Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

However, Yang Zhengshan is not good at writing memorials.

As for writing with a brush, he has practiced a lot over the years. His handwriting is neat and his font is square. Although he is not good at calligraphy, he is decent.

However, writing memorials not only requires neat writing, but also requires careful words and rhetoric.

And Yang Zhengshan is not good at those things.

So he wrote down his ideas, and then asked Lin Zhan to come and help to embellish them.

Yes, it was Lin Zhan.

There is no way, now the most educated person in the Yang family is Lin Zhan.

Looking at Lin Zhan's vigorous, calm and round font, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help sweating.

He is not as good as a teenager!

"It seems that I should find a good teacher for you!"

In the study, Yang Zhengshan looked at the memorial that Lin Zhan had embellished, and said with a sigh.

In martial arts, Yang Zhengshan had no problem teaching Lin Zhan, but in reading, Yang Zhengshan was far inferior to Lin Zhan.

The road to the imperial examination is not so easy. If you want to achieve something in the imperial examination, talent and hard work are only the foundation, and you also need the guidance of a famous teacher.

And what Lin Zhan lacks is the guidance of a famous teacher.

After listening to Yang Zhengshan's sigh, Lin Zhan's eyes lit up and asked, "Master, can you help me find a suitable teacher?"

"You kid, you are energetic when you talk about studying!" Yang Zhengshan looked at him with some amusement.

To say that Lin Zhan is really hardworking, in martial arts, Lin Zhan works harder than Wang Yunqiao, and his cultivation is higher than Wang Yunqiao. In studying, he is already a student at the age of fifteen, and he can take the exam for a scholar this year.

Lin Zhan smiled a little embarrassedly, bowed his hands and admitted his mistake, "It's the disciple who is anxious!"

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and thought about it. Lin Zhan wanted to participate in the imperial examination and wanted to achieve something in the imperial examination because of his father's expectations of him.

Over the years, Lin Zhan has been working hard for this.

Yang Zhengshan also hopes that Lin Zhan can achieve something in the imperial examination, but it is not easy to find a famous teacher for Lin Zhan.

The most knowledgeable people he knows are Liu Yuanfu and his son. Liu Yuanfu is definitely not good enough. He is the right censor of the Censorate. He is busy with official duties on weekdays and probably has no time to teach students. Moreover, he is old and does not have so much energy to teach another student.

"I will write a letter to Mr. Liu Zhe and ask him to be your teacher, or ask him to introduce you to a teacher!"

Yang Zhengshan thinks that Liu Zhe is the most suitable. Although Liu Zhe has never participated in the imperial examination, Liu Zhe's knowledge is not bad. He did not participate in the imperial examination because Liu Yuanfu did not allow it. As for the reason, Liu Yuanfu felt that the officialdom was too complicated and did not want Liu Zhe to be as ups and downs in the officialdom as him.

When he was in Yinghebao, Liu Zhe had taught Lin Zhan, and it was also a teacher-student relationship.

Now if he is asked to teach Lin Zhan again, he should not refuse.

"Then I will trouble you, Master!" Lin Zhan bowed and said.

Yang Zhengshan reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "But Master has something to say first!"

"Master, please speak!"

"Studying is important, but practicing martial arts is equally important. You can't neglect martial arts because of studying!" Yang Zhengshan said earnestly.

Martial arts practice will regress if you don't make progress. Now Lin Zhan is laying the foundation. If he slacks off, it may affect his future achievements in martial arts.

Yang Zhengshan can't guarantee that Lin Zhan will achieve success in the imperial examination, but he can guarantee that Lin Zhan will become a martial arts master in the future.

"Disciple understands, and disciple will not live up to Master's expectations!" Lin Zhan bowed again.

"Well!"

Yang Zhengshan is still very relieved about Lin Zhan. Although Lin Zhan is young, he has always been very mature and opinionated.

After letting Lin Zhan leave, Yang Zhengshan sat at his desk and wrote a letter to Liu Zhe, and then sent the memorial and the letter to Kyoto.

...

A few days later.

In the study room in the imperial city, Emperor Chengping saw Yang Zhengshan's memorial.

He had known about the situation of Tenglong Guard before, but he just asked a few questions casually and didn't know it in depth.

He knew that Tenglong Guard was in a state of disrepair, but he didn't expect that Tenglong Guard was basically completely abandoned.

As for the Lan family, Emperor Chengping would naturally not pay attention to a small martial arts family.

But now after reading Yang Zhengshan's memorial, Emperor Chengping looked a little unhappy.

"What a Lan family, they deserve to be killed!"

Emperor Chengping was not unaware of the truth that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. He held the Secret Martial Guard and was very clear about the family background of the ministers in the court. Many officials like to be greedy for money, but as long as they didn't go too far, he would generally turn a blind eye.

He was not afraid of officials taking bribes, because he could take back the money they took at any time.

But he hated the existence of the Lan family, and even felt angry about it!

Seeing that Emperor Chengping looked unhappy, Eunuch Chen was moved and said: "Your Majesty, calm down. The Lan family deserves to be killed, but General Yang did a great job!"

"General Yang has just taken office and has taken down the Lan family, who has been eroding Tenglong Guard for decades. He is really decisive and fierce!"

"With General Yang in Tenglong Guard, I think it will take a few years for Tenglong Guard to regain its former glory!"

After hearing his words, Emperor Chengping's face really looked much better.

He was angry about what the Lan family did, but he was relieved by Yang Zhengshan's actions. After all, Yang Zhengshan was the commander of Tenglong Guard appointed by him.

"You old thing are really good at talking!"

"But you are right, Yang Zhengshan is capable!"

Eunuch Chen smiled like a chrysanthemum on his old face, and said: "General Yang is not only capable, but also loyal to His Majesty. General Yang can report to His Majesty the truth about the gold, silver and grain of the Lan family, which shows his loyalty to His Majesty!"

He praised Yang Zhengshan so much not because he really liked Yang Zhengshan, or was optimistic about Yang Zhengshan, but just because he wanted to please Emperor Chengping.

But for Yang Zhengshan, his words made Emperor Chengping like Yang Zhengshan more.

The anger on Emperor Chengping's face disappeared, replaced by a faint smile.

He looked at the contents of the memorial again, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Leave these money and grain to Tenglong Guard first, and you will inform Ningguo Gong that there will be no need to allocate money and grain to Tenglong Guard within three years!"

Although the money and grain left by the Lan family is a lot, Tenglong Guard will have a lot of places to spend money next time.

If you want to train the Tenglong Guard into an elite force, it is simply impossible without a lot of money.

"Yes!" Eunuch Chen responded and arranged a little eunuch to pass the message to Duke Ningguo.

...

Tenglong Guard.

Yang Zhengshan finally built the framework of the Weisi Yamen after a few busy days.

The Weisi Yamen is not a small yamen, but a large yamen that includes the Zhenfu Division, the Experience Division and more than a dozen departments.

Among them, there are more than ten officials of all sizes, and nearly a hundred clerks and scribes in each department.

The previous Weisi Yamen was almost completely abandoned. Even the departments that a regular Weisi Yamen should have were not complete, and there were only a dozen clerks and scribes.

It can be said that the previous Weisi Yamen could not even operate normally.

In order to fill the vacancies of clerks and scribes in the Weisi Yamen, Yang Zhengshan had to select some people from the garrison camp to temporarily serve as clerks and scribes.

At this time, the benefits of Yang Zhengshan's requirement for soldiers to read and read were reflected.

Although the officers and soldiers were not well educated, they had no problem handling some paperwork.

After a few days, the Weisi Yamen was finally able to operate normally, and Yang Zhengshan also shifted his attention to the Qianhu Division.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan called Song Dashan, Xie Yuan and others over.

"How have you investigated the Qianhu Divisions these days?"

Yang Zhengshan sat behind the desk and asked while looking at the yellow book of Tenglong Guard.

"Basically, the investigation is almost done. Hey, except for the front guard, the others are basically useless." Xie Yuan said a little dull.

The establishment of Tenglong Front Guard is relatively complete, and the military households and soldiers of the four Qianhu Divisions are basically full.

There are about 30% of the military households and soldiers left in other Qianhu Divisions, and those military households are very poor, and those soldiers are also lacking in training.

Yang Zhengshan also knew the situation, so he was not surprised.

"First, transfer all the officials above the rank of 100 households in the front guard, and then place our soldiers there, leaving only 200 soldiers to take charge of the defense of the city!"

Tenglong Guard lacks not only military households and soldiers, but also officers.

Yang Zhengshan didn't want to use any of the previous 1,000 households, but Tenglong Front Guard was a special case. In order to avoid causing unrest and to appease the military households and soldiers of Tenglong Front Guard, Yang Zhengshan decided to transfer the officers of Tenglong Front Guard first.

If these people are sensible and do their own things in a down-to-earth manner, Yang Zhengshan will not pursue them again.

But if someone dares to jump out and make trouble, Yang Zhengshan doesn't mind sending them to accompany the Lan family.

"Return the indentures of the slaves and tenants of the Lan family to them, and help them change their status to military households of our Tenglong Guard!"

Yang Zhengshan continued.

There are more than 2,000 slaves and tenants of the Lan family. They were originally military households of Tenglong Guard. Now, their original household registration is just returned to them.

As for whether they are willing or not, they are definitely willing.

No matter how bad military households are, they are better than slaves.

After signing the contract to sell themselves, their descendants will be slaves and will never be able to turn over.

If they are turned into military households, they will definitely be grateful to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan continued to look at the yellow book, silently calculating the number of military households currently owned by Tenglong Guard.

There are more than 5,000 households in the front guard, more than 4,000 households in the other three guards, plus the slaves and tenants of the Lan family, the total should be about 12,000 households.

"Redistribute all the military households, 3,000 households in each guard, and 600 households in each thousand households!"

There will definitely be a shortage of military households and soldiers, and this problem cannot be solved in a short period of time. Yang Zhengshan can't pull nearly 10,000 military households from outside.

But it doesn't matter. First, build the framework of the Tenglong Four Guards and make all the thousand households run.

Fortunately, there are still several months before the spring plowing next year, and Yang Zhengshan has time to rebuild the Tenglong Four Guards.

"After the military households are allocated, redistribute the military farms immediately! We must ensure the spring plowing next year!"

"Yes!"

Xie Yuan responded and said, "Sir, can you allocate a batch of grain first!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled, "Sure! You will go to Zhou Ren later and ask him to open two granaries and directly distribute two stones of grain to each household!"

It is necessary to release grain, first to allow those poor military households to have enough food, and second to stabilize people's hearts.

As for whether opening the warehouse will cause trouble, Yang Zhengshan thinks it is not a big problem. Tenglong Guard is short of food now, and he doesn't think the Central Army Governor's Office will not give him any food.

He must leave some grain in the sixteen warehouses.

At this time, he didn't know that Emperor Chengping decided to leave all the money and grain of the Lan family in Tenglongwei, otherwise he would have jumped for joy.