As soon as this order was issued, all the surrendering generals in Xixia were certainly grateful, and the surrendering soldiers were also extremely happy. For those generals who surrendered to Yanyun, what they cared about most was naturally their official position and wealth. Although Yang Peng deprived them of their military power, he allowed them to
Continuing to hold high-level positions in the local area is also what one wishes; for ordinary soldiers, it is gratifying to be able to reunite with their families, and it is even more happy to obtain considerable land or pasture.
Yang Peng's approach made all the surrendered soldiers happy, but it also made other people extremely angry and hated Yang Peng to the bone. These people were the traditional aristocrats of Xixia. The world and pastures of Xixia were originally in those places.
In the hands of the Dangxiang nobles, most of the common people have no land. The land that Yang Peng gave to the surrendering soldiers did not fall from the sky, but came from the confiscation of the land of the traditional Dangxiang nobles. In this way, Dangxiang's tradition
How could the nobles not hate Yang Peng to the core?
Yang Peng had already expected the hatred of the Dangxiang nobles. If you take away other people’s things, and others don’t hate you, then you are a ghost! At the beginning, some people also suggested using the method of redemption to buy the land from the Dangxiang nobles.
They came up and then disposed of it. However, Yang Peng, Ye Qi Guanyin and others rejected this proposal after careful discussion, because if the redemption method was used, I really don’t know how the party nobles would open their mouths. It would be a huge deal.
There are countless huge expenses, and if you forcefully buy the land of the party nobles at a lower price, it will cost a lot. Moreover, the party nobles will not be grateful to you, and will still hate you in their hearts. This is simply
Spending money was not enough, so Yang Peng and others finally decided to simply enact a law to confiscate the land of nobles, and then confiscate most of the land from the party nobles.
Nowadays, the land that was originally in the hands of the party nobles has basically fallen into the hands of Yan Yun. Part of this land is used to distribute it to the common people who have no land in the Hexi Corridor Map of Ningxia and the Xixia sergeants who surrendered, and the other part is used as
Government-run farms and pastures. In this way, although the traditional party aristocrats hated Yang Peng and Yan Yun, ordinary people were grateful to Yang Peng and Yan Yun. They only felt that it was far better to be a citizen of Yan Yun than to be a citizen of Yan Yun.
The people of Xixia, coupled with the vigorous propaganda of local governments, have won the hearts and minds of most people in Ningxia and the Hexi Corridor.
The military and political situation in the Hexi Corridor had stabilized. That morning, Yang Peng, together with Ye Qi Guanyin and hundreds of secret guards, quietly left Xiliang Mansion and returned to Tianjing New City.
The focus turns to Bianjing in Henan.
In the middle of the night, Emperor Zhao Heng was pacing back and forth in his study in his pajamas, with a look of panic on his face, holding a report just sent by Wang Qinruo in his hand. Wang Qinruo, wearing an official robe, stood beside him, watching the people walking around.
The pacing emperor. The study was very quiet, the only sound was Zhao Heng's footsteps pacing back and forth.
Zhao Heng stopped and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! Xixia is over like this!" Zhao Heng felt a sad feeling in his heart. Yan Yun's unstoppable military front made him terrified. At this moment,
Yanyun destroyed Xixia, who will they destroy next?
Zhao Heng then thought: 'In any case, Yan Yun is also a subject of our Song Dynasty. Although Yang Peng, King of Yan, is powerful in the world, he is just a minister of our Song Dynasty. They should not dare to risk the disapproval of the world.
Come and attack your master?!' At this thought, the originally panicked heart couldn't help but calm down.
Wang Qinruo said: "Your Majesty, the wolfish ambition of King Yan has been fully exposed this time! Now that Yan Yun has destroyed Xixia, he is afraid that he will attack our Song Dynasty in the future! Your Majesty, we must take precautions against this matter, and we must not leave it to them.
Take advantage of this opportunity!"
Zhao Heng turned around and frowned: "Is the Prime Minister worrying too much? After all, King Yan is my minister of the Song Dynasty. How dare he risk the disapproval of the world to cause trouble? Isn't he afraid of the accusations of thousands of people?
"
Wang Qinruo said in his stomach: "He is afraid of being criticized by thousands of people. He will even destroy Confucianism!" Naturally, he did not dare to say this when he caught up with him. He said to Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty sees people with benevolence and righteousness, but tigers and wolves do not
I treat Your Majesty with the heart of a beast, Your Majesty must not be careless!"
Zhao Heng frowned and asked: "Who are the jackals, tigers and leopards you are talking about? Is it King Yan?"
Wang Qinruo said: "Yang Peng, the king of Yan, is entrenched in the north and has a lot of troops. He has recently annexed Xixia. His ambition is obvious! He has long been disobedient. Now his power is unprecedentedly powerful. He may rebel against the imperial court at any time.
Use troops! Although he has become the king of Yan, although the king of Yan is noble, he is far less noble than the emperor!"
Zhao Heng was shocked and said in a trembling voice: "You, you mean, he, he wants to be emperor?" Wang Qinruo did not answer directly and said: "Even the Khitan barbarians back then had the heart of an emperor, and they have succeeded.
Not to mention King Yan!" Zhao Heng's heart was shaken, and he felt that his chest was tight, as if it was difficult to breathe.
Wang Qinruo saw that Zhao Heng's demeanor changed drastically, and knew that his words had an effect, so he struck a chord while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, people have no intention of hurting tigers, but tigers can eat people's hearts. Your Majesty rules the world with benevolence and righteousness, but tigers and wolves want to devour your Majesty's flesh and blood."
!" Zhao Heng was so frightened that he staggered back two steps and fell down on the chair. Wang Qinruo said again: "If we don't prepare in advance, if Yang Peng starts an army and causes chaos, we will have no choice but to wait and be killed!"
Zhao Heng was extremely frightened and asked quickly: "Prime Minister, what should we do?" Wang Qinruo clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic. I have a plan to resolve this crisis." Zhao Heng was like a drowning man at this time.
After hearing Wang Qinruo's words, the man seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He was overjoyed and said anxiously: "If you have any clever ideas, please tell me quickly!"
Wang Qinruo said: "In today's world, the Yanyun family is not the only strong one. The Japanese and Liao kingdoms are not weaker than Yanyun, and they all have enmity with Yanyun. If we can unite them, let alone contain Yanyun, we will completely eliminate Yanyun."
Disaster is also possible!”
When Zhao Heng heard that what Wang Qinruo said was such a strategy, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He frowned and said, "Hasn't this strategy been implemented before? When we joined forces with Liao and Xixia, not only did we fail to destroy Yanyun
, On the contrary, Yan Yun is getting stronger and stronger as he fights, and his territory is getting bigger and bigger! It’s really not worth the loss! Now, what’s the use of uniting with the Khitans and Japanese?”
Wang Qinruo said quickly: "Your Majesty is wise, but today is different from the past! At that time, our alliance still had some problems, and the Xixia people had limited strength, while the Khitan people's main energy was not in the Central Plains, and there were also civil strife among them. Only then
As a result, Yanyun escaped. But now it is different. The power of the Japanese is far from comparable to that of Xixia, but comparable to that of Yanyun and Liao. The Khitan people's civil strife has subsided and they can fully concentrate their strength. If we form an alliance with them
The close alliance aiming to eliminate Yan Yun will surely eradicate Yang Peng, the rebellious minister and traitor, and regain the Central Plains!"
Zhao Heng was a little moved, but still couldn't make up his mind. He frowned and said, "What Ai Qing said is absolutely true, but the matter is very important. I have to think about it carefully!" Wang Qinruo was anxious, but felt that he had said everything he should say.
If he pressed any further, he would be afraid of having the opposite effect, so he bowed and said, "Yes." Zhao Heng glanced at Wang Qinruo and said, "It's very late, my dear, please go down and rest." Wang Qinruo responded and bowed to Zhao Heng.
, bowed and retreated. Zhao Heng was stunned for a while and went back to Concubine Zheng's palace.
When she came to the imperial concubine's palace, she saw the beautiful Concubine Zheng coming towards her, and most of her worries immediately disappeared. Concubine Zheng walked up to the emperor and bowed down: "I have seen your Majesty, long live my emperor!
"Zhao Heng chuckled, stretched out his hand to pull up Concubine Zheng, and gently held Concubine Zheng's waist with his left hand. The two slowly walked towards the bed... In a cloud and rain with just a stick of incense, Zhao Heng felt like
Concubine Zheng, who was exhausted and still full of thoughts, lay on Zhao Heng's chest, looking at Zhao Heng with a faint expression of frustration, feeling dissatisfied with her desires and feeling very uncomfortable.
Zhao Heng couldn't help but frown when he heard what Wang Qinruo said just now. Concubine Zheng was thoughtful. When she saw Zhao Heng frowning, she immediately knew that Zhao Heng had something on his mind, so she asked, "Is your Majesty worried?"
Zhao Heng couldn't help but sigh, and told the story about Yan Yun's army devouring Xixia. Concubine Zheng couldn't help showing surprise, and couldn't help praising: "King Yan is really an unparalleled hero!" Zhao Heng heard this.
These words could not help but reveal a look of dissatisfaction. When Concubine Zheng saw Zhao Heng's unhappy expression, she was shocked to realize that she had made a mistake. She quickly said: "I am very happy that your majesty has achieved such an unparalleled achievement. Your majesty has done such a great thing."
Far more than Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong!" Yang Peng was still a minister of the Song Dynasty in name, so Concubine Zheng's statement made sense.
Zhao Heng was originally worried, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy. He felt that he really seemed to be a sage who had made great achievements in the Song Dynasty! Then he frowned and murmured: "The so-called 'big tail can't be lost',
Although I have used Yang Peng to achieve such unparalleled feats, I have also laid a huge hidden danger! Today's Yang Peng is really a big threat to the Song Dynasty! I decided to unite with the Khitans and the Japanese to completely
Destroy him!"
Concubine Zheng was taken aback and said quickly: "Your Majesty, King Yan has not shown any rebellious intentions. If your Majesty uses troops against him, wouldn't it force him to rebel? Wouldn't this be self-defeating?" Zhao Heng felt that Concubine Zheng was right.
Reason, I can't help but be in a dilemma...
The next morning, Zhao Heng called Taishi Pang to the imperial study room and told him about Yan Yun's annihilation of Xixia and Wang Qinruo's suggestion. Taishi Pang's expression changed and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, Wang Qinruo must be killed!"
"? When the emperor heard Taishi Pang say, 'Wang Qinruo should be killed,' he was startled and asked, "Why did the Prime Minister say this? I think there is some truth in what Wang Aiqing said!"
Taishi Pang said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you don't want to learn from the past, why have you forgotten it? Before, we passed through together, Xixia, and the Tubo people were also involved, but the result was a huge defeat for the coalition forces, a great victory for Yanyun, and Yanyun became even stronger
! If Yan Yun hadn't thought about being a vassal of the Song Dynasty, Yan Yun's army of tigers and wolves would have crossed the Yellow River long ago! Now Yan Yun's strength is even worse than before, and the millions of troops are all tigers and wolves.
The army of dozens of warriors is the most brave in the world. When the troops come out, they sweep across Liuhe and devour Xixia. No one can defeat them! If there is another joint crusade, I am afraid that the defeat will be even worse than before! This time, if the coalition forces are powerful
If the king is defeated, who can guarantee that King Yan will still be as pregnant as before? If King Yan is so angry and sends his troops south, what should we do?"
Zhao Heng's face turned pale, and he felt that what Taishi Pang said was very true. He felt that Wang Qinruo's suggestion was simply a mistake for the country and the king, and he was very angry. Later that day, Zhao Heng issued an edict to reprimand Wang Qinruo, and at the same time, he named Taishi Pang as
The prince and his Taibao are really happy for some families and sad for others.
The eyes turned back to Yang Peng. After Yang Peng and his party left Xiliang Mansion, they were not in a hurry. They traveled day and night to Tianjing New City. That night, the group camped in Helan Hara.
Lanyuan was the junction of Xixia and Yanyun at that time. Xixia people originally built many fortresses in this area, but these fortresses are now all abandoned.
Dozens of bonfires were lit in the wilderness. Yang Peng, Ye Qi Guanyin and hundreds of secret guards were sitting around the bonfires, singing and laughing. The air was filled with the aroma of wine and meat, and echoed with beautiful or crude singing voices.
Everyone is very happy. Yeqi Guanyin likes the current atmosphere very much, which makes her have the illusion of returning to her childhood. When she was a child, she hunted and camped in the wilderness with her elder brother, just like now.
Da da da da da... the rapid sound of horse hooves came from the west. Everyone couldn't help but stopped laughing and singing, and followed the sound and saw a fast horse galloping from the west.
Immediately, two secret guards rode up to meet him. They stopped the knight in the distance, and after saying a few words, they came together. When they arrived not far behind Yang Peng, the three of them got off their horses, and the two secret guards
Wei stayed where he was, while the knight ran straight to a short distance behind Yang Peng, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "This villain is a messenger from Xingqing Mansion. Your Excellency sent this villain to deliver the message from Tianjing New City.
Urgent military information." As he spoke, he took off the bamboo tube on his back and raised his hands high.
Wang Kai walked over and took the bamboo tube and came back and presented it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube and saw that the sealing mud was orange. He opened the sealing mud, unscrewed the screw cap, turned the bamboo tube upside down and poured out a letter. He took it out
He picked up the letter, put the bamboo tube screw caps on the ground, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said to Ye Qi Guanyin: "Guanyin, you don't have to worry about the Liao Kingdom! You don't have to worry about the Liao Kingdom!
Wei Ge led the Liao army to defeat the Mongol coalition forces on the south bank of the North Sea, and captured the Mongolian princes. The Mongolian tribes have completely surrendered to the Liao!"
Ye Qi Guanyin showed an expression of surprise, then frowned, and a look of sadness came into her heart. Ye Qi Guanyin's mood was complicated. She was not only happy that the Liao Kingdom had turned the corner and annihilated Mongolia in one fell swoop, but she was also happy for her elder brother and the
Yan Yun felt worried. By luck, the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the sudden death of the Mongolian man to devour Mongolia in one fell swoop, and its strength expanded crazily. As a result, it would be even more difficult for the eldest brother to fight with the Liao Kingdom. Perhaps the relationship between the two sides
The war will turn into a protracted war with no outcome. However, the next target of the Liao Kingdom should not be Yanyun, but the Japanese. For Yanyun, they should unite with the Japanese to deal with the Liao Kingdom. Although Ye Qi Guanyin thought so
, but I really don’t want my eldest brother to really do that. I can’t help but look at my eldest brother.
Yang Peng thought and murmured: "The Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom has long wanted to help Koryo recover, but she never had the chance. Now that the Liao Kingdom has annexed Mongolia, the next step must be to use troops against the Japanese to help Koryo recover!..."
After saying this, he stopped and turned to look at Ye Qi Guanyin.
Ye Qi Guanyin misunderstood Yang Peng's meaning and said angrily: "You don't have to worry about me, just go and join forces with the Japanese! Since I have married you to be your wife, I won't hold you back!"
Although Qi Guanyin's tone was a little angry and helpless, she also showed a firm tone. Although she loved the Liao Kingdom, she loved her eldest brother even more. For the sake of her eldest brother, she was willing to become the enemy of the Liao Kingdom.
Yang Peng was so moved that he felt that a husband could not ask for such a wife. He stretched out his hand and held the palm of Yeyi Guanyin's hand, and said with a smile: "You misunderstood, how could the eldest brother join forces with the Japanese?" Yeyi Guanyin was stunned.
Then she showed an extremely moved expression, thinking that Yang Peng had decided this way for her.
The group returned to Tianjing New City. At this time, Du Cai received another report from the Liao Kingdom. The report said: The Liao Kingdom has decided to move all the Mongols to live south of the Beihai, and at the same time move some Jurchens and
The Khitans went to live together with the Mongols, and then moved hundreds of thousands of Han, Jurchens, and Khitans to settle north of the Beihai; the Liao court had already sent an envoy to Tianjing New City, which should be to further consolidate the relationship between the two sides.
To promote peaceful relations between the two countries and further expand commercial exchanges; in addition, the Liao court also issued a decree exempting agricultural taxes across the country for two years to encourage commercial activities.
Yelu Hanyu thought: "Based on the content of this information, if it is correct, then although the Khitans engulfed Mongolia this time, they may have also exhausted their food and grass reserves. I am afraid that they have not only exhausted the food and grass in the warehouse, but also exhausted the food and grass reserves in the warehouse.
I'm afraid even the food and grass for the people have been exhausted. They need time to recuperate, and at the same time they need to have a good relationship with us."
Han Bing said: "By the time we leave next year, we will be able to reserve enough food and grass, and we can take this opportunity to attack the Liao Kingdom." Yang Peng shook his head and said, "The Liao Kingdom is preparing to use troops against the Japanese, and I do not intend to delay the Liao Kingdom.
The country's retreat." Everyone showed a look of understanding. Yelu Hanyu joked: "You love the house and the bird, so naturally you can't let it go!" Everyone laughed, and Ye Qi Guanyin also smiled and said to Yang Peng: "Brother, don't worry about it.
If I, the eldest brother, use troops against the Liao Kingdom, my little sister is willing to be your vanguard!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be in awe and looked at Ye Qi Guanyin with admiration.
Yang Peng said: "I don't want to use troops against the Liao Kingdom yet, at least not until the Japanese are completely defeated." Everyone knew Yang Peng's attitude for a long time. After hearing this, they were naturally not surprised, but they didn't know the reason.
Know well.
After the meeting, everyone left, only Yelu Hanyu stayed. Yang Peng stood up, walked to Yelu Hanyu, smiled and said: "Meier, are you worried?" Yelu Hanyu hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Yang
Peng asked: "I heard that Yang Yanzhao encountered the Xiliao army at Yumen Pass and fought a battle?"
Yang Peng nodded and said: "Yes. Brother Wei Mingxiu and others saw the demise of Xixia, so they took refuge in Xiliao. The Xiliao army sent troops to reinforce, and our army fought with the Xiliao army."
Yelu Hanyu looked complicated and said: "I, I really don't know what to say." Seeing her like this, Yang Peng couldn't help but feel full of pity in his heart. He wanted to give her a promise not to attack Xiliao, but the words
It came to my lips but never came out.
Yelu Hanyu raised his head and looked at Yang Peng, wanting to ask his eldest brother not to be an enemy of Xiliao. He felt that if he asked, his eldest brother would most likely agree, but he felt that doing so would be too selfish.
She was outclassed by that Jurchen vixen! She frowned and finally did not ask for help.
Yelu Hanyu felt miserable, lowered his head and whispered: "Brother, I, I'm a little uncomfortable, so I'm leaving now!" Then he turned around and left. Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu's back and couldn't help but sigh.
I took a deep breath and felt that I was sorry for her...
The sight turned to Yanjing. On this day, Yang Jiumei was handling official business in the government office as usual. Suddenly, she felt the ground shaking, and the whole hall creaked loudly, as if it would collapse at any time. Based on Yang Jiumei's determination
Suddenly faced with such a scene, he couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He quickly left his seat and staggered out of the hall. At the same time, officials of all sizes in the government office and the servants of the government also ran to the front yard in panic.
I saw the entire government office shaking violently, the weak buildings collapsed one after another, and the surrounding walls fell to the ground section after section, making a loud roar; not just the government office, but the entire Yanjing city was shaking.
The sound of shaking, collapsing buildings, and people screaming and shouting all rang out. At this moment, everyone was as small as ants.
The thrilling earthquake lasted for a while and then gradually subsided. People were shocked and pale, and the cries of children could be heard from everywhere in the city.
Yang Jiumei was the first to react, and immediately shouted to her still-shocked staff: "Immediately send out fast horses to inquire about the disaster situation in various places, and at the same time ask officials in various places not to panic, and use the support at hand to save themselves first, both on Yanjing's side and on Yanwang's side.
, the rescue team will be here soon!" All the staff members came to their senses, agreed one after another, and ran down.
Later that day, rumors spread in the city of Yanjing, saying that because King Yan went against the grain and did not obey Confucius and Mencius, God was angry and sent huge natural disasters to punish us! If King Yan does not change his ways and return to the way of Confucius and Mencius, God will still
There will be greater natural disasters. At that time, there will not only be earthquakes, but also great floods, and fires from the sky. At that time, the sky will collapse and the earth will burst. Everyone will not be able to escape the disaster and will only die!' This rumor spread in Yan
The news spread all over the capital, causing people to panic. Many foolish men and women really thought that the sudden earthquake was caused by Yang Peng's fault, so complaints against Chen Xiao gradually appeared and spread.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.