Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 569: Chapter 493 Martial Arts Temple, Martial Arts Pavilion_2

As the price of glassware continues to decrease, the two glasswork shops will soon introduce glass utensils.

Glass tea sets, wine sets, tableware, and more will enter the market.

Although this will lead to a reduction in the price of glass products, as they become commonplace in households, it will create a situation of small profits but quick turnover, resulting in an increase in revenue for the six major distributors and the Imperial Commerce Bureau instead of a decrease.

As for the rest, Yang Zhenshan could no longer manage it; he now only needed a thirty percent share of the Luo family’s glass business to subsidize his household expenses, he really did not want to be concerned with anything else.

With the establishment of the Imperial Commerce Bureau, the issue of controlling the worldly society has also been put on the agenda.

For several consecutive days, Yang Zhenshan was summoned by Emperor Yanping to the Imperial City to discuss government affairs.

Not only him but also Zhou Mao, Duan Rui, Liang Chu, among others, were summoned, and from time to time, a few senior officials from the Cabinet, Ministry of War, Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Ministry of Justice were also called to join the discussions.

Regarding the control over the worldly society, a direction has already been determined, which is to create a new government office, specifically responsible for this matter.

Compared to the Imperial Commerce Bureau, this new government office has more power and a broader influence.

Therefore, Emperor Yanping gave it more attention.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-May, and the various policies for controlling the worldly society have basically been set.

Generally speaking, they align with the proposals submitted by Yang Zhenshan; of course, this is not to say that all these were formulated based on his proposals. In fact, the suggestions from Yang Zhenshan, Zhou Mao, and Duan Rui were quite similar.

They all tended to establish a new government office and had the idea of winning over the Jianghu Sects.

The one thing that made Yang Zhenshan’s proposal unique was the Martial Arts Academy.

However, compared to the other two proposals, the Martial Arts Academy turned out to be the least important, at least for the current court.

On the fifteenth of May, after the morning court.

Emperor Yanping once again summoned everyone to the Imperial Study Room.

Joining them were a few senior officials from the Cabinet, as well as Wang Lu, Minister of War, Wei Rong, Minister of Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Yan Ruishu, Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

This was akin to a small court meeting.

Emperor Yanping looked at Song Yuange and said, ”Elder Song, please share the Cabinet’s opinion.”

Song Yuange cleared his throat and said, ”Based on our discussions over the past few days, the Cabinet has drawn up a charter.”

”Firstly, change the Martial Order to the higher Martial Order, categorizing the Jianghu forces into three levels. For the third-rank, issue the Sect Master’s order, confer an official title of seventh-rank, and limit the number of Sect Disciples to no more than three hundred.”

”For the second-rank, issue the Sect Master’s order, confer an official title of fifth-rank, and limit the number of Sect Disciples to no more than five hundred.”

”For the first-rank, issue the Sect Master’s order, confer an official title of third-rank, bestow the flying fish robe, and limit the number of Sect Disciples to no more than one thousand.”

”The specific details on the evaluation criteria for Sect ranking...”

”Secondly, establish the Martial Arts Temple, merge the Military Suppression Department of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Martial Arts Department of the Ministry of Justice into the Martial Arts Temple, appoint a Minister for the Martial Arts Temple of Standard Third Rank, Deputy Ministers of Standard Fourth Rank on the left and right, and Deputy Chiefs of Staff of Standard Fifth Rank...”

”Subordinate to it are the Martial Arts Departments of thirteen provinces, each with one Commander, two Deputy Magistrates, and four Deputy Commanders...”