Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Yang Zhengshan couldn't figure out Emperor Yanping's attitude. In fact, Emperor Yanping himself was a little unsure about Yang Zhengshan.

In the imperial city, in the imperial study.

Emperor Yanping looked through the memorials submitted by Yang Zhengshan over the years, with some surprise flashing in his eyes.

He still attaches great importance to Ning Dongsheng's memorial. After all, Yang Zhengshan is not just a soldier now. Yang Zhengshan is the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town. He has an army of 100,000 and has a large number of cronies in Chongshan Town and Tenglong Guard.

If Yang Zhengshan is self-respecting or has bad intentions, it will definitely be a big trouble for the court.

Especially Yang Zhengshan's sudden purchase of grain this year made him even more wary of Yang Zhengshan.

So after reading Ning Dongsheng's memorial, Emperor Yanping has been thinking about Yang Zhengshan these days.

To this end, he also found all the memorials that Yang Zhengshan had submitted before.

But after reading Yang Zhengshan's memorial, he was very surprised.

Because he found many things in it that could be consistent with Ning Dongsheng's impeachment.

For example, Tenglongwei opened salt farms, built a navy, and carried out maritime trade.

Yang Zhengshan reported all these matters to Emperor Taiping truthfully, and received Emperor Taiping's approval.

"It is said that the Tenglong Guards are first-class elite soldiers. I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that this statement is true!" Emperor Yanping closed the last memorial and sighed.

Although Yang Zhengshan's record was very strong, especially when he suppressed the rebellion in Chongshan Town, he was victorious in every battle, but Emperor Yanping never had an accurate idea of ​​the power of the Tenglong Guard. He just thought that Yang Zhengshan used troops like a god.

But now after Emperor Yanping read Yang Zhengshan's memorial, he had a new understanding of the power of Tenglong Guard.

What is accurate is that he has a new understanding of how wealthy Tenglong Wei is.

As for the army, money and food are the basis of its combat effectiveness.

It shouldn't be difficult to build 10,000 elite soldiers with a few million taels of silver.

"It's no wonder that my father values ​​Yang Zhengshan so much. Not only is this man a master of military affairs, he is also unique in managing military affairs!"

Emperor Yanping sighed.

"But why does he want to buy grain on a large scale?"

Emperor Yanping couldn't understand.

At this moment, Nan Sheng, the new eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony, walked into the imperial study and reported: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhongzhi and Lu Hua are waiting outside the door!"

After the death of Emperor Taiping, Chen Zhongshu, the former eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies and Chief of Seals, went to guard the mausoleum for Emperor Taiping. Nan Sheng, the eunuch accompanying Emperor Yanping, took over the post of eunuch of Chief of Ceremonies and Chief of Seal.

Wang Zhongzhi is the eunuch serving as the imperial envoy’s governor-general’s secret military guard, or the governor of the secret military guard for short, and is Lu Hua’s immediate boss.

"Minister Wang Zhongzhi (Lv Hua) pays homage to His Majesty. May your Majesty be safe!"

Wang Zhongzhi and Lu Hua entered the study and immediately knelt down to worship.

After Emperor Yanping ascended the throne, he immediately took control of the Secret Guards, but currently he still relies on Wang Zhongzhi to control the Secret Guards.

"Yeah! No need to be polite!" Emperor Yanping said casually.

The two stood up and stood respectfully in front of Emperor Yanping.

Emperor Yanping glanced at Wang Zhongzhi, then looked at Lu Hua, and asked, "How much do you know about Marquis Jing'an?"

Lu Hua's thoughts changed and he said: "I have had some dealings with Marquis Jing'an. Marquis Jing'an is resourceful, brave and good at fighting. He is a rare general. At the same time, Marquis Jing'an is good at military affairs, has a good way of making money, and has good military training."

Lu Hua didn't know why Emperor Yanping asked about Yang Zhengshan, but he still told the truth about what he knew about Yang Zhengshan.

Emperor Yanping nodded, but suddenly asked: "Do you think Marquis Jing'an has any objections?"

Lu Hua raised his head in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief. He did not expect Emperor Yanping to ask such a question.

"What? Are you surprised?" Emperor Yanping said with a frown.

Lu Hua quickly lowered his head and said, "I don't think Marquis Jing'an has any different intentions?"

"Why?"

"The Marquis of Jing'an is loyal to the late Emperor!"

Now it was Emperor Yanping's turn to be shocked.

This reason was very strange and completely beyond Emperor Yanping's expectation.

It seems that there is something treacherous!

What does it mean?

If you are loyal to my father, then you are not loyal to me?

But after thinking about it carefully, Emperor Yanping felt that Lu Hua's reason was still tenable.

His loyalty to his father was enough to show that Yang Zhengshan had no disloyal intentions before.

The emperor's father died less than a year ago, and as the new emperor, he did not suppress Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Zhengshan had no reason to be disloyal to him.

Besides, even if Yang Zhengshan changed his mind, he shouldn't have changed so quickly.

"Then why did he want to buy grain on a large scale?" Emperor Yanping still asked worriedly.

Lu Hua's face showed a look of astonishment again, but this time his astonishment only flashed past.

Then he glanced at Wang Zhongzhi first, and then at Nan Sheng.

Wang Zhongzhi looked calm and showed nothing.

Nan Sheng lowered his head and seemed to have no expression, but he held a memorial in his hand.

Lu Hua knew it in his heart, "I don't know!"

"I don't know? The Secret Martial Guard did not place any personnel around Marquis Jing'an?" Emperor Yanping frowned.

How could Lu Hua not place people around Yang Zhengshan!

Although he has a good sense of Yang Zhengshan and has dealt with Yang Zhengshan a lot, he shows no mercy to Yang Zhengshan at all. There are a lot of people who should be deployed, and there are always surveillance in the places where surveillance is done.

He also knew the reason for Yang Zhengshan's wanton purchase of grain, and he also reported the matter to the police.

But the problem is that Emperor Yanping didn't see his memorial!

Where did his memorial go?

Who hid his memorial?

And for what purpose did he hide his memorial?

Lü Hua was thinking about it, but his face remained calm, and he said: "Yes, but Jing'an Hou did not explain the reason for purchasing grain and grass to the public, and even the chief officials of the General's Mansion did not know the specific reason!"

Emperor Yanping looked at Lü Hua, and seemed very dissatisfied with Lü Hua's explanation.

However, he did not pursue Lü Hua's dereliction of duty in the end, but just said: "Then go and check it carefully, I will follow you for half a month."

"I obey the order!" Lü Hua said.

...

After a while, Wang Zhongzhi and Lü Hua walked out of the imperial study.

At first, neither of them spoke, until they were far away from the Taiji Hall, Wang Zhongzhi suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, you should have reported on the matter of Jing'an Hou buying grain!"

The Secret Guard is divided into four divisions, namely the four divisions of the southeast, northwest, and northeast. Each division has a superintendent, two commanders, four deputy commanders, and many thousand households and hundred households.

Above the four departments, there is the Pacification Department, which is responsible for questioning the criminal cases of the Secret Guard and supervising the four departments.

In addition, the Secret Guard also has the Imperial Guard Department, which is the secret guard of the imperial city. Among the secret guards is the Blood Blade, which is the most mysterious existence in the Secret Guard. Even Lv Hua, the governor of the Zhenbei Department, knows very little about it.

As the governor of the Secret Guard, Wang Zhongzhi can check the memorials submitted by Lv Hua.

"That's right!" Lv Hua looked at Wang Zhongzhi.

Wang Zhongzhi frowned, then looked back at the Taiji Hall.

"What does Nan Sheng want to do?"

Lv Hua's mind sank slightly.

The memorials of the Secret Guard do not need to be checked and copied by the Silijian, and even the Silijian cannot check them.

And only three people can check his memorials, one is Emperor Yanping, one is Wang Zhongzhi, and the last one is Nan Sheng.

The reason why Nan Sheng can check it is not because he is the seal holder of the Silijian, but because he still has the imperial order to walk the Secret Guard.

Obviously, his memorial should have been intercepted by Nansheng.

"He is deceiving His Majesty!" Lu Hua said in a deep voice.

Wang Zhongzhi shook his head slightly, "It's not that simple!"

Nansheng is the most trusted eunuch of Emperor Yanping, and Yang Zhengshan has no intersection with Nansheng. Nansheng has no reason to deceive Emperor Yanping for this.

"Then~" Lu Hua hesitated.

He actually wanted to say whether to keep an eye on Nansheng, but it was not his turn to say this.

If he wanted to keep an eye on Nansheng, he could only rely on the secret guards of the Imperial Guards. Obviously, this was not something he should intervene in.

Wang Zhongzhi pondered for a while, but did not explain too much. He just said: "Submit the memorial you submitted before again in a few days."

Lu Hua nodded and said nothing more.

The two walked out of the imperial city with worry.

...

A few days later, Yang Zhengshan received an inquiry from Kyoto.

The so-called inquiry is that the court gives the impeached official a chance to defend himself.

After an official in the court is impeached, there are generally three results. First, the emperor will dismiss you without saying a word. It doesn't matter whether the content of the impeachment is true or not. If the emperor doesn't like you, you are guilty.

Second, the emperor will ask someone to verify the authenticity of the impeachment content. It may be handed over to the Secret Guard for verification, or it may be handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple for verification.

Third, it is to give the impeached official a chance to defend himself first.

The third result is unintentionally the best result, which means that the emperor does not dislike you, does not want to kill you, and is willing to give you a chance.

In the study of the general's mansion, Yang Zhengshan looked at the memorial sent from Kyoto after being copied.

Since Emperor Yanping is willing to give a chance, Yang Zhengshan naturally has to defend himself.

But he hesitated whether to explain the drought in Liaodong.

It should not be considered a curse on the new emperor to be immoral to explain it now!

The drought in Liaodong has already appeared, which is a fact, not a curse.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and felt that it would be better to explain it clearly, so that Emperor Yanping could prepare in advance and not be in a panic when the drought in Liaodong broke out completely.

Then he eloquently recounted what he had done over the years. The general content was that this was all allowed by Emperor Chengping, and he did all this for the sake of Dayong and His Majesty, without any selfish motives.

Since he was defending himself, he naturally had to brag about himself.

Finally, he explained the prediction of the drought in Liaodong, and also described in detail his plan to relocate refugees to the north.

At this point, there was no need to hide it.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan felt that he did all this for the people of Liaodong and for Dayong, and he really had no selfish motives.

If Emperor Yanping punished him for this, he would be very disappointed!

After sending the self-defense letter to Kyoto, Yang Zhengshan put the matter behind him.

Now there are still many things in Chongshan Town that are staring at him to do, and he has no energy to waste on such inexplicable things.