Unknowingly, the sun had already reached the top of their heads. Zhao Xiangxiang and Luo Yanran were still not enjoying themselves and wanted to go shopping. Zhao Xiangxiang's personal maid Xiaoju couldn't help shouting: "Miss, let's, let's not go shopping. Yun'er and I are both."
, I can’t even take it off!” I saw that the arms of the two little maids behind them were full of all kinds of gadgets bought by their ladies. Of course, rouge and gouache are indispensable, and there are many various gadgets.
In short, as soon as the two girls saw something they liked, they bought it. Before they knew it, the two little maids couldn't hold it anymore.
Zhao Xiangxiang and Luo Yanran couldn't help but smile when they saw the embarrassed appearance of the two little maids. Zhao Xiangxiang said to Luo Yanran: "Sister, it's really getting late. Let's go back." Luo Yanran didn't want to go back yet, so she said: "Sister,
When I was in Yangzhou, my little sister had heard for a long time that Tianjing Hotel is a place where delicacies from all over the world gather, so why don't we go there to have lunch." Zhao Xiangxiang has a gentle personality. When Luo Yanran said this, she naturally had no objections.
So a few people turned east from the street corner not far ahead, heading towards Tianjing Hotel.
When the four maids arrived at the Tianjing Hotel, they saw a sea of people in the lobby and there was no empty seat. Luo Yanran came excitedly and couldn't help but feel disappointed when she saw this scene. Zhao Xiangxiang smiled and said: "Tianjing Hotel
The hotel's business is very good. Even if you come in the morning, you may not have a seat. Let's go back." Luo Yanran sighed, and the few of them were about to leave. At this moment, a maid from Tianjing Hotel trotted up and caught up.
Yingying bowed and then said: "A man invited four girls to come over for a drink!"
The four of them were slightly surprised, and Luo Yanran asked: "What uncle?" The maid raised her right hand and pointed to the window in the distance, "It's the uncle who is looking over here from the window." The four of them followed him.
Looking in the direction of the finger, I saw a person waving and smiling in this direction. The four girls couldn't help but feel happy, because the person waving to them was none other than Yang Peng, whom they had just seen last night. The four girls hurried away.
passed.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "What a coincidence!"
Zhao Xiangxiang smiled, but Luo Yanran's expression couldn't be seen, so she must have smiled too. The two women immediately noticed a person sitting next to Yang Peng, wearing a red and black warrior costume, with a black sheath horizontal sword leaning against his thigh.
, has a fierce temperament, but her lips are red and her teeth are very bright. She is clearly a woman disguised as a man, but she is not the Chai Yonghui they saw last night. Both women thought of one person, and that was Han Bing.
Yang Peng pointed to the empty seats, smiled and said: "Everyone, please take a seat."
Zhao Xiangxiang and Luo Yanran sat down, and the two maids put the pile of things bought by the two ladies on the ground beside the table. They straightened up and beat their sore and numb arms, with a look of relief on their little faces.
Yang Peng smiled and said, "You two little girls have worked really hard, come and sit down." Ju'er knew Yang Peng's temper, and smiled, then walked to sit down next to her young lady.
Yun'er was hesitating at first, but seeing Ju'er already sitting down, she followed suit and walked over to sit down next to her own lady.
At this time, the maid came up, bowed and asked: "Excuse me, my guests, do you want to add more dishes?" At this time, there were only a few side dishes and a jug of wine on the table, which was obviously not enough for so many people.
Yang Peng asked Zhao Xiangxiang and Luo Yanran: "What do you want to eat?" Zhao Xiangxiang said: "I don't care." He turned to look at Luo Yanran beside him and said: "But this is the first time for sister Yanran to come. I think, I
I think..." Yang Peng understood what she meant, smiled slightly, turned to the maid and said: "Pick out two of your signature dishes that are light, and add two pounds of braised beef, a pot of tea, and a pot of
Good wine." The maid responded and withdrew.
Immediately, a maid brought up the cups, chopsticks and dishes for the other four people, then bowed and left.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Eat first, the food and wine will be served soon." The two women responded, but did not move their chopsticks. Yang Peng picked up the chopsticks and continued eating and drinking, and then the two women began to taste it in small bites.
, and the two little maids waited for their own ladies to start before they started. Yun'er was dining with the legendary King Yan for the first time. She couldn't help but be very excited, but naturally she was also very cautious. She pinched a peanut.
He got up and dropped it on the table again. He panicked and quickly stretched out his chopsticks to pick it up. Unexpectedly, the more he panicked, the harder he could pick it up. The peanuts actually rolled in front of Yang Peng. Yun'er looked at Yang Peng at a loss.
Peng. Yang Peng chuckled, picked up the peanut, put it into Yun'er's bowl, and said with a smile: "Eat it." Seeing this scene, Yun'er was so moved that she didn't expect that she was just an identity.
You're a lowly little girl, but King Yan is actually so kind to me! Thinking this in my heart, I couldn't help but twitch.
Seeing this, Yang Peng asked with concern: "What's wrong, little sister? Is there anything unhappy?"
Yun'er quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, slave, I'm happy!" Yang Peng smiled. The woman next to him took out a white silk scarf and handed it to Yun'er, smiling and saying: "Wipe it.
." Yun'er quickly stood up, took the silk scarf with both hands, and said touchedly: "Thank you, thank you, empress!" The woman smiled. Yun'er sat back down in her seat again.
Luo Yanran glanced at the woman next to Yang Peng and asked, "I wonder who this is...?" The other three women also showed concern, although they guessed that this woman must be a princess of King Yan.
, but I don’t know which one it is.
Yang Peng and the woman looked at each other, and Yang Peng said: "This is Han Bing, my general and princess." The four girls suddenly realized, and said to themselves: "Sure enough, that's true." Luo Yanran praised: "Only Princess Han Bing can be like this.
Temperament! Princess Han Bing is a hero among women. The little girl has heard countless stories about Princess Han Bing. She is so impressed that she is so impressed!" Han Bing smiled and said: "Thank you, Miss!"
Yang Peng said to Han Bing: "These two are my adopted sister Zhao Xiangxiang, and this is Zhao Xiangxiang's close friend Miss Luo Yanran." Han Bing cupped his fists at the two women and said, "Nice to meet you!" Yang Peng pointed at the two women next to them.
The little maid smiled and said: "These two little girls, the one on the left is Ju'er and the one on the right is Yun'er." Han Bing smiled and nodded towards them. The two little maids were flattered and quickly stood up and returned the gift with sincerity, as if
She was frightened. No wonder, the two little girls were just maids. They usually looked arrogant towards the so-called talented men, but now they saw Han Bing, who was the Princess of King Yan, actually bowing to her. How could she?
Insincere and fearful.
Han Bing smiled and said: "You two little girls, please sit down." The two girls responded, sat down carefully, and glanced at Han Bing, they just felt that this princess was really, really good!
The two maids came to the table carrying food trays, bowed slightly to everyone, and then placed all kinds of delicacies and drinks on the table. Then they bowed again, and one of the maids said: "My guests, please take your time."
Then the two maids withdrew.
Yang Peng stretched out his hand to open the lid of the large celadon soup bowl, and a burst of heat and rich aroma hit his face, making his index finger move. Luo Yanran saw many round and white things floating in the steaming soup.
Something like tofu dumplings was really something I had never seen before. I couldn’t help but ask: "What is this?" Yang Peng smiled and said: "This is one of the signature dishes of Tianjing Hotel, steamed lion head." Luo Yanran asked doubtfully:
"Lion head?"
Yang Peng chuckled and said: "Don't you think their wrinkled appearance looks like a lion's head?" Luo Yanran looked at it, nodded and said with a smile: "They are somewhat similar. This ingredient must have nothing to do with lions.
Are you related?" Yang Peng picked up the spoon and scooped one for each of the four girls, and then scooped one for himself and Han Bing. When the four girls saw that Yang Peng, who was the king of Yan, actually scooped vegetables for themselves, it was really
I was flattered and frightened.
Yang Peng picked up the chopsticks and opened the lion's head in the bowl, took a deep breath into the rising heat, and sighed: "The aroma of the meat and the aroma of tofu are mixed with the aroma of several other ingredients."
The fragrant aroma is really exciting!" Then he picked up half of it, took a bite, and exclaimed while chewing: "It's fat but not greasy, the meat is rich in flavor, and it's delicious!"
The four girls were already hungry after walking around for a long time. Now that they saw Yang Peng looking like this, they moved their index fingers and started using their chopsticks. Luo Yanran gently opened a corner of the veil with her left hand, revealing a small red face.
With her lips and smooth chin, she immediately picked up a bit of 'lion's head' with chopsticks in her right hand and put it into her red lips. She chewed it gently and felt that the lion's head melted in her mouth. It was fat but not greasy and had a rich aroma. It was indeed...
It's so wonderful that I can't help but nod in appreciation.
Yang Peng smiled, stretched out his left hand, and opened another large blue and white porcelain bowl. He saw that there was also a porcelain plate in the large blue and white porcelain bowl. The plate was red, green, black, white, and colorful. It turned out to be all kinds of porcelain plates.
Among the precious vegetables, the red one is saffron, the green one is green radish, the black one is cliff fungus, and the white one is snow-capped tremella. Although they are all vegetarian, they are all very precious.
Yang Peng introduced the girls: "This is called Si Duan Jin. It is stir-fried with four precious vegetables. There are no seasonings except a little oil and salt. It is all about their natural fragrance. Try it."
"The four girls took a little bit and ate it into their mouths. They immediately felt as if they were in nature. The fragrance of nature's grass surrounded them, and they seemed to be floating in the clouds.
Luo Yanran nodded and said: "This dish is really good!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Eat more if you like it!" Then he picked up the chopsticks to pick up the Si Duan Jin, took a bite, and said: "It's all casual, let go and eat! Throw away all the bullshit rules!"
The four girls ate and drank as instructed. They were a little cautious at first, but gradually they were influenced by Yang Peng and relaxed, temporarily letting go of all the rules. The four girls only felt that there was no restraint when eating with Yang Peng.
It's really an extremely enjoyable thing.
"King Yan..." Luo Yanran suddenly said. Yang Peng waved his hand while eating and said: "This is not a formal occasion, just call me big brother like Zhao Xiangxiang." Luo Yanran was silent for a moment, and then softly called: "Brother
!" Yang Peng chuckled, "Okay, I have another girl!" Han Bing next to him gave Yang Peng a piece of braised beef and rolled his eyes at him.
Luo Yanran said: "Brother, there is one thing that little sister has been unable to figure out?" Yang Peng said while eating: "Tell me." Luo Yanran paused and asked: "Little sister has never understood, since elder brother does not use Confucian scholars,
So how should we manage domestic affairs and deal with foreign affairs?" Yang Peng glanced at Luo Yanran with a smile and asked: "My sister has been staying in Yangzhou, and has never been to the Central Plains, right?" Luo Yanran shook her head, "I have never been to the Khitan before.
When the army marched southward, our family fled to Jiangnan and returned to Yangzhou a year ago. Speaking of which, thanks to my eldest brother, otherwise we, the whole family, would never be able to return to Yangzhou."
Yang Peng thought: "I heard that the big gentry in Yangzhou were not the three families of Zhou and Zheng, but the Luo family. The Luo family must refer to Yanran's family, right?" Luo Yanran nodded, "Exactly, but because of many years
In the past, our Luo family began to be involved in commercial handicrafts. The big gentry in Yangzhou thought that we had lost the virtues of a big gentry, so they could not recognize our Luo family as a gentry who passed down poetry and calligraphy." At this point, his tone seemed a little depressed.
happy.
Han Bing said: "I think this noble clan has always succeeded more than failed. It would be better not to be a noble clan. Sister Yanran, don't worry about it!"
Luo Yanran smiled bitterly and said: "My little sister is not as heroic and free-spirited as sister Han Bing. Although I don't want to think about it, those things always creep into my thoughts unconsciously and I can't get rid of them! Oh!"
Yang Peng said: "Yanran's family was originally the largest gentry in Yangzhou, and everyone in your Luo family must be proud of it. But now that the gentry's status is not recognized at all by the scholars, you will naturally feel disappointed. This is
It's human nature and very normal. I believe you will be able to get out of this shadow after a while."
Luo Yanran nodded, raised her head to look at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "Brother, you haven't answered my little sister's question yet?"
Yang Peng laughed, ate some food and drank a sip of wine, and said: "You ask me how to govern the country without Confucian scholars? This kind of governing the country is not the specialty of Confucianism! The Confucian approach is just pretentious, how can it be practical?
Statecraft? Take it for granted and avoid human nature and talk about benevolence and righteousness. What's the use of it!" After a pause, "What Confucianism is most proud of is probably the golden mean! Hehe, in my opinion, this
The golden mean is nothing more than making peace with each other. It is of no use and will never solve the problem! For example, if the two parties have a dispute over the ownership of a piece of land, and the golden mean is used to deal with it, it means shelving the dispute and jointly developing it. Isn’t this problem still there?
, has not been dealt with at all, it has only temporarily eased the situation, but the situation will be temporarily eased but will intensify one day. This temporarily put aside problem must be solved! This kind of golden mean that Confucianism is proud of is actually nothing more than
It’s just avoiding the question!”
"This has been the case in all dynasties. There are this inexplicable way of dealing with problems everywhere. For example, when the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom reached the Tanyuan Alliance, the Confucian ministers gained face but lost it.
As a younger brother, the Song Dynasty is an elder brother, which seems to be quite prosperous, but in fact, the Song Dynasty has to donate a large amount of military supplies to the Liao Kingdom every year. This is a typical result of the golden mean. Often the Central Plains Dynasty gets a little face, but the benefits are taken by outsiders.
Gone. The monarchs and ministers are still proud of this, and the Confucian scholars even brag about how many people have been saved by restoring peace!"
"Hey, these nerds don't even know the simplest truth. If the Liao Kingdom really had the ability to invade south at that time, would they have made peace? As far as I know, the Liao Kingdom took the initiative to seek peace at that time, because the situation was not favorable to the Liao Kingdom.
It is very unfavorable for the country. In history, all peace treaties that can be negotiated are because the opponent is simply unable to defeat you. In this case, the peace you reached at the expense of the boss is actually in vain. It is purely because your head was caught in the door.
The ridiculous things you have done are completely useless except to benefit the enemy. This is the result of the golden mean. And if the enemy can defeat you or even destroy you, it is useless to ask for peace! This is not how to govern a country.
! The golden mean uses a self-righteous concept of balance to deal with problems, or uses an attitude of avoiding problems and making peace with them. In fact, it is just self-deception!"
"Internally, the doctrine of golden mean also shows the characteristics of avoiding problems and pacifying people. In fact, in many cases, it is not so opposed to the corruption of courtiers. As long as there is an explanation for all aspects of carelessness, it can calm people down and make big problems become trivial.
, this kind of thing is really fucking ridiculous! When doing anything, you must be cautious and considerate of all aspects. Therefore, throughout the dynasties, there is a golden rule that the laws of the ancestors cannot be changed, but they do not know that this will inevitably lead to policies that have no enterprising spirit and cannot follow.
The development and changes of the past era have meant that in a world of drastic changes, there is only one path to defeat."
Yang Peng glanced at Luo Yanran and said with a smile: "In short, the Confucian golden mean is either a mess, or a way of doing things that is divorced from reality and avoids problems. To be honest, anyone who is an official is better than a Confucian scholar.
Officials are much stronger!"
Luo Yanran lowered her head and pondered. She couldn't help but feel that Yang Peng's words made sense, but she also felt that words that deviated from the steady and unchanging Confucian golden mean seemed a bit confusing. She raised her head and looked at Yang.
Peng said: "But if there is no basic idea, the little sister will always feel like a rootless duckweed!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "Of course we must have basic ideas, but it is not Confucianism. It should naturally be the doctrine of any family. There is only one basis for any policy, and that is to make the Chinese nation prosperous and powerful. Only when the country is prosperous can the people live and work in peace and contentment.
All policies should serve this purpose. As long as it is conducive to this point, we should do it. As long as it is not conducive to this point, we should change it. This is not the case with Confucianism. It is a slave mentality that serves the rule of the king. The so-called
In the final analysis, the Doctrine of the Golden Mean is just teaching people to be smooth in dealing with things and no one will be offended. Hey, if this approach is used in national policy, it would be completely wrong. The Central Plains Dynasty has been unable to escape from the cycle of chaos for thousands of years.
Because the core of the emperor's use of Confucianism to govern the country is to maintain his rule, not to make the country prosperous and the people happy, and sometimes he will even actively castrate himself in order to maintain imperial power. This kind of thinking is fundamentally wrong. All the emperors care about is just
The problem of their family's governance is that if they go further down the wrong path, the country will naturally become weaker and weaker, and in the end there is only one way to perish!"
"The country's demise was not actually caused by the so-called faint emperor. If you read the history books carefully, you will find that many of the last emperors were actually much better than many of their predecessors! But why did the country perish in his hands? The reason is simple.
, we go further and further down the wrong road, and it is difficult to return. Death is the inevitable result!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "So, in order for the Chinese people to break out of the cycle of chaos, we must first start by destroying Confucianism! Everything done in all aspects of military and political affairs must serve to enhance the country's strength. Those who think they are righteous must
All nonsense and self-righteous thoughts of benevolence and righteousness should be thrown away!"
Luo Yanran sighed and sighed: "After listening to what you said, I really feel that all the books I have read over the years have been in vain!"
Yang Peng chuckled. At this time, a secret guard hurried into the hotel lobby. After looking around, he saw Yang Peng. He quickly ran over, clasped his fists and bowed: "Master, there is an urgent military situation!"
Everyone's hearts were moved. After all, Zhao Xiangxiang and Luo Yanran were women from a scholarly family. When they heard that there was an emergency military situation, they couldn't help but become nervous. Yang Peng and Han Bing were unmoved at all.
While eating the food, he asked: "What's the emergency military situation?"
The secret guard said: "The Liao Kingdom has taken great action against the Mongols, and the Tubo Kingdom has used troops to attack the remnants of Xixia!"... Yang Peng and Liang Hanbing strode into the hall of the palace, and all the important civil and military ministers who came to the hall first came to worship together.
"I've met King Yan, I've met the empress!" Yang Peng walked up to the top and sat down, while Han Bing walked to the left and stood down. At this time, all the important civil and military officials in Tianjing New City came. Yang Peng glanced at everyone
At a glance, his eyes fell on Jiang Li and asked: "Where are the military reports?" Jiang Li was about to submit the two military reports. Yang Peng received the military reports and first looked at the affairs of Tubo: Tubo reported ten
Fifty thousand soldiers and horses were divided into two groups, attacking Xuanhua Mansion and Xiliang Mansion from the east and west at the same time. The Xixia army resisted desperately, and now the war is in a stalemate.
Yang Peng put down the military newspaper of Xixia, picked up another military newspaper, and read it: Because the Mongolian Khan died suddenly during the conquest of Liao, it was too late to establish a successor, so the three sons and two brothers of the Han Dynasty
, had already started fighting for the position of the Great Khan; the Liao State sent people to spread rumors inside Mongolia, saying that the Mongolian Han was killed by his son and brother, and at the same time, in the name of helping the Mongolian Khan to revenge, he protected the country as the King
Yeqianhucheng was the commander-in-chief and led an army of 500,000 people out of Linhuang Mansion to directly attack the hinterland of Mongolia. At the same time, General Xiao Loushi led 100,000 cavalry to bypass Jinshan (Daxingan Mountains) and penetrate directly into the side of the Mongols.
back.
Yang Peng put down the report, immediately got up and walked to the map, looking at the map and thinking about it. Chen Xiao asked: "Meier, what do you think?" Yelu Hanyu said: "The Khitan people chose a very good time. Mongolia was in chaos.
It’s a great opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop! It’s not certain whether we can win, but if these five Mongolian forces work together before the enemy, this war can be won!”
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "We are short of food and grass now. Even if we want to take any action, it is impossible. Let's wait and see what happens." After a pause, his eyes moved to Xixia and said: "We should first of all
Solve the Xixia problem."
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.