Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Yang Minghao said: "We cannot sit still and wait for death, we must be prepared for the attack of the Uliang Hu tribe!"

"Come here, send a message to Ding Hu Wei and Daning Wei to prepare for a large-scale invasion by the Uliang Hu Clan!"

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

The biggest advantage of Chongshan Town is that there are enough children 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 of Chongshan Town by virtue of his status as the son of Yang Zhengshan.

"Yes, let's leave now!"

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze responded directly without saying a word.

Yang Chengxu said: "Should I send a message to Mr. Hou?"

Yang Minghao said: "The letter has been sent out together with the Eight Hundred Miles Jizo!"

With such a big thing happening in Chongshan Town, Yang Minghao naturally wanted to tell Yang Zhengshan.

"Chengxu, you come and take over the defense in the city. I will go to the General Military Mansion to take charge. Brother Song, you go to the military camp outside the city and take charge!"

Yang Minghao continued to make arrangements.

"good!"

Soon, the five people took action.

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze led the two battalions on the left and right of Zhenbiao to support Dinghuwei and Daningwei.

Yang Chengxu took over the defense in the city, Song Dashan was in charge of the military camp outside the city, and Yang Minghao was in charge of the General Military Mansion.

After arriving at the General Military Mansion, Yang Minghao immediately asked Song Ying, the chief envoy of Chongshan Town, to temporarily take over the governor's office.

Pang Tang was assassinated, Zhou Lan fell into a coma, and there was no eunuch guarding Chongshan Town. At this time, only Yang Minghao could take charge of the overall situation of Chongshan Town.

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

"Hahaha~~" Utuo sat in the hall, laughing happily.

"Your Majesty, what's the good news?"

In the hall, Utuo's general Aguche asked.

"Of course it's good news. Pang Tang, the governor of Chongshan Town, was assassinated and the commander-in-chief Zhou Lan was also poisoned. Haha, now Chongshan Town can no longer stop us from going south!" Wu Tuo said happily.

He was still very afraid of Chongshan Town.

However, he is more envious of Beiyuan Town than Chongshan Town, because the land in Beiyuan Town is more fertile than Chongshan Town.

Although Chongshan Town has now reclaimed a large amount of fertile land in the north, in terms of the amount of fertile land, Chongshan Town is still not as good as Beiyuan Town.

In addition to having many fertile fields, Beiyuan Town also has many copper and iron mines, which are the resources that the Ulliang Hu tribe needs most and are also the most coveted by Wu Tuo.

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

So Wutuo never thought about attacking Chongshan Town. From beginning to end, he had only one goal, and that was Beiyuan Town.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Aguche said loudly.

Utuo smiled and said: "Send the order to all the ministries and let them attack Beiyuan Town as planned!"

"In addition, gather troops and horses, I will personally conquer Beiyuan Town!"

He can't wait to go to Beiyuan Town to fight. He has 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 Ulliang Hu tribe fought against Beiyuan Town just to plunder Beiyuan. When they invaded the western part of Liaoning, their purpose was just to plunder the supplies in western Liaoning.

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 the previous kings of the Ulliang Court, and his goal will transcend eternity to become the most powerful emperor on the grassland, defeat Da Rong, and obtain more fertile land and population.

…

Beiyuan Town, General Military Mansion.

"Report! Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief, there is something unusual happening in the Klie tribe in the north." A soldier came to Duan Qifeng to report.

Duan Qifeng asked calmly: "What happened?"

The soldier replied: "A large number of cavalry are gathering towards the banner of the Kelie tribe. It is estimated that there are 20,000 cavalry gathered around the banner of the Kelie tribe now!"

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

"You should step back first!"

The soldiers bowed and exited the room, while the concubine Mingyue walked out wearing a crimson gauze skirt, with a slight smile on her charming face.

"Isn't this just what your husband wants?"

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

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

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

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

A blood-red color flashed in Duan Qifeng's eyes, and his face became intoxicated and ferocious, "Madam is waiting for me at home, and I will be back soon!"

With that said, he gently kissed Fei Mingyue's forehead and then walked out the door.

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

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

"Kekeke~~"

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

…

End of March.

In the south of the Wuliang King's Court, three tribes, the Kele Tribe, the Wanggu Tribe, and the Tatar Tribe, gathered hundreds of thousands of young men and headed south. In just a few days, war smoke broke out on the northern border of Beiyuan Town.

Beiyuan Town also sent out its best troops. The eight lieutenant generals led the reinforcements to meet the attack. Duan Qifeng personally led the 100,000-man town battalion to guard Linyuan City and encircle and suppress the Wuliang Hu cavalry.

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, grass, and weapons were all ready. Both sides could be said to have done their best.

They were in cahoots before, but now they seem to have become old enemies, vowing to decide the winner in this war.

Early April.

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

Imperial City.

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 the ministers.

Zhang Shaochun had entered the cabinet during the reign of Emperor Chengping, but his experience was relatively shallow. He had been a nobody in the cabinet for many years, but now he has become the most experienced minister in the cabinet. According to seniority, he has become the new cabinet chief minister.

Lu Ming was originally the right assistant 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 minister of Emperor Yanping. Previously, Lu Ming successively served as the left assistant 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 of the Censorate. When Liu Yuanfu was still an official in the court, he was a colleague of Liu Yuanfu. However, he is not old. Now he is less than 60 years old, which is considered young in the cabinet.

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

Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong resigned at the same time, which seemed to have solved the party 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 changed its leader. Lu Ming is from the Longyuan Lu family, which is the largest official family in Longyuan. In terms of origin, 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 is still playing the balancing game, but he has changed two people.

Of course, the resignation of Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong still affects the power of the Long Party and the Jiangnan Party, because Lu Ming and Zhang Shaochun do not have the reputation of the two of them, and their control over the officials of the two parties is 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.

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

However, in terms of reputation, Wu Liangzai is the most famous among the five cabinet ministers. He is now 66 years old and has been an official for 42 years. He has profound attainments in Confucianism and is a great Confucian scholar of the time. He has a very high prestige among the scholars.

He has been a school official for many years and has also served as the chief wine of the Imperial College. He has many students and old friends.

Although it is difficult for him to form his own faction in the court, many local officials are his students in the local area.

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

Now the court has entered a short period of calm because of the resignation of Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong, but it can be foreseen that the future court fight will be more intense.

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

One came from Chongshan Town, and the content was that Pang Tang was assassinated and Zhou Lan was seriously injured and unconscious, and requested the court to immediately send ministers to Chongshan Town to preside over the overall situation.

One came from Beiyuan Town. The Wuliang Hu tribe attacked Beiyuan Town on a large scale. The officers and generals of Beiyuan Town were struggling to resist. They requested the court to send troops to support and allocate military food and supplies.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Emperor Yanping looked up at the five elders.

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

"The first priority is to mobilize troops to support Beiyuan Town, and then to allocate money and food to Beiyuan Town!"

Lu Ming continued: "Money and food can be directly requisitioned from Longyuan, Longxi, and Longnan. As for mobilizing troops to support, you can also let Longbei Town and Chongshan Town send troops to support Beiyuan Town!"

Wu Liangzai shook his head slightly, "The Ruhe River in Longyuan flooded last year and flooded seven counties. It is estimated that it will be difficult to come up with money and food to support Beiyuan Town! Longnan is mountainous, the people are poor, and the government offices and county offices in various places are also There is no money and food to support Beiyuan Town!"

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

"Not only do we need to support Beiyuan Town, Longbei Town also needs to give a lot of money and food. Longbei Town is not as good as Beiyuan Town. Longbei Town and Suzhou Town are the poorest, and the court has always provided 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, his understanding of the northwest of Darong is far less than Wu Liangzai. Wu Liangzai not only served as a school official in Longnan, but also inspected Suzhou Town. Although he inspected Suzhou Town for only two years, he knew Suzhou Town and Longbei Town very well.

A strange color flashed in Zhang Shaochun's eyes, and then he said: "If you want to provide Longbei Town with enough money and food, it will definitely not be done in a short time. It will take at least three months for Longbei Town to send troops to support!"

"In comparison, 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 there is not enough money and food, it can be transferred from Liaodong and Liaoxi!"

Guan Wenshuo frowned, "But Pang Daren and General Zhou are unable to preside over the overall situation of Chongshan Town, how can Chongshan Town send troops?"

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

"With Jing'an Hou's prestige in Chongshan Town, he will be able to gather troops from all directions in a short time and go west to support Beiyuan Town!"

He recommended Yang Zhengshan to Chongshan Town, first because Yang Zhengshan has enough prestige in Chongshan Town and can clean up the situation in Chongshan Town in a short time.

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

He has just served as the chief minister of the cabinet, and his prestige is not enough to overwhelm the ministers. At this time, he needs 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 make great achievements, he would have to make a recommendation.

The more achievements Yang Zhengshan made, the more he could prove that he knew people and could appoint them to the right positions.

The elders didn't say anything when they heard this, because Yang Zhengshan was the most suitable person to go to Chongshan Town to preside over the overall situation.

Emperor Yanping thought for a while and said, "Come here, summon Marquis Jing'an to meet him!"

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Marquis Jing'an Mansion.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan also received a letter from Yang Minghao, but he only had a letter from Chongshan Town, but no urgent report 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 unconscious!

The cold murderous aura suddenly rose and filled the entire study.

With a bang, he slapped the desk with a slap, smashing it directly.

The anger was boiling in his heart like a volcanic eruption.

The attendant outside the door heard the sound 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 into the door, he couldn't help but pause.

What a terrifying murderous intention!

He looked at the broken desk and couldn't help shrinking his neck.

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

"Go and summon the guard camp and get ready for the expedition!" Yang Zhengshan said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Wang Lei responded and ran away.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the letter in his hand, and his tiger eyes were full of strong murderous intent.

Pang Tang is dead!

This made him feel very uncomfortable.

He also respected Pang Tang in his heart. He was an old man who was not old at heart. He was nearly sixty years old and still full of fighting spirit. He vowed to turn a barren land into a 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 was his best partner, then Zhou Lan was definitely his best friend.

From the initial support to the later friendship, it was nearly twenty years of friendship.

How could he not be angry when two old friends were assassinated?