Yang Zhengshan thought about it, then said, "Not necessarily. His Majesty will have to leave me at least some face. If you leave Chongshan Town, then to soothe me, His Majesty will definitely have Mingzhi take charge of Chongshan Town. Otherwise, Chongshan Town's balance will be broken!"
Under Emperor Yanping's art of balance, Zhou Lan was currently the most suitable candidate for Regional Commander of Chongshan Town.
If Yang Mingzhi were made Regional Commander instead, then Chongshan Town really would become the Yang Family's territory.
But if another Regional Commander were arranged to restrain the Yang Family, then the close relationship between the Yang Family and the Imperial Court would be broken. Let alone other people, Yang Zhengshan himself would grow dissatisfied.
So as long as Emperor Yanping had not become muddleheaded in his old age, he would not transfer Zhou Lan away.
Yang Zhengshan added, "Just stay in Chongshan Town with peace of mind. As for that Zhang Zhecheng, if he knows what's good for him, then let him stay in Chongshan Town. If he doesn't, then let him leave!"
Zhou Lan nodded, accepting Yang Zhengshan's thinking.
It was just that Yang Zhengshan and Zhou Lan had both guessed Emperor Yanping's thoughts wrong. Emperor Yanping did like playing the art of balance, and he was even proud of it.
In his view, as long as officialdom in every region formed a balance, no major errors would occur.
But now, errors had appeared in Beiyuan Town.
Beiyuan Town had suffered disastrous losses, with countless military households and commoners dying beneath the butcher knives of the Wuliang Hu Cavalry.
Moreover, Beiyuan Town's Town Garrison Camp had basically been wiped out in Linyuan City. Of the one hundred thousand Town Garrison Camp troops, fewer than forty thousand defeated remnants remained, and the