Seeing that Xia Chengde was speaking so seriously, Yang Zhen immediately nodded at him and said to him: "Brother Xia, you must also know what kind of person I am! How can I treat those who swear to serve me badly?"

People?! Brother, please relax!”

When Xia Chengde saw that Yang Zhen agreed and knew that he accepted him, he instantly lost the burden he had been carrying for many days, and he felt happy at the same time.

Yang Zhen went to help him again, and he stood up.

However, Yang Zhen did not count him down because of this, but said to Xia Chengde: "It's not too late to make up for it, but it still has to be made up for!

"Songshan City is a family, but we can no longer have people who eat in and out! Brother Xia, you have to know who is the spy under your command! It's time to clean up the house!"

When Xia Chengde heard this, he immediately understood what Yang Zhen meant, and immediately nodded and said: "General, I know what I'm talking about. Please sit down for a moment!"

After Xia Chengde said this, he cupped his hands, turned around and walked away. He walked out of the lobby, which was the front yard of the General Military Mansion. He quickly greeted his soldiers, quickly left the General Military Mansion, and went straight to the west gate.

"Haha, it seems that Vice General Xia is also a vigorous and resolute man!"

After Xia Chengde went out, there was a brief moment of silence in the lobby of the General Military Mansion, but it was only quiet for a moment. Zhang Degui heard Xia Chengde walk away, and first sighed with emotion, then stood up and said to Yang Zhen:

"If there is a leak in Songshan City and it causes such a big trouble, I never thought of it before. I am also responsible. Please punish me, Commander-in-Chief!"

Yang Zhen saw that after Zhang Degui finished speaking, Zu Keyong also stood up. He immediately waved to him and said to him with a smile:

"Brother Zu, if you say the same thing, then you don't need to say it! If you keep blaming yourself like this, in the end, I will have to ask for punishment myself!

"The people from all walks of life in Songshan City are scattered in various places, each guarding his own stall. I don't have a place to oversee the affairs of each department. If we continue to investigate, isn't it the responsibility of the General Military Mansion, isn't it my responsibility?!"

Yang Zhen said this with such a wry smile, and everyone else was also dumbfounded, because Yang Zhen was right, Songshan City was full of people, and there was no unified government office.

Logically speaking, Yang Zhen's Songshan General Military Mansion should be the government office in charge of the entire Songshan defense. However, there was not a single subordinate officer in his General Military Mansion. After he led his army to leave, Songshan City was in chaos.

No one can control anyone else.

According to the practice in the army, when the general is absent, the Chinese army will naturally take charge of everything. However, Zhang Degui's official officer is only the Chinese army staff general of the advance camp for the expedition to the east. He is not the Chinese army staff general of Songshan City, Xia Chengde's department, and Lu Pinqi's legacy.

He couldn't control the troops in Songshan.

Then the biggest remaining general is Xia Chengde, so naturally he can do whatever he wants.

Everyone followed Yang Zhen's train of thought, and when they thought of this, they all realized the seriousness of this problem. Several generals who were particularly close to Yang Zhen began to discuss in whispers, and they all felt that this was a problem.

Yang Zhen ignored them and just drank the tea brought by Ma Keqing and others, thinking about the problem while waiting for Xia Chengde to come back.

Yang Zhen was not very clear about what kind of organizations and subordinate officials there were under the General Military Mansion during the Ming Dynasty.

No matter in his previous life or in this life, he has never paid attention to the issue of general soldiers and subordinate officers.

But now, his intuition told him that Songshan General Military Mansion must have a group of subordinate officers who directly obeyed his orders to help him deal with some specific problems.

Yang Zhen knew that the position of Chief Military Officer was not a permanent position at the beginning, so he did not have any subordinate officers of his own.

Although in the late Ming Dynasty, the position of general military commander was relatively common, there were still no unified and clear subordinate organizations and subordinate officers in the military general offices in various places.

Just like the positions of governor-general and governor in the Ming Dynasty, when the official system was first designed, such permanent positions were not considered, so whether you are a governor or a governor-general, all direct staff are governors.

The governor himself recruited and appointed them.

Moreover, their expenses had to be borne by the governors themselves. This situation seemed to have continued for a long, long time.

Of course, if this situation applies to Yang Zhen, the chief training officer of the Songshan Regiment, then it will actually be a good thing for him.

Yang Zhen was just thinking about these things when he heard the sound of horse hooves suddenly coming from the front yard outside the lobby of the General Military Mansion. Xia Chengde was back!

Not long after, Yang Zhen and others saw Xia Chengde striding in with a bloody human head in his left and right hands in the lobby of the General Military Mansion.

Xia Chengde really went to kill someone!

"Sir, Commander-in-Chief! These two thieves who cheated on others asked me to kill them with my own hands! Their heads are here, please take a look at them, Mr. Commander-in-Chief!"

As soon as Xia Chengde entered the lobby, he placed the two heads still dripping with blood on the ground, bowed and reported the situation to Yang Zhen.

"Hey, it turns out it's these two. All the achievements they made in the bloody battle to defend the city have been wasted!"

No one in the lobby was familiar with Xia Chengde's men. Only Lu Pinqi had fought side by side with Xia Chengde's men for a long time and knew many of his men. However, Lu Pinqi did not directly call out the names and positions of the two heads.

For Lu Pinqi, now that Xia Chengde has figured it out and turned to Yang Zhen, this is also a result he is happy to see. After all, his own people in Songshan City are always fighting among themselves. How can they be consistent with the outside world in the future, and how can they get promoted and make a fortune!

Besides, in front of Yang Zhen, I revealed the identities of the two people who sent Xia Chengde back to kill him. Not only did I offend Xia Chengde, but I also embarrassed Yang Zhen.

Let's say that when Xia Chengde heard Lu Pinqi suddenly shout something like this, he immediately turned to look at Lu Pinqi, lest he reveal the identity of the two heads.

It turned out that the two people he went back to kill were one of his confidants, General Ding, and the other was General Qian, the former gatekeeper of Ximen. They were both people who knew the inside story of his father and son's contact with Zu Zeyuan.

Of course, it doesn't matter to Yang Zhen who these two people are, and whether they deserve to be beheaded or not, he doesn't care either.

The reason why he insisted on asking Xia Chengde to clean up his family was, firstly, to put on a show and make Xia Chengde completely fall down the ladder. Secondly, it also meant that he would no longer be able to find people who would work for him privately to do this kind of thing.

At the same time, Xia Chengde's soldiers all know that the situation has changed now, Yang Zhen is the boss, and Xia Chengde can kill anyone who dares to offend Yang Zhen for his own sake.

Therefore, when Yang Zhen saw that Xia Chengde went out without saying a word and brought back two bloody heads, and they were also subordinates who had been rewarded for their merits before, he knew that his goal had been achieved, so he did not care about himself at the moment and said no more.

What's up.

Yang Zhen stepped forward, not looking at the two heads, but held Xia Chengde's arm and said to him: "This matter is over, don't mention it from now on! Let's sit down and discuss it carefully!"

Yang Zhen asked Xia Chengde to sit down, and then said to Dunn, who was standing guard at the entrance of the lobby: "Deng En! Take these two heads out and hang them outside the gate of the General Military Mansion for three days!"

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After hearing Yang Zhen's arrangement, everyone in the hall applauded.

Only Xia Chengde felt extremely bitter in his heart, but he had already made up his mind to vote for Yang Zhen. At this time, he could only regard these two people as the certificate of surrender he handed over to Yang Zhen.

"Everyone! People from all walks of life in Songshan are now one family! The situation that used to go their own way must be changed! As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules! The first item of our discussion today is to ask everyone to come up with a way to reverse the situation.

In the past, there was a problem that the various tribes in Songshan were not under each other’s control!”

After Xia Chengde's matter was resolved, Yang Zhen confidently and boldly spoke out what he had been holding back for a long time.

Songshan City was not big, and there were not many people and horses, but it was divided into several armies, and almost all of them were in a situation where the soldiers were the generals. Everything had to be discussed, which made him feel really tired.

"Master General of the Army! Haven't all the troops in Songshan always been under your control? Your Songshan General Soldier's Mansion is a natural rule set by the imperial court for Songshan City! Since we are already a family, there is nothing wrong with it.

This thing should never happen again!"

Before, Xia Chengde knelt down and worshiped Yang Zhen in public, expressing his surrender. This move could be said to be a step in the right direction. Now his relationship with Yang Zhen's advance camp suddenly became closer than that of Lu Pinqi. At this time, of course, he could no longer stand

Come out and ask Yang Zhen about his intentions.

However, Lu Pinqi had not done this yet, and he was also worried that Yang Zhen would take advantage of the situation to change the situation where soldiers became generals, so he quickly raised his question carefully, hoping to keep the current situation unchanged for the time being.

Seeing that he was so concerned about this issue and knowing his worries, Yang Zhen said with a smile: "You guys have just discussed that there are no subordinate officers in the General Military Mansion, only me, the regimental training commander!

"When I was in Songshan, there was no problem. But as the regimental training officer, am I going to stay in this small town from now on?!"

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen said categorically in a tone that left no room for doubt: "That is absolutely not possible! If I don't take the initiative to go out and attack, where will the credit come from in Songshan City?! If there is no credit, how can all the brothers get promoted and get rich?!

"So, what I mean is to set up a special place under the General Military Mansion to assist with camp affairs. Let's call it the Associate Battalion Affairs Office. It will be responsible for taking care of various official affairs of the Songshan General Military Mansion!
Chapter completed!