The Northwest established its own title, "Datong," signifying "Great Unity Under Heaven." They honored the Human Dao, revered Heaven and Earth, and proclaimed Wang Lian of the Wang Clan as the Datong Duke, ruler over the lands of Shangning and Zhushan.
After this news broke, the first to fly into a rage were not the Prime Ministers of the Court, but the Rebel Army of Zhushan Road. Disregarding the logistical pressures from the swelling spring rivers, they resolutely launched a full-scale invasion into the southern region of Shangning Road.
The Shangjing City Court immediately dispatched a Reconquest Envoy to offer amnesty to the Rebel Army in the Zhushan region. While there was nothing inherently wrong with this move, it gave ambitious individuals other ideas, and for a time, unrest stirred across the land.
