Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After walking out of the pavilion, Yu Qingyi breathed out gently.

Although she acted calmly just now, the reality was that there was always a tension in her heart.

After all, this is the Crown Princess, the future queen of Da Rong.

She had to deal with it carefully.

As for the niece of the princess, Yu Qingyi thought thoughtfully as she left the pavilion.

That girl Zijin must be a pretty good girl!

As for the Crown Princess's natal family, although it is only a thousand households now, when the Crown Prince ascends the throne, they will become relatives.

Under normal circumstances, relatives are granted the title of Hou Bo during life and the title of Duke after death.

The princess already has two sons and two daughters, so a marquis in the Yu family is definitely indispensable.

The titles conferred by relatives are all hereditary titles, the same as Yang Zhengshan's Marquis of Jing'an.

The Yang family and the Yu family were well matched, and the girl Zijin looked good too.

Yu Qingyi's only concern is that the Yu family are relatives.

Foreign relatives are different from nobles. They are too deeply involved with the royal family. Once something happens to the royal family, the foreign relatives cannot escape the involvement at all.

For example, when the prince was deposed before, almost all of the prince's mother clan were driven out of the capital.

If the Yu family has such a disaster in the future, it is inevitable that the Yang family will not be implicated.

Moreover, relatives can easily get involved in the battle between princes.

The Yu family's position is very stable now, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future.

Emperor Taiping's original queen was also very stable, but the queen died more than 20 years ago. Although Emperor Taiping always thought about the queen, he never established a queen.

However, the queen's natal family has always been ignored, and even the deposed prince was allowed to be manipulated by Emperor Taiping because he did not have the queen's support.

If the queen is still here, can the deposed prince be deposed?

But then again, once the deposed prince ascends the throne, the status of the mother clan will naturally rise.

Now there is a good example in Kyoto, Duke Shou's Mansion.

Just because Duke Shou gave birth to a good daughter and a grandson of an emperor, the royal family became rich and prosperous for decades.

To this day, although Duke Shou is old, his palace is still as stable as Mount Tai.

If the Yu family also had an emperor's grandson, the result would be different.

There are pros and cons to getting married to a foreign relative, which makes Yu Qingyi a little hesitant.

After returning home from Mahayana Temple, Yu Qingyi thought for a while and arranged for Wu Zheng to check on the situation of the girl Zijin, and then wrote a letter to Yang Zhengshan to ask Yang Zhengshan for his opinion.

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When Yang Zhengshan received Yu Qingyi's letter, it was already the end of March.

The cold wave has faded away in Chongshan Town at the end of March, and it is now a time when everything is about to recover. Spring plowing will also be put on the agenda, so this period happens to be Yang Zhengshan's busiest time.

The Zhenbiao Battalion has recruited thousands of soldiers and is training in full swing.

The glass workshop has also recruited 500 craftsman apprentices, who are building furnaces for firing glass and teaching glass firing techniques.

Civil servants from the Engineering Department led the soldiers running along the banks of the Yinghe River.

All departments and offices of the General Military Mansion are busy with the upcoming spring plowing and river dredging tasks.

As the commander-in-chief, Yang Zhengshan had to take charge of the overall situation and had almost no time to spare.

Not only that, he had just returned from Zhenbiao Camp's training ground outside the city when he was blocked by Ning Qinghe, the commander of Zhongshan Town.

"Your Majesty, Ning Qinghe, pays homage to the Marquis!" Ning Qinghe saluted with clasped fists.

Yang Zhengshan took off his cloak and said with a smile: "Master Ning, please sit down quickly. Haha, I just came back from Zhenbiao Camp. Let me wash my face first!"

Ning Qinghe has dark skin and wrinkles on his face. Although he is tall, he looks a little rickety because of his age.

As for this old man, Yang Zhengshan still respected him very much.

Ning Qinghe is a veteran who came out of Beiyuan Town, and he is definitely a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles.

Although Yang Zhengshan's official position was higher than that of Ning Qinghe, Ning Qinghe's qualifications were much higher than Yang Zhengshan's.

"Please, Lord Marquis, I'm not in a hurry!" Ning Qinghe said coldly.

He has always been like this, always looking very aloof to everyone.

Yang Zhengshan walked to the inner room, washed his face, changed into loose clothes, and then came to the hall again.

"Master Ning, do you have anything to do with me?"

Ning Qinghe said: "There is nothing else, I just want to ask the Marquis to allocate some money and iron ore to Dusi Yamen!"

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised. Dusi Yamen was responsible for managing military households, and spring plowing and autumn harvest were the most important tasks of Dusi Yamen.

Farming is inseparable from farm tools and livestock. Every spring plowing is the time when Dusi Yamen is at its poorest. It needs to prepare various farm tools and buy as many cattle as possible.

Yang Zhengshan had already expected that Ning Qinghe would come to his door.

"It's easy to talk about money. The General Military Mansion has already prepared 300,000 taels of silver for Dusi Yamen. Master Ning can have someone come and take it away at any time!"

Yang Zhengshan sat down, took a sip of tea and said.

Spring plowing is the top priority. Whether it is building roads or cities, it cannot affect spring plowing.

So Yang Zhengshan had already prepared money for Dusi Yamen.

When Ning Qinghe heard this, the expression on his face softened slightly.

"Master Hou is kind and kind. This is the blessing of the 100,000 military households in Chongshan Town!"

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Money is easy to talk about. Mr. Ning should also know that the General Military Mansion issued debt notes before."

"But I don't have any extra iron ore."

"This!!" Ning Qinghe frowned.

Iron ore is controlled by the court. If it is purchased in small quantities, it is not difficult. Local government offices will have some quotas every year, which are sold to blacksmiths, who will then make farm tools and sell them to farmers.

But what Chongshan Town needs is definitely not a small amount.

For 150,000 military households, even if only a small part of them need to replace farm tools, it is not enough to make a little bit.

What's more, Chongshan Town also needs to make weapons and armor.

Yang Zhengshan did not give the Dusi Yamen iron ore because Chongshan Town now needs iron ore everywhere to make weapons and armor.

"Lord Ning, don't worry. There is no iron ore, but there are many obsolete weapons in the General Military Mansion. The previous rebellion of King Qing and the entry of the Wuliang army left us with a lot of damaged weapons and armor. These weapons and armor can be allocated to the Dusi Yamen." Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"My Lord, are you teasing me!" Ning Qinghe looked at Yang Zhengshan with some dissatisfaction.

Damaged weapons and armor are better than iron ore. They only need simple hammering to be made into weapons and farm tools, and the quality is very excellent.

Yang Zhengshan chuckled, "How could that be? I also want to ask Lord Ning for help!"

Ning Qinghe didn't bother with him and asked, "What is it?"

"I want to ask Lord Ning to mobilize a group of blacksmiths for the General's Mansion! Lord Ning should also know that the General's Mansion is currently forging a large number of weapons and armors, but the blacksmiths in the General's Mansion are far from enough, and a group of blacksmiths are urgently needed."

The General's Mansion has some blacksmiths, and most of the weapons and armors in the Town Biao Camp are made by the General's Mansion itself, but now Chongshan Town's demand for weapons and armors is too great.

The Town Biao Camp lacks weapons and armors, and the various reinforcement camps also lack weapons and armors.

If we only rely on the blacksmiths in the General's Mansion and the various lieutenant generals' shogunate, it is unknown when we can forge so many weapons and armors.

In addition to the General's Mansion, the various lieutenant generals' shogunate and the garrison offices of each city, Chongshan Town also has many craftsmen in the garrisons of various places.

There are some blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons in the garrisons of various places.

A garrison may not have many craftsmen, but if dozens of garrisons gather together, hundreds of blacksmiths can still be gathered.

Ning Qinghe hesitated.

Because the garrison also needs blacksmiths, forging farm tools, repairing weapons and armor, all of which are inseparable from blacksmiths.

Yang Zhengshan saw his hesitation and said, "Don't worry, Lord Ning, the General's Mansion is just borrowing it. It will be after spring plowing and before autumn harvest. The General's Mansion will also pay the craftsmen monthly wages, and all food and clothing expenses will be covered by the General's Mansion!"

Having said that, Ning Qinghe has no reason to refuse.

"Okay, I will transfer the blacksmith to Chongshan Pass after spring plowing!"

"Then I'll trouble Lord Ning!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled and sent Ning Qinghe out of the General's Mansion.

"My Lord, the lady has a letter!"

As soon as Ning Qinghe was sent away, his close followers handed him a letter.

Yang Zhengshan opened the letter, glanced at it, and then frowned.

Yu family!

In-laws!

It is indeed troublesome to marry with them.

Once the two families marry, it is equivalent to becoming political allies.

If there is a fight for the throne among the princes in the future, the Yu family will definitely stand firmly on the side of the prince born by the queen.

And the Yang family may also have to follow suit.

Yang Zhengshan sat in the study and thought for a while, and finally wrote a reply to Yu Qingyi.

This matter has advantages and disadvantages, but Yang Zhengshan figured it out. The Yang family does not need to rely on the Yu family to make a profit, nor does it need to fear whether it will be implicated by the Yu family in the future.

Needless to say, the benefits of marrying with the Yu family, at least the future queen will have a better impression of the Yang family, and the Yang family will also have a care in the palace in the future.

However, such benefits are not necessary for the Yang family. Everything the Yang family has now was obtained by Yang Zhengshan through military exploits, and there is no need to get close to the Crown Princess.

As for whether the Yu family will be implicated in the future, that will be a matter of more than ten or twenty years. By then, will Yang Zhengshan still need to fear these?

Once Yang Zhengshan becomes a congenital warrior, the Yang family will be as solid as a rock in Darong.

As long as the Yang family does not rebel, the emperor will never target the Yang family.

At that time, the Yang family does not need to choose, and there is no need to take sides.

No matter who is the emperor, he will not target a family with congenital warriors.

The reason is very simple. Congenital warriors have the ability to splatter blood five steps.

So it doesn’t matter to Yang Zhengshan whether to marry with the Yu family or not. What Yang Zhengshan values ​​is the character of Miss Zijin.

If she has the potential to be a good wife and a good mother, Yang Zhengshan is naturally willing to help Yang Chengye marry her home. If not, it doesn’t matter even if he offends the Crown Princess.

Yang Zhengshan wrote his meaning in a letter and asked someone to send the letter to Kyoto.

In the evening, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Marquis’ Mansion. In the main courtyard, Ming Zhao stood in front of the main hall door and looked at Yang Zhengshan eagerly.

“Daddy!” Ming Zhao called.

Yang Zhengshan picked him up and said with a smile: "What's wrong with you? You seem a little unhappy."

"Daddy, I miss mommy!" Ming Zhao said with a pout.

This was the first time Ming Zhao had been separated from Yu Qingyi for such a long time since he was a child. It was reasonable for him to miss Yu Qingyi.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and said: "Your mommy should be back in another month!"

It is the end of March now. When the Spring Examination is over in late April, Yu Qingyi should also return.

Whether Yang Chengye's marriage is settled or not, Yu Qingyi will come back.

"One month!" Ming Zhao tilted his head and thought for a while, "Doesn't that mean we have to wait another 30 days!"

"Yeah!" Yang Zhengshan pinched his nose with a smile and said, "Man, don't cry!"

"I didn't cry!" Ming Zhao shook his head and looked at him dissatisfied.

"Hahaha~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed, "Okay, it's only thirty days, it will pass quickly, and in a few days you should go to school to get started. Maybe you won't miss your mother so much by then. "

Ming Zhao thought for a while and could only nod helplessly.

Although Lin Zhan had enlightened Ming Zhao before, now that Lin Zhan has come to Beijing, Ming Zhao naturally wants to go to school.

In the evening, Yang Yunyan and Jiang He brought three little ones, Jiang Ning, Jiang Miao and Jiang Feng, to the main courtyard to have dinner with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Mingcheng went to Kyoto, Yang Mingzhi was in Fuzhou City, and Yang Minghao was busy in the Zhenbiao Camp all day and often stayed away from home at night. Yang Zhengshan couldn't let Li and Liang come over to have dinner with him, so he asked Yang Yunyan and Jiang He's family came to the main courtyard to have dinner together.

"Grandpa, Miao'er also wants to have a horse of her own like her brother!"

After dinner, Jiang Miao pouted and came to Yang Zhengshan, who looked eager.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Jiang He in surprise, "Miao'er wants a horse, just get her a pony!"

Now Anyuan City Racecourse still belongs to the Yang family, and the management of the racecourse and the use of horses in the mansion are all taken care of by Jiang He.

"Dad, she wants that Taxue!" Jiang He said helplessly.

If it were an ordinary foal, he would certainly be able to make the decision.

But that Taxue horse was raised by Yang Zhengshan.

Taxue refers to a horse with black hair all over its body and only snow-white hair on its four hooves. Such a horse is called Taxue.

Ta Xue is also a descendant of Hong Yun, a foal that was just born last year.

There are many foals in Yang Zhengshan's stable, all of which he selected and planned to cultivate carefully.

The horses used by Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Minghao were all carefully trained by Yang Zhengshan.

And things like Yang Chengye's Wanjun, Chengmao's Thunder, and Jiang Ning's Red Flag were all given to them by Yang Zhengshan.

As for the girls like Qingwan, Yang Zhengshan did not specially train horses for them. It was not that Yang Zhengshan favored boys over girls, but that women had few opportunities to ride horses and traveled by carriage. It was not easy for Yang Zhengshan to train a good horse, so there was no need to waste it on them. On the body.

And if they want a horse, they can choose it from elsewhere.

"Do you want that horse?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Jiang Miao and asked.

Jiang Miao nodded her head repeatedly, with 'I want' written all over her pretty face.

Yang Zhengshan was amused by her appearance.

"Okay, grandpa will give Taxue to you, but Taxue is still young. You can go to grandpa's stable to see her in the future. You can only ride her when she is three years old!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Miao'er, thank you Grandpa! Miao'er knew that Grandpa would definitely give Tuxue to Miao'er." Jiang Miao cheered.

Seeing that the little girl was happy, Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and laughed.

Afterwards, Jiang He and Yang Yunyan took the children back to their yard, and Ming Zhao also went to bed with Grandma Song.