Chapter 654 The emperor takes turns, next year it will be my turn!

"Grandma, didn't you say that Daddy is back? Where's Daddy?"

Qi'er looked around the house blankly, looking for Daddy's figure.

She naturally knew that Daddy existed, but she hadn't seen him for a long time, so her impression of him was a little vague.

"Little sister, Daddy is being beaten outside!" Yang Cheng'an said.

"Ah!" Qi'er opened her mouth wide and looked out the door.

Yang Mingzhao was looking at her pitifully. She was stunned and scratched her head, "Is that Daddy? It seems so!"

After saying that, she looked at Zhu for help.

Zhu showed an ugly smile.

It would be a lie to say that Zhu had no resentment towards Yang Mingzhao. Her husband didn't come back all year round, leaving her alone in the empty room.

If there was a reason to do so, it would be fine, but the problem was that the Yang family had no reason to let Yang Mingzhao stay away from home all year round!

Even if he was traveling, there was no need to do so!

Yang Zhengshan brought a new bowl of tea and continued to taste it slowly.

Yang Mingzhao must be beaten!

Not only because of what Yang Mingzhao did outside without telling his family, but also to make Zhu feel better.

Look at Chengan, he doesn't feel sorry for his father at all.

Look at Qi'er, she even forgot what her biological father looks like.

Who can be blamed for this? Only Yang Mingzhao himself can be blamed.

If Yang Mingzhao could come back often to accompany the children, would it be like this?

"Dad~~"

Zhu still felt sorry for her husband. After taking a look at Yang Mingzhao's miserable appearance, she immediately couldn't help but beg for mercy.

Yang Zhengshan looked up at Yang Mingzhao outside.

"That's it!"

The sound of the board stopped immediately.

Yang Mingzhao lay on the bench with his teeth bared, and stopped screaming.

It was indeed painful to be beaten with this board, but it was not enough to make Yang Mingzhao cry out in pain.

After all, Yang Mingzhao now has the seventh level of acquired cultivation, and he grew up drinking spiritual spring water, so his physique is a bit absurd.

"Fourth Master, get up!"

Wang Lei just helped Yang Mingzhao up, and Yang Mingzhao could still walk with a limp.

He glared at the people under the eaves, and everyone laughed.

"Boy, come here and let Daddy see you!"

After entering the main hall, Yang Mingzhao immediately waved to Yang Chengan.

Yang Chengan turned his head and looked at Yang Zhengshan, pretending to be like I don't want to care about you.

"Daughter, come, let Daddy hug you!"

Yang Mingzhao was a little embarrassed and looked at Qi'er again.

Qi'er hesitated for a moment, first looking at her mother, then at her grandmother.

Yu Qingyi let go of her hand, and Qi'er walked towards Yang Mingzhao, "Daddy!"

Yang Mingzhao picked up little Qi'er, "Oh, hahaha, Daddy misses you so much!"

He also missed home and his children, but he really couldn't let go of the Taiping Army, let alone the suffering people.

Yang Mingzhao held his daughter in his arms, took two steps forward, and pulled Yang Cheng'an over, "You little brat, you dare to make faces at your father!"

He rubbed Yang Cheng'an hard, and Yang Cheng'an looked disgusted, but he didn't avoid it.

Yang Zhengshan waited for Yang Mingzhao to get close to his children for a while, then he stood up and said, "Come to the study with me!"

"Yes!" Yang Mingzhao responded immediately.

After that, he winked at Zhu, and even reached out to grab Zhu's hand and squeezed it.

Zhu was a little embarrassed and annoyed by him.

Outside the door, Yang Mingzhi said with some regret: "Hey, there's no good show to watch, Dad, why don't you hit him a few more times!"

Yang Zhengshan glared at him fiercely.

This is his own son, and it hurts his father to hit him.

Next time I hit you, I will definitely hit you a few more times!

Yang Mingzhi shrank his neck and followed behind Yang Zhengshan, and then winked at Yang Mingzhao.

Yang Mingzhao also grinned and complained: "Second brother, the older you get, the more unruly you are!"

"Okay, okay, let's all go!"

Under the eaves, Yang Minghao said something and quickly followed.

"You kid are good, you actually went to rebel! Haha, now it's good, Chengye, the Marquis of Jing'an, probably won't be able to stay in peace!"

"Third brother!" Yang Mingzhao almost cried.

Because Yang Minghao probably kicked his butt just now.

His butt is still bleeding.

Yang Mingzhi laughed, "I guess our nephew will be in trouble next. He suddenly became a rebel, hahaha~~"

Yang Minghao couldn't help laughing, "This is going to be a big deal. It's not just Chengye who is in trouble."

As he said, the four of them entered the study.

Yang Zhengshan sat behind the desk, and the three brothers stood casually.

"Tell me, why do you want to be a bandit?" Yang Zhengshan asked calmly.

Yang Mingzhao was silent for a while and said, "I really can't stand it!"

"I can't stand it!" Yang Zhengshan looked at him and nodded helplessly.

What can't he stand?

Of course, it's the suffering of the people!

No one knows his son better than his father!

How could Yang Zhengshan not know what kind of character Yang Mingzhao is!

He was not surprised at all that Yang Mingzhao rebelled. If Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao did such a thing, he would be surprised, but if it was Yang Mingzhao, he would not be surprised.

Yang Mingcheng would not think so much. He might feel compassion, but at most he would just help some people.

Yang Mingzhi would not have such kindness at all. When he saw the people suffering, he might hate the local officials, but he would never care about such things.

As for Yang Minghao, his thoughts might be similar to Yang Mingzhi's.

Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao have long been accustomed to the killing on the battlefield and have seen all kinds of suffering. They will not have empathy for the poor people, and will only consider the problem from the perspective of local governance.

They will not think of rebelling, let alone becoming a rebel.

Yang Mingzhao is different. This kid is too emotional, can't stand the suffering of the world, and is too responsible. When he sees the people suffering, he wants to help.

"What are your plans next?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Yang Mingzhao fell into silence again, and Yang Zhengshan did not rush to urge him, leaving him silent.

Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao looked at him, waiting for his answer.

After a long time, Yang Mingzhao suddenly said, "Dad, I want to be the emperor!"

As soon as this was said, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao grinned.

Yang Zhengshan still had a calm face.

"Are you sure!"

"Well, I've decided!" Yang Mingzhao showed a firm look.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his long beautiful beard and fell into silence.

"You have to ask Chengye about this!"

"If he also wants to be the emperor, then you can't do it!"

Being the emperor, Yang Zhengshan didn't think there was anything wrong with this!

The emperor takes turns, and it will be my turn next year!

Before Yang Mingzhao came back, Yang Zhengshan had already thought that there might be such a result.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings!

If you want to do it, then do it.

But between Yang Chengye and Yang Mingzhao, only one can be the emperor in Darong!

And for now, it is easier for Yang Chengye to be the emperor because he has enough troops under his command.

Taiping Army!

In Yang Zhengshan's eyes, it is just a group of rabble.

In contrast, Chongshan Town has countless elite soldiers and generals.

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"Ah!" Yang Mingzhao was stunned, "If Chengye wants to do it, let him do it!"

Yang Zhengshan resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Well, this guy doesn't really want to be the emperor, he just wants to change the dynasty and give the people of Darong a bright and clear world!

For ordinary mortals, the throne and power are infinitely tempting.

But for the Yang family, the imperial power is really not that tempting.

Yang Zhengshan himself doesn't care about those empty powers, and most of the other people in the Yang family don't care much either.

Maybe Yang Mingzhi cares more, but that was in the past. Now Yang Mingzhi has no idea.

He just doesn't want to be idle and wants to do something and find a sense of accomplishment.

Compared with power, martial arts is what they pursue.

"Go and discuss it with Chengye yourself!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yang Mingzhao thought about it and scratched his head. "Is it not a good idea for me to discuss this with Chengye?"

"Nothing wrong with that!" Yang Zhengshan looked up at him. "If you all want to be emperors, then one of you should stay in Darong and the other should find a place to build a new dynasty!"

The Yang family already has a dynasty, so it doesn't matter whether they build another dynasty or two.

To put it bluntly, with the current strength of the Yang family, it is not difficult to establish a dynasty.

The dynasties in the south of Darong and the many dynasties in the west of the Wanli Sea, if Yang Zhengshan has a few years, it is not a big problem to destroy three or two dynasties.

In comparison, it is more difficult to change dynasties in Darong.

Yang Mingzhao thought about it for a while and thought it would be better to discuss this matter with Chengye.

In fact, his desire to be an emperor is not very strong. Although he is a little tempted when it comes to being an emperor, he also knows that being an emperor will lose a lot of fun.

Apart from anything else, once he becomes an emperor, it may delay his cultivation.

If one fails to reach the Xiantian realm, then his life span will be the same as that of an ordinary person.

If you calculate the difference between becoming an emperor and living a few decades or nearly a hundred years longer, as long as one is not too greedy for power, one should choose to live a few decades longer.

It does not mean that one cannot practice after becoming an emperor, nor does it mean that anyone has the opportunity to become a Xiantian warrior, but with the current situation of the Yang family, Yang Mingzhao feels that it is not difficult for him to become a Xiantian warrior.

So after weighing it, he suddenly lost interest in the emperor again.

"Dad, then I will go to Chongshan Town?" Yang Mingzhao said.

"No need, I have already sent a letter to Chengye, and the letter should be arriving in Chongshan Town soon!"

In fact, Yang Zhengshan had thought of this problem a long time ago. Even if he had not thought of this problem, he felt that Chengye should come back.

It was related to Darong, and Yang Chengye could not be bypassed anyway.

As for other things, Yang Zhengshan was not very worried.

As a family, if there was anything to discuss, they would discuss it together. There was no big conflict within the Yang family. In his heart, the Yang family was still a big family full of love.

After the agreement was made, Yang Zhengshan let Yang Mingzhao go.

This guy just came home, so it would be better for him to spend more time with his wife and children.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan did not do nothing. He had asked the Yang family business to start inquiring about the news and purchasing food and various supplies.

…

Chongshan Town, Chongshan Pass.

Now Yang Chengye is still just a guerrilla general in Chongshan Town, but everyone knows that he is the boss of Chongshan Town.

Niuzhuang, the general's mansion, needs to consult with Yang Chengye no matter what it does, and the governor's office has now completely become a decoration. The new governor is named Jiang Nanguo, who holds the title of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and concurrently serves as the Chief Censor of the Censorate and the governor of Chongshan Town.

Judging from his official position, he is definitely an important official of the court, but in fact, he lost the fight in the court and was driven to Chongshan Town.

Whether it is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War or the Chief Censor, they are just empty titles, and his real job is still the governor of Chongshan Town.

But now everyone knows that the governor of Chongshan Town is just a decoration, so the court throws some officials who have not made big mistakes and are excluded to Chongshan Town.

In the past 20 years, Chongshan Town has changed ten governors in succession. Some of them are unwilling to be sidelined and want to fight with the Yang family, but they are driven out of Chongshan Town in disgrace.

Some wanted to please Yang Chengye and integrate into the big family of Chongshan Town, but unfortunately Yang Chengye was very wary and prejudiced about the court, and was unwilling to accept the surrender of a senior official of the court.

Some were honest and made a clay Buddha. If he was not allowed to manage things, he would not care about them. As long as he could save face, it would be fine. On the contrary, such people stayed in Chongshan Town the longest.

Jiang Nanguo was such a person. He didn't care about anything and didn't ask anything. Every day he was either reading at home, visiting friends, or enjoying the mountains and rivers.

In this way, he served as the governor of Chongshan Town for five years. He was the person who served as the governor of Chongshan Town for the longest time since Yang Zhengshan left Darong.

As the twelfth lunar month came, Chongshan Town was busy with the end-of-year finishing work.

The situation in Chongshan Town this year was not bad. God was kind and the weather was good for the whole year. This made the grain tax harvested by Chongshan Town this year reach a new high.

Compared with 20 years ago, the population of Chongshan Town has now exceeded 4.2 million, almost doubling.

When Yang Zhengshan was the general of Chongshan Town, the population of Chongshan Town was just over one million. Later, Chongshan Town settled nearly one million refugees, and the population of Chongshan Town reached two million.

Calculating the time, it has been more than 20 years, and it is not an exaggeration that the population of Chongshan Town has doubled.

At this time, the North is no longer as sparsely populated as before, especially in the area east of Heiyun Mountain, where many prosperous towns have been formed.

There are also many garrisons and horse farms in Heiyun Mountain, and the tentacles of Dinghuwei in the west are almost extending to Sari Lake.

At first, the Ula tribe hid in the snowy land, and then they came back, but now they can only curl up in the west and north of Sari Lake.

Although there are a lot of fertile lands in the east and south of Sari Lake, they dare not touch them.

Of course, Dinghuwei did not interfere. The two sides had reached a tacit understanding that the east and south banks of Lake Sari were the boundaries. The Ula tribe occupied Lake Sari, and the border of Dinghuwei was set thirty miles east of Lake Sari.

Dinghuwei built more than a dozen garrisons on this border, with more than 10,000 soldiers stationed.

As for why Chongshan Town did not continue to expand westward, there were two reasons. One was that the court of Darong was unstable, and Chongshan Town could not start a war without authorization. The second was that the Ula tribe had now surrendered to the Chici tribe. Facing the pressure from Chongshan Town, they had to gather together for warmth.

It was easy for Chongshan Town to annihilate the Ula tribe, but it was also afraid of angering the Chici tribe and the Tatar tribe.

Therefore, for now, the relationship between Chongshan Town and the Chici tribe is relatively stable.

There are actually many fertile grasslands and lands in the north of Chongshan Town. Even though the population of Chongshan Town has reached 4.2 million, there are still many places that seem sparsely populated.

However, Chongshan Town is in the best condition at present. Both the people and the military households have farmland, taxes and labor service are relatively low, and commercial development has become much more prosperous. Although many people have only solved the problem of food and clothing, they are already satisfied with having enough food.

But for Yang Chengye and Niuzhuang, they are under great pressure this year.

The source of pressure is Beiyuan Town. Zhou Lan has occupied the five prefectures of Longyuan. It is a time when food is urgently needed. In order to help Zhou Lan stabilize the situation, Yang Chengye and Niuzhuang almost gave most of the surplus grain of Chongshan Town to Beiyuan Town.

Now Beiyuan Town is suffering. Beiyuan Town has not recovered yet, and now it has to resettle millions of refugees from Longyuan, so Beiyuan Town has no surplus food at all and relies entirely on Chongshan Town for support.