The sergeants ordered Han Tong and the others to kneel, and the tribal leaders were terrified and knelt down with a plop, but Han Tong still stood proudly and didn't take Yang Peng in his eyes. And the sergeants were furious, and they were about to do it. Yang Peng waved his hand and said, "That's it, all retreat!" The sergeants bowed and withdrew.

Yang Peng said to the leaders of the Western Mountains and Wild Rivers: "Why do you want to rebel? Several leaders glanced at each other, and the leader said: "We didn't dare to rebel, but Han Tong Xianggong has a great kindness to us, he wants us to rebel, we can't help but rebel!" Han Tong shouted at Yang Peng: "You don't have to embarrass them, I forced them to do this thing, if you want to kill or chop me, come at me!" Several of the leaders were moved and ashamed.

Sun Wei shouted angrily: "Bold! Dare to be so rude to King Yan! Han Tong glanced at Yang Peng and said angrily: "What Yan Wang, it's just an ungrateful rebel and thief!" Sun Hao got up and scolded again. Yang Peng stopped him: "General Sun sits down, don't be excited." Seeing Yang Peng say this, Sun Wei had no choice but to sit back.

Yang Peng asked Han Tong: "Why does Song Ting want me to be loyal?" Han Tong glared and said, "Loyalty to the monarch is the way of a person, and you actually asked me why I should be loyal!" It just doesn't make sense! Yang Peng said with a smile: "Loyalty to the king is the way of Confucianism, not the way of being a man." Han Tong said angrily: "The way of Confucianism is the principle of heaven and earth, and it is the way of man!" ”

Yang Peng felt that this person was deeply poisoned by Confucianism, and it must not make sense in a few words, so he asked: "In this case, I want to ask, what is the way of persecuting the master of orphans and widows, and seizing the master's country?" "Han Tongyi, he is very knowledgeable, and naturally knows that the Zhao family's country was taken from the hands of the Chai family's orphans and widows, which is really disgraceful. To say that the king lost his morality and lost the mandate of heaven, so the Zhao family could replace him, but the orphan and widow did not have any immorality, and it can be said that Zhao Kuangyin, who was an important minister at the time, was very trusting and dependent, and there was no place to be sorry for him, so this obviously does not make sense. Han Tong frowned, not knowing what to say for a while.

Yang Peng said: "The Zhao family was the Chai family before, which one was the Chai family before?" By analogy, according to your Confucian principles, do you know which surname you should be loyal to? ”

Han Tong frowned and said, "The transformation of the Mandate of Heaven is also a helpless thing!" ”

Yang Peng laughed mockingly, "Destiny? Whoever hears God speak, this so-called Mandate of Heaven is nothing more than a thing concocted by you Confucians for rebels to try to justify themselves! Confucianism wanted to enslave the people and prevent them from opposing the rulers, but at the same time to find reasons for the rulers' rebellion, so the Mandate of Heaven came into being. Isn't the Mandate of Heaven just something that rulers and you Confucian scholars talk about all day long, who has heard of it? If there is really a so-called mandate of heaven, it can only be the will of the people, as long as the people are unhappy, it is the mandate of heaven that has been transferred, and the ruler should die! Under the rule of Zhao and Song, the common people were not only unhappy, they simply hated it, such a ruler you Confucianism still want everyone to be loyal, it is clear that they are the lackeys of the rulers, who come to harm the people! ”

Han Tong glared at Chen Xiao and said, "You, you ......" only felt a breath of air blocking his chest, and wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't refute. There is a fact that he can't avoid, that is, under the rule of Zhao Song, not only are corrupt officials and corrupt officials rampant, and the people's lives are miserable, but they are also constantly invaded by foreign enemies and are bullied by foreign enemies! It seems that it is really like what Yang Peng said, maintaining the rule of Zhao Song is to harm the people, but Han Tong has been educated for a long time and feels that he must be loyal to his father, which is the foundation of his life. The two thoughts fought fiercely in Han Tong's heart, making him dizzy and overwhelmed.

Yang Peng said: "Escort him down and let him think about it for himself." The two sergeants stepped forward and escorted Han Tong, who was still confused. Yang Peng's gaze fell on the leaders of those tribes, and said, "I know that under the rule of Zhao Song, you are all inferior people, and you are bullied!" ”

When several leaders heard such words, they couldn't help but feel like a confidant, and the fear in their hearts couldn't help but subside a lot, and they all nodded and sighed, and the leader said: "Yan Wang Mingjian, that's the case!" However, since Lord Han Tong arrived as the prefect of Yazhou, our situation has improved a lot. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said: "So in your hearts, you feel that you owe him kindness, so you don't hesitate to help him rebel with the lives of the whole clan." All the leaders were shocked, and they all kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Please King Yan forgive us, please King Yan forgive us!" ......" Yang Peng said: "You are loyal to Zhao Song, so you rebelled against me Yanyun, so it can not be regarded as a rebellion, and it cannot be said to be a rebellion." When the leaders heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the leader hurriedly asked, "Does King Yan mean that he will not cure our crimes?" ”

Yang Peng nodded. Several leaders immediately cheered loudly in the Tibetan language, and then kowtowed to the ground one after another, shouting: "Long live King Yan!" Yang Peng said: "All the people under my Yanyun rule are the people of Yanyun, and they can enjoy equal treatment, and the unreasonable burdens that Zhao Song imposed on you in the past will be exempted!" You just need to pay the taxes you have to pay, just like all the people of Yanyun. ”

The leaders looked incredulous, and one of them asked, "King Yan, is what King Yan said true?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Naturally, it's true." Not only that, but you also have the opportunity to earn rewards and learn from them. As long as your children join the Yanyun Army and make military achievements, they will be rewarded on an equal footing with everyone else, and they can also enter universities to study, and after completing their studies, they will have the opportunity to enter the government at all levels and become officials. The leaders were excited, and the gratitude in their hearts could not be expressed in words, so they had to solemnly make a special gift to Yang Peng, that is, the whole body was lying on the ground, which was the highest etiquette that the Tubo people would only perform when facing the gods and Buddhas.

Yang Peng stood up after the few of them finished their etiquette and said, "You go to the post house to rest first, and then I will send someone to return to the Xishan Yechuan tribe with you." A few people bowed down and agreed, and their demeanor seemed to have regarded Yang Peng as their monarch.

Yang Peng said to Wang Kai: "Send someone to take them to the post house, and all the treatment will be in accordance with the prefect's standards." Wang Kai clenched his fists and promised, walked to the bottom of the hall, and led several leaders down. Yu Qing couldn't help but say admiringly: "King Yan is really amazing! The Zhao and Song dynasties ruled the Xishan, Yechuan tribes for nearly a hundred years, but they never got their sincere support, but the king of Yan gathered the hearts of these outsiders in three or two clicks, which is really miraculous! ”

Sun Wei said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is the reincarnation of the true Son of Heaven, wise and wise, shining thousands of miles, naturally the heart of the world!" Yang Peng smiled: "It's not so mysterious." Zhao Song can't solve it well, not because they are stupid, but because they deal with any problem with the heart of enslaving all the people in the world, since it is this kind of heart, they will plunder the people, let alone foreigners, and even their own people may not have many people who are truly loyal to Zhao Song! And I'm completely different from them! ”

Sun Wei hurriedly said: "King Yan is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva of Light, and he came from Pudu sentient beings!" Yang Peng glanced at Sun Wei and said angrily: "If there is really a Mantian God and Buddha, and the world is still so chaotic, then there is nothing to admire about the Mantian God and Buddha!" Sun Wei slapped the horse's leg and touched his nose, but he resigned.

Yang Peng asked Yu Qing: "Have you counted the property of the scholars?" Yu Qing hugged his fists and said: "Back to King Yan, it has been roughly counted, except for the real estate, land and antique calligraphy and paintings in various places, the total amount of money and grain and grass has exceeded twice the money and grain and grass obtained from the official warehouse before!" If you add the real estate and land in various places and countless antique calligraphy and paintings, the value is simply an unimaginable number! Yang Peng was very happy and said with a smile: "Okay! These gentlemen and squires are not all useless, but they have made a great contribution to us! The crowd couldn't help but laugh.

Several leaders of the Xishan Yechuan tribe stayed in Chengdu for two days, during which they talked with Yang Peng about their own tribe and Tibet. After that, several leaders and an official sent by Yang Peng returned to the Xishan Yechuan Tribes. The return of the leaders made the people of the Western Mountains and Rivers very happy. Immediately, the people gathered and gathered all the leaders to announce their allegiance to Yanyun, and then the official sent by Yang Peng announced the appointment of several leaders, all of whom were appointed according to the official system at the state capital level, the leader with the highest prestige was appointed as the prefect, and the rest of the people were appointed as officials such as Changshi and copywriter, and the heads below the leader were appointed as magistrates and other officials.

Immediately, the officials announced Yan Yun's policy towards the Xishan, Yechuan tribes, and the leaders of the tribes and the people couldn't help but thunder with joy when they heard that Yan Yun treated himself as an equal with other tribes. That night, several leaders who had just accepted Yan Yun's canonization ordered a big banquet and got drunk.

At about the same time, Yang Guihua, students selected by Yenching University, officials transferred from other places, and supervision officials selected by the Ministry of Supervision, a group of hundreds of people arrived in Chengdu under the protection of a team of soldiers and horses. When I saw Yang Peng in the palace, I immediately bowed and worshipped: "Meet King Yan!" "The voice is very loud.

Yang Peng smiled: "You guys came faster than I expected, very good." Turning his head and glancing at Wang Kai, the latter understood, and immediately took out a document that had already been prepared, unfolded it, and read it: "By the order of King Yan, Yang Guihua will be revoked as the envoy of Shandong Xuanwei, and Yang Guihua will be appointed as the envoy of Xuanwei in Sichuan, in charge of civil affairs," Yang Guihua hugged his fists and bowed: "King Xie Yan!" Wang Kai read all the way, the content is the appointment of everyone, from the Sichuan Supervision Chief, down to the county magistrate, every time an appointment is announced, the appointed person will worship King Xie Yan. It takes a lot of time to complete such a work.

After Wang Kai finished reading the appointment order, Yang Peng encouraged everyone, and everyone naturally swore that they would never live up to King Yan's trust. Then Yang Peng introduced Yu Qing, Zheng Tai and other Sichuan officials to everyone, and everyone saw them one by one. Yang Peng asked the Sichuan officials to accompany everyone down to rest, leaving only Yang Guihua.

The two came to the pavilion next to the cliff in the backyard of the palace, Yang Peng stood on the edge of the cliff and looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers, and Yang Guihua bowed and stood behind Yang Peng.

Yang Peng asked: "When we conquered Sichuan, do the people have any discussions?" Yang Guihua said: "Subordinates all the way to the west, what they see and hear is a scene of joy, the people are extremely excited about our capture of Sichuan, along the way to see hundreds of people spontaneously celebrate, all over the country is more lively than the New Year!" King Yan may not know, in fact, in the hearts of the people of the Central Plains, there has long been no Zhao Song, only King Yan, and King Yan is the only Ninety-Five Supreme! The people are eager for King Yan to reign in the world as soon as possible and unify Liuhe! ”

Yang Peng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's fine." He turned around, walked to the stone pier and sat down, and motioned for Yang Guihua to sit down as well. Yang Guihua bowed and sat down.

Yang Peng said: "I will hand over Sichuan to you, I believe that with your ability, you will be able to handle the affairs of Sichuan well and live up to my expectations." Yang Guihua hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates will go all out and never let down the trust of King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I naturally trust your ability, my Yanyun's established policy is like that, there is nothing to say, you have long been an expert." However, I need to remind you that this Sichuan is not as good as Shandong, not as good as the Central Plains, and although it is mainly Han people here, there are also a lot of people of other nationalities, and each has its own customs and habits. For such a place, in addition to the basic principle of fairness, we should also respect the customs and habits of all ethnic groups, not treat them with our habits, and be more tolerant. The sea is vast because it can accommodate all rivers. Yang Guihua nodded, hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates have written it down!" ”

Yang Peng said: "Sichuan has been the country of abundance since ancient times, and the reason why Qin was able to dominate the world was precisely because of the support of Sichuan's grain and grass. I hope that Sichuan will become richer and richer under your rule. ”

Yang Guihua's heart moved, and he hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates will do their best to govern Sichuan, so that Sichuan will become the logistics cornerstone that supports our Yanyun army to conquer the world!" Yang Peng smiled: "It's good if you understand." After a pause, he asked, "I use troops against Sichuan, I believe you have already guessed my intentions, right?" Yang Guihua hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates guess that King Yan is already planning to unify the south!" ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I have been avoiding civil war, but I have found that civil war cannot be avoided!" If we want to better compete with outsiders, we must first solve our own problems! Without the unification of the South, it will be difficult for us to concentrate on competing with outsiders for supremacy in the world! I have made up my mind to unify the South in the shortest possible time! Yang Guihua excitedly clenched his fists and said: "Yan Wang is wise!" ”

Yang Peng said: "To attack the south, Sichuan is an important starting position, it is condescending and located in the upper reaches of the river, and can sweep the south of the Yangtze River with a momentum of thousands of miles. Glancing at Yang Guihua, "Your other task in Sichuan is to prepare materials for future military operations!" Yang Guihua hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates understand." Then he asked: "I don't know who King Yan wants to be in charge of the military affairs of Sichuan?" ”

Yang Peng said: "I plan to make Han Bing enter the river." Yang Guihua said happily: "Niangniang has outstanding prestige, and she is the princess of Yan, and she is brave and strategic, so she is in charge of Sichuan military affairs, and there is really no more!" ”

Yang Peng said: "I plan to use the Ninth Army Corps and the Hanzhong Army as the Sichuan Front Army, and be the main force of the east to Kuimen in the future." In addition, 100 military offices were set up in Sichuan, and some of the Sichuan troops who surrendered to Cheng were returned to the peasants, and some were reorganized into military government troops, serving the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. Yang Guihua pondered: "King Yan is very thoughtful! Yang Peng smiled: "Since you have no opinion, then do it!" ”

Yang Guihua hugged his fists and said: "King Yan, there is one thing that his subordinates think should be considered!" Yang Peng didn't speak, waiting for him to continue. Yang Guihua continued: "The relationship between us and Dali is a problem. Now, with the capture of Sichuan by our army, I am afraid that the mentality of the people of Dali will change. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I have already thought of this, so I have already sent Fan Yong to Dali, he must be back soon." My policy toward Dali has not changed, and you, as the governor of Sichuan, must also do a good job of good-neighborliness, friendship, and mutually beneficial cooperation with Dali. "Yes."

Yang Peng thought of the news he received not long ago about the defeat of the Japanese army by the navy, and asked: "Not long ago, the navy defeated the Japanese army, do you know about this?" Yang Guihua nodded and said with a smile: "This matter is not only known to the lower officials, but also has spread all over Shandong, and the storyteller has also compiled this matter into a storytelling paragraph, and now in the restaurant teahouse in Shandong, this storytelling is very popular!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "What about the losses in this battle?" Has it caused losses to the people of Shandong, and has it affected their lives? Yang Guihua said: "As far as my subordinates know, the losses of our naval army in this battle are not large, but the enemy army has suffered heavy losses, destroying and capturing countless warships, and capturing tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers. As for the impact of this battle on the people of Shandong, King Yan can rest assured that the vast majority of those who fled fled fled back, and only a few of them panicked and went to our side of the shore, and their subordinates had already prepared, they were either killed or captured, and the people did not lose the slightest. ”

Yang Peng looked appreciative and asked, "Are there any Goryeo refugees who have escaped now?" "There are already a lot of them, and I heard that the Japanese people in Goryeo have implemented a very cruel policy of forbidding the sea, and as long as the Goryeo people appear within ten miles of the coast, they are often killed by the Japanese people without saying anything, so there are fewer and fewer people who escape."

Yang Peng was concerned about the situation in the sixteen states of Yanyun and asked, "How are the sixteen states of Yanyun recovering?" Yang Guihua said: "My subordinates didn't go to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but listening to the news from there, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are recovering very quickly, many towns that were previously destroyed by the war are being rebuilt, and those people who left Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are returning one after another, and everything is developing in a good direction!" The subordinates believe that the sixteen states of Yanyun will recover sooner or later! ”

Yang Peng nodded, and his thoughts moved away from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. After thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing to do, so he said to Yang Guihua: "If you don't have anything, go to the Governor's Mansion to hand it over." "Yes." The Governor's Mansion in Yang Peng's mouth is actually the residence of the former Governor's Mansion of Zhou Rong, and now it has been changed to the Sichuan Governor's Mansion as the residence and office of the Governor of Sichuan.

The officials transferred from the Central Plains left Chengdu to take office, and Yang Peng also left Chengdu at this time and went north, along Hanzhou and Mianzhou to Jiange, crossed Jiange and took the north road, and entered Jiezhou on Qinfeng Road, which is now Wudu in Gansu Province. Then Yang Peng and his entourage went all the way to the northwest from Jiezhou, passing through Luzhou, Gongzhou, Xizhou, Lanzhou, Huangzhou, Xining Prefecture, and entering Qingtang. At this time, the army led by Yang Yanzhao had already captured Qingtang, and Qingtang and the surrounding areas of Qinghai Lake had been included in Yanyun's territory.

Yang Yanzhao and the others suddenly heard that King Yan had arrived, they were taken aback, and hurriedly went out to greet them, only to see a group of people coming towards them, one of the knights, wearing black armor and black cloak, was Yang Peng. Everyone was overjoyed, and immediately stepped forward to visit: "Meet King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng turned over and dismounted, smiled and raised his voice: "You don't have to be polite!" Everyone straightened up and looked at Yang Peng's eyes with excitement. Yang Peng patted the dust on his body and said with a smile: "It's really far enough from Sichuan here!" I walked day and night for half a month to get here! Everyone laughed, and then everyone welcomed Yang Peng into the camp hall. This camp was originally the official residence of Zampu, the governor of Qingtang, and Yang Yanzhao used it as a temporary camp after he captured Qingtang.

Yang Peng walked to the top and sat down. Yan Ji stood beside Yang Peng, dressed in a black suit, covered with a black scarf, not revealing her true face, but as mysterious and beautiful as a rose in the night; The generals stood under the hall and formally met Yang Peng, and then they were divided into left and right.

Yang Peng glanced at everyone and praised: "You guys did a very good job, much better than I expected!" Originally, I only hoped that you would take the opportunity to seize the Snow Mountain, but I didn't expect that after you captured the Snow Mountain, you would capture Qingtang in one go! When everyone heard Yang Peng's praise, they couldn't help but show a happy look.

Yang Peng looked at Yang Yanzhao and exclaimed: "General Yang Yanzhao is really worthy of being a peerless general!" I really don't understand how General Yang managed to break through Qingtang in such a short period of time? ”

Yang Yanzhao hugged his fists and said: "King Yan has won the prize!" The peerless celebrity will be the king of Yan, how dare he be the last general! As for how to break through the Qingtang Dynasty, in fact, it is also very simple, the last general deliberately showed that he did not adapt to the local geographical climate and retreated, the Qingtang defenders believed it was true, so they opened the city to pursue, but they were ambushed and killed by our army on three sides and were defeated and lost, and then our army attacked the city! Yang Yanzhao said very simply, but Yang Peng could feel the fierce scene of the battle.

Yang Peng smiled slightly and said, "You have worked hard!" All the generals hugged their fists together and said: "For King Yan, for Yan Yun, never give up!" ”

Yang Peng pointed to Yan Ji beside him and introduced to the generals: "This is the 'Huaxu' pavilion leader. "All the generals have heard of the secret agency under the command of King Yan 'Huaxu', who has made a lot of contributions in this operation to seize Sichuan, and at this time they saw that the leader of this secret agency turned out to be a young woman, and they couldn't help but be quite surprised, and hugged their fists together and said: "Great Pavilion Leader!" Yan Ji replied: "The generals are polite!" ”

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