Yang Peng walked on the city wall, followed by two people in civilian clothes, one was burly and strong, and the other was polite and fairy. These two people were Liu Ziyu and Guan Shigu, who were captured when Yang Peng took Weinan Hanzhong. These two people are both literate and martial, and they were once famous generals on the battlefield of resisting Liao. After Yang Peng took over Hanzhong in Weinan, everyone surrendered, but only two of them refused to surrender. Yang Peng did not force it, and moved the two to Tianjing New Town under house arrest, except for not allowing them to leave Tianjing New Town, one term was free. Time passed imperceptibly, if it weren't for the two of them suddenly coming to see each other today, Yang Peng would have forgotten about the two of them.

Yang Peng stopped, turned around, and asked with a smile, "How are the two of you doing in Tianjing New Town?" ”

Guan Shigu nodded and said, "Okay!" I've never been so comfortable! But I'm not used to this kind of life! Liu Ziyu bowed down and said, "Thank you King Yan for taking care of you!" Then he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "During the time I lived in Tianjing New Town, what I saw and heard made me feel a lot!" The prosperity of Tianjing New Town is even more than in the past, which is really unimaginable! Guan Shigu nodded sympathetically, and said with great admiration: "King Yan is really amazing!" not only defeated the Khitans and recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also governed Yanjing so well! Not only prosperous, but also peaceful, what is even more pleasing is that there is no phenomenon of high-ranking officials and nobles bullying the common people, and the common people always have a smile on their faces! That's great! ”

Yang Peng smiled slightly. Liu Ziyu said a little embarrassedly: "King Yan, we, we ......" Guan Shigu said angrily: "Old Liu, you are embarrassed to say, I'll tell you!" Then he hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said bluntly: "King Yan, we used to be just a sinister villain who rebelled, but now we know that we are wrong, you are not a sinister villain who can only rebel, but a big hero!" Since you can make Tianjing New City so prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment, you will definitely make the whole world look like this! If you don't dislike it, Lao Liu and I are willing to serve under our command and go to the soup to step on the fire! Liu Ziyu nodded and looked at Yang Peng a little nervously.

Yang Peng said happily: "It is my honor that you are willing to help me, and I am very happy!" ”

When the two saw that Yang Peng agreed, they couldn't help but be very excited.

Yang Peng pondered for a moment and said to the two: "Mr. Liu will be my staff for the time being, and General Guan will be a forward general in the direct legion for the time being!" The two were overjoyed and hugged their fists together. Yang Peng helped the two of them up and said, "Tomorrow morning, the Yan Wangfu will summon an important meeting, so come too." "The two of them knew that the meeting held by King Yan's Mansion was the highest level of meeting, and it was also the meeting with the highest level of secrecy, and now King Yan let the two of them participate, which not only shows that King Yan regards both of them as his own people, but also has the meaning of entrusting him with important tasks, for a while, the two of them were excited, and they couldn't help but think of the death of a confidant in their hearts!

The next morning, an important meeting of Yan Yun was held in the back hall of Yan Wang's Mansion. In addition to the civil and military forces who originally stayed in Tianjing New Town, there were also military and political attachés who came from all over the country and the princess who had positions in Yang Peng's harem, in addition to them, there were two people who were more eye-catching, that is, Liu Ziyu and Guan Shigu. Everyone saw two unfamiliar faces, and although they didn't know who they were, they realized that King Yan had plans to reuse the two.

Yang Peng first introduced Guan Shigu, Liu Ziyu and everyone. At this time, Guan Shigu and Liu Ziyu knew the identities and names of the participants who were all famous figures in the world, and they couldn't help but be in awe; And everyone has long heard of the names of Guan Shigu and Liu Ziyu, and when they heard that it was these two people, they couldn't help but suddenly realize it.

Yang Peng sat down, everyone sat down one after another, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Yang Peng. Yang Peng said: "The reason why everyone is urgently called to Tianjing New Town is that there is a major event that needs to be discussed with you!" After a pause, he continued: "Our strategic goals have been formulated for a long time, but after this big war, I want to slightly revise the strategic goals we have set before!" This incident made me feel that the saying 'If you go outside, you must first settle inside' is very reasonable! ”

Several people present couldn't help but feel moved when they heard this, but no one made a sound. Yang Peng continued: "Our previous plan was to defeat the surrounding foreign enemies first and then dominate China. But now I want to reverse this order, first unify China, and then compete for the world! ”

The crowd couldn't help but whisper. Duan Zhixian said loudly: "I agree with the decision of the eldest brother!" Fuck, when we were fighting with foreigners before, the court of dog days was always stabbing in the back, it was so fucking annoying! It's best to destroy these grandsons first! ”

Yang Guihua said: "There is a famous saying in ancient times, 'If you go outside, you must first settle inside', which naturally makes sense!" Only by solving the internal problems first, can we better deal with the external enemy! I am also in favor of unifying China first! Everyone nodded in agreement.

Liu Ziyu said: "King Yan's strategy is naturally very correct, but it is not easy to unify China. There are three difficulties, the first is that the terrain is not conducive to me, the imperial court relies on the Yangtze River moat, and Bashu has a metaphor since ancient times that the Shu road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and it is not easy for our army to cross these natural dangers to unify China; The second is that the strength of the imperial court should not be underestimated, although the sharpness of Yanyun's soldiers is unrivaled in the world, but as long as the imperial court appoints good generals, it can train elite soldiers that can match us, just like the previous Yang family army, and the wealth and food of the imperial court are far superior to ours, if the war develops into a stalemate, it will be very unfavorable to us; The third is the people's heart, although the government is mediocre and corrupt and traitorous ministers are in charge, but the people's heart in Jiangnan is still towards the court, if the court implements a suitable policy, the people of Jiangnan will definitely fight with us to the end, although Yan Yunjun is strong, but in the face of endless people who swear to fight to the end, I am afraid that it is difficult to win. ”

Duan Zhixian frowned, Liu Ziyu's words made him feel very unhappy, but the three things that the other party said were very reasonable, and he couldn't find a reason to refute even if he wanted to.

Han Bing said: "What Lord Liu said is very reasonable, but there are also aspects that are beneficial to us. First, the morale of the Song army was low because of the harm done by the imperial court to meritorious generals, and it was not an overnight effort to restore morale; Second, although Jiangnan is extremely rich, but most of the wealth is in the hands of the royal family and a few nobles, the people have long complained about this, as long as our policy is appropriate, we can break the morale of the people in Jiangnan, and the wealth in the hands of the royal family and a few nobles makes it difficult for them to transform these wealth into power, the most stingy people in the world are the royal family and nobles, between the safety of the community and their own wealth, they often choose the latter; Third, the emperor is mediocre, with neither great ambition nor great talent, and now he is competing for power and profit with his uncle, and he sees that a war is about to break out. ”

Liu Ziyu's eyes showed admiration, and he only felt that this princess Niangniang, who often sat in Tianjing New City for King Yan, was really extraordinary, and explained the major shortcomings of the court in a few words.

Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "What Han Bing and Lord Liu said is very reasonable! Therefore, as far as the grand strategy is concerned, now is the time to unify China, but this matter is by no means easy, it must be carefully planned, not rushed! ”

Yang Peng nodded, glanced at everyone, and said, "Let's talk about our opinions." ”

Liu Ziyu hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates think that if they want to enter Jiangnan, they should collect Xichuan first!" Yang Peng, Han Bing, and Yelu Hanyu showed knowing smiles on their faces. Duan Zhixian said angrily: "I have been to that place in Sichuan, and it is very dangerous, only a thousand people and horses are needed to guard it, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, don't even think about rushing over!" How many people would have to die there? If you want me to say, just cross the river from the direction of Zhenjiang and attack, our naval army is powerful, and we will definitely be able to fight! ”

Dunant shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy!" According to reliable sources, the imperial court also built a large number of artillery pieces, which were arranged in many fortresses along the river. Their artillery, though far less powerful than ours, is huge! Forcibly crossing the river may be successful, but the loss will be too great! And after crossing the river, you will face a heavy enemy army! ”

Duan Zhixian said angrily: "Fatty, why don't you help me speak?" "As the governor of Lianghuai, Du Nan is in Yangzhou, while Duan Zhixian led the army to garrison Jiangbei and the camp was also in Yangzhou, so the relationship between the two was naturally different, so Duan Zhixian spoke like this. Dunan smiled, "Monk, we are talking about business now, and we are talking about things, but we don't dare to abolish the public because of private affairs!" ”

Duan Zhixian said angrily: "Zhenjiang doesn't agree to fight here, is it easy for Sichuan to fight?" It's harder for me to watch! ”

Dunant shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. Shu Road is difficult to go to the sky, everyone knows that Sichuan is not easy to fight, so whether it is the imperial court or the officials of Sichuan, they would not have thought that we would start from Sichuan, which can be seen from the fact that Sichuan still has only 100,000 defenders! We were taken by surprise, they were defenseless, and now that there is infighting in the south, I think we have a good chance of taking Sichuan! ”

Yang Peng stood up, Duan Zhixian and Du Nan immediately stopped talking and looked at Yang Peng with everyone. Yang Peng walked down and said, "I have decided on this matter, and I will start from Sichuan!" Glancing at everyone, he ordered: "All parties have begun to prepare secretly. Remember, don't talk about Sichuan's plans after you get out of this door! The crowd agreed in unison. Yang Peng glanced at Wang Rong and said, "Only one part of the navy is left in the sea off Shandong, and the main fleet is secretly going south." Wang Rong clenched her fists and promised. Yang Peng said to Xiang Danian again: "The first, sixth, and seventh legions will immediately secretly go south. Xiang Danian excitedly clenched his fists and promised. Yang Peng glanced at Duan Zhixian and the others, and said with a smile: "It's rare for you to come to Tianjing New Town, stay a few more days and then go back!" ”

Duan Zhixian laughed and said loudly: "I haven't drunk the peach blossom brew of Tianjing New Town for a long time, this time I have to drink it happily!" Everyone burst out laughing.

Duan Zhixian suddenly remembered something and asked, "Big brother, Brother Xiang Danian is here, so who is in charge of the military in Jiangbei?" Xiang Danian thought of this matter and said, "Yes, who is in charge?" Yang Peng glanced at Yelu Hanyu and said to the two: "The war in Jiangbei is in charge of Mei'er!" The two looked at Yelu Hanyu together, and the two had always admired the wisdom of this sister-in-law, so they had no objections to the eldest brother's arrangement. Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu, his eyes showed a gentle color, and he advised: "I will hand over the military of Jiangbei to you!" Yelu Hanyu clenched his fists and promised.

Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang: "How are you preparing for the bank?" ”

Huang Guang and Zhang Xiang stood up, Huang Guang hugged his fists and said: "Everything is going well, and my subordinates and Zhang Xiang feel that it will officially open on the first day of next month." At this time, I have to ask King Yan to decide! Yang Peng said: "If you think that day is good, just one day." The two agreed in unison. Yang Peng thought for a while and asked the two: "This first president, have you two discussed?" Who's going to do it? Yang Peng had previously passed down an order to Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang to prepare for the bank, and at the same time asked one of the two of them to be the president, but the two were not enthusiastic about serving as the president at all, first, they felt that this president was just the treasurer of the bank, and he was simply demoted as the president, and secondly, he also felt that there was nothing to do to be the president, because of these reasons, the two of them were not so happy to serve as the president. However, King Yan's order cannot be disobeyed, what should I do? After some discussion, the two reached an agreement, and simply pushed this matter out and pushed it on Meng Yulou's head.

Zhang Xiang bowed; "The two subordinates have discussed it carefully, and they both feel that the two of us are not specialized in money, and we are afraid that we will miss King Yan's major affairs by taking this position!"

Yang Peng smiled: "I think you two don't look down on this position, and you think that being the president is clearly a demotion!" The two of them heard King Yan say what they thought, and their faces were gloomy, they originally wanted to recommend Meng Yulou, but they didn't dare to say it at this moment.

Yang Peng said: "If you can recommend a suitable candidate, I will let you go." Otherwise, let the two of you draw lots. The crowd couldn't help but laugh. Huang Guang hurriedly said: "Qiyu Yan King, we all think that Meng Yulou is the best candidate for this position!" Zhang Xiang hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Yang Peng pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "She is indeed more suitable!" When Huang Guang and Zhang Xiang heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Yang Peng turned his head to the clerk sitting next to him and said, "Draft an order to remove Meng Yulou from his position as the head of the official camp, appoint Meng Yulou as the president of the bank, and order Meng Yulou to return to Tianjing New City immediately and preside over the bank's affairs." As soon as Yang Peng finished speaking, the clerk wrote, stood up, came to Yang Peng with the written letter of appointment, and presented it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked it up and looked at it, returned to the bookcase, picked up his gold seal and stamped it on the letter of appointment. He immediately handed the letter of appointment to Wang Kai and ordered: "Send it out immediately!" Wang Kai took the letter of appointment and ran down.

Immediately, Yang Peng discussed other things with everyone, but I didn't know how time passed, and when I was about to end the meeting, I found that it was almost noon. Yang Peng said with a smile: "The time is just right, let's have lunch here." Everyone smiled and bowed: "Thank you King Yan!" ”……

Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing accompanied Yang Peng and slowly walked towards the lake along the corridor. At this time, the sun is the hottest time of the day, illuminating the entire palace, and the lake in the distance is sparkling and dazzling. Along the way, from time to time I met the Feifeng maid and the maid, as soon as the Feifeng maid and the maid saw the three of them, they stopped and bowed respectfully, and only left after the three of them left to busy themselves.

Yelu Hanyu asked: "The eldest brother asked the little sister to sit in Jiangbei, presumably planning to let the little sister feint Jiangdong, right?" ”

Yang Peng smiled, glanced at Yelu Hanyu, and said, "It's not exactly a feint. My idea is, two-pronged! Sichuan direction, Zhenjiang direction, at the same time. Actually, I don't put all my expectations in the direction of Sichuan. The two women were extremely resourceful people, although Yang Peng's words were not very clear, but they both understood what he meant, and nodded thoughtfully.

Yang Peng said: "There are five legions in the direction of Zhenjiang, with more than 300,000 troops!" If necessary, with the cooperation of the navy, the river will be forcefully crossed! In the direction of Sichuan, the Hanzhong Army with only Liu Xi and others is far from enough, and I plan to transfer the Ninth Army Corps as well. "The so-called Hanzhong Army was actually adapted by Liu Xi and other Song troops who were originally stationed in Weinan, Hanzhong, and there were about 60,000 people. This army is very special in the establishment of the Yanyun Army, it is neither a serious Yanyun field army, nor a militia, the equipment is the same as always, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved compared with the previous one due to the entry of Jinyiwei and the implementation of the training methods of the Yanyun Army.

Han Bing frowned and said, "If you add the Ninth Legion, it will only be 120,000 soldiers and horses. However, Shuzhong is dangerous, and it is not possible to take Shuzhong by relying on a large number of troops! ”

Yang Peng nodded, smiled and said to Han Bing: "Han Bing, you are going to sit in Tianjing New City for me again!" Han Bing was stunned for a moment, then understood, and asked, "Big brother wants to personally lead the army to attack Sichuan?" Yang Peng nodded, "Not only that, I plan to go to Sichuan to have a look before the army officially acts." The two girls were taken aback, and Han Bing objected: "No! Absolutely not! If the identity of the eldest brother is revealed, it will be too dangerous! Yelu Hanyu nodded sympathetically.

Yang Peng stopped, turned around, held the slender hands of the two women, and said with a smile: "If you are concerned, it will be chaotic!" In fact, what danger can there be in this situation today? Even if my identity is exposed, will the officials in Sichuan dare to do anything to me? The two girls were stunned for a moment, and then understood, Yelu Hanyu nodded and said: "The two sides are not at war, the relationship between the two sides can be said to be fine, and the magistrate of the Song people should not dare to offend the eldest brother......" raised his head and frowned: "But ......" Yang Peng immediately bowed his head and kissed her red lips, Yelu Hanyu's heart fluttered, and he forgot everything he wanted to say. Yang Peng smiled: "There is nothing to do, you don't have to worry!" ”

That night, Yang Peng sat in the bedroom, drinking and enjoying Zhao Jinxi's singing and dancing, it was really drunk and everyone was drunk! Zhao Jinxi may not be the most beautiful woman, but she is naturally charming, and her smile is always seductive, and the word goblin is really no more suitable for her.

In the study room of the merchant's mansion, the atmosphere is a little depressing. Shang Shiheng and his father Shang Conglong sat opposite each other, both frowning. Shang Shiheng said in disbelief and anger: "I didn't expect that the Yanyun Army would be able to defeat the million-year-old army of the Khitans and the Japanese people in this situation, and the Japanese people were wiped out!" And Tubo and Western Liao were also defeated! Is Yan Yunjun really invincible? Shang Conglong sighed, and then said with great joy: "Fortunately, we didn't trade, otherwise I'm afraid we would follow in the footsteps of the Duan family!" ”

Shang Shiheng couldn't help but feel lucky, and then said angrily: "The imperial court is really useless, and it doesn't dare to send troops for a long time!" If they make a move when the Khitan army breaks into the sixteen states of Yanyun, I don't believe that he, Yang Peng, can still resist it! Hey, it's a failure, it's a failure! ”

Shang Conglong frowned and said, "I think the imperial court is unreliable!" Then he looked at Shang Shiheng, "Son, that King Yan may be the true son of heaven, if we continue to fight against him, I am afraid that we will end up in a situation from which we will never recover!" Shang Shiheng said categorically: "Yang Peng does not abide by the ancient precepts, does not follow the way of the sage, and the people of my generation must fight to the death to fight him to the end!" If we don't overthrow him, will there still be a place for our generation of scholars? Father, I don't believe I can't defeat him! Back then, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and his power was much stronger than his Yang Peng, but in the end, it was not destroyed! ”

Shang Conglong felt that what his son said made sense, and couldn't help but nodded. Shang Conglong said again: "Since the imperial court is unreliable, we will rely on others, in short, we must restore the way of the saint!" After a pause, he said to Shang Conglong: "Father, I think the Great Liao Kingdom is orthodox with the mandate of heaven, let's find a way to contact them!" Shang Conglong thought about it and nodded. Suddenly remembered something, and said to Shang Shiheng worriedly: "Son, I'm worried about whether the matter of the black-clothed regiment will implicate us!" I heard that their stronghold in Tianjing New City has been eliminated recently, and I don't know if Yan Yun has found anything related to us? ”

Shang Shiheng couldn't help but worry, and said, "There shouldn't be a problem, we have always been in contact with the leader of the black-clothed group, and the others don't know." Shang Conglong nodded and said, "I hope so!" ”……

In the next few days, Yang Peng accompanied his wife and concubine and children to have fun, temporarily leaving everything behind and enjoying the joy of family. There was always cheerful laughter in the backyard of the palace. ……

That morning, a caravan of men left Tianjing New Town in the early morning mist, and no one paid attention to them, and they walked slowly to the west. At this moment, the people walking on both sides of the official road would not have thought that there was the Yan King they revered in the team next to them.

Yang Peng did not ride a horse, but sat in the carriage, looking at a very childish painting, with a loving smile on his face. The painting in his hand is Yang Rui's masterpiece, which depicts the scene of fighting on horseback, the people are a few supports, and the horse is a black mass. Yang Peng put down Rui'er's masterpiece and couldn't help sighing, he really didn't want to leave the children and women, but he had too many things, and this separation was always inevitable.

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