengling's tent. This caused a scream in the camp when everyone was sleeping properly in the middle of the night...

When I was washing up this morning, Yue'er secretly put some salt in Yao Mengling's wooden basin, making her feel uncomfortable after washing her face. When she went to the stream to fetch water to clean it, Yue'er waited for the rabbit to trip her up with the "stuttering method" that has been unpreventable since ancient times, causing her to fall into the stream, and then shouted, "I didn't mean it!" to help her up.

Yue'er could not hide the little Jiujiu in her heart from Mingxia. After knowing the incident, she called her aside and scolded her. Yue'er pretended to be wronged on the surface, but she didn't agree with it in her heart, because her lady beat her and scolded her, she must be on her side.

Xu Ziling saw all this and thought of the bugs in Yao Mengling's quilt last night, and felt that Yue'er was so naughty and didn't know how to tease people.

It is the cold winter season now, and it is probably necessary to get a girl into the cold stream. But since Mingxia has scolded her, Xu Ziling naturally has no choice but to say anything.

After Mingxia's warning, Yue'er became much more peaceful on the road and did not make any pranks. At most, she would stare at her eyes, stick out her tongue, and make harmless actions such as making faces.

The group walked slowly on the road. After passing Huzhou, they didn't take long to reach Jiangning. Because the news of Fang La's uprising had spread, they didn't see a caravan going south along the way, most of whom fled north. However, they heard some comments on the rebels from passing people, which were generally mixed.

As long as they are taxed, the people who cannot survive cannot survive, of course, look forward to the rebel army to overthrow the dark rule of the government. However, many people can still withstand such exploitation. Most of them are small families and small businesses, running between the market to make a living, fearing that war will break the rare balance of life.

Three days later, a group of people came to Jiangning City and lined up at the city gate for nearly an hour before they could pay taxes and enter the city.

In this extraordinary period, the gates entering and leaving the city are checked very strictly. Even if many inquiries are meaningless, such as "Where are you from, where are you going, what are you doing at home, and what are you doing in Jiangning?" These questions are easily deceived, but the superior officials in the city still require the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate to ask clearly before they can be released, which is probably just asking for peace of mind.

The villa sent by the Manichaeism in the north of the city has been unsupervised for more than two months. After entering the yard, I saw various houses covered with dust, and the girls began to divide the work and clean it up.

This yard was once the residence of Mingxia's adopted father Wang Yuanwai. Mingxia has lived here for several years and also met Liu Jingsheng, who lives in the neighboring yard. Now when she comes back, she feels that things are different. But in general, she is happy to get married to Xu Ziling here.

However, as soon as everyone cleaned the yard, an uninvited guest came outside the yard and knocked on the door knocker.

When Xu Ziling went out, he found that it was Wang Jun, the prefect of Jiangning.

Before he could ask, Wang Jun smiled and said, "I just heard the report from the soldiers at the city gate, saying that Mr. Xu had come to Jiangning. Old man rushed over and said hello to the young master."

Xu Ziling said calmly: "The last time I took action to rescue Lord Wang was just casual and didn't want any reward. Lord Wang didn't have to be so enthusiastic."

"I didn't come to repay my kindness," Wang Jun smiled slightly, "It's the Prince of Guangping. Once Mr. Xu comes to Jiangning, I will send a letter in person."

Xu Ziling said in confusion: "How did Zhao Gou know that I would come to Jiangning?"

Wang Jun shook his head gently: "I don't know. But what Your Highness said was not that the young master would definitely come to Jiangning, but that I would deliver the letter when I got the news from my master." After that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xu Ziling.

Xu Ziling took the envelope and frowned and said, "When did Zhao Gou come to Jiangning?"

Wang Jun thought for a while and said, "It was probably a month ago."

A month ago, Xu Ziling was cooperating with the Lu Shinang Uprising in Taizhou. How did Zhao Gou know that he would come to Jiangning?

Seeing Xu Ziling fall into deep thought, Wang Jun asked softly: "If Mr. Xu has nothing to do, I will leave first."

When Xu Ziling heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "Sir Wang, walk slowly."

After Wang Jun left, Xu Ziling became even more confused. Wang Jun had no doubts about him coming from the south, and was just here to send a letter?

With doubts, Xu Ziling opened the envelope and slowly read the letter. As he read, his brows slowly stretched out.

It turned out that the immediate boss of the Secret Investigation Department, Wang Fu, was familiar with Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou learned from the Secret Investigation Department that one of the Manichi scholars in Taizhou City could control the sword in the air, and the sword color was red. Then he went to Gongsun Yu. In summary, Zhao Gou concluded that Xu Ziling had a close relationship with the Manichi religion, but did not report the matter, but concealed it.

This letter is not only to tell Xu Ziling that he knew about him, but also provided him with a way out, which is the identity of the Secret Investigation Department. Zhao Gou has sent Xu Ziling's identity card to enter the personnel file of the Secret Investigation Department. Once the rebel army loses to the official army and Xu Ziling has an accident, he can use the Secret Investigation Department to wash away his identity as a rebel.

Although Xu Ziling understood the whole story and was moved by Zhao Gou's sincerity towards him, he was still shocked by Zhao Gou's foresight.

The reason why he left the letter in Jiangning was also explained at the end of the letter:

I believe that with you, the rebel army will definitely be able to conquer Jiangning.

Although things were a bit by mistake, Xu Ziling was still a little overwhelmed by his almost crazy trust in him.

Could it be that he...?
Chapter completed!