The People Pledged Their Allegiance
The Xie Lineage patriarch has been executed!
Cloud Allure City's city gates were quickly breached under the attack of the Red Shadow Army.
Zong Xiaoshan strictly followed Qin Yan's orders!
Xie Lineage, a barbarian tribe!
Even Qin Yan couldn't help but gasp at the sight of the confiscated assets.
A total of 36,570,000 taels of silver.
Some calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, and various spiritual materials were not included in this count.
In addition, there are thousands of martial arts manuals.
The profound heritage of this thousand-year-old family was simply beyond his comprehension.
"The Xie Lineage's search was truly ruthless; the gold and silver they found amounted to over 36 million taels of silver."
This doesn't even include real estate and land.
Qin Yan took a deep breath; these feudal-era landlords were indeed extraordinary.
Early July!
The entire Qingzhou had fallen into his hands.
During this period, his army did not encounter any major obstacles.
Besides the fact that his troops were equipped with powerful firearms, the resistance from the Qingzhou garrison was also not strong.
Before launching this campaign, Qin Yan had already expended a great deal of manpower and resources.
To wage psychological warfare.
In addition to making the people of Qingzhou yearn for the life in Yunzhou, he also constantly tried to win over officials from various places.
In just one month, they completely occupied Qingzhou.
The strict discipline showed the people of Qingzhou an army unlike any they had ever seen before!
The extraordinary nature of the Yunzhou Army was revealed to the people!
Even after completely occupying Qingzhou, Qin Yan's army did not harm the people in the slightest!
They might even turn around and help the people.
They constantly proclaimed that this was a people's army.
The people looked at the genuine smiles on those young faces.
Keep telling them that life will get better.
Those corrupt officials, gentry, and powerful figures will all be brought to trial.
The people will receive land, and every family will have enough to eat and wear.
Yunzhou Army actions convinced the people of Qingzhou of everything they had said.
Especially after they saw the Yunzhou Army fulfill its promise, the people of Qingzhou were won over.
Later on, the people even opened the city gates to welcome the royal army.
The local officials and gentry were furious!
After recovering the entire Qingzhou, Qin Yan's army suffered extremely low casualties throughout the entire war.
There were only a few hundred casualties.
Most of these people died from attacks or ambushes by high-level martial artists.
Facing those with Xiantian strength or higher.
Even if you manage to kill your opponent, you'll have to pay a price!
Especially in a surprise attack, it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to avoid revealing their weaknesses.
Although Qin Yan obtained Qingzhou, some of the powerful families who had been destroyed and whose households were wiped out naturally survived.
This group lurked in the shadows, constantly carrying out sabotage and Assassinations.
These are the people who are truly a headache.
A large amount of manpower and resources need to be mobilized.
Fortunately, the vast majority of the people were on their side; otherwise, a large number of troops would have been needed to suppress them.
It's easy to take it now.
The difficulty lies in how to hold onto it.
Qin Yan continuously dispatched young officials, all of whom were his staunch followers.
But he was a practitioner of his ideas!
Each of them possesses an extremely high level of ideological awareness.
Qin Yan also invested a great deal in training officials, the most important thing being their faith.
The next few months!
Qin Yan is taking over Qingzhou in full force, now possessing two provinces and a population of nearly 30 million.
He has also become the most powerful local warlord at present!
More importantly, it reflects the will of the people.
Because the capture of Qingzhou was swift, the damage to other prefectures was not severe.
It quickly got back into operation.
The transition of power proceeded almost without incident, and everything was completed smoothly.
For ordinary people, it was simply a matter of a change in rulers.
Their biggest concern is whether those in power will be able to feed them properly.
Judging from all indications...
The people of Qingzhou are extremely supportive of Qin Yan!
The mere act of allocating fertile land to the people was enough to make all the people here work for him.
He was the beneficiary of Qin Yan's defeat of the old rulers!
Qin Yan has arrived at Cloud Allure City!
Yunzhou is already his base of operations; there's no need to worry about it. All he needs to do is keep reporting to him and getting things done!
As Qingzhou was a new territory, it was natural for him, the supreme ruler, to come and inspect it.
It wasn't that he didn't trust his soldiers.
No matter the power, there will always be people who succumb to the temptations of power and money.
This is human nature.
This situation is unavoidable in any era, which is why he came to Qingzhou.
Only he could keep these arrogant soldiers and individual officials in check.
With his current strength, he is already able to see into the thoughts of those weaker than him.
Once it senses something is wrong, it will read the other person's memories.
No dirty or sordid thing can escape his investigation.
Of course, not everyone can handle it immediately; some people are highly capable and cause minimal harm.
Qin Yan would only turn a blind eye; he had a scale in his heart.
If any official does anything out of line, he will not hesitate to take them down.
No one in this world is perfect.
Even Qin Yan's self-evaluation wasn't anything good.
How many people in this world can truly achieve unity of knowledge and action?
Officials cannot be judged by simple morality.
Just as a kind-hearted general cannot command an army.
Everything should be done in moderation.
Crossing the red line means death.
"Sometimes it's really boring to try and read people's minds."
Qin Yan leaned back slightly in his chair, a hint of weariness in his eyes, a reflection of the complex and ever-changing nature of human nature.
Even if he doesn't actively read other people's memories, his ability is like an instinct.
It appears to be a passive form of mind reading.
The officials' thoughts were laid bare before him, and some of them were sordid that they made him feel nauseous.
However, it can only be condemned from a moral standpoint.
This kind of passive mind reading is only a superficial understanding of thought processes, unless he discovers something wrong with his subordinates.
Only then will deep-level memory access be performed!
He didn't have any particular quirks, like prying into other people's hidden secrets.
Sometimes knowing everything can make life seem too boring.
They lost the meaning of life.
The unknown is what brings fun.
"My lord, we have been recruiting new soldiers throughout Qingzhou, and the people of all the prefectures are extremely enthusiastic."
In just three days, they have already recruited 20,000 people, and it probably won't take many more days.
Our target of expanding the military by 50,000 will be met soon.
Many martial arts heroes even volunteered to join them!
Among them are many experts at the Xiantian and Grandmaster levels!
Qin Xiaoyi smiled broadly!
Once the 50,000 men are recruited, they will have a regular army of 170,000.
In addition to these 170,000 troops, there were also local militia and a potential pool of at least 50,000 militia members.
In other words, Qin Yan could mobilize an army of 200,000 at any time if he wished.
Moreover, their combat power is extremely strong.
As Qin Yan listened to the report, a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips after a moment.
"I didn't expect a rat to sneak in."