Chapter 257 Being an emperor is not easy

Yang Zhengshan saw that she was happy, smiled, and then picked up the martial arts skills next to him and started to read them.

These martial arts skills all came from the Hu people, and they have many characteristics of the Hu people. For example, the Hu people like to use scimitars, so many of the skills are about scimitars.

For example, the north is icy cold, and the Hu people like to practice some acquired skills that can maintain body temperature.

With Yang Zhengshan's current cultivation, he naturally can't see the general skills.

After picking and choosing, he found a acquired Qigong called "Liyang Jin".

Liyang Jin emphasizes the extreme strength and yang, and the Qi is self-generated and fast, seemingly endless.

Dubato practiced this skill. Liyang Jin combined with his natural divine power made his strength far surpass that of the same level warriors. If he hadn't met Yang Zhengshan and was killed by Yang Zhengshan with a hidden weapon, ordinary ninth-level warriors would have been helpless against him.

Unfortunately, this technique is useless to Yang Zhengshan. He already has Kui Niu Jin, so there is no need to practice a new acquired Qigong technique. Moreover, he is already practicing Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong, and acquired Qigong techniques are no longer useful to him.

Thinking of Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong, Yang Zhengshan felt a little depressed.

This technique is good in every way, but it is too stable.

Yes, it is stable.

The characteristics of Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong are that it is moderate and peaceful, step by step, and pays attention to accumulation over time.

It is safe to practice this technique, but it also means that there is no chance of radicalization, and you can only practice step by step.

Yang Zhengshan has been practicing Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong for half a year, and now he has just barely entered the door. As for condensing the true qi, it is still a long way off.

Yu Qingyi is even worse. She has not even found the door, and is still confused like a blind man touching an elephant.

Of course, this is also because she focuses on her belly.

"These techniques are very good. When you have time, ask someone to copy a copy and send it back to the clan!" Yang Zhengshan said after reading the Lieyang Jin.

For a martial arts family, techniques are the foundation. The more techniques, the deeper the foundation, especially the techniques of the acquired realm. Everyone has different characteristics and the suitable techniques are also different.

Perhaps a person has not made any progress in practicing Kuiniu Jin for several years, but after switching to Lieyang Jin, he will make rapid progress.

So the more techniques, the more opportunities there are to choose from, and the greater the probability of becoming a strong person.

The Yang family has a shallow foundation. In recent years, Yang Zhengshan has sent back many techniques in succession, just to increase the foundation of the Yang family.

"Well, I know!"

Yu Qingyi responded.

...

At the end of August, the troops that went to Chongshan Town returned one after another, and the court's policies on the north were also gradually transmitted to Chongshan Town.

As Yang Zhengshan expected, Qianlibeidi was directly incorporated into Chongshan Town. Fushan City was renamed Fuzhou City, with a prefectural government office and a garrison office. The headquarters of the deputy commander of the North Road of Chongshan Town was moved to Fuzhou City.

With Fuzhou City as the center, the three Fuzhou guards were established, and military households and civilians were moved to Fuzhou City to reclaim wasteland.

In fact, the location of Fuzhou City is very good, with abundant rivers and fertile land around it. The reason why the Donghai Hu tribe chose to build a city there was because of this.

If the land around Fuzhou City can be reclaimed, it is estimated that the future will be better than most areas of Chongshan Town.

Now the court wants to relocate military households and civilians to Fuzhou City because of this.

Perhaps in a dozen years, Fuzhou City will be completely integrated into the territory of Darong.

However, it is easy to incorporate Fuzhou City into the territory of Darong, but it is even more difficult to incorporate Qianlibeidi into the territory of Darong.

The area east of Heiyun Mountain is rich in water resources and fertile land. It is relatively easy to reclaim wasteland and grow food in that area.

But the area west of Black Cloud Mountain is not so good. It is either endless hills or endless grasslands. The west borders the territory of the Wulianghu tribe and is always facing the threat of the Wulianghu tribe.

Unless Darong can build a defense line like Chongshan Town on the edge of the Wulianghu tribe, the investment will be too large.

With Darong's current national strength, the court will definitely not waste a lot of manpower and material resources on this.

So this time Darong obtained Qianli Northland, but the area that can actually be controlled is only around Fushan City. In the future, it can be expanded to Black Cloud Mountain, but the area west of Black Cloud Mountain is estimated to be difficult to control.

And the court may not care about that bitter and cold land.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan. As the situation in the north stabilizes, the rewards for this battle have gradually been implemented.

August 28, the 29th year of Chengping.

The imperial edict arrived at Chongshan Town, promoting Lu Chongde to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Right Deputy Censor of the Censorate, and supervising the military affairs of Liaodong, Chongshan and other places.

Liang Chu, Marquis of Changping, was promoted to the position of Right Commander of the Central Army, and was promoted to the position of Ronglu Doctor, and was in charge of the 12th Battalion of the Imperial Guard.

When Yang Zhengshan received this news, he was completely stunned.

Lu Chongde was promoted to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Right Deputy Censor of the Censorate, and was in charge of Liaodong and Chongshan. This should be a normal promotion. The reason why the court asked him to supervise Liaodong and Chongshan should be to develop Fuzhou City.

But Liang Chu actually took charge of the 12th Battalion of the Imperial Guard!

Previously, the 12th Battalion of the Imperial Guard was in charge of the Duke of Ningguo, but now the old emperor actually handed over the 12th Battalion of the Imperial Guard to Liang Chu.

Is this trusting Liang Chu, or distrusting the Duke of Ningguo?

After getting the news, Yang Zhengshan wanted to ask Zhou Lan what was going on.

However, he received another piece of news the next day that Zhou Lan was promoted to the deputy governor of the Central Army Governor's Office and was in charge of the Fenwu Camp.

Yang Zhengshan immediately understood that this was the old emperor's method of checks and balances. He used Liang Chu to check and balance Ningguo Gong, took away Ningguo Gong's power to control the imperial guards, and gave Zhou Lan a sweet treat to control the Fenwu Camp.

Although it seemed that Ningguo Gong suffered a great loss, in fact, it proved from another perspective that the old emperor had no intention of targeting Ningguo Gong's mansion.

The seizure of power was not to deal with Ningguo Gong, but to warn Ningguo Gong to abide by the law and not cause trouble.

Letting Zhou Lan join the imperial guards means that Ningguo Gong's mansion will undergo a new and old transition.

That is, Ningguo Gong Zhou Mao will gradually withdraw from the core of power, and the second generation of Ningguo Gong's mansion will gradually be reused.

Thinking about it further, this should be the preparation of Emperor Chengping to stabilize the court after the new emperor ascends the throne.

When he dies and the new emperor ascends the throne, as long as Ningguo Gong is invited out again, the court can be at least half stabilized.

After thinking about this, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but feel amazed.

This Emperor Chengping is really far-sighted. He has actually started preparing for the new emperor now.

However, Emperor Chengping is also a complicated person. On the one hand, he feels that he is old and is on guard against someone coveting his throne. He is even on guard against his own son. On the other hand, he is preparing for the succession of the throne and considering the situation in the court after his death.

"Alas, being an emperor is not easy!"

Yang Zhengshan felt that Emperor Chengping was thoughtful and that the old emperor was too hard-working.

Of course, he just sighed a little. He is just a small official now. It is not time for him to worry about the old emperor.

The rewards are from top to bottom. First, the governor and the general, then the deputy general and the various lieutenants, then the middle-level military officers such as Yang Zhengshan, and finally the soldiers at the bottom.

Although Liang Chu was promoted, he would not leave Chongshan Town in the short term. The court gave him three months to deal with the affairs of Chongshan Town and then return to Beijing to take office.

Yang Zhengshan did not focus on promotion. There is a saying that goes, "The monk rings the bell for the day." He is still the garrison of Anyuan City, so he has to handle the official business of the Anyuan City Garrison Office.

The garrison camp suffered heavy losses during this expedition. After the soldiers recovered, Yang Zhengshan began to rebuild the garrison camp.

It is easy to rebuild the garrison camp. Soldiers can be drawn from various garrisons to enter the garrison camp.

Once you enter the garrison camp, you are a garrison soldier and can receive full food and salary. In the garrison, you are a garrison soldier and can only receive half of the food and salary. At the same time, you are also responsible for garrison farming.

For most garrison soldiers, they prefer to become garrison soldiers just to receive full food and salary.

The reason is simple. The garrison farms of each military household are limited. If the whole family digs for food in the fields, they can't even solve the problem of food and clothing. After becoming a garrison soldier, there is enough food and salary, which can at least ensure that three people will not starve to death.

But this was in the past. The current garrison soldiers also want to join the garrison camp, but the reasons have changed. One is that they are willing to work for Yang Zhengshan, and the other is that they want to make a lot of money.

It goes without saying how much the garrison soldiers have gained from this expedition, which makes the soldiers who are farming in the garrison envy.

Let alone them, even Xie Yuan and Wu Chongzhe are very envious of Han Cheng.

In terms of strength, they are not weaker than Han Cheng at all, and in terms of ability, they don’t think they are worse than Han Cheng.

This time Han Cheng followed Yang Zhengshan to the expedition and made a lot of merits. He will definitely be promoted next time.

And what about them?

They didn’t get any merits at all. It was barely a bit of hard work. If they want to be promoted, they have to wait until the next time. I don’t know when the next time will be.

At the end of August, the soldiers drawn from the garrison joined the garrison camp.

The new recruits naturally need to be trained well when they enter the camp. Although these soldiers have received training from the garrison camp before, they are far behind the veterans of the garrison camp.

So after the recruits entered the camp, practical training was arranged in full swing.

That day, after Yang Zhengshan checked the training of the recruits, he took Yang Mingcheng out of the city.

Yang Family Horse Farm, a large horse farm covering an area of ​​1,000 acres.

The horse farm not only has stables, warehouses, and houses, but also more than a dozen tenants and servants, and hundreds of acres of fertile land.

There are about 200 people in the entire horse farm, half of whom are slaves of the Yang family, and the remaining half are long-term workers of the Yang family.

Ma San is the person in charge of the horse farm. When Yang Zhengshan came to the horse farm, Ma San was walking the horses with people. After receiving the report from his subordinates, Ma San hurriedly rode to greet him.

"Sir, I greet you!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan, Ma San's face was full of joy.

Raising horses is what he likes to do. Becoming a long-term worker of the Yang family was a helpless move at the beginning. At that time, he was driven out of the Dusi Yamen and urgently needed a job to support his family.

The Yang family gave him a job. To be honest, he was quite unwilling at first. Although he was just a horseman, he was also a capable person.

But later, as he came into contact with Yang Zhengshan and Yang Mingcheng more, he accepted the reality. It was definitely not bad to be a long-term worker in the Yang family. At least the owner was kind and treated him very well.

Later, he brought his family to Anyuan City. Yang Zhengshan sent his son to school, and he was even more grateful to Yang Zhengshan.