Cao Bin nodded, "That's true!" He glanced at Han Derang and asked, "Could it be that the Liao Kingdom watched Yan Yun destroy my Great Song Dynasty?" Han Derang smiled and said, "That's your business, don't care about ours!" Cao Bin shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not!" The Prime Minister is extremely resourceful, and he must be able to understand the truth of cold lips and teeth! ”

Han Derang's heart moved, glanced at Cao Bin, and said with a smile: "What do you mean by what the adults mean by saying this to me?" Cao Bin became a little impatient, and said clearly: "If Yanyun annexes the south, the next target will definitely be your Liao Kingdom!" Do you think you can face Yan Yun alone? Han Derang couldn't help frowning.

Cao Bin continued: "Yan Yun is now like a fierce beast that has fully grown, bloodthirsty and cruel, and there will be no end to desire! They will never stop after the annexation of the Great Song Dynasty, but will continue to conquer! They will never be able to coexist peacefully with any of us, and neither of us will be able to face Yan Yun alone, if they want to survive, they can only unite! ”

Han Derang sneered; "My lord said such alarmist words, it is nothing more than that I want Da Liao to send troops to contain Yan Yun's forces for you!" Cao Bin nodded and said, "This is indeed my idea!" But for your Liao State, it can be said that our Great Song Dynasty has restrained Yan Yun's soldiers and horses for your Liao State! Han Derang said: "It is said that Lord Cao Bin is upright, but I didn't expect to be so eloquent!" ”

Cao Bin said: "I'm not able to speak, I'm just telling the truth!" Prime Minister, you should know very well that if our Great Song Dynasty falls, Yanyun will definitely use troops against the Liao State in the Northern Expedition! ”

Han Derang sneered: "Our Great Liao Empire is not your Song Kingdom, your Song Kingdom is afraid of Yan Yun, but our Great Liao is not afraid!" Cao Bin sneered: "Are you really not afraid?" The Prime Minister's words are really insincere! Then he frowned and said: "I have already said what I should say, how you Liao decide is your own business!" ”

Han Derang was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "Since the words have been finished, I will leave." Cao Bin didn't stand up, and arched his hand: "Don't send it." Han Derang led two followers and left.

Today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the entire Tianjing New City is very noisy, and fireworks are constantly bursting in the city sky, decorating the whole city brilliantly; The dragon dance team and the lion dance team performed along the street, the gongs and drums were noisy, the people watched with great interest, and the children ran with the dragon dance team and the lion dance team; The performances on the stages have also reached their climax, and there are crowds of people in front of each stage, and the applause comes and goes; In this jubilant and lively atmosphere, the Tianjing New City City Defense Army has strengthened its patrols, with teams of heavily armed patrols shuttling through the streets and alleys of Bianliang City, and sentinels on watchtowers in the distance sweeping their eyes over the bustling and noisy urban area.

At night, Tianjing New Town is even more lively, and the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and cheers make the whole city boil; Fireworks, fire dragons, fire lions, and various light displays turn the entire Tianjing New Town into a city that never sleeps. When the New Year's drum beats, all the fireworks bloom together, the sky and the earth are bright, the sound of firecrackers is connected, and the noisy atmosphere reaches the fixed point! Then the whole Tianjing New Town gradually quieted down, but the whole second half of the night was still a very lively scene, many energetic people reveled all night without sleeping, and the performances on various stages continued until the early morning of the next day.

On the first day of the new year, King Yan married the new princess, and the people cheered in the middle of the road, which was another lively scene. That night, there was a big wedding banquet in the palace of King Yan, which was lively and festive, and it was noisy until midnight. The next day, when the sun was three poles, Yang Peng woke up. I only felt a pain in my head, and when I thought of the scene last night, I didn't know how much wine I drank, but I vaguely remembered that everyone seemed to have drunk and lay down. Then I had a beautiful spring dream, dreaming that I was with Yan Ji, An Qian, and a beautiful and immortal-like woman Hu Tianhudi, who was entangled in death.

Yang Peng smiled and patted his head, which was still a little dizzy.

Suddenly, I felt that there were people sleeping on my body and left and right, and I couldn't help but look at it. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, I was startled when I saw it, I saw Anqian, Yan Ji and the beautiful woman I had seen in my dream all sleeping naked beside and on my body, everyone was still in a dreamland, her hair was scattered, and there was a lingering afterglow of passion on her delicate face, which was particularly moving.

Yang Peng immediately understood, his eyes widened and he muttered, "That's not a dream!" Then his eyes fell on the face that was as beautiful as a fairy, and his heart moved, and he secretly rejoiced: "This must be Yanran!" Is this what she really looks like in the clouds? It's like a fairy! I'm afraid the immortals are not as beautiful as her! At this time, Luo Yanran was lying in Yang Peng's arms, and Yang Peng couldn't help but tighten his arms around her slender waist.

His eyes immediately fell on Yan Ji's face, only to feel the glamorous light, although she was obviously in her dreamland, she revealed an unstoppable charming temperament, Yang Peng's body reacted involuntarily! She's simply a goblin who messes with the world, a witch who leads people to sin!

Yang Peng couldn't help but look at Yan Ji, and then at Luo Yanran, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This is clearly the witch and the immortal sleeping in the same bed!" Lao Tzu's Yanfu is really too good to be boundless! ’

Yang Peng looked out the window and saw that it was already three poles old, thinking that there were still many things, so he was ready to get out of bed. Unexpectedly, as soon as she moved slightly, the three girls woke up one after another. Seeing the scene in front of them, An Qian and Yan Ji were nothing, but Luo Yanran was so ashamed that she almost wanted to find a hole to get into.

On the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, the annual meeting was held in the main hall of Yanwangfu. The commanders and generals from all over the country have arrived. After a few gossips, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang to make a government report. Zhang Xiang immediately took out the report prepared in advance and read it. Zhang Xiang's report is very long, so I will not repeat it here, but only briefly introduce the content of his report.

Zhang Xiang's government report is mainly divided into finance, population, and the income of the people who have given land. In terms of finances, although the past year has been very expensive, but the harvest is also very large, out of all expenses, the surplus is still more than an astonishing 90 million taels of silver, not including a large number of antiques, calligraphy and paintings and pearl treasures. The reason for this result is, first of all, that Yanyun's entire fiscal and tax revenue has reached more than 3,270,000 taels of silver; The second is Guan Yun, Guan Lin's fleet income, there are nearly 20 million taels, and finally the income from the annexation of Sichuan and the income from the excavation of the imperial tomb. The value of the earnings is huge, and the year-end savings would be even more impressive if it weren't for the large expenses of the year. It should be noted that the fiscal and tax revenues include the profits paid by the Ministry of State Affairs.

Then there is the demographic situation and the income situation of the people. Due to the annexation of Sichuan, the total population under Yanyun's control has exceeded 46 million, of which Sichuan has the largest population; The Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province, which was originally sparsely populated, has been enriched by the return of people who had fled to Sichuan. As for the income of the common people, roughly speaking, the average has reached the level of the most prosperous period of the Song Dynasty, but because the income distribution is more reasonable, the actual income level of ordinary people has actually exceeded the most prosperous period of the Song Dynasty. It can be said that the people of Yanyun today live and work in peace and contentment, and live a peaceful and happy life.

Finally, there is the state of governance. This year, the Ministry of Supervision arrested corrupt officials in various localities, and although the number of corrupt officials was somewhat lower than that of the previous year, the number was still very large, among which those officials who remained in office were the largest, accounting for nearly 70 percent of all arrested corrupt officials. Yang Peng listened to these data, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, he felt that the system he had set up was very perfect, but why did so many people still can't help but defy the law?

After Zhang Xiang finished reading, everyone couldn't help but whisper, and everyone looked very happy. Yang Peng smiled: "Okay! On the government side, the overall situation is still in line with my expectations! Then he frowned and said, "It's just that the situation of this corrupt official has not decreased significantly compared with the previous year?" ”

Yang Jing said loudly: "How can there be any good birds in the official? If this official is not greedy, the sow can go up the tree! Everyone laughed, and Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "Yang Jing, we have all scolded you for what you said!" Kou Yan glared and said, "You Yang Jing, it's just nonsense!" Do you want me to be greedy? ”

Yang Jing glanced at Yelu Hanyu with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, that's a fairy-like character, she must be a great good person!" Then he glanced at Kou Yan, snorted, and said, "Whether you are greedy or not, I don't know!" Maybe you're greedy for money, but the eldest sister of the Huang family hasn't found out yet! Kou Yan said angrily: "You black guy, it's just a bloody mouth!" Yang Jing rolled his eyes, looking indifferent.

Yang Peng angrily said to Yang Jing: "This kind of unfounded words, don't talk nonsense!" Yang Jing sighed. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing and said, "Han Bing, let's talk about the military situation." ”

Han Bing promised, stood up, and said, "At present, the number of our main forces has not changed, and it is still the top ten army corps, plus the Hanzhong army. The battle losses of the armies have long been replenished. At present, there are 700 military offices in Shanxi, Henan, Weinan, Weibei, Sichuan, Datong, Ningxia, and the 16 prefectures of Yanyun, and the military government has been fully staffed in all places, with a total strength of about 700,000. "Let me make a special note here, the situation of the ten major legions of Yanyun is very special, the current direct legions are due to the previous incorporation of the Yang family army, the Gao family army, the Cao family army and the 20,000 cavalry brought by Ye Yu Guanyin, and now the total strength has reached 420,000, which is far from being comparable to other legions.

Han Bing continued: "The situation of the troops directly under the legion has changed greatly, and the 60,000 cavalry of the Yanjing Legion of the original direct legion are all reassembled into heavy cavalry, of which 20,000 are Yanwang iron cavalry. "The so-called 'Yanjing Legion of the Directly Affiliated Legion' refers to the real directly subordinate Legion, that is, the 200,000 army after excluding Yang Yanzhao, Cao Jun, Gao Hu and 20,000 Khitan cavalry. Han Bing continued: "Cao Jun's Breaking Front Army and Gao Hu's Trapping Army, the cavalry has increased to 10,000 each. Yang Yanzhao's volcanic army expanded its cavalry to 60,000 people. These are the changes in the main forces, and the other main forces have not changed in the same way as before. In terms of the navy, the strength of the army has not changed, it is still 50,000 people, but the number of warships has increased a lot. Among them, the number of cruisers increased to one hundred and twenty, and the number of other warships increased by more than two hundred. ”

After a pause, he continued: "According to the instructions of King Yan, the Military Council discussed the matter of forming an ocean-going fleet and passed a bill. We believe that the naval army can be expanded to 60,000 people, divided into two fleets, namely the main fleet, and the ocean fleet, the main fleet is still 50,000 troops, with 100 cruisers, and Wang Hai and Wang Rong brothers and sisters serve as the chief and deputy commanders, responsible for defending the sea of Yanyun, and fighting a decisive battle with the main force of the enemy's naval army; The ocean-going fleet of 10,000 men and 20 cruisers was mainly responsible for defending our trade routes and defending key overseas fortresses. The so-called overseas key fortresses in Liang Hongyu's mouth refer to the Malacca fortress currently located in the Strait of Malacca, the Ceylon fortress located in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the country of Ceylon, and the Tianzhu fortress at the southern tip of Tianzhu. At present, the overseas fortresses controlled by Yanyun are these three, the land is leased from the local kingdom, and the military and administrative management on them are under the sole responsibility of Yanyun, which is an important transit base and supply base for Yanyun merchant ships to conduct overseas trade.

Han Bing took out an official letter, walked up, and presented it to Yang Peng with both hands. The two looked at each other and smiled, Yang Peng took the official document, read it again, and said to Han Bing with a smile: "Since the military committee has formed a resolution, I have no opinion." Han Bing took out another copy of the resolution, handed it to Yang Peng with both hands, and said, "This is the decision we discussed about the separation of public security forces and military forces in various places, and I also invite King Yan to take a look." ”

Yang Peng put aside the resolution in his hand, took another resolution from Han Bing's hand, and opened it to look at it. The purpose of this resolution is to completely separate the local security forces from the military and put them under the jurisdiction of the local government. Prior to this, the local forces responsible for local security were military forces and were managed by the military, which caused a lot of inconvenience.

Yang Peng nodded, "I have no opinion." He looked at Han Bing and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Han Bing said: "In the end, it's a matter of army transfer. The Military Committee discussed according to the proposal of King Yan, and passed a resolution ordering all the military armies of Sichuan and Henan to be mobilized, and at the same time the Eighth Army Corps was transferred into Sichuan, and the trapped army of the directly subordinate corps was transferred to Nanyang, Nanyang direction and Sichuan direction, and the two armies were ready! The grain and grass are also ready, and some of the preparatory officials prepared by the college and the government committee have already arrived in Nanyang, and the follow-up work is still being intensified. "According to the situation that Han Bing said, then in the direction of Sichuan, there are the three major legions of the Eighth and Ninth Han Central Army, as well as the Xuanjia Army, with a total strength of more than 220,000, while in the direction of Nanyang, there are the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and trapped, six legions, 360,000 troops, and a total of nearly 600,000 troops in both directions, which can be said to be the largest after Yanyun destroyed Western Xia.

Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully. Duan Zhixian laughed; "This is really a thunderous momentum!" Yang Peng raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said, "Coach Nanyang, I think I will be in charge!" As for the Sichuan coach, "looked at Han Bing, "let Han Bing take the role!" Han Bing was very pleasantly surprised when he heard this. Yang Peng said: "This matter will be voted on now, and those who agree with my proposal should raise their hands." ”

All the members of the military committee, except for Yang Peng, raised their hands. Yang Peng nodded; "Good! Unanimously passed, the matter is decided! At this time, Han Bing returned to his position.

Liu Zhiliang hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, you and Han Bing's sister-in-law have left Tianjing New Town, who will sit in Tianjing New Town?" Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu and said with a smile: "Didn't Mei'er take on this role before?" This time, Mei'er is still in charge of Tianjing New Town! Everyone smiled, but Yelu Hanyu had a sad face, according to her own intentions, she didn't want to hold this position, she would rather be a little guard and accompany her eldest brother.

Yang Peng raised his voice and said: "All cabinet members, if you agree with my proposal, raise your hand." Everyone present raised their hands, and it was unanimously approved. Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu and said with a smile; "Mei'er, the responsibility of this prison country will be handed over to you." Yelu Hanyu stood up, came to the main hall, and bowed to Yang Peng with his fists: "The last general is ordered!" ”

Immediately Yang Peng discussed some other military and political affairs with everyone, which involved some reform issues, and the meeting was held until noon, and there were still many things not discussed, so everyone had lunch in the main hall, and then continued to hold a meeting to discuss. It wasn't until dusk that the meeting ended. At the end of the meeting, the tone was set for what should be done in the military and political fields in the new year, and new goals were also set.

Yang Peng returned to the backyard and saw that all the wives and children were already sitting at the dinner table waiting, and although the three brides had changed into their usual clothes, they were particularly eye-catching. Yang Peng's gaze couldn't help but fall on Yan Ji and Luo Yanran's peerless but delicate faces with very different temperaments, and he couldn't help but be intoxicated for a while. The women got up to greet each other, Yang Peng sat down, and then the women sat down again. Chai Yonghui glanced at Luo Yanran and couldn't help but admire: "I didn't expect Sister Yanran to be such a beautiful fairy beauty who captivates the country and the city!" We've all been compared! ”

Luo Yanran hurriedly humbled herself and said: "My sister has won the award, if you want to talk about the peerless people in the country and the city, who can compare to your sister!" Chai Yonghui smiled, glanced at Yang Peng, and said quietly: "I'm already an old man!" Yang Peng smiled: "Nonsense! In the eyes of the eldest brother, you are still the beautiful and refined woman back then! Chai Yonghui was very happy and glanced at Yang Peng softly. Luo Yanran and Yan Ji saw this scene in their eyes, and they couldn't help but be happy in their hearts, because the eldest brother is not a man who likes the new and hates the old.

Xiao Rui'er opened her big eyes and looked at the faces of her father, mother, and aunts, and then asked her father curiously: "Daddy, which one do you say is the most beautiful, mother and aunts?" ”

The beautiful eyes of all the women looked at Yang Peng in unison, and they all looked hopeful. Yang Peng was in trouble, if he wanted to say the most beautiful words, he would definitely be Yan Ji and Luo Yanran, but he couldn't say this, if he said this, wouldn't it make everyone jealous of the two of them; Besides, in his own heart, every wife has its most touching place, such as Yang Erya's innocence, Mei'er's intellectuality, Zhao Jinxi's charm, Han Bing's straightforwardness, Yonghui's gentleness, Lihua's nobility, etc., it's really hard to say who is the most beautiful!

Seeing that all the girls looked at them with a look of hope, they smiled and said, "You are the most beautiful in the heart of the eldest brother!" Big brother really can't choose the only one! Yang Peng said this is naturally a trick, in his mind everyone should be satisfied, but he didn't expect everyone to look at themselves when they heard this, looking annoyed. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, then understood, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Late that night, Yang Peng, who missed the beautiful taste of last night very much, begged the three brides to sleep together again, but Luo Yanran said that she would not say anything, and her delicate face was so red as if she was about to drip blood! Yang Peng couldn't do it, so he had to let the three of her catch lots, but Luo Yanran caught it! Luo Yanran looked at Yang Peng coquettishly and infinitely, and then the two walked into the curtain together, lingering love, water ** melting, endless beautiful scenery!

On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the entire Tianjing New Town was still immersed in a lively and festive atmosphere, but the senior officials of Yanyun below Yang Peng had already begun to work. Governors and generals who had come from all over the country for the annual meeting also returned to their respective stations one after another.

Han Bing hurriedly walked into Yang Peng's study and placed a letter in front of Yang Peng. Yang Peng raised his head, picked up the letter, and asked casually; "Where did you get it?" Han Bing said: "Forwarded by Yanjing, information about the Japanese people!" Yang Peng's heart moved, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and read it, and said with a smile: "Okay!" The Japanese have done it themselves! Then he handed the letter to Han Bing, "You can also take a look." ”

Han Bing took the letter, read it, and said happily: "It's really good that the crown prince of the Japanese people suddenly attacked Ping Qingsheng!" It's called 'dog bites dog mouthful'! Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Han Bing, what do you say we should do?" Han Bing pondered: "Our goal now is to unify Jiangnan, so naturally we can't be distracted by this matter." However, they can find a way to make it impossible for either of them to win easily! ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Same as I thought!" Then he thought: "Ping Qingsheng was first defeated by our army at sea, and then attacked by the prince of the Japanese kingdom, and the situation was very unfavorable. Ordered the main fleet of the navy to attack the army of the prince of the Japanese kingdom! In addition, we can also ask Wuxing to send someone to contact Ping Qingsheng, maybe we can also take this opportunity to make a war fortune! ”

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