Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

February 26th.

The Yang family members were escorted by more than a dozen warships to the dock of Jinhaiwei.

After getting off the lucky boat, Yang Zhengshan saw a group of figures standing on the pier at a glance.

"Xue Changan, the lower official, has met Mr. Yang Hou!" Seeing Yang Zhengshan get off the boat, Xue Changan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hands.

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "Uncle Xue, I don't have to be polite!"

"Yes, yes, my family, haha~" Xue Changan laughed.

The two of them were polite, and then Xue Changan took Yang Zhengshan and others to the acropolis of Jinhaiwei.

Jinhaiwei's acropolis is not that big, it is just a small city, not as big as the original Tenglongwei acropolis.

And Jinhaiwei's navy is far inferior to Tenglong Vanguard.

To be honest, Xue Changan's ability is very average. He has been in charge of Jinhaiwei for more than 20 years, but he has not made much achievements.

However, the family tradition of Haichang Bofu is not bad, and there is no bad reputation in either Kyoto or Jin Haiwei.

When they arrived at Xue Mansion, Yang Zhengshan chatted with Xue Changan. Their chat mainly focused on Tenglong Wei's sea trade business.

In recent years, Haichangbo Mansion has used Xue Ping's relationship to establish a relationship with Tenglongwei, and has made a lot of money from Tenglongwei's sea trade.

However, Xue Changan lives up to his name and has a temperament that makes him happy when he is a little rich. It is clear that their maritime trade business can be bigger, but Xue Changan just guards these warships and has no intention of expanding the business.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with being a little rich. It is more stable this way and will not attract attention or be coveted.

If Xue Changan expands his business, he may not be able to keep his position as the commander of Jinhaiwei.

The two chatted casually about home affairs. In the backyard, Yu Qingyi was also talking to Hai Changbo's wife Xue Wu, and Xue Yun, the eldest granddaughter of the Xue family, was also there.

This was specifically for Yu Qingyi to take a look at Xue Yun, his future granddaughter-in-law.

Xue Yun has a beautiful appearance with a hint of heroism, her cheeks are pink and white, and her sparkling eyes are as smart as water.

Although she was born into a noble family, she did not practice martial arts. Her fingertips were like bamboo shoots and her wrists were like white lotus roots.

However, the little girl is not squeamish, and she is very generous when facing Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi is quite satisfied with this little girl. It doesn't matter if she has never practiced martial arts. It is not too late to practice martial arts after marrying into the Yang family. She is not old anyway.

Besides, the Yang family only allows family members to practice martial arts to keep fit, and it does not require everyone to become a martial arts master.

In the main room, Yu Qingyi looked at the delicate little girl and reached out to take the box that had been prepared from Qingxia's hand.

"I came in a hurry and didn't prepare anything. I bought this pair of bracelets before. The style is pretty good. I gave them to Miss Xue today!"

As she spoke, she handed the box to Xue Yun.

Xue Yun looked at her grandmother, Mrs. Xue Wu, who smiled and said, "I still haven't thanked Mrs. Hou!"

Xue Yun took the box and bowed, "Yun'er thanks Madam Hou!"

Yu Qingyi looked at the elegant little girl and felt a little more fondness in her heart, but she did not talk to the little girl again.

It is not appropriate to talk too much at this time, as it may make the little girl think too much.

Then she chatted with Xue Wu about their daily life until the evening, when the Xue family hosted a banquet for everyone in the Yang family. Tonight, the Yang family would rest in Jinhai Acropolis for the night before setting off for Kyoto early tomorrow morning.

Tsukaiwei is only a hundred miles away from Kyoto. If you take a carriage, you can reach it in less than a day.

Since the Yang family came by boat this time, the carriage was not transported together, only a dozen horses were transported.

But there was no need to worry. Early the next morning, Xue Changan had already prepared a carriage for the Yang family and loaded all the belongings brought by the Yang family onto the carriage.

Yang Zhengshan said goodbye to Xue Changan and headed towards Kyoto with more than 20 carriages and everyone in the Yang family.

They set off early in the morning and rested for a while on the road at noon. In the afternoon, they saw Guangtong Gate in Kyoto.

Guangtong Gate is the only city gate on the east side of Kyoto's outer city. It consists of three parts: a city tower, an arrow tower and an urn. It is symmetrical to Guang'an Gate on the west side of Kyoto's outer city.

Arriving in front of the city gate, Yang Zhengshan handed over his Hou Seal to the imperial guards on duty for inspection, and entered the Wengcheng smoothly.

The urn city at Guangtong Gate is very unique. In general, the urn city in a city is used as a war preparation site. There are no buildings or residents inside, but the urn city at Guangtong Gate has several shops.

There are four or five shops on each side of Wengcheng, forming a small commercial street, much like a miniature town.

You can enter Kyoto only after passing through the Wengcheng, but the Marquis Mansion is in the west city of Kyoto, so the Yang family's team has to pass through most of Kyoto to get to the Marquis Mansion.

The prosperity of Kyoto is naturally not comparable to that of Chongshan Pass. The children of the Yang family were sitting on the carriage, listening to the noisy sounds on the streets, and couldn't help but poke their heads out to look around.

From time to time he would exclaim, as if he had never seen the world before.

Well, they have really never seen the world. They have been living in Liaodong and Chongshan Town since they were raised, and they have never been to any prosperous place.

The long queue walking down the street was a bit eye-catching, but most passers-by just glanced at it briefly and stopped paying attention.

Because such convoys often appear in Kyoto, either leaving or entering Beijing.

This Kyoto is like a huge stage. When you finish singing, we will appear on the stage. The vast number of people who enter Beijing enjoy great glory, while the disgraced people who leave Beijing are already considered lucky.

No matter whether you are a powerful person or an official, during the more than three hundred years of great prosperity, you and I have come and gone in the city of Kyoto.

As soon as Yang Zhengshan entered Kyoto, many dignitaries in Kyoto received the news.

Duke Ning's Mansion.

In the antique Nuang Pavilion, Zhou Mao was playing chess with a gray-haired old man.

The two old men were fighting for their own good and they were inseparable.

A strong man came in from the door and saw that they were playing chess quietly. He did not come forward to disturb them. He just stood quietly and waited.

After about a cup of tea, Zhou Mao threw the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard and said with a helpless expression: "I haven't beaten you in all these years!"

The old man opposite stroked his gray beard and laughed loudly, "I told you a long time ago that with your chess skills, you are no match for me even if you practice for another hundred years!"

After listening to his sarcastic words, Zhou Mao was not angry. He took a sip of tea and then looked at the muscular man next to him.

The muscular man immediately stepped forward and whispered: "The Marquis of Jingan has entered the city!"

Zhou Mao nodded calmly, then waved his hand to indicate that the muscular man could leave.

"Jing'an Marquis, is that the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town?" the old man opposite asked with great interest.

"Well, Yang Zhengshan, Marquis of Jingan, was the one who burned down the 70,000 troops of the Wuliang Hu tribe!" Zhou Mao said.

The old man was very surprised, "Why is he back? Shouldn't he be in Chongshan Town?"

Zhou Mao glanced at him angrily, "Don't you pay attention to things in the court?"

"Chaotang, haha~" the old man said with disdain, "I don't want to worry about those messy things! If I have that time, I might as well sleep in!"

Zhou Mao also understood the temperament of his old friend and knew that he was not interested in political affairs in the court, so he didn't bother to talk about him anymore. Instead, he explained: "Years ago, the Marquis of Jing'an was promoted to the right-hand governor of the Left Army. Commander! Lan'er has taken over as the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town!"

"Promotion!" The old man raised his eyebrows, his snow-like brows full of mockery, "Who did he offend?"

"I don't know, maybe His Majesty is dissatisfied with him!" Zhou Mao said.

"Your Majesty!" The old man lowered his eyes, "Then it seems that he can only retire in Kyoto in the future!"

"Haha, Chongshan Town is really a good place!" He laughed self-deprecatingly.

Zhou Mao poured tea for him and said, "What you said is wrong. Marquis Chang Ping also served as the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town!"

"So he can't lead the troops now!" the old man said.

"..."

Zhou Mao was speechless.

This Chongshan Town seems to be really not a good place.

Since more than thirty years ago, the successive commander-in-chiefs of Chongshan Town have not ended well. We can’t say there’s no good ending, we can only say there’s no good future.

Zhang Shouwang, the Marquis of Dingyuan, was dismissed from his post due to his defeat in Fushan City, which led to the decline of the entire Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Liang Chu, the Marquis of Changping, had wiped out the Hu tribe in the East China Sea, but now he is no longer leading the army and serves as the left governor of the Central Army Commandery.

Ji Feiyu, haha, let’s not talk about this.

Now it's Yang Zhengshan's turn. Yang Zhengshan, who has made great military achievements, has now returned to Beijing to retire.

Based on this calculation, starting from Jiang Zhen, the general who conquered the north more than 30 years ago, none of the five generals in Chongshan Town have been reused.

The Marquis of Changping, Liang Chu, was slightly better, and he served as the commander of the Forbidden Army for several years.

"That's all, you and I are both idlers now, we shouldn't take care of these things!" Zhou Mao said with some sadness.

The old man put down the tea and smiled, "How about another round?"

"Come!"

Zhou Mao fought repeatedly and was defeated, and defeated and fought again and again, but he was not discouraged at all.

Picking up the chess pieces, the two started fighting again.

…

Dai Wangfu.

A burly young man was wielding a spear in the martial arts training ground. The dark iron spear was like nothing in his hand. The spear was dancing, and the spear points were criss-crossing within three feet of him, making it airtight.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!!"

At this moment, a little eunuch ran over happily.

The young man in the martial arts training ground put away his spear and glared at the young eunuch with dissatisfaction, "Didn't I tell you before? You can't disturb me when I'm practicing my spear!"

The young man in front of him is the fourth son of the emperor.

Today's Emperor Yanping has five sons and six daughters. When he ascended the throne, he gave titles to all his children.

The eldest son of the emperor, Prince An, is twenty-one years old this year and is the son of the empress Yu.

The second prince, Prince Ning, is nineteen years old this year and is the son of the imperial concubine Zhang.

The third prince died young.

The fourth prince is the king, he is sixteen years old, and he is also the daughter of Queen Yu. He is the young man in front of him.

The fifth prince, King Hui, is thirteen years old and is the daughter of the noble concubine Lan.

The sixth prince, King De, is ten years old and is the daughter of the noble concubine Wang.

Among them, King Hui and King De are currently living in the palace because they are still young. King An, King Ning and King Dai have all built mansions outside the palace.

King Dai just built his mansion this year, and it has been less than a month since he moved to live in King Dai's mansion.

The young eunuch smiled naively, "Your Highness, Marquis Jing'an has entered the capital!"

When Dai Wang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Really!"

"Really, Liu Bin saw with his own eyes the convoy of the Marquis of Jing'an entering the city from Guangtong Gate, but it hasn't arrived at the Marquis' Mansion yet!" Xiao Anzi said.

"Where's Liu Bin?" Dai Wang put away his gun and asked.

"He still wants to keep an eye on the convoy of the Marquis of Jing'an, so let him come back and report it first!" Xiao Anzi said.

King Dai's eyes shone brightly, "Go quickly and take out the things I have prepared! Let's go visit Marquis Jing'an now!"

"Ah, Your Highness, it's getting late now!" Xiao Anzi reminded.

King Dai raised his head and looked at the sky. It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the sunset glow spread across the sky like flames.

He scratched his head, "Then let's visit again tomorrow?"

"Hey, Your Highness, it's not too late to go tomorrow. Since Marquis Jing'an is back, Your Highness doesn't have to be in a hurry!" Xiao Anzi said.

"Well, you're right!"

King Dai calmed down, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go and see the gift for Marquis Jing'an!"

With that said, he threw the spear on the weapon rack and strode toward the warehouse in the distance.

…

Imperial Guards Department of the Imperial City.

Nan Sheng's eyes grew colder as he listened to Jiang Cheng's report.

"Lord Governor, do we want~~" Jiang Cheng waved his palm and made a chopping gesture.

Nan Sheng looked at him with eyes like a poisonous snake, which made Jiang Cheng shudder.

"Don't use your little tricks on our family, otherwise our family will make your life worse than death!"

When Jiang Cheng heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and he knelt down on the ground, "I don't dare!"

"You'd better not dare!"

Nan Sheng looked at him coldly, and then said: "Since the Marquis of Jing'an has entered the capital, he can no longer make trouble! What we have to do is not deal with the Marquis of Jing'an, do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand!" Jiang Cheng knelt on the ground and whispered.

"Send a message to the south and ask them that Marquis Jing'an has returned to Beijing, what should we do next!" Nan Sheng said coldly.

"Yes!" Jiang Cheng said.

Nan Sheng stood up and glanced at Jiang Cheng, who was still kneeling on the ground, "Don't do anything to make our family angry, otherwise you should know the consequences."

After that, he walked out of the lobby of the Imperial Guard Department.

Jiang Cheng crawled towards the entrance of the lobby, "I would like to send you my best wishes to the governor!"

After Nan Sheng's figure completely disappeared outside the door, Jiang Cheng raised his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

After Nan Sheng left the Imperial Guards Division, he immediately came to the Imperial Study Room in Taiji Hall.