Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 493: Golden Light Armor

Duan Rui said again: "Why not ask Marquis Jianchang to come out? Marquis Jianchang has been traveling around the martial arts world for many years and should have a deep understanding of the martial arts world. It would be most appropriate for him to be in charge of Shangwu Temple!"

Zhang Luan, Marquis of Jianchang, is also an innate warrior. He broke through to the innate realm thirteen years ago. He once served as the Left General of the Front Army Governor's Office and also served as the general in Anxi Town in the west. He is familiar with military affairs and understands the martial arts world. He is also a relatively suitable candidate.

"Well, I'm afraid Marquis Jianchang won't agree!" Zhou Mao said helplessly.

He knew Marquis Jianchang's personality better. Marquis Jianchang had a generous personality and loved making friends and traveling around the world. If it had not been for Marquis Jianchang's Mansion, he might not have entered the court to serve as an official or a general.

If you want him to serve as an official in the court now, he will most likely refuse.

Emperor Yanping asked, "Do you know where the Marquis of Jianchang is now?"

"He should be visiting friends in Shunnan Prefecture. He is familiar with Li Zhen, the former leader of Bahu Sect in Shunnan Prefecture." Duan Rui said.

Shunnan Prefecture is a prefecture in the southern part of Longnan Province, only 800 miles away from Kyoto.

The Ba Hu Sect is a martial arts sect in Shunnan Prefecture. The previous sect leader, Li Zhen, was also a congenital martial artist. When he was young, Li Zhen joined the army and served as a guerrilla general.

Li Zhen and Jianchang Hou Guo Ying met in the army and they became comrades-in-arms.

"I will send someone to ask first. If Marquis Jianchang is willing, then he will be in charge of the Shangwu Order. If Marquis Jianchang is not willing..."

Emperor Yanping thought for a moment and said, "Then choose someone else!"

Everyone had no objection, and the matter was temporarily settled.

Then everyone decided on other major official positions one by one.

The two Shaoqings of Shangwu Temple are Wuying Earl Zu Tianxiang and Gaoyang Earl Qiao Bing. They are both considered to be martial arts masters among the nobles. Zu Tianxiang has the cultivation level of half a step to the innate realm, while Qiao Bing has the cultivation level of the ninth level to the acquired realm.

The remaining thirteen commanders of the Shangwu Temple were appointed from martial arts masters in the army.

A small court meeting lasted nearly two hours before it ended. When Yang Zhengshan walked out of the imperial city, it was already past noon.

After returning to the mansion, Yu Qingyi was no longer at home. She went to the Haichang Earl's Mansion with Yang Mingcheng and Wang.

Yang Chengmao's wedding date has been set, July 8th, and the two families are now discussing wedding-related matters.

Originally, Haichangbo Xue Changan wanted to set the wedding date in early June. However, because Yang Chengmao had found a powerful master, he urgently hoped that the two families could complete the wedding as soon as possible, for fear that his grandson-in-law would be snatched away by someone else.

Now Yang Chengmao is definitely a popular guy. He was born in the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, has a grandfather who is in the Xiantian realm, and a master who is in the Xiantian realm. In addition, his father Yang Mingzhi is also the lieutenant general of Chongshan Town.

With this identity and background, he is more sought after than those noble sons who have inherited titles.

Unfortunately, Yang Chengmao had already been engaged, and a group of noble ladies could only envy the good fortune of the Haichang Marquis' Mansion.

However, these noble ladies gave up on Yang Chengmao and set their sights on other children of the Yang family.

Nowadays, the Marquis Jing'an Mansion is in its heyday. Previously, due to Emperor Yanping's indifference to Yang Zhengshan, no one was interested in marrying into the Marquis Jing'an Mansion. However, during this period of time, Yang Zhengshan not only demonstrated his innate cultivation, but was also summoned by Emperor Yanping for discussions many times.

Although Yang Zhengshan still only holds a nominal position today, everyone understands that the Jing'an Marquisate has not lost the emperor's favor.

Therefore, during this period of time, many nobles were interested in marrying into the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, and the door of the Marquis's Mansion was almost broken down by the matchmakers found by these people.

The Yang family has many children of marriageable age, such as Yang Wanqing, Yang Chengxian, and Jiang Ning, who are all at the age of getting married.

However, the ones who should be most concerned about marriage right now are not them, but this kid Wang Mingzhe.

Wang Mingzhe is the same age as Yang Wanqing. Yang Zhengshan has promised Yang Wanqing that she can decide her own marriage, but Wang Mingzhe's marriage will have to be taken care of by his master and mistress.

Wang Mingzhe just turned fifteen this year, and broke through to become a warrior half a month ago.

In this case, Wang Mingzhe's marriage should be put on the agenda.

During dinner, Yang Zhengshan said to Yu Qingyi, "Chengmao's marriage has been decided. Now you should worry about Mingzhe's marriage!"

"Yes, I know. I told Yun Qiao about this in a letter some time ago!" Yu Qingyi said with a smile.

"What does Yunqiao think?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yu Qingyi shook her head slightly, "She doesn't have too many thoughts. You know Mingzhe's personality. She just wants to find a caring wife for Mingzhe!"

Speaking of Wang Mingzhe's temperament, Yang Zhengshan felt a bit of a headache.

This little fat boy is extremely lazy, but if you say he is lazy, he has not fallen behind in his training. He became a warrior at the age of fifteen, not much worse than Cheng Ye and Cheng Mao, and even ahead of Yang Wanqing.

Wang Mingzhe and Yang Wanqing are the same age, and their birthdays are only a few days apart, but now Wang Mingzhe has become a warrior, while Yang Wanqing has not.

It can be seen that this kid is not lazy.

He probably just likes sleeping, and has no interest in anything else except sleeping.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Then see if there is a docile woman."

"Yeah!" Yu Qingyi nodded.

While eating, Yang Zhengshan said, "Talk to Yun Xue tomorrow and let Jiang He be the chief clerk in the Martial Arts Pavilion after it is built!"

The chief clerk of Yanwu Pavilion is of the seventh rank and is an assistant officer in charge of paperwork. He is considered as the secretary of Yang Zhengshan, the military governor.

Although he was only a chief clerk, it was still an official position. In fact, Jiang He's cultivation was not low. Now he had reached the fifth level of acquired cultivation. However, Jiang He had never fought. He had practiced martial arts for more than ten years, let alone killing someone, he had never even fought.

He didn't like fighting on weekdays, and he had turned the Yang family's spear skills into fitness exercises.

This has something to do with Jiang He's personality. Although Jiang He had gone into the mountains to hunt before, he is actually a very gentle man and does not like fighting and killing.

Of course, Jiang He is not without his merits. He has never made any mistakes in managing the Yang family's business, and he is conscientious and careful in his work, not much inferior to Lu Wenhua.

That's why Yang Zhengshan arranged an official position for him as a chief clerk, and asked him to help with some miscellaneous matters on weekdays.

As for whether the chief clerk's salary is enough for their family expenses, there is no need to worry about it at all.

When Jiang He and Yang Yunxue set up their own business, Yang Zhengshan gave them a farm. The farm was not big, with more than 500 acres of land, which was enough for their family use.

Yu Qingyi nodded and agreed.

……

Silent all night.

the next morning.

While Yang Zhengshan was busy in the Lingquan space, Wu Hai knocked on the door of the study in a hurry.

"My Lord, an imperial decree has arrived!"

Hearing the sound, Yang Zhengshan hurriedly came out of the space, opened the door, and asked in surprise: "Imperial edict?"

"Yes, Eunuch Chen came in person and is now in the front hall!" Wu Hai said.

Yang Zhengshan dusted himself off and said, "Let's go and take a look first!"

Afterwards, he quickly walked to the front hall and saw Chen Zhongshu sitting in the hall drinking tea. There were also many eunuchs in front of the hall who had brought a lot of things.

"Eunuch Chen! I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person!" Yang Zhengshan bowed and said with a smile.

"Lord Yang, please don't be polite to us. Let's prepare to receive the emperor's order!" Chen Zhongshu said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the wooden box next to Chen Zhongshu and nodded slightly, "Please wait for a moment, Eunuch Chen!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the main hall again. Then the Yang family began to prepare in a chaotic manner.

This imperial edict came too suddenly, and no one in the Yang family was prepared.

Welcoming the imperial edict is no small matter. One has to set up an incense table, wear court robes, and bring one's family along to welcome the edict.

Normally, when the emperor issued an imperial edict, he would notify people in advance, and sudden situations like this were rare.

Yang Zhengshan's court dress was fine, but Yu Qingyi's imperial robe was troublesome. There were many jewelry on her head and the clothes on her body were also very complicated. It took Yu Qingyi two quarters of an hour to put on the imperial robe.

In the front yard, everyone in the Yang family, young and old, came running to welcome the imperial edict.

Eunuch Chen stood in front of the incense table, opened the imperial edict, and chanted loudly: "The Emperor of Fengtian Chengyun decreed: From the beginning, the famous people have been outstanding and shining in their own time. If their virtues benefit the people's livelihood, their reputation will be spread far and wide. If their merits are for the country, their rewards will be great. You have been conferred the title of Marquis of Jing'an, and you have a heroic spirit and a unique style. You have saved millions of people with your good governance..."

"Now, with the grace of the Emperor, I have promoted you to the position of Junior Tutor, and granted you the title of Dragon and Tiger General, and concurrently appointed you as the Military Officer of the Martial Arts Pavilion. Heaven is repaying your kindness, and your glory will be passed on to future generations; I have come to your throne to reward your merits, and to reward your kindness. The grace of teaching filial piety is universal, and the righteousness of loyalty should be made clear."

After Yang Zhengshan listened carefully to the contents of the imperial edict, he already understood its purpose.

Serving concurrently as the martial arts director of the Martial Arts Pavilion was just a side job; the key lies in the junior tutor.

The three dukes, namely, Grand Master, Grand Preceptor and Grand Protector, were of the first rank. The three orphans, namely, Junior Master, Junior Preceptor and Junior Protector, were of the second rank. They were assistants to the emperor, with lofty positions, no fixed number of people, no specific responsibilities, and were in fact honorary titles.

Although it was just an honorary title, he held the highest position and was a loyal and trusted minister.

In terms of official rank, Shaofu is a junior rank, which seems to be inferior to the junior rank of the left and right governors. But don’t forget that Darong has ten left and right governors, but only one Shaofu.

Although the Shaofu is not as good as the Taifu, it also represents that Emperor Yanping values ​​Yang Zhengshan.

As for the Grand Tutor, Yang Zhengshan should not think about it for the time being. The Grand Tutor of Dayong is under the jurisdiction of Duke Xingguo. Duke Xingguo has guarded the southern border for forty years and is the first meritorious official of Dayong.

If the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion was not in Kyoto, the leader of the noble group would undoubtedly be the Duke of Xingguo.

Of course, Emperor Yanping did not casually give Yang Zhengshan the title of Shaofu. The sentence "his administration saved millions of people" shows that Yang Zhengshan was given the title as a reward based on his merits, because Yang Zhengshan was rewarded for settling millions of refugees in Chongshan Town.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Yang Zhengshan bowed.

Everyone stood up, and Chen Zhongshu pointed to the rewards brought by the eunuchs behind him and said with a smile: "Lord Yang, this is the reward from His Majesty!"

"Well, His Majesty heard that Lord Yang's armor was damaged, so he specially asked this old servant to select a set of armor from the treasury."

He pointed at the box carried by two eunuchs and said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up.

Armor?

His gold-lacquered mountain-patterned armor was a gift from Zhou Lan. It had fought with him in dozens of battles and blocked many swords and spears for him. Unfortunately, it was a pity that Chi Jun eventually cut off his abdominal armor with a single blow.

He was originally quite regretful, but he didn't expect that Emperor Yanping would actually give him a set of precious armor.

Yang Zhengshan opened the box and was immediately attracted by the golden armor inside.

"This is a set of Ming Guang armor, which was forged by Master Gai Sheng using Liu Guang gold a hundred years ago." Chen Zhongshu explained.

Master Gai Sheng is a master of armor forging. He was famous for his forging skills a hundred years ago. Today, there are many armors and weapons he left behind, and each piece is worth a fortune.

Armor is much more expensive than weapons, and forging a set of armor is much more troublesome than forging a weapon.

The Ming Guang armor in front of us is made up of 1590 pieces of fish scales and 644 pieces of long strips. There are metal round guards on the chest and back, which are polished very smoothly, like mirrors, reflecting dazzling golden light under the sunlight.

As for Liuguang Gold, it is a special metal, just like Xuantie, it is a very rare metal.

Black iron is hard and relatively heavy, and is most suitable for forging long and heavy weapons, such as spears, heavy swords, axes, hammers, halberds, etc.

Flowing gold is also hard in texture, but it is relatively light and is most suitable for forging armor.

The key is that after being polished, this flowing gold becomes golden and looks particularly gorgeous, so it is very popular among nobles.

When Yang Zhengshan looked at the golden armor, the first thought that came to his mind was that he could call himself the Gold Saint in the future!
It is so golden that it seems to be able to blind the eyes.

"I thank Your Majesty for the generous reward!" Yang Zhengshan happily bowed in the direction of the imperial city.

He liked this armor very much. Of course, he didn't like its appearance, but the hardness of its flowing gold.

A good suit of armor can save your life at a critical moment.

Just like when he was fighting with Chi Jun, if it weren't for the gold-painted mountain-patterned armor that blocked the sword, he would at least have been ripped open.

For a general, armor is undoubtedly the most important equipment.

On the battlefield, you can be without weapons, but you absolutely cannot be without a good set of armor.

If you don't have a weapon, you can just pick one up. The thing that is most in short supply on the battlefield is weapons.

But without armor, you have no chance to pick up a set of armor and put it on.

This is also the reason why armored soldiers are the most violent on the battlefield.

Yang Zhengshan was originally a person who liked armor. The thing he wanted to do most in Tenglongwei and Chongshan Town was to make a set of iron armor for every soldier.

Unfortunately, due to various conditions, he could only equip a small number of soldiers in the end.

"As long as Lord Yang likes it!" Chen Zhongshu said with a smile.

"Haha, I like it, I like it!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan asked Wu Hai to accept the Liujinmingguang armor and other rewards.

The other rewards are also valuable, but compared to the Golden Light Armor, those things are nothing.

After seeing Chen Zhongshu off, Yang Zhengshan couldn't wait to put on the golden armor.

Ah!
I really want to be the Gold Saint!
It was better inside the room. As long as he stood in the sun, Yang Zhengshan seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light.

Especially the round chest guard, which is as dazzling as a mirror.

If this is used in battle, it might even stun the enemy.

After putting on the armor and trying it out, Yang Zhengshan praised it highly: "Not bad, not bad, it fits me perfectly!"

"Master looks even more majestic in this armor!" Yu Qingyi praised from the side.

Yang Zhengshan was wearing golden armor, a golden helmet, and stroking his long beard. He looked not only mighty but also noble.

“Hahaha, I don’t know when I can wear this armor on the battlefield!”

Yang Zhengshan was looking forward to going to the battlefield.

After satisfying his desire, Yang Zhengshan took off the armor. In Kyoto, he estimated that he would rarely have the opportunity to wear this armor, so he could only put it at home and look at it.

After asking Qingxia and Hongyun to put away the armor, Yang Zhengshan put the imperial edict back into the ancestral hall.

The imperial edict cannot be disposed of casually, it must be kept as a reverence.

Now the Yang family has three imperial edicts on display. One was the edict from Emperor Chengping appointing him as the commander of the Tenglong Guard, one was the edict conferring him the title of marquis, and the last one is the one issued today.

The imperial edict also represents the glory of a family.

(End of this chapter)