Xu Jin's arrival brought Yang Zhengshan quite a few benefits.
Unlike the previous Military Defense Circuit Assistant Commissioner Hao Zhaoxian, Hao Zhaoxian had thought of nothing but lining his own pockets all day, directly throwing all official duties to the clerks and scribes in the office. Those clerks and scribes were unwilling to stir up trouble, so they simply muddled along and never bothered with matters at the Garrison Commander's Office.
That had made the previous Military Defense Circuit Office little more than a decoration. Yang Zhengshan had been in Anyuan City for several months, and the Military Defense Circuit Office had never once come knocking.
Xu Jin was different. This little old man was extremely earnest and responsible about everything. He had the authority to supervise the Garrison Commander's Office's military farms, funds and grain, and the Garrison Battalion, and could interfere in nearly any official matter of the Garrison Commander's Office.
By rights, with such a person standing nearby and pointing fingers, most garrison commanders should have felt uncomfortable.
But Yang Zhengshan was different. Yang Zhengshan had a clear conscience. He had never embezzled a single coin from the Garrison Commander's Office; in fact, for the soldiers' training, he had racked his brains and gone everywhere asking for grain and fodder.
He was not afraid of Xu Jin's supervision, nor was he afraid of Xu Jin keeping his eyes on him all day. Of course, the premise was that Xu Jin did not obstruct his troop-training plan or his Tun Fortress renovation plan.
Xu Jin's presence played an excellent role in urging on the clerks and runners of the Garrison Commander's Office, and it also served as a very good warning to the officials of the tun fortresses outside the city.
Added to that, he was extremely familiar