Everyone's hearts sank, and they knelt down together and bowed: "We will swear allegiance to His Royal Highness King Yan to the death, if there is a different heart, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and we will never be reborn!" Yang Peng nodded, "I hope you remember today's oath!" Then he turned and walked to the top, and when he turned around, and saw that everyone was still kneeling, he raised his voice, "Get up, all of you." "King Xie Yan!" Immediately, everyone stood up. Yang Peng said: "You are all my Yanyun's local parents, you must know my Yanyun's laws and regulations, otherwise how to manage the place?" Then he looked at the few hidden killers who were holding a stack of pamphlets on the side, and several hidden killers immediately stepped forward, distributed the pamphlets to the people, and then retreated to the side.

Yang Peng said: "This booklet records the laws and regulations of my Yanyun, and you must keep it in mind when you go back." ”

The crowd bowed down and promised. Yang Peng said: "Some of you have made great contributions to Yan Yun, and I keep them all in mind. Looking at a scribe with an elegant temperament in the crowd, "Zhang Dekang!" Zhang Dekang was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately went out to pay a big salute: "The lower officials meet His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng smiled slightly, and said to everyone: "Lord Zhang assisted our army to capture Fengxiang Mansion, if it weren't for Lord Zhang to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, this Fengxiang Mansion would not have been taken so easily......" Zhang Dekang hurriedly said: "This is all caused by His Royal Highness King Yan's virtue, how dare the lower officials take credit!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "Master Zhang doesn't have to be too humble. Lord Zhang has made great contributions, and I, Yanyun, have always been rewarded for meritorious service and punished for guilt, so I promoted you to be the deputy Xuanwei envoy of Weibei, and at the same time concurrently served as the prefect of Fengxiang Mansion. ”

Zhang Dekang was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, while the other Chinese looked at him with envy. Zhang Dekang stood up and retreated into the crowd. Yang Peng glanced at everyone, "Although you don't have such a credit as Lord Zhang, taking the initiative to abandon the dark and surrender to the light is also a credit, and you are all in the original position." And they all thanked each other.

Yang Peng said: "However, when the Tubo people invaded, they opened the city and surrendered without any resistance. It would have been fine if this had happened before submitting to me Yan Yun, but they did this kind of thing soon after submitting to my Yan Yun, I didn't want to spare them, but military law is ruthless! Come, bring them up! ”

Everyone only heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside, and hurriedly turned to look, only to see more than a dozen sturdy Yanyun sergeants walking into the hall with seven or eight unkempt beggars and officials with their official robes stripped off. Someone who knows exclaimed in a low voice: "It's the governor of Huangzhou!" "That's the Jishi Army, and the governor of Kuozhou!" ……

More than a dozen sergeants pushed the officials to their knees, and the officials begged Yang Peng for mercy in fear: "King Yan spare his life!" King Yan spares his life! ......" One of the rather handsome officials said urgently: "Yan Wang Rongyu, Yan Wang Rongyu!" ”

Yang Peng glanced at him, "Say it." The official hurriedly said: "The lower officials are full of poetry and books, how can they not know the principle of loyalty and righteousness!" The reason why Tibet surrendered was because it was a last resort to protect the people of the city! If it weren't for that, Xia Guan would definitely fight with the Tubo people to repay King Yan to the death! The last sentence was impassioned and very emotional, and people couldn't help but believe that what he said was true. This person's name is Chen Zhongxiao, before becoming an official, he was a famous talent in the Great Song Dynasty, and he can be described as a famous lady in his deep dream, many years ago, he won fame, and then his career went smoothly, and he became the governor of Kuozhou at the age of less than 30.

Yang Peng glanced at him, "If that's the case, it's indeed excusable...... Chen Zhongxiao thought that Yang Peng had spared him, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Thank you King Yan for your kindness, thank you King Yan for your kindness!" Yang Peng said: "In order to protect the people of the city, I had to surrender to the enemy, and it was understandable......" He pointed to a thin and clear-looking man in the crowd, "For example, Feng Gu, he is the governor of Lanzhou, after my Yanyun army was forced to retreat, he asked to take the initiative to stay and deal with the enemy, just to protect the people." Although he also surrendered to the enemy, it was indeed a last resort, and he opened the city gate only after three chapters of the agreement with the Tubo people, and tens of thousands of people in the city were all preserved. Feng Gu sighed.

Yang Peng walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, then turned to Chen Zhongxiao and said, "But you are not like this. As far as I know, in order to curry favor with the Tubo people, you led the officials to help the Tubo people rob the people's property and loot the people's food, and even snatched a sister from a family surnamed Deng and presented it to the Tubo commander. ......" Chen Zhongxiao heard Yang Peng list what he had done one by one, panicked, and didn't know what to do.

Yang Peng walked up to Chen Zhongxiao, squatted down, and asked, "How many good things have you done, and you dare to say that you are ashamed to say that it is to protect the people?" Chen Zhongxiao was shocked, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Yan Yanyan King spare your life, spare your life!" Down, down, the lower official is a last resort, a last resort, not intentionally, intentionally! ”

Yang Peng smiled coldly, stood up, and glanced at the other officials who were kneeling on the ground, "What you have done is not much better than this Chen Dacai!" Everyone was so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy, and for a while the hall was full of kowtows and begging for mercy, Yang Erya showed contempt on her face, feeling that these men were really men in vain, they were worse than pigs and dogs, and they all felt disgusted when they looked at it.

Yang Peng suddenly shouted: "Shut up! The kowtowing and begging for mercy stopped abruptly, and the other officials couldn't help but be shocked. Yang Peng said coldly: "So far, you still want to beg for mercy? What did you do earlier? I want to ask for mercy now, it's too late! Come on, drag them down, Fa-rectification! ”

The sergeants immediately dragged them down, and they cried and cried for mercy, and their voices were so terrible. Soon after, seven or eight sergeants came in with seven or eight bloody heads. When all the officials saw this, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and the hall was extremely quiet for a while.

Yang Peng waved his hand, and the sergeants held the heads and retreated. Yang Peng returned to the top and sat down, looking at the officials in front of him, most of them lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Yang Peng. Yang Peng knew it in his heart and said, "You all go back and do your own work!" As long as he has merit, I will not treat him badly, but if he dares to be corrupt and pervert the law, my Yanyun's law is no better than that of other families, and no one can talk about it! Everyone's hearts sank, and they all said that they would conscientiously repay the trust of King Yan.

Yang Peng nodded, "I hope so!" Alright, you all go. Everyone bowed to Chen Xiao, and Yuguan withdrew from the hall, and suddenly only Yang Peng and Yang Erya were left in the hall. Yang Erya smiled: "These guys are all scared by the big brother!" ”

Yang Peng sighed and shook his head, "I don't want them to be like this!" Yang Erya frowned and said: "These people are all greedy and greedy for life and afraid of death, it is really uneasy for them to manage the place!" Yang Peng said: "There is no way, our Yanyun people are already insufficient, and the land of Weibei is even more unmanageable, who is not needed for them?" Let's replace it slowly in the future. By the way, have the people from the Supervision Yuan arrived? Yang Erya shook her head, "Not yet, how can it be so fast?" It is estimated that it will be a few days before they can cross the Yellow River! Then he smiled and said: "Big brother, I heard other departments complaining before, saying that the eldest brother has transferred all the talents to the Supervision Yuan, which makes the lack of talents in other departments even worse!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, "There is no way to do this, there is a shortage of manpower, so we have to ensure the supervision department first, so as to maximize the role of talents!" There was a sound of footsteps outside, and the two men stopped talking, looked towards the door, and saw Wang Kai running in. Wang Kai ran to Yang Peng, held up a letter with both hands, and reported: "Master, Master Fan Yong sent a letter from Western Xia. ”

Yang Peng's heart moved, picked up the letter, opened it, took out the letter, unfolded it, and looked at it. Frowning slightly, he said to Yang Erya: "The Xixia people insist that we return the Great Wall Ridge and Yinzhou!" Hmph, if you have the ability, take it, if you don't have the ability, what nonsense is it! ”

Yang Erya frowned and said, "Do the Western Xia people still want to fight with us?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head, "Although there are a few generals shouting that they want to carry out the war to the end, most of them, including the Western Xia Emperor, don't want to fight anymore!" After a few fierce battles before, they were also scared! After thinking for a moment, he said to Yang Erya: "Fetch me the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." Yang Peng answered, immediately ran down, and after a while, he took a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and put it on the coffee table in the hall. Yang Peng sat down, Yang Erya was grinding ink on the side, Yang Peng thought about it, lifted the brush and dipped it in ink, and wrote a letter. When it was over, he dried the ink, folded it and smashed it into the envelope, so that Wang Kai immediately sent someone to send it to Fan Yong's hands. Wang Kai took the letter and ran down.

Yang Peng thought for a while and said, "I remember that the 50,000 soldiers and horses under the original Cao Jun have been reorganized into the Breaking Front Army, but I don't know if the tendon in Cao Jun's head has been turned around?" ”

On that day, Cao Jun was ordered to lead the army to attack Huainan with Gao Hu, and the momentum was like a bamboo, which posed a great threat to Yan Yun's army. However, a counter-plot on Yan Yun's side made Zhao Heng change generals on the spot, and he had to take him to Bianjing to punish him, and halfway through, Cao Jun was rescued by Yan Yunjun, who had already been ambushed. Soon after, his army learned that Cao Jun had been rescued by Yan Yun, and at this time, Yan Yun's army launched a counterattack, and the army was defeated, most of them were taken prisoner, Yang Peng ordered 50,000 of the most elite of them to be incorporated into Yan Yun's direct legion, named the Breaking Front Army, and the others were dismissed. However, Cao Jun himself has always refused to take refuge in Yang Peng, and Yang Peng had no choice but to send Cao Jun to Yanjing, hoping that he would change after living in Yanjing for a period of time, and now it has been a long time.

Yanjing, Cao Jun has been in Yanjing for a long time, and he can feel the peaceful and happy atmosphere when he stands in the attic of his residence and looks at the bustling streets under the bright sun. Merchants greet their guests warmly, farmers plough their fields singing cheerful songs, students in taverns discuss current affairs vigorously, and children chase and fight in the streets. People often say that there is heaven on earth, and this may be what heaven on earth looks like!

Cao Jun looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but think of what Yang Peng once said to him: The world is the world of the people of the world, and the one who is above should serve the people of the world. From ancient times to the present, all kings, no matter how high-sounding they say, cannot hide the essence of pouring the world into satisfying their selfish desires.

Cao Jun only felt that the morality he had always adhered to seemed to be collapsing, he wanted to resist but couldn't resist, because the situation on the court side and the situation on Yan Yun's side were all seen by his own eyes, although Jiangnan, who adhered to the morality of loyalty to the monarch, was not in dire straits, but it was also full of ills and the people were suffering, where was the peace and joy on Yan Yun's side! Cao Jun couldn't help but think: If I continue to finally reach the imperial court, will I really help the imperial court to help the emperor oppress the people? I couldn't help frowning, and my heart was already overturned.

At this time, Cao Jun's wife gently walked to Cao Jun's side, glanced at her husband's face, and asked with some concern, "Is your husband still thinking about that?" "Why is Madame Cao here? It turned out that before Yan Yunjun rescued Cao Jun that day, the Ming Sect in Jiangnan had already received Cao Jun's order to secretly transfer Cao Jun's family out, and soon let Cao Jun and his family reunite.

Cao Jun sighed, "I feel more and more that what I used to hold on to seems to be wrong!" The king poured out all the world to satisfy his selfish desires, and if I serve Your Majesty, will I not help Your Majesty to oppress the people? ”

Mrs. Cao said: "There is nothing wrong with this. thought that Zhao Song was mediocre, cowardly, and incompetent, and when the Khitans did not invade, they made corrupt officials rampant, and the people's grievances were boiling; After the Khitan invasion, they only groveled and blindly sued for peace, not to mention the land of their ancestors, and the people all fell into the hands of the enemy, and they themselves could only flee. Glory and wealth are enjoyed by them, but they can't make decisions for the people of the world, how can there be such a good thing! The so-called mandate of heaven is for those who can bear the great responsibility of the world, not for some people to enjoy it in vain without taking responsibility! If you don't take responsibility, you don't qualify for the Mandate of Heaven! ”

Cao Jun listened to Mrs. Cao's words, only to feel suddenly enlightened, and all the previous confusion disappeared. turned around and held Mrs.'s slender hand, and said gratefully: "Thank you Mrs. for your kind words, otherwise your husband is still entangled!" ”

Mrs. Cao smiled and said: "King Yan's generation is arrogant, not only is his martial arts world-famous, but what is even more rare is that he is also benevolent and well-versed in the way of governing the country. The concubine and her husband came all the way north, and what they saw and heard was really shocking. The Central Plains has been war-torn for a long time, but now it is a thriving and gratifying scene, and the sixteen states of Yanyun are a peaceful and prosperous paradise on earth. The concubine thought that the legendary Zhenguan rule was probably nothing more than that! The husband is born in the British Lord, it can be said that he is a godsend, and he can show his ambitions, and he must not miss the opportunity and hate him for life! ”

Cao Jun was very moved, but he was still a little hesitant. Mrs. Cao didn't know her husband's thoughts, so she said: "The world has always been inhabited by virtuous people, and besides, the world is the world of the people of the world, not the world of the family with one surname!" Shang lost his way, so the mandate of heaven was attributed to Xiqi, and Zhou Wu was able to sit on the world; tyranny, so King Qin was able to sweep **! Now that Zhao Song does not repair internal affairs and does not defend external humiliation, he has already lost the mandate of heaven, and the husband should break it off categorically, and serve King Yan, this is what a true hero does! ”

Cao Jun nodded heavily, "What Madame said is extremely true!" I, I'm going to see King Yan right away! "Just then, a maid came up and reported;" General, Madam, Lord Qian is here again! Mrs. Cao said: "Lord Qian must have come to persuade her husband again, and your husband can take this opportunity to show his attitude to Lord Qian." Cao Jun nodded and left the attic. When he came to the front hall, he saw Qian Lotian who was drinking tea, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Lord Cao has been waiting for a long time, forgive your sins!" ”

Qian Letian hurriedly stood up, hugged his fists and said: "General Cao doesn't blame the lower officials for taking the liberty to visit, and the lower officials are grateful and disrespectful!" "Lord Qian is serious, please take a seat." The two sat down on both sides of a small table, and a maid brought tea to Cao Jun and retreated.

Cao Jun said: "I heard that the war in the west is very tight, but I didn't expect Lord Qian to come to me!" Qian Letian said with a smile: "Tell General Cao a good news, our army has won a complete victory, all the Shaanxi and Gansu regions in Weibei have been recovered, and Western Xia and Tubo have lost their hearts and are competing to sue for peace with us!" ”

Cao Jun was stunned, and said with infinite emotion: "King Yan is really invincible!" ”

Qian Letian nodded, glanced at Liu Ji, and said, "I won't go around in circles with my brother, I came here on the order of King Yan, and I am here to invite you out of the mountain!" King Yan has already ordered the Breaking Front Army to be transferred to Yan'an Mansion, and at the same time, he ordered General Cao to go to Yan'an Mansion to lead the Breaking Front Army! King Yan said that General Cao is the choice of a famous general, and it would be a pity if he didn't go to compete with foreign enemies! Cao Jun was slightly moved, and seemed to be very moved.

Seeing that Liu Jian didn't speak, Qian Letian thought that he had come in vain again, and sighed, "Brother, you, why are you so obsessed!" Cao Jun came back to his senses and said gratefully: "King Yan takes such a fancy to the last general, the last general is really ashamed!" Qian Lotian heard this, and said happily: "Brother, did you agree to go out of the mountain?" Cao Jun nodded and sighed: "Before, it was Cao who was obsessed and couldn't see what was right and wrong," and then stood up and bowed to Qian Letian: "What a lot of offense!" ”

Qian Letian hurriedly stood up, hugged Cao Jun's fist, and patted it vigorously, "Okay! The fact that the elder brother can wake up is a great good thing for the elder brother and Yan Yun! Cao Jun couldn't help but be a little moved when he saw Qian Letian's heartfelt joy, sighed, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I missed this big battle!" Qian Letian smiled: "Brother don't be discouraged, this opportunity is there!" Our King Yan, that is a big hero who is difficult to produce in a thousand years, is destined to run rampant in the world, will there be fewer wars in the future? Cao Jun nodded, and couldn't help but look forward to the next big battle.

Qian Letian said: "Since Brother Cao has decided, then without further ado, please rush to Yan'an Mansion as soon as possible." Oh, by the way, Princess Han Bing is now sitting in Shanxi, and Brother Cao should go to see her when he passes through Bingzhou. Cao Jun nodded, clenched his fists and said, "Thank you for reminding me." Qian Letian smiled, "I'm verbose, where doesn't your brother know!" Okay, I won't bother my brother, and when he is ready, he will come and let me know. "As it should be." Qian Letian arched his hand towards Cao Jun, turned around and left happily.

After Yang Peng left Fengxiang Mansion, he came to Yan'an Mansion, Yang Erya and his 10,000 soldiers have been accompanying him, and the princess Gesang of Tubo was sent to Bianliang after arriving at Fengxiang Mansion.

As soon as I arrived in Yan'an, I received a letter from Fan Yong, which said: The Western Xia side has yielded and no longer asks for Great Wall Ridge and Yinzhou, but hopes that our army can withdraw most of the troops from the two places to show the sincerity of peace, they do not dare to ask us to withdraw unilaterally, promising that they will also withdraw most of the troops on the border, I follow the instructions of the king of Yan, propose to control the total strength of the two sides on the border at 100,000, the other party has agreed, and the subordinates ask the attitude of the king of Yan; In addition, the other party proposed to exchange the captured Han compatriots for the Western Xia prisoners captured by our army, and I don't know what King Yan wants.

Yang Peng smiled, wrote a letter, and handed it to Wang Kai, "Send someone to Fan Yong immediately." Wang Kai took the letter, answered, and ran down.

Yang Peng stretched his waist and let out a long breath, "I finally have a good rest for a while!" Yang Erya smiled. Yang Peng looked at Yang Erya, stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "Sister Erya!" Yang Erya's heart fluttered, her delicate face turned crimson, she looked around, and saw that there was no one else, so she came to Yang Peng, and the intoxicating fragrance penetrated into Yang Peng's nose.

Yang Peng hugged Yang Erya's slender waist and buried his head in her ****, such an intimate act made Yang Erya nervous and shy, and at the same time an inexplicable impulse rose from the lower abdomen, but fortunately, Yang Erya and Yang Peng have been used to hugging and hugging each other these days, and they are not as nervous as they were at the beginning.

Yang Peng squeezed the soft **** with his head, the wonderful feeling made him intoxicated, he took a deep breath, and the fragrant fragrance penetrated into the internal organs, making Yang Peng so cool that he seemed to fly to the clouds, and it felt like he had been drugged. Yang Erya was numb by Yang Peng, and she was at a loss, not only worried that others would see this embarrassing scene, but also hoped that this feeling would last forever, and even hoped that the eldest brother could go further. Fang Xin was suddenly startled, her expression was even more ashamed, she was ashamed that she actually had such an idea, although the two were husband and wife, but as a woman, she really shouldn't think about such a thing. Yang Erya thought like this, and the whole person felt as if a fire was burning.

Suddenly, I felt that my eldest brother seemed to have become very quiet, and I felt strange in my heart, and I couldn't help but look down, only to see that my eldest brother was asleep in his arms! Yang Erya was stunned, and then her eyes showed a distressed look, she knew that her eldest brother was really hard these days! Just then, footsteps were heard outside. Yang Erya panicked and wanted to push the eldest brother away, but he was worried that he would wake up the eldest brother who had fallen asleep, and the whole person froze there.

Wang Kai rushed into the hall and saw the scene in front of him, he was stunned, and felt that he should avoid it? At this moment, Yang Erya turned her head and made a silencing and gesture to him with a red cheek. Wang Kai hurriedly bowed to Yang Erya, left the hall gently, and then ordered the guards to close the door, and ordered that King Yan had already rested, and no one was seen.

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