Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 619: Being an emperor? It seems very interesting!

The next morning, Li Baoshan brought a team of armed guards to the north gate.

At this time, people in the city were in a panic. Both the civilians and soldiers were very afraid of the enemy troops outside the city.

Those soldiers had almost no morale, and they were all guarding the city gates and walls very nervously.

When Li Baoshan arrived at the city gate, the Taiping Army outside the city had already gathered outside the city gate, which made the soldiers guarding the city even more nervous.

However, when they saw Li Baoshan coming, their nervousness eased a little, and they all looked at Li Baoshan as if he were a savior.

Li Baoshan stood on horseback in front of the city gate, looking at those useless soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Open the gate!"

"Ah!" Everyone was stunned.

"Sir, the enemy troops are outside the city. If we open the city gate now, the enemy troops outside will rush into the city!" Li Baoshan's confidant reminded.

Li Baoshan glanced at him, then looked at the soldiers guarding the city gate and said, "Open the gate and surrender! Hurry up!"

"..."

Now everyone was even more confused.

No one expected Li Baoshan to surrender.

Everyone looked at each other.

Li Baoshan frowned and urged again: "Stop talking nonsense and open the city gate!"

The soldiers were still in a daze, but the guards of Shangwuwei had figured it out. Several guards immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Didn't you hear the lord's order? Why don't you open the city gate!"

They didn't know why Li Baoshan surrendered, but they believed that Li Baoshan would not do anything stupid.

Since Li Baoshan chose to surrender, it means that there will not be much harm to them after surrendering.

The two heavy city gates opened, and the soldiers and civilians looked outside the gates in silence.

Outside the city gate, Li Dagui, with a smile on his face, slowly entered the city gate with a thousand soldiers and two thousand peasant soldiers, passed through the city wall, and then entered the city.

As they entered the city, the soldiers and civilians became extremely nervous and dared not breathe.

In the distance, Li Wenchun, Xu Fusheng and Sun Derong hurried over, and were a little at a loss when they saw this scene.

"Hey, this, Lord Li, why is this happening?" Xu Fusheng was so nervous that he stuttered.

Sun Derong swallowed his saliva and said, "Lord Li has defected to the enemy army!"

Li Wenchun took a deep breath, then stepped forward and continued walking towards the city gate.

He didn't know why Li Baoshan made such a decision, but he knew that now that things had come to this, there was no turning back.

The Taiping Army has entered the city, and it is now extremely difficult to repel them.

Li Dagui entered the city, smiled and nodded to Li Baoshan. Then he waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately dispersed and climbed onto the city wall.

"Put down your weapons and retreat from the city wall!"

"Put down your weapons and retreat from the city wall!"

The soldiers shouted, and one by one they laid down their weapons in confusion and left the city wall.

Soon after, more Taiping Army soldiers rushed into the city, shouting: "Martial law is imposed in the city, everyone go home, do not cause chaos, anyone who takes the opportunity to cause trouble will be killed without mercy!"

Although the three thousand Taiping troops were unable to capture the city, it was still easy to maintain public order within the city.

Although the soldiers were trying their best to calm the people, there was still some panic in the city. Fortunately, the panic did not last long and the people returned home one after another.

The huge city fell into silence. It was not until this time that Yang Mingzhao rode into the city on horseback.

"Your Majesty, I, Li Baoshan, greet the lord!" As soon as Li Baoshan saw Yang Mingzhao, he knelt down and bowed.

Li Wenchun, Xu Fusheng and Sun Derong were standing not far behind him.

Sun Derong tugged at Li Wenchun's sleeve, "Sir, should we bow?"

However, Xu Fusheng had already knelt on the ground and shouted, "Welcome the lord into the city!"

When Sun Derong saw him kneeling so smoothly, his whole body froze for a moment.

Damn, this guy is so spineless!

Just kneel down, why don’t you take me with you?
So Sun Derong also knelt down.

What else can they do if they don’t kneel? Can they resist?
Li Wenchun did not kneel. He stared straight at Yang Mingzhao, his eyes filled with disbelief and disbelief.

Yang Mingzhao jumped off his horse, quickly helped Li Baoshan up, and said kindly: "Brother Li, I'm sorry to trouble you!"

Li Baoshan can also be considered as Yang Zhengshan's disciple, so it is not wrong for Yang Mingzhao to call him senior brother.

"No trouble! It is my honor to serve my lord!" Li Baoshan felt relieved and said with a smile.

“Haha~~” Yang Mingzhao laughed, “Brother Li, just be sure you don’t mind my nonsense!”

Li Baoshan said seriously: "My lord is wise and powerful. He sympathizes with the chaos and turmoil in the world. He is eager to pacify the people and raise an army to rebuild the world. This is a blessing for the world and the people!"

"I am not a talented person, but I am willing to charge into battle, capture cities and plunder lands, and help you create a peaceful and prosperous world again!"

Yang Mingzhao was stunned, blinked and looked at Li Baoshan with a very strange look.

What does Li Baoshan mean by this?
To put it simply, Fourth Master, you must be the emperor. You must be the emperor. If you do not want to be the emperor, you will be betraying my loyalty.

All your efforts to ensure the safety of the people and the well-being of all are empty talk.

As long as Yang Mingzhao can become emperor, he will be a meritorious official and he will be able to rise to great heights.

He chose to join Yang Mingzhao, on the one hand because of the strength of the Yang family, and on the other hand because he felt that the world was in chaos and Dayong might have reached the time of collapse, so he wanted to take a gamble and try to become a king, a prince, or a general!
Yang Mingzhao had never thought about becoming an emperor before, but after hearing what Li Baoshan said, he felt excited.

Be an emperor???
It seems very interesting!

Well, Yang Mingzhao actually doesn’t have big ambitions, but he doesn’t mind being an emperor himself!
As for Darong, the same thing applies: Yang Mingzhao has no loyalty to Darong at all.

If it were Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao, they would not have such thoughts. After all, they had served as officials of Darong and had been loyal to the emperor of Darong.

However, Yang Mingzhao had never served as an official for Darong, and did not have much affection for Darong or the court.

On the contrary, he hated the imperial court and the corrupt officials in local government offices.

Yang Mingzhao nodded slightly, "I'll ask Senior Brother Li to help me in the future!"

After saying that, he walked past Li Baoshan and walked towards Li Wenchun.

In fact, he had just seen Li Wenchun. Yang Mingzhao naturally had some knowledge of this Governor Li.

Moreover, early this morning, Li Dagui told him about Li Baoshan's conditions and proposals, and he specifically asked about Li Wenchun's situation.

"I am Yang Zhao, greeting the Governor Li!" Yang Mingzhao bowed respectfully to Li Wenchun.

He hates corrupt officials, but he also admires honest officials.

Note that what he admired were honest officials and capable officials, not just honest officials, but honest officials and capable officials.

The Li Wenchun in front of him was undoubtedly the honest official he admired.

Li Wenchun looked at Yang Mingzhao in a daze, his eyes staring at Yang Mingzhao's face with a dull look.

"Your surname is Yang!"

Yang Mingzhao was startled, "Exactly!"

"Liaodong Yang Clan?" Li Wenchun asked again. Yang Mingzhao was stunned. Liaodong Yang Clan was the name for the Yang Clan.

The original Yang clan was just the Anning Yang clan, then it became the Jing'an Yang clan, and now it is the Liaodong Yang clan.

Changes in place names represent the expansion of influence.

Although the Yang family has moved to Xingyue Island, they are still part of the Liaodong Yang family.

Of course, if it is really in the southeastern waters, there is no Liaodong Yang family, only the Xingyue Island Yang family, just like the Dihuo Island Zhu family.

Li Wenchun actually revealed Yang Mingzhao's identity and background, which made Yang Mingzhao a little panicked.

"Does Governor Li know this junior?"

Li Wenchun nodded slightly.

Yang Mingzhao was even more panicked, "Sir Li, please spare me a moment to talk!"

Who does he resemble?
Of course he looks very much like his father!

Among the four brothers of the Yang family, Yang Minghao's figure and appearance are most similar to Yang Zhengshan, the other one is Yang Mingzhao.

If the father and son stand together, others can tell at a glance that they are father and son.

But if you have only met Yang Zhengshan, you probably won't be able to guess Yang Mingzhao's identity. After all, there are many people in this world who look alike.

But it would be different if you had met Yang Mingzhao.

Yang Mingzhao pulled Li Wenchun to a place where no one was around and said in a low voice, "Grandmaster Li, have you met me?"

"I saw it in Kyoto!" Li Wenchun took a deep breath and came back to his senses.

“This~~” Yang Mingzhao felt a little headache. He actually saw himself. “What about Governor Li and my father?”

Li Wenchun shook his head, "I don't know the old marquis, I just saw the old marquis and the young master in Kyoto!"

Yang Mingzhao suddenly realized.

This is not uncommon. Li Wenchun has been an official for many years. He must have been to Kyoto many times. It is not uncommon for him to have seen me in Kyoto.

"In the sixth year of Yanping, I returned to the capital and waited for a vacancy in the Ministry of Personnel. I once saw the old marquis show his might in the Ministry of Personnel!"

Li Wenchun said with a complicated expression: "It was also at that time that I had the honor of seeing the young master go out of the city for fun!"

Yang Mingzhao suddenly realized that it was when Yang Zhengshan made a big fuss in the Ministry of Personnel. At that time, many officials were queuing outside the Ministry of Personnel, and many officials saw Yang Zhengshan making a big fuss in the Ministry of Revenue with their own eyes.

As for Yang Mingzhao going out of the city for fun, at that time Yang Mingzhao was eleven or twelve years old, which was the age when he loved to play, and he often went out of the city for fun with his nephews.

After thinking through all these links, Yang Mingzhao smiled awkwardly and said, "Please ask Governor Li to keep this a secret for me! I am fooling around here, and my father is not aware of it!"

Li Wenchun asked, "What do you want to do, young master?"

Li Wenchun's mood was very complicated at this time. It was really unbelievable for him that the young master of Jing'an Marquis's Mansion had become a traitor.

But the facts were right in front of him, and he had no choice but to believe it.

However, when he heard that Yang Zhengshan didn't know about it, he felt a little more at ease.

"I just couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to do something for those ordinary people!" Yang Mingzhao replied honestly.

Although this was the first time he met Li Wenchun, he felt like he had done something bad and was discovered by a parent.

Li Wenchun fell silent.

Yang Mingzhao looked at his face and saw that he had a complicated expression. He gritted his teeth and said, "Senior, please give me a helping hand!"

"Okay!" said Li Wenchun.

Yang Mingzhao was stunned again.

Agreed so soon?
No hesitation!

Li Wenchun let out a long breath, and the complicated expression on his face faded away, replaced by a faint smile.

He stroked his gray beard and chuckled, "If I were thirty years younger, I would probably rebel too!"

"This job is really boring. It's better to rebel!"

Yang Mingzhao's eyes lit up, "Old senior, you are so kind and righteous!"

"Let's go! I'll take you to take over the government office!" Li Wenchun turned around and said.

He was not lying. If he was not old, he really wanted to kill all the officials in the government office and confiscate the property of all the evil gentry and powerful people.

When he was young, he had a strong temper. As he got older and encountered more setbacks, his hot temper was smoothed out.

If he hadn't met Yang Mingzhao, he would probably have remained depressed.

But after seeing Yang Mingzhao today, he wanted to vent all the anger that he had been holding back for years.

"Senior, my name is Yang Zhao now. Please keep my identity confidential!" Yang Mingzhao followed behind him and said in a low voice.

Li Wenchun nodded calmly.

Then the two of them returned to the street in front of the city gate.

In this way, Yang Mingzhao took over the government office smoothly, and with the cooperation of Li Wenchun, he took over the government city in an all-round way.

After joining Yang Mingzhao, Li Wenchun had no psychological burden at all.

One reason was that he had long been dissatisfied with the current situation in the court.

The second reason is that his family is all in Baoning Prefecture. He has only one son, and his son's family is with him, so he is not afraid of being held accountable by the court.

There is a third reason, which is that he is very optimistic about Yang Mingzhao, not because of Yang Mingzhao's background, but because of what Yang Mingzhao did in Taiping County.

Li Wenchun's joining Yang Mingzhao also made him more powerful. Li Wenchun's role was much greater than that of Li Baoshan.

Li Baoshan could only be a general who charged into battle, but Li Wenchun could be a provincial governor.

Yang Mingzhao is not short of generals now, he is only short of civil servants.

Ma Yan, Lu Bo, Qi Zhang and so on, these people can all be officials, but to be honest, it is very difficult for them to manage a county. Maybe they have the ability, but they seriously lack experience.

Li Wenchun can fill this gap. He has been an official for decades and has always been a local official. In terms of experience in local management, he is absolutely extremely rich.

Sure enough, with the help of Li Wenchun, Yang Mingzhao and others quickly sorted out the affairs of Baoning Prefecture.

Li Wenchun knew exactly which officials in the government office were useful and which were not.

Li Wenchun knew very well which gentry in Baoning Prefecture should be killed and which ones could be treated kindly.

Li Wenchun knew clearly which problems in Baoning Prefecture needed to be solved as soon as possible and which problems could be dealt with gradually.

Li Wenchun also made many supplementary suggestions on the land distribution policy formulated by Yang Mingzhao.

With the help of Li Wenchun, Yang Mingzhao and others became more organized in their work, and everything was in order.

When Yang Mingzhao occupied Baoning Prefecture, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi were still studying the Lingling Pill in the Lingquan space.

At this time, more than a year has passed since they entered the Lingquan Space. During this period of time, they have been staying in the Lingquan Space and have never gone out.

Of course, they did not only research the Lingling Pill, but also planted various plants and raised various animals in the Lingquan space.

They collected a large number of plants and animals along the way from the snowfield to the Temple of the God of War. However, since the plants in the Lingquan space had not yet fully grown and the animals could not be kept free-range, it took them more than a year to make the ecology of the Lingquan space prosperous.

(End of this chapter)