Yang Peng said: "Those sisters of yours, although they have their own strengths, but when it comes to cooking, they can't be compared with you!" Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi can cook, but they are far from your level! Luo Yanran said: "Big brother has won the prize!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, waved his hand and said, "Don't be so polite between us, the more casual the better!" "Yes." Yang Peng patted the seat next to him and said, "Come, you can also sit down and eat, don't just serve me." Luo Yanran answered and sat down next to Yang Peng. The two chatted while eating, and Yang Peng talked about the jokes he made when he was a child, which caused Luo Yanran to laugh from time to time.

Ancy came in, "Big brother, sister. Then he sneezed and coughed softly. Luo Yanran stood up, walked to An Qian's side, held An Qian's arm and asked with concern, "My sister caught a cold last night?" Anqian glanced at Yang Peng, who was snickering, and was annoyed, and said to Luo Yanran: "Sister, don't worry, it's nothing!" ”

Luo Yanran led An Qian to the round table and sat down on both sides of Yang Peng. An Qian said to Yang Peng: "Big brother, my sister and I are going to run errands today, and we will not be able to stay by my brother's side for a long time, you can take care of yourself!" Yang Peng nodded, glanced at the two women, stretched out his left and right hands to hold the slender hands of the two women, and advised: "You also have to take care of yourself!" Then his heart moved, and he said: "You two women have a lot of inconvenience in all aspects outside, everyone chooses twenty palace maids from the palace to bring them, so that they can be called!" The two girls nodded, "Thank you, big brother!" ”

Yang Peng let go of the two women, picked up the chopsticks, and put some dishes in each of the two women's dishes, and said, "Don't talk about things, concentrate on eating." The two girls smiled, picked up the chopsticks, and ate them in small bites. ……

At noon that day, Yang Peng sent the two girls back to the palace. As soon as he entered the door, Wang Kai originally reported: "Master, General Huyan Bixian is here!" Yang Peng immediately walked into the main hall, and saw Huyan Bixian in military uniform standing in the middle of the hall. Huyan will be revealed! Yang Peng shouted. Huyan Bixian hurriedly turned around and bowed to Yang Peng; "The last general will meet King Yan!"

Yang Peng walked up to Huyan Bixian and asked, "The affairs of Guozhou have all been handed over, right?" Huyan Bixian nodded and said, "According to King Yan's orders, everything has been handed over." Then he said excitedly: "The last general heard that Liu Xi was defeated, and King Yan summoned the last general back, do you want the last general to deal with that Han Tong?" ”

Yang Peng led Huyan Bixian to the map, pointed to Yazhou and said, "A small Yazhou actually defeated my Yanyun army!" Huyan Bixian immediately said: "The last general doesn't think so!" The army under Liu Xi's command is not the real Yanyun Army, not counting the defeat of our Yanyun Army! ”

Yang Peng smiled, glanced at Huyan Bixian, and said, "Then I will send you to lead five thousand real Yanyun troops to exterminate this rebel army, are you sure?" Huyan Bixian hugged his fists and said: "Absolutely foolproof!" Not to mention five thousand, even a thousand people can deal with them! Hu Yan Bixian's words are not nonsense, in terms of the combat power of Yan Yun's main army, a thousand is enough to deal with more than 10,000 troops like Han Tong's temporary recruitment and training.

Yang Peng said: "If it is a head-on battle, it is true. However, that Han Tong is very cunning, he understands very well the gap in combat power between the two sides, and he will never fight our army head-on! He's sure he'll set a trap to ambush our army like he did before! However, I have complete confidence in your abilities, and I only have one thing to warn you of, no matter how weak your opponent is, don't take it lightly! No matter how powerful a liger is, he can die on the horns of a buffalo! Hu Yan Bixian's heart sank, and he hugged his fists and said: "The last general has written it down." ”

Yang Peng walked to the bookcase, picked up a letter, came back and handed it to Huyan Bixian, and said: "This is my letter of appointment to you, you are fully responsible for exterminating the rebels of Yazhou and Xishan Yechuan, and Liu Xi is also under your command." Huyan Bixian took the letter with both hands and promised it.

Yang Peng smiled and said, "Okay, if there is no problem, you can leave immediately." Huyan Bixian clasped his fists and bowed: "The last will retire!" He quickly left the hall.

A secret guard rushed in and reported: "Master, Lord Yu Qing, Lord Zheng Tai is here." Yang Peng said: "Let them in." The secret guard answered the promise and ran down, and after a while, he saw Yu Qing and Zheng Tai in scribe robes coming together. These two people have already appeared in the previous article, Yu Qing is the former prefect of Gongzhou, when Yan Yunjun and Song Jun were about to collide in Gongzhou, this prefect opened the city gate, so that the people of the city fled into the nearby mountains, and because of this, Yan Yunjun and Song Jun did not hurt half of the people in a big battle in Gongzhou, this Yu Qing can be said to be indispensable! Soon after the war, Yu Qing took the initiative to come to Chengdu and showed his identity to the captain of the city gate, and then said that there was an important military intelligence report to King Yan. The captain of the city gate naturally did not dare to slack off, and even led him to the palace. After the report, Yu Qing was able to enter the palace and saw Yang Peng, who immediately expressed his allegiance to Yang Peng, and Yang Peng temporarily kept him by his side. And Zheng Tai, this is the Fuzhou prefect who surrendered to Yanyun before!

When the two saw Yang Peng, they hurriedly bowed and said, "My subordinates meet King Yan!" Yang Peng said: "I summoned you today because I have something to discuss with you. When the two of them heard this, they were flattered. Yu Qing hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "King Yan has an order, and his subordinates will not hesitate to go to the soup!" Zheng Tai saw that Yu Qing had taken the lead, and hurriedly said: "My subordinates are willing to do anything for King Yan, and I will never give up!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "I'm very happy that you guys are so loyal!" When the two heard this, they were overjoyed. Yang Peng walked behind the bookcase, sat down, and said, "My Yanyun's policies have been announced, is there any reaction below?" The two of them clasped their fists together and said, "The people are very happy!" Yu Qing said again: "The people say that King Yan is the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch who only comes out once in a thousand years!" With King Yan in charge, the people are blessed! ”

Yang Peng smiled, "If it's nice, I've heard a lot." I want to hear something bad now. Isn't there anyone unhappy about my Yanyun's policy? The two glanced at each other, Zheng Tai hugged his fists and said, "Naturally, there are complaints," Yang Peng nodded, "Go on." Zheng Tai replied and said, "There are quite complaints about King Yan in the middle of Shilin," and then hurriedly said: "That's just some sour and rotten literati talking nonsense!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "In addition to those sour and rotten literati, presumably the squires of the Shi clan also have quite a lot of complaints about my policies, right?" The two glanced at each other, and Yu Qing hugged his fists and said: "Don't dare to hide King Yan, the squire of the scholar clan does have a lot of complaints." ”

Yang Peng asked, "What are they complaining about?" The two of them were a little frightened in their hearts, and secretly glanced at Yang Peng, seeing that he didn't look angry, they couldn't help but be a little bolder, Yu Qing said: "Back to King Yan, Confucian scholars and squires are mainly dissatisfied with the two policies. One is about the system of official selection, for thousands of years, the imperial court has always reused Confucianism, with Confucianism as the foundation of governing the country, although the day has changed many times, and the specific means of selecting talents have also changed, but the policy of taking Confucianism as the fundamental governance has not changed, so Confucianism and the squires of the scholar clan have complained about this policy; Secretly glanced at Yang Peng, saw that Yang Peng's expression was calm, and there was no sign of anger, and continued: "The second is the newly promulgated tax system, thinking that the tax rate is too high to bear at all, and it is simply a ...... to say such a tax" Yu Qing swallowed and vomited, and did not dare to say any more.

Yang Peng smiled and said, "Are they saying that my tax system is simply tyranny?" Yu Qing was taken aback, nodded tremblingly, and peeked at Yang Peng's expression.

Yang Peng said: "As a manager of the country, one thing that must be done is fairness!" Everyone is equal before the law, which is fair, but a reasonable tax system is another kind of fairness! Is there anything wrong with those gentry who have a lot of resources in their hands and should have contributed more to the country? They controlled a large amount of land, lived in ornate mansions, wore silk and satin, ate fine clothes and fine food, and the wealth of several families could often occupy the vast majority of the local wealth; And ordinary people, thousands of households, live in mud-tiled houses, eat coarse rice, a family can only maintain one food and clothing all year round, the sum of the wealth of all ordinary people in a region, often can not withstand a squire, but the expenses of the state in all aspects are completely borne by them, and they have to bear the exploitation of the royal family and nobles at all levels, is this reasonable? ”

The two looked at each other, all along, the two of them have never thought about what is reasonable or unreasonable, the Confucian education has always made them subconsciously feel that all this is justified, but at this moment, after listening to Yang Peng's words, they can't help but feel that there seem to be many unreasonable places in it, but they also feel that the world has always been like this, the Son of Heaven and the gentry and herdsmen from all over the country, this is justified, and there is nothing unreasonable.

Yang Peng said: "You are all well-educated people, you must know how the status of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors was obtained?" The two of them said without thinking about it: "The Three Emperors and Five Emperors are ancient holy monarchs, because of their noble character, so God chose them to be kings!" ”

Yang Peng asked mockingly, "Heaven has chosen?" The two were stunned, and Yu Qing frowned: "It's always been said so, but there is another saying in some ancient books handed down from ancient times, saying that the Three Emperors and Five Emperors were elected as kings by the clansmen because they had made great contributions to the clansmen." This statement contradicts the popular saying, and the subordinates are stupid, and they don't know which of these two statements is correct! Yu Qing was very smart, he couldn't understand King Yan's mind for the time being, so he said these ambiguous words, so that no matter what King Yan thought, he wouldn't blame him.

Yang Peng glanced at Yu Qing and then at Zheng Tai, and asked, "Who do you say is more reasonable of these two statements?" The two glanced at each other and said together: "The subordinates are stupid!" Yang Peng said sternly: "This question, you two must answer!" ”

The two of them couldn't help but panic, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Yu Qing stammered: "Subordinate, subordinate thinks, thinks that the people recommend it, maybe, it may be more reasonable!" In a word, Yu Qing almost exhausted his strength, and after finishing speaking, his back was already drenched in cold sweat, and the whole person was almost prostration. Yu Qing glanced at Yang Peng secretly, and saw that he was silent, and he couldn't see what his attitude was, so he couldn't help but feel up and down in his heart.

Yang Peng's gaze turned to Zheng Tai's body and said, "You say." Zheng Tai was shocked, swallowed his saliva, and said: "Subordinate, subordinate thinks, thinks it is possible, maybe the doctrine of destiny is more reasonable!" "After that, I was also in my heart.

Yang Peng laughed, and when the two saw this, one family was happy and the other was sad. Yang Peng asked Zheng Tai: "Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said, 'The people are noble and the king is light. The king is the boat, the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat and capsize the boat. According to you, this must be wrong! Zheng Tai didn't expect King Yan to say such a thing, and felt that he should nod, but he felt that Tang Taizong was a saint of the ages, if his words were wrong, it didn't seem to be right, and he was in a dilemma for a while, and he didn't know how to respond.

Yang Peng was too lazy to play dumb riddles with them, and said angrily: "They are all raised by their parents, and they are all born, old, sick and dead, who is more noble than whom?" What destiny returns, it's all Confucianism's bullshit to fool the people, it's not as good as bullshit! ”

The two were startled and knelt down subconsciously, Zheng Tai was uneasy in his heart, but Yu Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Peng said: "Confucian scholars, scholars and squires, the reason why they oppose my policy is, to put it bluntly, just interests, and all the other excuses are just fig leafs!" Opposing the official selection system is nothing more than because these systems have made their former privileges no longer exist, in fact, they can still participate in the selection now, but these wastes are not only in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, they don't know how to fart, even if they participate in the selection, it is difficult to be selected at all, so they are resentful, so they talk nonsense to express their dissatisfaction. ”

"As for the tax system, well, that's what moves their interests. These people live a luxurious life with their land, and they are naturally very dissatisfied with my land policy, but the luxurious life they have been living has not been obtained by ability, but by plundering from the hands of the people by relying on an unfair system! Shouldn't that change? ”

Yu Qing and Zheng Tai hurriedly said: "It's time to change, it's time to change!" Yang Peng glanced at the two of them and said, "I told you so much, you should understand my and Yan Yun's governing philosophy, right?" Zheng Tai hurriedly said: "King Yan is the same Ming Jun as Tang Taizong, and everything is based on the interests and well-being of the people in the world!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Your comprehension ability is okay, but it's not enough!" "Yes, yes, the subordinates are stupid!" Yang Peng's gaze looked at Yu Qing. The latter hurriedly said: "The subordinates have the same opinion as Lord Zheng, but they still feel that it is not enough, and it seems that King Yan seems to have the intention of changing the inherent system for thousands of years!" ”

Yang Peng felt a little surprised, glanced at Yu Qing, and said, "You go on." Yu Qing responded and said: "King Yan, King Yan puts the people first, and mentioned that the three emperors and five emperors were elected by the people, and his attitude was quite appreciative. Therefore, so his subordinates feel that King Yan seems to have the intention of deposing the current system and restoring the ancient system! ”

Yang Peng's eyes showed appreciation, nodded and smiled: "You are very good!" When Yu Qing heard Yang Peng's praise, he couldn't help but be flattered, and hurriedly bowed: "My subordinates dare not be ashamed!" Zheng Tai's eyes on the side were full of jealousy.

Yang Peng flipped through a document in front of him, raised his head and glanced at the two of them, and said: "Among the high-level officials in the entire Sichuan who have surrendered, only the two of you can be regarded as Qing officials, and you have quite a lot of political achievements in office!" The two of them were overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "King Yan has won the prize!" ”

Yang Peng looked at Yu Qing and said, "You are not only honest and honest as an official, but also care about the people and do things without sticking to the form, which is very good." I have decided to appoint you as the prefect of Chengdu. Yu Qing was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you King Yan for your trust, my subordinates will definitely live up to King Yan's trust!" ”

Yang Peng turned his head to Zheng Tai and said: "You are also honest and honest as an official, and you do things in a decent manner, but the disadvantage is that you are hesitant and lack of decision, but you are still a usable talent." I appoint you as the prefect of Gongzhou and Fuzhou, and be in charge of the civil affairs of the two places! Zheng Tai was also overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

Yang Peng glanced at the two of them and said earnestly: "I have high expectations for both of you, I hope you don't live up to it!" The hearts of the two of them couldn't help but feel the urge to die for their confidants, and they hugged their fists together and said: "The subordinates will die after the liver and brain!" ”

Yang Peng asked, "Do you have anything else to say about the governance of Sichuan?" Yu Qing hugged his fists and said: "The policies promulgated by King Yan can be said to be very beneficial to the development of Sichuan's economy and the improvement of the people's lives. However, in the process of implementing these policies, they will inevitably encounter great resistance! Sichuan is different from the Central Plains, due to the previous wars in the Central Plains, in fact, the power of the gentry has been weakened to a great extent, the original order has almost been completely broken, and the resistance to the implementation of various policies will naturally be much smaller. However, Sichuan is different, Sichuan has hardly been damaged by war in the past thousand years, and the power of the gentry can be said to have deep roots after thousands of years of development! If they unite against the New Deal, I am afraid that the New Deal will be very difficult to implement! ”

Yang Peng asked: "When you say that the tree is big and has deep roots, do you mean officials from all over the country?" ”

Yu Qing nodded, "Yes, but it's not just that!" The influence of the gentry is absolutely multifaceted, the officials, head catchers, officials and even the prefect and county of the local government are inextricably linked with the gentry in various places, some of them are the children of the local gentry squire, and some are married to the local gentry squire! ”

Yang Peng frowned and said, "According to what you say, wouldn't the gentry of the scholars and clans in various places form a tight net with the officials in various places?" ”

Yu Qing nodded, "That's right!" Not only that, since most of the land is in their hands, they also control an extremely large number of tenant farmers, if these people are organized by them......" Chen Xiao understood what Yu Qing meant, what he meant was that if the gentry of the gentry armed the tenant farmers under their control, it would be an extremely huge force, enough to cause an unimaginable huge impact on Sichuan!

Yu Qing continued: "In addition, the gentry of the Shi clan still controls most of the industries in various places, such as restaurants and tea houses, etc., and they are also inextricably linked with the underworld, some of them are not only rich people, but also officials, and the chief scoop of a certain underworld gang!" Therefore, if they insist on opposing the policy of the Yan King, I am afraid that they will ......"

Yang Peng said: "What you said is very useful to me!" Although I had already felt it, I didn't expect that the power of the gentry in Sichuan would be so large and deep-rooted! He smiled and said, "But don't worry too much!" Sichuan has already been occupied by us, can't these problems be solved? Seeing Yang Peng's relaxed attitude, the two couldn't help but feel that this problem didn't seem to be difficult to deal with, and hugged their fists together and said, "Yan Wang is wise." ”

Yang Peng said categorically: "The new deal must be implemented as soon as possible, and no resistance can stop it!" Glancing at the two of them, "You two should set an example in your respective jurisdictions!" The two agreed in unison, but secretly beat the drum in their hearts.

Yu Qing asked, "King Yan, what if those squires of the scholar clan are unwilling to implement the new policy?" Yang Peng said: "Some problems, don't think too complicated, just do everything in accordance with the law." If the gentry paid their taxes according to the regulations and carried out the new policy, then they were law-abiding people, and the government not only could not harass them, but also protected them; On the other hand, if they insist on resisting the law, they are breaking the law, and since they have violated the law, they can do what they should do, and if they cannot solve the problem by using government officials and security forces, they can ask the nearest army for assistance. The two of them hugged their fists and promised, and their hearts were full of joy, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger, so they can only carry out the task assigned by King Yan.

Yang Peng thought about it and felt that there was nothing to do, so he said to the two: "You guys go to office." The two of them agreed, saluted Yang Peng, and withdrew. As soon as they came out, two secret guards came forward with official robes and handed them to the two of them. When the two of them saw the official seal and official robe, they couldn't help but be excited, and they felt like an old friend reuniting in their hearts, so they hurriedly bowed to the two secret guards, and then stretched out their hands and respectfully took it.

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