"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. I ordered Er'er to preach Yanyun, and I was expecting Erdai to educate the people of Yanyun, so that Yanyun's long-lost land would be returned to Wanghua, but Er's rebellion was disorderly, and he actually ignored the king's Taoism and used crooked reasoning and heresy, which is really punishable! I originally planned to arrest Erna and return to Beijing, but it was the first offense to read Er's hard work and high achievements, so I forgive you this time, you should immediately depose the crooked theory and return to the royal road, so I am very relieved! Chin this. ”

Yang Peng walked up and took the holy decree with both hands. The eunuch raised his chin and said, "The holy decree has arrived, and the family has retired." Having said that, he didn't move, he was waiting for Yang Peng's filial piety. Yang Peng hugged his fists and said, "Don't send it." ”

The eunuch frowned, snorted, and walked away. Yang Peng smiled coldly. I opened the holy decree and read it again, and casually threw it to Jiang Li, the female guard captain on the side, "Throw it in the toilet!" Jiang Li only felt very funny.

Yang Peng returned to the top and sat down. Qian Letian clenched his fists and asked, "My lord, do you want to carry out the requirements of the holy decree?" Yang Peng shook his head and frowned: "We don't have time to delay, ignore these!" Qian Lotian nodded approvingly,

That Li surnamed Xiucai returned to Yanyun and told all the Confucian students the good news of the emperor's decree to reprimand Yang Peng, and the Confucian students were greatly excited, waiting to see a good show! However, as the days passed, the schools around the country continued to operate as usual, and they were becoming more and more prosperous, where was there a little bit of a need to stop! The Confucian scholars were shocked and angry, and under the leadership of a well-known old Confucian student, they gathered more than 1,000 people to make trouble in front of the Yanjing Guard's Mansion, carrying the tablet and statue of Confucius, and questioning Yang Peng why he resisted the decree and did not follow the right path.

The secret guards and female guards in the palace immediately rushed out of the gate to surround the Confucian students, and Li Yanming, Yang Jiumei, and Han Bing, the three female generals, came over with 5,000 soldiers and horses to support after hearing the news. The Confucian scholars couldn't help but panic when they saw such a posture, and the arrogance just now died down in an instant!

Yang Peng was dressed in civilian clothes, with his hands behind his back, and walked out. Standing on the steps, he glanced at the group of so-called social elites in front of him. In his eyes, these social elites are simply worse than garbage! "I'm Yang Peng, what do you want to do?" Yang Peng said. The Confucian student immediately became agitated, and the old Confucian student at the head asked angrily: "May I ask my lord, why don't you teach Confucianism in the academy, but teach those fallacies?" What are the intentions of the masters? The Confucian scholars echoed one after another, and the scene became noisy again.

Han Bingfeng was stunned, and shouted angrily: "Shut up!" The scene immediately fell silent, and these seven-foot men were all silent under Han Bing's female power! It's useless! Yang Peng smiled: "Who said that the knowledge of Confucianism was not taught? Confucianism is also being taught in various schools, you don't know it, right? “

The old Confucian frowned and said, "But at the same time, he is still teaching other doctrines. Since Emperor Wu respected Confucianism, my Confucianism is orthodox. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Since Confucianism is so good, why are you afraid to compare it with other doctrines? It has always been the weak who are afraid to be stronger than the strong, and the ugly who are afraid to be more beautiful than the beautiful! Are you so scared, do you have no faith in Confucianism? ”

The old Confucian was a little panicked, and said strongly: "We are orthodox, why compare with crooked and evil ways!" Yang Peng said mockingly: "Reason is not clear, you don't dare to debate with others and compare with others, but you insist that you are orthodox, isn't it a joke!" ”

The old Confucian had nothing to say, and said angrily: "The adults are strong, I don't have a war of words with the adults!" We are here this time to ask your Excellency, why did you turn a deaf ear to His Majesty's decree? Yang Peng said lightly: "The general will not accept the life of the monarch outside, and the ancient one is already there." The old Confucian pointed at Yang Peng and shouted, "You dare to bully the king?!" ”

Yang Peng laughed, his laughter was full of mockery, and the laughter made the big and small Confucian students panic. Chen Xiao suppressed his laughter and said to the old Confucian student: "Old man, haven't you even figured out a basic truth after reading books all your life?" "What?"

Yang Peng glanced at the Confucian scholars and asked sarcastically, "Don't you Confucian scholars know what it means to convince people with reason?" Actually carried the emperor out without reason! Shame on you! The surrounding soldiers and the onlookers all laughed, and the Confucian scholars only felt like clowns being watched, and they almost wanted to find a hole to get into.

The old man pointed at Chen Xiao angrily and said, "You, you are so blasphemous about the righteous path, sooner or later you will suffer the consequences!" ......" "Old fellow, are you going to carry the emperor out again!" A young man on the lookout shouted. There was another burst of laughter. The old Confucian turned around and pointed at the people, his eyes were blue and his face was blue, "You, you are simply inferior to beasts!" ”

"Enough!" Yang Peng shouted. The Confucian students couldn't help but tremble, and they felt Yang Peng's anger. Yang Peng said coldly: "It's not that after reading a few broken books, you are one level higher than others!" I would like to ask you, what can you do? Can it fight the enemy on the battlefield, or can it bring an endless supply of taxes to the country, can it build houses, or can it produce food? Maybe you will say that you can govern the country, hmph, look at the world governed by you people today, what the people have become like if they are not living and decaying! ”

Some Confucian scholars were very unconvinced and said loudly: "My lord's words are too extreme! Aren't Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling Confucian? The crowd agreed. Yang Peng said with a smile: "Since you talked about Zhuge Liang, then you must know what Zhuge Liang said, right?" The scene immediately fell silent.

Yang Peng asked: "Ask yourself, are you like Zhuge Liang said that the Confucianism of a gentleman, or the Confucianism of a villain." Have people like Zhuge Liang done the things you are doing now? Who of them is not a broad-minded gentleman who embraces all things? When have you rejected the doctrines of others? Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are both involved in military and legalists, and Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling are not only focused on Confucianism, these famous people do not care about which doctrine, but whether these doctrines are useful to the country. Here, I would like to give you a piece of advice, not to argue all day long about what you should get, but to ask yourself what you can offer others. Nothing owes you anything! ”

The Confucian students were depressed and a little ashamed, speechless. Yang Peng said: "Actually, you don't have to make such a high-sounding slogan, and there is no need to carry out the statue and spiritual seat of Confucius to show off the market." It's not the classes you are jealous of. You hate me for not letting you become officials in the yamen in various places, so you just use the topic to play! ”

The Confucian students felt as if Yang Peng had torn off their fig leaf, and Yang Peng was embarrassed and said, "I repeat one thing. No one deliberately does not use Confucianism, and the criterion for selecting subordinates at all levels of the Yamen in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is to have a skill, in other words, you must be useful, whether it is a Confucian or not. Criminal officials, you must at least know how to investigate cases, officials who manage market warehouses must at least know how to count and count, and officials in charge of agriculture must at least know whether wheat or rice is grown in the grain fields. You come and tell me, if you don't understand this, what is the use of those who only know how to play chess, calligraphy and painting? The yamen is an institution that manages society, not a juggling hall for people's entertainment! ”

Some people said loudly: "The general is right, if you let these wastes become officials, they will definitely be the kind of animals like Pang Taishi Wang Qinruo, and we ordinary people will suffer the sins that we people have, and the general must not let these become officials!" The common people shouted one after another, and for a while, the crowd was in turmoil.

The Confucian scholars suddenly found that they had become the target of the public, panicked, and didn't know what to do, the Four Books and the Five Classics were not taught at all! Yang Peng raised his voice and said, "Okay! Go back, all of you. This time, I will give you extrajudicial grace and not cure you and others for the crime of gathering crowds to make trouble! Read well, learn some useful knowledge, and don't always think about getting something for nothing! ”

Han Bing shouted: "It's scattered!" The Confucian scholars rushed with their heads in their hands, and the statue and tablet of Confucius did not care about it, and fled amid the laughter of the people. Yang Peng shook his head and said to Han Bing, Yang Jiumei and Li Yanming, "Okay, you guys go back to the barracks." The three female generals hugged their fists and promised to lead their respective subordinates to leave. The people were amazed when they saw them riding horses heroically, the men looked admiring, and the impulse to join the army could not help but rise in their hearts, and the women were very envious, and they also longed to be like them to be the attention of the public.

Yang Peng returned to the hall. Qian Letian said with a smile: "The lord's words are really happy!" Then he frowned and said, "But the lord must not underestimate the ability of these scholars to spread rumors!" I'm afraid that it won't be long before Confucian scholars in the world will portray the lord as a demon king! Yang Peng waved his hand, "Let them say it's okay!" This rule, which has lasted for more than a thousand years, must be changed, otherwise we will have no future. As for the hatred of those people, let the soldiers cover it up with the water! ”

Those Confucian scholars really didn't stop, continued to connect, and launched another person to go to Beijing to file a complaint. The emperor and the imperial court were shocked to hear that Yang Peng had not resumed Confucian education. At this time, Cao Bin's investigation report was also presented to the court, saying that Yang Peng did indeed plot to misbehave, and took out many letters as evidence, as well as human witnesses. How could Wang Qinruo have such great ability and get so much evidence in such a short period of time? It turned out that these so-called evidence were all concocted by Master Pang.

The emperor was furious, adopted Pang Taishi's suggestion, and issued an edict to summon Yang Peng to Beijing on the pretext of inquiring about Yan Yun's situation. Things turned out exactly as Jerod had predicted. The ministers of the imperial court hurried to Yanjing and conveyed the emperor's edict, ordering Yang Peng to enter Beijing immediately and report to His Majesty's court on all issues concerning the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Yang Peng refused on the grounds that Yanyun bandits were not leveling the Jin army, and Qin Cha said some cruel words and left angrily. "The lord is openly resisting the decree this time, but I'm afraid that the court will not give up!" Zuo Mou was worried. Han Bing sneered: "In the past few years, the imperial court has suppressed bandits and the Northern Expedition, spent countless dollars, and lost countless losses, what strength does it have to deal with us?" ”

Qian Letian said: "General Han is right, although the court is still thick, but the inside is empty. Even so, the emperor was still raising money to repair his Genyue. Where are the resources to deal with us? Let's not talk about these for the time being, even if they have the resources, I'm afraid there will be no one! Over the years of conquest, the Song court has lost countless soldiers in vain, and today's army is just an empty appearance, even the remaining armies are also low in combat effectiveness because of the imperial court's withholding of pensions and salaries, and they are not able to fight at all. We don't need to worry about the imperial court at all. The only thing that the imperial court can do us damage is to stop paying the food and salaries of hundreds of thousands of troops. ”

Yang Peng said: "Qian Letian said very well! However, we can't just let things go on like this, we still have to find a way to steer the imperial court's actions in the direction we want. Looking at Kou Yan, "Kou Yan, you secretly go to the capital, talk to Kou Zhun about it, explain the threat of the Song people clearly, ask him to understand our hardships, and tell him that the threat of the Song people is already imminent, please prepare the imperial court to deal with the unexpected!" Kou Yan stood up, clenched his fists and promised, and then frowned and said, "I'm afraid Kou Zhun's words won't work in front of the court and the emperor!" ”

"It's better than nothing, and let everyone do their best to obey the destiny of heaven. At the same time, you also have to go and meet Wang Qinruo, Lin Te and others, although these corrupt officials are hateful, but they are very useful at this time. "Yes." Qian Letian hugged his fists and said: "Lord, my subordinates think that they can send someone to Liaoguo." "Oh?" "We can pretend to express our willingness to form an alliance in order to break up the Liao army that is pressing on our border, and then we will plot the Northern Expedition."

Yang Peng thought about it, frowned and shook his head: "No, I can't do this kind of thing." Furthermore, the Liao people are not stupid, they will not be so easily fooled. After the meeting ended, Yang Peng came to Zhao Jinxi's room. Zhao Jinxi saw Yang Peng coming in, and hurriedly put down the embroidery in his hand and got up to greet him.

Yang Peng hugged Zhao Jinxi and buried his head in his neck, "Hey, it's really hard!" Zhao Jinxi couldn't help but feel distressed, and said softly: "Big brother is a big hero, so naturally it's rare to be idle." If the eldest brother feels hard, how about the younger sister stroking the piano for you? Yang Peng let go of Zhao Jinxi and nodded with a smile.

Zhao Jinxi immediately walked to the piano stand and knelt down and sat down, looked up at Yang Peng, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Zhao Jinxi gently plucked the strings, the quiet sound of the piano rippled, the red lips opened lightly, and the teeth loomed, and the beautiful melody of "Qingyu Case: Yuan Xi" made people fascinated. Yang Peng sat down at the round table opposite, looked at Zhao Jinxi's stunning appearance, listened to the melodious piano singing, and only felt that this was really a great joy in life!

The minister hurriedly returned to the imperial court and replied: "Yang Peng did not obey the decree and refused to come to Beijing!" Hearing this, the emperor and the ministers couldn't help but change color in shock, and they were at a loss. Wenchen is like this, the conspiracy means are useless, and they don't know what to do.

Kong Yida stepped out of the queue and said angrily: "Your Majesty, this thief's retrograde behavior has been exposed, immediately dispatch a large army to conquer!" Some ministers chimed in. Kou Zhun immediately stepped out, "Your Majesty, our dynasty has been fighting continuously for many years, the treasury has long been empty, the people are poor, and the soldiers in various places have suffered heavy casualties, and they all have complaints. How can this be defeated? ”

Kong Yida said angrily: "I **** have a vast territory and a million armor, how can I not even send an army to quell the rebellion?" Kou Zhun had a look of disgust in his eyes, "Master Kong, national affairs are not as simple as turning over their lips!" Although our dynasty has a vast territory, many places are impoverished because of the previous bandits and the corruption of officials, and they are unable to export money and grain to support the country's war. Although our dynasty has a million armor, but a considerable number of troops have been consumed in the previous campaign, and now the army's morale is low and difficult to rely on, and food and salary are scarce, how to mobilize the army? ”

Kong Yida couldn't help but be speechless. Kou Zhun clasped his fists at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the reason why the general did not follow the order to come to Beijing is also because of his suffering. As far as Wei Chen knows, now that the Liao State is pressing on the northern line of the sixteen states of Yanyun with an army of 550,000, and the bandits in the sixteen states of Yanyun are still in trouble, how dare the general leave under such circumstances? He looked at the minister and asked, "Is what I said true?" Does the Admiral ask you to convey these words to Your Majesty? ”

But the minister was in a state of disarray. Kou Zhun was furious and shouted: "If you don't tell the truth, when the truth is revealed, you will be guilty of bullying the king!" The minister was shocked, and hurriedly hugged his fists at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, indeed, this is indeed the case!" The emperor said with some annoyance: "In that case, why don't you say it?" "Weichen, Weichen thought it was just Yang Peng's prevarication."

Kou Zhun hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang concealed the truth and deceived the king, and asked Your Majesty to treat him for the crime he deserves!" The minister hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen did not intend to deceive Your Majesty, it was really unintentional!" "That's it, don't do it again in the future!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Kou Zhun said: "Your Majesty, the Khitan people are now stationed in my northern Xinjiang with one million soldiers, it can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by, and it is necessary to immediately depose Huashigang and the Internal and Foreign Manufacturing Bureau, remove all kinds of unnecessary taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and reward the three armies, so as to improve the morale of the people, and at the same time prepare for war!" ”

Lin said angrily: "Lord Kou's words are alarmist! The Liao people are our allies, how can they threaten us? As for raising the morale of the people, it is even more nonsense! If there is peace today, and all the people praise it, how can we improve the morale of the people! ”

Wang Qinruo also said: "Not bad! Master Kou is just afraid that he is grandstanding! The emperor nodded approvingly, "What Wang Aiqing and Pang Aiqing said is extremely true. "Your Majesty, don't listen to the words of these traitors!" Kou Zhun said urgently.

Lin Te and the others were furious, and Wang Qinruo sneered at each other: "I really don't know who is the traitor!" As the saying goes, if a traitor is loyal, I am afraid that Master Kou is a real traitor! The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty echoed one after another, and the emperor couldn't help but be suspicious, and scolded: "The widow has made up his mind, you don't have to say it anymore!" Kou Zhun couldn't help but sigh.

Kou Zhun returned to his residence and happened to meet the eighth prince who came to meet him. The two exchanged pleasantries, and then Kou Zhun invited the eighth prince to the study to talk. The two came to the study and sat down. Kou Zhun let out a long sigh. Seeing this, the eighth prince couldn't help but ask the reason. Kou Zhun told the court today's events from beginning to end. The eighth prince frowned, "The Khitan people are wolf-son ambitions, why can't Your Majesty and the ministers see it?" Kou Zhun smiled bitterly and shook his head.

The eighth prince said worriedly: "I'm really worried! If the Khitans move south, how should we respond? Kou Zhun sighed. Thinking of something, he asked: "Do you say that the general is a loyal minister, or a traitor like Cao Mengde?" ”

The eighth prince frowned and thought about it. Shaking his head, he said, "I don't know!" Looking at the Eighth Prince, "I hope he is a ******** capable of turning the tide!" Otherwise......" Both of them became worried.

Yanjing. In the evening, a herald galloped into Yanjing City from the west. Yang Peng hurried to the hall, a dusty herald was waiting in the hall, as soon as he saw Yang Peng come in, he immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and bowed: "The villain greets the general!" ”

"Get up and speak." "Thank you, General!" The herald stood up. Yang Peng asked, "Did something happen?" The herald clasped his fists and said: "The general sent me to report to the general, in the past half a month, a steady stream of grain and grass has been transported to Datong Mansion through Yanshan, and there are constantly troops transferred to Datong Mansion!" The general was worried that the Khitans would attack Juyong Pass, so he sent villains to ask for reinforcements! ”

Yang Peng immediately walked to the map, his eyes fell on Datong Mansion, frowned, and asked; "Are you sure that the enemy's troops and supplies are being transferred to Datong Mansion?" "For sure! Our army scouts went deep into the vicinity of Datong Mansion to reconnoitre! ”

Yang Peng said to the herald: "You go back immediately and tell Huyan Bixian, just say that the reinforcements will arrive soon!" The herald clenched his fists and hurried away. Yang Peng summoned Jiang Li and ordered him to immediately send someone to gather all the important civil and military officials who remained in Yanjing. Jiang Li took the order and ran down.

Soon after, all the civil and military officials who remained in Yanjing gathered in the hall of the Left-behind Mansion. Everyone felt that the atmosphere was very serious, and they felt that something big might have happened. Yang Peng stood at the top and glanced at everyone, "I just received news that the Liao State is moving on a large scale!" ......" everyone whispered, some with excitement on their faces, others with worries on their faces.

Yang Peng said: "The target of the Liao people is not us, but the Central Plains!" Everyone showed surprise, and Qian Letian frowned and said, "This is also reasonable." In the eyes of the Khitans, the Central Plains are obviously much easier to deal with than us, and as long as we take the Central Plains, we will be the turtles in the urn! ”

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