Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 559: Xingyue Island Planning

Inside the Taiji Hall, all the ministers left the palace in silence, but when they were far away from the palace, they all started talking about something.

Some people think that Yang Zhengshan is acting recklessly, some people think that Yang Zhengshan is too reckless, and some people think that Yang Zhengshan is upright.

Yang Zhengshan deliberately walked a few steps later and fell behind Zhou Yunsong and Song Yuange.

Zhao Gongqing walked quickly behind Zhou Yunsong, looking back at Yang Zhengshan from time to time.

Three or five officials gathered around Song Yuange, talking in low voices, and no one knew what they were discussing.

Seeing this, Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"You've really stirred up a hornet's nest this time!" Liang Chu said softly.

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "Do you think there will be more memorials impeaching me or Zhou Yunsong tomorrow?"

"You can still laugh?" Liang Chu shook his head with amusement.

"Why can't you laugh? The worst that can happen is that you can just fine me my salary. Can you even demote me?" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

The two of them left the Taiji Hall together, but after the morning court session, a storm of disturbances arose in the officialdom of Kyoto.

Yang Zhengshan's impeachment seemed to have no effect on Zhou Yunsong, but Yang Zhengshan impeached the second assistant of the cabinet, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the leader of the new party in the court. In the past, the struggle between the old and new parties mainly revolved around the power of various ministries and the attacks were all on middle and high-level officials of various ministries. No one had ever impeached a cabinet elder.

Yang Zhengshan's impeachment was more like a beginning, opening Pandora's box.

At one time, many officials in Kyoto began to collude with each other, and many officials even gathered together to discuss openly.

As for what they discussed, it was nothing more than whether to take advantage of the opportunity to pursue Zhou Yunsong relentlessly, or to launch a counterattack against Yang Zhengshan.

Those who want to deal with Zhou Yunsong are naturally the old party, and those who want to fight back against Yang Zhengshan are naturally the new party.

The so-called New Party and Old Party were initially just old ministers during the Chengping period and court officials promoted by Emperor Yanping. However, over the past few years, the New Party and Old Party have become different.

The New Party became the Long Party, which was mainly composed of officials from Longyuan and Longnan.

The old party became the Jiangnan faction, which was mainly composed of scholars and officials from Jiangnan.

Longyuan and Jiangnan are the two regions with the most prosperous literary style, and they are also the two regions with the largest number of officials.

In the court, the two parties were fighting each other, and there were some officials who belonged to the neutral faction. However, the neutral faction had no leader, and most of them served in some unoccupied government offices. The reason why Lu Wenyuan chose to be sent away was because he was isolated by the two parties everywhere in Kyoto, which made it difficult for him to do anything practical.

Lu Wenyuan is a talented person. He comes from a poor family and although he has Yang Zhengshan as his support, he has always wanted to establish his own achievements.

But although he was promoted to a higher position in Kyoto over the years, he didn't accomplish anything, so he chose to be sent to another place to govern.

Officials like Lu Wenyuan were not isolated cases in the Darong bureaucracy. As the struggle between the two parties in the court became increasingly fierce, many talented officials were not reused or promoted.

The most typical example is Zheng Xiao. In Yang Zhengshan's view, Zheng Xiao is definitely a great talent. When he was the Imperial Censor of Salt in Liaodong, he managed the Salt Transport Bureau in an orderly manner. Not only did he collect a large amount of salt tax for the court, he also reduced the price of salt in Liaodong a lot, making it affordable for ordinary people to eat salt.

After Zheng Xiao became the governor of Liaodong Salt Industry and Maritime Customs, he took advantage of the Tenglong Guard to further expand the scale of maritime trade of Liao'an Maritime Customs and Jizhou Maritime Customs.

In the past, Tenglongwei was the only one in Liaodong, but now there are numerous maritime merchants of all sizes emerging in Liaodong, which has greatly developed the economy of Liaodong.

The people of Liaodong who experienced the drought have gained a lot of benefits, which is also one of the main reasons why the people of Liaodong were able to survive the most difficult recovery period after experiencing the severe drought.

Although the people's livelihood in Liaodong is not as good as it was during the reign of Emperor Chengping, Liaodong has already shown the beginnings of vigorous development.

Zheng Xiao has contributed to all these things.

So in Yang Zhengshan's eyes, Zheng Xiao is a capable and competent official.

However, Zheng Xiao kept wandering around in Liaodong. After a few years, although his official position was promoted, he himself was not valued by the court.

The fight between the two parties will only promote their own people to important positions in Beijing. Capable officials like Zheng Xiao and Lu Wenyuan have no room to do anything in the Kyoto court.

This is the current situation in Darong’s court.

In this regard, Yang Zhengshan's attitude has always been that as long as they don't go too far, he will pretend not to see it.

So he did not help Lu Wenyuan and Zheng Xiao, but this time, the matter of Bao Lang and Sun Anyang made it impossible for him to pretend not to see it.

That's why he decided to stir up the muddy water in the court.

However, he was a nobleman after all, and could not interfere too much in the struggles between civil servants.

It's okay to let him stir things up a bit, but he can't really get down and fight with the civil servants.

After leaving the imperial city, Yang Zhengshan ran straight home and hid.

He had done his job, and no matter how big the storm was in the court, it would have little to do with him.

Yang Zhengshan was just a nobody, he was only responsible for lighting the fire and didn't care how big the fire would be.

In the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, everyone continued to do what they were supposed to do, and was not affected at all by the undercurrents in the court.

As soon as Yang Zhengshan returned home, Lu Shou came running to report: "My Lord, Steward Luo is back!"

"Where is he?" Yang Zhengshan walked towards the study and asked.

Lu Shou said: "I have arranged a guest room for him. Let him go and rest!"

Yang Zhengshan entered the study room, "Let him come over, and bring the list you compiled some time ago!"

Lu Shou responded and went to call Luo Jinsong.

A moment later, Luo Jinsong came to the study, and Lu Shou also came over with a booklet.

"Greetings, My Lord!" Luo Jinsong said happily.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "How is it? What's the situation on Xingyue Island now?"

Luo Jinsong replied: "Everything is fine on Xingyue Island. According to the Marquis's instructions, I have relocated some islanders to Xingyue Island."

"There are more than 3,000 islanders on Xingyue Island. I have allocated fields and houses to them. The harvest this year is pretty good, so those islanders should have no problem getting enough food!"

"In addition, according to the Marquis's instructions, I have already contacted the Zhu family of Dihuo Island. The Zhu family has recognized our right to rule over the islands around Xingyue Island, and is willing to transport all kinds of supplies to us."

Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction.

Xingyue Island is the retreat that Yang Zhengshan prepared for the Yang family, so it naturally cannot be left abandoned forever.

He left Luo Jinsong on Xingyue Island because he wanted to develop Xingyue Island. Even if he couldn't restore Xingyue Island to the time when Xingyue Sect controlled Xingyue Island, he wanted Xingyue Island to be self-sufficient.

As for the Zhu family's willingness to recognize the Yang family's rule over Xingyue Island, this was also expected.

As long as the Zhu family is not stupid, they will not be hostile to the Yang family, and they will even try their best to please the Yang family.

The reason is simple. Tenglongwei has already started cooperation with the Zhu family on Dongyang Island, and in just one year, the Zhu family has gained huge benefits.

They know clearly how to choose.

"These are tenants and slaves who are willing to move to Xingyue Island. I have already made arrangements with the Tenglong Guards. They will transport these people over. You will take good care of them when the time comes!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed at the booklet in Lu Shou's hand and said.

Lu Shou handed the booklet to Luo Jinsong, who opened it and glanced at it, seeing many familiar names. "Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will make arrangements!"

The booklet includes not only tenants and slaves, but also the wives and children of some of the Yang family guards, including Luo Jinsong's wife and children.

These people will settle on Xingyue Island in the future. Xingyue Island will be the main development direction of the Yang family. The Yang family will gradually move tenants and slaves to Xingyue Island.

As for whether the slaves and tenants were willing to migrate, of course they were willing.

Because as long as they moved there, the Yang family would give them land, and Yang Zhengshan also personally set a relatively low land tax.

Moreover, the Yang family's generosity towards slaves and tenants over the years has also made them very loyal to the Yang family.

Currently, the Yang family owns about 2,000 tenants and slave households, including 600 slave households and about 1,500 tenant households.

Needless to say, the slaves and tenants depended on the Yang family for everything, and the tenants also depended on the Yang family for their livelihood.

Yang Zhengshan has decided to relocate the slaves and tenants in Liaodong to Xingyue Island in batches. As for the slaves and tenants in Kyoto, they will also be relocated gradually.

These slaves and tenants probably numbered more than 10,000 people, plus the wives, children and elders of the Yang family guards, a total of about 13,000 people.

Read the error-free version at 69shuba! 6=9+shu_ba is the first to publish this novel.

The fields on Xingyue Island and its surrounding islands are enough to make 30,000 people self-sufficient.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan’s plan is to allow Xingyue Island to absorb 30,000 islanders and make it completely the private territory of the Yang family.

Luo Jinsong hesitated for a moment and said, "My Lord, should we form a navy?"

"What? You want to form a navy?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Luo Jinsong grinned, "Brothers, you are too bored on the island!"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said: “It’s not impossible to form a navy, but we can’t form too many navy like Xingyuemen did.”

"How about this, you train the young and strong first, buy a few more ships, and build the framework first. When I have time, I will go over and take a look in person!"

It is not difficult to form a navy, as long as someone has ships.

Tenglongwei can provide warships, and Yang Zhengshan can purchase them directly from Tenglongwei. Of course, he can also ask for them for free. I believe Yu Tonghai and others are willing to give them for free, but Yang Zhengshan is embarrassed to ask for them for free.

As for the people, once the tenants and slaves were moved over, it would be no problem to form a navy of 3,000 people.

However, Yang Zhengshan would not want a group of rabble. The navy he wanted to build had to be the elite among the elite.

However, if you want to train elite troops, you cannot do without spiritual spring water, so Yang Zhengshan has to go to Xingyue Island in person.

"Yes!" Luo Jinsong responded happily.

Yang Zhengshan stood up and said with a smile: "You can handle the rest. If you need warships and supplies, go find Yu Tonghai."

Afterwards, Luo Jinsong left the marquis's mansion and went home to reunite with his wife and children.

Next he will take his wife and children to Xingyue Island, where they will celebrate the New Year this year.

……

The next morning.

Inside the imperial city, in the imperial study.

Zhang Mingzhong led two young eunuchs and came to the imperial court carrying a large pile of memorials.

"Your Majesty, this is today's memorial!"

Emperor Yanping looked at the memorials with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"What are these memorials?"

Zhang Mingzhong replied: "They are all memorials impeaching Lord Zhou and Marquis Jing'an!"

"How many people have impeached Marquis Jing'an?" asked Emperor Yanping.

Zhang Mingzhong took out the four memorials from above and said, "There are only these four!"

"So little?" Emperor Yanping asked in surprise.

He thought it would be half and half, but he didn't expect there would be only four. Then wouldn't the remaining dozens of copies all be impeaching Zhou Yunsong!
He opened the memorial and glanced at it. "Impeaching Marquis Jing'an for raising private soldiers! This is a serious crime!"

It was no secret that Yang Zhengshan had three hundred guards, and Emperor Yanping was naturally well aware of it.

Among the three hundred guards, two hundred were Yang Zhengshan’s former personal guards, and one hundred were guards trained by the Yang family. Emperor Yanping was also very aware of this.

Even Emperor Yanping knew that many of the Yang family's servants were warriors.

But this is a very common thing among the noble families and official families in Kyoto, it's just that the Yang family's guards are stronger.

Even the fact that the Yang family occupied Xingyue Island and was migrating tenants and slaves to Xingyue Island was clearly known to Emperor Yanping.

Emperor Yanping didn't care about this.

how to say?

One reason is that Yang Zhengshan abides by the rules and does many things openly without any intention of hiding anything.

The more upright Yang Zhengshan was, the less suspicious Emperor Yanping would be of him.

The second reason is that Yang Zhengshan has made great military achievements in the court, and he is not power-hungry and does not personally hold military power. This is undoubtedly what Emperor Yanping is most relieved about.

As for Yang Zhengshan raising several hundred private soldiers, that was not a big deal at all.

The Xingyue Island was also deliberately given to the Yang family by Emperor Yanping.

It would be of little use for the court to occupy Xingyue Island. Rather than letting other forces in the southeastern waters occupy Xingyue Island, it would be better to let the Yang family occupy it.

Of course, there are things that Emperor Yanping doesn't know, such as how strong the Yang family guards are and how many warriors the Yang family has trained over the years.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan didn’t have an accurate number of how many warriors the Yang family had trained over the years.

All adult male slaves of the Yang family will enter the guard camp for three years of training, and over the years, there are about a thousand warriors who have walked out of the guard camp.

These warriors are all servants of the Yang family. They are mainly responsible for managing the Yang family's business and do not have the opportunity to show their strength on weekdays.

Let me put it this way, if you go to the Yang family's farm and pick any young man at random, there is a one-third probability that he is a warrior, and the other two-thirds probability is that this young man is a tenant of the Yang family, not a slave of the Yang family.

Yang Zhengshan's original intention of training these slaves was not to raise private soldiers. He just thought that young people should study hard and practice well.

Training in the Guard Camp is not just about practicing martial arts, but also about reading and writing, establishing three values, and cultivating loyalty.

Emperor Yanping picked up another memorial and opened it. "Impeaching Marquis Jing'an for embezzling military rations is a bit ridiculous. Marquis Jing'an had money provided by the Luo family. Was it necessary for him to embezzle this little military rations? This is a false accusation and he should be punished!"

"Impeaching Marquis Jing'an for indiscriminate killing! Well, this is still reliable. Marquis Jing'an does have a strong desire to kill!"

"Impeach Marquis Jing'an for framing a loyal official in Fuhai Province!"

(End of this chapter)