Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 495: The martial arts order was issued, and the martial arts world was shaken.

After the third bathing ceremony, Yang Zhengshan sent away the guests who came to congratulate him and came to Yang Chengye's yard.

After all the hard work today, the little guy is too tired to leave and is now sleeping soundly on the bed.

Yang Zhengshan walked forward, took a look, and then sat next to Yu Qingyi.

"Grandpa, please give the child a name!" Yang Chengye came over and looked at Yang Zhengshan with anticipation.

All the children in the Yang family were named by Yang Zhengshan, and his children also had to be named by their grandfather.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the sleeping little guy, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's call him Qinyuan!"

There aren't actually that many particulars about the generation names of the Yang family, as they were all thought up by the patriarch, Yang Zhengxiang. Yang Zhengshan also never thought of letting the Yang family have a separate set of generation names, so the little one's name still has to follow the Yang family's generation names.

"Qinyuan, Yuan'er." Yang Chengye grinned, "Thank you, Grandpa!"

The birth of Yang Qinyuan brought a lot of joy to the Yang family. Just when the Yang family was immersed in joy, the court officially promulgated the order to encourage martial arts.

The martial arts orders were quickly spread to Dayong's thirteen provinces and nine border towns through the delivery of postmen at the post stations.

There are also sects in border towns, but compared to other provinces, there are far fewer sects in border towns.

The Shangwu Temple will not set up a Shangwu Division in the border towns. The sectarian forces in the border towns will be supervised by the nearest Shangwu Division.

For example, the sect forces in Chongshan Town will be divided into two parts, the eastern part will be supervised by the Liaoyuan Province Shangwu Division, and the western part will be supervised by the Liaoxi Shangwu Division.

The martial arts order was issued, and the world was shaken.

As copies of the Martial Order were posted on the gates of many cities, everything about the Martial Order quickly spread throughout the world.

Jizhou City, inside the Hengdao Gate.

Ji Hai, clutching a martial arts order, hurried to Ji Zhen's courtyard.

"Master!"

In the quiet courtyard, Ji Zhen was dozing off on a recliner under the eaves.

Hearing Ji Hai's voice, Ji Zhen slowly opened his eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Master, look at this!"

Ji Hai handed the Shangwu Order in his hand to Ji Zhen, who took it and quickly glanced through it.

This martial arts order contains a lot of content, including the establishment of the Shangwu Temple and all contents of various policies.

After a while, Ji Zhen put down the Shangwu Order, stood up, stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

The Martial Order has both advantages and disadvantages for the martial arts sects.

The advantage is that it gives the martial arts sects an official status. The leader of a sect can get an official position. Although it is only a nominal position without real power, it can make the martial arts sects more confident when facing officials.

In addition, the sect level assessment can also bring many benefits to the sect. Just by relaxing the restrictions on recruiting disciples, the sect can benefit greatly.

The number of disciples recruited has always been the main reason restricting the development of the sect.

If the number of disciples admitted is relaxed, it will definitely be beneficial to the development of the sect.

As for the disadvantages, they are also obvious. Once you become an official, you must obey the orders of the court. If you disobey, the court can punish you at any time.

In this way, the sect became a semi-official institution of the court, having to obey the court's orders, be supervised by the Shangwu Temple, and serve the court.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ji Zhen pondered for a moment before saying, "You go to Kyoto immediately and ask Marquis Jing'an what we should do next!"

He himself couldn't understand why the court issued such a martial arts order.

Although he was a registered innate warrior, he didn't know much about the court.

At this time, he needs someone who understands to give him guidance so that the Hengdao Sect will not end up in a dead end.

"Okay!" Ji Hai nodded seriously in response.

……

The Bahu Sect is the most powerful sect in Longnan Province, bar none.

Bahu Gate is located on Bahu Mountain to the west of Shunnan City in the southern part of Longnan Province.

Bahu Mountain is a relatively low mountain in Wanshanling. The mountain is no more than a hundred feet high, with a gentle slope and undulating ridges like a huge tiger lying on the ground hunting, hence the name "Bahu Mountain".

The Bahu Sect was founded a hundred years ago by a post-natal warrior named Zhao Pingshan.

Zhao Pingshan’s cultivation was not very good. After practicing for a lifetime, he had only reached the fifth level of the acquired realm, but he accepted a good disciple.

Li Zhen, a man with countless legends.

Li Zhen was just a beggar when he was young, and it was Zhao Pingshan who picked him up and brought him back to Bahu Mountain.

Li Zhen, who had wandered before, knew that Zhao Pingshan's adoption was a great opportunity for him, so since joining the Bahu Sect, he practiced hard day and night, becoming a warrior at the age of seventeen and entering the acquired realm at the age of twenty-five.

His qualifications were not exceptional, but he was considered a leader in the Bahu Sect at the time, so he was highly valued by Zhao Pingshan.

But at that time, Bahumen was very poor and could not provide Li Zhen with too many resources for cultivation.

With no other options, Zhao Pingshan used his connections to send Li Zhen to the Anxi Town Standard Camp.

It was only after he joined the Anxi Town Standard Camp that Li Zhen's legend began.

Almost fifty years ago, a war broke out between Dayong and the Dayue Dynasty in the west. That war lasted for three years, and it was in that war that Li Zhen made great achievements and was promoted from a team officer to a thousand commander.

It was at that time that he met Zhang Luan, Marquis of Jianchang, when the two served under the same guerrilla general.

Over the next ten years, although the war between Daiei and the Otsuki Dynasty had ended, small-scale battles still broke out frequently.

Li Zhen and Zhang Luan fought side by side, killed countless enemies, and forged a deep friendship.

Later, Zhang Luan inherited the title and was successively promoted to Lieutenant General and General-in-Chief, and Li Zhen was also promoted by him to the rank of Guerrilla General.

However, Zhao Pingshan passed away later, and Li Zhen resigned from his post and returned to Bahumen to take over the position of the leader.

At that time, Li Zhen actually only had the seventh level of acquired cultivation. At the age of about 40, he had the seventh level of acquired cultivation. It stood to reason that it would be impossible for him to reach the innate realm in this lifetime.

But the magic lies here. After returning to Bahumen, Li Zhen's cultivation progressed rapidly. It took him only ten years to reach the half-step innate realm.

It took him another ten years to become a congenital warrior at the age of sixty.

Moreover, under his leadership, the Bahu Sect has also been thriving, from a third-rate sect without any foundation to the strongest sect in Longnan Province today.

Li Zhen is a martial arts expert who achieves success late in life.

When he was young, the talent he showed could only be considered outstanding, but definitely not a genius.

After more than ten years in the army, his skills improved rapidly, but that was the potential stimulated in life-and-death battles.

It was not until he returned to Bahumen, or more precisely, after he came into contact with the innate skills, that his training speed far surpassed that of others.

Bahu Gate is not as exquisite as Hengdao Gate. Located on the top of Bahu Mountain, Bahu Gate looks like a mountain village.

Just a bunch of ordinary brick and tile houses, without any of the aura that a powerful sect should have.

That is to say, the lobby in the middle of the sect looks a little more grand, with blue bricks and red tiles, and it looks like the real thing.

At this time, Li Zhen was sitting in the lobby and looking at Shangwu Ling, but there was no surprise on his face.

It was at his Bahu Gate that Zhang Luan, Marquis of Jianchang, received the imperial edict. Before Zhang Luan left, he had talked to him about the court's plan to establish the Shangwu Temple.

Although Zhang Luan didn't explain it very clearly at the time, he already had some expectations in his mind.

"What do you think?" Li Zhen looked at the four people in the hall.

Among these four people, one is his son Li Zhongzhen, and three are his disciples, Ye Defu, Zhang Qingyu, and Lu Zhihua.

As early as ten years ago, he passed the position of the leader of Bahumen to his son Li Zhongzhen.

On weekdays he seldom appears in public and always lives in seclusion in a villa behind Bahu Mountain.

Today, only because of the Shangwu Order, Li Zhongzhen and others invited him out of the villa.

"Dad, this Martial Arts Order looks good, but once we accept the official status granted by the court, we will be at the mercy of the court in the future!" Li Zhongzhen said with some concern.

He did not know that Zhang Luan had stayed in Li Zhen's villa for a while before, nor did he know that Zhang Luan had talked with Li Zhen about Shangwu Temple before leaving. Li Zhen was tall and strong, and although he was now in his seventies, he was still upright.

"Let the court control you?"

"You guys think so too?"

He looked at his three disciples.

The three of them looked at each other, Lu Zhihua frowned, and said: "Master, I think this is an opportunity!"

"Granting an official position is only one of the reasons. In fact, this official position is of no great use. It is just a title for us!"

"I think that Shangwu Temple has great potential. It is mentioned above that all sect disciples can join Shangwu Temple. If that is the case, why don't we seek a higher position in Shangwu Temple?"

"If we can gain a higher status in Shangwu Temple, then our Bahu Sect will definitely become a first-class sect in the future and the strongest sect in Longnan!"

"By then, we will have a sect leader who holds a third-rank official position, and disciples who serve as officials in the Shangwu Temple. In the entire Longyuan region, who will dare to say that our Bahu Sect is a nouveau riche with no foundation?"

Lu Zhihua said with a serious look.

Today, the Bahu Sect is also the strongest sect in Longnan, but this strength is supported by Li Zhen.

If there was no Li Zhen, Bahumen would only be considered a second-rate sect in Longnan.

However, due to the shallow foundation of Bahu Sect, many sects in Longyuan, Longnan and Longxi provinces look down on Bahu Sect.

There is nothing that can be done about this; it is a fact that the Bahu Sect has a shallow foundation.

Even though Li Zhen is now a congenital warrior, he cannot change this fact.

The heritage of a sect is mainly reflected in many aspects. One is resources. Some resources cannot be bought even with money, such as precious medicines. Some sects with a long history have their own medicine fields, and they may have started cultivating precious medicines hundreds of years ago.

The second is personal connections. The longer the sect is passed down, the more complex the personal connections become, and the more complicated the various connections become.

The third is the inheritance of techniques and the experience of cultivation. Although the techniques practiced by everyone may be the same, a sect with a long heritage will have many experiences and insights left by the ancestors.

These experiences and insights can help disciples avoid many detours.

The biggest flaw of the Bahu Sect is that its inheritance time is too short, only a hundred years at most.

Li Zhen looked at Lu Zhihua and nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, we are at the mercy of the imperial court. Haha, do you think we are not at the mercy of the imperial court now?"

He looked at Li Zhongzhen and asked, "If the imperial court issues an order now, can we disobey it?"

The so-called sect actually survives under the tyranny of the imperial court.

You can hate the court, and you can resist the court, but you must not resist the court's orders.

If only a prefect came to Bahumen, Bahumen could have simply refused entry.

If a provincial governor or an inspector came to Bahumen, Bahumen would open the middle gate wide to welcome him.

And if there was an order coming from Kyoto, Li Zhen would come out to welcome it.

It’s a joke to say that you don’t want to be manipulated by the court.

Li Zhongzhen obviously didn't see this point as clearly as Lu Zhihua or Ji Zhen.

Ji Zhen dared to let the Hengdao Sect show off its power in Jizhou, but when he arrived in Kyoto, he could only obediently accept the arrangements of the court and register.

"Then should we obey the court's orders?" Li Zhongzhen asked nervously.

Although he is over fifty years old, he is still somewhat afraid of his biological father Li Zhen, because Li Zhen has never been very satisfied with his son.

In terms of accomplishment, he is not as good as Ye Defu, in terms of moral character and talent, he is not as good as Zhang Qingyu, and in terms of wisdom, he is not as good as Lu Zhihua.

In front of these three junior brothers, his only advantage is that he is Li Zhen’s biological son, so he can become the leader of the Bahu Sect.

Li Zhen was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned to look at Zhang Qingyu and Lu Zhihua.

"Qingyu, Zhihua, pack up your luggage today and go to Kyoto to seek refuge with Marquis Jianchang tomorrow!"

"The chief minister of Shangwu Temple is Marquis Jianchang!"

Zhang Qingyu and Lu Zhihua were stunned at first, then overjoyed.

They all knew the relationship between Li Zhen and Zhang Luan. If Zhang Luan was the chief minister of Shangwu Temple, it would be extremely beneficial to Bahumen and them.

"Disciple obeys!" The two men quickly stood up and responded.

Li Zhen waved his hand and said, "In fact, when Jianchang Hou received the imperial decree, he was in my other courtyard. Before he left, he specifically asked me for help and asked me to send more disciples to him."

"Tomorrow you will take thirty disciples with you to Kyoto. You must obey Marquis Jianchang's orders in everything and do not bring shame to your master!"

There is no need to say much about his relationship with Zhang Luan. The two are true friends for life and death.

Since Zhang Luan had spoken, he would naturally do his best to support him.

Li Zhongzhen is responsible for the affairs of the sect, so he definitely cannot go.

Ye Defu has the highest level of cultivation, and he hopes that Ye Defu can go one step further and reach the half-step innate realm, and he must not be distracted to do other things.

Zhang Qingyu is both talented and virtuous, Lu Zhihua is resourceful, and they both have the eighth level of acquired cultivation, so they will definitely be able to help Zhang Luan.

……

Yungui, Nanshan clan.

Sect leader Fu Ting looked at the martial arts order in his hand, his eyes filled with anger.

"You actually want us to be dogs for the government? Don't even think about it!"

He growled through gritted teeth.

In the hall, several elders of Nanshan Sect frowned when they saw this.

"Master, this is a decree from the imperial court. We in the Nanshan Sect do not have the power to resist the imperial court!" said a white-haired elder.

"What about where?"

Fu Ting looked at the elder who was speaking like a bloodthirsty beast.

"Are you still going to serve those officials? If they tell you to die, will you die?"

Several elders couldn't help but sigh when they heard this.

Serve the court?
The Nanshan Sect really can’t do it.

The reason is very simple. In recent years, their Nanshan Sect has suffered a lot of suppression from the imperial court.

The root cause was the battle of Ruhe Wharf that year.

That’s right, it was the battle at the Ruhe Wharf a few years ago when we besieged Yang Zhengshan.

In that battle, Nanshan Sect's leader Fu Shanhong also participated.

Although Fu Shanhong was beheaded by Yang Zhengshan at that time, it did not mean that the court would let the matter go.

In broad daylight, they killed important officials of the imperial court. The imperial court was already very lenient by not destroying the Nanshan Sect.

And now the leader of Nanshan Sect, Fu Ting, is the son of Fu Shanhong.

"Since the sect leader is determined to go against the imperial court, then be prepared to exterminate the Nanshan Sect!" An elder could not help but speak up.

"Destroy the whole family!"

Fu Ting's eyes turned red. "If we don't resist, will our Nanshan Sect be better off?"

After these words were spoken, the elders fell into complete silence.

If they don't resist, they will just have to keep their tails between their legs. The key point is that even if they are willing to keep their tails between their legs, those officials may not necessarily let them go.

There is never a shortage of people in this world who take advantage of others' misfortunes.

And now their Nanshan Sect is inside the well, and there are many people standing on the well platform who are eyeing the Nanshan Sect covetously.

(End of this chapter)