Shen Yuqiu bowed humbly and said: "The king of Yan is destined to rule the world! Your Majesty has decided to obey the destiny, obey the people, and serve the king of Yan as the master!" Yang Peng felt a little surprised and nodded. , said: "Your emperor clearly sees the general trend, which is very good."
When Shen Yuqiu heard Yang Peng's praise, he couldn't help but feel happy, and quickly said: "To show your sincerity, your majesty is willing to remove the title of emperor, demote him to the king of Song, and at the same time become a minister to the king of Yan! In addition, your majesty is also willing to give half of the taxes from several provinces in the south Turn it over to the state as an offering to the ministers!"
Yang Peng asked without comment, "What do you want?" Shen Yuqiu bowed and said, "I dare not have any evil thoughts. I only hope that King Yan can be generous and allow our Majesty to retain his current position of power! "
Yang Peng smiled. He stood up and walked to Shen Yuqiu. Shen Yuqiu lowered his head, showing great respect. Chen Xiao said: "Master Shen is a rare talent. Are you willing to serve a declining court?" Yang Peng's words touched Shen Yuqiu's mind. Since King Yan mentioned this topic, Shen Yuqiu immediately took the opportunity to say: "Zhao Heng went against the grain and made people angry, so the Khitan talents were able to sweep through the Central Plains and cause great destruction! The Zhao Song official family even lost the land of their ancestors' imperial mausoleums. It can be said that they are doing their own thing! To be honest, the villain has long thought I left them and turned to the light, but I was just worried about whether King Yan would accept it?"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "I, Yan Yun, follow the law in everything! Although Mr. Shen is a talented person, I can't promote him suddenly!" Shen Yuqiu immediately heard the implication of Yang Peng's words and hurriedly bowed to him. Said: "As long as King Yan has his life, the villain will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Yang Peng smiled slightly. He turned back to his seat and sat down, and said: "Master Shen will continue to go back to serve as an official. Someone will naturally contact you then." "Yes! I am waiting for the command of King Yan. I will not give up even if I die!" Yang Peng naturally did not believe that he would Even if you die, this is indeed a very useful chess piece.
He nodded and asked, "Does the King of Song really want to surrender?" Shen Yuqiu nodded and said mockingly: "The kings and ministers of the Song Kingdom are already frightened! I only hope that King Yan can let them go. For this They can say that they will do whatever it takes!"
"Well. What do you think?" Shen Yuqiu clasped his fists and said, "King Yan came to the world in compliance with the destiny, and he was destined to unify Liuhe and rule the world! No one among the ancient saints could tolerate the separation of the previous emperors. So for The rule of King Yan is also very unfavorable! Therefore, the ministers believe that there must be no peace, and they should wipe out the world in one fell swoop and unite the world together!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to say such words." Shen Yuqiu felt shuddered and said quickly: "Wei Chen is now a minister of King Yan, so naturally he can't have any scruples and not tell the truth. ! If that’s the case, it would be disloyal to King Yan! Please give King Yan a lesson!”
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm very happy that you can do this!" Shen Yuqiu couldn't help but feel relieved, and then he realized that his back was already wet with cold sweat. Yang Peng glanced at Shen Yuqiu and said, "But in the future you have to remember who you are loyal to now!" Shen Yuqiu quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I swear to follow King Yan to the death, and I will never dare to have two opinions. Heart! If you have two minds, you will be punished by heaven and earth, and you will not have a good death!"
Yang Peng nodded, "Get up." Shen Yuqiu responded and stood up, standing respectfully. Yang Peng thought to himself: "When you go back, tell King Song that I agree to his request." Shen Yuqiu was stunned, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "How can King Yan agree? The world must be unified!" Yang Peng said with a smile: " Of course I want to rule the world, just do what you ask me to do!" Shen Yuqiu's heart moved, and he bowed with a smile: "Wei Chen understands, Wei Chen obeys your order!"
Yang Peng asked carefully about the current situation in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the conversation lasted until noon. Yang Peng asked Shen Yuqiu to have lunch with him and Han Bing. Shen Yuqiu did not expect to receive such treatment and was grateful and excited. After the banquet was over, Yang Peng asked Shen and Qiu to take him down to rest.
Han Bing said contemptuously: "As an envoy of the Song Dynasty, he is so servile and calls himself Yan Yun's minister. He is the most shameless person!" Yang Peng smiled, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea. . Han Bing said: "Brother, you just want to use him. You won't use him after the thing is done, right?"
Yang Peng put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case." Han Bing frowned and said: "Wouldn't it be a great disaster to use such a despicable villain?"
Yang Peng said: "From ancient times to the present, the ideas of all emperors in governing the country are wrong! They only think about what kind of people to use, but they don't realize that even a person with perfect character and talent will soon join in the dirty officialdom. Yes, it’s not that there are no people who can truly get out of the mud without being stained, but they are very rare! Therefore, what the superior really has to do is to establish a reasonable system and establish the authority of the law. If these are done well, even if it is like Shen Yuqiu, People can also make a difference without taking bribes and bending the law! Laws and systems are like a large pool of water, and many officials are like cups of water. If the water in the pool is dirty, even if every cup of water is They are all clear and uncontaminated. If you put them into a pool, they will be polluted in an instant. On the contrary, if the water is clear, even if every cup of water is dirty, if you put it into the pool, it will be purified! So! Said, the key lies in the system, not the people! If officials take bribes, bend the law, engage in malpractice for personal gain, the root cause lies in the system. In fact, it has little to do with the officials themselves!"
Han Bing nodded thoughtfully, looked at his eldest brother with admiration, and exclaimed: "My eldest brother is really knowledgeable! Even the ancient sage is not as good as my eldest brother!" Yang Peng laughed and said to himself: 'Then It’s natural, after all, I have gained thousands of years of experience! But then again, even if you understand this truth, you may not be able to do it. Either because of some scruples, or simply because they are unwilling to give up their rights, the system goes further and further down the wrong track! 'I couldn't help but sigh. Han Bing asked curiously: "Why did eldest brother sigh?"
Yang Peng took a sip of tea, put down the cup, shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Thinking of something, he couldn't help but ask, "By the way, have you told her about Bingqian?" Han Bing nodded and frowned: "I've already said it, but she doesn't seem to want to marry Yang Gui!" She glared at Yang Peng and said angrily: "I think she seems to recognize you! Otherwise, how could she say she wants to stay with me forever?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "What does this have to do with me? It's obviously because she has a good relationship with you and doesn't want to be separated!" Han Bing shook his head and said: "No!" Yang Peng thought: "I think the reason why she doesn't I am willing, mainly because I have never met Yang Gui and don’t know what kind of person he is. This is also human nature! Let’s wait until this year’s annual meeting, I will call Yang Gui back and let them meet , Haha, I believe that with Yang Gui's character and appearance, Bing Qian will definitely fall in love at first sight!" Han Bing smiled and nodded.
Suddenly, Han Bing frowned, got up in a hurry and ran outside. Then Yang Peng heard the sound of Han Bing vomiting. When Yang Peng saw this scene, he immediately became nervous, ran out quickly, supported Han Bing and asked nervously: "Han Bing, what's wrong with you?"
Han Bing shook his head and frowned: "I don't know what's going on. I've been feeling uncomfortable in my chest for the past two days and want to vomit, but I can't vomit anything!" Then he couldn't help but vomited again. When Yang Peng saw that she didn't vomit up food, just a little water, his heart suddenly moved, and he shouted happily: "Han Bing, you are probably pregnant!" Han Bing was stunned, and then said excitedly and nervously: " I don’t know if that’s true?”
Yang Peng immediately ordered a female medical officer to be called. After the examination, it was confirmed that Han Bing was indeed pregnant. Both Yang Peng and Han Bing were extremely happy. However, what happened next made Yang Peng depressed. Han Bing, the mother who was finally pregnant with her child, refused to let her eldest brother touch her because she was afraid of hurting the child. Yang Peng had no choice but to sleep alone.
Wang An, the envoy of the Eighth Prince, came to Tanzhou. He first expressed his respect for King Yan on behalf of the Eighth Prince. Then he held up a gift list with both hands and said: "This is a gift from my king to King Yan, to express my respect!"
Wang Kai stepped forward to take the gift list and forwarded it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the gift list, opened it and read it briefly, put down the gift list, and said with a smile: "Prince Zhao is so polite!" Wang An cupped his fists and said: "We are the country below, Yanyun is the country above, and the country below is up. It is natural for the country to pay tribute!" Yang Peng smiled slightly.
Wang An cupped his fists and said, "My king hopes to work with King Yan to destroy Zhao Heng's rebellion. I wonder what King Yan wants?"
Yang Peng said: "Of course I have the same intention." Wang An glanced at Yang Peng and asked cautiously: "I heard that Zhao Heng's envoy has also come to ask for peace from King Yan, and King Yan has agreed. I don't know. I wonder if this is the case?”
Yang Peng nodded and said, "But there is such a thing!" Wang An was surprised and asked, "I wonder why King Yan agreed to Zhao Heng's request?"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is just a trick. In this way, we can use our troops to surprise them!" Wang An suddenly realized, relieved, and bowed with a smile: "That's it, I'll do it Don't worry!" After a pause, he asked: "Does this mean that King Yan has been planning to use troops against the traitor Zhao Heng for a long time?" Yang Peng nodded: "Of course. Go back and tell the Eighth Prince that I plan to use troops after the spring of next year. , he can make preparations. When the time comes, both of us will attack at the same time, so we don’t have to worry about Zhao Heng being immortal!" Wang An was overjoyed and agreed, and then said: "I have decided to bring the words of King Yan to you!" After a pause, "In addition, about us Can the troops stationed on the border on both sides be withdrawn?"
Now Yan Yun has stationed heavy troops in Hongzhou and other places, and the Eighth Prince has also stationed many troops in Poyang and other places. However, the Song army is weak and cannot compete with Yan Yun's army. Therefore, Yan Yun's army stationed in Hongzhou and other places ordered The Eighth Prince and others were panic-stricken, so they asked Wang An to take advantage of the convenience of his mission to Tanzhou to request that both sides withdraw their border troops.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "This is an oversight on my part. The current relationship between the two of us means that no troops can be stationed at the border. I will order Hongzhou to transfer the main force to the south."
Wang An happily bowed: "Thank you, King Yan!" Then he said: "We will also withdraw the main troops from Poyang and other places." Yang Peng nodded with a smile and said: "It's getting late today, Wang Your Excellency, go and rest first. Tomorrow I will have people negotiate with Mr. Wang on the specific matters of cooperation between the two parties and sign an agreement." Wang An said, "Thank you, King Yan, and I will excuse you!" Then he bowed and retreated.
Yang Peng picked up the gift list at hand, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Two idiots!" Thinking of Han Bing, he couldn't help but feel worried, and quickly got up and walked towards the backyard. Due to the arrival of two groups of envoys, the post house had to accommodate them, so Yang Peng and others left the post house and moved into the government office. Cao Hu moved out of the government office and lived in a nearby small courtyard belonging to the government.
After all the matters that needed to be dealt with in Jiangnan were dealt with, Yang Peng decided to return to Tianjing New City. The group left Tanzhou to the east, entered Jiangnan West Road, and headed all the way to Hongzhou (Nanchang). Yang Peng and others want to go back to Tianjing New City. They should go north, but why do they go east? It turned out that Yang Peng planned to take a long trip to inspect the situation in Jiangxi. The group arrived in Hongzhou, met with Duan Zhixian and others, explained some things, stayed one night, and got up and left Hongzhou early the next morning. Get on the boat from Hongzhou Port, go north along the Gan River, enter Poyang Lake, then exit the lake and follow the river upstream to Jiangling Mansion in the upper reaches.
The group landed at Jiangling Mansion and entered the city.
Everyone below the prefecture heard the news and rushed out to greet him. Yang Peng missed Ye Qi Guanyin and hurriedly asked the magistrate: "Where is the princess?" The magistrate said with a happy face: "Congratulations to King Yan, congratulations to King Yan. Queen Ye Qi gave birth to two princes for King Yan. Where is the princess? Yang Peng was greatly surprised and asked hurriedly: "Where are they?"
The magistrate said quickly: "I am recuperating in the back office." Yang Peng quickly galloped towards the government office, followed by everyone.
Yang Peng rushed to the government office and went straight to the backyard. The Feifeng female guards guarding the backyard suddenly saw Yang Peng coming back. They were all pleasantly surprised and paid homage to him one after another. Yang Peng saw Na Ren and asked hurriedly: "Where is Guanyin?" Na Ren said: "I will lead the way for King Yan!" Then he led Yang Peng into a wooden building. When I came upstairs, I saw Yedi Guanyin leaning on the bedside, looking pale and looking very tired. Yang Peng felt a strong affection welling up in his heart, and couldn't help shouting: "Guanyin!" Then he ran up. When Ye Qi Guanyin heard Yang Peng's cry, she quickly turned around and saw the man who had been thinking about him day and night. Her face was full of surprise and she couldn't help shouting: "Brother!"
Yang Peng rushed to the bedside, and Yedi Guanyin threw herself into Yang Peng's arms and hugged him tightly. This strong woman actually began to sob softly.
Yang Peng hugged Ye Qi Guanyin's delicate body and felt that her body seemed to have become much thinner. He knew it must be because of the childbirth. He couldn't help but feel grateful, and then a deep apology came to his heart. He let go of Ye Qi Guanyin's delicate body, sat on the edge of the bed, reached out to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and said self-reproaching: "Brother, this husband is so incompetent! I wasn't even with you during the birth!"
Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and hummed: "Who wants you to be by my side? Do you think I am one of those useless women?" Yang Peng laughed. Yedi Guanyin excitedly pointed to the three cribs against the wall not far away and said, "Brother, look, those are the children I gave birth to for you!"
Yang Peng hurried over and saw the three children sleeping soundly in the crib, and he couldn't help but feel loving emotions in his heart. Looking back, he asked in surprise: "Why are there three births at once?" Yeqi Guanyin looked proud and said: "The medical officer originally said that they were probably twins! But even she didn't think of it. They will be triplets, and all of them are very healthy!"
Yang Peng sighed and said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work!" Yedi Guanyin wrinkled her beautiful nose and said angrily: "It's good that you know!"
Yang Peng picked up a child. Seeing his pink and chubby appearance, his heart was completely melted. He smiled and said: "It's so cute!" The child was sleeping, but he woke up after being touched like this. come over. A pair of big eyes flickered at Yang Peng, looking curious, but suddenly his mouth dropped and he started crying. When he cried, the two other children who were sleeping were woken up and began to cry loudly. Although Yang Peng is the father of several children, he has never taken care of any children. When the three children cried, he and I were immediately confused and overwhelmed!
Fortunately, the nannies guarding the door came in quickly, took the children from the embarrassed Yang Peng with a smile, and put them to sleep again. Yang Peng wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed: "My son and daughter are so amazing! Just crying makes dad busy!"
Ye Qi Guanyin pursed her lips and smiled, rolling her eyes at Yang Peng, and then a look of happiness appeared on her beautiful face.
Yang Peng returned to the edge of the bed and sat down, held Yeyi Guanyin's delicate hand, and said gratefully: "Guanyin, you are a great hero!" Yeyi Guanyin rolled his eyes at Yang Peng and said angrily: "Why do women have to be men? Suffering like this!" Yang Peng chuckled, "Big brother can't help this matter! If possible, big brother really wants to suffer this for you!" Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled and gave Yang Peng a sideways look. He said angrily: "The dignified King Yan actually said such stupid things! If he said it out, wouldn't it make people laugh!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Who wants to laugh! If I could have a big belly to take the place of your pain for you, Everything else doesn't matter!" Seeing her eldest brother's sincerity, Ye Qi Guanyin couldn't help but feel excited, and reached out to hold his eldest brother's hand. The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at the three children and said to Yang Peng: "You only named two children at the beginning. Our eldest son was named Yang Yinglong, and our daughter was named Yang Yurou. But there is another son, and you have to choose another one." Name!”
Yang Peng scratched his head and after a while, he had an idea and said, "Let's call it Yang Tianya!"
Ye Qi Guanyin lowered his head and read it again, and said with a smile: "What a good name! But why is it called this name?" Yang Peng chuckled and said: "There is no special reason, I just think the name sounds good!" Ye Qi Guanyin rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, lowered her head and thought: "Yang Tianya, wandering around the world!" He looked up at Yang Peng and asked: "Brother, don't you want this child to join politics or the army, but hope that he will be like a Pegasus? Traveling freely between heaven and earth?" Yang Peng nodded, "That's probably what I mean." Ye Qi Guanyin smiled brightly, looked out the window and said, "That's good! Being an unrestrained person may be the happiest thing. Of!"
Thinking of the things in the south, he turned around and asked, "Brother, have you finished handling the things in the south?" Yang Peng nodded and said, "It's done. Now Jiangxi, Jinghu South Road, and Jinghu North Road are all under our control. But I don’t plan to attack Nanling now. I plan to pacify these three areas first, make preparations, and then wait until next spring to conquer Guangdong and Guangxi in one go!"
Ye Qi Guanyin nodded thoughtfully, then smiled and said to Yang Peng: "I think the eldest brother will not just want to conquer Guangdong and Guangxi next year, right?" Yang Peng patted the back of Ye Qi Guanyin's hand and said with a smile: "Guanyin knows me too. !" Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at Yang Peng charmingly. Then he frowned and became silent.
Yang Peng was very puzzled when he saw that Ye Di Guanyin suddenly became depressed, so he wanted to ask. Suddenly, he understood what Ye Di Guanyin was thinking: "She must be worried that after I unify the south, I will send my army to the north to fight against him." The Liao Kingdom uses troops! 'I couldn't help but have an impulse in my heart, and wanted to promise her that I would never use troops against the Liao Kingdom for the rest of my life. However, at this moment, reason suppressed impulse. Yang Peng sighed and said apologetically: "Guanyin, I..."
Ye Qi Guanyin quickly raised her slender hand to cover Chen Xiao's lips, shook her head and said: "No need to say, I understand!" Then he said angrily: "I am not a Han woman who is soft and timid and can't pick up and let go. This This matter has no impact on me at all! You don't have to worry about me!" Yang Peng looked at Ye Guanyin. He knew that Ye Guanyin was a hero among women, and she was not inferior to men. However, how could she not care about the survival of her country at all? What about Shang Xin? Yang Peng held Ye Qi Guanyin's slender hand tightly and said categorically: "Guanyin, believe me, you Khitan people will be happier under Yan Yun's rule!"
Ye Qi Guanyin nodded, "Of course I believe this!" Immediately, a soft feeling came to her heart, and she couldn't help but lean into Yang Peng's arms. Yang Peng hugged Yedi Guanyin and said softly: "We are actually all descendants of China, descendants of Yan and Huang, so there is no need to have any bad feelings!" Yedi Guanyin nodded in Yang Peng's arms.
Yang Peng said with a smile: "The Liao State is not as powerful as the Song State. Although it is not richer than Yanyun, its military strength is not inferior to Yanyun! Yanyun and Liao are competing, and it is still unclear who will win! Maybe it will be Yanyun in the end. They were defeated by the Liao Kingdom!"
Ye Qi Guanyin raised her head from Yang Peng's arms, rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "If that's the case, you don't have to worry about anything! I will definitely support you for the rest of your life! And together with your wives and concubines, I Raise them together too!" Yang Peng laughed loudly, kissed Ye Qi Guanyin's red lips, and said with a smile: "Then big brother, thank you first!" Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled, and then let out a long sigh. .
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
