Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 564 Uncontrollable anger
Yang Minghao said: "We can't just sit there and wait for death. We must guard against attacks from the Wulianghu tribe!"

"Come here, send a message to the Dinghu Guard and the Daning Guard to prepare for a massive invasion by the Wulianghu tribe!"

"Mingzhen, Chengze, you immediately lead the left and right battalions to support Dinghu Guard and Daning Guard!"

The biggest advantage of Chongshan Town is that there are enough descendants of the Yang family, and Yang Zhengshan has absolute control over Chongshan Town.

Even without Pang Tang and Zhou Lan, Yang Minghao could still take charge of the overall situation in Chongshan Town by virtue of his identity as the son of Yang Zhengshan.

"Yes, let's leave now!"

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze responded without saying anything.

Yang Chengxu said: "Should I send a message to the Marquis?"

Yang Minghao said: "The letter has been sent out together with the 800-mile urgent report!"

Such a big thing happened in Chongshan Town, so Yang Minghao naturally had to tell Yang Zhengshan.

"Chengxu, you take over the defense of the city. I will go to the general's mansion. Brother Song, you go to the military camp outside the city!"

Yang Minghao continued to make arrangements.

"it is good!"

Soon, the five of them took action.

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze led the left and right battalions of the town flag to provide support to Dinghu Wei and Daning Wei.

Yang Chengxu took over the defense of the city, Song Dashan was in charge of the military camp outside the city, and Yang Minghao was in charge of the general's mansion.

After arriving at the general's mansion, Yang Minghao immediately asked Song Ying, the governor of Chongshan Town, to temporarily take over the governor's office.

Pang Tang was assassinated and Zhou Lan was in a coma, and there was no eunuch guarding Chongshan Town. The only one who could preside over the overall situation in Chongshan Town at this time was Yang Minghao.

……

A few days later, in Yemi City, in the court of King Wuliang.

"Hahaha~~" Uto sat in the hall, laughing heartily.

"My lord, what good news is there?"

In the palace, Aguche, a general under Uto, asked.

"Of course it's good news. Chongshan Town Governor Pang Tang was assassinated and General Zhou Lan was poisoned. Haha, now Chongshan Town can no longer stop us from going south!" Wutuo said happily.

He was still very wary of Chongshan Town.

However, compared to Chongshan Town, he coveted Beiyuan Town more because the land in Beiyuan Town was more fertile than that in Chongshan Town.

Even though Chongshan Town has reclaimed a large amount of fertile land in the north, it is still inferior to Beiyuan Town in terms of the number of fertile land.

In addition to numerous fertile fields, Beiyuan Town also has many copper and iron mines, which are the resources most needed by the Wulianghu tribe and what Wutuo covets the most.

Once the Wuliang royal court occupied Beiyuan Town, they could not only go south to plunder the Longyuan area, but also grow and develop relying on the resources of Beiyuan Town.

Therefore, Wutuo did not think about attacking Chongshan Town. From the beginning to the end, he had only one goal, which was Beiyuan Town.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Agu Che said loudly.

Wu Tuo smiled and said, "Send a message to each tribe, and have them attack Beiyuan Town as planned!"

"Also, gather the troops. I will personally lead the expedition to Beiyuan Town!"

He couldn't wait to go to Beiyuan Town for a battle. He had been preparing for this day for five or six years.

It can be said that since he ascended the throne, he has been preparing to occupy Beiyuan Town.

That’s right, it was to occupy Beiyuan Town, not to plunder Beiyuan Town.

In the past, the Wulianghu tribe fought with Beiyuan Town just to plunder Beiyuan. When they invaded Liaoxi, their purpose was just to plunder Liaoxi's supplies.

And now, he wants to occupy Beiyuan Town, and then rely on the resources of Beiyuan Town and the war horses on the grassland to establish an extremely powerful royal court.

His ambition far exceeds that of all the previous kings in the Wuliang Kingdom, and his goal will transcend the ages to become the most powerful emperor on the grassland, defeat Dayong, and obtain more fertile land and population.

……

Beiyuan Town, General’s Headquarters.

"Report! Your Excellency the General, there are unusual movements from the Kerait tribe in the north." A soldier came to Duan Qifeng to report.

Duan Qifeng asked calmly, "What's the unusual movement?"

The soldiers replied: "A large number of cavalry are gathering towards the Kereyid Banner. It is estimated that there are already 20,000 cavalry gathered around the Kereyid Banner!"

Duan Qifeng sneered, "Haha, it seems that the Wuliang Royal Court also wants to have a big fight with us!"

"You go back first!"

The soldiers bowed and left the room, and inside the room, Concubine Mingyue came out wearing a scarlet gauze dress, with a faint smile on her charming face.

"Isn't this exactly what my husband wants?"

Duan Qifeng's lips curled up slightly, "You're right, this is exactly what I want!"

He took the delicate Fei Mingyue into his arms and said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, your husband will definitely catch enough blood food for you!"

"No, it's for us, haha~~"

Fei Mingyue reached out and stroked Duan Qifeng's face, and said with a sweet smile: "By then, my husband's cultivation will be able to go a step further!"

Duan Qifeng's eyes flashed blood red, and his face became intoxicated and ferocious, "Madam, please wait for me at home. I will be back soon!"

As he spoke, he gently kissed Fei Mingyue on the forehead and then walked towards the door.

Fei Mingyue looked at his back and licked her rosy lips with her pink tongue.

"Silly husband, you are my favorite blood food!"

"Cuckoo~"

She smiled sweetly, her smile was extremely charming and beautiful.

……

End of March.

The three tribes of Kereyit, Wanggu and Tatar in the south of the Wuliang Kingdom gathered 100,000 young and strong men and marched south. In just a few days, smoke of war rose on the border north of Beiyuan Town.

Beiyuan Town also sent out its elite troops, with eight lieutenant generals leading reinforcements to meet the attack. Duan Qifeng personally led a battalion of 100,000 troops to sit in Linyuan City and encircle and suppress the Wuliang Hu cavalry from all sides.

For a time, there were countless battles on the border of Beiyuan Town, and countless soldiers were killed and wounded on both sides.

Duan Qifeng and Wutuo started preparing for this war last year. Food, fodder, weapons and armor are all ready, and both sides can be said to have put in all their efforts.

They were in cahoots with each other before, but now they seem to have become enemies, vowing to decide the winner in this battle.

Early April.

Two urgent reports from 800 miles away arrived in Kyoto at almost the same time.

Imperial City.

The five cabinet ministers gathered in the imperial study. Now the Darong cabinet has Zhang Shaochun as the chief minister, Lu Ming as the second minister, Guan Wenshuo, Jiang Wei, and Wu Liangzai as ministers.

Zhang Shaochun had already joined the cabinet during the reign of Emperor Chengping, but his experience was relatively shallow, and he had been almost a nobody in the cabinet over the years. But now, he has become the most experienced minister in the cabinet, and based on seniority, he has become the new prime minister of the cabinet.

Lu Ming was originally the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, but before Emperor Yanping ascended the throne, he defected to Emperor Yanping. He can be said to be a meritorious follower of Emperor Yanping. Previously, Lu Ming successively served as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Now he has been promoted to the Second Assistant of the Cabinet.

Guan Wenshuo was originally the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate. When Liu Yuanfu was still serving in the court, he was a colleague of Liu Yuanfu. However, he is not very old, and now he is less than sixty years old, which is considered young in the cabinet.

Jiang Wei was previously the Minister of Works, and Wu Liangzai was previously the Minister of Rites.

The simultaneous resignation of Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong seemed to have resolved the factional disputes in the court, but in fact, their departure made the situation in the court more complicated.

The Long Party still exists, but it has a new leader. Lu Ming is from the Longyuan Lu family, which is the largest official family in Longyuan. In terms of family background, Lu Ming is more qualified to represent the Long Party than Zhou Yunsong.

The Jiangnan Party still exists, and Zhang Shaochun represents officials from Jiangnan.

So Emperor Yanping was still playing the balancing game, he just changed two people.

Of course, the resignation of Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong still affected the power of the Long Party and the Jiangnan Party, because Lu Ming and Zhang Shaochun did not have their reputation, and their control over the officials of the two parties was far less than before.

Guan Wenshuo represents the interests of a group of censors. He has been in charge of the Censorate for nearly ten years and his prestige in the Censorate has long been established.

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Jiang Wei actually represents the previously neutral officials, and many neutral officials in the six ministries have begun to move closer to him.

However, in terms of fame, Wu Liangzai is the most famous among the five cabinet ministers. He is now 66 years old and has been in office for 42 years. He has profound attainments in Confucianism and is a great Confucian scholar of the time. He enjoys extremely high prestige among the literati.

He had served as an educational official for many years and had also served as the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and had many old students and friends.

Although it was difficult for him to form his own faction in the court, many local officials were his disciples.

Each of the five cabinet ministers has his own interest group behind him. As long as any one of them wants to stir up a fight in the court, he will inevitably drag the other four into it.

The court is now entering a brief period of calm because of the resignation of Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong, but it can be predicted that future court struggles will become more intense.

In the imperial study, Emperor Yanping looked at the two urgent reports from eight hundred miles away with a serious expression.

One letter came from Chongshan Town, stating that Pang Tang was assassinated and Zhou Lan was seriously injured and in a coma, and requested the court to immediately send a minister to Chongshan Town to take charge of the situation.

A letter came from Beiyuan Town. The Wulianghu tribe launched a large-scale attack on Beiyuan Town. The officers and generals of Beiyuan Town were struggling to resist and requested the court to send troops to support and allocate military food and supplies.

"Tell me, what are your opinions?" Emperor Yanping looked up at the five ministers.

Zhang Shaochun spoke first: "The two urgent reports actually show one thing, that is, the Wulianghu tribe is invading Beiyuan Town! They assassinated Pang Daren and General Zhou in order to delay the time for Chongshan Town to send troops!"

"The most urgent task is to mobilize troops to support Beiyuan Town, and secondly, to allocate money and food to Beiyuan Town!"

Lu Ming went on to say: "Money and grain can be directly requisitioned from Longyuan, Longxi, and Longnan. As for mobilizing troops for support, we can also send troops from Longbei Town and Chongshan Town to support Beiyuan Town!"

Wu Liangzai shook his head slightly. "The Ru River in Longyuan flooded last year and submerged seven counties. It is estimated that it will be difficult to provide money and grain to support Beiyuan Town! Longnan is mountainous and the people are poor. The government offices and county offices in various places do not have money and grain to support Beiyuan Town!"

"If we want to allocate money and food to support Beiyuan Town, we can only mobilize them from Kyoto and Shanhe Province."

"Not only do we need to support Beiyuan Town, Longbei Town also needs to provide a large amount of money and food. Longbei Town is not as good as Beiyuan Town. Longbei Town and Suzhou Town are the poorest, and it has always been the court that provides them with money and food."

"If Longbei Town needs to send troops, the court must provide enough money and food!"

Although Lu Ming was born in Longyuan, he knew much less about the northwestern part of Dayong than Wu Liangzai. Wu Liangzai not only served as the educational official in Longnan, but also served as the governor of Suzhou Town. Although he was the governor of Suzhou Town for only two years, he knew both Suzhou Town and Longbei Town very well.

A strange look flashed in Zhang Shaochun's eyes, and then he said: "If you want to provide Longbei Town with enough money and food, it is definitely impossible to do it in a short time. It will take at least three months before Longbei Town can send troops to support it!"

"Comparatively, it is easier for Chongshan Town to send troops. Chongshan Town has developed rapidly in recent years, with strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient money and food. Even if money and food are insufficient, they can be transferred from Liaodong and Liaoxi!"

Guan Wenshuo frowned, "But neither Pang Daren nor General Zhou can manage the overall situation of Chongshan Town, how can Chongshan Town send troops?"

Zhang Shaochun smiled and said, "This is not difficult. Please ask Marquis Jing'an to go to Chongshan Town immediately to take charge of the overall situation!"

"With the prestige of Marquis Jing'an in Chongshan Town, he will be able to gather all the troops in a short period of time and march west to support Beiyuan Town!"

He recommended Yang Zhengshan to go to Chongshan Town because Yang Zhengshan had enough prestige in Chongshan Town and could clean up the situation in Chongshan Town in a short period of time.

The second reason is that he wanted to use Yang Zhengshan to establish his prestige in the court.

He had just taken office as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and his prestige was not enough to overwhelm the other ministers. Right now he needed an achievement to prove his ability and enhance his prestige.

He recommended Yang Zhengshan to reorganize Chongshan Town. As long as Yang Zhengshan could lead Chongshan Town to achieve great success, he would be credited with the recommendation.

The more meritorious services Yang Zhengshan achieves, the more it proves that he is good at selecting and assigning the right people to the right positions.

Upon hearing this, several ministers did not say anything, because Yang Zhengshan was currently the most suitable candidate to go to Chongshan Town to take charge of the overall situation.

Emperor Yanping thought for a moment and said, "Come here, summon Marquis Jing'an to see you!"

……

Jing'an Marquis Mansion.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan also received Yang Minghao's letter, but he only had the letter from Chongshan Town, but no urgent letter from Beiyuan Town.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan looked at the letter in his hand and his face became extremely gloomy.

Pang Tang was assassinated?

Zhou Lan was poisoned and fell into coma!

A cold murderous aura suddenly rose up and filled the entire study.

With a bang, he slapped the desk, smashing it to pieces.

Anger was boiling in his heart like a volcano.

The attendant outside the door heard the voice in the study and couldn't help shouting, "My Lord, are you okay?"

"Come in!" Yang Zhengshan said in a deep voice.

Wang Lei pushed the door open, but the moment he stepped inside, he couldn't help but pause.

What a terrifying killing intent!
He looked at the broken desk and couldn't help but shrink his neck.

After following Yang Zhengshan for more than ten years, this was the first time he saw Yang Zhengshan so angry.

"Go and gather the guard battalion and prepare for the expedition!" Yang Zhengshan said in a deep voice.

"Here!"

Wang Lei responded and ran away.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the letter in his hand, his tiger eyes filled with strong murderous intent.

Pang Tang is dead!

This made him feel very uncomfortable.

He also had great respect for Pang Tang, an old man with a young heart. At the age of nearly sixty, he was still full of fighting spirit and vowed to turn a barren land into fertile land.

If he didn't leave Chongshan Town, Pang Tang would definitely be his best partner.

Zhou Lan was poisoned and fell into a coma, which made him extremely angry.

If Pang Tang is his best partner, then Zhou Lan is definitely his best friend.

From the initial support to the later sworn brotherhood, our friendship lasted nearly twenty years.

How could he not be angry when his two old friends were assassinated?
(End of this chapter)