Chapter 266 You are useless
At night, Yan Shun came to the camp to ask to see Yang Zhengshan.

After seeing Yang Zhengshan again, he calmed down a lot. Although he still couldn't confirm Yang Zhengshan's identity, the performance of Yang Zhengshan's soldiers just now had already reassured him.

Everything was so orderly, and no one harassed the military households under his jurisdiction. Based on this alone, Yan Shun felt that Yang Zhengshan must be a decent person.

There was a dim candlelight in the tent, and Yang Zhengshan was sitting behind a desk writing and drawing.

When Yan Shun came in, he didn't even look up, but just said, "Sit down first and wait for me!"

"Yes!"

Yan Shun sat on the bench beside him somewhat stiffly. Yang Zhengshan wrote for a long time before putting down his pen and taking a sip of the already cold tea.

"Hey, I can see that the situation here is not very good!" He sighed slightly.

Yan Shun's mind turned, and he said, "It is I who have disappointed you, sir!"

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand, "There's no need to say these clichés, just tell me about the situation of this Qianhu Suo first!"

Yan Shun was a little hesitant. He knew the situation of Qianhu Suo at a glance, but when his immediate superior said about the poverty under his rule, that was like a slap in his face.

Well, he doesn't seem to have any face at all!

"Speak!" Yang Zhengshan frowned and looked at him with dissatisfaction.

Yan Shun shuddered all over and said quickly: "In reply to your words, sir, our Qianhu Division currently has 324 military households and 318 soldiers!"

"How many tundas there are!"

"Five thousand and thirty-eight acres!"

Yang Zhengshan's face remained calm as he continued to ask, "Why is that so?"

A thousand-household unit has only more than 300 military households and more than 5,000 acres of farmland. Is this still a thousand-household unit?
Yan Shun's forehead was covered with sweat, and his voice was trembling slightly as he said, "There are too few military farms, and the military households have all fled!"

“Why are there so few military farms?”

Yan Shun wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Most of them were bought by the Lan family!"

"Buy? Can military farms be bought and sold? Even if it is possible, where is the money to buy the land?"

The cold question made Yan Shun tremble even more. He knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, this subordinate has been like this before I took office. I don't know what's going on!"

He really had no idea. Although he had been serving as a thousand households here for more than ten years, this place was like this before he came.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him deeply and shook his head slightly.

"You're useless!"

Yes!

This Yan Shun is useless. If he had a little courage or a little bit of brains, his rule would not have turned out like this.

It is said that people with poor ambitions have low aspirations, but Qianhu Suo is not so poor that he has no solution. After all, Yan Shun still has more than 200 military households and more than 200 soldiers under his command.

This is just like when Xie Yuan was in Shaling Fort. He was also oppressed and could not raise his head. He was also penniless. However, Xie Yuan was able to defend Shaling Fort and manage it in an orderly manner. The military households in Shaling Fort also lived better than those in other garrisons. This is Xie Yuan's ability.

Yan Shun pressed his forehead to the ground, not daring to breathe.

"Get up!" Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to argue with him. This guy was almost sixty years old and was no longer useful.

"Thank you, sir!" Yan Shun climbed up tremblingly.

Yang Zhengshan continued to ask: "Tell me about the situation of Tenglongwei!"

"This~~what does the lord want to hear about?" Yan Shun was trembling with fear, afraid of saying the wrong thing.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him and said, "Just talk about the Lan family and Tenglongwei!"

Yan Shun's heart trembled, and he wiped the dust on his forehead with his worn-out sleeves, and then said: "The four guards of Tenglong, except for the Tenglong vanguard, the other three guards are almost the same, just like us!"

"And Tenglong Vanguard has always been controlled by the Lan family..."

Yan Shun described his situation in detail, and what he said was similar to what Ding Qiu had investigated.

To put it simply, the current situation of Tenglong Guard is that the other three guards have been completely abolished, and only Tenglong Vanguard still maintains its complete structure.

The reason why Tenglong Vanguard still maintains its complete structure is because it has always been firmly controlled by the Lan family.

The entire Tenglong Guard has almost become an empty shell, with only the Lan family and the Tenglong Vanguard left.

The rise of the Lan family sucked the blood of the Tenglong Guards, and the Tenglong Vanguards almost became the Lan family's private soldiers.

Yan Shun finished speaking, but Yang Zhengshan fell into deep thought. The tent fell into a quiet atmosphere. Yan Shun stood there nervously, not daring to interrupt Yang Zhengshan's deep thought.

And the magnet Yang Zhengshan was thinking about how to get rid of the Lan family.

The Lan family is a cancer. If he wants to control the Tenglong Guard and revitalize the Tenglong Guard, he must cut out this cancer of the Lan family.

But how to get rid of the Lan family?

Yang Zhengshan frowned.

He doesn't know the Lan family well enough now, and he doesn't know who is backing the Lan family!
However, no matter how powerful the Lan family’s backing is, it seems that it is not as powerful as his!
He is the commander of the Tenglong Guard appointed by the emperor himself, and the emperor is now his backer.

Clinging to powerful people, using someone else's influence, and raising the flag have always been what Yang Zhengshan is best at.

And this time he was not tearing tiger skin, but dragon skin.

“It doesn’t seem impossible!”

Yang Zhengshan murmured in a low voice.

Since my backer is strong enough, I don't need to worry too much.

Even if the Lan family is backed by Prince Qing's Mansion, does Prince Qing dare to stand up and openly protect the Lan family?
Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan came back to his senses and said to Yan Shun: "You go back first. During this period of time, you should maintain the status quo and help the military households prepare for the winter! Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand!" Yan Shun quickly affirmed.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.

……

After entering the territory of Tenglongwei, Yang Zhengshan did not rush to the city, but visited several thousand households and several military settlements along the way, and hurried on his way.

By the time they arrived at the Acropolis, it was already October 29th!

If it hadn’t snowed in the next two days, Yang Zhengshan would have wanted to take a closer look and learn more about the situation.

Following the narrow official road, Yang Zhengshan finally saw the city wall of Tenglongwei. The wall was more than 20 feet high and looked a bit shabby, and some parts had even collapsed.

A long team arrived at the city gate, which was already full of people who came to welcome Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan, wearing official uniform, rode forward on horseback and looked down at the officials of the Tenglong Guard.

He was dressed in a crimson official robe and rode on a tall red cloud. Behind him were hundreds of soldiers exuding a murderous aura. He was truly mighty and imposing.

Seeing this, several Tenglongwei officials couldn't help but tremble in their hearts and bowed their heads and said, "Welcome to the commander!"

Yang Zhengshan glanced at them. Two associate magistrates and four assistant magistrates were among them. Well, the three masters of the Lan family were also among them.

The three brothers of the Lan family stood behind a group of officials. They looked very low-key and humble, without any arrogance or domineering intentions.

However, Yang Zhengshan just glanced at them and his eyes fell on the carriage behind them.

carriage!

Coming to greet him, and even in a carriage?

Even if you came here in a carriage, you shouldn't stop here so openly.

Isn't this blocking the city gate?
"Please don't be so polite!" Yang Zhengshan said calmly.

"Thank you, sir!" Everyone clasped their fists and bowed again.

At the same time, the attendants next to the stable pulled open the curtain, revealing a figure in a green robe.

Green robe!

There was a hint of mockery in Yang Zhengshan's eyes.

It goes without saying that this is an imperial censor.

Officials from the fifth to the seventh rank wore green robes. Officials of other ranks were not qualified to sit in the carriage in front of him, except the censor.

Ning Dongsheng got off the carriage, first looked up at Yang Zhengshan, then looked calmly at the five hundred cavalrymen behind Yang Zhengshan.

"General Yang is such a grand show! He brought so many soldiers with him when he took office!"

From the very beginning, Ning Dongsheng's attitude was full of hostility, hostility that was not concealed at all.

For the censors, there is no local official that can scare them. From the princes and dukes within their jurisdiction to officials at all levels, as long as they hold an official position, they will not be afraid of them.

Because they can complain about everything.

Really can fight against everything.

Liu Yuanfu had confronted Emperor Chengping before, which shows that the censors in the Censorate can really confront anyone.

The key point is that the job of the censor is to confront people. In fact, the higher the official position, the more they like to confront people. The reason is very simple, because after confronting people, they can get a reputation of not fearing power.

"Who are you?" Yang Zhengshan asked pretending to be ignorant.

"I'm Ning Dongsheng, the Inspector General of Liaodong!" Ning Dongsheng walked forward with a swagger.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then said calmly: "Sir Ning, you are blocking me from entering the city!"

Ning Dongsheng paused and looked at Yang Zhengshan in astonishment.

What does it mean?
Shouldn't you dismount and be polite to me?

Although I am here today to support the Lan family, and although I spoke very impolitely just now, I am the Censor, shouldn't you be polite when you see me?
He reacted quickly, his face darkened, and he said, "Master Yang, do you think I'm in the way?"

"No, General, I'm talking about your carriage!" Yang Zhengshan pointed to the carriage behind him.

The other officials around looked at each other, confused for a moment.

How is this going?

This Lord Yang seems to be a little, a little rude to the Lord Censor!

However, Lan Buqi, who was standing behind the official, frowned slightly. He didn't understand why Yang Zhengshan was so indifferent to Ning Dongsheng.

That’s right, it’s neglect!

When meeting Ning Dongsheng, you have to at least give him some face!

But Yang Zhengshan didn't consider Ning Dongsheng's face at all and directly said that he was blocking the way!
This is somewhat contrary to common sense!

Ning Dongsheng's expression became even uglier. "I want to leave the city. Is Lord Yang blocking my way?"

However, he was not angry, but wanted to have a good talk with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan rode on the horse and looked down at him.

Then he took out a golden imperial edict from his bosom.

"Do you know what this is?"

"Imperial edict! So what?" Ning Dongsheng was confused.

Yang Zhengshan smiled disdainfully and said, "Your Majesty asked me to take office, but Lord Ning wanted to block my way!"

"Why, Lord Ning, do you want His Majesty's imperial decree to make way for you?"

I'm really good at pulling big flags!
"General, I will allow you to go this way. Do you dare to leave, Lord Ning?"

Yang Zhengshan grinned with a sarcastic smile.

Ning Dongsheng's face turned pale and blue.

He really doesn't dare!

Yang Zhengshan has brought out the imperial edict. If he continues to ask Yang Zhengshan to give way today, he will inevitably be guilty of disrespect.

"Get out of the way!" he shouted in a low voice to the followers behind him.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and put the imperial edict in his arms.

This is a treasure!

With this thing, I am the boss in Tenglongwei, and no one can question my status as the boss.

(End of this chapter)