Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"Master Marquis, this is a letter from Kyoto!"

As soon as he entered the mansion, Wu Hai greeted him with a letter.

"From Kyoto!"

Yang Zhengshan took the letter and read it.

The letter was sent by someone sent by Wu Zheng, and the content contained some major events that happened in the court during this period of time.

After glancing at the content above, Yang Zhengshan's expression immediately became solemn. He quickly walked into the study, sat at the desk and read carefully.

During this period, many major events occurred in Kyoto. First, Admiral Nansheng, the Imperial Guard, conducted a large-scale search for those who deceived the public with their lies in Kyoto.

Anyone in Kyoto who dares to say that the new emperor is immoral and will cause trouble to the world will be arrested by the Imperial Guard.

In less than ten days, the Imperial Guard arrested thousands of people, many of whom were prison students from the Imperial College and officials in the court.

For this reason, there was a lot of turmoil in the court, and many ministers petitioned to impeach Nan Sheng.

But these are just trivial matters. The troublesome thing is that when the Imperial Guard was arresting the Imperial Guardsmen, Yi Lishen, the Imperial Guard's Jiu Jiu, was arrested and imprisoned in the Secret Military Guard's Zhenfu Division for obstructing the Imperial Guard.

If it's just like this, it doesn't matter. As long as the Imperial Guards and the Secret Military Guards release the people, the Gungun princes in the court can only curse a few words.

But the problem is that Yi Lishen died in the imperial prison of Miwuwei Zhenfusi.

Counting the time, it was about seven days ago. When Yi Lichen's body was carried out from the Zhenfusi Prison, the supervisors of the Imperial College completely erupted. Hundreds of supervisors knelt in front of the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City, shouting please. His Majesty upheld justice, and his cries and shouts shook the heavens.

This was just the beginning. The imperial guards had not yet dispersed the imperial guards, and a group of officials from the Imperial College arrived first upon hearing the news.

After that, many court officials or Confucian scholars in the opposition came one after another to join in the crying and remonstrance in front of the door.

Who is Yi Lishen?

He is not only the fourth-rank Imperial Confucian scholar in the imperial court, he is also a well-known scholar among the scholars. The most important thing is that he has been in charge of the Imperial College for thirty years.

From the sixth year of Taiping to the present, Yi Lishen has been serving as a minister of the Imperial Academy. Emperor Taiping tried to promote him many times, but he always rejected him on the grounds that he was not practical.

He has been in charge of the Imperial College for thirty years and has students all over the world.

However, he died inexplicably in Zhenfusi's prison.

The sensation caused by this incident can be imagined.

In order to quell the anger of these supervisors and Confucian scholars, Emperor Yanping could only push out Ma Rong and the commander of the Zhenfu Division, who had just taken office as the governor of the secret military guard.

Seeing this, Yang Zhengshan's expression became more solemn.

Ma Rong died like this?

Although Ma Rong is just an eunuch, don't forget that Ma Rong is still Chen Zhongshu's man.

And how did Yi Lishen die?

Although Yi Lichen was old and the environment in the prison was extremely harsh, he wouldn't have died within a few days after entering it!

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes, and he seemed to sense some conspiracy.

How did Yi Lishen die?

Why did Ma Rong become the scapegoat?

Also, this matter was obviously caused by the Imperial Guards, no, it should be caused by Nan Sheng!

In addition, why was Wang Zhongzhi removed from office?

Why was the Imperial Guard separated from the Secret Martial Guard?

Yang Zhengshan's face became increasingly ugly.

The Secret Martial Guard may have a big problem!

The loss of the Imperial Guards Division meant that the Secret Martial Guards had lost control of the Imperial City.

Wang Zhongzhi's dismissal originally had little impact, but Ma Rong became the scapegoat. At this time, people within the secret military guard were probably in panic.

If no one can stabilize the situation next, then the Secret Martial Guard will probably be in a catastrophe!

"Why would your Majesty target the Secret Martial Guard?" Yang Zhengshan was a little confused.

The secret military guards are the emperor's eyes and ears and the sharp sword in his hands.

When Emperor Taiping was in power, the secret military guards monitored the world and did many things secretly!

However, Emperor Yanping's attack on the secret military guards was tantamount to breaking his own arm.

Yang Zhengshan was a little confused.

Putting away the letter, Yang Zhengshan pondered for a long time in the study.

But in the end he gave up because he really couldn't guess what Emperor Yanping was thinking.

Moreover, since he was far away in Chongshan Pass, he was not significantly involved in what happened in the court or in the imperial city.

If you can't figure it out, then you can only give up.

However, he still wrote a letter to Wu Zheng, asking him to pay more attention to Miwuwei.

However, the development of things was far from being as simple as Yang Zhengshan thought.

When it was dark and windy at night, on the south bank of Ruhe River in Shanhe Province, two groups of people were fighting on the river bank.

The movements of both fighting parties were very agile, and every move was aimed at killing people. Between the flash of swords and the shadows of swords, balls of hot blood spurted out, but within a moment, corpses were lying on the river bank.

In the dark night, Wei Cen held a short blade in front of Lu Hua, and Lu Hua was carrying a person on his back.

At this time, Lu Hua looked very embarrassed. He looked at the dark river. He didn't know when a scar appeared on his handsome face. The scar started from the left side of his forehead, crossed the root of his nose and spread to the lower eyelid of his right eye.

The skin was torn and the blood was all over his face. If you weren't careful, you wouldn't be able to recognize the calm and handsome Admiral of the Zhenbei Division.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in Lu Hua's eyes, "The ship is coming!"

"Admiral, you go first!" Wei Cen said solemnly.

"Stop talking nonsense, as many as you can leave!"

Lu Hua scolded him coldly, then jumped up and crossed the river like a roc.

But at this moment, Wei Cen suddenly shouted: "Admiral, be careful!"

With a whoosh, Wei Cen suddenly rose from the ground, soaring more than three feet into the sky. With a swoosh, an arrow pierced his shoulder.

Lv Hua landed on the boat and looked back, only to see Wei Cen falling from the air.

"Wei Cen!"

"Boss!"

The Secret Guards who were fighting around couldn't help but exclaimed.

"You guys protect the boss on the boat!"

Ding San glanced at Ding Si and shouted.

Ding Si no longer hesitated, and quickly grabbed Wei Cen who fell to the ground and threw him towards the boat, "Admiral, catch him!"

Standing on the boat, Lu Hua put the person on his back down and caught Wei Cen who was thrown over.

"Damn it!"

Wei Cen recovered and couldn't help but swear.

The arrow shot at his shoulder, and he didn't feel anything yet, but Ding Si grabbed his shoulder and almost made him faint from the pain.

"Get on the boat!" Lv Hua shouted.

Ding San killed the enemy in front of him with a knife, and took the opportunity to look at the river behind him.

The boat was small, just a ferry, and could only carry a dozen people at most.

"Admiral, let's go!"

Lv Hua looked at the battle on the shore, his face extremely ugly.

"Let's go!"

He didn't drag it out any more. If he continued to hesitate, no one might be able to leave.

On the contrary, if they left, the brothers could jump into the river and escape.

The oars moved, and the boat slowly sailed into the river, disappearing in the dark night in the blink of an eye.

The battle on the shore also ended quickly. The next moment the boat disappeared, Ding San, Ding Si and others on the shore jumped directly into the river.

For a while, there were only a pile of corpses and a dozen figures in black clothes on the river bank.

At this time, a figure wearing a true blue double-sleeved python round-collared robe, a scarlet silk cloak, and holding a longbow came to the river bank.

He looked at the dark river with his narrow eyes, and said with an ugly face: "A bunch of useless trash!"

The surrounding warriors in strong suits did not dare to refute him.

The cloaked man glanced at the river and lifted the corpse beside him.

"Throw them all into the river to feed the fish. We will cross the river tomorrow morning!"

...

In the imperial study room of the imperial city.

The Emperor Yanping was handling state affairs at his desk, and Nansheng came to the emperor quietly.

"Your Majesty!"

"What's the matter?" Emperor Yanping asked without raising his head.

"Last night, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Division of the Secret Guard, Lu Hua, broke into the imperial prison of the Zhenfu Division and rescued Wang Zhongzhi!" Nansheng said while carefully observing the expression of Emperor Yanping.

The Emperor Yanping raised his head suddenly, "What did you say?"

"Lu Hua rescued Wang Zhongzhi!" Nansheng lowered his head and said quickly.

Ma Rong became a scapegoat, and Wang Zhongzhi was rescued, and it was Lu Hua, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Division, who rescued him!

Emperor Yanping's face became more and more ugly, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed like a volcanic eruption.

"Good, very good!!"

During this period, Emperor Yanping had a very aggrieved life.

Rumors were everywhere in the folks that the new emperor had no virtue and brought disaster to the people. Many officials in the court reported to him and almost pointed at his nose and scolded him.

And the death of Yi Lishen dealt him a heavy blow, making him unable to vent his anger. Instead, he had to calmly appease those students and Confucian scholars. For this reason, he had to push Ma Rong out.

These things, one by one, made his mentality unbalanced.

"Where is the person?" He asked in a cold tone.

"He has escaped from the capital. I have sent people to capture him." Nan Sheng said with his head down.

Hearing this, Emperor Yanping still suppressed his anger and forced himself to calm down.

Too many things happened during this period, making him a little tired to deal with.

And the development of things always goes beyond his expectations. He thought he could control the court, but the facts told him that he thought too simply.

Not only did he not completely control the court, but the court was gradually out of his control.

After suppressing his anger, a heavy feeling of fatigue came over him.

As the saying goes, those who are involved are confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see clearly!

Yang Zhengshan, who is far away in Liaodong, can see that there is something strange about this.

Emperor Yanping was in the game but was disturbed by many changes. At this time, he did not realize where the problem was.

Nansheng stood in front of him respectfully, lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows, and dared not speak.

In the imperial study, other eunuchs also held their breath and concentrated, fearing that they would attract the attention of Emperor Yanping at this time.

For a while, the silence in the entire imperial study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a long time, Emperor Yanping spoke again: "Nansheng, you will be the governor of the Secret Guard for the time being."

"I obey your order!" Nansheng knelt down and kowtowed.

Emperor Yanping waved his hands in annoyance, indicating that he could leave.

After Nansheng left, Emperor Yanping had no intention of handling state affairs. He stood up and walked out of the Taiji Hall and went to the Fengxian Hall on the east side of the inner court.

Fengxian Hall is a ritual palace where the royal family worships their ancestors.

After Emperor Yanping came to Fengxian Hall, he sat in front of the ancestral tablet and stared at the tablet of Emperor Chengping in a daze.

He always thought that he could be a good emperor, but now he has some doubts.

He doubted his ability, his character, whether he could be a wise monarch, and whether he could revive the country.

Looking at the tablet of Emperor Chengping, he recalled the calmness of Emperor Chengping when handling state affairs.

He suddenly found that he was much worse than his father.

But he didn't know where the difference was?

He sat in the back hall of Fengxian Hall for an hour until an old voice sounded in the hall.

"Your Majesty, are there no government affairs to deal with today?"

At some point, an old man in a green robe appeared next to Emperor Yanping.

Emperor Yanping looked up at the old man and smiled helplessly, "Uncle, am I incompetent?"

"Well, a little bit!" The old man stroked his beard and said lightly.

Emperor Yanping was speechless for a while.

Uncle!

Can't we say something nice to make me feel better.

"Is there anything that Uncle can teach me?"

The old man still said in a light tone, "I have never been an emperor, what can I teach you? And your father has taught you everything you should teach!"

"Have you taught me?" Emperor Yanping asked in confusion.

He couldn't remember what his father had taught him.

"Taught!" The old man took out three incense sticks and handed them to Emperor Yanping, "Since you are here, then burn incense!"

Emperor Yanping stood up and burned incense obediently.

After he finished burning incense, the old man said again: "Okay, let's go quickly, you won't find the answer here!"

"Where can I find the answer?" Emperor Yanping asked.

The old man glanced at him, but complained, "You are indeed not as good as your father!"

"..."

Emperor Yanping looked at him with resentment in his eyes.

I am the emperor!

Even if you are of a higher generation, you should still be cautious!

Unfortunately, the old man didn't care about his resentment at all, and said: "Do you know what the first thing your father did after he ascended the throne was?"

"What was it?" Emperor Yanping asked.

"He invited me to this Fengxian Hall and let me stay in this Fengxian Hall for my whole life!"

Emperor Yanping looked at the old man in astonishment. He really didn't know about this.

"Why?"

"An old man in the family is like a treasure!"

Emperor Yanping was even more confused, "But isn't the great uncle in the Fengxian Hall now?"

"I haven't asked about the government for thirty years!"

When Emperor Yanping heard this, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and then a smile spread across the corners of his mouth.

"Thank you for your advice, great uncle!"

An old man in the family is like a treasure!

Although the old man in front of him is still a treasure, he is different from more than thirty years ago. He has not asked about the government for more than thirty years and has no understanding of the current government, so he can't help Emperor Yanping.

Now Emperor Yanping needs an old man who is familiar with the government to guide him.

Who is the most suitable?

The old man waved his hand, "Your Majesty, it's better not to come here. I like quiet now!"

When Emperor Yanping heard this, the smile on his face froze immediately.

The only person who dared to drive him away in the imperial city was probably the one in front of him.

"Then I won't disturb the peace of my great uncle!"

Emperor Yanping still smiled, then put his hands into his sleeves and left Fengxian Hall with a bright smile.

With a plan in mind, Emperor Yanping was in a good mood at the moment.

Although the current situation is still a headache, Emperor Yanping has found a way to deal with it.