Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"Mr. Xu, you are the assistant of the Censorate, you should cooperate with us!" Li Chunhui said angrily with a face as black as charcoal.

Xu Jin frowned, "Although this case was tried by the Censorate before, I did not participate in the trial. What can I do to cooperate with you?"

"I suspect that Yang Zhengshan, the garrison commander of Anyuan City, embezzled dirty silver." Li Chunhui said.

Xu Jin looked at him with suspicion, "Aren't you a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue? Why are you involved in the Ministry of Justice?"

"Even if Yang Zhengshan embezzled dirty silver, you should report it to Mr. Zhang in the Ministry of Justice. Isn't he here too?"

Zhang Yu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, has the highest official position among the officials who have just arrived.

Li Chunhui's face became even uglier. How could he not know that Zhang Yu was here too? They came together.

As for reporting to Zhang Yu, he was not really stupid. How could he bring such a thing to Zhang Yu to embarrass himself?

He came to Xu Jin to cause trouble for Yang Zhengshan, because Xu Jin had the power to supervise the military preparation office and the responsibility to supervise Yang Zhengshan.

It didn't matter whether Yang Zhengshan had embezzled dirty silver, he just wanted to embarrass Yang Zhengshan.

But he never expected Xu Jin to be so disrespectful.

However, what he didn't expect was that Xu Jin not only didn't give him face, but also threatened him.

"Sir Li, framing a colleague is a serious crime. If you don't have evidence, I suggest that Sir Li should not talk nonsense!" Xu Jin said in a deep voice, without any intention of saving Li Chunhui's face.

He has been in Anyuan City for more than a month, and he has already had a certainty in his mind about what kind of person Yang Zhengshan is.

To be honest, he has been an official for more than 20 years and has never seen an official like Yang Zhengshan.

From training soldiers, to governing the army, to reassuring the people, Xu Jin admires him very much.

He knows everything about the soldiers in the garrison camp and the situation of the garrison outside the city, and he has also learned about what Yang Zhengshan has done.

More importantly, Yang Zhengshan did not shy away from him. As long as he made a request, Yang Zhengshan would cooperate without hesitation.

He had checked the accounts of the Garrison Office, looked at the warehouse of the Garrison Office, and followed Yang Zhengshan to the Garrison Camp to distribute food and wages, so he knew very well whether Yang Zhengshan had embezzled money.

Yang Zhengshan had not even embezzled the money and grain of the Garrison Office, so why would he embezzle the dirty silver from the criminals' houses?

Li Chunhui was so angry that he could not say a word. His face turned pale and blue, and he did not recover for a long time.

"You, you are very good. You are protecting each other. I will report to Lord Cui!" He roared angrily.

The Lord Cui he was talking about was Cui Rongsheng, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate.

"Go, I have a clear conscience and I am not afraid of being framed by villains!" Xu Jin did not give in and directly put Li Chunhui into the ranks of villains.

Li Chunhui pointed at Xu Jin and his face turned red with anger. Fortunately, he knew that he could not get any advantage here, so he left angrily with his sleeves swung.

Xu Jin looked at his back and snorted, "Despicable villain!"

"Come on, follow me to the garrison office!"

He turned around and gave an order, and then walked towards the garrison office.

On the other side, Yang Zhengshan returned to the garrison office, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

It is normal for these officials in Beijing to ignore him, but why would a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue embarrass him?

Is it necessary?

It is not necessary!

There is no grudge, why does this person want to trouble him?

Is it just because he wants to show off his prestige from Kyoto?

Yang Zhengshan thinks that this person should not be so idle.

He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Just when he was about to give up thinking about these messy things, Han Fei reported outside the door: "Sir, Sir Xu is here!"

"Oh, please let him in!" Yang Zhengshan said casually.

Then he stood up and sat down at the tea table next to him.

Xu Jin walked in, and Yang Zhengshan hurriedly greeted him: "Old Xu, you came at the right time. I just found two tubes of good tea here. It seems to be Yuzhou Maofeng."

Yang Zhengshan was not very clear whether Yuzhou Maofeng was good or not.

However, this thing was Zhou Lan's gift, so it should not be an ordinary item.

When he got married, he received a lot of gifts, which had been piled up in the warehouse before. He took the time to sort them out these two days. Don't say, he found a lot of good things in it.

There are really a lot of them, good wine, good tea, good cigarettes, everything, as well as precious medicinal materials, martial arts skills, gold and silver jewelry, jade pendants, etc.

Everything that can be placed in his warehouse is good stuff, and those ordinary things have long been dealt with by Wang, such as cloth, mountain products and the like.

In addition to Zhou Lan, Zhao Yuan, Lu Erye, Luo Shang and other acquaintances of Yang Zhengshan, the people who sent him these good things also included Liang Chu, Wang Bin and Lu Hua.

He was not surprised that Wang Bin sent him a gift, but Liang Chu and Lu Hua also sent him a gift, which surprised him.

Liang Chu is the Marquis of Changping and the general of Chongshan Town. Although Yang Zhengshan has met him once, they don’t have much friendship.

As for Lu Hua, let alone, Yang Zhengshan really doesn’t want to have any intersection with Lu Hua.

Fortunately, the gifts sent by these two are not very expensive. No, it should be not expensive for them, but for Yang Zhengshan, it is a rare good thing.

Xu Jin sat down, and Yang Zhengshan poured him tea, "You look a little unhappy! Who offended you?"

Although Xu Jin has only been in Anyuan City for more than a month, Yang Zhengshan is already very familiar with him.

Xu Jin often came to the garrison office to check this and that, but Yang Zhengshan didn't care. He always entertained him warmly every time he came.

At first, Yang Zhengshan thought that this old man had a strange temper, but after getting along with him for a long time, Yang Zhengshan found that Xu Jin was a very principled person.

Yang Zhengshan was happy to interact with such people, so after a few visits, the two of them had a little more friendship.

"Have you met Li Chunhui?" Xu Jin said.

"Li Chunhui, who is it?" Yang Zhengshan didn't know the name of the Ministry of Revenue doctor.

"It's the Ministry of Revenue doctor who came today!"

Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows slightly, "I have met him, is there any problem?"

"He just..." Xu Jin briefly recounted what happened in front of the military preparation office just now.

After listening, Yang Zhengshan's face became extremely ugly.

This guy actually wants to frame him for embezzlement?

"You have to be careful!" Xu Jin suddenly reminded.

"What do you mean?" Yang Zhengshan frowned and asked.

Xu Jin pondered for a moment and said, "This Li Chunhui is just a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. Logically, he shouldn't target you, but he did. That can only mean that he was instructed by someone!"

Yang Zhengshan took a deep breath, "Instructed by someone? I'm just a garrison. Who would deal with me?"

"That doesn't make sense! I've only been an official for a few years, and I don't have any enemies in the officialdom. Let alone Kyoto, even Chongshan Town shouldn't have anyone targeting me!"

He has never been to Kyoto, and he doesn't have much involvement with Kyoto. Logically, he should be the kind of person that no one would pay attention to in Kyoto.

As for Chongshan Town, everyone knows that he is Zhou Lan's man, and who dares to provoke Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan can walk sideways in Chongshan Town, and he can avoid a lot of trouble by following Zhou Lan.

Besides, he doesn't have many intersections with other officials, and there is almost no involvement in interests.

If he is asked to find someone who may be hostile to him, he can't think of it for a while.

Xu Jin said: "Some things can't be judged by their appearance. Maybe you think something is nothing, but it is very important in the eyes of others."

"Or maybe you blocked someone's way without knowing it!"

Compared to Yang Zhengshan, Xu Jin knows more about officialdom. He has experienced countless disasters.

Yang Zhengshan thought.

Did I accidentally offend someone?

Who did I offend?

Although Yang Zhengshan has been an official for several years, he has been smooth sailing under the protection of Zhou Lan in recent years. He has hardly encountered any difficulties, which makes him not very familiar with some rules in officialdom.

He still can't figure it out.

Xu Jin wanted to give Yang Zhengshan some advice, but he didn't have a comprehensive understanding of Yang Zhengshan's situation, and he couldn't think of where the problem was for a while.

The two chatted for a while, and Xu Jin got up and said goodbye.

After sending Xu Jin away, Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said to Han Fei, who was guarding outside the door, "Go and call Ding Qiu!"

Ding Qiu is the leader of the Yang family's guards. When Yang Zhengshan doesn't go out, he will stay in the backyard to train those young men.

After a while, Ding Qiu came to the study, "Master!"

"Well, you take people to keep an eye on the adults who entered the city today, especially the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue. You keep an eye on them yourself and report to me immediately if there is any movement!"

"Be careful, the guards around these adults are not simple!"

Yang Zhengshan ordered.

If it were in the past, it would be difficult for Yang Zhengshan to do so.

Because he has no power of his own.

The soldiers of the garrison camp must not do private things for him. It's not that they don't trust him, but they try not to do it as much as possible.

But now he has not only Ding Qiu under his command, but also ten disciples of the Tianqing Sword School. These disciples are all martial artists. Although they are not professional in doing this kind of stalking and tracking, they are better than those soldiers in the garrison camp.

"Yes!" Ding Qiu responded and left.

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a while, then sat down and wrote a letter.

This matter must be taken seriously.

Someone wants to deal with him, but he doesn't even know who the other party is.

Yang Zhengshan can't rest easy without finding out the reason behind it.

"Send this letter to the lieutenant general!"

Yang Zhengshan ordered Han Fei.

He couldn't figure it out himself, so he asked someone to help him think about it.

The problem should not be in Yinghe Fort, otherwise it wouldn't have popped up now.

As for Kyoto, it should be impossible.

Although Li Chunhui is a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, if someone in Kyoto is against him, there is no need to arrange a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue to take action.

The problem is likely to be in Jiacheng.

It may be the lieutenant general's shogunate, or it may be Songzhou Guard.

It's right to ask Wang Bin about this matter.

As for whether Wang Bin will help Yang Zhengshan, Yang Zhengshan thinks Wang Bin should help, after all, Wang Sheng is still under his command.

After sending the letter, Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to think about it anymore and returned to the backyard.