Yang Peng laughed loudly and said: "Okay! This maggot with bones is well said! Isn't Confucianism just maggots with bones! What kind of kings, kings, ministers, fathers, sons, in the words of those grandsons, how can the emperor torment the people? It is right. If I want my son to die, my son must die! Ridiculous! The emperor is a bastard, so the people can kill the emperor. The emperor relies on the people to support him. There is no nobility at all, let alone any kindness; if I don’t care about the life or death of my children , the children can disown me, let alone the kindness of procreation. I gave birth to children either because of lust or because I hope to be able to support myself in old age. No one creates human beings for the purpose of creating human beings. Why? Blindly making demands on your children! Getting along with others should be natural, there is no need to set up a moral code!"
Zhang Feng and Zhang Tong were very excited after hearing Yang Peng's words. Although they had read Confucian classics since they were young, they had long disagreed with the rules and regulations specified by Confucianism. However, this idea was suppressed under the high pressure of Confucianism. , after all, it was too shocking to be tolerated by the world, so the two brothers and sisters had always hidden their true thoughts in their hearts, and never said it even to their father. However, today Yang Peng said everything they wanted to say, and they felt extremely happy and excited.
Zhang Feng praised: "Lord Yan Wang couldn't be more right! For example, my parents are very good to me and my sister. My sister and I respect and love them from the bottom of our hearts. This is good. But some parents are very cruel to their children. Why do their children Do you still have to submit to the situation? Why must we emphasize that children owe their parents a favor and must repay it? There are similar problems between the emperor and the people. No matter how bad the emperor is, Confucianism always says that the ruler is kind to the people, and the people must appreciate the kindness. I really don’t know where this favor comes from? Shouldn’t it be the emperor’s favor that the people owe to the people for choosing this emperor? All this seems very ridiculous to me! These Confucian monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons are simply like It’s like a law of heaven, so overwhelming that people can’t breathe!” He smiled, “But I didn’t dare to say these words in the past! Now, even in front of my father, I don’t dare to say them!”
Yang Peng smiled and felt that these two young people had active minds and were not bound by traditional so-called morals. They might be talented people, so he asked: "Do you have any plans for the future?"
Zhang Feng and Zhang Tong looked at each other, and Zhang Feng said with a smile: "I want to wait until the spring of next year to go to Bianliang to take part in the examination to see if I can gain anything. As for my sister, hehe, she is not young anymore. Looking for Just marry a good family!" Yang Peng laughed. Zhang Tong blushed and said angrily: "Brother, why can you make a difference and I can only get married?"
Zhang Feng said in surprise: "Is it possible, sister, that you still want to enter the officialdom?"
Zhang Tong rolled her eyes at Zhang Feng, "Isn't it possible?" She looked at Yang Peng and saw that Yang Peng was looking at him with a smile. She couldn't help but panic, and quickly lowered her head, her cheeks turning red.
Zhang Feng scratched his head and said: "This is not impossible, but my brother didn't expect that my sister would have such an ambition!" Zhang Tong raised his head with admiration and said: "I want to be like Princess Yelu, Han Be an amazing heroine like Princess Bing!" Zhang Feng laughed and said: "Sister, how can you be a heroine if you don't have the power to bind a chicken? It's impossible to be like Princess Yelu and Princess Han Bing, but you can imitate them. Huang Qiaoyun, Mr. Huang!" Zhang Tong nodded, "That's not bad!"
Yang Peng said: "There are still several months until the next examination. During this time, you might as well go to university to study. It should be very helpful to you!" The two brothers and sisters showed excitement, Zhang Feng pointed at himself The nose asked: "Brother Yanwang, can we enter the university?" Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Of course. Every university in Yanyun will conduct tests every day. Those who are interested in entering the university can take the test and pass After that, you can enter the university's elective courses." Yanyun University originally only conducted entrance tests at fixed times every year, but later, considering some practical issues, it made the entrance tests a daily routine of the university. Any student who wants to enter a university for further study can register at the university at any time and determine the time for the test. After passing the test, he or she can enroll. When studying in a university, the time is not fixed. Each person can decide the end time according to his own situation, or he can end his studies and start working according to the needs of the school and the government.
After hearing Yang Peng's words, the two brothers and sisters couldn't help but get excited to try. Then their faces showed worry, obviously worried about whether they could pass the test.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "I, the King of Yan, still have some privileges. Since you hope to enter the university so much, I will use my rights to recommend you to enter, so that you don't have to take the test." The two brothers and sisters were surprised, and then They shook their heads together.
Yang Peng was stunned and asked with a smile: "Don't you want me to recommend you?"
The two of them said gratefully: "Brother Yan Wang treats us so kindly, we are really grateful! But we want to get into university on our own merits!"
Yang Peng showed admiration, nodded and said: "This is good, it can be regarded as a kind of exercise!" The two laughed.
Yang Peng smelled the aroma of beef in the pot, so he stood up and walked to the iron pot. He pulled out the dagger from his waist, inserted a large piece into the pot, and tried to take a bite. He only felt that the meat was soft and fragrant. With his mouth full, he couldn't help but praise: "Not bad, not bad! Just right!" Then he called to everyone: "Come on, come on, let's eat!" All the secret guards stood up and walked over. Seeing this, the two brothers and sisters also stood up and left. In the past, a large group of people were stabbing beef into the pot with daggers or long knives, and the scene was very lively. The brother and sister liked the atmosphere very much and felt unrestrained.
Everyone took the beef and returned to where they were sitting before, taking the kettle from their waists, and chatting while eating and drinking. At this time, someone distributed pancakes to everyone.
Yang Peng couldn't help but smile when he saw the brother and sister looking at each other with a huge piece of beef in front of them. He turned around and gave instructions to a secret guard beside him, who immediately agreed, put down his food plate and ran down. After a while, the secret guard came back. At this time, he had two daggers in his hands. He held the daggers in both hands and handed them to Yang Peng.
Yang Peng picked up two daggers and handed them to Zhang Feng and Zhang Tong respectively. The two brothers and sisters were very happy. They took the daggers and said, "Thank you, Brother Yan Wang!" Then he pulled out the daggers and followed the example of the others. Cut off the beef piece by piece and then eat it with a slightly clumsy movement. The two brothers and sisters had never eaten food like this before, and they both felt it was very fresh.
At this moment, beside another bonfire not far away, a secret guard captain suddenly sang loudly at the top of his voice: "Brother, my dear brother, remember when we were young, we were inseparable." After singing this, everyone couldn't help but sing along. He said, "We lived a carefree life back then! Brother, my dear brother, now that I have grown up, even though we go our separate ways, when we are tired, I will always think of you, brother, my good brother..."
Brother Zhang Feng and Zhang Tong felt that although the lyrics of this song were very concise, they sounded very moving and they couldn't help but hum along.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers one, two, three, four, five!" The secret guards followed and shouted: "There are hundreds of thousands of brothers! Brothers meet with three bowls of wine, brothers talk with each other over two cups of tea; brothers fall in love with each other. Love spreads all over the world, and brothers talk to each other for five years;...Brotherhood is wine without sex, brotherhood is a home without walls!" Everyone laughed and drank the wine instead of water.
The two brothers and sisters of the Zhang family were very excited when they saw this scene, and they both liked the feeling of staying with these cool men. …
It was late at night and Zhang Tong, as usual, finished reading the book under the lamp and was ready to rest. He put the book back into his baggage and blew out the lamp. Just when Zhang Tong was about to undress and lie down, he accidentally saw Brother Yang Peng walking alone in the distance. A feeling of curiosity came to my mind, so I stood up and walked towards him.
Yang Peng was walking under the moon and thinking about things. He was thinking about Yan Yun's next actions: 'Now that the Central Plains and Han Dynasty have been unified, it is time to expand the territory! However, this matter cannot be rushed, it must be done step by step! Now that the Han Dynasty has just been unified, there are still many things that need to be done. We have to wait until all internal problems are solved before we can expand externally with peace of mind! If you act too hastily, you may end up losing more than you gain! Stopping, he looked up at the bright moon in the King's sky, smiled slightly, and murmured: "However, we can attack Dali Kingdom first! Since you have betrayed, you have to pay the price!"
Turning around, I was surprised to see Zhang Tong standing not far away, looking like he was in a dilemma. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Is it you? Why haven't you rested yet?"
Zhang Tong immediately became flustered and felt his heart pounding, "Well, I, I can't sleep either!"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Since I can't sleep either, let's go for a walk together!" Zhang Tong suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining brightly, and nodded. Yang Peng liked this girl very much and felt that she was like his little sister.
The two of them walked side by side under the moonlight. Zhang Tong lowered his head and kept thinking wildly: "Brother Yan Wang wants me to go for a walk with him. Could it be that he, he is actually interested in me!" ? Oops, this is so embarrassing, I, I must have misunderstood! Brother Yan Wang, how can he like me! ...'
Yang Peng saw Zhang Tong sometimes looking shy and sometimes frowning slightly. He couldn't help but feel curious and asked, "Sister, what are you thinking about?" Zhang Tong had already come to his senses and hurriedly shook his head and said, "No! What are you thinking about?" Seeing Yang Peng looking at him, he was so panicked that he felt at a loss as to what he was thinking.
Zhang Tong felt as if his thoughts had been discovered. He was so flustered that he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Yang Peng.
Yang Peng smiled and thought this little sister was really cute. The two continued walking. Yang Peng didn't have any bad feelings, but Zhang Tong felt very shy and embarrassed, so he mustered up the courage to find a topic and said, "I saw that Brother Yan Wang seemed to be thinking about something just now?"
Yang Peng nodded with a smile, sat down on a big bluestone under a mulberry tree, looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance under the night sky, and said, "I'm thinking about external expansion!" Zhang Tong couldn't help but feel something in his heart. Rin couldn't help but said: "I think war is never a good thing!"
Yang Peng nodded and said: "But it is not a good thing, it can be said to be a painful thing. Needless to say, defeat, even if you win, countless brothers will still die on the battlefield!" Zhang Tong nodded: "That's it. !”
Yang Peng smiled and said: "However, this kind of thing is like taking medicine or exercising. The medicine is so bitter. Taking medicine can be said to be a kind of torture, but why take medicine? Exercise is hard, but why is it necessary? Exercise?" Zhang Tong said: "Taking medicine can cure diseases, and exercising can make you healthy."
Yang Peng nodded, "Yes. And the same is the goal of war." Seeing the puzzlement on Zhang Tong's beautiful face, he smiled and said: "If a country wants to survive, it must maintain a sufficient sense of urgency. You must maintain enough fighting spirit! And to maintain this, you must fight with others. War is the main aspect of fighting! This is to maintain the health of a country, just like a person must take medicine and exercise in order to be healthy. ! It’s not easy for a country to survive, just like a person. If you can’t accept the pain of struggle, you won’t have the right to survive and develop!”
Zhang Tong thought and nodded.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "At this point, I want to talk about Confucianism again. Confucianism only emphasizes peace, which is like a person who neither takes medicine nor exercises. Can such a person live long? Therefore, governing the country with Confucianism, If the country is not destroyed and the family is destroyed, then it is called a ghost!" Zhang Tong laughed, then sighed and said: "What the elder brother said is really wise! It's just that it's still difficult for me to accept war!"
Yang Peng nodded and said: "No one is willing to accept war, unless they are crazy!" Zhang Tong asked in surprise: "Is it possible that even a great hero like Brother Yan is not willing to fight?" Yang Peng smiled and said: "I If you are not a lunatic, you will not like war!" Zhang Tong realized that he had made a mistake and said quickly: "I, I made a mistake!" Yang Peng smiled and waved his hand. He turned to look at the bright moon in the sky and said, "Do you know what my greatest wish is?"
Zhang Tong looked at Yang Peng's side face and felt like he was the big brother next door. He never imagined that he would be the world-famous King Yan. He came back to his senses and said: "Big brother is a great hero. Big brother must want to build a great empire that will be unprecedented and will last forever!"
Yang Peng laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "I'm not that great!" He turned to look at Zhang Tong and said: "My wish is to one day live in seclusion in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters with my wife and children. Stop interfering in state affairs and live a leisurely life!" Zhang Tong was surprised, and then laughed and said: "I'm afraid my eldest brother will never be able to realize this wish! My eldest brother is destined to be the emperor!" Yang Peng smiled. He stood up and said to Zhang Tong: "It's getting late, go to bed early!" Zhang Tong responded, and the two returned to the camping area and fell asleep separately. Zhang Tong was lying on the bed, looking at Yang Peng who was sleeping in the distance. He couldn't help but feel that this powerful King Yan was different from all the emperors in the past and present. He seemed to have a certain kind of A very natural demeanor, as if he is integrated with all things in the world. I closed my eyes and fell asleep unconsciously.
Early the next morning, everyone packed up, had a simple breakfast, and then set off.
Yang Peng turned around and saw Zhang Tong following behind him, her face turned red. He couldn't help being surprised and asked curiously: "Sister, what happened? Why are you blushing so much?" Zhang Tong heard Yang Peng's question. , flustered, his heart pounding, he lowered his head and shook his head vigorously: "No, it's nothing." Yang Peng felt that it would be nothing serious, so he stopped asking when she saw that she was unwilling to say anything.
Zhang Tong couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yang Peng didn't ask any more questions. The brother next to him, Zhang Feng, came over and whispered: "I'm surprised too! Sister, when we came together this morning, I saw that your face was red and you were unspeakably shy. What happened? Could it be you? What did you dream about at night?" Zhang Tong was told what was on his mind by his brother, and he said angrily: "Nothing happened, brother, please stop being troublesome!" Zhang Feng looked at Zhang Tong and said with a smile: "It seems that brother You guessed it! You have been like this since you were a child. As long as your brother guesses your thoughts, you will be so anxious!" Then he asked curiously: "Sister, what dream did you have that made you become like this? ?" Zhang Tong was extremely embarrassed and turned away to ignore his brother. Zhang Feng chuckled and stopped asking questions.
In this way, the group of people stayed overnight on the road. After a few days, several people came to a small store. From a distance, I could see a huge crowd of people in front of me. Everyone seemed to be rushing to participate in some activity. Yang Peng stopped a middle-aged man who was running and asked, "Uncle, is there any activity ahead?"
When the middle-aged man saw that most of the people in front of him were wearing armor and had strong and disciplined looks, he asked in surprise: "Are you the Yanyun Army?" Yang Peng smiled and nodded. The middle-aged man became very excited and asked, "You must be a general, right? I don't know which general you are?" Yang Peng smiled and said, "My name is Yang Peng."
The middle-aged man frowned and muttered Yang Peng's name, and said with some disappointment: "Never heard of this name? I thought it would be some famous Yanyun warrior!" Yang Peng chuckled and said, "I It’s true that he doesn’t have much fame.” The middle-aged man came to his senses and bowed quickly: “The common people have seen the general! The common people were really rude just now!”
Yang Peng pointed to the surging crowd in the distance and asked, "What exactly happened over there?"
The middle-aged man said excitedly: "It seems that the general doesn't know yet! The saintly empress of Mingjiao came to our town today and is giving doctors and medicines to the people!"
Yang Peng suddenly realized it and thought to himself: 'I am afraid that most of these people are flocking to her not because they are sick, but because they want to see the peerless face of the legendary Mingjiao saint! 'When I thought about this, I felt a little funny. The middle-aged man bowed and said, "Young man, I'm rushing over! I'm leaving now!" Then he turned around and ran in that direction.
Yang Peng said to the crowd: "Let's go there too." Then he led the crowd in that direction.
Zhang Tong came forward and asked curiously: "Brother Yanwang, is the Mingjiao saint they are talking about the daughter of the Mingjiao leader who was previously destroyed by the court?" Yang Peng nodded and said, "It should be her, right? ! If it’s not her, then it’s a fake!” Zhang Tong asked curiously: “I heard that this saint looks like a fairy and is a rare beauty in the world?” Chen Xiao smiled and said: “What does she look like? I’ll wait for you. You'll be able to see it soon!" Zhang Tong looked forward and couldn't help but look forward to it.
The group of people came to the outside of the crowd and stopped. I stretched my neck and looked inside, and saw that the door of a wooden house opposite the crowd was open, and people were going in one by one. People who came out often had medicinal materials in their hands. The women looked cheerful, while the men were indifferent. He was mesmerized; however, when he looked in the door, he could not see any saint. He only saw a few flying phoenix female guards guarding the hall and the door. The saint must be in the backyard.
Yang Peng didn't want to jump in line at the gate, so he said to everyone: "Let's go to the back." Then he led everyone towards the back door.
The group of people came to the back door and saw that the back door was also guarded by Feifeng female guards. Several Feifeng female guards noticed someone coming and looked over. Seeing that the leader was clearly King Yan, he quickly knelt down and worshiped: "Greetings to King Yan!"
Yang Peng dismounted, walked forward, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite." The female guards thanked him and stood up, still standing respectfully with their heads bowed. Yang Peng asked: "Is Miss Fang inside?" Several female guards said together: "Yes!" One of the female guards continued: "The saint is giving medicines to the people here!" Yang Peng snorted, Then walked in. The Zhang brothers and sisters and several secret guards followed in, while the team stayed outside.
Several people came to the backyard and saw from a distance that people were walking into the back hall and people were coming out. The back hall was surrounded by female guards. Fang Jinzhi must be in the back hall giving medicines to the people.
A female guard cupped her fists towards Yang Peng and said, "Go and report to Miss Fang!" Yang Peng nodded. The female guard went down. Yang Peng and others walked to the pavilion in the backyard and sat down. After a while, I saw a girl in white palace clothes, otherworldly and resembling a fairy, following the female guard. Zhang Feng was of course stunned, and Zhang Tong couldn't help but lose consciousness. Both of them were fascinated by the other's otherworldly and stunning temperament.
The female guard led Fang Jinzhi to the outside of the pavilion and said, "Miss Fang is here!" and then stepped aside. Fang Jinzhi walked into the pavilion with broken steps, and bowed Yingying: "Fang Jinzhi, a civilian girl, pays homage to the leader! I didn't know that the leader is coming, and I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Why are you so polite? Come and sit down. Let’s talk!” Fang Jinzhi promised, walked to sit opposite Yang Peng, neither humble nor arrogant, but seemed to keep a distance from Yang Peng. Zhang Feng came back to his senses and saw the Peerless Fairy sitting not far away. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and embarrassed!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
