Yang Peng smiled and nodded, and Yang Erya also looked very happy. Li Mubai continued: "Secondly, in terms of agriculture, the cultivated land that was abandoned has been basically restored. In addition, more than 200,000 hectares of cultivated land have been newly reclaimed by government farms and private individuals. Moreover, this year's weather is good, the weather is good, and the sunshine is abundant. It will definitely be a bumper year. !" He took a breath, swallowed his saliva, and added: "In addition, mineral mining, fishery development, and animal husbandry have also made great progress. Today, there are more than 50,000 horses bred in official horse farms in Shanxi, including Some are improved Yanwangma. In just three months, the official fishery produced 200,000 jins of fish. The output of all minerals was more than 100,000 jins, including 800,000 jins of silver and 250,000 jins of copper. One hundred thousand jins, 6.8 million jins of iron ore.”
Yang Peng chuckled, "Okay, I am happy to hear these numbers. I came all the way from the northwest, and the scenes I saw and heard are also very gratifying!" Then he frowned, "There is just one thing that is not good, I always feel that no matter it is Whether it’s a city or a town, the population seems to still be lower than before!”
Li Mubai nodded, "That's true. What my subordinates reported just now are all good situations. The most bad situation is the population problem!" After a pause, "Today's population is still the same as when the Khitans went south. There is a huge gap, which directly leads to the shortage of manpower in many aspects, such as land reclamation. If there are enough manpower, at least 300,000 hectares of new grain fields can be reclaimed, but now only 200,000 hectares have been reclaimed. In addition, various industries The shortage of manpower exists in various industries to varying degrees, which in turn hinders the increase in tax revenue!"
After a pause, he continued: "This is a population problem. Another big problem is the huge damage caused by the chaotic war in the past two years! The damage in Bingzhou is relatively small, but in many aspects The damage was already quite shocking, as can be imagined in other places. Some towns were already in ruins when the Khitans went south. The damage to city walls and houses was less severe, and the most serious damage was that of water canals, The destruction of the dam will have a long-term catastrophic impact. Fortunately, God has given us good weather this year. If there is something wrong, I am afraid that there will be unimaginable big problems in Shanxi's food production. In the final analysis, it is the water canals and so on. Damage to facilities, so restoring these facilities is a top priority.”
Li Mubai talked eloquently. Yang Peng supported his chin with his right hand and listened carefully. He raised his head and said: "What you are talking about is indeed a realistic and urgent problem. In fact, it is not just that you Shanxi, Shandong, and Lianghuai have different levels of problems." exist, and the situation in the newly recovered Shaanxi-Gansu region is even more serious. You continue."
"Yes." Li Mubai straightened his thoughts and continued: "And requiring restoration and construction will require a lot of funds!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "This sentence is the problem with the idea! Funds, hey, the money spent in recent times has been worse than water! The money seized after defeating the enemy has been spent on the place in the blink of an eye. !" Li Mubai said: "That's still not enough! My subordinates believe that agriculture is the foundation of stability. Now that Yanyun has regained Shaanxi and Gansu, the Khitan people are entangled in Goryeo and cannot escape, and Xixia and Tubo have become discouraged. The imperial court has nothing to fear. It should put aside the conquest for the time being and concentrate on solving problems related to agricultural facilities. As the weather is good this year, we have more than half a year to strive to basically resume agriculture by the beginning of next spring. All facilities.”
Yang Peng thought for a moment and nodded: "Your suggestion is very good. Let's do this. In this year, no, in the past two years, all tax revenue from various places will be used for infrastructure construction in various places. For places such as Shaanxi and Gansu that have just been recovered, Prince Yan's Mansion will also spend extra money to help them! Just recently, chief officials from all over the country will come to Yanyun and discuss specific matters." "Prince Yan is wise!" Li Mubai said with fists in his hands.
Yang Peng looked at Li Mubai with a strange look on his face. Li Mubai felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to ask.
Yang Peng stood up and walked to Li Mubai. Li Mubai quickly bowed down. Yang Peng patted Li Mubai on the shoulder and said, "It's better to be more casual in private. Is this a formal occasion?" Li Mubai responded, "Yes!" Although he responded, he was still respectful and cautious. appearance. Yang Peng couldn't help feeling a little, and suddenly worried that one day in the future, people around him would treat him like this. Wouldn't it be too lonely and boring? Yang Peng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and sighed secretly: No wonder the ancient emperors called themselves widowers. If things continue like this, I will become a widower one day!
Suddenly he remembered what happened to Princess Gesang, so he asked: "How did you arrange for Princess Gesang and those people?"
Li Mubai clasped his fists and said, "According to King Yan's instructions, my subordinates arranged for them to live in a courtyard, which was originally a residence of Ambassador Xuanwei. All aspects of provision are in accordance with the princess's treatment. As for their movements, they are only restricted from leaving the city. , there are no restrictions on others. In addition, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, my subordinates also assigned special personnel to monitor them. "
Yang Peng felt relieved when he thought of the two suspicious figures he had seen when the incident happened. He secretly felt funny. At that time, he actually thought that some guy was coveting beauty and did this nonsense. After a long time of trouble, it turned out that he had misunderstood. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked Li Mubai, "Didn't you send someone to protect them?" Li Mubai shook his head, "That's not true." "From now on, send someone to protect them to ensure their safety." "Yes! "
Yang Peng thought of those lawless scoundrels and frowned: "The scoundrels in the city must be cleaned up regularly. Although these guys are just fleas and do not do much harm, their impact is not good and we must not tolerate them!"
Li Mubai vaguely felt that something had happened that made King Yan dissatisfied with some of the conditions in Bingzhou. He couldn't help but feel ashamed. He clasped his fists and said, "My subordinates followed the instructions of King Yan! In fact, my subordinates did not condone these scoundrels, but they just couldn't do it." It's easy to deal with. Although these people often bully people and disturb the place, in the final analysis, what they do is not a big deal. Even if they are arrested, they can only be detained for a few days before being released. And these people have long been accustomed to jail and should not be punished at all. matter, so the processing effect is very limited!”
Yang Peng felt that what Li Mubai said was really the difficulty of this matter. The people hated and feared the rogues, but legally speaking, it was impossible to punish them severely. Although he could make these rogues imprisoned for life with just one word, Yang Peng was not far from doing so. He felt that the solution should be dealt with legally.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly had an idea and heard that society has a punishment measure of increasing penalties for repeat offenders. The so-called incremental punishment, in short, means that for the same crime, the punishment will be continuously increased according to the number of offenses. For example, if you hit someone without reason, you may be imprisoned for five days for the first time, and it will be increased to one month in prison for the second time. The penalty will be increased to one year for three times. By analogy, as the number of recidivism increases, a small crime may become a felony later. This approach should be regarded as a more effective solution.
Thinking of this, Yang Peng expressed his thoughts. Both Li Mubai and Yang Erya felt it was very novel. Li Mubai thought: "The method proposed by King Yan takes into account all aspects of the situation and should be feasible!"
Yang Peng said: "You can make a special implementation details for me. After everyone comes, we will discuss it carefully and then put it into practice." "Yes!"
That night, the lights in the palace study were still on, and Yang Peng was still handling official duties under the lights. Although there are people to handle the specific things, many things still have to be decided by him, the King of Yan. In addition, there are various reports compiled, reports on various aspects of the national economy and people's livelihood, as well as the dynamics and developments of neighboring countries. intelligence. These many things, and because they have accumulated a lot from previous battles, Yang Peng can't do it even if he wants to be lazy.
Yang Peng picked up a report sent by the martial arts team from Goryeo and read it. The report from the martial arts team mainly talked about the war in Goryeo: The Battle of Kaijing, which had been stalemate for several months, finally ended. The Japanese allied forces of Korea and Korea once again defeated the Japanese. The Japanese lost nearly half and retreated to Nanjing (Korea Nanjing is now Seoul, South Korea). The Japanese were reinforcing the city walls in Nanjing to hoard food and grass, and drove all the surrounding Korean people into Nanjing. Their intentions were unknown. Secret guards have sneaked into Nanjing, but no news has been released yet; in accordance with King Yan's order, our navy attacked the enemy's sea lanes, annihilated a Japanese fleet and a Japanese transport fleet in one fell swoop, and destroyed the ships. Countless, more than 100,000 Japanese were killed, and countless supplies were destroyed. I believe this will be very beneficial to the upcoming attack and battle of Yeji Guanyin!
After Yang Peng read the martial arts report, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
At about the same time, Ye Qi Guanyin was urging the three armies to go south. Nanjing, which was still entrenched by the main force of the Japanese, formed a overwhelming situation. The Khitan army officers and soldiers were all gearing up to prepare for a battle to completely wipe out the Japanese.
Ye Qi Guanyin arranged the tasks in the big tent, and the generals bowed to Ye Qi Guanyin and filed out. At this moment, Wu Xing rushed into the tent. When he saw Ye Qi Guanyin, he clasped his fists with joy and said, "Princess, I have brought you good news!"
Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at Wu Xing, "What's the good news?" Wu Xing handed a letter to Ye Qi Guanyin with a smile. Ye Qian Guanyin took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it again. A look of surprise immediately appeared on his originally calm face, "The Yanyun Navy severely damaged the Japanese fleet and cut off the Japanese's backup?!"
Wu Xing smiled and asked: "Princess, do you think this is good news?" After reading the letter.
Yang Erya frowned tightly, looking like she was in a dilemma. Seeing this, Yang Peng couldn't help but wonder what the letter said, so he asked: "Then what did Princess Gesang say? Haha, I think she must be expressing her deep affection to you, right?"
Yang Erya said distressedly: "I'm so annoyed by trouble, and you still come to make fun of me!" "What makes you so troubled?" Yang Erya handed the letter to Yang Peng. But Yang Peng waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is her love letter to you, how can I read it!" Yang Peng said angrily: "Read it if I tell you to!" Then he stuffed the letter into Yang Peng's hand. Yang Peng picked up the letter and read it. When he read the beginning, he couldn't help but laugh, because the words and sentences were completely like a woman pouring out her love and heart to her beloved man. Although it was only a few lines of text, the deep feeling was overwhelming. But it was as if it had come to life on paper. Yang Peng was originally sighing, but when he thought that the person she was expressing her love for was a woman even more beautiful than herself, she couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing Yang Peng's smile, Yang Erya blushed and said: "If you want to laugh, just laugh, hum! If one day you treat me badly, I will really follow her!" Yang Peng teased: "You two How are we going to have a baby together?" Yang Erya glared at Yang Peng with shame and annoyance.
Yang Peng continued to read. After expressing her love, Princess Gesang extended an invitation to her hero, explaining that tomorrow was a festival there and hoped that General Yang could come to her place to spend the festival with her. !
Yang Peng put down the letter and asked Yang Erya: "How did you decide?" Yang Erya said distressedly: "I just don't know what to do!" He looked at Yang Peng and poked Yang Peng's waist with his finger, " Come and think of a solution for me!" Yang Peng held Yang Erya's slender hand, hugged her slender waist and sat down, "You, you think this simple thing is too complicated! She invited you to go The banquet, just go to the banquet, why do you have to think so much! Just go to the banquet in this women's dress. When he sees you like this, he will understand everything. Don't say too much, just be polite to her. The sentence came back!"
Yang Erya blinked his big clear eyes and said: "Is it that simple?" Yang Erya smiled and said: "It's not complicated in the first place!" Yang Erya turned around and grabbed Yang Peng's arm and begged: "Then big brother You go with me!" Yang Peng chuckled and joked: "Our General Yang Erya from Yanyun is actually afraid of that Tubo princess. I'm afraid no one will believe this!" Yang Erya frowned and said, "I It's not that I'm afraid of her, I am, I am..." She herself couldn't tell what she was thinking.
Yang Erya gently patted her buttocks and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what you think, big brother will go with you tomorrow!" Yang Erya smiled, "Brother, you are so kind!" Yang Peng laughed and said: " It’s not easy being your big brother, and I actually have to help you deal with those women who are fascinated by you!”
Yang Erya wrinkled her beautiful nose towards Yang Peng, looking as cute as she could be. Yang Peng couldn't help but kissed her red lips. Yang Erya's eyes immediately became blurred. Her face was red and beautiful. A pair of delicate hands couldn't help but hooked Yang Peng's neck, letting Ai Lang taste her red lips. She I am also trapped in the sea of love and desire, unable to extricate myself.
Suddenly there were footsteps outside the door. Yang Erya, who was intoxicated with sex, came to his senses in shock and hurriedly left Yang Peng's arms. As soon as he stood up, Wang Kai, the captain of the secret guard, ran in and handed over a letter in a red envelope, "Master, a red urgent message forwarded from Yanjing!" The so-called red urgent message was delivered internally by Yanyun. A level of messages. All messages are divided into normal, blue, yellow and red according to the degree of urgency and impact from low to high. Red urgent messages often represent the most urgent or influential events, which are of great importance.
Yang Peng and Yang Erya were very surprised when they saw that it was a red emergency. Yang Erya stepped forward to receive the urgent message and handed it to Yang Peng. Only then did Wang Kai notice Yang Erya, who was carefully dressed up in palace attire. He couldn't help but be stunned, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. Feeling that he was being rude, he quickly lowered his head and heard his heart pounding.
Yang Peng opened the letter, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it again. His expression suddenly changed, "How could such a thing happen?" Yang Erya asked nervously, "What happened?" Yang Peng frowned and said: "The emperor of the Liao Kingdom died suddenly!" Yang Erya was stunned and frowned: "In less than three years, three emperors of the Liao Kingdom actually died!?"
Yang Peng said: "If there is no ghost in this, I'm afraid even a fool will not believe it!" Yang Peng couldn't help but think of the Queen Mother of Korea and Brother Ye Qianxiu. Could it be that they caused this incident again? Then I thought of another piece of information mentioned in the letter. Although the emperor of Liao had passed away, almost no one in the country knew about it. The Liao court kept secrets and strictly blocked the news. Yan Yun also learned about this by chance. Intelligence, but the spies sent to Zhongjing could not confirm the accuracy of the news.
Yang Peng lowered his head and thought: If this news is wrong and the Emperor of Liao is still there, but this news is definitely not groundless, then what is the purpose of the rumor? If it is true, who planned the conspiracy and what is its purpose? The purpose of regicide should be very simple, just to seize the throne! So who is it?
Yang Peng's first thought was Brother Yeqianxiu and the Queen Mother of Korea, but Yang Peng was not sure. There were many people in Liao who held great power and were qualified to inherit the throne. In addition to Brother Yeqianxiu, there was also Yeqianhu City. And Ye Qian Guanyin, in addition, Ye Qian Longqing and others may also do this.
Yang Peng suddenly felt worried that the Khitan people's war against the Japanese would be affected by the domestic situation.
Yang Peng's worries were actually fulfilled at this time. In the Yega Guanyin camp far away in Goryeo, Yega Guanyin received an urgent order from Beijing, ordering her to retreat immediately. Ye Qi Guanyin and his generals were greatly confused. Ye Qi Guanyin asked the imperial envoy: "Why did your Majesty suddenly give the order to withdraw the troops?"
The imperial envoy said: "The villain's affairs are based on the decree and I don't know anything about the rest. Princess, since your Majesty's order has been issued, please ask the king to retreat quickly!" Ye Qi Guanyin hesitated, shook his head and said: "No, I can't retreat! "The imperial envoy was startled, "Princess, you want to disobey me?" Ye Qian Guanyin frowned, and the warrior Xiao Bao next to him shouted: "How brave! You, a little servant, actually dare to speak to the princess like this!"
The imperial envoy was frightened to death when he saw the generals glaring angrily. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I have no intention of offending your Majesty! I would never dare!" Ye Qi Guanyin said calmly: "It doesn't matter if it is true or not. I will not retreat. This is not to disobey orders, but to make a decision based on the current situation. The city of Nanjing is about to be destroyed. If we retreat at this moment, all our previous achievements will be wasted. How can I retreat? I will not accept your orders from outside. Go back and deal with His Majesty for me. He said, after the Japanese are completely defeated, I will naturally go back and apologize to His Majesty!"
The imperial envoy did not dare to say anything more and kowtowed: "I will definitely bring the princess's words to you! I will leave!" Then he stood up, bowed and retreated. Yeqi Guanyin frowned, and her heart was filled with confusion: Why did His Majesty suddenly receive such an edict? What is going on? Why did Your Majesty suddenly become so confused?
A thought crossed his mind: 'Has His Majesty changed his mind and no longer wants to eradicate internal troubles? Your Majesty is even suspicious of me? Ye Qi Guanyin thinks it is very possible. This kind of thing is really common among the royal family. Besides, the emperor's heart is the most changeable. Although she and the emperor had made arrangements for that important event before, who could There is no guarantee that he will suddenly change his mind. Otherwise, such an incredible edict came. This edict means that the emperor has changed his mind!
Ye Qi Guanyin sighed secretly, hesitated, wrote a letter, sealed it, and said to Baochong: "Xiao Baochong, please take this letter back to Zhongjing immediately and give it to His Majesty!" He handed the letter over. go out. Xiao Bao rushed forward to take the letter, accepted the letter, and left quickly.
Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at the generals and said decisively: "I have already made up my mind that I will never destroy the Japanese until I destroy them. I hope that all generals will work together with me and do not look forward or backward! Otherwise, military law will be ruthless!"
The generals' hearts trembled, and they all worshiped together: "Follow the princess's orders closely, and we will never dare to disobey!"
"Send the order and attack the city overnight!" Soon after, the silent night was broken. The Khitan army and the Goryeo army attacked Nanjing from three sides. The battle was more intense than during the day. The Nanjing city wall was crumbling and in danger! In the early morning of the next day, the battle continued. The fierce fighting continued until noon. There were mountains of corpses under the city wall and corpses on the city wall. The losses on both sides were huge. The Japanese still couldn't hold on anymore!
But at this moment, countless Goryeo people were pushed to the top of the city by the Japanese, and the cries of the old, weak, women and children were earth-shattering. The Khitan army and the Goryeo army, which had been storming the city, couldn't help but stop their attack. The officers and soldiers of the Goryeo Army were filled with grief and anger, and wished they could kill the Japanese. But their fathers and fellow countrymen were standing in front of them, so how could they dare to do it? The Khitan army could not attack, and they naturally did not care about the lives of the Goryeo people. However, if a large number of Goryeo people were killed or injured during the attack, they would probably cause problems with the Goryeo army, and they would not be able to take action.
Ye Qi Guanyin looked at the Goryeo people who were crying on the top of the city, frowned and cursed: "These Japanese are so despicable and cruel!" Then he turned around and said loudly: "Send the order, the whole army retreats!" The golden bell rang loudly, and the Khitan army retreated like an ebbing tide, and the Goryeo army also retreated. Seeing that his plan succeeded, Sasuro Shigeo couldn't help but feel very proud.
Ye Qi Guanyin returned to the big tent, suddenly stopped and stood blankly, frowning. Seeing this, the generals did not dare to disturb her and stood quietly behind her.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
