As soon as this order was issued, the generals of the Western Xia Surrender were grateful to Dade, and the soldiers who surrendered to Cheng were also extremely happy. For those generals who surrendered to Yanyun, the most concerned thing was naturally the wealth and nobility of their official positions, although Yang Peng deprived them of their military power, but let them continue to serve in the local high-level positions, which was also a matter of getting their wishes; For ordinary soldiers, it is gratifying to be reunited with their families, but it is even more joyful to have access to a considerable amount of land or pasture.

Yang Peng's approach made the soldiers who surrendered to Cheng very happy, but it also made some other people extremely resentful and hated Yang Peng to the core. This part of the people was the traditional aristocracy of Western Xia. The heaven and earth and pastures of Western Xia were originally in the hands of those party nobles, and the vast majority of the common people did not have land, and the land that Yang Peng distributed to the soldiers did not fall from the sky, but came from confiscating the land of the traditional nobles of the party, so how could the traditional nobles of the party not hate Yang Peng to the bone?

For the hatred of the party nobles, Yang Peng has long expected it, if you seize other people's things, if others don't hate you, then you are called a ghost! At the beginning, some people also suggested using the method of redemption to buy the land from the hands of the party nobles and then dispose of it, but Yang Peng, Ye Yu Guanyin and others vetoed this proposal after careful discussion, because if you use the method of redemption, I really don't know what kind of lion will open your mouth with those party nobles, it will be an incalculable huge expense, and if you forcibly buy the land of the party nobles at a lower price, the cost is also a lot, and in this way, the party nobles will not be grateful to you, and they will still hate you to death in their hearts, this is simply spending money and not pleased, so Yang Peng and others finally decided to simply formulate a law to confiscate the land of the nobles, and then collected most of the land in the hands of the party nobles.

Now, the land that was originally in the hands of the party nobles has basically fallen into the hands of Yan Yun, and some of these lands are used to distribute to the land-owned common people and Western Xia soldiers who came to the map of the Hexi Corridor in Ningxia, and the other part is used as official farms and pastures. In this way, although the traditional party aristocracy hated Yang Peng and Yan Yun to the core, the ordinary people were grateful to Yang Peng and Yan Yun, and they only felt that it was far better to be the people of Yanyun than to be the people of Western Xia.

The military and political situation in the Hexi Corridor was settled, and that morning, Yang Peng, together with Ye Yu Guanyin and hundreds of secret guards, quietly left Xiliang Mansion and returned to Tianjing New Town.

The gaze turned to Bianjing in Henan.

In the middle of the night, Emperor Zhao Heng was pacing back and forth in the study in his pajamas, with a hint of horror on his face, and he was holding a report that had just been sent by Wang Qinruo. Wang Qinruo, dressed in official robes, stood beside him, looking at the emperor pacing back and forth. The study was very quiet, only the footsteps of Zhao Heng pacing back and forth.

Zhao Heng stopped and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!" That's the end of Western Xia! Zhao Heng had a feeling of sadness in his heart, Yan Yun's unstoppable blade made him terrified, at this moment Yan Yun destroyed Western Xia, who were they going to destroy next?

Zhao Heng immediately thought: "Anyway, Yan Yun is also a subordinate of my Great Song Dynasty, although his Yan King Yang Peng is powerful in the world, he is only a courtier of my Great Song Dynasty, they should not dare to risk the world's disapproval to attack their master, right?!" As soon as I thought of this, my panicked heart couldn't help but calm down.

Wang Qinruo said: "Your Majesty, the ambition of the wolf son of King Yan has been exposed this time!" Now that he has swallowed up Western Xia, he is afraid that he will attack our Great Song Dynasty in the future! Your Majesty, this matter must be precautioned, and they must not be given a chance to take advantage of it! ”

Zhao Heng turned around and frowned, "The prime minister is too worried, right?" I think that King Yan is my courtier of the Great Song Dynasty after all, how dare he risk the disapproval of the world to make trouble? Isn't he afraid of what a thousand people will point at? ”

Wang Qinruo said in his stomach: "He is afraid that a fart will be pointed out, and he will even abolish Confucianism!" Naturally, he didn't dare to say this, and said to Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty looks at people with benevolence and righteousness, but the tigers and jackals look at Your Majesty with the heart of a beast, Your Majesty must not be careless!" ”

Zhao Heng frowned and asked, "Who are you talking about, the jackal, tiger and leopard?" Is it King Yan? ”

Wang Qinruo said: "Yang Peng, the king of Yan, is entrenched in the north and has recently swallowed up Western Xia, and his ambition is obvious!" He has long been disobedient, and now his power is unprecedentedly strong, and he may commit rebellion against the court at any time! Although he is already the king of Yan, although the king of Yan is noble, he is far less noble than the emperor! ”

Zhao Hengda was stunned, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you mean, he, he wants to be the emperor?" Wang Qinruo didn't answer positively, and said: "Even the Khitan barbarians back then had the heart of an emperor, and they have succeeded, not to mention King Yan!" Zhao Heng's heart was shocked, and he only felt that his chest was tight, as if it was difficult to breathe.

Wang Qinruo saw that Zhao Heng's demeanor had changed drastically, and knew that his words had an effect, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Majesty, people do not hurt the tiger, the tiger eats people's hearts, Your Majesty rules the world with benevolence and righteousness, but the tiger and the jackal want to devour Your Majesty's flesh and blood!" Zhao Hengda staggered back two steps in fear and sat down on the chair. Wang Qinruo said again: "If we don't prepare in advance, if Yang Peng raises an army, we can only wait to be killed!" ”

Zhao Heng was already terrified to the extreme, and hurriedly asked, "Prime Minister, we, what should we do?" Wang Qinruo clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to panic, the minister has a plan to solve this crisis." Zhao Heng was like a drowning man at this time, listening to Wang Qinruo's words, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, he was overjoyed, and said urgently: "Aiqing has a clever plan, say it quickly!" ”

Wang Qinruo said: "Today, it is not Yan Yun's only family, the Wa Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom are not weaker than Yan Yun, and they all have enmity with Yan Yun, if we can unite them, let alone contain Yan Yun, it is possible to completely eliminate the scourge of Yan Yun!" ”

Zhao Heng couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard what Wang Qinruo said, and frowned: "Hasn't this kind of strategy been implemented before?" At the beginning, we joined forces with the Liao State and Western Xia, but not only did we fail to destroy Yan Yun, but Yan Yun became stronger and stronger, and the territory became bigger and bigger! It's really worth the loss! Now what is the use of uniting the Khitans and the Wa people? ”

Wang Qinruo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise, but this time is different from the past!" At that time, there were still some problems with our alliance, and the strength of the Western Xia people was limited, but the main energy of the Khitans was not on the Central Plains, and there were civil strife within them one after another, which allowed Yan Yun to escape. Now it is different, the strength of the Japanese people is far from comparable to that of Western Xia, comparable to Yanyun and Liao, and the Khitan people have subsided in internal strife, and they can completely concentrate their forces, if we form a close alliance with them aimed at eliminating Yanyun, we will definitely be able to eradicate Yang Peng, a rebellious minister and thief, and recover the Central Plains! ”

Zhao Heng was a little moved, but he still couldn't make up his mind, and frowned: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, but the stakes are very high, I still have to think about it!" Wang Qinruo was anxious, but he felt that he had said everything he should say, and if he urged him again, he was afraid that it would backfire, so he bowed down and said, "Yes." Zhao Heng glanced at Wang Qinruo and said, "It's late, Aiqing go down and rest." Wang Qinruo answered, bowed to Zhao Heng, and bowed and retreated. Zhao Heng was stunned for a while and went back to Concubine Zheng's bedroom.

When I came to the concubine's dormitory, I saw the glamorous Concubine Zheng coming, and most of my worries subsided. Concubine Zheng Guifei walked in front of the emperor, and Ying Ying bowed: "The concubine has seen Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Zhao Heng smiled, stretched out his hand to pull up Zheng Guifei, gently hugged Zheng Guifei's waist with his left hand, and the two slowly walked towards the bed. ......, a cloud and rain with just a stick of incense, Zhao Heng seemed to have collapsed, and the unfinished Concubine Zheng Guifei lay on Zhao Heng's chest, looking at Zhao Heng with her eyes, faintly revealing a look of frustration, and she was dissatisfied with her heart, which was very uncomfortable.

Zhao Heng couldn't help frowning when he heard what Wang Qinruo said just now. Concubine Zheng was thoughtful, and when she saw Zhao Heng frowning, she immediately knew that Zhao Heng had something on her mind, so she asked; "Is Your Majesty troubled?"

Zhao Heng couldn't help but sigh and told the story of Yan Yunjun's engulfment of Western Xia. Concubine Zheng couldn't help but show a look of surprise, and couldn't help but praise: "King Yan is really a hero of the world!" When Zhao Heng heard this, he couldn't help but show dissatisfaction. Seeing Zhao Heng's unhappy expression, Concubine Zheng was shocked to realize that she had lost her words, and hurriedly said: "The concubine is happy that Your Majesty has achieved such a great feat, Your Majesty has done this, it is really far more than Emperor Taizu Taizong!" "Yang Peng is still a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty in name, so Zheng Guifei's statement also makes sense.

Zhao Heng was originally worried, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but be happy, and he only felt that he seemed to be really a Holy Monarch of Zhongxing Great Song Gong to cover the universe! Then he frowned and muttered: "The so-called 'tail is too big to fall', although I have used Yang Peng to create such a great feat, but I have also buried a big hidden danger!" Today's Yang Peng is really a big threat to Da Song! I decided to unite with the Khitans and the Japanese and completely destroy him! ”

Concubine Zheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, King Yan has not shown a rebellious heart, if Your Majesty uses troops against him, won't it force him to rebel?" Isn't that self-defeating? Zhao Heng felt that what Concubine Zheng said made sense, and couldn't help but be in a dilemma. ……

The next morning, Zhao Heng called Pang Taishi to the imperial study and told Yan Yun about swallowing Western Xia, and then told Wang Qinruo's suggestion. Pang Taishi's face changed, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, Wang Qinruo should be beheaded!" When the emperor heard Taishi Pang say, 'Wang Qinruo should be killed', he was startled and asked, "Why did the prime minister say this?" The widow thinks that what Wang Aiqing said also has some truth! ”

Master Pang said urgently: "Your Majesty, you don't want to learn from the past, why has Your Majesty forgotten it?" Before, we joined forces, Western Xia, and the Tubo people also participated in it, but the result was a big defeat for the coalition army, Yan Yun won a big victory, and Yan Yun became even stronger! If it weren't for Yan Yun's thought that he was a subordinate of the Great Song Dynasty, I was afraid that Yan Yun's tiger and wolf army would have already crossed the Yellow River! Now Yan Yun's strength is even worse than it used to be, the millions of troops are all tiger and wolf divisions, dozens of fierce generals bravely crown the world, and the soldiers come out, sweeping Liuhe, swallowing Western Xia, no one is invincible! If there is another joint crusade, I am afraid that it will be even worse than before! If the coalition forces are defeated this time, who can guarantee that King Yan will still be as pot-bellied as before? What should the King of Yan do if he is angry and waves south? ”

Zhao Heng's face was pale, he only felt that what Master Pang said was extremely true, and he only felt that Wang Qinruo's suggestion was simply misleading the country and the monarch, and he was annoyed in his heart. Later that day, Zhao Heng issued an edict to reprimand Wang Qinruo, but at the same time crowned Pang Taishi as the crown prince, which was really a few happy and a few sad.

His gaze turned back to Yang Peng's side. After Yang Peng and his entourage left Xiliang Mansion, they were not in a hurry to leave, and traveled day and night to Tianjing New Town. That night, the group camped in Helan Plains, which was the junction of Xixia and Yanyun that day, and the Xixia people originally built many fortresses in this area, but these fortresses are now all deserted.

Dozens of bonfires were lit on the wilderness, Yang Peng, Ya Yu Guanyin and hundreds of secret guards sat around the bonfires singing and laughing, the air was filled with the aroma of wine and meat, echoing with beautiful or rough singing, everyone was very happy. Ya Kannon liked the atmosphere very much, which gave her the illusion of returning to her childhood, when she was a child, hunting and camping in the wilderness with her eldest brother, just like now.

Dada...... The sound of horses' hoofs came from the west. Everyone couldn't help but stop laughing and singing, and they all followed the sound, only to see a fast horse galloping from the west.

Immediately, two secret guards rode up to meet them. They stopped the knight at a distance, and after saying a few words, they came with them. Not far behind Yang Peng, the three of them turned over and dismounted, the two secret guards stayed in place, and the knight went straight to the place where Yang Peng was close at hand, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "The villain is the messenger of Xingqing Mansion, and the lord sent the villain to deliver the military situation report from Tianjing New Town." As he spoke, he untied the bamboo tube on his back and held it up with both hands.

Wang Kai walked over and took the bamboo tube, and came back to hand it over to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube and saw that the sealing mud was orange. Picked open the sealing mud, twisted the screw cover, turned the bamboo tube upside down and poured out a letter. Pick up the letter, put the bamboo tube on the ground, open the envelope, take out the stationery, unfold it and read it. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said to Ya Yu Guanyin: "Guanyin, you don't have to worry about Liao!" Your brother led the Liao army to defeat the allied forces of the Mongolian tribes on the southern shore of the Beihai Sea, captured the Mongolian princes, and the Mongolian tribes have completely surrendered to the Liao State! ”

Ya Yu Guanyin showed a look of surprise, and then frowned, but a sad look welled up in his heart. Ya Yu Guanyin's mood was complicated, she was happy that the Liao Kingdom had turned the corner and swallowed Mongolia in one fell swoop, but she was also worried about her eldest brother and Yan Yun. The Liao State was lucky, taking advantage of the opportunity of the sudden death of the Mongolian Han to swallow Mongolia in one fell swoop, and the strength swelled wildly, so that the big brother and the Liao State fought fiercely, I am afraid that it will be more difficult, maybe the war between the two sides will become a protracted war that cannot decide the winner. However, the next target of the Liao State should not be Yan Yun, but the Japanese people, and for Yan Yun, they should unite the Japanese people to deal with the Liao State. Although Ya Yu Guanyin thought so, he didn't want his eldest brother to really do that. I couldn't help but look at my eldest brother.

Yang Peng muttered thoughtfully: "The Empress Dowager of the Liao Kingdom has long wanted to help Goryeo restore the country, but she has never had the opportunity. Now that the Liao State has swallowed up Mongolia, the next step must be to use troops against the Japanese State to help Goryeo restore the country! ......" stopped and turned his head to look at Ya Yin Guanyin.

Ye Yu Guanyin misunderstood Yang Peng's meaning, and said angrily: "You don't have to worry about me, just go and unite with the Japanese people!" Since I am already married to you and your wife, I will not hold you back! Although there was some anger and helplessness in her tone, she also showed a firm taste, although she loved Liao, she loved her eldest brother more, and for the sake of her eldest brother, she was willing to be an enemy of Liao.

Yang Peng was moved, and only felt that he had such a wife, what more could he ask for. Stretched out his hand and held the palm of Ya Yu Guanyin's hand, and said with a smile: "You misunderstood, how can the eldest brother go to unite with the Japanese people?" Ya Yu Guanyin was stunned for a moment, and then showed an extremely moved expression, she thought that Yang Peng had decided this for her.

The group returned to Tianjing New Town. At this time, Du Cai sent a report from the Liao State, which said: The Liao court has decided to bring all the Mongols to live south of Beihai, and at the same time move some Jurchens and Khitans to live with the Mongols, and then move hundreds of thousands of Han, Jurchen, and Khitan people to settle in the north of Beihai; The Liao court had already sent an envoy to Tianjing New Town, presumably to further consolidate the peaceful relations between the two sides and to further expand trade and commerce; In addition, the Liao court also issued a decree to exempt agricultural taxes from all parts of the country for two years to encourage commercial and trade activities.

Yelu Hanyu pondered: "Judging from the content of this information, if it is correct, then although the Khitans have swallowed Mongolia this time, they are afraid that they have also exhausted the grain and grass reserves, and I am afraid that not only the grain and grass in the treasury have been exhausted, but even the grain and grass of the people have also been consumed." They need time to recuperate, and they also need to have a good relationship with us. ”

Han Bing said: "By the time it opens next year, we will be able to reserve enough grain and grass, and we can take this opportunity to crusade against the Liao State." Yang Peng shook his head and said, "The Liao State is ready to use troops against the Japanese people, and I don't plan to drag the Liao State back." Everyone showed a clear expression, and Yelu Hanyu joked: "Love the house and Wu, you are naturally reluctant!" Everyone laughed, and Ye Yu Guanyin also smiled, and said to Yang Peng: "Big brother doesn't have to worry about me, if the eldest brother uses troops against the Liao State, the little sister is willing to be your vanguard!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be in awe, and they were impressed by Yari Guanyin.

Yang Peng said: "I don't want to use troops against the Liao State now, at least not until the Japanese are completely defeated." Everyone had known Yang Peng's attitude for a long time, and when they heard this, they naturally didn't feel strange, but they didn't know much about the reason.

After the meeting was adjourned, everyone left, except for Yelu Hanyu. Yang Peng stood up, walked up to Yelu Hanyu, and said with a smile: "Mei'er, do you have something on your mind?" Yelu Hanyu hesitated, looked up at Yang Peng, and asked, "I heard, I heard that Yang Yanzhao encountered the army of Western Liao at Yumen Pass, and he also fought?" ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Yes." Seeing the demise of Western Xia, Brother Wei and others took refuge in Western Liao. The Western Liao Army sent troops to reinforce it, and our army took over a battle with the Western Liao Army. Yelu Hanyu's expression was complicated, and he said, "I, I really don't know what to say." Seeing her like this, Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but be full of pity, and he wanted to give her a promise not to attack Xiliao, but the words never came out of his mouth.

Yelu Hanyu raised his head and looked at Yang Peng, wanting to ask his eldest brother not to be an enemy of Xiliao, feeling that if he opened his mouth to plead, his eldest brother would agree nine times out of ten, but he felt that he was too selfish to do so, and he would be compared to that Jurchen vixen! He frowned, and finally didn't open his mouth to ask for help.

Yelu Hanyu was sad in his heart, lowered his head and whispered: "Big brother, I, I'm a little uncomfortable, so I'll leave!" Then he turned and left. Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu's back, and couldn't help sighing, only feeling sorry for her. ……

The gaze turned to Yanjing. On this day, Yang Jiumei was handling official business in the official office as before, and suddenly, she only felt that the ground was shaking, and the whole hall was squeaking loudly, as if it would collapse at any time. With Yang Jiumei's concentration, when she suddenly faced such a scene, she couldn't help but be shocked, changed her seat and staggered out of the hall. At the same time, the big and small officials of the official office, the servants and servants also rushed to the front yard in a panic.

I saw that the whole palace shook violently, and the less sturdy houses collapsed one after another, and the surrounding walls fell to the ground one by one, with a loud bang; Not only the government office, but the entire Yanjing City was shaking, the sound of buildings collapsing, the sound of people shouting and shouting, resounded, at this moment, everyone was as small as ants.

The thrilling earth movement lasted for a while before it gradually subsided. The people were frightened and pale, and the cries of children could be heard all over the city.

Yang Jiumei reacted first, and immediately shouted to the subordinates who were still in shock: "Immediately send fast horses to inquire about the disaster situation in various places, and at the same time order the officials in various places not to panic, and use the support at hand to save themselves first, Yanjing is still on the Yanwang side, and the rescue will arrive immediately!" All the subordinates came back to their senses, promised one after another, and ran down.

Later that day, rumors spread throughout Yanjing City, saying, 'It was because King Yan was perverse and did not obey Confucius and Mencius, so God was angry and sent a huge natural disaster to punish us!' If King Yan does not change his course and regain the way of Confucius and Mencius, the heavens will send even greater natural disasters, not only will the earth move, but there will also be a great flood, and the sky will be on fire, and then the sky will fall apart, and everyone will not be able to escape the catastrophe, there is only one way to die! This rumor spread everywhere in Yanjing City, making people panic, and many fools and fools really thought that this sudden earth movement was caused by Yang Peng's negligence, so the complaints against Chen Xiao gradually appeared and spread.

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