Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After receiving the imperial edict, Yang Zhengshan officially took up the post of Wuzheng of Yanwu Pavilion.

However, Yanwu Pavilion does not even have a government office now, and it is still only on paper, so he, Wuzheng, still has nothing to do.

Fortunately, the court soon selected a residence for Yanwu Pavilion.

Yanwu Pavilion is different from the Imperial College. The Imperial College is a place for studying, with classrooms and dormitories, while Yanwu Pavilion is a place for martial artists to practice, and at least there must be a training ground.

Therefore, the residence selected by the court for Yanwu Pavilion is not in the city, but in the royal hunting ground in the south of the city.

The royal hunting ground is surrounded by a 120-li wall, with four gates around it, and a government office built inside, with one general admiral and four admirals responsible for management. Twenty-four gardens are set up in the garden to raise animals and grow fruits and vegetables for the emperor and dignitaries to hunt and enjoy.

Emperor Yanping was also generous and directly took out a manor as the residence of Yanwu Pavilion.

After receiving the news, Yang Zhengshan immediately ran over to take a look.

The manor is very large, covering an area of ​​about 100 acres. It was originally used to grow fruits and vegetables, with hundreds of houses for slaves to live in.

However, if this place is used as the residence of the Yanwu Pavilion, it needs to be properly built.

All the slaves need to be moved away, the houses need to be expanded, and a wall needs to be built to separate it from the royal hunting ground.

Yang Zhengshan made a general plan, drew a map, and threw it to the Ministry of Works.

The construction of the Yanwu Pavilion is naturally the work of the Ministry of Works. He, a military official, can't take care of this matter. Besides, he has no place to recruit craftsmen now.

The Ministry of Works is still very efficient. In late May, it sent people to the residence of the Yanwu Pavilion to start construction.

The main reason is that Emperor Yanping urged it to do so. Of course, the Yanwu Pavilion also benefited from the Shangwu Temple. Emperor Yanping was eager to establish the Shangwu Temple, and the Yanwu Pavilion followed suit.

On May 28, Zhang Luan, Marquis of Jianchang, returned to Beijing to serve as the Minister of Shangwu Temple.

As June came, the establishment of the Shangwu Temple entered a stage of full swing.

The court issued an official document, requiring the thirteen provincial governments to build a government office for the Shangwu Temple.

At the same time, the Ministry of War selected soldiers from the nine border towns to strengthen the Shangwu Temple.

On the other hand, Yang Zhengshan was also busy with the establishment of the Yanwu Pavilion.

He did not need to take care of the construction of the Yanwu Pavilion, but he had to personally handle the officials and teachers of the Yanwu Pavilion.

In fact, the Yanwu Pavilion did not need warriors with too high cultivation, because the disciples recruited by the Yanwu Pavilion were all warriors who had just entered the post-natal realm.

To become a disciple of the Yanwu Pavilion, two conditions must be met.

Age under 22.

Cultivation must reach the post-natal realm.

Only when these two conditions are met at the same time can you enter the Yanwu Pavilion.

The Yanwu Pavilion cultivates warriors with potential, that is, geniuses.

Although such a requirement may miss some late bloomers, this is the most appropriate way for the Yanwu Pavilion to select disciples.

To teach a warrior who has just entered the post-natal realm, it is enough to have a post-natal fifth level of cultivation.

In addition to the cultivation requirements, the instructors of the Martial Arts Pavilion must also be good at training soldiers.

The Martial Arts Pavilion does not train simple warriors, but military officers who can lead troops in battle.

Simply put, the Martial Arts Pavilion is a military academy.

In the future, all the disciples who come out of the Martial Arts Pavilion will be appointed by the court.

Yang Zhengshan's goal is to build the Martial Arts Pavilion into the Huangpu Military Academy of Darong.

In the future, the disciples of the Martial Arts Pavilion will become the backbone of the Darong army.

Therefore, the disciples of the Martial Arts Pavilion must receive military training.

This also means that the instructors of the Martial Arts Pavilion must not only have a post-natal fifth level or above, but also be good at training soldiers.

The most suitable candidates for instructors in the Martial Arts Pavilion are undoubtedly the soldiers of the Chongshan Town Biaoying and Tenglongwei.

The reason is simple. The soldiers of the Chongshan Town Biaoying were trained according to Yang Zhengshan's requirements. The content of their training is in line with Yang Zhengshan's and is most in line with Yang Zhengshan's wishes.

Therefore, the Ministry of War selected more than 20 soldiers from Chongshan Town and Tenglong Guard to serve as instructors and assistants of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

In addition to the instructors who taught martial arts and military training, Yang Zhengshan also selected several craftsmen and imperial doctors from the Ministry of Works and the Imperial Hospital to serve as teachers in the Martial Arts Pavilion.

On the eighth day of the sixth month.

The first batch of faculty and staff of the Martial Arts Pavilion were all present, including Yang Zhengshan, totaling 43 people.

The number of people was relatively small, but there was nothing that could be done about it.

Even with the support of the court, it would be difficult to find so many suitable people in a short time.

Besides, Yang Zhengshan did not plan to recruit too many disciples for the first batch of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

According to Yang Zhengshan's plan, the Martial Arts Pavilion would only recruit 300 disciples this year, and expand to 1,000 people after the Martial Arts Pavilion's base was built next year.

Standing in front of the house of the Martial Arts Pavilion's base, Yang Zhengshan looked at the more than 40 people standing together.

The Martial Arts Pavilion has one Wu Zheng, a fourth-rank official, two Si Ye, a fifth-rank official, one Jian Cheng, a fifth-rank official, and one Zhu Bu, a seventh-rank official.

There are also 12 temporary instructors, 4 martial arts instructors, 4 training instructors, 2 military doctors, 1 craftsman doctor, and 1 medicine doctor, all of whom are of the fifth rank.

There are 18 temporary assistants, 6th rank, 2 classics, 8th rank, 1 warehouse ambassador and 1 treasury ambassador, 9th rank. There are 13 clerks who are not in the mainstream.

These are all the staff of the Martial Arts Pavilion. Of course, this is only the temporary number of staff of the Martial Arts Pavilion. As the various buildings of the Martial Arts Pavilion are completed and more disciples are recruited, the Martial Arts Pavilion will also expand the number of instructors, assistants and other officials.

But for now, these people are enough.

First build the framework of the Martial Arts Pavilion, and then slowly develop and grow.

After Yang Zhengshan gave a brief lecture on the important tasks of the Yanwu Pavilion, he brought two Siye and a Jiancheng to the main hall of the Yanwu Pavilion.

At present, the Yanwu Pavilion has hundreds of houses, but they were all the houses where the slaves who were responsible for growing fruits and vegetables lived before, so they were built in a simple manner, like a small village.

The main hall of the Yanwu Pavilion is just a slightly larger courtyard. It was originally for the stewards here to live, and now it is temporarily used as Yang Zhengshan’s office.

The two Siyes are Hong Yanfeng, who was promoted from the head of the Ministry of War, and Wan Shu, who was promoted from the Jiancheng of the Imperial Academy. The Jiancheng is Bao Lang, who was promoted from the judge of the Dali Temple.

These three are actually civil servants with almost no cultivation, and their responsibilities are to be responsible for the daily operation of the Yanwu Pavilion.

The one who is really responsible for teaching the disciples is actually Yang Zhengshan. Of course, Yang Zhengshan is just the leader, and the specific teaching and training still depends on the instructors below.

"The conditions here are simple, so let's just make do with it for now!"

In the main hall, Yang Zhengshan sat in the main seat and said casually.

The three stood in front of Yang Zhengshan respectfully.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at them and said, "You may not know me very well. I have always been easy-going. You don't need to be so restrained in front of me!"

Easy-going!

When the three heard this, they all murmured in their hearts.

You are a killing god who kills without blinking an eye. You slaughtered more than 100,000 Hu people in the north and burned 100,000 troops to death in Guanshankou.

And you didn't even give face to King Ning. It would have been fine if you ridiculed King Ning, but you actually petitioned His Majesty to let King Ning go to the vassal state.

You are easy-going, who would believe it!

It's not that the three of them didn't know their new superior.

On the contrary, before coming here, they did a good job of inquiring.

The result is that this is a tyrannical master.

Seeing that the three people still didn't say anything, Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly ordered: "Master Hong, you are temporarily responsible for the repair of our martial arts pavilion. The classrooms, houses, training grounds, etc., all need to be repaired. Although the conditions are a bit shabby now, we have to make it beautiful."

The residence built by the Ministry of Works will definitely not be occupied for a while. Now the martial arts pavilion has only these hundred or so houses. Repair them and make do with them for the time being.

"I obey your order!" Hong Yanfeng responded.

"Master Wan, you are responsible for recruiting disciples. The first batch of disciples can only be recruited in Kyoto, mainly from the children of noble officials. I have only one principle, that is, it is better to have no disciples than to have bad ones." Yang Zhengshan said again.

The martial arts pavilion is not afraid of not being able to recruit disciples, because the disciples of the martial arts pavilion can enter the army as middle-level military officers in the future.     This is very attractive to many children of nobles and officials.

Although the status of the children of nobles is noble, it is actually not easy for them to find a job.

Most of the sons of nobles have no title to inherit. When their fathers pass away and the family is divided, they will become ordinary people. Of course, they will definitely be richer than ordinary people.

The legitimate sons are better, because they are all brothers, and the eldest brother will take care of them.

But those illegitimate sons are lucky to be able to get an official position.

For example, Zhao Yuan is the illegitimate son of Suiyang Marquis Mansion. At first, he only got a position of a hundred households in the army, but he was lucky enough to be valued by Zhou Lan.

Another example is Liang Jinyan, who was born in Changping Marquis Mansion and was a legitimate grandson, but he only got a deputy commander of the seventh rank in Wucheng Bingma Division.

In fact, most of the sons of nobles eventually became low-level officials. It was already good to have a job. Those illegitimate sons who were not welcomed by others could only run to the countryside to become local rich people.

In contrast, as long as they can enter the Yanwu Pavilion, they will at least start as a thousand households in the army in the future.

Of course, if one has the third or fourth level of acquired cultivation, he can get a position such as the chief of a thousand households in the army. The Martial Arts Pavilion cannot help people get promoted overnight, but can only help people get a better position more smoothly.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan is in charge of the Martial Arts Pavilion. In the future, all disciples who leave the Martial Arts Pavilion can call themselves Yang Zhengshan's disciples.

Any noble sons and officials who have a little ambition should not refuse to join the Martial Arts Pavilion.

It's not easy to join the Martial Arts Pavilion. For acquired warriors under the age of 22, this threshold can block 99% of people.

"I obey your order!" Wan Shu said.

Yang Zhengshan also instructed Bao Lang: "Mr. Bao, there should be a lot of supplies delivered during this period. You will be responsible for the storage at that time."

"Yes!" Bao Lang replied.

The Martial Arts Pavilion needs a lot of supplies, including various weapons, war horses, ores, medicinal materials, skills, classics, etc.

The arrangement and storage of materials is also a tedious task, and a dedicated person is needed to be responsible.

After giving instructions, Yang Zhengshan left first.

The time for the martial arts pavilion to recruit disciples has been set, July 1st, more than 20 days away from now.

These 20 days are enough for the martial arts pavilion to prepare.

Compared with being in charge of Chongshan Town, a small martial arts pavilion is too easy for Yang Zhengshan.

So Yang Zhengshan did not intend to waste too much time and energy on the martial arts pavilion.

He had no psychological burden as a hands-off shopkeeper.

With a few followers, Yang Zhengshan rode back to the Marquis' Mansion.

The guard at the gate saw him coming back and came forward happily and said, "My Lord, Madam Sun is born, congratulations, my Lord!"

Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows. His little great-grandson was born?

I am finally older!

From today on, I am a great-grandfather.

Without saying much, he walked quickly towards Yang Chengye's yard.

"The master is back!"

Before he even reached the yard, he heard a maid tell him the news.

Soon, everyone in the Yang family came out of the main hall.

"Dad!"

"Grandpa!"

"Greetings, Master!"

A large group of people shouted.

Yu Qingyi stood in the main hall, holding a swaddle in her arms.

"Haha, come on, let me see the child first!"

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward and took the baby in the swaddle.

The little guy was looking at this unknown world curiously with his big eyes.

The wrinkled little guy looked a little ugly.

"Master, it's a boy!" Yu Qingyi smiled.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and carefully reached out to tease the little guy.

However, the little guy was very disrespectful and didn't want to pay any attention to his great-grandfather. He always tilted his head to look elsewhere.

"Grandpa!" Yang Chengye came closer and smiled like a fool, without any of his usual calmness.

Yang Zhengshan nodded to him, "You will be a father in the future, so you should act like a father!"

Yang Chengye scratched his head with a silly smile and didn't say anything.

Yang Zhengshan turned to look at Yu Qingyi, "How is Yu?"

"She's fine. She just drank a bowl of tranquilizing soup and is now asleep!" Yu Qingyi said.

"Did anyone send someone to the Dongping Marquis' Mansion to announce the good news?"

"I've already sent Wu Hai! He should be here by now!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded and turned his eyes to the little guy again.

The little guy was probably tired and had closed his eyes to rest.

Yang Zhengshan carefully reached out and touched the little guy's pulse. It was a very strong pulse. It was a healthy little guy.

The news of the new great-grandson of the Yang family spread quickly in Kyoto. On the day of the bathing ceremony, many people came to the Marquis's mansion to congratulate.

The bathing ceremony is a bathing ceremony held on the third day after the baby is born. It is also called "bathing the baby on the third day" when relatives and friends gather to wish the baby good luck.

The purpose of "bathing the baby on the third day" is to wash away dirt and avoid disasters; the second is to pray for good luck and seek good fortune.

However, the Yang family had never held a bathing ceremony for their children before, because the bathing ceremony was very complicated, and it was not taken seriously in Liaodong, but it was taken seriously in Kyoto.

As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since the Yang family came to Kyoto, they held a bathing ceremony according to the customs of Kyoto.

The bathing ceremony of the little guy naturally cannot be without his maternal elders.

All the women in the Dongping Marquis's mansion came to add water to the basin for the little guy.

The so-called licking the basin means that close relatives take the lead in adding a small spoonful of clean water to the basin according to their seniority, and then put some gold, silver, coins and other objects.

After adding the basin, the midwife picked up the mallet and stirred it.

"One stir, two stirs, three stirs, the elder brother led the younger brother to run. Seventy-year-old, eighty-year-old, crooked-haired, naughty, all came!"

The midwife is the midwife, and the third-day washing ceremony is presided over by the midwife.

The midwife carefully washed the little guy's body while chanting.

"Wash the head first, and you will be a king; wash the waist later, and each generation will be higher than the previous one; wash the eggs, and you will be a county magistrate; wash the ditch, and you will be a prefect."

After washing, the gold and silver ingots, jewelry, eggs, fruits, cakes, etc. that were "added to the basin" were all taken away by the midwife.

Seeing the midwife's old face smiling like a flower, Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly.

My god, that's hundreds of taels of silver. This midwife made a lot of money today!

In fact, adding a basin to the third bath is just a gesture. People would at most give some small change and gold ingots, but not too much money. However, today the Queen sent a female official to come over, not only bringing a lot of gifts, but also putting a gold ingot in the basin.

When the midwife saw the gold ingot fall into the bathtub, her mouth was crooked with laughter and she couldn't speak clearly.