Yang Peng chuckled, pinched Yan Ji's chin and kissed her red lips, and said with a smile: "You are so smart! My husband must reward you well!" As he said this, he lowered his palms. Yan Ji chuckled and said angrily: "Husband, you are so evil!"...
The next morning, all the cabinet ministers gathered in the court to discuss matters. Chai Yongqi first reported: "Your Majesty, the construction of the armory in the Dali area is in progress. Since the Dali Kingdom has previously accumulated a considerable amount of ordnance supplies, this work is progressing very smoothly. It is estimated that it will be completed within two years. The reserve task of 100,000 ordnance supplies.”
Yang Peng nodded, glanced at Chai Jin, and said with a smile, "Very good." Chai Yongqi was overjoyed and sat back in his seat.
Zhang Xiang stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the military government in the Dali area is also intensifying, and the progress is relatively smooth. It should be able to have preliminary combat readiness capabilities before and after the Spring Festival. The military government deployed from Sichuan, northwest and other places The officers are all in place." Yang Peng nodded. Zhang Xiang sat back in his seat.
Huang Qiaoyun stood up and clasped his fists and said: "The supervisory officials are in place and can now regularly send reports to Bianliang. According to the latest report, almost all of the former Dali officials have committed corruption and perversion of the law. Conclusive evidence has been obtained for some of them. There were twenty-three people, including three prefects and six prefects. The supervisory governor recommended to the cabinet that all Dali officials should be completely replaced."
Yang Peng smiled and said: "This situation is not strange. It would be strange if it were not like this." Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Yang Peng thought: "Dali has just been included in the territory, so it is not appropriate to take too drastic actions for the time being. The top priority now is to stabilize the local area and promote our policies, so that Dali can integrate into our big family as soon as possible. However, for those who are corrupt and bend the law, we should not You must not tolerate it. Toleration can only support adultery. Tell the Supervisory Governor that you can take action against those officials with solid evidence, and continue to investigate and monitor other officials." Huang Qiaoyun clasped his fists in agreement, then looked at Yan Ji and said: "The Supervisory Governor also asked the cabinet for instructions Your Majesty, can you order Huaxu to provide assistance?" Yang Peng asked Yan Ji with a smile: "What does the Grand Pavilion Chief Huaxu say?" Yan Ji said: "When my colleagues ask for help, Huaxu is naturally duty-bound. It's just that the people currently in that direction Hua Xu has basically been sent to Bagan, and I'm afraid the help he can provide is very limited. I can dispatch Hua Xu's subordinates from the Jiangnan and Sichuan areas to Dali to assist the Supervisory Governor." Huang Qiaoyun smiled and saluted: "Thank you, sister-in-law!" Yan Ji smiled slightly.
Seeing that everyone had nothing to do, Yang Peng told the story about the royal family of Khwarezm coming to ask for help. Everyone started talking quietly.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said, "Brothers, please express your opinions."
Everyone stopped their private discussions. Tang Shidian clasped his fists with excitement and said: "This incident is enough to show that our Ming Empire is now as powerful as the Tang Dynasty! After the Tang Dynasty, how can there be countries from far away who come to us for help!" Everyone They couldn't help but nodded in agreement. Everyone looked so proud. They had reason to be proud.
Yang Peng said jokingly: "The current situation is just in its infancy. Don't be complacent. The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still have to work hard!" Everyone laughed.
Huang Qiaoyun said: "Now that we have not even responded to Goryeo's request for help, it is naturally impossible to respond to Khwarezm's request for help."
Huang Guang said: "Master Huang is right. But since Huarizmo has come all the way here, we can't let them down too much. We have to give them some hope." He looked at Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty is an unparalleled hero. Sooner or later, our Yanyun soldiers will launch a war with Western Liao and the Liao Kingdom. At that time, these royal families of Khwarezm will be useful." Everyone nodded with deep sympathy and looked at Yang Peng. See what he says.
Yang Peng said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, the unparalleled hero is actually a big bandit!" Everyone laughed, and then they couldn't help but laugh when Yang Peng was joking.
Yang Peng said: "Huang Guang is right. The war with Xiliao and Heguo will break out sooner or later. We have to prepare for future wars. And the Khwarezm royal family is naturally a chess piece that can be used." Scanning He glanced at everyone in the cabinet and said: "The Khwarezm royal family will arrive in Bianliang soon, and your cabinet will do the reception work on behalf of me and the empire. As for the meeting, there is no rush for the time being." Everyone stood up together and clasped their fists in agreement.
After the meeting, Yang Peng returned to the imperial garden alone and wandered around. The scenery of the Royal Garden is extremely beautiful, more beautiful than any park scenery in later generations, but Yang Peng's mind at the moment is not on the gorgeous scenery in front of him, but flying to the distant west. Today, the Western world is also undergoing earth-shaking changes. The dramatic changes were completely different from the history I knew. Khwarezm, which was supposed to be destroyed by the Mongols, was actually divided up by the Liao Kingdom and Western Liao. The Seljuk Turkish Empire, which should have been inherited until World War I, actually perished at the hands of the Crusaders headed by the Holy Roman Empire, while the Byzantine Empire, which had always been in a defensive position, actually moved northward with a very sharp front.
Yang Peng walked to the lake and looked at the sparkling lake. He felt that history seemed to be no longer clear like the lake. Perhaps because he appeared in this era, another completely different parallel space was created. In this parallel space, starting from the Northern Song Dynasty, everything completely deviated from the trajectory of the world he came from. Yang Peng felt that the future of this time and space has infinite possibilities, and these possibilities are in his hands. Inexplicable excitement surged into my heart.
Yang Peng sat down on the big bluestone by the lake. The sailor picked up a stone and threw it into the distance. The stone flew out and landed far away in the lake covered with lotus leaves. With a splash, the lake water rippled, and the lotus leaves swayed with the waves. Yang Peng feels that the drastic changes in the Western world are not over yet, and greater drastic changes are still to come. What will the Western world eventually become? Yang Peng couldn't help but look forward to it.
Familiar soft footsteps came from behind. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts and smiled. Then Yan Ji came to Yang Peng's side. Chen Xiao looked at her, and she looked at Yang Peng. The couple looked at each other and smiled. Yan Ji asked curiously: "What is your husband thinking about?" Yang Peng reached out and held Yan Ji's delicate hand, brought it to his mouth, kissed it, and said with a bad smile: "I'm thinking of you!" Yan Ji's beautiful eyes There was a strange color in her heart, and she said coquettishly: "My husband is teasing me again!" Yang Peng raised his right hand, gently swiped Yan Ji's red lips, and then across her slender and beautiful neck, passing by the All the men went crazy, hugged Yan Ji's slender waist, and said with a smile: "I'm thinking about every inch of Ai Ji's skin, every charming place. Just imagining it makes me feel so ecstasy that my bones are broken." ah!"
Yan Ji couldn't help being moved and leaned into her lover's arms. She muttered to herself: "I, I, should never leave your husband! I can't imagine how I will live if my husband no longer wants me one day!"
Yang Peng said angrily: "What nonsense is this! How could I not want you anymore!"
Yan Ji raised her unparalleled face and said infatuatedly: "As the saying goes, time is merciless! I will lose my current beauty one day. At that time, my husband will be disgusted when he sees me. How can I be like now? So much love!"
Yang Peng put his arms around Yan Ji's slender waist and kissed her red lips. Then he knelt down on one knee. Yan Ji was stunned when she saw this scene. I saw my lover raised his right hand and said in a gentle and firm voice: "I swear here to the gods of heaven and earth that I will love my beloved wife Yan Ji very much in this life, and it will not change no matter what happens! If you violate this oath, , Heaven and earth cannot tolerate it!" Yan Ji felt that her heart was completely broken, her eyes were blurred with tears, and she threw herself into the arms of her lover with a cry. She felt that nothing in eternity could compare to the feeling of this moment.
Yang Peng hugged Yan Ji and whispered in her ear: "Are you willing to accompany me throughout this life?" Yan Ji nodded vigorously and said categorically: "With these words from my husband, I, my concubine, still have What do you ask for! Even if your body is shattered into pieces tomorrow and you never recover, there will be no regrets!"
Yang Peng's face changed color, and she quickly covered her lips and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! How can you talk nonsense like this!" Yan Ji saw that her lover, who had never believed in ghosts and gods, was so nervous. She obviously loved her. To the extreme, I couldn’t help but feel extremely happy and moved.
Yang Peng took Yan Ji's slender hand and stood up, and said seriously: "We will all live to be a hundred years old! At that time, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will also get married. Looking at the children and grandchildren in the hall, that is What an incomparable blessing!" Yan Ji's eyes couldn't help but reveal a look of longing.
Yang Peng said: "Although I, your husband, am a little lustful, I am definitely not a ruthless person. And when you are old, you will not think about beautiful things. At that time, it is best to have caring people by your side." It's over. As the saying goes: 'A young couple always comes to keep company.' Well! You can't think of your husband as a guy who wants old cows to eat young grass!" Yan Ji chuckled.
Yang Peng also laughed, holding Yan Ji's delicate hand and walking along the lake. Yang Peng sighed and said: "The thing I feel most guilty about is that I cannot give all my feelings to one of you. You love me wholeheartedly, but there is someone else in my heart!"
Yan Ji said softly: "How can you blame your husband! Every one of his princesses loves him so much. Each of them may have shortcomings like this, but I dare to say that every one of them loves him so much." Everyone is willing to die for their husband, without any regrets! With such deep affection, wouldn’t it be too heartless for the husband not to be moved?”
Yang Peng sighed and said with a wry smile: "Don't you think it's just philanthropy?"
Yan Ji sneered and said: "These are just words spoken by an incompetent man. He couldn't get true love himself, and when he saw the crowd of people surrounded by flowers, he felt jealous and scoffed at the philandering. In fact, he didn't know how much he had in his heart. They long to be the one surrounded by flowers! There are also some people who, just for fame and fame, see a woman falling in love with them, but they dare not accept it and force themselves to ignore it. As a result, the infatuated woman is hurt and heartbroken. Absolutely. Either the ancient Buddha with a green lantern is always with him, or he hangs himself from a beam and leaves only a trace of his soul. But that man is trapped in endless self-blame, and can never let go, let alone forget the longing for that infatuated woman. Is this called special affection? It’s just seeking fame and reputation to harm others and yourself.”
Yang Peng smiled and said, "In that case, it's still a good thing for me to be such a carefree person, right?"
Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, hugged Yang Peng's arm and leaned on his shoulder. She raised her head and said with a smile: "My husband is naturally good!" Then she said angrily: "My husband is too soft-hearted! Seeing anyone who is against anyone He can't harden his heart to keep the woman he loves thousands of miles away! As a result, there are more and more concubines around him!" Yang Peng smiled bitterly, feeling that Yan Ji's words really spoke to him. My heart went. Yan Ji glanced at her lover, and said happily: "But it's thanks to your husband's soft heart, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get what I wanted!" Her beautiful face changed color slightly, and she said fearfully: "I really don't dare. I can’t imagine my husband not accepting my concubine at the beginning, but I can’t imagine how I will live in the future.”
Yang Peng said angrily: "Nothing happened, what are you thinking about!"
Yan Ji smiled brightly and put the sad and bad thoughts behind her.
Thinking of business, he said: "Husband, I just received a report from the east, saying that the Ryukyu Kingdom has sent an envoy to come to Bianliang to meet your husband and join us, Yanyun."
Yang Peng laughed and said, "What a good thing!" Then he frowned and said, "I remember that Wang Qinruo seemed to have escaped to Ryukyu. Since Ryukyu came to surrender, how did Wang Qinruo and the others deal with it?" Yan Ji said, "They have already killed them. Wang Qinruo, Wang Qinruo's head was carried by the envoy and is on the way to Bianliang." Yang Peng couldn't help feeling a little emotional that a great traitor of a generation died like this. Yang Peng murmured, "Wang Qinruo brought this end to himself!" Then he smiled and said, "The two traitors, Pang Jie and Liu Yu, are all dead now! They both deserved to die badly, so it's really satisfying. !" Liu Yu was the great traitor who had previously defected to the Liao Kingdom and became the puppet emperor of Qi to help the Liao people control the Central Plains. This man may have set a precedent for the Han puppet army. Later, the Ming army expelled the Khitans in a bloody battle in the Central Plains, and Liu Yu had no choice but to seek refuge with Zhao Heng. However, the good times did not last long. Soon after, the Ming army swept across the entire Jiangnan, and the Song army was unstoppable. At that time, Liu Yu disappeared. Soon after, Liu Yu's cronies kidnapped him and his family to the local government, and Liu Yu was arrested. The interrogation didn't take much time before he was sentenced to death for being a traitor.
Yang Peng smiled and said to Yan Ji: "These two people are dead, and my worry is finally over."
Early the next morning, there was a regular court meeting.
Zhang Xiang stood up, holding a report in both hands, and reported to Yang Peng: "Your Majesty, the cabinet received a letter from General Shi Liancheng last night. Please read it." He then left the office, walked up to the top, and put the letter away. He put it on Yang Peng's desk, then stepped back, bowed his head and waited for Yang Peng's instructions.
Yang Peng picked up the report, opened it, and read it again. Putting down the report, he asked, "Has your cabinet discussed this matter?"
Zhang Xiang clasped his fists and said: "Before your Majesty came, we had a brief discussion. However, everyone's opinions were not consistent. I think this matter is not trivial. Although General Shi Liancheng sent this person here, there is no way to protect General Shi Liancheng's safety." There is no idea behind it, so Hua Xu should be ordered to secretly investigate General Wu!" Tang Shidian and Huang Guang agreed.
Yang Peng did not express his position and looked at the others.
Chai Yongqi stood up, clasped his fists and said, "I do not agree with Lord Tang's opinion. General Shi Liancheng is so loyal and brave, how could he betray him! Besides, General Shi Liancheng's action of sending this man here is enough to show that General Shi Liancheng is honest and sincere." I have a clear conscience now! If we continue to investigate General Shi Liancheng, wouldn’t it make the loyal ministers and generals feel chilled?"
Zhang Xiang said: "Master Chai's words are not unreasonable. But this kind of thing is related to the safety of the world and the future of the country, how can we not be cautious! I also absolutely believe in the character of General Shi Liancheng, but this is just a personal feeling, how can we abandon it for personal reasons? Sir? Now that General Shi Liancheng has been involved in the rebellion, how can we not conduct an investigation? In this way, General Shi Liancheng's innocence can also be restored. Isn't this the best of both worlds? "
Chai Yongqi said: "General Shi Liancheng has no doubts and no accusations. How can he be convinced by so many suspicions? Even if General Shi Liancheng can be cleared in the end, he has already hurt the hearts of loyal ministers. This is exactly what those Those who are hiding in the dark and hatching conspiracies want to see it!"
Zhang Xiang wanted to continue to argue. At this time, Yang Peng raised his right hand, and Zhang Xiang stopped immediately.
Yang Peng temporarily put aside the personal relationships between his children and continued to handle official duties. I picked up an official document and opened it. It was from Yang Guihua from Sichuan, saying that the Tibetan mission had already set off and would arrive before the Spring Festival this year. The size of the mission was very large. Not only was the uncle of the current Tubo emperor leading the mission, but it also brought a large number of rare treasures, as well as a hundred Tibetan and lustful beauties.
Yang Peng smiled and murmured: "The Tubo people are scared." Yang Peng was right, the Tubo people were indeed scared. After Tubo saw the Ming army sweeping through Dali, defeating the Tianzhu and Bagan armies one after another, and then attacking Bagan, they could no longer sit still! The voices in the court that wanted to fight to the bitter end with the Ming Dynasty disappeared, and almost everyone was talking about peace talks with the Ming Dynasty. No one, be it the Tubo Emperor, ministers, traders or lackeys, or ordinary people in the market, now dares to have the idea of being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. They just want to be able to truly reconcile with the Ming Dynasty. For this, it is worth it at all costs. Therefore, the Tubo court quickly passed a resolution and decided to appoint the emperor's uncle as the visiting minister, leading the mission to carry the rare treasures that the Tubo palace had collected for many years, and select a hundred beautiful virgins from the people and the palace to be sent as envoys to the Ming Dynasty. Don’t ask to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Peng gave instructions in the official document: "Let the officials from various places along the route receive a good reception." 'Then he put the official document on the right side.
Yang Peng picked up another official document, opened it and read it. This is a report from the navy, saying that it was discovered that the Japanese had organized a large merchant fleet to go south, and they were asking the court for instructions on how to deal with it.
Yang Peng immediately understood the Japanese's intentions. They wanted to develop maritime trade to quickly increase their own strength. Yang Peng smiled coldly and wrote on the official document: "Block back the Japanese merchant fleet. Tell them that the southern sea area is the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty. They are not allowed to go south without the permission of the Ming Dynasty!" After checking it again, When I thought there was no problem, I closed the document and placed it in the middle of the pile of documents on the right. The process of handling affairs in Ming Dynasty is divided into two parts. General government affairs, including general internal affairs and supervision matters of the supervisory department, are all handled by the cabinet, and then summarized into a situation report at regular intervals and reported to the emperor Yang Peng; while major military affairs and foreign-related matters are first discussed After it was sent to Yang Peng, Yang Peng would give instructions first, and then submit it to the cabinet for discussion, form a formal order document, and issue it. However, in emergencies, Yang Peng can also issue orders directly without cabinet discussion, and the cabinet can also convey orders without Yang Peng's review.
All official documents have been processed. Yang Peng stretched a lot. He took a long breath, stood up, and walked to the huge map hanging on the side. This map is a complete map of the entire Asian region. The general shape of each country, the major cities and the mountains and rivers in each place are all reflected.
Yang Peng's eyes first stopped in the Bagan area in the south, and then moved to the north. Looking at Liao Guo, he couldn't help but frown. He thought of the child whom the king held in his hands that he had never seen before. Yang Peng originally planned to go north to the grassland to fight with the Liao Kingdom after defeating Dali. However, after meeting with Wang Jun and learning that one of his own flesh and blood was in her hands, he felt that he was going to surrender. Because of this personal relationship, Yang Peng had adjusted his previously planned plan and decided to temporarily abandon his plan to march north to the grasslands to compete with the Liao Kingdom.
Yang Peng smiled bitterly and murmured: "This is really called 'passionate and hateful since ancient times, and this hatred lasts forever'! Alas, it seems that people still can't be too lustful! There is a knife on the head with the word lust, this You are absolutely right!" He touched his chin and said anxiously: "I wonder if they have found out the whereabouts of the child?" He shook his head and temporarily put these thoughts behind him. His eyes moved to the west, looking at Xiliao, and thought: "Xiliao and Liao Kingdom carved up Khwarezm together, and the Crusaders headed by the Holy Roman Empire attacked and destroyed the Seljuq Empire. Maybe this army was conquered by religion. The crusaders who are carried away by their enthusiasm will go to war with the Liao Kingdom and Western Liao!" He smiled and murmured: "We don't have to be too hasty. If we wait a little longer, something unexpected may happen."
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
