Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

The next morning, Li Baoshan led a team of military guards to the north gate.

At this time, the people in the city were in panic. Both the people in the city and the soldiers were very afraid of the bandits outside the city.

Those soldiers had almost no morale, and they were very nervous at the gate and the city wall.

When Li Baoshan arrived at the gate, the Taiping Army outside the city had gathered outside the 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 looked at Li Baoshan as if they were a savior.

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

"Ah!" Everyone was stunned for a moment.

"Sir, the bandits are outside the city. If you open the gate now, the bandits outside the city 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 stunned, but the Wuwei of Shangwuwei had figured it out. Several Wuwei immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Didn't you hear the adults' order? 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 is not much harm to them after surrendering.

The two heavy city gates opened, and the soldiers and the people looked at the outside of the city gate in silence.

Outside the city gate, Li Dagui, with a smile on his face, led a thousand camp soldiers and two thousand peasant soldiers to slowly enter the city gate, pass through the city wall, and then enter 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 at a loss when they saw this scene.

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

Sun Derong swallowed his saliva, "Lord Li has surrendered to the enemy army!"

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

He didn't know why Li Baoshan made such a decision, but he knew that there was no room for turning back.

The Taiping Army had already entered the city, and it was extremely difficult to repel the Taiping Army now.

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 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 put down their weapons and left the city wall in confusion.

More Taiping soldiers rushed into the city and shouted: "Martial law is in place in the city, go back to your homes, don't cause chaos, and those who take the opportunity to cause trouble will be killed without mercy!"

Although the three thousand Taiping soldiers could not conquer the city, it was still easy to maintain public order in 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 hid back home.

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

"Minister, Li Baoshan greets the lord!" Li Baoshan immediately knelt down and bowed when he saw Yang Mingzhao.

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 to the city!"

Sun Derong was stunned when he saw him kneeling so smoothly.

Damn, this guy is too spineless!

Kneel down if you want, why don't you take me with you?

So Sun Derong knelt down too.

What else can he do if he doesn't kneel down? Can they still resist?

Li Wenchun didn't kneel down. He stared straight at Yang Mingzhao, his eyes filled with incredible and unbelievable.

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

Li Baoshan was also a disciple of Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Mingzhao was right to call him brother.

"No trouble! It's my honor to serve the Lord!" Li Baoshan's heart was relieved and he smiled.

"Haha~~" Yang Mingzhao laughed, "Brother Li, just don't mind my nonsense!"

Li Baoshan said seriously: "My lord is wise and powerful, he sympathizes with the chaos and chaos of the world, and is eager to pacify the people. He raised an army to create a new world, which is a blessing for the world and the people!"

"I am not talented, but I am willing to charge into battle for my lord, capture cities and territories, and help my lord 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, if you want to be the emperor, you must be the emperor, and you must be the emperor. If you don't want to be the emperor, you will fail my loyalty.

What is the eagerness to pacify the people and the blessing of the people? That's all empty.

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

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 Li Baoshan's words, he felt a sense of excitement.

Become an emperor? ? ?

It seems very interesting!

Well, Yang Mingzhao actually doesn’t have great ambitions, but he doesn’t mind being an emperor himself!

As for Darong, it is still the same thing. Yang Mingzhao has no loyalty to Darong.

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

However, Yang Mingzhao had never been an official in Darong and did not have much emotion to Darong and the court.

On the contrary, he also hated the Darong court very much and corrupt officials from government officials everywhere.

Yang Mingzhao nodded slightly, "Senior Brother Li will help you in the future!"

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

In fact, he had seen Li Wenchun just now, and Yang Mingzhao naturally had an understanding of this prefect 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.

"Yang Zhao met the prefect of Li in the morning!" Yang Mingzhao saluted Li Wenchun respectfully.

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

Note that what he admires is the officials who are honest and capable, not the officials who are honest and capable.

And Li Wenchun in front of him is undoubtedly the honest official he admires.

Li Wenchun looked at Yang Mingzhao with a dazed look, and his eyes seemed to stare at Yang Mingzhao's face with a dazed look.

"Your surname is Yang!"

Yang Mingzhao was stunned, "That's right!"

"The Yang Family in Liaodong?" Li Wenchun asked again.

Yang Mingzhao was shocked. The Yang family in Liaodong was the name of the Yang family.

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

Changes in place names represent an expansion of influence.

Although the Yang family has moved to Xingyue Island, the Yang family is still a member of the Yang family in Liaodong.

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

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

"Previous Shou Li knows his younger generation?"

Li Wenchun nodded slightly.

Yang Mingzhao felt even more panicked, "Premier Li, please take a step to speak!"

Who is he very similar to?

Of course, it looks very similar to him!

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

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

If the father and son stand together, others will know at a glance that this is a father and son.

But if you had only seen Yang Zhengshan, you would not have guessed Yang Mingzhao's identity. After all, there are many people who look similar in this world.

But if you have seen Yang Mingzhao, it would be different.

Yang Mingzhao pulled Li Wenchun down the place where no one was next to him, and lowered his voice and said, "Have you seen the younger generation?"

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

"This~~" Yang Mingzhao had a headache. He had actually seen himself, "Then Prefect Li and his father?"

Li Wenchun shook his head, "I don't know the old marquis, but I met the old marquis and the young master when I was 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, and it is not uncommon for him to see himself in Kyoto.

"In the sixth year of Yanping, I returned to Beijing and was in the Ministry of Personnel. I had seen the old marquis show great power in the Ministry of Personnel!"

Li Wenchun said with a complicated expression: "It was also at that time that I had the honor to see the young master go out to play!"

Yang Mingzhao suddenly realized that when Yang Zhengshan made a big fuss in the Ministry of Personnel, many officials were waiting in line outside the official department, and many officials saw Yang Zhengshan make big fuss in the Ministry of Revenue with their own eyes.

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

After understanding these links, Yang Mingzhao smiled awkwardly and said, "Present Li is also asked to keep the secret for me! I'm just making trouble here, but my father doesn't know about it!"

Li Wenchun asked, "What do you mean by the young master?"

At this time, Li Wenchun was in a very complicated mood. The young man from the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion became a rebel, which really made him unbelievable.

But the facts are right in front of him, and he can't believe it.

However, he heard that Yang Zhengshan was not aware of the situation, so he felt a little more at ease.

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

Although this was his first time seeing Li Wenchun, he felt like he was discovered by his parents when he did bad things.

Li Wenchun fell into silence.

Yang Mingzhao looked at his face and saw that his expression was quite complicated. He gritted his teeth and said, "Senior, please help me!"

"Okay!" Li Wenchun said.

Yang Mingzhao was stunned again.

Has agreed so soon?

No hesitation!

Li Wenchun let out a long breath, his complex expression faded away, and replaced by a faint smile.

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

"What this official is really boring, it's better to rebel as if it's refreshing!"

Yang Mingzhao's eyes lit up, "Old senior!"

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

He didn't lie. If he wasn't old, he really wanted to kill all the officials in the government office and confiscate the property of all the evil gentry and tyrants.

When he was young, he was a strong-willed person. Now that he is old and has encountered many setbacks, his hot temper has been smoothed.

If he hadn't met Yang Mingzhao, he would probably have been depressed all the time.

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

"Senior, my name is Yang Zhao now. Please keep my identity a secret!" Yang Mingzhao followed him and whispered.

Li Wenchun nodded calmly.

Then the two 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 city in an all-round way.

Li Wenchun had no psychological burden at all to join Yang Mingzhao.

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

Second, his family was in Baoning Prefecture. He only had one son, and his son's family was with him, so he was not afraid of the court's accountability.

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

And Li Wenchun's surrender also made Yang Mingzhao even 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, while Li Wenchun could be a frontier official.

Yang Mingzhao was not short of generals now, but only of civil officials.

Ma Yan, Lu Bo, Qi Zhang, etc., these people could all be officials, but to be honest, it was very difficult for them to manage a county. Maybe they were capable, but they were seriously lacking in experience.

Li Wenchun could fill this gap. He had been an official for decades and had always been a local official. In terms of local management experience, he was absolutely rich.

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

Li Wenchun knew clearly which officials in the government office could be used and which officials could not be used.

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

Li Wenchun also knew which problems in Baoning Prefecture needed to be solved as soon as possible and which problems could be solved slowly.

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

With the help of Li Wenchun, Yang Mingzhao and others became more and more orderly in their work, and all affairs were in order.

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

It had been more than a year since they entered the Lingquan space. They had been staying in the Lingquan space for more than a year and had never gone out.

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

They traveled from the snowfields all the way to the Temple of the God of War, collecting a large number of plants and animals along the way. 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.