When Yang Peng returned to the lobby of the left-behind mansion, Zhan Jinguo was waiting in the lobby, and there was also an honest young man in casual clothes. He is actually an officer under the command of the Kingdom of Zhan Jin, named Wang Zhan. Despite his honest and honest appearance, he is actually the person responsible for monitoring the supervisor Xue Dongpan.
When the two of them saw Yang Peng coming in, they quickly clasped their fists and saluted. Yang Peng walked up to the two of them and asked, "What's going on with our Lord Supervisor?"
Wang Zhan cupped his fists and said: "Reporting to the general, Xue Dongpan secretly sent a messenger with the intention of sneaking back to Tokyo with materials about us. We discovered it. Just now, my subordinates led someone to capture this person. Search him. I got several letters and a memorial." After saying that, he presented the letter and a memorial.
Yang Peng picked up the memorial and looked at it, then looked at the letters respectively, and sneered: "I didn't expect that Xue Dongpan's claws are really long enough, and he actually learned so many things!" Zhan Jinguo asked with his fists clasped. : "Brother, how should we deal with this matter?" Yang Peng thought for a while and said decisively: "Arrest Xue Dongpan and his followers immediately!" Zhan Jinguo clasped his fists in agreement and left quickly, followed by Wang Zhan. .
When Xue Dongpan was reading at home, the door was suddenly knocked open, and more than a hundred ferocious soldiers led by Zhan Jinguo surged in. Seeing such a scene, Xue Dongpan frowned and shouted: "General Zhan, what are you doing? Get out of here!" Zhan Jinguo clasped his fists coldly and said: "Master Supervisor, I'm sorry!" Then he shouted Waving his hands, several soldiers immediately stepped forward and took Xue Dongpan down. Xue Dongpan naturally knew what was going on, and he kept yelling: "Yang Peng, you are such a wolf-hearted and rebellious traitor! How have the officials ever treated you badly, and you actually dare to commit rebellion!..."
Xue Dongpan was imprisoned in the dungeon and continued to curse until he became hoarse. Soon after, Yang Peng, accompanied by Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo, came to the dungeon and saw the jailed supervisor Xue Dongpan. As soon as Xue Dongpan saw Yang Peng, he immediately jumped up with wide eyes, ran to the fence, stretched out his hand to catch Yang Peng, his expression was extremely angry and crazy. These are loyal ministers, their loyalty is so sincere, and their anger is so compelling! No matter what era, such people are extremely rare and admirable!
"Master Xue, I advise you to calm down." Yang Peng said calmly. Xue Dongpan shouted angrily: "Yang Peng, you are a traitor and a traitor, and you will definitely die a good death!" Yang Peng smiled coldly, "Your loyalty to Zhao Song is so fierce! But Zhao Song can now be said to be a disaster for the country and the people. If you are loyal to Zhao and Song, wouldn't you be helping Zhou to abuse and harm the people?"
"My father is the master of law and order, and my loyalty to the king is unconditional! It's ridiculous that you, a rebellious minister and traitor, can talk so shamelessly in front of me!" Yang Peng smiled, "If you put it this way, no matter what the emperor did wrong, we should endure it and we shouldn't. Is it right to resist?" "Of course! Is there any problem with this?"
"Then I don't understand. Since no matter what the emperor did wrong, the subjects should endure it and should not resist, then why did Zhao Kuangyin usurp the kingdom of the orphan and the widowed mother? Speaking of which, the orphaned and widowed mother did not do anything Anything that is unethical!"
Xue Dongpan frowned, and after a long while he said: "That is destiny!" "Oh, destiny is destiny. Isn't this an excuse? Has anyone heard God speak? If this can also be a reason, Then there is no problem with what I did today, because I am also destined by destiny!"
Xue Dongpan glared at Chen Xiao, but there was some hesitation in his eyes. Yang Peng smiled and said: "Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, how many dynasties have the world changed? If what you insist on is really correct, the current country should be returned to the Xia Dynasty's royal family. If you say that Xia Jie is cruel and unkind Having lost the qualification to own the world, I want to ask you, is Zhao Song still qualified to own the world today?"
Xue Dongpan frowned and was silent for a long time, then raised his head and said, "quibble!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "I don't expect you to figure these things out right away. You have plenty of time."
Xue Dongpan showed surprise, "You won't kill me?" Yang Peng said calmly: "If you were like Master Pang, I would kill you immediately. It's a pity that you are not, you are a rare animal! People like you There are already too few people. If I kill you, wouldn't there be even fewer people?" Turning around to leave, he glanced at Xue Dongpan and said, "Just stay here well. Maybe the development of the current situation will allow you to The point of view has changed. By the way, there is one thing you need to know. The men you sent to Tokyo have been intercepted by my people. So you don’t have to think about that aspect." After saying that, Yang Peng walked outside. , Zhan Jinguo and Duan Zhixian followed closely.
Xue Dongpan came to his senses and shouted at Yang Peng's back: "Yang Peng, who are you? Who are you?" Yang Peng and others returned to the lobby of the left-behind residence, and Duan Zhixian asked: "Brother, are you? Do you want to keep Xue Dongpan locked up all the time?" Yang Peng walked up and sat down, rubbing his temples, "Hey, this guy really gives me a headache! Just keep him locked up for now." Duan Zhixian said carelessly: "Xue Dongpan Pan is a good official, but he is very pedantic and makes people angry!"
Yang Peng smiled. Qian Letian came in quickly from the outside, clasped his fists and said, "General." Yang Peng glanced at him, "Do you know about Xue Dongpan?" "General, my subordinates already know."
Yang Peng pointed to the seals of the supervisory army on the desk that originally belonged to Xue Dongpan, and said to Qian Letian: "These seals originally belonged to Xue Dongpan. I will give them to you now. You have to do what he used to do every other day. A report will be sent to the capital in two months." "Yes.
Yang Peng's mind was in a mess as he thought about these messy things. Han Bing walked over and coughed. Yang Peng withdrew his thoughts, looked at Han Bing, and asked with a smile: "Is it you?" Han Bing asked coldly: "I heard that you captured Xue Dongpan?"
Yang Peng smiled bitterly and said, "Why does it seem like everyone knows about this?" "Humph! If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing but yourself! Let me ask you, what do you want to do with Xue Dongpan?" "That's no big deal. "?" Han Bing glared and said, "You want to kill him?" Yang Peng smiled coldly. Han Bing was furious, "You can't kill him! He is a good official! If you kill him, I, I will..."
Yang Peng said calmly: "Does it mean that if I kill him, you will kill me? It doesn't matter, you are going to kill me anyway." Han Bing stared at Yang Peng, looking very angry and at a loss. appearance. Yang Peng thought Han Bing was really interesting like this, and he didn't know if it was something wrong. He found that he was obsessed with teasing Han Bing. Yang Peng suddenly laughed, "Just kidding, I have no intention of killing Xue Dongpan. What a pity it would be to kill a rare animal like him!"
Han Bing became furious and shouted angrily: "Yang Peng, you are so abominable!" After cursing, he turned around and left, obviously looking a little crazy. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing's beautiful figure and smiled, patted his cheek and muttered: "It's really a good sport to tease a beautiful woman when you have nothing to do!"
At night, Han Bing sat down on the edge of the bed. Slowly he pulled out the dagger tied to his thigh. Putting the gleaming blade on Yang Peng's neck, an almost crazy light appeared in his beautiful eyes. "I only need to cut him lightly, and the great revenge will be avenged. Who can imagine that the life of the famous general is now entirely in my hands."
Han Bing wanted to cut him off with a knife to settle the grudge between the two, but he didn't know why he couldn't do it. Han Bing frowned and sat there in a daze. Yang Peng suddenly said something. Han Bing was startled and quickly took back the dagger. Looking at Yang Peng, I found that his eyes were closed and his mouth was moving and making indistinct sounds, and I realized that he was talking in his sleep. I felt relieved for no reason. Seeing that the quilt covering him was lifted off by his arm, he said angrily: "Such a big man can't sleep well!" After saying that, he put the dagger aside, stood up, and bent down to cover him. Quilt.
Yang Peng vaguely felt as if Yang Tong or Yang Jiumei was leaning down to cover him with a quilt, and he couldn't help but stretched out his arms and hugged her body. Han Bing was suddenly attacked and was shocked. When she reacted, she found that she was already lying in his arms. Han Bing was stunned, and then a feeling she had never felt before came to her heart, making her panic.
Han Bing's face turned red and she shouted: "Let me go!" However, she found that Yang Peng hugged her and fell asleep again, sleeping soundly. Han Bing was both funny and angry, and quickly struggled to get out of Yang Peng's arms. Standing beside the bed, her face was flushed and her heart was full of emotions. Then he frowned and murmured: "He is my enemy. I will take revenge on him one day!" After saying that, he glanced at Yang Peng, frowned, turned around and left the room.
The next morning, Yang Peng got out of bed and felt a heavy pain in his head. He took a deep breath, stood up, and inadvertently found an exquisite dagger lying beside the bed. Yang Peng was stunned, bent down and picked up the dagger, looked at it, and murmured with a smile: "Isn't this the dagger I gave back to Han Bing?" It turned out that this dagger was the one Han Bing sneaked into Yang Peng in Beijing. The dagger used to assassinate Yang Peng was prepared in his mansion. However, due to some reasons, the operation failed and the dagger was left behind. Yang Peng got the dagger and later returned it to Han Bing.
Yang Peng smiled and put the dagger in his arms. Han Bing, dressed in a warrior uniform and with a ponytail, came to the study. When he saw the back of Yang Peng in front of him, many complicated emotions arose in his heart, and he asked coldly: "Are you looking for me?"
Yang Peng turned around. Han Bing immediately saw the dagger in Yang Peng's hand and was shocked. Only then did she remember that she left the dagger in Yang Peng's room last night. A feeling of relief couldn't help but surge into my heart, and I thought to myself: That's fine, let's end things between him and me today. She thought Yang Peng wanted to settle a score with her.
Yang Peng walked up to Han Bing. Han Bing didn't wait for Yang Peng to speak, and said calmly: "I entered your room last night. I wanted to kill you!" Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Then why didn't you do it?" Han Bing's eyes showed confusion. With a look on his face, he immediately glared and shouted: "My aunt suddenly doesn't want to do anything!" Yang Peng laughed. Han Bing's cheeks turned red for no reason, and he said angrily: "You can do whatever you want to do to me!"
Yang Peng stretched out his left hand and grabbed Han Bing's right hand. Han Bing felt as if he was electrocuted and his whole body trembled. Yang Peng put the dagger into her hand, lowered his head and whispered softly in her ear: "Next time, remember not to leave the crime tools at the scene!" Han Bing's face turned red, she was ashamed, angry and embarrassed, and she glared fiercely. Yang Peng glanced at him, turned around and ran away as if running away.
Yang Peng looked at Han Bing's moving back and smiled. "I didn't know what it meant at first, but after listening to the explanation from the fan who had read the book, I found out that the first sentence is the word Li, and the word "dong end" in the second sentence is the word Yuanhao. The meaning of the first two sentences is that Li Yuanhao is going to do something. Emperor, the last two sentences mean that they want to occupy Xiazhou and become the king and hegemony. We didn't take this seriously at first, but we didn't expect that something would happen soon. The rebels seemed to emerge from the ground, and they suddenly After occupying Xiazhou, it became a prairie fire, and finally captured Yinzhou in one go. Now Li Yuanhao's army must have captured more territory."
Duan Zhixian said gloatingly: "This Li Yuanhao is also a hero. He dares to raise an army to rebel against the court!" Everyone agreed. Qian Letian said: "General Duan is right, but this person is not worthy of imitation." Duan Zhixian said angrily: "What do you mean by this? Is it right to shrink your neck and be bullied by the court and keep silent?"
Qian Letian smiled and said: "That's not what I meant. The emperor is ordered by God, and God's will is benevolent. Since the emperor and the court are corrupt and ignorant, they have violated God's will, and everyone can replace them!..." Duan Zhixian laughed, "This That's the right sentence! I think eldest brother can replace that Hunjun! That Hunjun is the emperor, can't eldest brother still be unable to do it?" All the brothers agreed one after another.
Qian Letian smiled and said, "My lord, of course you can do it. But now is not the time. Acting recklessly like Li Yuanhao is actually harmful to others and yourself! Now that it is rising in the north, it is about to become a giant that far surpasses the Liao Kingdom. Threats, under such circumstances, rash internal fighting is likely to allow foreign tribes to reap profits. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, they have always been more vigilant about internal troubles than foreign troubles. If they rashly raise the banner of rebellion, they will inevitably be strangled by the Song court. Although the Song Dynasty was decayed, the lean camels were bigger than horses, and they strangled them with all their strength. Not to mention Fang La, even we couldn't bear it! Therefore, we must act cautiously, not only to accumulate the power to continue to unify the world, but also to temporarily avoid fighting with the Song Dynasty. Direct confrontation from the imperial court!"
Chen Jie said angrily: "Sir, what you said is a bit exaggerated! There are only people like Taishi Pang in the Song Dynasty. The generals only know how to be greedy for money and don't know how to fight. The soldiers generally lack training and are afraid of life and death. What is there to fear from such a court?" "
Qian Letian shook his head, "General Chen's words are wrong! It's not that Song Ting didn't have good generals who were good at fighting, such as Yang Yanzhao of Bianjing, Gao Hu, and Zhe Daoping. These are all mature, prudent, courageous and resourceful people. Song Dynasty It’s not that the court is without generals and talents, it’s just that the treacherous ministers are in charge and the emperor is fatuous, causing the pearl to be covered in dust!”
Qian Letian said: "Once the emperor and those traitors see that the situation is out of control, they will definitely appoint these good generals. The outcome will be really unpredictable. And when we are in internal conflict, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom will take advantage of the situation and move in." At that time, the country was overturned. No matter whether it was a coward, a treacherous king, or a loyal minister or righteous man, they all became slaves to the subjugation of the country!" Everyone frowned and felt heavy.
Yang Peng returned to the yard behind, and all the girls came to greet him. Yang Peng gave each of them a long wet kiss, which made the whole house happy. Those pairs of eyes filled with affection and anger almost gave Yang Peng a try. melted. Throughout the whole day, Yang Peng didn't go anywhere, didn't deal with anything, and just stayed in the backyard of the left-behind mansion, chatting with the women.
The next morning, Yang Peng discussed matters with Qian Letian, Zhan Jinguo, Duan Zhixian, and Huyan Chijin in the study. Qian Letian reported the expenditure and civil affairs situation to Yang Peng: "In the past three months, more than 156,000 hectares of farmland have been newly reclaimed, including 100,000 hectares of official land, and the rest are obtained by the people from land reclamation. According to the general's instructions, my subordinates The intention is to exempt people from taxes for three years on newly cultivated wasteland; in the past month, customs duties and commercial tax revenue have increased by 20% compared with the previous month, and business activities are booming; in the past three months, half a million new people have been added , are all refugees who migrated from all over the Central Plains, and their subordinates resettled them in the eight states respectively. Now the total population of the eight states has exceeded two million. As for expenses, in the past three months, the military's expenses totaled 110 Twenty-nine thousand, three hundred and forty-five taels.”
Duan Zhixian curled his lips and said angrily: "You are so stingy, you even calculated the fraction!" Everyone couldn't help but smile, but Qian Letian said seriously: "Although the number is small, it is related to military expenditures. No big deal can be careless!" Duan Zhixian was in awe, "You are right, I was wrong!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Duan Zhixian, don't cause trouble, Qian Letian, you continue." "Yes. The military expenditure is one million one hundred and twenty-nine thousand three hundred and forty-five taels; policies to benefit the people and various internal affairs The expenses are six hundred and ninety-three thousand six hundred and twenty-nine taels." Then he took out a booklet from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, "This is a detailed item of various expenses. Please take a look at it, General."
Yang Peng took the folder, opened it and looked at it briefly, then closed it and put it on the desk. He thought: "The amount of money flowing is so large. If there is no effective supervision, I am afraid there will be many corruption phenomena." Qian Letian took it seriously and sighed, "My subordinates have investigated and dealt with many cases of this kind of thing. They are all Some misappropriation of public funds, corruption and perversion of the law!..."
Duan Zhixian stared and shouted: "What?! We also have corrupt and corrupt officials here?" Zhan Jinguo sighed, "How can we avoid this kind of thing!" Duan Zhixian stood up in shock, "No! These people must be slaughtered. It's over!" Yang Peng laughed and said: "Zhixian, don't get excited, sit down!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand, "I can't sit still!"
Yang Peng said angrily: "You can't solve the problem by babbling like this! I have a solution for this matter, so you don't need to get excited." Duan Zhixian sat down after hearing what Yang Peng said, "Brother, what can you do? You can't Let these bastards destroy the country we finally conquered!"
Yang Peng looked at Qian Letian, "What do you think?" Qian Letian said: "There are two ways. One is to strictly investigate corruption. Once found, we will deal with it severely and never tolerate it. However, this method can only treat the symptoms, but not the cure. To cure the root cause, we must build a proper supervision system so that they can detect problems in time and eliminate the cancer attached to the military and political system as soon as possible."
Yang Peng said: "It is consistent with what I thought. But have you ever thought about it? The supervision system of Song Ting is not perfect, but now it is still dominated by bulls, demons and snake gods. Why is this?" Qian Letian frowned and thought: "That's because the emperor is stupid. ."
"Come on! This is the crux of the problem! In fact, the imperial court's supervision system has been very complete since the Qin and Han Dynasties, but why do old problems keep appearing again and again? Every once-splendid dynasty cannot escape the fate of destruction. ? It’s because of the emperor! This is the biggest weakness! No matter how reasonable the government structure is, as long as the emperor is a bastard, everything will be in vain! Therefore, the only way to solve the vicious cycle of chaos in the Central Plains for thousands of years is to solve this weakness! No If this weakness is solved, the current situation of monsters and monsters taking over the Taoist people's livelihood will continue to appear!"
Everyone felt that what Yang Peng said was very reasonable and couldn't help but nodded. Duan Zhixian frowned and said: "I think there is no way to solve this problem! Emperors will always have bastards from generation to generation! No matter how brave and wise the eldest brother is, there is no way he will give birth to a child. Come on, you beast!" Everyone couldn't help but smile, Yang Peng said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, are you cursing me?"
Duan Zhixian chuckled, "I'm telling the truth!" Yang Peng nodded, "You're right, no matter how great a person is, he can't guarantee that there won't be bastards among his descendants! So can we change our thinking and give in from ancient times? Are you trying to find a way through the inheritance system?" Qian Letian's eyes lit up, but then he became sad again, shaking his head and saying: "I'm afraid this won't work, no matter how wise the king is, he won't be willing to hand over his throne to someone with a foreign surname! "
Duan Zhixian said: "So many things need to be changed. The first one is to change the ideology and morality of loyalty to the emperor. The king is wise, and there is nothing wrong with being loyal to him, but is it necessary to be loyal to a fatuous king? This idea of loyalty to the emperor is inherently a paradox. , created by those emperors in order to ensure that they and their descendants rule the country! Therefore, if this is not changed, there is no way to solve the emperor problem."
"Don't people need to be loyal?" Zhan Jinguo asked confused. Yang Peng shook his head, "Of course people must be loyal, but not to the emperor, but to the nation and the country." Everyone's eyes lit up. Yang Peng thought: "Achieving this will not be achieved overnight. It will take a long time and a lot of effort, and the resistance encountered will certainly not be small! This alone is not enough, the government and the government must also be transformed." The army, let them become a force loyal to the country rather than a certain person or a certain family. Only with these can we ensure the smooth implementation of the abdication system and ensure that the king dare not and cannot pass the throne to his son!"
Everyone was lost in thought, and their thoughts continued along the opening that Yang Peng opened for them, as if they had seen a bright future that was completely different from historical records. They couldn't help but be extremely excited, but also vaguely worried and scared. Duan Zhixian's eyes widened and he swallowed, "His grandma's! The Sa family finally knows what to do!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and we must start to do it now." Duan Zhixian clasped his fists and said: "Brother, just tell me whatever you want! I won't hesitate to mess up the whole family!" Yang Peng told Zhan Jinguo and Duan Zhixian He said: "The education of the army has already started. The reason why our army shows unique momentum and combat effectiveness can be said to be because of this. In the future, education will need to be strengthened. I will write a teaching material for you in a while. In addition, political commissars must be institutionalized, ranging from regiments to small teams, and they must have a moral system. The moral class must be people who are firmly loyal to the country and the nation, educate soldiers in peacetime, and boost morale in wartime."
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
