Yang Zhen originally thought that the Songshan Minzhuang camp was full of strong men, at least mostly strong men, but he did not expect this to be the case. Hearing what An Qinghou said, he felt a little disappointed.

They claim to be brave and strong people from the countryside, but in fact they are mostly the family members and children of the brave people from the countryside who died in the war and left them in the city.

But since Yang Zhen has decided to take this offer, he will not go back on his word midway or break his promise to enrich himself.

Yang Zhen looked at the faces of Xia Chengde, Lu Pinqi and Jin Shijun one by one, and saw that they all nodded, indicating that what An Qinghou said was true, and he no longer hesitated at that moment.

"After Anqing! Who gave you the promotion of Songshan Minzhuang Camp?! But the imperial court official?! Is your Songshan Minzhuang Camp a regular business? Do you have government food and salary supply?!"

Although Yang Zhen didn't know much about this Min Zhuang camp, based on his understanding of this era, this Min Zhuang camp was probably temporarily raised by Jin Guofeng in an emergency, and he could not be a regular business leader.

Moreover, the title of "Minzhuangying Promotion" does not sound like a serious official position in the Ming Dynasty. It sounds nice, but in fact it is not even an inspection officer. It is mostly a temporary official.

Sure enough, after hearing Yang Zhen's question, Anqing Hou kowtowed to Yang Zhen again and replied: "Back to the General Soldier! The promotion of Cao Min is the result of General Jin's order to recruit brave villagers led by Cao Min.

He was appointed when he was strong! He was not an official of the imperial court!

"This Minzhuang camp was temporarily set up by General Jin for the convenience of command when he was recruiting brave people from the countryside inside and outside the city to help guard the city! He was not the official manager of the imperial court!

"As for food and wages - the grassroots people originally brought their own dry food. Later, when the Songshan War lasted for a long time, there was no source of food and grass in the civilian camp, and people starved to death. After that, it was all allocated by General Jin! Speaking of wages and silver, there was no

Not at all! The world is like this now, and ordinary people just have to stutter, and they never think about wages!"

After Yang Zhen heard this, he had a basic understanding of the situation in the Minzhuang camp, and also had a new understanding of the Anqing queen. He thought about it for a while, and finally said to him:

"In this case, today, I will give you a clear explanation! Before General Jin left, I told him that I wanted Xiao Gui and Cao to follow! I will not do the other new officials' routine of ignoring old scores! Don't worry about this.

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After saying this, Yang Zhen said loudly to Ma Keqing who was guarding the door: "Ma Keqing! Go and get me a report from General Qian of the Ministry of War!"

After hearing this, Ma Keqing agreed loudly, then turned around and left.

However, everyone gathered in Yang Zhen's office now understood that Yang Zhen was going to give An Qing an official status as a military officer in the imperial court!

An Qinghou, who was kneeling on the ground, also understood the meaning.

His heart was in turmoil, and he lay on the ground, motionless, fearing that if he moved, the scene in front of him would change.

After a while, a rush of footsteps came, and then he walked past An Qinghou and handed the things he brought to Yang Zhen.

"Jin Shijun! Come on! I said, you write! -"

Yang Zhen handed the blank official report from the Ministry of War brought by Ma Keqing to Jin Shijun, then pointed to the pen and ink prepared on the desk and said to Jin Shijun:

"We hereby appoint the Songshan craftsman Hu Anqing to be the commander-in-chief of the advance battalion of the Qian Dynasty for the Eastern Expedition, and to serve as the Songshan regiment to train the people and strengthen the battalion. In April of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, this appointment will be held!"

Jin Shijun came from a family of generals, but he had been studying and practicing calligraphy since he was a child. At this time, according to Yang Zhen, according to the blanks reserved by the Ministry of War officials, he quickly and steadily wrote a few lines of extremely neat regular script.

Yang Zhen took it over and saw that it was exactly what he said, so he walked from behind the desk, walked up to Empress An Qing, and said to him:

"After Anqing! From now on, you will be a member of our advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition, Chief Qian! A serious imperial military position! The people of Songshan you lead are strong, regardless of men, women, old and young. I hereby order the Songshan Regiment to practice as the Chief Military Officer.

Identity—accepted!”

After An Qinghou heard these words, he was very excited. He didn't need to be reminded by others. He immediately bowed to Yang Zhen and said: "Common people - no, it's a humble position, it's a humble position. I thank you, the Commander-in-Chief, for your support! I also build a strong camp for the people."

There are more than 400 men, women, old and young, and I thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for taking us in!"

After saying this, An Qing straightened up and took the Ministry of War official report from Yang Zhen with trembling hands. He read it again and again and was overjoyed.

Jin Guofeng was kind to him before, and he also admired and respected Jin Guofeng, so he did his best to take charge of Songshan Township's brave people and cooperate with the Songshan garrison in fighting.

He knew that if he had done well, Jin Guofeng and the others would certainly be rewarded for their merits, and with Jin Guofeng's appreciation for him, as long as Jin Guofeng continued to stay in Songshan as the commander-in-chief, sooner or later he would be promoted, break away from the craftsman status, and have an official status.

However, what he never expected was that Jin Guofeng was transferred to Ningyuan as the commander-in-chief.

The Songshan Minzhuang he was in charge of was mostly a craftsman here, so he had no way to follow him to Ningyuan.

The sudden appearance of this situation made the leader of the people, who had made great contributions in the defense of Songshan City, suddenly despair and despair.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen, the new commander-in-chief, had a good relationship with Jin Guofeng. At Jin Guofeng's request, he recognized their contribution and agreed to accept them.

But what made him overjoyed was that he didn't expect that what he didn't get from Jin Guofeng with all his hard work, he could get it so easily from Yang Zhen!

After looking at the excited An Qing, Yang Zhen smiled and said to him: "Don't rush to say thank you! The defense of the North Gate will be handed over to General Zhang Degui today! After the military meeting is over, I will let Zhang

The general and the advance battalion artillery team moved to the north gate tower!

"You can go back now! Lead people to open the north gate first! Then count the people under your command and see how many carpenters, cobblers, blacksmiths, and stonemasons there are, including merchants, hunters, and farmers!

"There are also those old and weak women and children who need to be asked to see who can weave nets for fishing, who can plow the fields, who can sew and mend, who can wash and cook, who can stand guard, and who can scrape

I have figured out all the nitrate medicines one by one, registered them, and reported them to me as soon as possible!

"In addition, I will give you two more general officer positions! Go back and take a look, pick two key candidates who obey orders and fight bravely, and nominate them to me!"

At this point, when Yang Zhen saw the excited An Qing, he didn't even ask what he meant. He just nodded in agreement and said to him again:

"If you don't understand anything about these things I've told you, you can come to me at any time! You can go back now! Open the north gate first!"

An Qinghou quickly agreed, bowed to Yang Zhen again, stood up with excitement, and retreated under the guidance of Ma Keqing.

It is now April of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and there is still less than a year before the second Battle of Songjin breaks out.

He must seize all time and all the manpower and material resources he can use to prepare for the war that will determine the fate of China.

If a thousand generals and two military generals could control this civilian camp that had experienced the bloody battle of Songshan, he would certainly not be stingy.

Yang Zhen's quick approach to cutting through the mess also stunned the other generals participating in the military discussion in the room.

The generals who originally belonged to the temporary advance battalion were already familiar with Yang Zhen's method of employing people without suspicion and not using people who were suspicious, so there was nothing too surprising.

Only Jin Shijun, Xia Chengde, and Lu Pinqi, who had not served under Yang Zhen's hand and obeyed his orders, were simply dumbfounded and all of them murmured inwardly.

——I never heard that the Ministry of War of the imperial court still dares to issue blank notices to military generals!

——What is the origin of this General Yang?!

——Does General Yang have a stronger backer in the court than Commander Zu?!
Chapter completed!