Chapter 413, Military and Political Situation
Yang Peng sighed and said, "Don't hurt this brain." Yelu Hanyu walked over, smiled and asked, "What are you talking about?" Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at her and teased: "The eldest brother said that my sister-in-law was so amorous last night!" Yelu Hanyu suddenly turned red, and glanced at Yang Peng with disgust, Yang Peng smiled.
Yelu Hanyu's heart moved, and he said not to be outdone: "I'm afraid that the eldest brother is talking about the charm and coquettishness of his niece!" Ye Yu Guanyin smiled, glanced at Yang Peng affectionately, turned his head to Yelu Hanyu and said: "He is my man, I am his woman, I naturally want to be charming and coquettish in front of him!" If a woman is not charming and coquettish in front of her own man, can she not be charming and coquettish in front of others? Yelu Hanyu was speechless, and he didn't know how to refute for a while, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. stepped forward, stabbed between Yang Peng and Ya Yu Guanyin intentionally or unintentionally, and sat down.
Turning his head and glancing at Ya Yu Guanyin, he said angrily: "I can't tell you, you are really a hateful barbarian!" ”
Ye Yu Guanyin smiled, looked at Yang Peng beyond Yelu Hanyu, Yang Peng smiled at her, and she returned an angry white eye to Yang Peng. Yelu Hanyu saw that the eyes of the two of them crossed him back and forth, and his heart couldn't help but be jealous. Yelu Guanyin retracted his gaze and said to Yelu Hanyu mockingly: "In the eyes of Princess Yelu, I, the Khitan, am a barbarian, but in the eyes of Han people like the eldest brother, I am afraid that there is no difference between the Khitan and the Tangut, they are all barbarians!" It's called 'half a catty and eight taels'! Yelu Hanyu was speechless, and when he saw that she had the upper hand again, he was very depressed.
Yang Peng hurriedly said: "It's all my own family, don't say anything barbaric, you are all my relatives and good wives!" ”
The two girls glanced at Yang Peng in unison, but Yang Peng showed an intoxicated expression. Yelu Hanyu said to Yelu Guanyin: "That's the end of the nonsense, let's get down to business!" He glanced at Yang Peng and said, "I think the position of this concubine must be determined as soon as possible!" I shouldn't have said that, but I don't think it's going to be delayed......"
Yang Peng stretched out his hand and patted the back of Yelu Hanyu's hand, and said softly: "No need to explain, eldest brother won't misunderstand, you are all for the sake of eldest brother and Yan Yun!" Yelu Hanyu's heart was very gratified.
Ye Yu Guanyin said angrily: "She is for the sake of her eldest brother and for the sake of Yan Yun, am I for myself?" Yang Peng smiled, "What about you, your good intentions are the same as Mei'er!" Hey, you two women are rare strange women in the world, but I didn't expect them to become my wives, God treats me really well! The eyes of the two women showed tenderness.
Yang Peng said to Yelu Hanyu: "Guanyin also said this matter just now, but I am in a dilemma!" ”
Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yelu Guanyin and said to Yang Peng: "Since Yelu Guanyin told my eldest brother about this, then I don't have to be verbose!" Big brother, no matter who you choose, it's better to do this as soon as possible! Yang Peng nodded. Yikes! Suddenly, there was the cheering of all the women nearby. The three of them couldn't help but follow the prestige, only to see that Mu Guifei was pulling the boom hard, Zhao Lihua and Chai Yonghui were very excited, and they were all helping her to pull, Zhao You stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to look at the lake, looking impatient, and on the lake, the water was surging and rattling, and a big blue-black fish was churning and struggling in the water waves, appearing and disappearing.
Yang Peng hurriedly ran over, Yelu Hanyu and Yelu Guanyin glanced at each other and ran over, and the other women also gathered from all directions.
Mu Guifei's three daughters couldn't pull the big herring, seeing that the three girls couldn't hold the boom, they were dragged and fell on the grass, and in the exclamation, the boom was out of their hands, and they saw that they were about to be dragged into the lake by the big herring. At this moment, Yang Peng rushed up with an arrow, stretched out his right hand, and grabbed the end of the boom at the moment when the boom was about to completely enter the water, only to feel a strong force to pull into the lake, with his strength almost got out of his hand, and couldn't help but be shocked. Quickly grasped the boom with his other hand, took half a step forward with his right foot, and then let out a loud shout, and his arms suddenly exerted force, and everyone heard a loud bang, and at the same time saw a black object fly out of the water and fly over, and landed on the grass by the lake with a thud.
Everyone looked at it and found that it was a big herring, weighing at least twenty pounds, no wonder the three delicate women couldn't stop pulling it. Although the big herring left the water, it jumped and struggled endlessly, and it was about to be escaped, suddenly, the black shadow flashed, Zhao You pounced on the whole person, and pressed the big herring under him, and the small body kept trembling under the struggle of the big herring, Zhao You couldn't help but shout: "It's amazing!" It's amazing! ”
Yang Peng threw away the boom, stepped forward, patted Zhao You's head, and said with a smile: "Okay, let the master come!" Zhao You snorted and stepped aside. As soon as the big herring lost its suppression, it jumped to the height of the person, and when it was about to jump into the lake, all the women couldn't help but exclaim. At this moment, Yang Peng stretched out his right hand and grabbed the head of the big herring, and then slammed it to the ground, with a loud crackling sound, the big herring was still struggling, but it had obviously become weak. Zhao You couldn't help but admire: "It's still a master!" ”
Yang Peng smiled and said to Jiang Li next to him: "Take it to the kitchen, if you want the master, you will use this fish to make a whole fish feast, and at noon today, let's eat fish!" Jiang Li answered, picked up the big herring, and ran towards the cupboard.
Yang Peng walked up to the three daughters of Mu Guifei and asked with concern, "Are you injured?" The third girl shook her head, and Mu Guifei said self-deprecatingly: "We are really useless, we were actually dragged to the ground by a fish!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "It's good if you don't get hurt." Then he said angrily: "That fish is too hateful to dare to bully my wives!" Chai Yonghui and Zhao Lihua smiled gently, but Mu Guifei was delicate and crimson, and her beautiful eyes trembled. Yelu Guanyin and Yelu Hanyu saw this scene in their eyes and couldn't help but glance at each other.
At this time, a female guard trotted over, clasped her fists and said, "Master, Lord Huang Qiaoyun asks to see." Yang Peng nodded and said to the women: "You guys play, I'll come when I go." So saying, he walked forward. Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing followed, while the other women stayed where they were and continued to play, but the eldest brother left, and they couldn't help but be proud.
Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu, and Han Bing came to the hall and saw Huang Qiaoyun, who was dressed in an official robe. Huang Qiaoyun saw the three of them, and hurriedly came up to worship: "My subordinates have seen King Yan and the two princesses!" "No need to be polite." Yang Peng smiled.
Immediately sat down on a chair casually, Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing were left and right, and Huang Qiaoyun stood respectfully in front of him. Qiao Yun clenched his fists and said: "My subordinates have sent supervision officials to Ningxia according to the instructions of the eldest brother. ”
Yang Peng nodded and asked with a smile, "Is that all there is to it?" Huang Qiaoyun glanced at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "It's just this matter, my subordinates don't dare to disturb King Yan's good interest!" Then he took out a report from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said: "This is a report recently received from supervision officials from all over the country, and there are some situations that I think the eldest brother should pay attention to!" ”
Han Bing took a step forward, took the report from Huang Qiaoyun's hand, and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the report, opened it and looked at it, his brows gradually furrowed. After reading the report, he was silent for a moment, handed the report to Yelu Hanyu, and said, "You guys also take a look!" Yelu Hanyu took the report and looked at it. Yang Peng got up and walked to the Yanyun map hanging on the side, and thought about it.
Yelu Hanyu finished reading the report, handed the report to Han Bing, walked to Yang Peng's side, frowned, and said, "This matter doesn't seem to be big, but it must be taken seriously!" Huang Qiaoyun also walked up and said: "The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and it seems to be nothing now, but maybe it will become a big disaster in the future!" Yang Peng said: "But they haven't done anything now, and we can't take any coercive measures!" At this time, Han Bing walked over and frowned, "Big brother, these scholars are really infuriating!" Now that life is getting better and better, these people are becoming more and more restless! Yang Peng sneered: "These people all have faith, how can they bend their waists for five buckets of rice!" ”
After a pause, "I don't have any illusions about these readers for a long time, but I didn't expect these readers to connect with each other and have a plan!" Looks like I'm still underestimating them! ”
Han Bing said: "As the saying goes, Xiucai can't rebel for three years, and I don't think they can make any trouble." Huang Qiaoyun said with a smile: "Sister Han Bing is right, but you can't be guarded against!" As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if! Han Bing nodded and said, "Although these Confucian scholars are of little use, they still have an influence that cannot be ignored among the people in many places, and this should be paid enough attention to!" Confucian scholars are not afraid, they are afraid that someone will take advantage of these Confucian students! ”
Han Bing glanced at Huang Qiaoyun and asked with a smile, "Since you have discovered these problems, you must have thought of countermeasures." ”
Huang Qiaoyun smiled and said, "I have an idea, I was about to tell the eldest brother to know, see if the little sister's idea is right!" Yang Peng listened. Huang Qiaoyun continued: "Xiaomei has already selected some people," and then explained her plan in detail. Yang Peng and the others laughed, and Yelu Hanyu exclaimed: "Sister Qiaoyun's strategy is very good, for now, there is no better strategy than this!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "It seems that our little sister Qiaoyun is very qualified for the position of inspector general!" Huang Qiaoyun said angrily: "Listening to the meaning of the eldest brother's words, it seems that the little sister was incompetent in the past!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "Who said that?" I'm in a hurry with him! ”
Huang Qiaoyun's eyes were full of brilliance, wrinkled the good-looking Qiong's nose, and muttered in a low voice: "Talking to yourself, who believes it!" There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and everyone couldn't help but look towards the door, only to see Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang walking in quickly, so they turned around one after another.
Zhang Xiang Huangguang walked into the hall and saw Yang Peng and the others above the hall, so he hurriedly greeted: "My subordinates meet King Yan and the princesses!" Huang Qiaoyun blushed slightly and said angrily: "I'm not a princess, you two don't talk nonsense!" Zhang Xiang Huang Guang sighed, and couldn't help laughing. Huang Qiaoyun was even more embarrassed, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at? Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare to laugh at Lord Huang below!" Huang Qiaoyun snorted.
Zhang Xiang hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said, "King Qiyan, all the goods and materials transported from Western Xia have been put into storage. Then he took out a book, stepped forward, and presented it with both hands. Han Bing walked over, took the book, and forwarded it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the book and looked at it, with a smile on his face. Put down the book and said with a smile: "This time the battle of the summer is very fruitful!" Get rid of the expenses and make a lot of money! Han Bing smiled and said, "It's time to catch up with the seizures that recovered Shanxi!" Yang Peng nodded, frowned, and said a little depressedly: "It's a pity that not much grain and grass have been seized, otherwise you can wipe out Western Xia in one go!" ”
Han Bing asked, "Can we buy from the private sector again?" ”
Han Bing shook his head and said: "No, this round of procurement has already purchased a large amount of surplus grain from the private sector, if this kind of large-scale purchase is carried out again, first of all, the price will definitely be much higher than before, and we will have to pay several times the price before, and at the same time, it will inevitably cause the price of private grain to rise sharply, which will greatly affect the lives of the people." Although grain usually looks inconspicuous, it is the foundation of all industries, and a sharp rise in grain prices will inevitably affect all other aspects, and the consequences are unpredictable! Therefore, we can no longer purchase grain from the people, and we can only postpone the complete eradication of Western Xia! Let's wait until the beginning of spring next year! At that time, if there is no accident, a war will be used to completely end Western Xia! Everyone nodded, and they all cast admiring glances at Yang Peng.
Yang Peng looked at Huang Guang and asked, "Have all those Western Xia nobles who migrated over settled down?" Huang Guang clenched his fists and said: "I have settled on West Street according to King Yan's instructions." Yang Peng nodded, his face was thoughtful, and then he smiled: "There were not many people on Naxi Street, but now it must be much more lively!" Huang Guang smiled: "That's true." Originally, there were no hawkers there, but now the hawkers are uninterrupted from morning to night and from night to morning. ”
Yang Peng smiled, and couldn't help but think of Li Ruolan's bewitching expression and posture, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart. For this Li Ruolan, how to say it, there is no emotion at all, only naked desire, Yang Peng just wants to vent on her body and ravage her as soon as he thinks of her, and it is this pure desire that makes Yang Peng feel that she has a charm that is different from other women.
Just as she was thinking about it, Jiang Li rushed in and reported: "King Yan, Lord Li Tongren has sent someone. Yang Peng said to everyone: "It must be news about the remnants of Western Xia." Then he said to Jiang Li: "Bring people in!" Jiang Li answered, turned around and raised his voice outside: "It is rumored that the envoy of the governor of Ningxia has come to see you!" This sentence spread all the way to the gate, and the secret guard at the gate immediately led the messenger sent by Li Tongren into the gate and came to the top of the hall. Li Tongren's envoy was a young man, and when he saw Yang Peng, he couldn't help but fall down on his knees, and bowed: "Subordinate Li Qian pays a visit to King Yan, long live King Yan, long live Long live!" ”
Yang Peng smiled. Jiang Li, who was standing next to Li Qian, whispered, "Standing next to King Yan is Princess Yan. Li Qian couldn't help but look up, and saw three astringent women with different styles, he was stupid, he had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life, he only felt that it should not be a woman in the world, it should be a fairy in the heavenly realm, it was really beautiful and beautiful.
Seeing that he was actually staring at the princess in a daze, Jiang Li frowned, and shouted angrily: "How can you be so rude in front of King Yan and the princess?!" ”
Li Qian was awakened by Jiang Li's shout, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Subordinate, subordinate has no intention of offending, subordinate just, just ......" He even said a few just, but he didn't dare to say anything anymore, he couldn't say that it was just that the princess was too beautiful, so the subordinates were stunned, this was too rude!
Yang Peng smiled and glanced at Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing, as if to say, "It's all your posture that is causing trouble." Han Bing looked unconcerned, and Yelu Hanyu gave Yang Peng a blank look.
Yang Peng turned his gaze and looked at Li Qian, who was lying on the ground and trembling slightly, and smiled: "Okay, don't kneel, get up." Li Qian replied and stood up, feeling uneasy in his heart. Suddenly thinking that he hadn't saluted the two princesses yet, he quickly knelt down again, kowtowed, and said, "My subordinates meet the princess!" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "Big brother told you to get up, what are you still kneeling for, get up!" Li Qian hurriedly responded, stood up, and peeked at Yang Peng uneasily.
Yang Peng saw that he was still panicked and absent-minded, so he asked, "Is the situation in Ningxia okay?" Li Qian came back to his senses, but found that he hadn't heard what King Yan said just now, and he couldn't help but feel cold sweat on his back and panic. Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu glanced at each other and said with a smile: "I'm asking you, is Ningxia okay?" ”
Li Qian heard it clearly this time, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to King Yan's words, everything in Ningxia is recovering rapidly, and agriculture, animal husbandry, and commerce have all shown a gratifying recovery. In addition, almost seventy percent of the people who originally fled Xingqing Mansion have returned, and people are still returning. The society is stable, and the people are grateful to King Yan. Li Qian's first two sentences are basically true, although the last sentence has exaggerated elements, but it is also generally true, the people of Western Xia were originally very repulsive to Yan Yunjun, but after Yan Yun introduced a series of land and animal husbandry policies, the situation has fundamentally changed, those nobles' land and livestock were confiscated, and then distributed to the vast majority of the common people free of charge, and at the same time Yan Yun promised the ordinary people in Ningxia that they would be exempted from agricultural taxes for three years, After three years, only the kind of low tax rate that is commonly applied throughout Yanyun will be implemented.
Just like the situation after the implementation of the land reform, the introduction and implementation of this series of policies of Yanyun won the hearts of the vast majority of the common people in a short period of time, and at the same time, due to the introduction and implementation of more open, fair and dynamic industrial and commercial policies, the merchants of all sizes in Western Xia also supported Yanyun from the bottom of their hearts and were willing to become the people of Yanyun. However, not everyone supports Yan Yun, there are some people who hate Yan Yun, this part of the people is the most educated aristocratic group and Confucian group, these people are attached to the old system, enjoy far higher privileges than ordinary people, but the arrival of Yan Yunjun has completely changed all this, not only have they lost their lofty status, from this time on, those lowly mud legs dare not salute them, dare to look at them, but also lose a large amount of land on which they depend, for them, Yan Yun is a demon and a monster, a flood beast, although he didn't dare to say anything on his mouth, but in his heart, he hated Yang Peng and Yan Yunjun under his command to the extreme.
Yang Peng listened to Li Qian's words and smiled. Thinking of the main purpose of this trip, Li Qian took out a letter from his bosom and presented it respectfully with both hands.
Han Bing stepped forward to take the letter. Li Qian smelled a faint fragrance into his nose, and couldn't help but be overwhelmed. When he came back to his senses, he found that Princess Han Bing had returned to King Yan and handed over the letter he had brought to King Yan.
Yang Peng picked up the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, read it carefully, smiled indifferently, and said, "This is also expected." He glanced at the people present and said, "Li Tongren sent a letter saying that Dao Chong refused to surrender to us, but they wanted to be vassals to us, and the envoy should be about to arrive in Tianjing New City." ”
Han Bing snorted coldly and said, "They have a good plan, they want to maintain their current status, but they also expect us not to fight them!" How can there be such a cheap thing in the world! Huang Qiaoyun said: "They just want to take advantage of all the benefits!" ”
Yang Peng said to Li Qian: "You have worked hard. When Li Qian heard this, he only felt flattered, and hurriedly bowed: "My subordinates are the King of Yan, even if I have my liver and brains on the ground, it is a matter of course, but now I am just running errands, and I really don't dare to be the King of Yan!" The subordinates are terrified! ”
Yang Peng smiled and said, "When you go back, tell Master Li that I am very satisfied with his performance on this trip, and he did not disappoint me!" Li Qian was secretly overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "On behalf of Lord Li, my subordinates would like to thank King Yan for his praise!" So saying, he bowed down again. Then he stood up and stood there waiting for Yang Peng's orders.
Yang Peng said: "Go back and tell Master Li that in our Yanyun, we only look at ability, not others, if he continues to perform well, the future is naturally limitless!" Li Qian responded. Yang Peng said: "Okay, that's all I have to say, you go down." Li Qian bowed and agreed, and then exited the hall.
Yelu Hanyu smiled: "How Li Tongren's performance on this trip is second, what is pleasing is the loyalty he showed to his eldest brother. This person has passed the test! Yang Peng smiled and nodded, glanced at Yelu Hanyu, and said with a smile: "After this time, you can rest assured that you can use this person." Han Bing said jokingly: "The eldest brother said about the traitor before, and this Li Tongren is only afraid that he will be a party traitor!" The crowd burst into laughter.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.