Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Yang Zhengshan glanced meaningfully at the officials in front of him and said, "Who is the official in the government office!"

Lingli are civil servants who guard the government offices, similar to administrative secretaries. Although they have no rank, they have a special status because they are the leaders' secretaries.

"Sir, the little one is here!"

An old man with gray hair came to the front from behind the military attachés and bowed to Yang Zhengshan with a flattering smile.

Officials are not officials, they have no rank.

When dealing with officials, Yang Zhengshan also needs to consider the attitude of the Wei Si Yamen, but dealing with the officials in the government office is just a matter of Yang Zhengshan's words.

These officials dared to ignore him, but the officials in the yamen did not.

"Take me to the government office!"

At this time, Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to talk to these subordinates and directly mounted his horse, "Lead the way!"

The officials didn't dare to say anything else, and they didn't care about the other officials, so they led the way.

Soon, their long team entered the city, but the military attachés stood there and stared at each other.

In the end, everyone's eyes fell on the middle-aged man in the lead.

"Mr. Qian, what should we do?" Tian Gui, the Guantun officer, took a step forward and asked Mr. Qian Xu Wanfu in a low voice.

Xu Wanfu looked at the convoy entering the city with a gloomy face, frowned, and said: "What else can we do? Go back to the government office first to see what the guard has ordered!"

Xu Wanfu is a Qianhu, and the defense of Anyuan Prefecture City can be guarded by the guards or the guards. After Cao Han was convicted, he, the Thousand Households, had a high chance of becoming the Anyuan Prefecture City. Defensive.

But he moved around a lot, but he still failed to win the defensive position.

Now that Yang Zhengshan has come to take office, he is naturally unwilling to accept it.

Of course, this is not the main reason. The main reason why he wants to show Yang Zhengshan's face is because the position of guarding Anyuanzhou City has some special significance.

For him and the people behind him, it is a position that cannot be lost.

Although he wanted Yang Zhengshan to die in his heart, on the surface he still went to the government office to wait for Yang Zhengshan's instructions.

Who made Yang Zhengshan their superior? Even if they were dissatisfied, they could not do anything wrong.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan didn't care about the thoughts of Xu Wanfu and others. After entering Anyuan Prefecture City, he took stock of the situation in the city.

Anyuan Prefecture has a prefecture, which is directly under Songzhou Prefecture and has jurisdiction over Yuanhe County and Chengyang County.

After entering the city gate, there is the South Street of Zhoucheng. On both sides of the bluestone street, there are restaurants, teahouses and shops. Most of the pedestrians on the street are ordinary people in ragged clothes. A few of them are wearing silk and satin. There are many beggars begging along the street.

When Yang Zhengshan entered the city, many pedestrians on the street pointed at them.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan did not bring a guard of honor, but he was wearing the third-grade ordinary clothes, that is, a black gauze hat, a regimental collar shirt, a belt, and a scarlet robe with tiger patches on the chest.

This outfit looks like Anyuan Prefecture City Guards.

Except for Yang Zhengshan, no one in the entire Anyuan Prefecture City can wear such official robes.

"Is this the new guard master?"

"It must be, I don't know where it comes from!"

"You don't look very old!"

A group of passers-by stood on the roadside talking among themselves.

Yang Zhengshan was riding on horseback. He suddenly heard someone saying that he was not very old, and couldn't help but look up.

Finally meeting someone who was willing to tell the truth, his bad mood improved a lot instantly.

Hum hum, I'm only forty years old, who says I'm older, who am I to worry about.

Well, at first glance, this person is a real person with a bright mind. Remember him and invite him to tea if you meet him in the future.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the young man who just spoke and nodded kindly.

Amid a group of discussions, Yang Zhengshan came to the garrison hall.

This garrison hall is not small. The door is more than a foot wide. There are two stone lions at the door. It has green bricks and green tiles. It looks extremely majestic.

"Sir, we're here!" The official stood in front of Hongyun, nodding and bowing.

"Has the backyard been cleaned up?" Yang Zhengshan dismounted and asked.

The chief officials of Darong's yamen at all levels will live in the backyard of the yamen, such as county magistrates, magistrates, magistrates, commanders of the Wei Department, Qianhusuo Qianhu, etc.

This makes it convenient for the chief official to work in the yamen without having to suffer from traveling back and forth.

If Yang Zhengshan was in Songzhou Guard, he would need to rent or buy a house to live in, but in Anyuan Prefecture City, he could live directly in the backyard of the garrison office.

"My lord, everything is ready!" the official said.

"Let's go to the backyard first!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"yes!"

The official quickly led him towards the back of the garrison hall.

There is also a gate in the backyard of the official hall, which is convenient for family members to enter and exit.

The front office is where the office is located, so family members cannot come in and out at will.

Going around to the back, a group of women and children got out of the carriage.

"Grandpa, is this our new home?"

Yang Chengye pulled Yang Zhengshan's robe and looked up at this strange place.

"Well, this is our new home, let's go in and take a look!"

Yang Zhengshan picked him up and said.

After that, he carried Chengye through the door, but he was stunned when he entered.

Is the backyard of this government office too luxurious?

At this time, a young civil servant ran over sweating profusely and handed a map to the civil servant who had just led the way. The civil servant stepped forward again and said to Yang Zhengshan: "Sir, this is the map of the backyard!"

map!

Yang Zhengshan was a little silent.

A backyard actually needs a map!

Well, this can no longer be called a backyard.

Yang Zhengshan took the map and looked at it.

The whole yard is very large, with two gardens in front and back, a pond between the two gardens, the main yard at the back, and six other yards on both sides of the Shezi Garden and the pond.

The main yard alone is larger than the backyard of the Yinghebao government office, not to mention the garden pond and other yards.

"Who built this yard?" Yang Zhengshan asked curiously.

"Well, to answer your question, the previous garrisons have expanded it." The clerk replied.

Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows.

Tsk tsk!

The previous garrisons were all corrupt officials!

How could they build such a large and good yard without being greedy?

The key is that the backyard of the official office is not the private property of the garrison, but just a temporary residence. They will live there for two or three years at least, and seven or eight years at most. For such a yard that does not belong to them, they are willing to spend a lot of money to build and decorate it.

But now it seems to be a bargain for him. He can live comfortably in such a nice courtyard.

It's just that the Yang family is too small and can't live in so many courtyards.

"Wang, you live in the courtyard to the east of the main courtyard, Minghao, you live in the courtyard to the west of the main courtyard, Yunyan, you live in the courtyard to the east of the pond, Yunxue and Yunqiao, you two live in the courtyard to the west of the pond."

"Wenhua, Linzhan, Dashan. You all live in the front courtyard!"

That's right, the backyard is divided into front and back. The backyard is the pond garden and small courtyard that Yang Zhengshan just saw, and the front courtyard is behind the government office, with halls, study rooms, tea rooms, wing rooms, ear rooms, back rooms, etc.

Yang Zhengshan arranged them one by one.

Such a large courtyard is too spacious for dozens of people to live in. Not to mention the place where the master lives, there are more than one room for the servants in the back room.

In addition, each courtyard has ear rooms and wing rooms, and there is even a large stable on the left.

Damn, this courtyard can accommodate three or four hundred people without feeling crowded, and how many people did Yang Zhengshan bring?

Even the servants and soldiers added up to no more than a hundred people.

Soon, everyone's accommodation was arranged, and everyone began to organize their own things.

Yang Zhengshan's things naturally did not need to be organized by himself. Wu Hai had already brought people into the main courtyard and arranged his study and bedroom first.

Just now, a group of people crowded at the door, and it seemed that there were many people. Now everyone went to their own courtyards, and Yang Zhengshan suddenly felt that this house seemed a bit empty.

Especially the main courtyard, it was too empty for him to live alone.

"It seems that I need to buy more servants!"

Yang Zhengshan stood in front of the main courtyard and looked at the empty garden.

It is now winter, and the grass and trees in the garden have long been withered and yellow, and there is nothing to see.

Such a large courtyard, just to organize it will cost a lot of manpower.

With the current number of servants in the Yang family, it is simply impossible to take care of such a large courtyard.

"My lord!"

Song Dashan came over.

"Is everything arranged?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Song Dashan's family members all came, including his parents, brothers, sisters, wife and children, a total of eight people.

"Well, everything has been arranged. Mr. Wenhua arranged a small courtyard for me." Song Dashan smiled innocently.

He was very satisfied with his courtyard. Although it was not big, it was more than enough for his family.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then handed him the map in his hand and said, "Please work hard and guard my courtyard first!"

This time he only brought 20 soldiers. These soldiers were considered his personal soldiers. Although there were not many, they were all elite.

Although he had just arrived in Anyuanzhou City, he felt that the water in Anyuanzhou City was a bit deep.

Before figuring out the situation, the necessary protective measures were still necessary.

"Now, check this courtyard inside and out for me!"

"Yes!"

Song Dashan took the order and took people to check.

At this time, the clerk came over again cautiously and said, "Sir, the lords are still waiting in the front yamen."

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Zhou Ren."

"How many years have you been a clerk?"

"I entered the defense office in the eighth year of Chengping, and was appointed as a clerk in the thirteenth year of Chengping. It has been twelve years now."

"Twelve years!"

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard, and the look in his eyes became deep.

There is a saying that the county yamen is iron, but the county magistrate is always changing.

This sentence is actually suitable for any yamen.

Every yamen has clerks and strong men. Officials are replaced one after another, but clerks and strong men will stay in the yamen for a lifetime.

Although clerks and strong men will also be replaced, they will not be replaced unless they make a big mistake.

Because they are very familiar with the affairs of the yamen, more familiar than the officials.

The guy in front of him has been a clerk for twelve years, and he is also a capable person.

The key point is that the former garrison commander Cao Han was convicted of corruption, but he was still the clerk of the garrison office!

Didn't he know that Cao Han was corrupt?

Didn't he participate in Cao Han's corruption?

This is definitely impossible. He is a clerk, and no matter how big or small the matter is in this yamen, he should not be able to hide it.

If the time is short, he may be able to hide it from him, but Cao Han's corruption is definitely not a matter of one or two days.

"You go to the front yamen and tell them that I am tired today and will not see them. Wait until tomorrow!"

Yang Zhengshan said in a flat voice.

"Yes, I understand!"

Zhou Ren bowed and retreated.

Yang Zhengshan looked at his back as he left, thinking.