Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After they left, Yang Zhengshan said to Lin Anguo again: "Go and see the injured brothers on my behalf, I will chat with Eunuch Zhang!"

"I obey your order!" Lin Anguo clasped his fists and accepted the order with excitement.

"Haha, how come Eunuch Zhang has the leisure to go out today?" Yang Zhengshan walked up to Zhang Mingzhong and put his arm around his shoulders with a smile.

"My Lord, please stop teasing me!" Zhang Mingzhong smiled helplessly.

It's not that he doesn't go out on weekdays, but he rarely meddles in other people's business.

If Yang Zhengshan and Pang Tang didn't invite him, he would not bother to get close to them and feel uncomfortable.

Since he came to Chongshan Pass, his life has been quite happy, free and easy.

In the past, he had to serve the emperor carefully in the imperial city, but now he has a group of people serving him in Chongshan Town.

This feeling is completely different, so he is very satisfied with his current life.

Now even if he is asked to return to Kyoto, he is unwilling to go back.

Serving others is not as comfortable as being served by others!

Yang Zhengshan teased him that he had the time to go out, but he was actually asking him why he was meddling in other people's business.

He didn't want to care, but his status was different. He was more of a eunuch in the palace. Yang Zhengshan didn't care about Nan Sheng, but he had to be more cautious.

If Nan Sheng wanted to make trouble for Yang Zhengshan, he could only trip him up secretly, but if Nan Sheng wanted to make trouble for him, it would really be a matter of a word.

So he had to show up for this matter today.

Yang Zhengshan also knew his difficulties and said with a smile: "Since we have met, let's go have a drink together, Eunuch Zhang!"

"Is the Marquis busy?"

"Haha, there is still time to drink with Eunuch Zhang!"

With that, Yang Zhengshan didn't care whether Zhang Mingzhong was willing or not, and directly took him to the Marquis' Mansion.

The wine and food were served, and Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Mingzhong toasted each other.

"Haha, Eunuch Zhang, have you heard from Eunuch Chen recently?" Yang Zhengshan asked with a smile at the wine table.

"Eunuch Chen! No!" Zhang Mingzhong shook his head.

"Really?" Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows.

Zhang Mingzhong sighed, "Since the death of the previous emperor, our family has not been able to contact Eunuch Chen!"

He is also Chen Zhongshu's man, and Chen Zhongshu also contributed to his coming to Chongshan Town.

Originally, he wanted to rely on Chen Zhongshu more, but after the death of Emperor Chengping, Chen Zhongshu went to guard the imperial mausoleum, and his letters fell on deaf ears several times.

Yang Zhengshan pulled off a leg of lamb and ate it in big mouthfuls, "Nansheng seems to be getting more and more presumptuous!"

Zhang Mingzhong was silent.

"You old people don't know how to remind His Majesty!" Yang Zhengshan continued.

Zhang Mingzhong couldn't help it, "My Lord, be careful with your words, we are just His Majesty's servants."

"It is because of the servants that we should take the initiative, why would His Majesty support you?" Yang Zhengshan didn't care about Zhang Mingzhong's caution at all.

"If my servant dares to keep it a secret, I will send him to the countryside to farm!"

"..."

Zhang Mingzhong looked at Yang Zhengshan speechlessly, "My Lord, just say what you want us to do?"

Yang Zhengshan grinned and laughed, "Eunuch Zhang still understands me!"

"Ahem, I don't have anything else to do. I just want Eunuch Zhang to contact Eunuch Chen and talk about Nansheng!"

"Nansheng dared to let the Imperial Guard leave the imperial city, and the Imperial Guard dared to come to Chongshan Town to make trouble. If Nansheng is not warned, he will be more unscrupulous in the future!"

If he could, he would naturally not want to offend Nansheng, but there is no if.

As long as he is unwilling to hand over Wang Zhongzhi and Lu Hua to the Imperial Guard, offending Nansheng is the inevitable result.

As for the consequences of offending Nansheng!

It's really hard to say. Nansheng can't control him, but Emperor Yanping can.

If Nan Sheng said a few slanderous words to Emperor Yanping and made Emperor Yanping dissatisfied with him, his future life would definitely be very sad.

Zhang Mingzhong thought for a while, "If Eunuch Chen is unwilling, even if we go to the imperial mausoleum, we will not be able to see him!"

"I believe that Eunuch Zhang will definitely have a way!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Zhang Mingzhong used to be the eunuch in front of Emperor Chengping. Although his position was not high, his status in the imperial city was not low.

Yang Zhengshan would definitely not believe that he had no power in the imperial city.

As for the imperial mausoleum, it depends on Zhang Mingzhong's ability.

"We can try!"

Zhang Mingzhong hesitated for a while, but finally did not stop Yang Zhengshan's persuasion.

It was rare that Yang Zhengshan asked him for help, and he couldn't just refuse without any face.

"Haha, I knew that eunuch Zhang was a good man! Come and drink!"

"This is the best herbal wine!"

"Wu Hai, prepare ten jars of herbal wine and send them to eunuch Zhang's place!"

Yang Zhengshan ordered Wu Hai behind him.

Zhang Mingzhong heard the words, and the hesitation on his face immediately disappeared. He smiled and picked up the wine and drank it.

The best herbal wine!

Tsk tsk~~

It is really a good wine!

Although Yang Zhengshan would send him some herbal wine on weekdays, they were all ordinary goods.

Yang Zhengshan was still very stingy with this best herbal wine and usually would not send it out.

Because this best herbal wine contains precious medicine, at least ginseng that has grown into precious medicine has been added.

There are many ginsengs in the Lingquan space, but ginseng that has grown into precious medicine is still relatively rare. In addition, Yang Zhengshan has to keep some to continue growing, so it is particularly economical to use.

...

A few days later.

In the imperial city, Jiang Cheng stood outside the Tai Chi Hall, waiting uneasily.

He rushed back from Chongshan Town. Although he was beaten half to death by Yang Zhengshan, he still waited for his injuries and rushed all the way back to Kyoto.

The matter was not handled well and Yang Zhengshan was offended, which made people both angry and worried.

The one who was angry was naturally Yang Zhengshan, and the one who was worried was that he was afraid that Nan Sheng would deal with him.

After waiting for a moment, Nan Sheng walked out of Tai Chi Hall.

"What's the matter?" Nan Sheng looked at him and asked unhappily.

"My subordinates are not doing things well, please ask the father-in-law to deal with it!" Jiang Cheng knelt down and apologized.

Nan Sheng frowned, "Didn't you catch Wang Zhongzhi and Lu Hua?"

Jiang Cheng rested his head on the cold bluestone ground and said uneasily: "They disappeared in Chongshan Town. My subordinates originally wanted Marquis Jing'an to help search, but I didn't expect..."

He recounted what happened at Chongshan Pass with added detail.

After hearing this, Nan Sheng's expression became extremely gloomy.

A pair of eyes that make people feel cold as if they were quenched with poison.

"Jing'an Hou! Hum~~"

He snorted coldly, "Just back off first!"

Jiang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly kowtowed and left.

When he left, Nan Sheng frowned and thought for a moment, then turned around and returned to Tai Chi Hall.

After a while, he came to the imperial study room holding several memorials.

"Your Majesty, this is the memorial sent from Liaoyuan!" He placed the memorial on the desk.

Emperor Yanping looked at the memorial in his hand and asked, "Is there anything important?"

"Well, there are no important things, but Hu Dongchun, the censor of Liaoyuan, impeached the Marquis of Jing'an for seeking fame and reputation in the name of resettling refugees. As a result, the name of Marquis Jing'an's benevolence is now widely spread in Chongshan Town and Liaodong, so that the people only know the Marquis of Jing'an and don't know about the court. Nan Sheng lowered his head and said softly.

Emperor Yanping raised his head, a hint of vague dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

He picked up the memorial and opened it, looking at the contents on it, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.

Due to the drought in Liaodong, he was troubled by rumors that "the new emperor is immoral and will cause trouble to the people."

But Yang Zhengshan gained the reputation of benevolence because of the drought in Liaodong!

Comparing the two, Emperor Yanping was inevitably a little unbalanced.

What's more, the people only know Marquis Jing'an and don't know the court, which is even more disturbing to him.

A border town commander not only possesses a large number of troops, but also has a reputation for benevolence!

The first thought that came to Emperor Yanping's mind was that Marquis Jing'an could no longer be allowed to stay in Chongshan Town.

Now is just the beginning. If Marquis Jing'an is allowed to stay in Chongshan Town, Chongshan Town will probably become Marquis Jing'an's territory in the future.

Support your troops and respect yourself!

But then Emperor Yanping thought of the glass workshop, and he could still feel the loyalty of Marquis Jing'an.

Especially the excerpt that Yang Zhengshan presented to him, the excerpt about Huangshang Division, was in line with his wishes.

Unfortunately, due to the severe drought in Liaodong during this period, he never proposed the establishment of the Imperial Commercial Department in the court.

Next to him, Nan Sheng carefully looked at Emperor Yanping's face. Seeing that Emperor Yanping's face was sometimes gloomy and sometimes indifferent, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

So what about Marquis Jing'an, our family will use some tricks to make you walk around without food.

"I understand, please step back first!"

Emperor Yanping said.

"Here!" Nan Sheng bowed out of the study.

Emperor Yanping glanced at his back and waited for him to leave before closing the memorial in his hand.

"Send this memorial over!"

He said calmly.

As the voice fell, a figure in the corner behind him stepped forward, put away the memorial, and then retreated to the corner.

No, it didn’t go back, it just disappeared!

Emperor Yanping didn't pay attention to this and continued to handle the affairs of the court.

…

Daiei's imperial mausoleum is located at the foot of Mount Banzai, a hundred miles west of Kyoto. There are twenty-two splendid imperial mausoleums in the entire mausoleum, among which eighteen emperors, twenty-three empresses, six imperial concubines, and Dozens of concubines were buried with him.

In addition to the imperial mausoleums, there are more than a dozen concubine gardens and more than a dozen eunuch cemeteries in the mausoleum.

The entire mausoleum is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the area is vast. The tombs of these emperors are scattered on various slopes in the basin. The mausoleum complex is centered on the imperial mausoleum of Taizu Dayong, and is surrounded by green trees and jungles. among.

The imperial mausoleum is equipped with mausoleum supervisors, ancestral temples, sacred stables, orchards, hazelnut factories, etc., and is guarded by 30,000 mausoleum guards.

Among them, Chongling is the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Taiping. An imperial mausoleum is like a small city, containing three areas: the Shinto, the first courtyard, and the second courtyard.

The main buildings in the Shinto area include the stele pavilion of sacred merits and virtues.

The main buildings in the first courtyard include the Lin'en Gate, the Lin'en Hall, and the left and right side halls.

The second entrance courtyard mainly includes Lingxing Gate, Fangcheng Minglou, Baocheng, etc.

There are also ancillary buildings such as the divine kitchen, divine treasury, and slaughtering pavilion.

At this time, Chen Zhongshu was sitting at a desk in the left side hall, holding a brush and writing something unknown.

"Daddy, there is a letter sent from Chongshan Town!"

A eunuch in his thirties came to Chen Zhongshu and said softly.

"Chongshan Town! Zhang Mingzhong's?" Chen Zhongshu raised his head, revealing a wrinkled face.

The loose skin, slightly sunken eye sockets, and rough wrinkles all show his age.

But his eyes were particularly deep, as if there was a bottomless tranquility.

"It's his letter!"

"That's all, let's take a look!"

Chen Zhongshu took the letter and opened it. After reading the contents of the letter, a smile appeared on his face.

However, he did not say much, just put the letter aside and continued to write.

About half a quarter of an hour later, he put away the pen, picked up the paper on the table and blew it dry gently.

"Send this over!"

"As for Zhang Mingzhong, let him stay in Chongshan Town with peace of mind!"

...

Chongshan Pass, in the study room in the front yard of the Marquis' Mansion.

Yang Zhengshan told Yang Mingcheng and Yang Chengmao: "Keep a low profile after going to Kyoto this time. Except for discussing marriage with the Haichangbo Mansion, don't pay attention to other things!"

"If you encounter trouble, you can go to the Changping Marquis Mansion for help!"

"As for the New Year's gift, except for the Ningguo Mansion, Changping Marquis Mansion and Dongping Marquis Mansion, you don't have to go in person to the others, just let the servants deliver it!"

It was actually a bit risky for Yang Mingcheng and Yang Chengmao to go to Kyoto at this critical moment.

Yang Zhengshan has already offended Nansheng, and there is no guarantee that Nansheng will use some insidious means to deal with Yang Mingcheng.

But we can't stop going to Kyoto just because we are afraid of Nansheng!

It is obviously impossible not to go to Kyoto. Even if the New Year's gift can be sent by servants, Yang Chengmao's marriage cannot be delayed forever.

If he doesn't go before the New Year, will Nansheng not cause trouble after the New Year?

So Yang Zhengshan decided to let Yang Mingcheng go to Kyoto. He had to go through the dragon's den and tiger's den to know whether it was true or false.

"Don't worry, Dad, I will be careful!" Yang Mingcheng said cautiously.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and looked at Wu Zhan standing next to him, "You should go with me too!"

"Okay! Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will protect you!" Wu Zhan said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "He doesn't need your protection, just don't let him get into trouble!"

Yang Mingcheng's temperament is too honest. Although he acts calmly, he sometimes doesn't think too much and is more easily fooled.

In contrast, Wu Zhan was originally a disciple of the Tianqing Sword School. He had been in the martial arts world in his early years, and he has been able to stand on his own in the Yang family over the years, so Yang Zhengshan felt that it was more appropriate for him to accompany Yang Mingcheng.

"Yes!" Wu Zhan said.

Yang Zhengshan stood up and looked out the window, "Okay, you can set off!"

Then, Yang Mingcheng took Yang Chengmao out of the Marquis' Mansion. Dozens of guards and carriages that had been there for more than a decade were already waiting outside the Marquis' Mansion.