Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 582 Rules of the Jianghu
After the banquet, Yang Zhengshan returned to the courtyard at the back of the general’s mansion.

Although the appointment from the court had come down, Zhou Lan had not yet taken up the post, and Tang Feihu had not moved to the backyard of the general's mansion, and the Yang family members were still living in the cross-courtyard.

Yu Qingyi helped Yang Zhengshan change into a loose-fitting outfit and asked, "How is it?"

"Not very good. This Zhang Zhecheng is not a peaceful person. Tang Feihu will definitely fight with him!" Yang Zhengshan said while wiping his face.

Yu Qingyi frowned slightly, "Will this cause unrest in Chongshan Town?"

Yang Zhengshan took the tea that Qingxia handed over and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements. No matter how they fight, they can't affect the stability of Chongshan Town."

"This is the bottom line. Once someone crosses this line, I will make them get out of Chongshan Town!"

Emperor Yanping can ignore the stability of Chongshan Town and make drastic changes to the officials and generals of Chongshan Town, but Yang Zhengshan cannot just ignore it. Chongshan Town is still the foundation of the Yang family, and he absolutely cannot tolerate anyone acting recklessly in Chongshan Town.

Whether it is Tang Feihu or Zhang Zhecheng, no matter who touches his bottom line, he will drive that person out of Chongshan Town.

Yu Qingyi felt relieved and asked, "Do you want to leave Chengye in Chongshan Town?"

"Well, it's time for him to exercise!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi said: "Then why don't we leave some guards for him?"

Yang Zhengshan said: "You can make the arrangements tomorrow and leave him a team of guards!"

Yang Chengye had guards around him, but there were only four of them. In addition to the guards, Yang Chengye also had two attendants, Dafu and Dagui.

"What about Yu? Should we let her come to Chongshan Town as well?" Yu Qingyi asked.

Yang Zhengshan was scratching his head. It was definitely inappropriate to separate a young couple, but if Yu came to Chongshan Town, would his great-grandson and great-granddaughter have to come with him?
"Let her come over. Ruochen can come with her, but forget about Qinyuan. She should stay in Kyoto!"

Yang Qinyuan is his great-grandson. He is five years old this year and should be able to leave his mother.

Yang Ruochen is not even three years old yet, so let Yu take care of him personally.

Yu Qingyi sighed quietly, "This is really troublesome."

As a result, the Yang family became even more scattered. Yang Mingzhi was going to Beiyuan Town, Yang Minghao was going to Fuzhou City, and Yang Chengye was going to stay in Chongshan Pass.

"Okay, if there is any trouble, wait a few years and let Mingzhi and Minghao resign from their posts." Yang Zhengshan comforted.

"Why do you want to resign?" Yu Qingyi asked.

Yang Zhengshan did not explain, but just said: "After we return to Beijing, we will go to Xingyue Island first and arrange things there!"

Yu Qingyi asked, "Do you want to leave Darong?"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head, "We can't get away from Darong! I just want to stay away from the court!"

The Yang family cannot break away from Darong. Not to mention that many members of the Yang family are officials in Darong, just look at the Yang family’s children. Can the Yang family break away from the Yang family?

Apart from the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan has too many ties in Dayong, including Chongshan Town, Tenglong Guard, Yanwu Pavilion, etc. These are all existences that he cannot sever.

As the Yang family becomes more and more powerful, Darong will definitely not be able to accommodate the Yang family in the future, so Yang Zhengshan has to make some preparations in advance.

Since one can neither leave Darong nor stay in Darong, then being isolated overseas is undoubtedly the best choice.

Yang Zhengshan has already made up his mind. He will retain the title of the Yang family and will also let the children of the Yang family serve as officials in Darong. However, as long as they break through to the innate realm, they will have to resign from their posts and leave Darong to live on Xingyue Island.

Currently, the relationship between Darong and the Yang family is that of a ruler and his subjects, but in the future, the relationship between the Yang family and Darong may become a mutually dependent relationship, in which the Yang family maintains a certain degree of independence but will not completely break away from Darong.

It almost means that the Yang family depends on Darong.

Of course, this is just Yang Zhengshan’s own idea. The specific results will depend on the ideas of Emperor Yanping.

It is not easy for both parties to reach a tacit understanding.

Emperor Yanping does not think that the Yang family is a threat now, but that may not be the case in the future.

As for the future new emperor, he is the current Crown Prince Chen Zhaojun.

To be honest, even though Yang Zhengshan is Chen Zhaojun's master, Chen Zhaojun is not very close to Yang Zhengshan.

It cannot be said that they were not close. At least among all the civil and military officials in the court, Chen Zhaojun was the closest to Yang Zhengshan.

But an emperor is an emperor. Chen Zhaojun is only the crown prince now, but his thinking has already leaned towards that of an emperor.

Perhaps in Chen Zhaojun's heart, Yang Zhengshan is both a master and a subject.

In comparison, King Dai Chen Zhaoxuan is much simpler. He respects Yang Zhengshan very much and is even Yang Zhengshan's little fan.

At present, the Yang family is relatively stable in Dayong, but this stability will not last long.

When Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, Yang Minghao, Ding Qiu, Luo Jinsong, Wu Zhan, Wu Zheng and others become innate warriors one after another, this stability will certainly be broken.

"Alas, we can't stay in Dayong for long, only five or six years at most!" Yang Zhengshan was also quite helpless.

Sometimes being too strong is a sin.

Yu Qingyi didn't care about these things, and said with a smile: "Master, why worry? The martial arts world has its own rules. As long as we leave Darong, what can His Majesty do to us?"

Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows, "Rules of the underworld?"

Yu Qingyi nodded slightly, "That's right, the court must also abide by the rules of the martial arts world, and innate warriors must abide by the rules of the martial arts world even more."

Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up, and then he suddenly realized, "Hahaha, it's me who was being too picky!"

"It's not that the master is being picky, it's just that the master has been in the court for too long and doesn't understand what those people in the martial arts world think!" Yu Qingyi said.

What is the Jianghu?

This definition is a bit complicated.

So what are the rules of the underworld?

This definition is much simpler.

In Dayong, the consensus reached by many warriors is the rules of the martial arts world.

Then why should the court abide by the rules of the underworld?
Because some rules of the martial arts world are the consensus of many innate warriors.

For example, the court cannot forcibly recruit innate warriors!
This is the consensus of the innate warriors, and it is also the rule of the martial arts world that the court must abide by.

For most innate warriors, the court is a shackle, and innate warriors do not like this shackle around their necks, so many innate warriors live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.

There are also some innate warriors in the court, because these innate warriors have interests in the court.

For example, the innate warriors in the Three Valleys, and the current Cuixia Valley.

Yang Zhengshan proposed to Emperor Yanping to establish a temple of worship, with the aim of binding more innate warriors to the court so that the court could command more innate warriors.

But none of this means that the court can control those innate warriors. Not being controlled by the shackles of the court is the consensus of all innate warriors.

This consensus was won by the innate warriors through their own powerful strength. Therefore, most of the innate warriors were away from the court before.

But if the court wants to bind all the innate warriors in the court, then the court will go against the consensus of all the innate warriors and will eventually be abandoned by all the innate warriors, with the exception of the innate warriors of the royal family. Perhaps some innate warriors of noble origin will be willing to be driven by the court.

However, most innate warriors are definitely unwilling to be bound by the court.

Yang Zhengshan actually knew this, but he ignored it when considering the Yang family's problems, because the Yang family were the emperor's subjects and nobles in the court.

Yu Qingyi came from the martial arts world, so she could understand the thinking of martial artists better, so she figured this out easily.

If Emperor Yanping really wants to force the Yang family to stay or destroy them, this will inevitably cause resentment among the innate warriors.

Yang Zhengshan is now also a star figure among the innate warriors. He has a considerable reputation among the innate warriors, and there are many innate warriors who are on good terms with him.

If the court really wants to harm him, it would be fine if it is justified, but if it is not justified, how will other innate warriors view Emperor Yanping and the court?

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan's worries were somewhat unnecessary. As I said before, he is now a congenital warrior. As long as he does not rebel, the court can't do anything to him.

This is the dignity and freedom of innate warriors, and it is worth protecting by most innate warriors.

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Yang Zhengshan stayed in Chongshan Town for another half a month, until Zhou Lan, Yang Mingzhi and others went to Beiyuan Town to take up their posts, until Tang Feihu took control of the general's mansion, and until Tang Feihu distributed the rewards to the soldiers, Yang Zhengshan set out to leave Chongshan Town.

Zhou Lan, Yang Mingzhi and others took away 5,000 elite soldiers from Chongshan Town. It seems like a lot, but it is actually not much. One general, one deputy general, and four lieutenant generals only took away 5,000 elite soldiers. Each person had less than a thousand people.

These five thousand elite soldiers are the foundation for them to rebuild Beiyuan Town.

After Tang Feihu took control of the General's Mansion, he also made some arrangements in Chongshan Town. He basically did not move the lieutenants of the various routes, except for the Jinzhou Guard in the middle route, which he originally commanded. He promoted his confidant Tang Shun to be the lieutenant general. The Jianning Guard in the middle route was still commanded by Niu Zhuang, the deputy general. In addition, he also handed over the two lieutenants of the west route, Xie Yuan and Zhang Chengzhi, to Niu Zhuang.

After all, the western route needs to be wary of the Wulianghu tribe, so Niuzhuang is considered the commander-in-chief of the western route, specifically responsible for guarding against the Wulianghu tribe.

There were not many changes among the various lieutenant generals, but there were significant changes in the five battalions of the town flag.

All five guerrillas from the fifth battalion of the town's flag were transferred out, and the new five guerrillas were Zuo Wan, Wu An, Yang Qinhu, Yang Chengzhang, and Han Fei.

Zuo Wan was originally a captain of the Zhenbiao Camp. When Ji Feiyu rebelled and Yang Zhengshan attacked Chongshan Pass, Zuo Wan led his troops to turn against them, seized the general's mansion in the city, and rescued Lu Chongde. He was later promoted to the sitting commander of the Zhenbiao Central Camp. Now his promotion to guerrilla general is a natural result.

There is no need to say much about Yang Chengzhang and Yang Qinhu, they are both descendants of the Yang family.

Han Fei is the son of Han Cheng, and he used to be Yang Zhengshan's close follower for several years.

Wu An is the son of Wu Chongzhe and he also used to work in Tenglongwei. In recent years, he was successively promoted to Qianzong and sitting battalion officer in the Zhenbiao Front Camp. Now he is also qualified to serve as a guerrilla.

From this perspective, four of the five battalions of the Zhenbiao Army are commanded by Yang Zhengshan's confidants.

Of course, Tang Feihu was not at a disadvantage either, as he had his men among the battalion commanders and captains of each battalion.

This was the result of a compromise between the two parties, and Yang Zhengshan was quite satisfied with it.

When Yang Zhengshan left Chongshan Pass, Chongshan Town had already stabilized and there was no unrest caused by personnel changes.

After leaving Chongshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan and his companions did not go south to Jing'an Prefecture, nor did they return to Yangjia Village. Instead, they headed east, passed through Anyuan City, and visited the Tianqing Sword Sect.

The Tianqing Sword Sect has changed a lot from before. It used to be like a village, but now it has many pavilions and towers, making it look more majestic as a martial arts sect should be.

Standing in front of the lobby of the Tianqing Sword Sect, overlooking the fertile fields below the mountain, Yang Zhengshan felt a sense of heroic excitement.

"Over the years, our Tianqing Sword Sect has recruited many disciples and bought a lot of land. The villages at the foot of the mountain are all ours!"

Hua Jinqiu, with silver hair, wore an indigo vest and looked at the fertile fields at the foot of the mountain with pride.

It was the end of July, and the wheat, rice, sorghum, millet and other crops in the fields were at their most lush. At first glance, it looked like a green ocean, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Yang Zhengshan asked, "Have you bought all those fields?"

Hua Jinqiu shook his head and said, "No, it was donated to us by the villagers."

Yang Zhengshan was silent.

Land annexation!

This is naked land annexation!
This is the drawback of the existence of martial arts sects. Once a martial arts sect becomes larger, it will inevitably annex the surrounding lands.

In the past, the Tianqing Sword Sect only had two villages below and a little over 3,000 acres of farmland, but now there are probably over 100,000 acres.

The Tianqing Sword Sect is not so bad. Many people in those villages are disciples of the Tianqing Sword Sect. Although they have to rent the land of the Tianqing Sword Sect, the rent is not high.

But it is different for other sects. The court still restricts the sects from doing business, so many sects will wantonly occupy people's land.

The gentry and landlords annexed land, the wealthy and powerful families annexed land, the underworld clans annexed land, and the nobles and officials also annexed land.

Even the Yang family has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which shows how serious the land annexation in Dayong is today.

Yu Qingyi looked around and asked, "Uncle Master, are there any disciples with outstanding talents in the sect?"

Hua Jinqiu smiled lovingly and said, "There are a few. I'll call them over so you can see them!"

She is now over sixty years old, less heroic than before, but more kind and gracious.

A moment later, two men and two women came to Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi.

The oldest one should be in his thirties, and the youngest one is only sixteen or seventeen years old.

"These are your junior brothers and sisters. They are the disciples I accepted in the past few years!"

"Why don't you pay your respects to your senior sister?"

The four of them hurriedly greeted Yu Qingyi. Yu Qingyi looked at them and said with a smile, "I know Junior Brother Song Ruwang. He was only sixteen years old when I got married!"

Song Ruwang had a square face and a sense of majesty, but he was still a little reserved in front of Yu Qingyi, "I didn't expect that Senior Sister still remembered me!"

Hua Jinqiu looked at Song Ruwang and said, "I am old. Ruwang has been taking care of the affairs of the sect for the past two years. In a few years, I will pass the position of the head to him."

Yu Qingyi nodded slightly, then looked at Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan understood and took out a palm-sized brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to him.

"These are some elixirs prepared by your brother-in-law and I. Practice well and strive to reach the Xiantian realm as soon as possible!"

"Thank you, senior sister! Thank you, brother-in-law!" Song Ruwang hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.

Then Yang Zhengshan took out two brocade boxes, and Yu Qingyi gave them to Wang Dahe and Li Xiu.

Most of the former disciples of the Tianqing Sword Sect are now working in Chongshan Town and Liaoyuan Shangwu Division. Their talents may not be bad, but the former Tianqing Sword Sect lacked resources, which delayed their training.

The Tianqing Sword Sect now has a lot more resources, so some of the newly recruited disciples have shown talents far exceeding those of their senior brothers and sisters.

(End of this chapter)