Yang Erya quickly raised his head, but the meteor had already passed, but soon there was another meteor streaking across the night sky, dragging a long trail! Seeing this scene, Yang Erya couldn't help but be slightly moved. Yang Peng said: "Legend, meteors
It is formed from the human soul. After a person dies, the soul will turn into a shooting star and go away!" Yang Erya's heart trembled, "Such a beautiful star is actually the human soul!" Yang Peng suddenly laughed, "
It’s just a legend!”
Yang Erya looked at the starry sky and said in ecstasy: "If after death, the soul will turn into a shooting star and go away, then where will it end up?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Maybe there is a heaven and earth where people can meet again.
!”
Yang Erya lowered his head and thought: "This is great, we can be together forever!" Then she looked towards Yang Peng, who happened to be looking at her too. Their eyes met, and neither one spoke.
Yang Erya suddenly became shy and lowered his head.
Early the next morning, Yang Peng held a meeting with the generals in the camp hall. Yang Erya, whose condition had improved greatly, also came. Everyone heard about the meticulous care of Yang Erya by King Yan in the past few days, and they all felt that they were afraid.
This General Yang Erya will also become a princess! The eyes he looked at Yang Erya were a bit congratulatory. Yang Erya was panicked by everyone's gaze, his heart was pounding, and his pretty face turned red involuntarily.
, it’s so gorgeous!
Yang Peng said to everyone: "I am very pleased with what I have seen and heard in the past few days. You have done a good job, even better than I expected!" Everyone was happy and clasped their fists together and said: "This is due to the mighty virtue of King Yan. Next
Officials (and generals) dare not take credit!" This is a general etiquette under the rule of an emperor. Regardless of civil or military affairs, as long as there is merit, the credit will go to the king. Yang Peng said with a smile: "I am not a god.
There are so many wonderful uses for energy!”
Yang Jing, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately said loudly: "Brother is right! What kind of bullshit mighty virtue is caused, it is simply a big bullshit!" He glanced at everyone, "Can you guys stop flattering me!" Everyone
Being snatched away by Yang Jing made me feel quite embarrassed.
Yang Peng said angrily: "Yang Jing, don't be verbose!" Yang Jing curled his lips and stopped talking. Yang Peng pointed to Du Cheng, who was standing under Zhang Xiaochun on the right and said: "You must all know this Mr. Du. From today on
From the beginning, he was Shanxi Xuanwei Envoy, in charge of all internal affairs of Shanxi!" As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xiaochun was shocked. He originally coveted this position and had been jumping up and down for this period, but he did not expect that he would actually fall into Du
Cheng’s hands!?
Du Cheng came out of the queue and bowed to Yang Peng, and said loudly: "The King of Yan loves me so much that I will serve my whole life until I die!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Du Cheng turned around and bowed to the civil and military officials, "I will treat you well in the future."
Take care of me!" Everyone responded with a few polite words. Zhang Xiaochun came back to his senses and stared at Du Cheng with very resentful eyes. He thought that he must be behind it, so the good job of the governor of Shanxi fell into his hands!
Yang Jing said carelessly: "I don't know how to take care of you! If you dare to take bribes and bend the law, I will chop off your dog's head with an axe!"
Everyone laughed. Du Cheng said quickly: "I will never take bribes and bend the law. General, don't worry!" Yang Dezheng said angrily: "Even if you take bribes and bend the law, it should be punished by the King of Yan. How can Brother Yang Jing arbitrarily carry out lynching?"
!”
Yang Jing said loudly: "If the eldest brother is bending the law for personal gain, you don't need this ax from me, Yang Jing!" Everyone laughed. Yang Peng didn't know whether he was joking or seriously said: "If such a day comes, Yang Jing, you should use this axe."
Chop me up!" Everyone was shocked, but Yang Jing agreed very much and said: "That's right! If the eldest brother behaves recklessly, I will not spare him with this pair of axes! At worst, after beheading the eldest brother, I, Yang Jing, will also commit suicide.
!”
Yang Erya said angrily: "Brother Yang Jing is really talking nonsense!" Yang Jing's eyes widened, "Sister, you can't protect your brother just because you like him!"
Yang Erya didn't expect that Yang Jing would say such a sentence, and was greatly embarrassed and said angrily: "What are you talking about?" Seeing Yang Peng looking at him with a puzzled face, he became even more embarrassed. Yang Jing picked at him in confusion.
He scratched his head and said, "Did I make a mistake? In fact, you don't like Big Brother! But everyone says you do!"
Everyone suppressed their laughter, and Yang Erya wanted to beat that blackhead hard to relieve his hatred. He was so panicked that he was completely at a loss. Yang Peng said with a smile: "Don't talk about these things in the meeting hall!"
He said: "I plan to leave Bingzhou tomorrow. Regarding Shanxi affairs, I will naturally obey Yang Yanzhao in terms of military affairs, and Du Cheng will make the decision on government affairs." Everyone agreed in unison. "It will take a few days for Han Bing to arrive in Bingzhou. In these days,
Tianyu Dalang temporarily takes over the post of Grand Governor." Chen Jie clasped his fists in agreement.
At this time, the secret guard captain Wang Kai rushed in from outside and handed over a letter, "Master, there is a letter from Shaanxi." Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, opened it, and read
Everyone stood up and stared at Yang Peng. The hall was very quiet and you could hear a needle drop.
Yang Peng finished reading the letter and frowned: "The Khitans handed over the northern part of Qingfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road to the Xixia people, but handed the southern part back to the Song people!" The so-called Yongxing Military Road is basically what is now Shaanxi.
, and Qingfeng Road is the southern half of what is now Gansu Province.
After listening to Yang Peng's words, everyone immediately started talking. Du Cheng frowned and said: "The Khitan people obviously have bad intentions in doing this! This strategy is really wonderful!" Yang Jing stared and said: "How wonderful! I can't see it.
What’s so wonderful about it!”
Yang Peng joked: "If Yang Jing can see it, it won't be a trick!" Everyone laughed, and Yang Jing also grinned, "Big brother still understands me!" Yang Peng said: "There is one more thing, Khitan
They also handed over Shanxi to Xixia and signed a formal document." Many people felt baffled, and Yang Jing shouted: "The Khitan people are really baffled! They have lost Shanxi, how can they give Shanxi to others?" Then he laughed.
Said: "You still say that I, Yang Jing, are talking nonsense, and the Khitans are talking nonsense!"
Du Cheng frowned and said: "I'm afraid that's not the case! This is clearly a plan of the Khitans to sow discord. They handed over Shanxi to Xixia just because they wanted Xixia to fight with us. From now on, the fight between us and Xixia will be inevitable.
Come on!" Only then did everyone understand the Khitan people's thoughts, and they couldn't help but feel that this plan of the Khitan people was really vicious! Yang Jing curled his lips and said, "Come on, come on, we are not afraid of the Khitan people, are we still afraid of the Xixia people?
I got angry, so I rushed into the Xixia palace with two axes and chopped off the head of the Xixia emperor!" Everyone laughed and shouted at Chijin. Yang Gui said in unison: "Yang Jing is right!" Yang Jing saw
Someone recognizes what he said and feels very proud.
Yang Peng smiled and did not continue talking about this matter. Instead, he talked about other things. Soon after, Yang Peng said: "If you have nothing to do, just go about your business!" All the civil and military officials looked at each other.
He glanced at Yang Peng, gave Yang Peng a fist, and then filed out of the hall.
Yang Peng suddenly raised his voice and said: "Erya, you stay." Everyone showed a knowing smile, but Yang Erya turned red with embarrassment.
Everyone left, and only Yang Erya and Yang Peng were left in the hall. Yang Erya's heart was pounding, and she thought to herself: Brother, why did you leave me here? Could it be that I was angry because of what Brother Yang Jing said just now? Thinking of this
, and immediately became very uneasy.
Yang Peng stood up and walked to Yang Erya. Yang Erya lowered his head, not daring to look at Yang Peng, and was so panicked. Yang Peng leaned down and whispered something in Yang Erya's ear. Yang Erya
He immediately looked at Yang Peng with wide eyes, and then his pretty face suddenly turned red. His beautiful eyes trembled, clearly filled with infinite shyness and joy. He quickly lowered his head and played with the corners of his clothes with his delicate hands.
Yang Peng said: "Sister Yang Erya, what do you mean, please tell me something!" Yang Erya lowered his head and blushed and said in a voice like a gnat: "I, I have no objection!" After saying this,
He just wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into, but he turned around and ran away. Yang Peng looked at Yang Erya's beautiful back, rubbed his nose, smiled, and murmured: "Hey! You are such a pest.
!" Looking back and thinking about the confidante who had followed him since he came to this world, he couldn't help but sigh. He was a little worried that he couldn't make each of them feel happy. He couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, it's really difficult to be a man.
Especially an outstanding man! Haha.”
There were rapid footsteps outside. Yang Peng put his messy thoughts behind and looked outside. He saw the chubby and round Dunan leading a tall and thin young man over. The two of them were standing beside him.
He was whispering something as he walked, but he couldn't hear the content clearly. When he got to the door, he only heard Du Nan whisper: "Follow me to meet my eldest brother! Don't be rude!" Then he led the tall and thin man in and faced Yang Peng.
He cupped his fists and bowed: "Brother, I brought Bai Tong here according to your instructions!"
Bai Tong hurriedly bowed: "Common people pay homage to His Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled and stepped forward to help Bai Tong up, "I heard from Du Nan that you are a very outstanding talent! When I saw you today, you really have a good temperament.
!”
Bai Tong glanced at Du Nan gratefully. No wonder he was grateful to Du Nan. There are many friends in the world, but friends who are truly willing to share weal and woe with you are very rare. Most people, on the surface, are friends.
In fact, who doesn't want you to live worse than him secretly, or even the worse the better? Bai Tong cupped his fists towards Yang Peng and said, "The king of Yan is ridiculously complimentary, and the common people are ashamed to deserve it!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "There is no need for talented people.
You belittle yourself!" "Yes!"
Yang Peng returned to the desk, picked up the letter he had just received, and handed it to Du Nan, "This is the information I just received. Take a look." Du Nan quickly took it with both hands, and then
He couldn't wait to take out the letter paper and read it, while Bai Tong craned his neck to read. After reading, Du Nan handed the letter back to Yang Peng. Yang Peng asked with a smile: "What do you think?"
The two looked at each other, Bai Tong clasped his fists and said: "The Khitan people's purpose is very clear, they want to gather everyone's strength to deal with us!" Du Nan continued: "The most obvious behavior is to cede Shanxi to Xixia. It is clearly
A plan to kill with a borrowed knife! I guess the Khitan envoys are already active in Xixia and Song Dynasty at this moment!" Bai Tong nodded.
Yang Peng thought for a moment and asked: "Do you think the Xixia and Song Dynasty were caught in a trap?" Bai Tong said: "Although the Song Dynasty is afraid of us now, it is only afraid of becoming more jealous! Naturally, their family alone does not dare to make any changes. However,
As long as the Liao Kingdom and Xixia start moving, the Song Kingdom will definitely not be left alone!" Du Nan continued: "Bai Tong is right! So will the Xixia people fall into the trap? I think the Xixia people have already bitten the Khitans and surrendered.
Otherwise, how could the Xixia people accept the gift from the Khitan people? If my estimate is correct, the Xixia envoy may already be on the way to us!"
Yang Peng nodded and glanced at Du Nan, "So, how should we deal with it?"
Dunan said: "Diplomatic means are naturally indispensable. Let's see if we can bribe the powerful officials of these countries so that they will not form a close alliance to deal with us! However, I estimate that the effect of this method is limited. The final solution to the problem is
Or military means!"
Yang Peng frowned, "For now, the Khitans are our main threat, the Song Dynasty is weak, and Xixia has no enmity with us. Is it true that diplomacy cannot eliminate the threats in these two directions?"
Dunan shook his head, "I'm afraid it's difficult! Unless the other party doesn't want to fight with us, once we have this intention, if we go to negotiate a peace with them, it will be regarded as cowardice and make them even more aggressive! Therefore, diplomacy may work.
, but the eldest brother cannot place too many expectations and must make military preparations! As the saying goes, 'Be prepared for any disaster'!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Of course." Then he fell into deep thought again. Du Nan and Bai Tong looked at Yang Peng, neither of them dared to speak. Early the next morning, Yang Peng left Bingzhou and went to inspect near Yanmen Pass.
, and then turned back to Yanjing. After entering the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, the scenery was completely different from that of the Central Plains. There were bright and peaceful spring scenes everywhere, people had smiles on their faces, and the streets were extremely prosperous.
Dun Nan and Bai Tong couldn't help but marvel when they saw this situation, and they admired Yang Peng even more in their hearts. Before, they only thought that King Yang Peng of Yan was a powerful and invincible hero, but now they knew that he was more effective in governing the country.
It’s amazing, I feel so admired.
Yang Peng returned to Yanjing and rested for two days. At the same time, Du Nan and Bai Tong devoted themselves to understanding Yanyun's administrative system and people's livelihood. After two days, what they learned made them admire Yang Peng.
Taking it to a higher level, I just felt that King Yang Peng of Yan was really an amazing hero.
Yang Peng rested in Yanjing for two days and then went south to the Huaihe River. In addition to the secret guards, there were also Du Nan and Bai Tong. Yang Peng had high expectations for them, so during this period
He took them with him all the time. The group took several large boats and went out to sea along the Sanggan River, and then went south along the coast to Lianghuai.
Along the way, Yang Peng, Du Nan, and Bai Tong chatted about the South China Sea and the North, from human geography to historical legends, from society and people's livelihood to governance, from dynasty changes to foreign countries. In the process of chatting, Yang Peng
I found that Dunan was better than Bai Tong in terms of knowledge and knowledge. In fact, Bai Tong was also a unique genius, but he seemed to be overshadowed in front of Dunan. Dunan's kind of "the world belongs to everyone"
The concept that the so-called kings of the world, throughout the ages, only use the people of the world to satisfy their selfish desires, especially made Yang Peng appreciate it, and it also made Yang Peng value him even more, because not to mention this era, even hundreds of years later, someone can have such a thought.
People are also very rare, and Confucian thought has long poisoned the world in all aspects!
Unknowingly, the fleet sailed into the Huaihe River, and then went south along the canal to Yangzhou. Although the spring scenery was beautiful along the way, the conditions seen were far inferior to those in the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. Lianghuai, which should have been very prosperous,
It gives people the impression of being a bit withered. Years of war have destroyed the social economy here. At the same time, people have fled their hometowns in large numbers. It is difficult for the two Huaihe Rivers to avoid being withered and dilapidated!
The fleet entered Yangzhou Pier. Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie, who had already received the news, had been waiting on the pier for a long time. When they saw Yang Peng's boat, they immediately became excited.
The building boat docked, Yang Peng and others stepped off the building boat. Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie hurriedly greeted them. The three of them couldn't help but be very happy to see each other. They clapped each other's arms and laughed. Duan Zhixian said loudly: "Brother, the banquet has been prepared.
Come on, let's go drink!" Yang Peng nodded and said: "Okay! Let's go drink!" A few people got on their horses and headed towards the city, followed by Dunan, Bai Tong and all the guards.
Yang Peng looked at the situation on the dock. There were not many goods and not many people. When he walked into Yangzhou City, he saw only a few pedestrians on the wide streets and most of the shops on both sides were closed. This really didn't seem like a legend.
That southern paradise where Emperor Yang of the Middle Sui Dynasty sailed his thousand-mile dragon boat down to Jiangdu!
"Zhixian, Cheng Shijie, have you implemented the policy according to my instructions?" Yang Peng asked.
Duan Zhixian said with some annoyance: "We have already implemented the policy of exempting tariffs and agricultural taxes according to the instructions of the elder brother, but the effect is not very good. We don't know what happened?" Cheng Shijie continued: "We have already implemented the policy of exempting customs and agricultural taxes according to the instructions of the elder brother
, but I don’t know why, so many days have passed, but not many people have come back, and there is no progress in business! I really don’t know where the problem lies?”
Du Nan, who had been silent, suddenly asked: "General, do you implement these policies yourself, or do you send someone to do it?" Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie both looked at him, and Duan Zhixian asked in confusion: "You
Who are you? Why didn't I see you at home yesterday?" Yang Peng then remembered and introduced: "This is Du Nan, who is also my sworn brother..." The two of them suddenly realized, and they clasped their fists together and said, "Since it is the eldest brother's
Brothers, those are our brothers too!" Duan Zhixian said again: "Brother Du, you don't have to call us general, just call me brother Duan!" Then he pointed at Cheng Shijie, "This Cheng Shijie, just call him second brother!" Du
Nan was happy in his heart, clasped his fists and said: "Brother Duan, second brother!" The two of them smiled.
Yang Peng pointed at Bai Tong again, "This is Bai Tong, he is a friend of Du Nan. Both of them are my staff officers." Bai Tong quickly clasped his fists and said, "I have seen two generals!" Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie clicked.
Nodding, Cheng Shijie said: "Mr. Bai, you don't have to be polite!"
Du Nan said to Duan Zhixian: "Brother Duan hasn't answered the younger brother's question yet?" Duan Zhixian smiled and said: "How can Cheng Shijie and I understand those trivial matters in government affairs? Naturally, they are left to those civil servants." "Civil officials."
But are they still the same officials?" Duan Zhixian nodded, "Of course."
Du Nan frowned and said, "I'm afraid the problem lies with these officials." Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie both showed confusion, but Yang Peng understood what Du Nan meant, "You mean, those officials are acting against the will?"
Dunan nodded, "I'm afraid that's probably the case! Those officials were all officials of the Song Dynasty before. Later they took refuge in the Ming Cult, and now they have taken refuge in the eldest brother. With such turbulence, one can imagine the character of these people! I'm afraid these people are all
These are guys who are used to hiding things from their superiors and bullying their subordinates. They flatter their superiors but are very vicious and unwilling to do anything serious to those below. That’s why many of Big Brother’s policies have not been implemented!”
When Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie heard this, they couldn't help but became furious. Duan Zhixian cursed: "Are these frustrated birds tired of living?" Bai Tong quickly said: "General, calm down! What Du Nan said is just a speculation. What is the reality now?
, still needs to be investigated!" Duan Zhixian raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "It's nonsense to still investigate! It must be like this!******, I asked you why there is still no improvement in these two areas after so long. It turns out that those
The bastard is playing tricks with the yesterday’s family, it’s really disgusting! It’s really damnable!”
Yang Peng said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, please stop yelling! It's useless!" Cheng Shijie nodded, "Brother is right, we have to find a way to solve the problem! If we can't handle these problems well, we will
There is no difference between the dog officers we scolded in the past!" Duan Zhixian pointed at his nose and asked depressedly: "Second brother, are you saying that we have also become dog officers? That's not true!"
Yang Peng said angrily: "Second brother is saying that the problem must be solved!" Duan Zhixian nodded and said: "Of course!" Then he raised his thick eyebrows and said, "This matter is also easy, just catch all those dog officials and kill them.
!" Yang Peng shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!" Duan Zhixian scratched his bald head and said blankly: "Where did you talk nonsense yesterday?" Yang Peng said angrily: "The matter has not been investigated clearly, and the charges are not yet certain, how can you kill people indiscriminately?
Now is not the time to be a hero on the green forest road and just kill anyone you don't like! Now you have to follow rules when dealing with problems, just like when you treat soldiers, you can't just kill anyone you don't like, right? If he didn't break the military law,
No matter what, you can't do anything willful, otherwise you will have violated military law! At the local level, the same principle applies!"
Duan Zhixian patted his head and said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Brother is right, yesterday's family was wrong! This matter is really a headache!" Then he said depressedly: "My second brother and I only care about the army, this place
The matter above is really unclear. Brother, you should send someone else here!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "I have my own plan." Cheng Shijie said: "The most important thing now is to have the supervision department send some people over as soon as possible.
, with them here, I believe the local officials will be restrained a lot!" Yang Peng smiled bitterly and said: "I think so, but now the Central Plains and Shanxi are still short of manpower, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to take care of the two Huaihe Rivers in a short time!"
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.