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Chapter 654 Taking office
Liangshan Baishi Manor, because of this great victory, the level that Zhao Zhen deliberately suppressed finally broke through inevitably. For this reason, many things had to be dealt with quickly.

The first thing was to transfer officials, especially to the newly acquired Zibo and Qizhou.

Guan Sheng, the Great Sword, and Bian Xiang, the Arhat of Kaishan, were appointed as the military commanders of Qizhou and Zibo respectively. Cheng Wanli, the governor of Liangshan, was transferred to Qizhou as the governor, and Shi Wenbin was appointed as the magistrate. Two military supervisors were appointed: Wei Dingguo, the General of Divine Fire, and Shan Tinggui, the General of Holy Water. Gou Ying, the Wolf from the Mountain, and Ren Sen, the Iron Face, were appointed as the training officers.

Shi Gugong, the magistrate of Dengzhou, was promoted to the governor of Zizhou. Bi Yingyuan, the judge of the Criminal Court, concurrently served as the magistrate of Zizhou. Sun Zhengze, the magistrate of Dengzhou, was appointed as the acting governor of Dengzhou. Shi Wenkui was promoted to the magistrate of Dengzhou. [Right-armed bear] Haransheng and [sword-browed tiger] Jin Chengying were appointed as military commanders, and two militia commanders were [green bamboo snake] Zhen Xianglin and [little tyrant] Zhou Tong.

Each of them commanded 10,000 soldiers to garrison.

All the county magistrates and others, except those who committed the most heinous crimes, were pacified and retained in office. Five hundred soldiers were stationed in each county and a captain was appointed to lead them. His job was to maintain public order in the counties openly and to monitor the county officials secretly.

Han Cunbao, the governor of Yunzhong and Yanmen, and Xu Jing, the governor of Shangdang and Taiyuan, surrendered to Liangshan after being persuaded by Yang Wen and Li Congji. Their families were also brought to Liangshan.

Zhao Zhen returned to Baishi Manor and naturally entertained the four people. Feng Xi and Bao Daoyi also came to accompany them. Although Xu Jing and Han Cunbao surrendered, they still had some grudges in their hearts. Yang Wen and Li Congji surrendered completely, especially after hearing from their families that the court had appointed officials to come and deal with the matter.

Xu Jing and Han Cunbao also looked unhappy after hearing this.

Bao Daoyi also mocked that the court had Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others, and what good could you, useless people, expect.

Among the four, Xu Jing is the oldest, and this year he is exactly 6 years old, only five years younger than Pang Yi. At this age, his martial arts skills are still so good, which is also because Xu Jing has the skill of being strong even at an advanced age of .

As for Han Cunbao, Yang Wen and Li Congji, they are all veterans over 50 years old.

At the banquet, after a heart-to-heart talk, everyone saw that Zhao Zhen was indeed a man of great righteousness, and that the court's actions were very hurtful, so they accepted Liangshan's placement.

Speaking of which, in addition to Yang Wen and Yang Zhi who are relatives, Xu Jing also has relatives in Liangshan. Xu Qing, a native of Jingmen Town who is now the chief of Zhaojiazhai, is Xu Jing's great-nephew.

According to the system set by Zhao Zhen and Wu Yong, if these four people wanted to be appointed as officials, they had to start from the position of military commander. However, they were originally military governors of the imperial court. After Zhao Zhen and Wu Yong discussed it, they decided to appoint them as military commanders for their meritorious service in recruiting captured soldiers.

When Xu Jing heard that there was a Pang Yi in Liangshan who was older than himself and had great martial arts skills, he asked to join Pang Yi. Zhao Zhen considered it and agreed, and transferred Li Zongtang, the "Little Zhang Fei", to Jeju.

[Roadblock] Yang Wen went to Qingzhou, [Xihe General] Han Cunbao was appointed to Dengzhou, and [Jade Rat Fairy] Li Congji, who was good at infantry combat, went to Yizhou.

In addition, when Zhao Zhen and others married Princess Jinzhi, they only wanted to exchange what they had with Jiangnan, which caused many troubles. Now, due to the propaganda of Feng Xi and others, many generals who fled from Jiangnan also fled to Liangshan by water and land.

The most senior ones were the Jinwu General in front of Fang La's palace, who ordered all the troops inside and outside the palace to attack the emperor's nephew Fang Jie; Fang La's sister, Princess Jinzhi's aunt Fang Baihua. They brought a large amount of treasures and a group of generals' families, escorted by the naval generals Yan Yong and Li Yu, and the commander of the six armies Wei Zhong, from the sea. They happened to meet [Jinlin Dragon] Zhai Yuan and [Chongbo Dragon] Qiao Zheng, who came to Liangshan from Ju County.

When the five people came, Zhao Zhen was still fighting with Gao Qiu in Yingtian Prefecture, so these people, accompanied by Feng Xi, temporarily lived in Fengle Tower. After obtaining Cheng Wan'er's consent, Princess Jinzhi took Fang Baihua to live in her Xianyu Pavilion.

In addition, there were five people who came in disguise from land: Marshal Xing Zheng under Fang Mao, the governor of Xuanzhou Jia Yuqing, the defender of Muzhou Xiahou Cheng, the general and marshal of Nanli under the command of the eldest prince Fang Tianding Shi Bao, and Fang La's adviser and student Lu Jiang.

These five people heard that there were people from Jiangnan in Shan and Xu states who were contacting for an uprising, so they came here at the same time. Shen Tao and Huan Yi introduced them to Zhao Zhen.

After returning to Baishi Manor, Zhao Zhen summoned everyone one by one. Everyone hated the court deeply.

Shen Tao and Huan Yi heard that Zhao Zhen was fighting with the imperial general, and they all wanted to come to help. Zhao Zhen did not want to cause trouble, so he asked Shen Tao and Huan Yi to stay in the mansion. When Zhao Zhen returned, they came to Liangshan together.

The good news is that among the people brought by Fang Baihua and others, there are the families of these people. The bad news is that many people got separated in the chaos, and the families that followed were not complete. Zhao Zhen naturally wanted to use these people.

In particular, Jia Yuqing, the governor of Xuanzhou, and Lü Jiang, a student of the Imperial College and Fang La's adviser, were exactly the officials Zhao Zhen urgently needed. Jia Yuqing was appointed as the magistrate of Xingren Prefecture, and Lü Jiang as the magistrate of Zibo Prefecture.

The naval commander Yan Yong went to Yangma Island to serve as Liu Lin's deputy general, while Li Yu went to the [Patrol Camp] where [Red Bearded Dragon] Fei Bao was as a deputy general.

Wei Zhong, the commander of the Six Armies, Xing Zheng, the marshal under Fang Mao, and Xiahou Cheng, the defender of Muzhou, went to Qingzhou, Zibo and Qizhou respectively to serve as the military commanders.

As for Shi Bao, the General of Nanli who had the strongest martial arts, he was retained by Zhao Zhen as the commander of the Cavalry Battalion of his personal army.

At the banquet that day, Wu Yong had already agreed with the commander of the third battalion of the cavalry army to bring the topic to martial arts. Fang Jie really couldn't stand the provocation and planned to personally go out and compete in martial arts with the Liangshan generals.

[Sai Cunxiao] Wang Tianba, [Mei Yujian] Zhang Qing, [Baima Yinqiang] Shi Wengong all stood up and asked Fang Jie to choose one of them to compete.

Fang Jie pointed at Wang Tianba, who was the most sturdy, and said, "Let's fight with the strongest Wang Tongzhi, so as not to hurt these two weak ones."

Zhang Qing and Shi Wengong were not annoyed after hearing this, they just sneered secretly.

The two men rode on horses, each changing to a hundred-year-old ironwood stick, and immediately began to compete.

After fifty rounds, Wang Tianba knocked the ironwood stick out of Fang Jie's hand with one blow, ending the first fight.

Fang Jie said: "It's a pity that I can't use the Fang Tian Hua Ji that I am good at."

Wu Yong said at the side: "Commander Wang Tianba is good at using a 80-jin black iron pen. This time, when he fought against Gao Qiu, he killed two of Gao Qiu's personal guards, Dang Shiying and Dang Shixiong."

As he spoke, he asked someone to bring Wang Tianba's pen over for everyone to see.

After watching, Fang Jie praised: "Wang Tongzhi is indeed a hero. I am no match for him. Marshal Shi Bao is the most skilled martial artist among us. Perhaps he can defeat Wang Tongzhi."

Wang Tianba said: "Among the three of us, Shi Wengong has the highest command in terms of martial arts."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Bao stood up and said, "We are new recruits, so we shouldn't be so ungrateful. Since we are going to compete in martial arts today, it is also for the purpose of cooperating in battle in the future. There is nothing wrong in making friends through martial arts."

The two of them competed with each other, and naturally Shi Bao lost.

Although Shi Bao lost, he also won the respect of everyone. Most of the heroes in Liangshan could not fight with Shi Wengong for more than eighty rounds.

Of course, these two battles also made Jiangnan and others put aside their inappropriate thoughts and settle down in Liangshan with peace of mind.

As for Fang Jie, he was a relative of Princess Jinzhi after all. After Zhao Zhen consulted him about his thoughts, he sent him to Bozhou to serve as a military commander.

(End of this chapter)