Fang Jinzhi stayed in Tianjing New City for ten days, and finally understood the scale and law of Yang Peng's Tianjing New City. Where there is the Prime Minister's Office, seven ministers, Dali Temple, and the Supervisory Yuan. It can be said that it is a small court, and it is the Mingjiao Uprising. At that time, there were not so many departments. When compared with Mingjiao and Yang Peng, they were just messing around without rules, acting casually, and coming up with ideas as soon as they came up. Of course they were no match for the imperial court.
Now Yang Peng and the others have hundreds of thousands of troops and strong armaments. They defeated the Liao Kingdom and lost the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. For the Mingjiao, it was absolutely impossible to deal with the Khitans. In this way, Yang Peng and the others did not openly rebel. It shows that they are very stable in their work and will not target the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty. Fang Jinzhi found Yang Peng as soon as he returned to Youzhou.
Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, raised his head and asked, "How many people are there in the Ming Cult now?" Fang Jinzhi sighed and glanced at his subordinates, "All the leaders of the Ming Cult are here. Follow us here. The few hundred people here are the guardians of the main altar. However, the foundation of Mingjiao in the south is still there, and we still have people operating in the south."
Yang Peng glanced at everyone, "What are your plans?" Everyone looked at each other and looked at Fang Jinzhi. Fang Jinzhi said: "We want to take the general as our leader and continue to realize our ideals!" Yang Peng was greatly surprised and laughed: "This is too sudden!" After a pause, "Why do you want to take me as our leader?" Leader?"
Si Xing said loudly: "What you did is in line with the purpose of our Mingjiao, and you are so powerful, and you took us in when we were desperate, so we will regard you as the leader!" Fang Jinzhi said: "Today, there is only one above. General, you can realize the ideal of our Mingjiao! General, please put the people of the world first, don't refuse!" Everyone in the Mingjiao clasped their fists together and said: "General, please don't refuse!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "I'm afraid I can't be that kind of saint. I appreciate your kindness, but I can't be your leader!" Everyone was disappointed, and Fang Jinzhi hurriedly asked: "Why?" Yang Peng said: "It's very simple. Although I very much agree with the tenets of the Ming Cult, I don’t want to be tied up by this sect.”
Fang Jinzhi said: "Since you agree with the purpose of my religion, why are your hands and feet tied?" Yang Peng said: "In many things, most of the time, you must follow the authority, and you cannot blindly follow a certain doctrine, otherwise it will only harm people. It's harmful to yourself. You just mentioned a lot of reasons for the failure of Mingjiao. In fact, there is a very important reason that you didn't realize, that is, you were too persistent in implementing the teachings. According to the news I got, you got it after sweeping Jiangnan. A large amount of grain, grass and goods, you should have used this to recruit troops and strengthen equipment, but you basically distributed all these grain, grass and goods to the people, right?" Everyone nodded, Si Xing said angrily: "Is this the case? Isn’t that right?”
Yang Peng said: "Of course not! The people should be rescued, but they cannot allocate all the resources in the treasury. This directly led to the shortage of your food and grass supplies and the goods used to reward officers and soldiers during the imperial crusade. It directly led to your The equipment is backward, and this affects morale and combat effectiveness, and also indirectly forces those officials and officers and soldiers who have defected before to defect! After all, you cannot ask everyone to fight for your ideals like you, most of them still fight for profit. !”
"Now that you are defeated, what is the result? You have lost more! Your ideal of saving the people has not been realized in the end, and they have fallen into the water and fire again. So what you did at the beginning was just because of the small righteousness in front of you and you lost the long-term Great justice! You must know that great love is ruthless. In many cases, you cannot stick to the immediate situation. You must look further ahead. For the long-term goal, you can make sacrifices in front of you!"
Everyone frowned, and Minzhong sighed: "What the general said is absolutely true! If the Holy Lord was as wise as the general, how could our Mingjiao be so defeated!" Yang Peng said: "So I can only let you down. That's a good idea." Minzhong smiled and said: "General, don't rush to refuse! In fact, what the general is worried about can be easily solved. As long as the general can take universal salvation of the world as the ultimate goal, I know that everyone will do their best. Support, and you will never regret it!" Fang Jinzhi continued: "Yes, we, the followers, will never dare to have any objections to what the general wants to do. As long as the general sets the ultimate goal of world harmony, we will follow him to the death! "
Yang Peng thought for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at everyone, "If you agree to one of my requests, I will be your leader!" Even ten or a hundred requests are no problem!" Everyone nodded.
Yang Peng said: "Although the purpose of Mingjiao is good, members of the Mingjiao must be prohibited from using the name of Mingjiao to deceive others. At the same time, the teachings of Mingjiao must obey the law, rather than fight against the law. ..." Everyone looked at each other, and Yuan Jue said angrily: "Is it necessary? We abide by the royal laws of the imperial court? This is ridiculous!"
"It's not the royal law of the court, but the law here." Li Tiandao: "There is no problem with this." Others also nodded. "Another point is that doctrine cannot contradict loyalty. The loyalty I am talking about here means loyalty to my Chinese clan. I don't need to explain righteousness." Everyone nodded, "There is no problem."
Yang Peng thought to himself: "If that's the case, then I will agree to your request and be your leader!" Everyone was overjoyed and stood up one after another, paying homage and saying: "Greetings to the leader!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Everyone, get up." Everyone stood up. Yang Peng looked at Xing Fang, "Xing Fang," Xing Fang immediately stepped forward, cupped his fists and asked, "What are the orders from the leader?"
Yang Peng said: "I appoint you as the Dharma King of the Ming Cult. It is your responsibility to monitor all activities of the congregation. If anyone dares to violate the religious rules, report it immediately." "Yes!" Yang Peng glanced at the crowd and asked with a smile, "I didn't know you were here yet. What are the identities of the teachers?"
Everyone smiled, and Fang Jinzhi said: "I am a saint in the sect, and my responsibilities are..." At this point, she suddenly paused, and a touching blush appeared on her pretty face. Yang Peng became curious, "What is your duty?" Fang Jinzhi saw Yang Peng, the leader of the church, asking, and had to answer: "My duty is to be a role model for women. At the same time, at the same time..." Xing Fang said angrily: "There is nothing difficult to say. Isn't it just to have children for the leader?" Yang Peng chuckled and said, "That's what it is! Well, what about the others?"
Minzhong said: "My subordinate is the left ambassador of light of our religion and is responsible for educational affairs." Xing Fang said: "I was originally the protector of the religion, but now I am the Dharma King." Others also introduced themselves. Yuanjue is the chief priest in the church and is responsible for various memorial activities in the church. Li Tian is the commander-in-chief of the army, the highest position in the religion responsible for military campaigns. Brother Wanchun and Tianyou are the commander-in-chief of the army, and they are also the position responsible for military campaigns in the church, which is one level lower than Li Tian's position.
Yang Peng said: "After all, my place is different from Jiangnan. I hope you will obey the arrangements." Everyone clasped their fists together and said: "I will obey the orders of the leader." Yang Peng said: "Minzhong will continue to be in charge of academic affairs, and I will have a good talk with you about religious matters. ." "Yes." "For the others, I will arrange you into various armies. Military law in the army is strict, and I don't want to hear about you defying military law, otherwise I won't be able to save you!" Everyone agreed in unison.
His eyes turned to the saint Fang Jinzhi, and he felt a little headache. He didn't know how to arrange her. Suddenly his heart moved and he said, "Miss Fang will be responsible for the academic affairs together with Minzhong." "Yes." "Okay, that's settled for now. ." Fang Jinzhi said: "There is something that must be reported to the leader." "Oh? What is it?" "The leader may not know that Wang Laozhi under the leader is actually the bright right envoy of our Ming Cult."
Yang Peng was very surprised, and then he woke up and said with a smile: "I understand, the reason why you fled to Yanyun is probably because he played a big role in it!" Fang Jinzhi said: "Master Mingjian, it is indeed the case . The Right Envoy of Light kept sending news, describing what we saw and heard here. We were all very surprised, because everything the leader did here was really very similar to the purpose of our Ming Cult. So the Holy Lord came up With the intention of uniting with the general, it is a pity that before this plan was put into practice, we were completely defeated! Later, those of us fled to an island in the outer sea. Soon after, we received a letter from Wang Laozhi, so we Set off to Yanyun."
Yang Peng nodded, and it was only at this moment that he understood the whole story. Dui Minzhong said: "Currently, there are two main responsibilities of the Mingjiao. One is to sort out and reorganize the broken Mingjiao organization in Jiangnan. This matter will be left to you, the Guangming Zuo Envoy." "Yes. My subordinates will go to Jiangnan immediately. "Then Yang Peng said to Fang Jinzhi: "As for the saint of the Ming Cult, you and Wang Laozhi will be responsible for the construction of the Zhonghun Palace for the time being." "I will follow the leader's instructions closely!"
The Loyal Soul Hall mentioned by Yang Peng is a task given to Wang Laozhi by Yang Peng. Yang Peng plans to imitate the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty and build a huge religious place to worship heroes and fallen soldiers. This is the Loyal Soul Hall. The location is on the outskirts of Yanjing.
Yang Peng returned to the mansion, still thinking about the Ming Cult in his mind. The reason why he agreed to become the leader of Mingjiao was naturally not a whim, but a consideration, because he needed a religious system to enrich the people's spiritual world and at the same time resist the erosion of foreign religions. Compared with other religions that have been penetrated by Confucianism, Mingjiao is more suitable.
Yang Peng walked to the lake in the backyard. At this time, in the dead of night and the bright moon in the sky, Yang Peng stood by the lake, facing a pool of clear water, and murmured with a smile: "I have become the leader of the Ming Cult!"
Yang Peng was soaking in hot water. Jiang Li, who was wearing armor, knelt behind Yang Peng and massaged Yang Peng's shoulders. Yang Peng asked; "Have you heard of Mingjiao?" Jiang Li nodded while massaging Yang Peng's shoulders: "I have heard of it. I heard that people in Mingjiao help each other. If a family is in trouble, the members of the church will help together."
Yang Peng asked in surprise: "Are you a native of Yanyun, have you heard of Mingjiao?" Jiang Li nodded, "There is also Mingjiao in Yanyun!" Yang Peng was very surprised. He originally thought that Mingjiao was in Zhejiang. Well, I didn’t expect that there are even Yanyun, so there must be Mingjiao believers in the Central Plains area. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel that becoming the leader of the Ming Cult was a wise decision.
Yang Peng took back his thoughts and said to Jiang Li, "Okay, don't press it anymore." Jiang Li's eyes showed a charming look, and she immediately stood up, quickly took off her cloak, armor and underwear, and got into the water naked. . When Yang Peng saw this, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled. Jiang Li swam into Yang Peng's arms and offered her a sweet kiss. Yang Peng hugged Jiang Li and kissed her passionately, and then swam to the middle of the pool holding her smooth, soft and hot body. The two hugged each other, Jiang Li was wet and alluring, and her beautiful eyes were filled with boundless passion.
Turning his attention to the capital city of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yujian came to the palace, met with the Empress Dowager Xiao, and then asked: "I wonder what the Queen Mother's orders were for summoning the ministers?" Yelu Yujian's current identity is the stay-at-home guard of the Liao Kingdom's Zhongjing Road. , with high position and great honor, he is the envy, jealousy and hatred of his compatriots. Why did Yelu Yujian receive such unusual treatment?
Everyone still remembers the mysterious man who came to see Yelu Yujian in the previous article. In fact, that mysterious man was the envoy of Empress Dowager Xiao. Yelu Yujian had already been in secret communication with Empress Dowager Xiao. The reason why the Liao Kingdom's army suddenly appeared on the land of Zhongjing was all due to senior Yelu Yujian. Yelu Yujian used his power and identity to take advantage of the opportunity of field hunting to lead his army through many passes and appeared at the gate of Zhongjing City without a single blow. At that time, there was civil strife in Liao, so Yelu took advantage and Liao Zhongjing The Tao falls at your fingertips. Yelu Yu saw that he had made great contributions, so the emperor of the Liao Kingdom followed his previous agreement and appointed him as a stay-at-home officer in Zhongjing Road, which he relied heavily on.
Empress Dowager Xiao asked: "I heard that you had dealings with Yang Peng?" Yeluyu said: "Yes. But I didn't know his identity at the time and thought he was Jin Yongsan, a big grain merchant from Goryeo!" "Empress Dowager Xiao asked: "What kind of person do you think he is?" Yelu Yujian thought for a moment, "Unfathomable!"
Empress Dowager Xiao frowned, "Can he threaten our Liao Empire?" "To be honest, I think this is the only person in the world who can threaten our Liao Empire!" Empress Dowager Xiao thought: "If you say that, I We must get rid of him first!”
Yeluyu saw it and said: "Actually, there is no need to rush. Although Yang Peng is a powerful figure, he is only a minister of the Song Dynasty. The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is only a little bigger. How much can he do? Now I am fifty-five years old in the Liao Dynasty. Ten thousand troops pressed on his border, which already made him unable to move! I thought I could use Song Ting to deal with him. Song Ting is now dominated by treacherous officials. We can bribe those treacherous officials to go to the emperor to sue Yang Peng for treason. If Yang Peng comes to Beijing, the imperial court will definitely issue an edict and order Yang Peng to come to Beijing. If Yang Peng comes to Beijing, he must be killed, so we will destroy a powerful enemy without any bloodshed or effort."
"What if Yang Peng doesn't come to the capital?" Yeluyu smiled and said, "That's fine. In that case, wouldn't it confirm Yang Peng's accusation of rebellion? Under the instigation of those treacherous ministers, the emperor will definitely launch an army to attack. And we The Liao Empire can reap the benefits at this time."
Empress Dowager Xiao burst into laughter, "Okay, okay! This plan is wonderful!" After a pause, she looked at Yelu Yujian, "Since this plan is yours, are you willing to go to Song Dongdong? I'll let you go just right. Song Ting is urging you to ask for annual coins and tax money!" Yelu Yu saw him and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has an order, how dare I refuse? I will definitely live up to my mission!"
His eyes turned back to Yanjing. Yang Peng had just gone to inspect the progress of the Zhonghun Palace outside the city. When he returned to the mansion, before he could sit down, a guard came to report that Ye Hong wanted to see him. Yang Peng ordered the guards to invite him in.
Ye Hong walked in quickly, bowed to Yang Peng who was drinking tea, and then said angrily: "City Lord, I have no choice but to come and beg you!"
Yang Peng put down the tea bowl and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?" "It's not just those Confucian students! As soon as the schools in various places started to operate, many Confucian students came to make trouble with the memorial tablet of Confucius, saying that we were deviant, and called me, Ye Hong, a literary figure Shame! Even if you scold me, it makes students everywhere unable to study! I have communicated with those Confucian scholars countless times, but those bastards are like stones in the pit, smelly and hard!" Ye Hong was originally a The gentle scholar is so irritable now, which shows that he is extremely angry.
Yang Peng thought for a moment, frowned and asked, "Don't the local officials care?" "They don't care! They say this is just a dispute between scholars, and they can't control it! How can that be unreasonable!" Yang Peng thought for a while, and said with a smile: " This is easy to handle." Then he rushed outside and shouted, "Here comes someone!" Jiang Li, who was guarding the door, immediately ran in, clasped her fists and asked, "What are your orders, my lord?"
"Send someone to call me Qian Letian, Zuo Mou, and Kou Yan immediately." Jiang Li responded and ran down.
Ye Hong sat down on the chair and said angrily: "These Confucian scholars are obviously making use of the topic! Because the lord does not select officials in the traditional way, these Confucian scholars cannot enter the official career, so they want to express their dissatisfaction through this method and force the lord to Give in!”
Yang Peng smiled coldly. After a while, Qian Letian, Zuo Mou, and Kou Yan hurriedly came to the hall, clasped their fists and worshiped: "I have met my lord!" Yang Peng nodded slightly. Ye Hong stood up, clasped his fists and said: "Three adults." The three people turned around and saluted back: "Sir Xu."
Yang Peng said to Ye Hong: "Tell me what you just said again." Ye Hong said it again. Qian Letian, Zuo Mou, and Kou Yan frowned, and Kou Yan said angrily: "They clearly want to blackmail the Lord!" Qian Letian frowned and said: "It's not that simple! This reflects that the education reform we implemented has touched the hearts of old scholars. interests, so they will use the topic to their advantage!"
Yang Peng stood up and walked down the hall, "Any reform will touch the interests of some people, but we can't not carry out reforms just because of this. Just like eating, you can't stop eating because of choking!" The four of them said together: "My lord is wise! Yang Peng asked: "How do you think this matter should be handled?"
Zuo Mou smiled and said: "It's actually simple. We only need to add a law to prohibit anyone from gathering to make trouble, otherwise they will be punished! Then order the local governments to implement this law." Ye Hong frowned and said: "Since ancient times, The punishment cannot reach the level of a doctor, and since the founding of the country by Taizu, the status of literati has been raised to an unprecedented level. The implementation of this law is simple, but I am afraid it will cause a greater backlash!"
Yang Peng said resolutely: "Then let them make trouble! This matter must be solved after all! Why not take this opportunity to solve it completely! Confucian scholars, hum, as long as they taste the pain, they will learn the principles of life. !" The four of them nodded. Yang Peng said to Qian Letian, Zuo Mou, and Kou Yan: "Go back immediately, promulgate this decree, and tell officials everywhere that it must be strictly implemented!" "Yes!"
Soon, the officials in the sixteen states of Yanyun began to arrest those Confucian scholars who gathered to make trouble in the academy. At first, some Confucian scholars resisted angrily, shouting "moral collapse, culture is dead" and nonsense like "You can't punish a doctor". However, the resistance of the Confucian students was of no use at all. Officials in various places strictly implemented Yang Peng's orders and arrested all the Confucian students who made trouble. Suddenly, the cells in various places were overcrowded. When the common people saw such a scene, some lamented and some took pleasure in the misfortune. The status of Confucian scholars in the hearts of the people instantly dropped a lot.
However, the trouble caused by the Confucian scholars was not a big deal after all, and they were released one after another not long after being locked up. The Confucian scholars did not dare to cause trouble anymore, but they connected in private and actually wrote a "crying letter" signed by hundreds of Confucian scholars. A Confucian scholar named Li carried it in his arms and secretly ran to Tokyo to sue the emperor. The status has gone.
A beautiful figure rushed into the left-behind residence. She was as pure as ice, with skin as good as snow, and extremely beautiful. She was Li Yanming, the commander of the directly affiliated legion. This beautiful girl, wearing a red uniform, is like an extremely bright red flower, so eye-catching wherever she goes.
Li Yanming hurried into the hall and looked around. At this time, Yang Peng happened to come in from behind and saw Li Yanming. Li Yanming also saw Yang Peng and quickly saluted with clasped fists: "I pay my respects to the general!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "No need to be polite. What can I do for you?" "Subordinate, I want to see Jiu Mei." "She just went out, she must have gone to the military camp." Li Yanming hurriedly bowed: "That subordinate I'm resigning now!" He said and was about to leave. "Wait a moment."
Li Yanming stopped, turned around, clasped his fists and asked, "What are your orders, General?" Yang Peng walked up to Li Yanming, and a sweet fragrance like orchid and musk suddenly poured into his nose. Yang Peng couldn't help but take a deep breath. , secretly praised. He reached out and picked up Li Yanming's cloak. The big red cloak suddenly tore a three-inch long hole, "Your cloak is broken."
Li Yanming hurriedly said: "I guess he was hung by a branch just now." Yang Peng said jokingly: "People who don't know may think I'm mean to my subordinates!" She put down her cloak, turned around and walked towards the back, "Follow I'll come." Li Yanming was stunned, hesitated, and followed. The two people came out of the lobby one after another, passed through the arch and entered the backyard, and then walked along the lake shore into the courtyard where Yang Peng lived.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
