When Yang Peng returned to the hall of the Left-behind Mansion, Zhan Jinguo was waiting in the hall, and there was a dun young man in civilian clothes. He is actually an officer under the command of Zhan Jinguo, named Wang Zhan, don't look at his honest and honest appearance, he is actually the person responsible for monitoring the supervising army Xue Dongpan.

When the two saw Yang Peng coming in, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted. Yang Peng walked up to the two of them and asked, "Is there anything wrong with our Prison Guard?" ”

Wang Zhan clenched his fists and said: "Back to the general, Xue Dongpan secretly sent a messenger with the intention of secretly returning to Tokyo with materials about us, and we found out. Several letters and a book were recovered from his body. So saying, he presented the letter and a notebook.

Yang Peng picked up the fold and looked at it, then looked at the letters separately, and sneered: "I didn't expect that this Xue Dongpan's claws are really long enough, and he actually learned so many things!" Zhan Jinguo clenched his fists and asked, "Big brother, how should this matter be handled?" Yang Peng thought for a while and said categorically: "Immediately arrest Xue Dongpan and his entourage!" Zhan Jinguo hugged his fists and promised to leave, and left quickly, and Wang Zhan also left.

When Xue Dongpan was reading a book at home, the door was suddenly slammed open, and Zhan Jinguo led more than 100 fierce soldiers to rush in. Seeing such a scene, Xue Dongpan frowned and shouted, "General Zhan, what are you doing here?" Get me out! Zhan Jinguo coldly clenched his fists and said, "Lord Prison Army, I'm sorry!" With a wave of his hand, several soldiers immediately stepped forward and escorted Xue Dongpan down. Xue Dongpan naturally knew what was going on, and scolded endlessly: "Yang Peng, you wolf-hearted rebel thief!" How can the official family treat you badly, you dare to make trouble! ……”

Xue Dongpan was imprisoned in the dungeon, still scolding endlessly, and he didn't stop until he was hoarse. Soon after, Yang Peng, accompanied by Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo, went to the dungeon and saw Xue Dongpan, the prison guard, who was in prison. As soon as Xue Dongpan saw Yang Peng, he immediately jumped up with round eyes, ran to the fence, stretched out his hand to grab Yang Peng, and looked extremely angry and crazy. This is the Loyal Minister, their loyalty is so sincere, their anger is so compelling! No matter what era, this kind of person is extremely rare and admirable!

"Lord Xue, I advise you to calm down." Yang Peng said lightly. Xue Dongpan shouted angrily: "Yang Peng, you chaotic minister and thief, you will definitely die a bad death!" Yang Peng smiled coldly, "Your loyalty to Zhao Song is really fierce!" But Zhao Song can now be said to be a disaster to the country and the people, and if you are loyal to Zhao Song, wouldn't you help the people to abuse the people! ”

"The Father is the master of righteousness, and loyalty to the King is unconditional! It's ridiculous that you chaotic thief is ashamed to speak in front of me! Yang Peng smiled, "In this way, no matter what the emperor does wrong, we should endure it and not resist, right?" "Of course! Is there anything wrong with that? ”

"Then I don't understand, since no matter what the emperor does wrong, his subjects should endure it and not resist, then why did Zhao Kuangyin usurp the country of orphans and widows back then. Speaking of which, the orphans and widows have not done anything immoral! ”

Xue Dongpan frowned, and it took a long time before he said, "That's the destiny of heaven!" "Oh, destiny. Isn't that an excuse? Has anyone heard God? If this can be a reason, then I have no problem doing it today, because I am also destined to be! ”

Xue Dongpan glared at Chen Xiao angrily, but there was some hesitation in his eyes. Yang Peng said with a smile: "Starting from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, how many dynasties have changed in the world?" If the one you stick to is really correct, the current country should be returned to the royal family of the Xia Dynasty. If you say that Xia Wei is brutal and unkind and has lost the qualification to own the world, then I want to ask you, is Zhao Song still qualified to have the world today? ”

Xue Dongpan frowned and was silent for a long time, then raised his head, "Qubble!" Yang Peng smiled: "I don't expect you to figure out these things immediately, what you have is time." ”

Xue Dongpan showed a look of surprise, "You won't kill me?" Yang Peng said lightly: "If you are the likes of Master Pang, I will kill you immediately." It's a pity you're not, you're a rare animal! There are too few people like you, and if you were killed, wouldn't it be even fewer? Turning around to leave, he glanced at Xue Dongpan, "You stay here, maybe the development of the current situation in the future will change your opinion." By the way, you need to know that the men you sent to Tokyo have been intercepted by my men. So you don't have to think about that. After the words fell, Yang Peng walked outside, and Zhan Jinguo and Duan Zhixian followed.

Xue Dongpan came back to his senses and shouted at Yang Peng's back: "Yang Peng, who are you?" Who the hell are you? Yang Peng and the others returned to the lobby of the left-behind mansion, and Duan Zhixian asked, "Does the eldest brother want to keep Xue Dongpan in lockdown?" Yang Peng walked to the top and sat down, rubbing his temples, "Hey, this guy really gives me a headache!" It's closed for now. Duan Zhixian said grinningly: "Xue Dongpan is a good official, but he is very pedantic and makes people angry!" ”

Yang Peng smiled. Qian Letian hurriedly came in from outside, hugged his fists and said, "General." Yang Peng glanced at him, "Do you know about Xue Dongpan?" "Back to the general's words, his subordinates already know."

Yang Peng pointed to the seals of the prison army that originally belonged to Xue Dongpan on the book, and said to Qian Letian: "These seals originally belonged to Xue Dongpan. I'll leave it to you now. You have to send a report to the capital every one or two months, as he used to do. "Yes.

Yang Peng thought about these messy things, and his mind was a mess. Han Bing walked over and coughed. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts, looked at Han Bing, and asked with a smile, "Is it you?" Han Bing asked coldly, "I heard that you arrested Xue Dongpan?" ”

Yang Peng smiled bitterly: "Why does this matter seem to be known to everyone?" "Humph! If you don't know what you don't know, you can't do it unless you do! Let me ask you, what do you want to do with Xue Dongpan? "Do you need to talk about that?" Han Bing glared and said, "You're going to kill him?" Yang Peng smiled coldly. Han Bing was in a hurry, "You can't kill him!" He's a good officer! If you kill him, I'll ......."

Yang Peng said lightly: "Is it that if I kill him, you will kill me?" It's okay, you're going to kill me anyway. Han Bing glared at Yang Peng, looking very annoyed, and also looking a little overwhelmed. Yang Peng felt that Han Bing's appearance was really interesting, and he didn't know if it was a problem, he found that he was obsessed with teasing Han Bing. Yang Peng suddenly laughed, "Teasing you, I don't mean to kill Xue Dongpan." What a pity to kill a rare animal like him! ”

Han Bing became angry and roared angrily: "Yang Peng, you are so hateful! After scolding, he turned around and left, obviously looking a little crazy. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing's beautiful figure and smiled, patted his cheek and muttered, "It's okay to tease the beauty, it's really a good sport!"

In the evening, Han Bing sat down on the edge of the bed. Slowly pulled out the dagger tied to his thigh. The cold shining blade rested on Yang Peng's neck, and a light that bordered on madness revealed in his beautiful eyes. "I only need to cut lightly, and the great revenge will be avenged. Who would have imagined that the life of the famous general is now in my hands. ”

Han Bing really wanted to cut it down with a knife to end the grudge between the two, but he didn't know why he couldn't do it. Han Bing frowned and sat there in a daze. Yang Peng suddenly said something. Han Bing was startled and hurriedly withdrew the dagger. looked at Yang Peng and found that he had his eyes closed, his mouth squirming and making a muffled sound, only to know that he was talking in his sleep. I breathed a sigh of relief for no apparent reason. Seeing that the quilt covering him was lifted off by his arm, he said angrily: "Such a big person, he can't sleep honestly!" So saying, he put the dagger aside, stood up, and leaned down to cover him.

Yang Peng felt like Yang Tong in a daze, and it seemed that Yang Jiumei leaned down to cover herself with a quilt, and couldn't help but stretch out her arms and hug her body. Han Bing was suddenly attacked, and was taken aback, and when she reacted, she found that she was already lying in his arms. Han Bing was stunned, and then a feeling that she had never felt before came to her heart, making her panic.

Han Bingtong blushed and shouted, "Let go of me!" But he found that Yang Peng actually hugged himself and fell asleep again, sleeping very sweetly. Han Bing was amused and angry, and hurriedly struggled out of Yang Peng's arms. Standing on the edge of the bed, his delicate face was flushed, and his heart was bumped. Then he frowned and muttered, "He is my enemy, and I will seek revenge on him one day!" The words fell, glanced at Yang Peng, frowned, and turned around abruptly to leave the room.

The next morning, Yang Peng got out of bed and felt some heavy pain in his head. Taking a deep breath, he stood up, and inadvertently noticed a delicate dagger on the edge of the bed. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, bent down and picked up the dagger, looked at it, and muttered with a smile: "Isn't this the dagger I gave back to Han Bing?" It turned out that this dagger was the same dagger that Han Bing used when he sneaked into Yang Peng's mansion in Shangjing to assassinate Yang Peng, but for some reason, the operation was not successful, and the dagger was left behind. Yang Peng got the dagger and later gave it back to Han Bing.

Yang Peng smiled and put the dagger into his arms. Han Bing, who was dressed in a samurai suit with a ponytail, came to the study, saw Yang Peng's back in front of him, and many complicated emotions rose in his heart, and asked coldly, "Are you looking for me?" ”

Yang Peng turned around. Han Bing immediately saw the dagger in Yang Peng's hand, and couldn't help but be shocked, only then did she remember that she had left the dagger in Yang Peng's room last night. A feeling of relief couldn't help but come to my heart, and I said secretly: That's okay, I'll make a break with him today. She thinks that Yang Peng is looking for her to settle accounts.

Yang Peng walked up to Han Bing. Han Bing didn't wait for Yang Peng to speak, and said calmly: "I entered your room last night. I want to kill you! Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Then why didn't you start?" Han Bing's eyes showed a look of confusion, and then he glared and shouted, "Grandma suddenly doesn't want to do it!" Yang Peng smiled. Han Bing's cheeks flushed for no reason, and he said angrily: "You can do whatever you want to do with me!" ”

Yang Peng stretched out his left hand and grabbed Han Bing's right hand, and Han Bing only felt an electric shock. Yang Peng put the dagger into her hand, leaned down and whispered softly in her ear: "Next time, remember not to leave the crime tools at the scene!" Han Bingjiao's face was flushed, ashamed, angry and embarrassed, she glared at Yang Peng fiercely, turned around and ran away.

Yang Peng looked at Han Bing's moving back and smiled. "I didn't know what it meant, but I only knew from the explanation of the fan who had read the book that the first sentence was a Li character, and the winter end of the second sentence was a Yuanhao character, the first two sentences meant that Li Yuanhao wanted to be the emperor, and the last two sentences meant that they wanted to occupy Xiazhou and be the king. Originally, we didn't take this seriously, but we didn't expect it to happen soon. As if the rebels had come out of the ground, they occupied Xiazhou at once, and then they became a prairie fire, and finally captured Yinzhou in one go. Now Li Yuanhao's army must have seized more territory. ”

Duan Zhixian gloated and said: "This Li Yuanhao is also a hero, dare to raise troops to rebel against the imperial court!" The crowd agreed. Qian Lotian said: "General Duan is right, but this person is not worth emulating." Duan Zhixian said angrily: "What do you mean by this?" Is it right to shrink your neck and be oppressed by the court and keep silent? ”

Qian Lotian smiled: "I didn't mean that. The Son of Heaven is commanded by Heaven, and Heaven's will is merciful, since the emperor and the court are rotten and dumb, then it has already violated Heaven's will, and everyone can replace him! ......" Duan Zhixian laughed, "This sentence is the most correct!" I think the eldest brother can replace that faint king! The emperor who is the faint king, can't the eldest brother still be able to do it? The brothers chimed in.

Qian Lotian smiled, "The lord naturally did it." But now is not the time. Acting recklessly like Li Yuanhao is actually harming others and yourself! Now rising in the north, it is about to become a huge threat far superior to the Liao State, and in such a situation, rash infighting is likely to make foreigners reap the benefits. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the vigilance against internal troubles has always been higher than that of external troubles, and if you rashly raise the banner of rebellion, you will inevitably be strangled by the Song Court, although the Song Court is rotten, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it will be strangled with all its might, not to mention Fang La, even we can't bear it! Therefore, we must act cautiously, not only to accumulate the strength to continue to dominate the world, but also to avoid direct confrontation with the Great Song Dynasty for the time being! “

Chen Jie said angrily: "Sir's words are a bit exaggerated!" The Song court only had the likes of Pang Taishi, the generals only knew how to be greedy for money and didn't know how to fight at all, and the soldiers generally lacked training and were greedy for life and afraid of death, what was there to fear in such a court? ”

Qian Lotian shook his head, "General Chen's words are wrong!" Song Ting is not without good generals who can fight well, such as Bianjing Yang Yanzhao, such as Gao Hu, such as Zhi Daoping, these are all old and courageous and resourceful people. The Song court is not without talents, but it is really a traitor who is the emperor and is mediocre, causing the pearl to be dusty! ”

Qian Letian said: "Once the emperor and those traitors see that the situation is out of control, they will definitely appoint these good generals, and the outcome will be really unpredictable." And just when our own people are in internal friction, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom will take advantage of the void! At that time, the country was overturned, whether it was a faint monarch or a traitor, a loyal minister and a righteous man, all of them became slaves of the country! Everyone frowned, their hearts heavy.

Yang Peng returned to the courtyard at the back, all the women came to greet him, Yang Peng gave each one a long wet kiss, making the hall full of spring, and the pair of eyes with affection and hatred simply melted Yang Peng. All day, Yang Peng didn't go anywhere, he didn't deal with anything, he stayed in the backyard of the left-behind mansion and lingered with the women.

The next morning, Yang Peng discussed with Qian Letian, Zhan Jinguo, Duan Zhixian, and Huyan Chijin in the study. Qian Letian reported to Yang Peng on the expenses and civil affairs: "In the past three months, more than 156,000 hectares of newly reclaimed farmland, of which 100,000 hectares are official land, and the rest are the income of the people. In the latest month, the tariff revenue and commercial tax revenue increased by 20% compared with the previous month, and commercial and trade activities are booming; In the last three months, 500,000 new people have been added, all of whom have migrated from all over the Central Plains, and their subordinates have resettled them in the eight prefectures, and now the total population of the eight prefectures has exceeded 2 million. As for expenses, the total expenditure of the army in these three months was 1,129,345 taels and 33 cents. ”

Duan Zhixian pursed his lips and said angrily: "You are also stingy, you can even calculate the fraction!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh, but Qian Letian said solemnly: "Although the number is small, it is related to military spending, and it must not be sloppy at all!" Duan Zhixian was in awe, "You're right, I'm wrong!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Duan Zhixian, don't make trouble, Qian Letian, you continue." "Yes. The expenses of the army were one hundred and twenty-nine thousand three hundred and forty-five taels; The policy of benefiting the people and the expenditure on various internal affairs were 693,629.22 dollars. Then he took out a fold from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, "This is a detailed entry of the various expenses, please take a look at the general." ”

Yang Peng took the fold, opened it to take a brief look, and then closed it and put it on the desk. Pondered: "The amount of money flowing is so large, if there is no effective supervision, I am afraid that there will be many ** phenomena." Qian Lotian thought so deeply and sighed, "This kind of thing has been investigated and dealt with many times, and it is all about embezzlement of public funds and corruption of the law!" ……”

Duan Zhixian glared and shouted, "What?!" We also have a corrupt dog official here? Zhan Jinguo sighed, "How can this kind of thing be avoided!" Duan Zhixian suddenly got up, "No! These people must be slaughtered! Yang Peng smiled: "Zhixian, don't get excited, sit down!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand, "Where can I still sit!" ”

Yang Peng said angrily: "You can't solve the problem if you're so bothered!" I have a way to do this, you don't have to get excited. Duan Zhixian sat down after hearing Yang Peng say this, "Big brother, what can you do?" We can't let these eight lambs ruin the country we have so hard to build! ”

Yang Peng looked at Qian Letian, "What do you say?" Qian Letian said: "There are two ways, one is to strictly investigate corruption, as long as it is found, it will be dealt with strictly, and it will not be tolerated, but this method can only treat the symptoms, but not the root cause." In order to cure the root cause, it is necessary to build a proper supervision system, so that they can discover problems in a timely manner and eliminate the cancer attached to the military and political system as soon as possible. ”

Yang Peng said: "It is the same as what I thought. But have you thought about it, the supervision system of the Song Court is not imperfect, but now it is still a bull ghost and snake god, why is this? Qian Letian frowned and thought: "That's because the emperor is mediocre." ”

"Ah! That's the crux of the matter! In fact, since the Qin and Han dynasties, the supervision system of the imperial court has been very perfect, but why do the old problems appear repeatedly, and the once extremely glorious dynasties cannot escape the fate of extinction in the end? It's because of the Emperor! This is the biggest weakness! No matter how reasonable the government structure is, as long as the emperor is a bastard, everything will be in vain! Therefore, the only way to solve the cycle of chaos in the Central Plains for more than a thousand years is to solve this weakness! If we don't solve this weakness, now the scene of demons and monsters as Taoists living in poverty will continue to appear! ”

Everyone felt that what Yang Peng said was very reasonable, and couldn't help but nodded, Duan Zhixian frowned and said, "I don't think there is a way to solve this problem!" Emperor after emperor, there will always be bastards! No matter how brave and wise the eldest brother is, he can't guarantee that a little beast will be born! Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and Yang Peng said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, are you cursing me?" ”

Duan Zhixian smiled, "I'm telling the truth!" Yang Peng nodded, "You're right, no matter how great a person is, he can't guarantee that there won't be bastards among his offspring!" Therefore, is it possible to change a way of thinking and find a way from the inheritance system of the ancient Zen Rang? Qian Letian's eyes lit up, and then he gloomy, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this won't work, no matter how wise the king is, I'm afraid he won't be willing to put his throne in the hands of someone with a foreign surname!" ”

Duan Zhixian said: "So we have to change a lot of things, the first of all, is to change the thinking and morality of the loyal monarch." There is nothing wrong with being loyal to a wise king, but should a mediocre king also be loyal? This idea of loyalty to the monarch is originally a paradox, created by those emperors in order to ensure that they and their descendants rule the country! Therefore, without changing this, there is no way to solve the problem of the emperor. ”

"Don't people need to be loyal?" Zhan Jinguo asked confusedly. Yang Peng shook his head, "Of course, people must be loyal, but they are not loyal to the king, but loyal to the nation and the country." Everyone's eyes lit up. Yang Peng pondered: "To achieve this point is by no means achieved overnight, it will take a long time and a lot of effort, and the resistance encountered will definitely not be small!" This alone is not enough, it is also necessary to transform the government and the army so that they become a force loyal to the country and not to a certain person or family. With these, we can ensure the smooth implementation of the Zen concession system, and ensure that the king does not dare and cannot pass on the throne to his son! ”

Everyone fell into deep thought, and their thoughts continued along the opening that Yang Peng opened for them, as if they saw a beautiful future completely different from the historical record, and they couldn't help but be excited, but also faintly worried and afraid. Duan Zhixian's eyes widened and he swallowed, "His grandmother's!" The Sprinkler family finally knows what to do! ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and we must start doing it now." Duan Zhixian hugged his fists and said: "What does the eldest brother want to do, just give orders!" Sprinkle the liver and brain on the ground! Yang Peng said to Zhan Jinguo and Duan Zhixian: "The education of the army has been done, and the reason why our army has shown a unique momentum and combat effectiveness can be said to be because of this. In the future, education will be strengthened, and I will write a textbook for you in a while. In addition, it is necessary to institutionalize the political commissar for me, from the large regiment to the small team, and we must set up a moral theory, which must be a person who is firmly loyal to the country and the nation, educate soldiers in peacetime, and boost morale during war years. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.