Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 468 Soothing people
"So does everyone in the family have to move to Kyoto?" Yu Qingyi continued to ask.

"Mingzhi and Minghao will definitely stay in Chongshan Town. As for the Li and Liang families, you can ask them for their opinions."

It was naturally impossible for Yang Zhengshan to bring a large group of soldiers back to Beijing this time. Apart from the Yang family, he could only bring his personal guard battalion at most.

He was unable to arrange positions for everyone in Kyoto, so Yang Mingzhi, Yang Minghao, Yang Mingwu, Yang Mingzhen and others had to stay in Chongshan Town.

Yu Qingyi nodded, "Ah, in this case, the children will be separated!"

She was somewhat reluctant to leave her children at home.

Although she sometimes feels that these little guys are noisy, she will definitely miss them when they are separated.

She is a real grandmother and her relationship with her children is genuine.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mingzhi and Minghao won't leave all the children behind."

Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao are not stupid, so how could they not know the benefits of letting the children follow Yang Zhengshan.

Maybe they would keep their young children with them, but when the children grow up, they would definitely send them to Kyoto.

"That's right, but after we get to Kyoto, we have to hire a good teacher for the children! The teachers at home will definitely not follow us to Kyoto!" Yu Qingyi said.

"Well, you take charge of the arrangements. After we leave, we can't ignore the teachers at home. You should find a yard in the city and build a school for them!" Yang Zhengshan said.

The Yang family employed six gentlemen, all of whom were older scholars.

However, they not only taught the children of the Yang family. Many children of officials in the city also went to school in the Yang family's school, such as Song Dashan, Luo Feiyu, Yang Mingzhen, Yang Mingwu and so on.

So even if the Yang family moved away, these six gentlemen would not lose their jobs.

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan discussed many things with Yu Qingyi.

……

The thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yang Zhengshan's promotion documents were finally delivered to Chongshan Pass, and the news that Yang Zhengshan was about to leave Chongshan Town could no longer be concealed.

For a time, the officialdom of Chongshan Town was shaken, and the soldiers at Chongshan Pass also became panic-stricken.

The impact of Yang Zhengshan's departure from Chongshan Town was enormous.

From the General's Office to the various lieutenant generals' shogunate and various government offices, to the five camps of the town flag, the six major agents, and so on, all will be affected.

And Yang Zhengshan still has a lot of things to do.

The silver owed by the General's Mansion, nearly one million refugees who had just been resettled, many policies and plans that had already been formulated, the glass workshop, and so on.

If these things are not arranged properly, they may cause unrest.

Take the silver owed by the General's Mansion for example, it was more than 15 million taels, and many merchants in Liaodong, soldiers, military households, and civilians in Chongshan Town all had a share.

If he fails to pay it back, Yang Zhengshan's reputation for benevolence will probably turn into a bad reputation in an instant!
The refugees have just been received and resettled, and subsequent management and land reclamation are the top priorities.

The glass workshop involves huge interests. With Yang Zhengshan around, no one dares to get involved in the glass workshop. But if Yang Zhengshan leaves, no one can guarantee whether the glass workshop can continue to exist.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan could be said to be involving the interests of the entire Chongshan Town with his own person.

Once Yang Zhengshan moves, the entire Chongshan Town will move.

I have to say that Emperor Yanping’s actions this time were really inappropriate!
Perhaps Emperor Yanping did not know that Yang Zhengshan would have such a great influence on Chongshan Town!
In his mind, Yang Zhengshan was probably no different from the generals of other border towns, but in fact, Yang Zhengshan was very different from the generals of other border towns.

The generals of other border towns may also have strong control over the soldiers under their command, but they definitely do not have so many interests involved.

In order to stabilize the situation in Chongshan Town, Yang Zhengshan had to get busy again.

After having someone arrange for the military officials who were coming to deliver the dispatch documents, Yang Zhengshan immediately summoned his generals to a meeting in the lobby of the general's mansion.

In the lobby, Yang Zhengshan sat in the main seat and drank tea slowly.

Six lieutenant generals, five guerrilla generals and five camp officers, a total of sixteen people, sat in the hall with solemn expressions.

Seeing them like this, Yang Zhengshan's mouth corners curled up slightly.

"Okay, although this happened a little suddenly, you don't have to worry too much!"

"Chongshan Town won't be in chaos, and you won't be mobilized. You will still do what you are supposed to do next!"

Yang Zhengshan said in a calm tone.

"My Lord, what should we do from now on?" Xie Yuan was still worried.

How can they not worry?

Especially Xie Yuan, he is Yang Zhengshan’s confidant and was promoted by Yang Zhengshan.

Without Yang Zhengshan, he felt like he had lost his roots.

Others have different thoughts.

The Yang family members naturally wanted to follow Yang Zhengshan. In order to follow Yang Zhengshan, Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others even left the imperial guards three years ago.

Now, Yang Zhengshan is going to Kyoto, while they have to stay in Chongshan Town.

As for Niu Zhuang, Tang Feihu, Zhang Chengzhi and Qin He, although their relationship with Yang Zhengshan is a little distant, they are also willing to follow Yang Zhengshan.

Although Yang Zhengshan had many requirements and assigned them many tasks, which sometimes gave them a headache, Yang Zhengshan had one advantage, which was that he never placed anyone under their command.

Yang Zhengshan did not place anyone under their command, which meant that he would not take away their power, nor would he let them engage in intrigue with their subordinates all day long.

Working under Yang Zhengshan might be a little tiring, but it is very worry-free.

The four men from Niuzhuang understood this point very well. After all, they were under the command of Ji Feiyu in the beginning. At that time, Ji Feiyu wanted to sideline all of their lieutenant generals.

In order to appease everyone, Yang Zhengshan did not keep them in suspense and said directly: "General Zhou Lan will take over the post of the general. You must believe in General Zhou Lan's ability!"

After saying that, he looked towards Niuzhuang.

When Niu Zhuang heard this, he was surprised at first, then he was overjoyed.

"Don't worry, I will not ignore Chongshan Town even if I leave it."

"When General Zhou comes, you must cooperate with her as you did before. I won't go into details about how to do it, but I believe you should know the answer!"

"I have only two requests for you. First, do not cause unrest in Chongshan Town. Second, obey General Zhou Lan's orders. If anyone dares to disobey, you should know my temper!"

Yang Zhengshan grinned, and the sharpness in his eyes made everyone shudder. Everyone bowed and obeyed, and quickly expressed that they would obey General Zhou Lan's orders.

Seeing that they were no longer worried, Yang Zhengshan let them go for the time being.

After they left, Yang Zhengshan summoned the officials of the general's mansion to a meeting.

This time when Yang Zhengshan returned to Beijing, he couldn't even take Lu Wenhua with him. As for whether Zhou Lan would use Lu Wenhua, Yang Zhengshan was not worried at all.

Zhou Lan will most likely use Lu Wenhua, because Lu Wenhua is very capable. It is not easy to be the chief steward of the General's Mansion. Lu Wenhua can manage the many departments of the General's Mansion in an orderly manner, which is enough to prove his ability.

Even if Zhou Lan did not use Lu Wenhua and arranged her own people to manage the General's Mansion, Yang Zhengshan believed that Zhou Lan would make proper arrangements for Lu Wenhua.

After the meeting with the officials of the General's Mansion, Yang Zhengshan met with Pang Tang again.

Pang Tang was also worried. He was planning to achieve great achievements in Chongshan Town. If Yang Zhengshan left Chongshan Town, the great achievements he wanted would most likely be abandoned halfway.

In order to calm people's hearts, Yang Zhengshan first appeased Pang Tang, and then summoned major officials from the Dusi Yamen, the Provincial Administration Office, and the Censorate to hold a meeting.

Within one day, Yang Zhengshan held three meetings and managed to calm everyone down.

In the following days, Yang Zhengshan held meetings with everyone frequently. The mood was stabilized, but Yang Zhengshan had to finalize the follow-up plans before leaving Chongshan Town.

For example, the road construction plan originally formulated by Yang Zhengshan has been less than half built so far, and the remaining half will continue to be built next year.

For example, Yang Zhengshan planned to set up the Black Cloud Guard Lieutenant General's Headquarters in the northwest of Chongshan Town. To add an additional lieutenant general, he needed to set up four to five guards in the west of Black Cloud Mountain and relocate more than 20,000 military households.

According to Yang Zhengshan's idea, in two to three years, Chongshan Town should make a large-scale entry into the western region of the north, which is the grassland connected to the Wulianghu tribe.

He was planning to build a super-large horse farm in the western part of the north. For this horse farm, he also wanted to add another lieutenant general, relocate four to six guards, and then build a garrison, gradually eroding the living space of the Wulianghu tribe.

If Yang Zhengshan's plan is implemented, Chongshan Town will become a border town with eight lieutenant generals and 150,000 soldiers in ten years.

At that time, Yang Zhengshan could join forces with Beiyuan Town to drive the Wulianghu tribe to the north or the desert northwest of Dayong.

This was a ten-year plan that Yang Zhengshan had already thought of.

Unfortunately, now he can only ask Zhou Lan to complete it, and he doesn't know if Zhou Lan can do it well.

He did not doubt Zhou Lan's ability, but Zhou Lan would definitely not be as good as Yang Zhengshan in many things without the assistance of the spiritual spring water.

At this point, Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to convey his ideas to the soldiers and officials in Chongshan Town as much as possible, hoping that they could train Zhou Lan to complete his plan.

On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yang Zhengshan received a reply from Zhou Lan. In the letter, Zhou Lan stated that she would manage Chongshan Town according to his plan. At the same time, Zhou Lan also said that she would set off for Chongshan Town after the New Year and was expected to arrive in Chongshan Town in the late first lunar month.

After receiving Zhou Lan's reply, Yang Zhengshan felt more relieved.

As for the imperial court, everything was still calm. There was actually not much attention paid to the matter of transferring Yang Zhengshan back to Kyoto and letting Zhou Lan serve as the general of Chongshan Town.

Among the nine frontiers of Darong, Chongshan Town's status was not high, barely ranking in the middle. Although Yang Zhengshan had made great military achievements, he had never stayed in Kyoto, let alone attended a morning court session.

Therefore, the civil and military officials in the court did not pay much attention to him.

Yang Zhengshan was also helpless about this. He was not in Kyoto, and many things were inconvenient to do.

For example, this time Emperor Yanping transferred him back to Kyoto. By the time he got the news, the matter had already been decided. If he was in Kyoto, he might be able to mediate.

As time passed, the Yang family welcomed the new year.

The first day of the first lunar month, the second year of Yanping.

Yang Zhengshan called Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao to the study.

He has been too busy these days and hasn't had a good chat with his two sons.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan sat on one side, while Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao sat on the other side of the coffee table.

"I won't say much about other things, you already know everything you need to know!"

"I have two things to tell you today!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the two brothers with calm eyes.

The two brothers felt his gaze and immediately became serious, pretending to listen attentively.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile when he saw them like this.

"The first thing! Actually, you should all know it!"

"Our Yang family is now a noble family, but there is only one title, and that belongs to your eldest brother. You two brothers know this!"

Yang Mingzhi nodded slightly, "Dad, we understand!"

The title is usually inherited by the eldest son, unless he dies young, then it will be the turn of other brothers.

And in the noble families, there were countless cases of brothers killing each other in order to fight for the right to inherit the title.

Yang Zhengshan was very happy that nothing like this had happened in the Yang family at the moment, not even a hint of it.

Neither the two brothers Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao, nor the two sisters-in-law Li and Liang, did anything wrong because of this.

Of course, the most important thing is that Lian Yu Qingyi never thought about competing for the title for Ming Zhao.

Yang Zhengshan had never thought of letting Mingzhao inherit the title, firstly because of the order of seniority, if he did so, the Yang family would fall apart first. Secondly, Yang Zhengshan had other plans for Mingzhao, in this world power and wealth are just superficial, the real foundation is one's own cultivation and strength.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and continued, "As for your eldest brother, he will stay in Kyoto in the future. You all know his temper. He is good at taking care of the family affairs, but as for other matters, it is better not to let him interfere."

Honest children are likely to suffer losses. Yang Mingcheng's honest character is really not suitable for officialdom. Even if he is in Kyoto, he will not get involved in court affairs. The best plan for him is to practice at home honestly and become a congenital warrior as soon as possible.

"As for you, I will take care of you in Kyoto from now on, but you will have to walk your own path in the future!"

Yang Mingzhi already has the ability to stand on his own, while Yang Minghao is still a little short of that, but he's almost there.

In the past, everyone was in Chongshan Town or Liaodong. Even if they were separated, Yang Zhengshan could take care of them. But in the future, Yang Zhengshan will stay in Kyoto, and he will most likely stay in Chongshan Town, or be transferred to other border towns, and they may not see each other for several years.

So Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but give them some instructions.

"Don't worry, Dad. My second brother and I will take good care of ourselves!" Yang Minghao grinned.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, his eyes becoming blurred.

He recalled the first time he met Yang Minghao. At that time, Yang Minghao was still a teenager, working as an apprentice in a blacksmith shop.

At that time, Yang Minghao was dark, thin and dirty.

And now he has become a tall and strong general!
(End of this chapter)