Chapter 489: Accepting a Disciple and Becoming a Master

The two agreed, and An Yuxing immediately asked someone to summon his great-grandson An Chenhui.

Well, a very handsome young man, but he looks a little immature.

"Hui'er, this is Jing'an Hou, he will be your master in the future!" An Yuxing said.

An Chenhui looked at Yang Zhengshan in a daze, then looked at An Yuxing, and suddenly knelt on the ground, but he was not kneeling to Yang Zhengshan, but to An Yuxing.

"Ancestor, you don't want me anymore!" An Chenhui looked aggrieved, his eyes slightly red, and he almost cried.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan suddenly froze and looked at An Chenhui inexplicably.

What does this mean?

What does it mean that the ancestors don't want him anymore?

An Yuxing's face turned black, "You stupid idiot, when did I say I don't want you anymore?"

An Chenhui looked at Yang Zhengshan again, and said timidly in a low voice: "But why did the ancestors find a master for Hui'er!"

An Yuxing was powerless, and he didn't know what was going on!

When he first brought An Chenhui here, An Chenhui was obviously a smart and well-behaved child, but in the past few years, An Chenhui seemed to have changed, cowardly and stupid, and cautious all day long.

Although he was angry, after all, he was his great-grandson, so An Yuxing could only be patient and explained: "Marquis Jing'an is good at teaching disciples. It is your blessing to be able to worship him as a teacher."

"And you can still live here in the future and come back at any time."

An Chenhui heard the grievance on his face and immediately dissipated a lot, "Really!"

"Really!" An Yuxing said with a dark face.

"Haha~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

This An Chenhui is interesting. At this time, he probably saw An Chenhui's worries and concerns.

In fact, this really can't be blamed on An Chenhui, but An Yuxing can only be blamed.

After two contacts, he can feel that An Yuxing's temper is not very good. If he didn't have Baicao Brew and other drinks, An Yuxing probably wouldn't pay attention to him.

Moreover, An Yuxing was not a kind elder, especially since he had been living in Sanshan Valley, and he did not have much affection with his descendants.

Imagine that a teenager suddenly followed his legendary great-grandfather to a strange place, and this great-grandfather had a very strange temper. How could this teenager not be cautious?

And it is estimated that before An Chenhui came to Sanshan Valley, the elders in his family had told him a lot of things, and it is very likely that the entire An family regarded An Chenhui as hope.

In this way, the pressure on An Chenhui can be imagined, which also caused him to worry about gains and losses when facing An Yuxing.

Over time, this temperament has become different, and cultivation will also be delayed because of these.

So the mentality is still very important in cultivation.

Warriors must not only persevere, but also maintain a good mentality.

"Okay, kid, don't worry, there is no place for you to live in my mansion. You can go to my place every five days in the future. You still have to live here on weekdays!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

An Chenhui finally felt relieved, and said with a blushing face: "Then, disciple, disciple greets the master!"

"Let's become your disciple tomorrow. I will take him to your house to become your disciple, and also to see your grandchildren!" An Yuxing said.

"Okay!" Yang Zhengshan said.

The two made an appointment, and Yang Zhengshan said goodbye.

The next morning, Yang Zhengshan gathered all the children in the family to the front yard.

In the spacious hall, Wang Mingzhe and Yang Mingzhao stood beside Yang Zhengshan.

On the left were Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao, Jiang Ning, Yang Chengxian, Yang Chengyou, Yang Chengzhang, and Yang Chengzhen.

On the right were Yang Wanqing, Yang Wanyi, Yang Wanting, and Jiang Miao.

Wanying and Wanning were both in Chongshan Town, while Jiang Feng followed Jiang He and Yang Yunyan to set up their own business.

Besides Yang Zhengshan, the most senior people here are naturally Wang Mingzhe and Yang Mingzhao. Although Wang Mingzhe is not as old as Yang Chengye and Yang Chengmao, he is their uncle.

Wang Mingzhe will definitely not take An Yuxing as his master, but Yang Zhengshan has recruited all the children, and he can't leave him alone to sleep in the school, so he simply called him to come together.

At about 9 o'clock, An Yuxing came with An Chenhui.

Yang Zhengshan welcomed the two into the house, and when they saw a group of children in the yard, they couldn't help but be stunned.

After the two sides greeted each other, Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Senior An, take a look, which one do you like, I will let that one be your apprentice!"

An Yuxing's eyes swept over the group of children and nodded slightly.

He would definitely not accept those who are too young.

He wants disciples, not grandchildren. He doesn't have the patience to teach a child from the beginning.

As for girls, he won't accept them either. It's not that he favors boys over girls, but when the girls grow up, it will be inconvenient for him to teach them.

Finally, his eyes were fixed on Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao and Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning is fourteen years old this year. Although he has not yet become a warrior, he should be a good candidate judging by his physique and bone structure.

"Let's choose this kid!" An Yuxing said without much hesitation, pointing directly at Yang Chengmao.

"Me!" Yang Chengmao was shocked.

Others were not disappointed that they were not chosen.

Their grandfather was an innate warrior, so they didn't feel much about finding another innate warrior as their master.

"Well, it's you, kid. Come and become my disciple!" An Yuxing said bluntly.

The reason why he chose Yang Chengmao was that Yang Chengye was the eldest grandson of the Yang family, so it would be better for Yang Zhengshan to train him himself. Jiang Ning was also good, but he had not yet become a warrior, so there was no point in accepting him now.

After all the calculations, Yang Chengmao was the most suitable.

"Senior An, let's talk in the hall!" Yang Zhengshan invited An Yuxing into the hall first.

An Yuxing didn't care about these mundane etiquettes, uh, Yang Zhengshan didn't care much either, but some rules and etiquette still had to be followed.

The two sat down in the hall, and Yang Zhengshan winked at Wu Hai, who immediately asked the servant to bring a bowl of tea and handed it to Yang Chengmao.

Yang Chengmao scratched his head, took the tea, knelt down and said, "Master, please have tea!"

"Hmm!" An Yuxing took the tea and took a sip, then looked at An Chenhui beside him.

An Chenhui also immediately stepped forward and knelt in front of Yang Zhengshan, "Master, please have tea!"

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene.

This is like exchanging hostages!

An Yuxing was too lazy to say more, but Yang Zhengshan still said a few words.

"Once a teacher, always a father! Since you have become my disciple today, you must respect me in the future!"

"Do you understand?"

"Disciple understands!"

"Grandson understands!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded, looked at An Chenhui and said, "I have four sons and five apprentices. You are my sixth apprentice."

"This is your third brother Wang Mingzhe!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed at Wang Mingzhe who looked listless. Except for sleeping, this kid always looked listless.

"Junior brother greets third brother!" An Chenhui bowed with a fist.     "Yes! Sixth Junior Brother!" Wang Mingzhe grinned and returned the greeting.

Yang Zhengshan pointed at Mingzhao again, "This is my youngest son Yang Mingzhao!"

"Mingzhao greets senior brother!" Yang Mingzhao bowed with a fist.

"Junior Brother Mingzhao!" An Chenhui returned the greeting.

The ranking of sons and disciples is different. The ranking of disciples is based on the time of entry, regardless of age. As for the ranking between sons and disciples, it depends on age.

Whoever is older is the senior brother.

An Chenhui is different from Prince An and Prince Dai. Prince An and Prince Dai are princes after all, and some rules are not easy for them to follow. Although An Chenhui has a great-grandfather in the Xiantian realm, in front of Yang Zhengshan, he is a disciple and the rules should still be followed.

After the apprenticeship, Yang Zhengshan hosted An Yuxing in the mansion.

At the same time, the time for Yang Chengmao and An Chenhui to learn the art was also agreed.

Yang Zhengshan must teach his disciples together, so he asked An Chenhui to come with the time of Prince An and Prince Dai.

An Xingyu only has Yang Chengmao as a disciple, and he has nothing else to do. He doesn't care when Yang Chengmao goes to his place, even if Yang Chengmao lives at his place.

However, Yang Zhengshan still set a time for Yang Chengmao to go every three days.

In fact, Yang Chengmao doesn't need An Xingyu to teach him personally now, but Yang Zhengshan thinks it's a good thing to go to Sanshan Valley more often to broaden his horizons.

By the way, it can also cultivate the relationship between master and apprentice.

Yang Zhengshan was busy recruiting apprentices, but the court quarreled over the matter of the Imperial Merchants Department.

Although there is no morning court on weekdays, there will be court meetings. Sometimes Emperor Yanping will summon the main officials of the cabinet and the six ministries to discuss state affairs.

The matter of the Imperial Merchants Department this time is still very involved, and many officials have different opinions on it.

However, it can be roughly divided into two factions. One faction is headed by Sun Wenjian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who supports the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department. This person was also pitted by Yang Zhengshan. At that time, Yang Zhengshan supported the handing over of the glass method to merchants in the court, forcing Sun Wenjian to stand up and support the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department.

The other faction does not support the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department. There are more officials in this faction, from various ministries and yamen.

However, their opinions are not unified, and not everyone completely denies the Imperial Merchants Department.

Some people only opposed the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau, but still wanted to control the glass law in the hands of the court, such as officials from the Ministry of Works.

Some people opposed businessmen being officials, such as officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites.

April 20th, it was another morning court.

This time Yang Zhengshan did not go to the morning court, he asked for leave directly.

Because he knew that if he went to the morning court today, those civil servants would definitely find him to argue.

There was no way, who made this glass law, and it was he who proposed to establish the Imperial Merchants Bureau, no matter how the argument went, he could not get away from it.

So, he simply did not go to the morning court.

However, today's morning court was very lively, and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Sun Wenjian was in full swing and had a verbal battle with the scholars.

The argument lasted for more than half an hour, and Sun Wenjian's neck was red from arguing.

"Okay, you don't want to set up the Imperial Merchants Bureau, then, this year's salary of your Ministry of Works will be delayed until next year!" Sun Wenjian was anxious and directly used a big move.

"Why?" Jiang Wei, the Minister of Industry, asked angrily.

"Because there are less than 100,000 taels of silver in the Ministry of Revenue's warehouse now, and because since the severe drought in Liaodong last year, all the expenses of the Ministry of Revenue have been paid by your Majesty's treasury!" Sun Wenjian waited for Jiang Wei viciously.

What he said was a bit exaggerated, but it was true.

Since the establishment of the glass workshop, Emperor Yanping's treasury has successively allocated 800 taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue. If it were not for the support of the treasury, the Ministry of Revenue would not even be able to pay the salaries of the officials.

In order to get money from Emperor Yanping, Sun Wenjian used all means, and he almost rolled around in the imperial study.

So Sun Wenjian needs the Imperial Merchants Department more than anyone else. No, to be more precise, the Ministry of Revenue needs the money of the Imperial Merchants Department more than anyone else.

He has been eyeing the glass workshop for a long time. Now that Emperor Yanping has finally given in, he will naturally do his best to promote the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department.

And he opposed the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department in the morning court before, in fact, he wanted to compete with Emperor Yanping for a share.

But who knew that Yang Zhengshan was useless and didn't argue with them at all, forcing him to stand up.

After listening to Sun Wenjian's words, the civil and military officials in the court were completely exhausted.

No money is a problem faced by all departments in the court.

And Sun Wenjian, the Minister of Revenue, directly used a big move, who could withstand this.

"The Imperial Merchants Department must be established. Not only must it be established, but I think the imperial farm, the imperial store, and the three major weaving bureaus can all be handed over to the Imperial Merchants Department!" Sun Wenjian said decisively.

The so-called imperial farms and imperial shops are naturally the property of the royal family, while the three major weaving bureaus are institutions that specialize in supplying textiles to the palace, weaving various fabrics and making silk edicts and colored silks for the emperor and the court to use for sacrificial ceremonies and awards.

In fact, the three major weaving bureaus are also considered imperial merchants. They not only supply textiles to the palace, but also sell textiles to the outside, especially to sea merchants.

Let’s put it this way, before the glass workshops, the three major weaving bureaus were the most important source of funds for the emperor’s treasury.

Sun Wenjian even wanted to bring the three major weaving bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Merchants Department, obviously not wanting the Ministry of Revenue to continue to be controlled by the treasury.

Damn, it’s too difficult to ask the emperor for money, he’s had enough!

Emperor Yanping smiled and said, "Approved!"

"The revenue of the Imperial Merchants Department will be 60% from the Ministry of Revenue and 40% from the Imperial Treasury. The Ministry of Personnel will select officials and temporarily put them under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, the Internal Officials will select internal officials to supervise!"

"For specific matters, the Ministry of Personnel will draft a memorial and submit it!"

As he said this, he looked at Zhou Yunsong who was standing in the front row of civil servants.

"I obey your order!" Zhou Yunsong stepped out to receive the order.

In fact, the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department has long been settled, because the cabinet has already agreed on it.

Of course, this matter cannot be without the support of Sun Wenjian. If he can't win the argument, this matter will probably be delayed for a while.

Now that Sun Wenjian has won the argument, Emperor Yanping will naturally approve it.

"Dismiss the court!"

Emperor Yanping stood up and left. All the officials looked at each other and dispersed.

"Ahem, Minister Sun, the salary of the Ministry of Works cannot be stopped!" Minister of Works Jiang Wei approached Sun Wenjian and said embarrassedly.

"Hmph!" Sun Wenjian left with a flick of his sleeves, leaving Jiang Wei helpless.

Damn it, your Ministry of Revenue is still the money bag of the court, and our Ministry of Works is raised by a stepmother in the court.

Grandma doesn't love us, uncle doesn't love us, there is no good thing, all the dirty and tiring work is done by us!

Jiang Wei was also wronged.

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Works has the lowest status.

And he opposed the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department because he wanted to bring the glass workshop under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works. If he could manage the glass workshop, then their Ministry of Works would have a better life.

But now, hey~~

Jiang Wei shook his head, "Sun Shangshu, wait for me!"

In this way, the establishment of the Imperial Merchants Department became a foregone conclusion, and the Ministry of Personnel came up with a set of feasible regulations in the following days.

The Ministry of Personnel finally agreed to let merchants serve as the principals in the Imperial Merchants Department.

The principal of the Imperial Merchants Department is a seventh-rank official, responsible for managing the industry of the Imperial Merchants Department, providing goods for the Imperial Merchants Department, and selling goods for the Imperial Merchants Department, etc.