After receiving the imperial decree, Yang Zhengshan formally took office as Martial Administrator of the Martial Arts Pavilion.
However, the Martial Arts Pavilion did not even have a yamen right now; it still existed only on paper, so as Martial Administrator, he still had nothing to do.
Fortunately, the Imperial Court soon chose a site for the Martial Arts Pavilion.
The Martial Arts Pavilion was different from the Imperial Academy. The Imperial Academy was a place for studying; classrooms and dormitories were enough. But the Martial Arts Pavilion was a place for martial artists to cultivate, so at the very least it needed a drill ground.
Thus, the site the Imperial Court chose for the Martial Arts Pavilion was not inside the city, but within the Royal Hunting Ground south of the city.
The Royal Hunting Ground had walls built around it for a hundred and twenty li, with four gates opened on all sides. Inside were official offices, with one chief regional commander and four regional commanders in charge of management. Twenty-four gardens had been established within the park, where birds and beasts were reared and fruits and vegetables planted, for the emperor and the powerful nobles to hunt and enjoy themselves.
Emperor Yanping was generous as well, directly taking out one estate to serve as the Martial Arts Pavilion's site.
After Yang Zhengshan received the news, he immediately ran over to look at it.
The estate was very large, occupying roughly a hundred mu. It had originally been used to grow fruits and vegetables, and inside were over a hundred houses for servants to live in.
However, if this place was to be used as the Martial Arts Pavilion's site, it would still need to be properly rebuilt.
All the servants had to move out, the houses had