Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 516: Ice Heart Fruit Blooms

The next evening, Yang Zhengshan received Wu Zheng's report.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan looked at Wu Zheng with interest, "How is the situation?"

"Hehe, I went to see it myself. Zhou Ningwei was beaten with his naked butt. Many people around saw it, and many people called out his identity!" Wu Zheng smiled sinisterly.

It has to be said that Liu Dashan is very reliable. Not only did he wait until Zhou Ningwei took off his clothes before catching him in the act, but he also specially arranged for people to shout out Zhou Ningwei's identity outside.

If his identity had not been announced, few ordinary people would have known that this was Zhou Ningwei. But it was different after he was called out. Just wait and see, when the sun comes out tomorrow, this matter will spread throughout Kyoto and become the after-dinner conversation of countless people.

"Very good!" Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Wait a moment!"

He bent over his desk, found a memorial, and began to write.

Dare to impeach me!

Humph, I will impeach you too!

This old man was born in poverty, but he owns a mansion and has many wives and concubines. He is obviously a corrupt official.

As for the evidence of corruption and bribery, do I need any more evidence for impeachment?
Besides, do you really think that Emperor Yanping doesn’t know who the corrupt officials are?
The Secret Guards are not there to do nothing, especially in Kyoto, they are truly omnipresent.

If you ask the Secret Service Guards whether Zhou Ningwei is a corrupt official, they will definitely be able to produce evidence.

"Tomorrow morning, immediately submit this memorial to the memorial office!"

"Here!" Wu Zheng took the memorial and smiled.

……

The next day, in the imperial study of the imperial city.

Emperor Yanping couldn't help laughing when he saw the memorial handed over by Yang Zhengshan.

"Why is Your Majesty so happy?" Zhang Mingzhong, who was standing nearby to serve, asked softly.

Zhang Mingzhong was previously the eunuch guarding Chongshan Town, but two years ago, Emperor Yanping transferred him back to Kyoto and entered the Silijian, where he served as the eunuch in charge of writing and the commander of the Imperial Guard.

Of course, this is also what Chen Zhongshu meant. It is obvious that Chen Zhongshu intends to train Zhang Mingzhong to be his successor.

Before going to Chongshan Town, Zhang Mingzhong served Emperor Chengping in the imperial court. At that time, he was a person valued by Chen Zhongshu. Later, Zhang Mingzhong went to Chongshan Town to serve as the eunuch in charge, which was also specially arranged by Emperor Chengping and Chen Zhongshu.

Now that Zhang Mingzhong has accomplished all his mission, Chen Zhongshu chose him as his successor.

And his various performances in Chongshan Town have proved that Zhang Mingzhong is a person who understands the overall situation, knows how to advance and retreat, and knows what is important. In the past two years, Zhang Mingzhong has gradually gained the recognition of Emperor Yanping.

"Come, take a look. Haha, Marquis Jing'an is angry!" Emperor Yanping threw the memorial to Zhang Mingzhong and said with a smile.

Zhang Mingzhong opened the memorial, glanced at it, and his eyes fell on the last sentence, "I think this inspector Zhou is a corrupt official. Your Majesty should investigate him and the money confiscated can enrich the national treasury!"

He smiled, "It's also Zhou Ningwei's own fault that he dared to provoke Marquis Jing'an. He seems to have forgotten that Marquis Jing'an is a fierce god who has killed countless people!"

Emperor Yanping shook his head slightly. "I think the blame should be placed on Marquis Jing'an. In recent years, Marquis Jing'an has been living in seclusion and not even attending the morning court. This is why people have forgotten his might."

Emperor Yanping had a lot of complaints about Yang Zhengshan. He was naturally aware of Yang Zhengshan's abilities, and he naturally wanted to make use of Yang Zhengshan.

It is difficult to arrange for Chongshan Town, but other border towns can be arranged. Even if you don't want to go to the border towns, the Imperial Guards can do it.

It's not that he hadn't mentioned all this to Yang Zhengshan, but Yang Zhengshan was only interested in guarding the Martial Arts Pavilion and had no interest in anything else, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

But he couldn't do anything to Yang Zhengshan. An innate warrior is an innate warrior, and even an emperor can't force an innate warrior.

Zhang Mingzhong naturally knew what Emperor Yanping was thinking, but this was not a matter he could interfere with.

"Your Majesty, do you approve Marquis Jing'an's proposal?"

Emperor Yanping waved his hand nonchalantly, "Go ask the Secret Guards. If there is evidence, then investigate!"

He is just a city inspector and is not worth his attention.

"Here!"

Zhang Mingzhong took the order and slowly left the imperial study.

Just as he walked out of the imperial study, Chen Zhongshu came over.

"Godfather!" Zhang Mingzhong bowed and called out.

Chen Zhongshu nodded slightly and looked at the memorial in his hand. "What's the matter?"

"Marquis Jing'an was dissatisfied with Zhou Ningwei, and His Majesty asked his son to investigate and prosecute him!" Zhang Mingzhong said respectfully.

Godfather and godson is the most common relationship among the eunuchs in the imperial city, but Chen Zhongshu used to be called the ancestor.

"Then go ahead and do it. The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back!"

After Chen Zhongshu gave some instructions, he entered the imperial study and came to the imperial desk.

Emperor Yanping was still dealing with memorials from the court. Chen Zhongshu bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of the Weaving Bureau has been investigated!"

"What is the problem?"

"There are no major problems with the Weaving Bureau, but many silk merchants in Jiangnan have many problems!" said Chen Zhongshu.

Emperor Yanping looked up at him, and Chen Zhongshu explained: "In the past two years, because the silk production of the weaving bureau has been increasing, more and more raw silk has been needed, causing the price of raw silk in Jiangnan to rise again and again, causing many silk merchants in Jiangnan to be dissatisfied!"

The Weaving Bureau was specifically responsible for manufacturing silk fabrics for the palace, but it also provided silk fabrics for tribute trade.

If it were just these, the Weaving Bureau would not have affected the price of raw silk in Jiangnan. However, due to the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau and the involvement of the six imperial merchants in the tribute trade, the scale of the tribute trade grew larger and larger.

In order to complete the orders from the Imperial Merchants Bureau, the Weaving Bureau had to purchase large quantities of raw silk, which caused the price of raw silk in Jiangnan to become increasingly higher.

However, the people in Jiangnan have a lot of silk, and they also need a large amount of raw silk. The increase in the price of raw silk will naturally affect their interests.

"So they colluded with pirates and burned down the weaving workshop in Yuzhou?" Emperor Yanping asked with a gloomy face.

Chen Zhongshu said: "Not only because of this, in addition to the price of raw silk, they are also dissatisfied with the Royal Merchants Bureau interfering in the silk trade!"

"Some time ago, the Imperial Merchants Department and the Jialuo Dynasty reached an agreement on a large order of 500,000 pieces of silk and 8 million taels of silver. The Jialuo Dynasty used to purchase silk from the Jiangnan Maritime Customs, but because of the intervention of the Imperial Merchants Department, the silk merchants in Jiangnan lost such a large order."

The Garo Dynasty is located in the south of Dayong and does not border Dayong. If you take the land route, you need to cross several dynasties to reach Dayong, but if you take the sea route, you can take a boat directly south for thousands of miles to reach the Garo Dynasty.

The Garo Dynasty was also a dynasty with developed maritime trade. They liked to purchase various specialties from Dayong and transport them to the far west for sale.

Dayong’s silk fabrics are one of their favorite products.

When Emperor Yanping learned about the large order from the Imperial Merchants Bureau, he was very happy about it because he could earn at least four million taels of silver from this order. He did not expect that this would become a disaster for Yuzhou.

However, he still couldn't understand why the silk merchants in Jiangnan dared to collude with pirates to attack Yuzhou City.

Don’t they know that the court will be furious and will investigate the matter thoroughly?

Are they really not afraid of death?
Just a group of silk merchants want to challenge the authority of the court?
"Hand these over to the Secret Guards. No matter who is involved in this matter, we must investigate it thoroughly!" There was a cold light in Emperor Yanping's eyes, and he couldn't wait to raise the butcher knife.

He found it intolerable that it involved the Imperial Merchants Bureau and the Weaving Bureau.

You have to know that the Imperial Merchants Department is now the money bag for him and the court. Last year, the Imperial Merchants Department earned more than 20 million taels of silver, which is twice as much as the tax silver collected by the court. How could he tolerate someone destroying the business of the Imperial Merchants Department?
"I obey your command!" Chen Zhongshu replied.

……

After Zhang Mingzhong conveyed Emperor Yanping's order to the Secret Guard, the Secret Guard immediately found Zhou Ningwei's file.

Although an imperial censor like Zhou Ningwei does not hold a high official rank, he has the authority to supervise all officials, so the Secret Guards still pay some attention to him.

As for the officials and dignitaries in Kyoto, the Secret Guards have special files to record their backgrounds, resumes, some information that needs attention, etc.

In fact, the Secret Guards knew very well whether there were corrupt officials in the court, and the Emperor Yanping was also very clear about it.

However, when the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Both Emperor Chengping and Emperor Yanping understood that corrupt officials could not be completely killed, so they did not think of killing all the corrupt officials.

Besides, some people and some things cannot really be divided into black and white.

For example, it is very common for officials to give each other holiday gifts, and some people give very valuable gifts. Not only in official circles, but also among the people, people attach great importance to giving holiday gifts. This is a custom, and even the court cannot prohibit it.

So some things are not that the court does not want to do, but that it cannot be done.

Zhou Ningwei was born in a poor family, but now he lives a life of luxury, which shows that he is quite accomplished in making money.

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Although the Secret Guards did not pay special attention to Zhou Ningwei, the files recorded still contained many cases of Zhou Ningwei giving and receiving bribes.

Zhang Mingzhong didn't even need to make any special arrangements, the Secret Guards captured Zhou Ningwei that day.

When a large number of Secret Guards surrounded the Zhou family mansion and took Zhou Ningwei back to the Secret Guards' prison, it caused a small disturbance in Kyoto.

Most people don't quite understand what happened, but some people know why.

In the study room of Shuntian Prefecture Yamen.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Shijie couldn't help but shake his head. "This idiot, why did he pick on Marquis Jing'an when he could pick on anyone else? Does he really think Marquis Jing'an is made of clay?"

He knew Yang Zhengshan very well. Although he had not dealt with Yang Zhengshan in these years, he had always been paying attention to Yang Zhengshan.

At that time, Pingyuan Province investigated and prosecuted many members of the Zhen family. Zhen Shijie had thought about helping, but in the end he chose to ignore it.

One reason was that the matter caused such a big stir in the court, and the other was that it involved Yang Zhengshan.

"Go and find Zhen Yang. I need her help with something." Zhen Shijie thought for a moment, then called a follower and gave the order.

"Zhen Yang? Master, are you talking about the person in charge of the Imperial Commercial Bureau?" the attendant asked carefully.

Zhen Shijie nodded, "That's her. I remember she has a mansion in Kyoto! Ask her if she is in Kyoto. If not, send her a letter to see when she can come to Kyoto!"

"Yes!" the follower responded.

Zhen Yangshi was born in the Zhen family of Yanzhou and is also a member of the Zhen clan. According to seniority, Zhen Yangshi should call Zhen Shijie uncle.

However, the Zhen family is too large, and Zhen Shijie doesn't want to get involved in family affairs, so he hasn't met Zhen Yangshi in all these years.

However, Zhen Yang would send a holiday gift during every festival, and did not forget him as her elder.

He used to look down on Zhen Yangshi, but now he feels that he should interact more with Zhen Yangshi.

……

Although Yang Zhengshan was angry at Zhou Ningwei, the fool, he actually didn't take Zhou Ningwei seriously at all. After learning that Zhou Ningwei had been captured by the Secret Guards, he put the matter behind him.

At the end of April, Yang Zhengshan went to the Temple of Worship to collect this year's salary, a Zhenyuan Pill.

The Imperial Hospital was a bit lazy this year. In previous years, the Zhenyuan Pill was refined in March, but this year it was not completed until the end of April.

After getting the Zhenyuan Pill, Yang Zhengshan hid in the Lingquan space and swallowed the Zhenyuan Pill.

In the simple house, Yang Zhengshan lay on the couch with his eyes slightly closed, his mind immersed in the circulation of true energy in his body.

As the Zhenyuan Pill entered his stomach, Yang Zhengshan immediately felt a large amount of true Qi growing in the acupuncture points in his body. The true Qi entered his meridians and began to circulate rapidly.

As the true energy circulated, he felt his body expanding, but the swelling sensation only lasted for more than an hour before disappearing.

By the time he opened his eyes, the effect of the Zhenyuan Pill had worn off.

Getting down from the couch, Yang Zhengshan stretched out his hand and with a thought, a green grass immediately emerged in his palm.

The grass is lifelike, and even the veins on the leaves are clearly visible.

However, Yang Zhengshan still shook his head slightly, "It's still not good enough, it's still too far away, ah~~"

This was the third Zhenyuan Pill he had taken, which was equivalent to increasing his cultivation by nine years. Combined with the three years of practice, it meant that he had increased his cultivation by twelve years in the past three years.

However, the training of innate warriors is not calculated by years. The Zhenyuan Pill only improves the accumulation of innate true energy.

The accumulation of innate true qi can only allow him to quickly pass through the stabilization period of innate entry and enter the level of controlling qi, but if he wants to reach the subtle realm, he still needs to practice carefully.

Yang Zhengshan walked out of the house and looked at the eight spiritual plants beside the courtyard, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Eight spiritual plants, four three-yellow plums, two star fruit trees, and two ice heart fruits.

The largest of them is the Sanhuang Plum, which is now more than ten feet tall. Under normal circumstances, it takes twelve years for the Sanhuang Plum to bear fruit. However, in the Lingquan space, the growth rate of the Sanhuang Plum is much faster. Yang Zhengshan estimates that this Sanhuang Plum may bear fruit this year.

Counting the time, this largest three-yellow plum tree has been planted for six years.

It takes thirty years for the Xingyuan Fruit to bear fruit. Even if it grows faster in the Lingquan space, it will still take at least ten years.

As for the Bing Xin Fruit, Yang Zhengshan looked at the two Bing Xin Fruit trees that looked like pear trees, his eyes full of joy, because the Bing Xin Fruit actually bloomed this year.

The Bingxin fruit bears fruit every three years, and only eighteen fruits are produced each time. Yang Zhengshan never expected that the Bingxin fruit would bear fruit in just three years.

But that's not right. If it takes three years to grow in the Lingquan space, it may take five or six years in the outside world.

Anyway, no matter what, the Bingxin fruit will definitely bear fruit this year.

One Ice Heart Fruit can be used to refine one Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill. He used the three Ice Heart Fruits that Xue Qiaoer gave him to refine one Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill, and he ate that Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill himself.

Well, the effect is that his skin becomes more tender and looks younger, and it also has the effect of cleansing the meridians and blood vessels, but this effect is not very effective on him.

Because he became younger, Yu Qingyi was curious about how long he had been doing, but Yang Zhengshan didn't have the courage to tell Yu Qingyi the truth.

He is an old man, what need does he have for youth?
If Yu Qingyi knew about this, she would definitely blame him for not letting her enjoy such a good thing.

Women are obsessed with their appearance.

Especially now that Yu Qingyi is not young anymore, she is already in her forties. Although she still looks like she is in her early thirties, Yu Qingyi still feels a little uncomfortable with her aging.

Yu Qingyi would definitely be very happy if he could refine the Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill again.

However, Yu Qingyi should be about to break through to the innate realm, probably in just one or two years.

Three years, three Sanhuang plums, Yang Zhengshan gave one to Yu Qingyi, one to Ding Qiu, and one to Yang Mingcheng.

Ding Qiu and Yang Mingcheng's cultivation had both reached the half-step innate realm. The only pity was that Yu Qingyi still could not break through to the innate realm.

(End of this chapter)