"Xie Yuan, temporarily take up the post of Fortress Official. Investigate the garrison fields of every fortress, remeasure them, and reallocate them. Can you do it?"
Yang Zhengshan asked in a deep voice.
"This subordinate will certainly devote every effort to it!" Xie Yuan stepped out, cupped his fists, and bowed.
Yang Zhengshan nodded, then looked towards Yang Minghao, who stood outside the door.
"Minghao, you will serve as the Defense Officer of Shaling Fortress. Can you do the job well?"
Yang Minghao, standing outside the door, froze for a moment, then was overjoyed and hurriedly ran into the hall. "My lord, this subordinate can do it well!"
A strange look flashed through Xie Yuan's eyes. He understood what Yang Zhengshan meant by this.
Having his own son serve as the Defense Officer of Shaling Fortress would reduce Xie Yuan's influence and control over Shaling Fortress.
This was a kind of test, a test of whether he was loyal. If, in the future, he still clung to Shaling Fortress and refused to let go, then it would prove he harbored ulterior motives.
After figuring this out, Xie Yuan felt not the slightest resentment in his heart. On the contrary, he very much approved of Yang Zhengshan's approach.
For one in a position of power, the most important thing was control: control over subordinates, control over yamen at every level, control over everything.
If one did not even possess the most basic ability to control matters, then one was nothing more than a bodhisattva molded from mud.
Yang Zhengshan was clearly not a bodhisattva molded from mud.
"Wu An!" Yang Zhengshan once again looked towards a young man in the hall.
Wu An, the Fortress Official of Wu Fortress, was eighteen this year. He had delicate features and looked like a