Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 489: Accepting a Disciple and Becoming a Master

The two of them made an agreement, and An Yuxing immediately asked someone to summon his great-grandson An Chenhui.

Well, a very handsome guy, but he looks a little immature.

"Hui'er, this is Marquis Jing'an. He will be your master from now on!" An Yuxing said.

An Chenhui looked at Yang Zhengshan in a daze, then at An Yuxing, and suddenly knelt on the ground, but he was kneeling not for Yang Zhengshan, but for An Yuxing.

"Ancestor, you don't want me anymore!" An Chenhui looked aggrieved, his eyes slightly red, and he almost cried.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan suddenly froze and looked at An Chenhui in confusion.

what does this mean?
What do you mean the ancestors don’t want him anymore?
An Yuxing's face darkened. "You stupid idiot, when did I say I don't want you anymore?"

An Chenhui looked at Yang Zhengshan again and said timidly in a low voice: "But why did the ancestor want to find a master for Huier!"

An Yuxing felt helpless and he didn't know what was going on!

When he brought An Chenhui home, An Chenhui was apparently a smart and well-behaved child. But over the past few years, An Chenhui seemed to have changed into a different person, becoming timid and stupid, and being cautious all day long.

Although he was angry, since he was his beloved great-grandson, An Yuxing could only be patient and explain, "Marquis Jing'an is good at teaching his disciples. It is your blessing to have him as your teacher."

"And you can still live here in the future and come back anytime."

Hearing this, the grievance on An Chenhui's face immediately disappeared a lot, "Really!"

"Really!" An Yuxing said unhappily with a dark face.

"Haha~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

This An Chenhui is quite interesting. At this time, he probably saw An Chenhui's worries and concerns.

In fact, this really cannot be blamed on An Chenhui, the only person to blame is An Yuxing.

After two contacts, he could feel that An Yuxing's temper was not very good. If he didn't have Baicao Niang and other drinks, An Yuxing probably wouldn't have paid any attention to him.

Moreover, An Yuxing was not a kind elder, especially since he had always lived in Sanshan Valley and did not have much affection for his descendants.

Imagine a teenager suddenly has to follow his legendary great-grandfather to a strange place, and this great-grandfather has a very strange temper. How can this teenager not be cautious?
Moreover, it is estimated that before An Chenhui came to Sanshan Valley, the elders in his family gave him many instructions. It is very likely that the entire An family regards An Chenhui as a hope.

In this case, one can imagine the pressure that An Chenhui is under, which also causes him to be worried and anxious when facing An Yuxing.

As time goes by, the temperament will become different, and cultivation will be delayed because of these things.

Therefore, when it comes to cultivation, your attitude is very important.

A warrior must not only persevere, but also maintain a good attitude.

"Okay, don't worry, kid. There is no place for you to live in my mansion. From now on, you can just come to my place every five days. You still have to live here on weekdays!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

An Chenhui finally felt relieved and said with a blushing face: "Then, disciple, disciple greets the master!"

"Let's become your disciple tomorrow. I will then take him to your house to become your disciple, and also to visit your grandchildren at the same time!" An Yuxing said.

"Okay!" Yang Zhengshan said.

After the two of them made an appointment, Yang Zhengshan said goodbye.

The next morning, Yang Zhengshan gathered all the children in the family to the front yard.

In the spacious hall, Wang Mingzhe and Yang Mingzhao stood beside Yang Zhengshan.
The row on the left includes Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao, Jiang Ning, Yang Chengxian, Yang Chengyou, Yang Chengzhang, and Yang Chengzhen.

The row on the right includes Yang Wanqing, Yang Wanyi, Yang Wanting, and Jiang Miao.

Wanying and Wanning are both in Chongshan Town, while Jiang Feng followed Jiang He and Yang Yunyan to set up their own business.

Apart from Yang Zhengshan, the people with the highest seniority here are naturally Wang Mingzhe and Yang Mingzhao. Although Wang Mingzhe is not as old as Yang Chengye and Yang Chengmao, he is their uncle.

Wang Mingzhe would definitely not accept An Yuxing as his teacher, but Yang Zhengshan had recruited all the children and could not leave him alone to sleep in the school, so he simply called him along.

At about 9 o'clock, An Yuxing came with An Chenhui.

Yang Zhengshan welcomed the two people into the house. When they saw a group of children in the yard, they couldn't help but be stunned.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Senior An, take a look and decide which one you like. I will let that one be your disciple!"

An Yuxing glanced at the group of children and nodded slightly.

If it’s too small, he definitely won’t accept it.

What he wanted was a disciple, not a grandson, and he didn't have the patience to teach a child from scratch.

As for girls, he would not adopt them. It was not because he favored boys over girls, but because it would be inconvenient for him to teach the girls when they grew up.

Finally, his eyes were fixed on Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao and Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning is fourteen years old this year. Although he has not yet become a warrior, judging from his physique and bone structure, he should be a good candidate.

"Let's choose this guy!" An Yuxing said without much hesitation, pointing at Yang Chengmao.

"Me!" Yang Chengmao was shocked.

Others who were not selected were not disappointed.

Their grandfather was a congenital warrior, and they didn't have much feeling about finding another congenital warrior to be their master.

"Well, come here, kid, and become my disciple!" An Yuxing said bluntly.

He had his considerations for choosing Yang Chengmao. Yang Chengye was the eldest grandson of the Yang family, so it would be better for Yang Zhengshan to train him himself. Jiang Ning was not bad either, but he had not yet become a warrior, so there was no point in taking him in now.

After much consideration, Yang Chengmao is the most suitable one.

"Senior An, let's talk in the hall!" Yang Zhengshan first invited An Yuxing into the hall.

An Yuxing doesn't care about these mundane etiquettes, uh, Yang Zhengshan doesn't care much either, but some rules and etiquette still have to be followed.

The two men sat down in the hall. Yang Zhengshan winked at Wu Hai, who immediately asked a servant to bring a bowl of tea and handed it to Yang Chengmao.

Yang Chengmao scratched his head, took the tea, knelt down and said, "Master, please have some tea!"

"Hmm!" An Yuxing took the tea and took a sip, then looked at An Chenhui beside him.

An Chenhui also immediately stepped forward and knelt in front of Yang Zhengshan, "Master, please have some tea!"

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

This is like a hostage exchange!

An Yuxing was too lazy to say more, but Yang Zhengshan still said a few words.

"Once a teacher, always a father! Now that you have become my disciple, you must respect me from now on!"

"Do you understand?"

"Disciple understands!"

"My grandson understands!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded, then looked at An Chenhui and said, "I have four sons and five disciples. You are my sixth disciple."

"This is your third senior brother Wang Mingzhe!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed at the listless Wang Mingzhe. This kid looked listless all the time except when he was sleeping.

"Junior brother greets Third Senior Brother!" An Chenhui bowed politely. "Yes! Sixth Junior Brother!" Wang Mingzhe grinned and returned the greeting.

Yang Zhengshan pointed at Ming Zhao again and said, "This is my youngest son, Yang Ming Zhao!"

"Mingzhao greets senior brother!" Yang Mingzhao bowed obediently with his fists clasped.

"Junior Brother Mingzhao!" An Chenhui returned the greeting.

The ranking of sons and disciples is different. The ranking of disciples is based on the time of entry, regardless of age. As for the ranking between sons and disciples, it depends on age.

Whoever is older is the senior.

An Chenhui is different from Prince An and Prince Dai. Prince An and Prince Dai are princes after all, and it is difficult to ask them to follow some rules. Although An Chenhui has a great-grandfather who is in the innate realm, in front of Yang Zhengshan, he is just a disciple and he still has to follow the rules.

After the apprenticeship was over, Yang Zhengshan hosted a banquet for An Yuxing in his mansion.

At the same time, the time for Yang Chengmao and An Chenhui to learn their skills was also agreed upon.

Yang Zhengshan was determined to teach his disciples together, so he asked An Chenhui to come with Prince An and Prince Dai.

An Xingyu has only one disciple, Yang Chengmao, and he doesn't have anything else to do. He doesn't care when Yang Chengmao goes to his place. It's even fine if Yang Chengmao lives at his place.

However, Yang Zhengshan still set a time for Yang Chengmao to visit every three days.

In fact, Yang Chengmao doesn't need An Xingyu's personal teaching at all now, but Yang Zhengshan thinks it is a good thing to visit the Three Valleys more often to broaden his horizons.

By the way, you can also cultivate the relationship between master and apprentice.

While Yang Zhengshan was busy recruiting disciples, there was a quarrel in the court over the affairs of the Imperial Merchants Bureau.

Although there were no morning court sessions on weekdays, there would be court meetings. Sometimes Emperor Yanping would summon the main officials of the cabinet and the six ministries to discuss state affairs.

The matter of the Imperial Merchants Bureau this time involves a lot of people, and many officials have different opinions on it.

However, they can be roughly divided into two factions. One faction is headed by the Minister of Revenue Sun Wenjian, who supports the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau. He was also deceived by Yang Zhengshan. At that time, Yang Zhengshan supported handing over the glass method to merchants in the court, forcing Sun Wenjian to stand up and support the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau.

The other faction did not support the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau. This faction consisted of more officials from various ministries.

However, their opinions were not unanimous, and not everyone completely denied the Royal Commercial Bureau.

Some people only opposed the establishment of the Imperial Commercial Bureau, but still wanted to keep the glass law in the hands of the court, such as officials from the Ministry of Works.

Some people opposed businessmen serving as officials, such as officials in the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites.

April 20th, it’s another early morning court session.

This time Yang Zhengshan did not attend the morning court, he just asked for leave.

Because he knew that if he went to the morning court today, those civil servants would definitely look for him to argue with.

There's nothing we can do about it. It was he who invented the glass method and it was also he who proposed to establish the Imperial Commercial Bureau. No matter how we argue, he can't get away from it.

So he simply didn't go to the morning court.

However, today's morning court was very lively. The Minister of Revenue, Sun Wenjian, was in full swing and engaged in a debate with the scholars.

The argument lasted for more than half an hour, and Sun Wenjian's neck turned red.

"Okay, if you don't want to set up the Imperial Commercial Bureau, then fine, this year's salary from your Ministry of Works will be delayed until next year!" Sun Wenjian was anxious and directly used his ultimate move.

"Why?" asked the Minister of Works Jiang Wei angrily.

"There are less than 100,000 taels of silver in the Ministry of Revenue's Taicang now, and since the severe drought in Liaodong last year, all of the Ministry of Revenue's expenses have been paid from Your Majesty's treasury!" Sun Wenjian was waiting for Jiang Wei fiercely.

What he said was a bit exaggerated, but it was true.

Since the glass workshop was established, Emperor Yanping's treasury has allocated 800 taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue. If it were not for the support of the treasury, the Ministry of Revenue would not even be able to pay the salaries of its officials.

In order to get money from Emperor Yanping, Sun Wenjian used every possible means, even rolling around in the imperial study and making a scene.

So Sun Wenjian needed the Imperial Commercial Bureau more than anyone else. No, to be precise, it was the Ministry of Revenue that needed the money from the Imperial Commercial Bureau more than anyone else.

He has been keeping an eye on the glass workshop for a long time. Now that Emperor Yanping has finally agreed, he will naturally do his best to promote the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau.

He had opposed the establishment of the Imperial Commercial Bureau at the morning court because he actually wanted to compete with Emperor Yanping for a share.

But who knew that Yang Zhengshan was useless and didn't even argue with them, forcing him to stand up.

After hearing what Sun Wenjian said, all the civil and military officials in the court were completely devastated.

Lack of money is a problem faced by all departments in the court.

And Sun Wenjian, the Minister of Revenue, directly used his ultimate move. Who could withstand it?

"The Imperial Merchants Bureau must be established. Not only that, I think the imperial farms, imperial stores, and the three major weaving bureaus can all be handed over to the Imperial Merchants Bureau for management!" Sun Wenjian said firmly.

The so-called imperial farms and imperial shops were naturally the royal family's properties, while the three major weaving bureaus were institutions specializing in supplying textiles to the palace, weaving various fabrics and making silk edicts, imperial decrees, and colorful silks for use by the emperor and the court in sacrifices and awards.

In fact, the three major weaving bureaus were also considered imperial merchants. They not only supplied fabrics to the palace, but also sold fabrics outside, especially to maritime merchants.

Let’s put it this way, before the glass workshops were built, the three major weaving bureaus were the most important sources of funds for the emperor’s treasury.

Sun Wenjian even wanted to bring the three major weaving bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Merchants Bureau, obviously not wanting the Ministry of Revenue to continue to be controlled by the imperial treasury.

Damn it, it’s so difficult to ask the emperor for money, he’s had enough!
Emperor Yanping smiled and said, "Yes!"

"The revenue of the Imperial Merchants Department will be 60% from the Ministry of Revenue and 40% from the Imperial Treasury. The Ministry of Personnel will select officials to temporarily be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, the Internal Official Supervisor will select internal officials to supervise it!"

"For the specific matters, please prepare a memorial and submit it to the Ministry of Personnel!"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Yunsong who was standing in the front row of civil servants.

"I obey your order!" Zhou Yunsong stepped out and received the order.

In fact, the establishment of the Imperial Commercial Bureau was already settled because the cabinet had already agreed on it.

Of course, this matter cannot be done without the support of Sun Wenjian. If he cannot win the argument, this matter will probably be delayed for a while before it can be accomplished.

Now that Sun Wenjian had won the argument, it was natural for Emperor Yanping to agree.

"Retreat!"

Emperor Yanping stood up and left. All the officials looked at each other and then dispersed.

"Ahem, Minister Sun, the salaries of the Ministry of Works cannot be stopped!" Minister of Works Jiang Wei approached Sun Wenjian and said embarrassedly.

"Hmph!" Sun Wenjian flicked his sleeves and left, leaving Jiang Wei with a helpless look on his face.

Damn it, your Ministry of Revenue is still the purse of the court after all, but our Ministry of Works is like a stepmother in the court.

My grandma doesn’t love me, my uncle doesn’t love me, there is no good thing for us, and we have to do all the dirty and tiring work!
Jiang Wei also felt aggrieved.

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Works has the lowest status.

He opposed the establishment of the Imperial Commercial Bureau because he wanted to bring the glass workshops under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. If they could manage the glass workshops, their Ministry of Industry would have an easier time.

But now, hey~~
Jiang Wei shook his head, "Minister Sun, wait for me!"

In this way, the establishment of the Imperial Commercial Bureau was decided, and in the following days the Ministry of Personnel came up with a set of feasible regulations.

The Ministry of Personnel finally agreed to let merchants serve as the heads of the Imperial Merchants Bureau.

The head of the Imperial Commercial Bureau is of the seventh rank and is responsible for managing the Imperial Commercial Bureau’s industry, providing goods for the Imperial Commercial Bureau, selling goods for the Imperial Commercial Bureau, etc.

(End of this chapter)