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Fugu, town Qiangbao.

After intercepting the Tatar troops leaving the customs, Lin Feng and Lu Xiangsheng led the large army back to Zhenqiangbao after more than ten days of march.

This interception of the Qing army rescued nearly 100,000 people. Except for some officials of the imperial court, most of the people were willing to follow the Zhenming Army.

These people have the deepest feelings. They would rather be peace dogs than people in troubled times. This time the Tatars invaded, their wives were separated, their relatives died tragically, they were abused and abused, they experienced everything.

The biggest need now is to have a strong army to protect them. As for being far away from home and starting from scratch, there is no problem for them.

Taking into account the special status of Zhenqiang Fort in the smooth trade route with the grassland, and the need to accommodate the people accompanying him along the way, Lin Feng decided to expand Zhenqiang Fort into Zhenqiang City.

After all the contacts, Lin Feng also fully recognized the ability of Yang Heng, the former guard of Zhenqiang Fort, and ordered him to be responsible for the expansion of Zhenqiang City.

Town Qiang Fort and garrison mansion.

Lin Feng is convening several people to discuss the expansion of Qiangbao Town.

"Sir, what scale should be used to suppress Qiang City in the future?" Yang Heng asked.

"Let's build a city with a circumference of about seven or eight miles, and plan to set up a military area, commercial area, and residential area. In the future, Zhenqiang City will become the commercial center of the grassland and the place where grassland herders most want to come." Lin Feng said.

"Building such a large-scale city requires a lot of money and manpower." Yang Heng said worriedly.

"You don't have to worry about this. I will allocate you 50,000 taels of silver to build the city. The 100,000 people rescued will leave 80,000 to you. You must build the Qiang City as soon as possible." Lin Feng confessed.

"Sir, if I have 50,000 taels of silver and 80,000 people, I am confident that I can build this city within three months." Yang Heng replied.

"Sir, your decision to expand Zhenqiang City is so wise. Now Zhenqiang Fort has become the commercial center of the nearby grasslands. The shops inside are so dense that they can no longer be arranged. The expansion needs to be carried out as soon as possible. Duan Liang, the shopkeeper of Grassland Trading, agreed.

"This is a border pass. The city must be built very solidly. The original part of the city defense facing the grassland can be retained. The main purpose is to expand the city to the south toward Fugu to accommodate more people." Lin Feng arranged.

"Yes, the side facing the grassland is already close to the border of the Great Wall, so there is not much room. The land in the south is relatively large, and there is room for expansion." Yang Heng then replied.

"From now on, Zhenqiang Fort City will be handed over to you two. I am considering detaching the Zhenqiang garrison battalion and establishing a separate Zhenqiang combat brigade, with Yang Heng as the brigade general responsible for controlling the Great Wall border.

Duan Liang will then serve as the county magistrate of Zhenqiang City, responsible for civil affairs and commercial and trade matters. You must strictly collect commercial taxes according to the standard of twenty taxes and one, and must build Zhenqiang City into the first border city. " Lin Feng ordered.

"Thank you for your trust, sir. We will live up to your expectations." Yang Heng and Duan Liang said.

After arranging the construction matters for Zhenqiang City, Lin Feng and others continued their march and rushed back to Jiazhou City.

Early April.

As soon as Lin Feng returned to Jiazhou City, the imperial decree arrived, conferring him the title of Zhenminghou.

The person who came to announce the decree was still an old acquaintance, Eunuch Miao, who was in charge of rituals in the palace. However, when he met Lin Feng this time, Eunuch Miao was much more polite. Nowadays, very few people in the Ming Dynasty can be canonized as Lords. Moreover, Lin Feng's Zhenming Army is so powerful that no one wants to offend him.

Lin Feng did not set up an incense table. He directly received the imperial edict and said to Eunuch Mi: "Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Mi came here to announce the edict. Ieyasu will send you a little more ceremony. At the same time, I also ask Eunuch Mi to go back and say hello to the emperor."

"You are so polite, Marquis Lin. I am here to serve you. If anything happens in the palace in the future, just give me your orders." Eunuch Miao said politely.

Although being canonized as a Marquis has no practical benefits, the reputation is much greater after all. The ancients still paid great attention to status. The greater their influence, the easier it would be to recruit talents in the future.

Therefore, Lin Feng did not refuse the imperial court's canonization. He also asked Lu Xiangsheng to write a letter of thanks and took it back with him in a decent manner.

As the territory and population under his jurisdiction increased, and it was changed to a marquis mansion, Lin Feng decided to make some adjustments to the military and political management system.

It must be considered that the military and government are relatively separated. While the General Staff Department was upgraded to the General Staff Department last time, the Civil Affairs Department was also upgraded to the Executive Yuan. From now on, all current civil affairs affairs will be managed under one roof, reducing the number of departments directly managed by Lin Feng.

At the Jiazhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion, Lin Feng once again convened a meeting with senior military and political officials.

The day before, Jing Xiaoyan came to Jiazhou in accordance with Sun Chuanting's instructions before he was arrested and his own ideas. He also brought a team of more than 100 people, which was Sun Chuanting's most elite guard. After Lin Feng got the news, he asked Jing Xiaoyan to come over to attend the meeting.

"Congratulations to Governor Lin on your promotion to Zhenminghou!" Everyone came in and congratulated them first. In this era, the influence of the title of marquis on officials is still huge.

"Haha, it's just a name, and the court didn't give any real benefits. We have to ask for it ourselves in the future." Lin Feng laughed.

"No matter what, Mr. Lin is more arrogant than Governor Lin," everyone replied.

"Xiaoyan, are you coming here this time and not planning to go back again?" Lin Feng asked first.

"Yes, Governor Sun was framed by Yang Sichang and has been imprisoned. Before he left, he specifically asked me to find Master Lin and brought his bodyguard to me." Jing Xiaoyan replied.

When Lin Feng heard this, he also remembered his contact with Sun Chuanting. A generation of famous ministers who devoted themselves to the imperial court ended up like this. It seemed that it was unforgivable that the Ming Dynasty should not be destroyed.

"Xiaoyan, just stay here with peace of mind. I will also find a way to rescue Governor Sun. My county magistrate was recommended by him, and he is still kind to me. I will definitely look for an opportunity to repay him." Lin Feng said.

"Thank you, sir!" Jing Xiaoyan replied.

"Today I called everyone here to discuss. I am going to make some adjustments to the military and political system of our Zhenming Army in order to further straighten out the management relationship.

Last time, I upgraded the Staff Department to the General Staff Department, with Wang Qin as the general manager.

This time, I am considering merging the Town and Logistics Department into the General Staff Department, and all future military affairs will be under the jurisdiction of the General Staff Department.

The Staff Department has three departments: the Operations Department, the Town Planning Department, and the Logistics Department. I personally serve as the general manager, Wang Qin serves as the standing deputy general manager, responsible for daily affairs, and Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Xiong serve as deputy general managers. "Lin Feng first said about the adjustments to the military power. The military power must be led by himself.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your trust!" Wang Qin said with his fists clasped. Of course he knew the weight of the newly established general staff.

"Based on the principle of centralized management of military affairs, I am considering integrating the civil affairs departments and establishing the Government Affairs Council, which has the Civil Affairs Department and the Judicial Department under its jurisdiction, and a new Construction Department to be responsible for the construction of the sites under its jurisdiction.

In the Government Affairs Council, Li Xiongzhen was appointed as Prime Minister, Su Shunnian was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the Department of Civil Affairs, Jiang Yin continued to be Director of the Department of Justice, and Hu Yanming was appointed Director of the Department of Construction. " Lin Feng then ordered.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your trust!" Li Xiongzhen, Su Shunnian and others thanked him.

This is also an important consideration for Lin Feng. Unifying government affairs and handing it over to Li Xiongzhen can greatly reduce his burden.

"The Secretarial Department will continue to be retained, with Lin Jiakang as the chief and Jing Xiaoyan as the deputy chief. It consists of three departments: Secretary, Finance, and Supervision, responsible for the daily operations of the Governor's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion." Lin Feng continued to make it clear.

"Understood!" Lin Jiakang accepted the order.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Jing Xiaoyan said very gratefully as he was assigned to the central position as soon as he arrived.

"The Intelligence Department will also continue to be retained, with two internal and external intelligence divisions under it, with Guo Zheng as the head." Lin Feng finally made it clear.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Guo Zheng replied.

After this adjustment, the Zhenming Army Governor-General's Office only has four directly subordinate departments: the General Staff Department, the Government Affairs Council, the Secretariat Department, and the Intelligence Department. This reduces the management width and can save Lin Feng a lot of time.

In the future, when the territory becomes larger, we can also consider setting up a separate supervision department.

After integrating the staff departments, Lin Feng felt that there were still too many troops under his direct management. There were two divisions: the First Cavalry Division and the First Mobile Division, the First and Second Shanxi Combat Brigades, the Zhenqiang Combat Brigade, the Yulin Combat Brigade, and the Mansion Brigade. There are nine brigades in total, including the Valley Guard Brigade, the Second Cavalry Combat Brigade, the Second Mobile Combat Brigade, the Longquanguan Combat Brigade, and the Xiaolong Guards Brigade.

Lin Feng thought about it and decided to merge the Second Cavalry Brigade and the Second Mobile Combat Brigade to form the Second Mobile Combat Division. He transferred Fang Xiaoyu from the Guards Brigade to serve as the division commander and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Hong Tu served as the deputy division commander and transferred Deng Hao served as brigade general in the Guards Brigade.

In this way, the entire army was adjusted into three divisions, seven brigades, and ten directly affiliated units, totaling more than 36,000 people.

(End of this chapter)