The battle on land lasted only two months. At the beginning of May that year, the Western allied forces formally surrendered and a large number of captives were detained in Great Liang, including the pope himself.

To preserve their dignity, the Holy Land was forced to send people to negotiate. It ended with a compensation agreement: one side released the people, one side handed over the payment.

At this point, the dark cloud that loomed over the southern half of the nation was lifted. Year after year, there would come a day when Jiangnan would bask in the scent of osmanthus fragrance.

It was said that the pope died on his way back to his home country. No one knew whether he died naturally or was assassinated — but it no longer mattered.

Li Min, the former Yan Qin Wang, formally ascended the throne and was to be changed to Tai Shi* the next year.

*Ancient times refer to the era when the world was opened up and everything began to form.

At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, the new Emperor immediately granted a decree that the children of the former emperor would not have to move out of the palace, nor would there be a change to the previously established Crown Prince, nor would he retract military power.

The Black Tiger Emblem would still be in the hands of Gu Yun, who was guarding the capital alongside him and could mobilize the power of the four regions at any time.

At the same time, the three factions of the former Black Iron camp were scattered and incorporated into garrisons everywhere, a generation of brave generals who grew up in the smoke took over the instructions of the people who walked before them, standing tall and guarding the four sides.

In the eighteen years of his reign, Emperor Tai Shi always regarded himself as the ‘acting Emperor’ and issued a series of constitutions starting from the ‘acting Emperor’ himself down to all the officials of civil and military, a set of systems to limit power and responsibility, everyone was to be treated equally, the goal was for each person to reflect on themselves at all times.

A vigorous reform pushed thousands of years of depression and thick fog casting over the nation away.

The end of one era was always the starting point of another.

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In the tenth year of Long An, without waiting for his formal accession to the throne, the new emperor personally saw to the battlefields of Liangjiang. Afterward, Dong Ying turned their spears to their own ally, and Jiangnan achieved a great victory.

At this time, the overall situation had been determined. Even if the pope had extraordinary abilities, he could no longer turn things around.

Thus, Gu Yun finally hung his seal.