Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

The next morning.

After getting up and washing, Yang Zhengshan practiced in the open space of the main courtyard for an hour.

In the past, in Yinghebao, he would not practice in the backyard of the government office, because the space in the backyard of the government office was not large, and everyone had to practice, so he could only go outside the garrison to practice.

But it was different here. He was the only one in the main courtyard, and the space was so large that he could do whatever he wanted.

After the practice, everyone in the Yang family came to the main courtyard to prepare for breakfast.

Nowadays, everyone in the Yang family still eats together, including the two young disciples Wang Yunqiao and Lin Zhan.

"Minghao, has your cultivation reached the level of refining strength?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Dad, I started refining strength a month ago!" Yang Minghao said with some dissatisfaction.

He practiced very hard. If it weren't for his young age, he thought he was no worse than his second brother.

As for the eldest brother!

Forget it.

He really can't compare.

If you ask who has the highest cultivation among the people in the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan is naturally the well-deserved first.

Besides Yang Zhengshan, there is Yang Mingcheng.

Although Yang Mingcheng looks very simple and silly, honest people have an advantage, that is, honesty, obedience, fearlessness of hardship and fatigue.

In addition, Yang Mingcheng has no official position, and he only needs to take care of the family business on weekdays, so he has more free time, so he spends the most time on cultivation.

Up to now, Yang Mingcheng's cultivation has reached the second level of the acquired realm, which is one level higher than Yang Mingwu and Yang Mingzhi.

As for the other members of the Yang family, except Yang Yunyan, those who can become warriors are already warriors.

Yang Yunyan was pregnant again, which delayed her cultivation, and the others were too young.

Yang Zhengshan nodded and said, "You and Song Dashan will go to the front yamen with me later!"

Today he will meet those officials again. What kind of dragon's den and tiger's den is this garrison official hall? It depends on how much he can find out today.

After breakfast, Yang Zhengshan brought Song Dashan and Yang Minghao to the front yamen. The clerk Zhou Ren had been waiting outside the archway leading to the backyard. When he saw them coming out, he hurried forward and bowed, saying, "I pay my respects to you, sir!"

"Are all the people here?" Yang Zhengshan asked calmly.

"Your Excellency, you are already waiting in the main hall!" Zhou Ren said.

The garrison hall is a large courtyard. The main hall is the place for meetings. On the left side of the main hall is Yang Zhengshan's study, and then there are the money and grain department, horse department, farm department, Lu Bu Ku, treasury, equipment bureau, ceremonial guards, etc.

There are more than 30 clerks, more than 100 able-bodied servants, more than 30 craftsmen, and more than 100 soldiers in the entire hall.

There is no need to say much about clerks. They are responsible for handling all the paperwork in the yamen.

The able-bodied servants and servants are mainly responsible for doing some chores, carrying food, sorting warehouses, doing miscellaneous things, and traveling ceremonial guards, etc.

The craftsmen are responsible for making and repairing armor, repairing carriages, making horseshoes, making saddles, etc.

The armor of the garrison office is provided by the shogunate, but sometimes the armor is damaged, and the shogunate will definitely not repair it, nor will it issue armor at any time, so the garrison office needs to practice on its own, and sometimes it needs to make some armor on its own.

As for the soldiers, they are responsible for guarding the government office. If Yang Zhengshan travels, they will also act as guards.

Therefore, there are many people in the garrison office.

When they saw Yang Zhengshan coming, they all bowed to greet him.

Yang Zhengshan ignored these people and walked into the main hall with a calm face.

"Greetings, sir!"

More than a dozen officials had gathered in the main hall. When they saw Yang Zhengshan coming in, they hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and then sat in the main seat.

He swept his eyes over the faces of the crowd and said, "Sit down!"

"Thank you, sir!"

"Who is Qianzong?"

Yang Zhengshan asked knowingly.

He had read the message of the captain Xu Wanfu last night, and had met Xu Wanfu before entering the city, so how could he not know who the captain was?

"I am Xu Wanfu, your subordinate, and I greet the garrison commander." Xu Wanfu stood up and saluted again.

"Are there any problems with the defense in the city?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"My lord, everything is fine!" Xu Wanfu replied.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and looked at Xu Wanfu.

From the welcome outside the city yesterday to the meeting now, he could see that the officials under the defense office all followed the lead of Xu Wanfu.

It was definitely not like this before. He had also seen Cao Han. When the battle of Fushan City was fought, the Chongshan Town camp was defeated, and Cao Han wanted to rob the military rations he was escorting when he fled.

Cao Han was very arrogant at that time. How could such a character be undermined by his subordinates?

Obviously, Xu Wanfu subdued all the officials of the garrison office within three months after Cao Han was convicted.

At this time, Xu Wanfu lowered his head and looked very respectful, but his heart was full of ridicule.

He had learned about Yang Zhengshan, knew that Yang Zhengshan came from Yinghebao, and was also clear about the relationship between Yang Zhengshan and Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan!

He naturally did not dare to provoke Zhou Lan, but he dared to target Yang Zhengshan, because this was Anyuanzhou City, not Jianningwei.

"That's good, everything will be the same in the future!" Yang Zhengshan said indifferently.

Then he asked: "Who is the officer in charge of the garrison!"

"Your subordinate Tian Gui greets you!" Tian Gui stood up quickly.

"There should be no problem on your side!"

"No, no." Tian Gui was not as calm as Xu Wanfu, and his face was a little flustered.

"Well, then everything remains the same!" Yang Zhengshan still said this.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Everyone was silent.

"Since there are no questions, let's all go!"

After saying that, Yang Zhengshan got up and left the main hall and went to the study next door.

The current situation is already very clear. His garrison has been sidelined by his subordinates. He can't count on either the camp soldiers in the city or the garrison soldiers outside the city.

As for what to do next!

Yang Zhengshan has already thought about it, using static to control dynamic.

He has just arrived and has not figured out the situation. It is definitely not appropriate to take any action at this time.

And since these people want to sideline him and target him, they will naturally not be honest all the time. They will definitely take action.

Although this is a bit passive, it can give Yang Zhengshan a chance to buffer.

Xu Wanfu can wait for them to take action, but Yang Zhengshan can't just ignore everything in the official office.

This official office is the place he needs to control the most at the moment, and it is also the easiest place to control.

"Zhou Ren!"

In the study, Yang Zhengshan looked at the decorations in the room with his hands behind his back.

Compared with the furniture in the backyard, the decorations in this study seemed much more ordinary.

Whether it was pens, ink, paper, or tables, chairs, and bookcases, they were all the most common and ordinary.

"I'm here!" Zhou Ren responded cautiously.

He stood behind Yang Zhengshan, feeling as if a mountain was pressing down on his heart, and he dared not breathe.

For some reason, he felt a strong sense of oppression from Yang Zhengshan.

"Let's go, take me to the grain and money department first!"

Then, Yang Zhengshan began to check the situation in the government office.

Starting from the money and grain department, he learned about the silver, grain, armor, war horses, and personnel of the government office.

It was not a simple matter to understand these, because it also included the situation of the camp soldiers and garrisons under the government office.

It took Yang Zhengshan six days to understand the situation of the government office.

How to say it?

At present, the food, money and materials in the garrison office are still sufficient, which makes Yang Zhengshan feel relieved.

With money and food, there is no need to panic.

As long as there is no shortage of money and food, Yang Zhengshan can sit on the Diaoyutai.

As for why the garrison office is not short of money and food, Yang Zhengshan can roughly guess the reason.

Cao Han was convicted of embezzlement of food and money. Logically, the money and food in the office should have been embezzled by him, but that was three months ago after all.

In the past three months, it is impossible for the higher authorities not to allocate food and grass.

Now Chongshan Town is actually not short of food and grass. Since Lu Chongde and Liang Chu took office, the food and grass silver and money of the government offices at all levels in Chongshan Town are still sufficient. In addition, this year is still a bumper year, and Chongshan Town is even less short of food.

So it is normal for the garrison office to have sufficient food and grass and silver and money.

Of course, he also found many problems.

The main problem is the confusion of accounts. Yang Zhengshan only roughly scanned those accounts and knew that there were many problems.

But that was all the predecessor's problem, and Cao Han had been convicted, so these accounts had nothing to do with him.

He couldn't pursue the problem, nor would he be implicated by the previous accounts.

In addition to the problem of the accounts, there was also the problem of the atmosphere.

Perhaps it was because Cao Han was convicted, or perhaps it was because of Xu Wanfu's tossing, in short, everyone in the official office now seemed lifeless, and looked like they were just waiting to die all day.

After understanding the situation in the official office, Yang Zhengshan was ready to sort out the problems in the official office.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan was writing at his desk.

"Sir, what do you want to tell me?"

Zhou Ren bowed his body, came to Yang Zhengshan, and asked carefully.

A few days of contact was not enough for him to understand Yang Zhengshan's character, but he could feel that the newly appointed garrison commander was not a kind person.

So he was cautious when facing Yang Zhengshan, for fear that Yang Zhengshan would be dissatisfied with him.

"Take a look at that document over there first!" Yang Zhengshan pointed to a booklet on the tea table next to him and said.

"Yes!"

Zhou Ren picked up the booklet and flipped through it.

However, the moment he opened the booklet, his expression suddenly shook.

As he flipped through it, his expression became more and more nervous, his face became paler, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Zhou Ren, 38 years old, was originally from Xiahe Village, Chengyang County.

In the sixth year of Chengping, he passed the provincial examination and became a scholar.

In the seventh year of Chengping, he participated in the provincial examination and was exempted from the title because of suspected fraud.

In the eighth year of Chengping, he entered the field department of the garrison office as an official through the relationship of his father-in-law Chen Jianan.

Currently, he lives in Fu'an Street, Nancheng. His wife, Zhou Yang, has four sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Zhou Weian, is sixteen years old...

The second son, Zhou Weixin, is fourteen years old...

...