Yang Zhen knelt on the ground with his forehead deliberately touching the ground. He couldn't see the change in Wang Dehua's expression at all. However, he soon heard Wang Dehua read out the imperial edict to him in a male voice:

"The Emperor, who was entrusted by heaven, issued an edict: If the country is restored, there must be famous ministers to assist it; if the country is fighting chaos, there must be famous generals to assist it! In the deep palace of Jiuzhong, I heard the news about the success of Liaodong Songjin, and I couldn't help but sigh with emotion and praise again and again!

"Siqing sent an army of 600 advance troops to march northward by sea. In the first battle, he burned the Chou captives' food and grass, and then fought to annihilate all the Chou captives' vanguard. Finally, with 600 advance troops, he drove back tens of thousands of Chou captives' strong soldiers. I sincerely serve you.

This is a great victory that has never been achieved since the Yuji era! Every time I think about this these days, I feel extremely happy!

"Immediately promoted Yang Zhen, deputy general of Ningyuan, the commander of Guangning's rear garrison, to act as the governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Office. When the decree comes, he will be appointed as the chief military officer of the Songshan regiment! All the troops in Songshan City will be under control and command!

"I was originally led to temporarily organize the Ningyuan advance camp. I immediately used the existing troops and soldiers to reorganize it into the advance camp for the Eastern Expedition. I was given a pass defense flag and was led by your Majesty! The camp's salary is tentatively set at 3,000.

If there is a shortage of staff, you can recruit yourself!

"Officers in the camp, above the garrison level, listen to your instructions; down to the generals, they are chosen by you! I will conquer the Dongping captives in the future, and I have high hopes for you, so please encourage me!"

The great eunuch Wang Dehua read out the imperial edict and paused for a moment. Everyone in the hall, including Yang Zhen himself, thought it was over and were waiting for the words "I admire this".

Moreover, the content of the decree that Yang Zhen heard now made him greatly overjoyed, so he did not dare to expect anything more.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Wang Dehua paused for a moment, coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and then read out:

"In addition, there are officials from Liaodong, such as Fuchen, Zhenchen, etc., all of whom consider your outstanding military exploits and jointly signed a petition to protect you as the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan! However, I also believe that with your wisdom and courage, you should guard the key area of ​​Songshan! This place is advancing

Enough to attack, retreat enough to defend. Only in this way can people make full use of their talents! I hope you will consider the heart of heaven and don't harbor any resentment! I appreciate this!"

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen was worried that Yang Zhen would be dissatisfied if he could not get the position of Ningyuan Commander-in-Chief, so he deliberately added these words himself where the imperial edict should have ended.

Hearing this, Yang Zhen, who came from a later generation, was inexplicably moved.

In later generations, he often heard people sigh and say, oh my, it's so difficult for me, but now he discovered that in this world at this moment, no one is as difficult as Emperor Chongzhen!

Yang Zhen was thinking in his heart, without any delay in his movements. Hearing the word "Qin this" pop out from Wang Dehua's drake voice, he immediately replied loudly:

"Weak minister Yang Zhen, I accept the order to express my gratitude! I can only serve on the battlefield to repay the Holy Lord for his kindness! Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"

It would be a joke to imitate Jin Guofeng’s words at the end after learning from Jin Guofeng’s words earlier.

Fortunately, these scenes were difficult for Yang Zhen, who was accustomed to seeing various social and entertainment occasions in later generations.

After Yang Zhen said these words, he saw someone walking towards him. He knew that it was the eunuch in green robe who had sent him the imperial edict. He quickly raised his hands and quickly received the imperial edict.

From the process of Wang Dehua's reading of the imperial edict just now, Yang Zhen tasted a lot of things.

In particular, the last paragraph of the imperial edict was obviously an additional paragraph, which made him deeply feel the entanglement of Emperor Chongzhen in the decision-making process.

It stands to reason that since the governor of Liaodong Fang Yizao and the commander-in-chief Zu Dashou, as well as several civil servants in Ningyuan City, all signed a petition to guarantee that Yang Zhen would be the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, then this matter should be logical and reasonable, and Emperor Chongzhen also

There's nothing to worry about.

Yang Zhen was originally the deputy general of Ningyuan. He had made great contributions and was successfully promoted to the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan. It was reasonable and should be deserved.

The same goes for Jin Guofeng. He was already serving as the deputy commander-in-chief in Songshan. Since he had made great contributions in guarding Songshan City, it was perfect for him to be promoted directly to the title of commander-in-chief of Songshan.

If we take into account that Liaodong already has a chief soldier of Liaodong Town like Zu Dashou, adding such titles of chief soldiers is a bit inconsistent with the existing rules of the court, then add the title of regiment drill to the titles of chief soldiers of Yang Zhen and Jin Guofeng.

head, the problem is solved.

Besides, by the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign, the world of the Ming Dynasty was no longer a unified world, and the past regulations and various written and unwritten rules could no longer be maintained.

The Ming Dynasty is currently in a state of turmoil. It can be said that the general soldiers are everywhere, and the number of princes is like a dog. No matter how you look at it, it is a situation where etiquette and music are ruined.

However, things in the court are so strange. Things that were originally natural were disrupted by some people with ulterior motives.

Zu Dashou was about to leave Ningyuan and continue to Jinzhou to take charge, but he was determined not to let go of Ningyuan's military power.

Gao Qiqian was already very prejudiced against Yang Zhen, and he did not want to see this "remnant" of the former Provincial Governor-General Lu Xiangsheng take the position of Ningyuan's commander-in-chief.

After he obtained Zu Dashou's gold and Wu Sangui's letters, he hit it off with them and immediately wrote to Emperor Chongzhen as the eunuch of Guan Ning, the commander-in-chief of Jiliao, that is, the commander-in-chief of Jiliao, to write to Emperor Chongzhen to prevent this appointment.

Using the rhetoric of "Yang Zhen is good at attacking, Jin Guofeng is good at defending", he compared the positions of Songshan and Ningyuan, and believed that Songshan City, as a front important place, should focus on offense, while Ningyuan is located in the middle and rear hub, so defense should focus on it.

Among the eunuchs trusted by Emperor Chongzhen, not many knew anything about military affairs. Although Gao Qiqian was a bit jealous, he was known as a military knower and had a close relationship with the generals of Guan Ning's army.

Therefore, after his opinions were submitted, Emperor Chongzhen was reluctant to listen. After much deliberation, he came up with a compromise method, and thus came up with the final decree.

However, all this had already been calculated by the old fox Fang Yizao.

Therefore, when the imperial court's final decree was announced, except for Jin Guofeng, who was inexplicably surprised, all the generals in the hall were calm and indifferent.

Because Zu Dashou and the close generals under Zu Dashou had already known this.

As for the civil servants, three out of the four were shocked by the arrangement of Jin Guofeng and Yang Zhen, and felt that the power of Emperor Chongzhen was really mysterious.

Only Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, sat calmly among the restless civil servants, keeping calm and looking the same.

Just as Yang Zhen was thinking about the possible hidden secrets, the eunuch Wang Dehua read out two more imperial edicts:

One of them was addressed to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zu Zeyuan of Xingshan, and the other was addressed to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhouzhi of Tashan.

What surprised Yang Zhen was that Xingshan Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zu Zeyuan and Tashan Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhouzhi also took advantage of the opportunity of this "Songjin Victory" to take a step forward and became commander-in-chiefs.

Soldiers, and they are all general soldiers without any mention of regiment training.

It's just that the imperial edict of these two people, apart from the standardized imperial edict of "Fengtian Chengyun", only has one sentence, that is, to add someone as the commander-in-chief of a certain place.

From these subtle differences, Yang Zhen could also see the subtle psychology of Emperor Chongzhen.

Wang Dehua finished reading out the decree given by Emperor Chongzhen to the four newly promoted military officers, and finally said in a male duck's voice: "The Holy Emperor is the most important hero in the army! This victory of Songjin is very rare, and the Holy Lord Longyan is very happy! Today, except you four,

In addition to the commander-in-chief who has received the grace of the Holy One, all the meritorious soldiers recommended by Liaodong will also receive the grace of the Holy One!

"This time our family came to Ningyuan, we brought not only the emperor's imperial edict, but also official documents from the cabinet and the Ministry of War to reward and promote meritorious soldiers! Later, you will each take them back and read them out. Be sure to show the emperor's grace to the meritorious soldiers and the court's commendation.

The will of the meritorious soldiers is conveyed to the ears of every soldier!"

After Wang Dehua said these words, he looked at the crowd and suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Songshan General Soldier Yang Zhen!"

Yang Zhen was listening to Wang Dehua when he suddenly heard Wang Dehua calling him alone. He was startled and hurriedly replied: "I'm here!"

Wang Dehua looked at Yang Zhen, and then continued: "Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, Tashan, all the tribes have reported merit! Only your advance battalion has been verified, and it turns out that there are more than 400 heads of ugly prisoners!"

"Before our family left the capital, the Holy Emperor had given a decree that if our family verified that the advance camp's gains were true, we would reward the meritorious officials with five hundred taels of internal money!

"The emperor orally ordered our family to discuss it carefully with the soldiers. The imperial court did have a clearly stated reward for Donglu in the past. However, in the past few years, the imperial court's financial resources have been really difficult, and money has to be spent everywhere inside and outside the pass.

Let us first remember the reward due to the advance camp, and now we will spend five hundred taels of silver to appease the soldiers!"

At this point, Wang Dehua paused briefly, looked at Yang Zhen who was bowing his head and said nothing, and finally said: "Mr. Yang! Do you understand what we mean!?"

"I understand this humble position! It is the duty of a minister to send the advance battalion to kill the enemy and serve the country! The emperor has money in his pocket, so I dare not accept this humble position! Please ask the emperor's envoy to bring it back to the capital and return it to the emperor so that it can be used for more important purposes!"

After Yang Zhen heard Wang Dehua's words, how could he not know what he meant.
Chapter completed!