Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

In the account office, Yang Zhengshan sat on the desk with great determination, while Xu Zhen and others outside the door looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Sir, there was a shortage of 30 stones of grain and grass last month!"

"Sir, there was a problem with the withdrawal of silver and money in May. Thirty pieces of silk were actually purchased!"

"Sir, there are 20 fewer ox-tendon bows in the warehouse!"

As Yang Chengxu and others checked the accounts, one problem after another was placed in front of Yang Zhengshan, and the officials outside the door could not help but sweat on their foreheads.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Ox-tendon bows?"

"Well, there were 100 ox-tendon bows in the warehouse in March this year, but now there are only 80 left, and there is no record of any out-of-warehouse!" Yang Chengxu said.

The outflow of military equipment is a big deal.

If it is found out, it will cost you your life.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at Xu Zhen and others outside the door and nodded calmly.

Xu Zhen couldn't sit still any longer, "Sir, please excuse me for a moment."

"What? Just say it here!" Yang Zhengshan looked at him with a half-smile.

"This~~"

Xu Zhen hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and approached Yang Zhengshan, lowering his voice and saying, "Sir, this was done by Sir Zhang."

"You didn't participate?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"No, absolutely not!" Xu Zhen shook his head like a rattle.

Yang Zhengshan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and quietly waited for Yang Chengxu and others to continue checking the accounts.

About an hour later, Yang Chengxu and others finally finished checking the account books.

There were many problems, and there were many very serious problems. If all of them were exposed, it would be enough to chop off the heads of these corrupt officials in front of them.

"Do you have anything to explain?"

Yang Zhengshan asked indifferently.

Xu Zhen and others all bowed their heads and remained silent, as if they had become dumb.

"Since there is no explanation, I will take it as your confession!" Yang Zhengshan continued.

Xu Zhen raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.

Confess?

Why confess?

Isn't this a common thing?

What kind of crime is it?

He didn't think he was guilty, because they all did it this way.

Perhaps in his eyes, this kind of thing was very normal.

On the contrary, it was a bit abnormal for Yang Zhengshan to be so serious about making them confess with these things.

"My lord, do you want our lives?" Xu Zhen finally reacted.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "It's not that I want your lives, but you have violated the national law and military law!"

He was not a person who liked to make trouble. If these officials had people available, he didn't mind accepting them.

But he couldn't tolerate a group of corrupt officials working under him. He still had a lot of things to do in the future, and he couldn't let a group of corrupt officials drag him down.

So he followed the principle of "better to have nothing than to have something bad" and cleaned up all these corrupt officials first.

"My lord, aren't you afraid of offending the public?" Xu Zhen was annoyed, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Public outrage? Are you the public, or are those poor soldiers outside the public?"

"You said I am afraid of offending public outrage, but I also want to ask you if you are afraid of the soldiers under your command rebelling?"

Yang Zhengshan smiled disdainfully. It seems to be normal for officials to protect each other in Chongshan Town.

If this was in Guancheng, Yang Zhengshan would definitely not be so reckless to reveal this, but this is Yinghe Fort, he is the chief officer of Yinghe Fort, and his thigh is the superior of Yinghe Fort.

Even if he can't cover this matter, Zhou Lan can cover it.

This is the importance of holding a thigh.

"Catch them!" Yang Zhengshan has decided to hand these people over to Zhou Lan for processing.

"Who dares!"

At the critical moment of life and death, Xu Zhen couldn't help but go crazy.

Before the surrounding soldiers took action, he actually attacked Yang Zhengshan first.

The long fist swung, carrying a sharp gust of wind, and hit Yang Zhengshan's face directly.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand suddenly, and a big slap hit him in the face.

This slap was really loud.

The sound of "slap" spread like thunder, and the people who were still ready to move froze.

The next moment, Xu Zhen fell to the ground like a broken sack.

"Dare to attack me, do you look down on me?"

Yang Zhengshan really didn't expect Xu Zhen to attack, but after thinking about it, it seems understandable that Xu Zhen would attack.

If they really committed the crimes, they would be punished if they didn't die.

In this case, they might as well make a big deal and start a war. Then they would kill Yang Zhengshan first, and they would have some room for maneuver.

But he seemed to underestimate Yang Zhengshan's strength and overestimated his own strength.

Xu Zhen is also a post-natal warrior, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the position of deputy thousand households.

But he is only the first level of post-natal.

Yang Zhengshan is also the first level of post-natal, but the gap between the two is still obvious.

"Are you going to attack too?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the official next to him.

They shuddered all over, shrinking their heads like quails.

Attack?

Don't be ridiculous.

A good man never suffers a loss in front of him.

Attacking Yang Zhengshan is tantamount to seeking death. They would rather go to jail or be handed over to the Weisi Yamen for processing.

In that case, they might be able to ask for help from others to get away with it.

Seeing them like this, Yang Zhengshan sneered, "Put them all in jail!"

Yang Mingwu and others said nothing and unceremoniously stepped forward to capture all the officials.

Xu Zhen fainted after being slapped by Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Mingwu dragged him away like a dead dog.

However, in this way, the officials of Yinghebao were wiped out by Yang Zhengshan, and how to manage Yinghebao and other garrisons in the future was still a problem.

After Yang Mingwu put Xu Zhen and others in prison, Yang Zhengshan immediately asked Yang Mingwu and Yang Chengxu to lead people to Xiangyuanbao and Sanshanbao separately.

Today, in order to welcome Yang Zhengshan to take office, the garrison officials of Xiangyuanbao and Sanshanbao also came, and now they are all imprisoned in the prison.

So Yang Mingwu and Yang Chengxu did not encounter any trouble in taking over these two garrisons.

In the next two days, Yang Zhengshan stabilized the garrison towers under his rule while fully understanding the situation of all garrison towers.

As he thought, there were three garrisons, more than 20 fire road towers and beacon towers, and the military households in each place lived a miserable life.

Especially in the severe drought, the three garrisons were fine, as they all had deep wells, so drinking water was not a problem, but for those towers and beacons, drinking water became a problem.

Therefore, the second thing Yang Zhengshan did after taking office was to arrange ox carts and mule carts to deliver water to each tower and beacon.

As for the training of soldiers, now the soldiers have a problem drinking water, how can they train?

Not to mention Yang Zhengshan, even Zhou Lan is the same.

After Yang Mingzhi and others followed Zhou Lan to Jianning Guard, they were not put into the training at all, but followed the soldiers to dig wells.

At this time, Zhou Lan faced a more troublesome situation than Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan only managed three garrisons, while Zhou Lan had to face more than a dozen garrisons and more than 100,000 military households.

At this time, Zhou Lan could not take care of Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Zhengshan had no time to pay attention to the situation of Jianning Guard and Chongshan Pass.