"Previously, the entire Jinghu South Road was suppressed by the local nobles and the royal family, and the development of commerce and handicrafts was greatly restricted, so the potential was far from being realized. Now that the shackles imposed on the merchants have finally been lifted, it is conceivable that in the near future, the entire Jinghu South Road will become more prosperous because of the development of industry and commerce! Cao Hu said excitedly, as if he had seen the prosperous scene in the near future.

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, and said: "Confucianism says 'businessmen are mercenary', in fact, they themselves are not the same, and they are even worse, they try to use the moral high ground and control the power of the country to control interests, compared to businessmen, Confucian officials are more despicable, but it is the difference between real villains and hypocrites; He turned his head to look at Cao Hu and teased: "If Old Master Kong talks about the truth in a slippery way, what kind of scene will it be?" Cao Hu couldn't help laughing, then realized that something was wrong, and quickly stopped laughing.

Yang Peng said: "Technology is the foundation of social development, commerce and trade are the means of social prosperity, both are very important to the country, I really don't understand why the Confucian gang of things should belittle and suppress them!" In other words, Confucianism seems to be trying to emasculate the state in all aspects of society, and such a bastard idea can also help the ruler fool the people! Other than that, it's useless! ”

Although Cao Hu was born in Confucianism, but Cao Hu has never been a person who dies and reads books, as early as when he was still a Confucian student, in fact, he had doubts about some of the sayings in the Confucian classics, and now he has returned to Yan Yun, although the time is not long, but Yan Yun's new ideas and unfettered atmosphere have had a huge impact on his mind and soul, so that his whole person has undergone earth-shaking changes, so Yang Peng's remarks like this, his heart can't help but have a sense of identity, if it is in the past, Even if Cao Hu thinks that what Yang Peng said has some truth, he will definitely not agree with it.

Yang Peng said with a smile: "Old Master Confucius's gang is probably a country that can develop and survive as long as it has the kind of morality they think!" It's a fun idea! ”

Cao Hu glanced at Yang Peng and asked, "Doesn't King Yan plan to use Confucianism in the future?" As King Tong Yan said, Confucianism may be useless, but it is beneficial for rulers to rule the common people! ”

Yang Peng looked at Cao Hu and asked instead of answering, "Are you worried that I will use Confucianism, or do you want me to use it?" ”

Cao Hu showed a thoughtful look and said, "If it was in the past, his subordinates would naturally want King Yan to use Confucianism. In fact, there is no reason to say that it is like this, but I think that this has been the case for thousands of years, and this is naturally the right way to govern the country, so it is natural to use this set to govern the country. After a pause, he frowned slightly, "But now that I think about it, in order for our people to have a better future, it seems that we must not use this set!" The reason boils down to one sentence, Confucianism will make our nation lose its vitality! "Flowing water does not rot and households do not rot", a nation can only have a brighter future if it maintains its vitality! On the contrary, it is like a pool of stagnant water, what future can it have? ”

Yang Peng nodded and praised: "Well said!" The biggest problem of Confucianism is that they are afraid of change, and all the forces that can lead to change are dangerous in their eyes, so whether it is a businessman or a soldier, it must be suppressed, because these forces will lead to change! In fact, Confucianism did not want to be a slave to the king at the beginning, they just had a fear of change, hoping that everything would remain the same, and they believed that only the same was safe! This is precisely the most wrong idea, but it is also the king's favorite! If it remains unchanged, then it is natural for one family and one surname to rule the world! ”

Cao Hu hugged his fists and said: "What King Yan said is extremely true! Yang Peng said jokingly: "So if we want to really rise in Huaxia and get better and better, we can only abandon those so-called 'traditional virtues'!" Cao Hu couldn't help but smile. Thinking of the topic just now, he asked, "King Yan, have you not answered the questions of your subordinates?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It seems that you are worried that I will reactivate Confucianism now!" Cao Hu sighed and said, "My subordinates can't help but worry!" Glancing at Yang Peng, he frowned and said, "I'm afraid this is inevitable!" In the future, if King Yan is the king of the world, in order to maintain his rule, I am afraid that Confucianism will be reactivated! ”

Yang Peng shook his head with a smile and glanced at Cao Hu, "I'm very happy that you can say these things to me!" After a pause, he looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, revealing a look of yearning, and said: "Actually, the position of king is just a responsibility for me, and I wish I could unload this burden!" Idle clouds and wild cranes, swimming between the mountains and rivers, accompanied by their wives and children, so it is enough! Cao Hu smiled: "I'm afraid this is impossible!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and looked at Wu Lin, "That's not necessarily!" Cao Hu looked puzzled. Yang Peng said: "In fact, Confucianism cannot protect the country for a long time. Before the advent of Confucianism, the Xia Dynasty was 800 years, the Shang Dynasty was 800 years, and the Zhou Dynasty was 800 years, but what happened since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism? The sum of the two Han Dynasty is only 400 years, and even the Tang Dynasty, which was once strong, did not exceed 300 years, and there were many short-lived dynasties of several decades, which shows that Confucianism is impossible to keep the country! Confucian self-castration may have alleviated internal rebellions, but it could not resist foreign invasions at all! For example, this Great Song Dynasty was first overwhelmed by the Khitan and couldn't raise his head, and then he was beaten by the Tanguts and the Central Plains sank! Confucianism castrated itself, but it became someone else's food! Think about the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, any prince could beat any alien race at that time to the point that he couldn't raise his head! Therefore, even if I want to spend thousands of years, I will never use Confucianism! Even if you want to solve the general's hidden worries about the country, you will never use Confucianism! There are many ways, why do you want to wield a knife from the palace? ”

Cao Hu nodded with a smile, hugged his fists and said, "In this way, the subordinates will rest assured!" Yang Peng looked at Cao Hu with a smile, he originally wanted to say his idea of founding the country just now, but in the end he stopped and said something else. Yang Peng felt that this was not the time to say that idea, and this place was not the right place to say that.

Cao Hu said: "What King Yan said about Confucianism and merchants just now is very correct. But businessmen are after all chasing profits! Those conscientious merchants are fine, but the vast majority of merchants are mercenary, and they are afraid that things such as deducting wages and hoarding will emerge in an endless stream, so their subordinates think that they should make some legal and administrative preparations for these situations. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I originally thought that these situations could be effectively controlled by relying on the constraints of the state-run sector, but according to some recent situations, it is far from enough to rely on the commercial methods of the state-owned sector. Glancing at Cao Hu, "Your proposal is very good!" In fact, I have already considered this point and plan to bring it up at this year's annual meeting to discuss with you! He smiled, "Since you brought this up, then it's up to you to make a detailed report and plan." When it comes to the annual meeting, it will be up to you to propose it and submit it to the cabinet for discussion! Cao Hu was excited, hugged his fists and said: "The subordinates will live up to the trust of King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled slightly.

Yang Peng and his party continued to wander the streets. Suddenly, Yang Peng saw a beautiful face and was looking at him with a smile. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed, ran forward in three steps and two steps, naturally grabbed her slender hand, and said softly: "When did you come?" "It turned out that this great beauty was none other than Yang Peng's wife, Han Bing, who originally led the Ninth Army to take the eastern line of Jinghu South Road all the way south, but was blocked by Nanling, and then received Yang Peng's order, so she kept the Ninth Army in place, and she led the Feifeng female guard back to Tanzhou.

Han Bingyan smiled and said, "I just arrived." I heard that the eldest brother had a private visit to Weifu here, and the younger sister came. Yang Peng smiled and asked teasingly, "Do you miss your big brother?" ”

Han Bing nodded, his eyes glancing at Yang Peng stupidly. Yang Peng couldn't help but turn his intestines, took Han Bing's slender hand and walked forward, and said with a smile: "It's rare to have leisure, let's have a good look!" Han Bing smiled: "Big brother will do whatever he says!" Cao Hu and the others followed far behind, trying not to interfere with King Yan and the princess as much as possible.

Yang Peng glanced at Han Bing and said with a smile: "In the past few nights, big brother, I have been thinking about Han Bing every day, tossing and turning and unable to sleep!" Han Bing's face turned red, then he glanced at Yang Peng, and whispered: "You guy, you are simply lustful, so you don't miss others!" Yang Peng squeezed Han Bing's palm and said, "It should be said that there are both!" Han Bing smiled, her beautiful eyes flowing, "I know." Yang Peng saw Han Bing's charming temperament in the midst of strength, and his heart couldn't help but flutter, so he wanted to kiss her, but because of the public, he had to endure it.

Han Bing and Yang Peng have long been old husbands and wives, and as soon as they saw his eyes, they immediately knew what he thought, and couldn't help blushing and said, "This is outside, at most you can hold hands!" Yang Peng nodded with a smile: "I know, I know!" Let's go back later, let's take a shower together first, and then ......" Rao is Han Bing has a bold personality, and he can't help but blush, stomp his feet, and said angrily: "Don't say it!" It's on the street! Han Bing's angry and angry appearance really had a touching charm, and Yang Peng couldn't help but lose his mind.

Han Bing couldn't help but feel happy when he saw Yang Peng looking at him obsessively, and gave him a blank look. Yang Peng smiled. The two continued their walk. Han Bing said: "There are soldiers and horses guarding all the key passes in Nanling, so Cao Yong is indeed a rare talent, and he has prepared for the worst outcome early on." Although there are not many soldiers and horses guarding the key passes in Nanling, Nanling is too steep, and the surrounding area is not as sparse as the Central Plains, and the miasma is dense, and it is not easy to break through Nanling! Glancing at Yang Peng, "What are the plans of the eldest brother for this?" ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "You can't be too anxious to dominate the world. Digest Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road first, and as for the final settlement of Song Ting, I think it will wait for next year. First subdue Liangguang in one fell swoop, and then go forward in two ways to kill the eighth prince. When subduing Liangguang, Zhao Heng could still use it. Han Bing nodded and said, "You should be steady and steady, if you are too aggressive, I'm afraid there will be problems!" After a pause, "Then all these troops who entered Jiangnan will stay in Jiangnan?" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Maybe I will make some minor adjustments to the layout of the army, but it will not change in general." ”

Han Bing said with a smile: "Fortunately, the Khitans are fighting against the Japanese in Goryeo, which is just right for us to concentrate on dealing with the Song people." Then he frowned, "But from another point of view, it was we who were held back by the Song people, so that the Khitans could recover Goryeo from the Japanese people!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, "This is called mutual use!" Then he waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this, let's have fun now!" Han Bingyan smiled.

Suddenly, a fat powder shop appeared in front of the two of them, gorgeously decorated, and everyone and ladies and ladies came in and out. Yang Peng immediately became interested, pulled Han Bing's slender hand, pointed to the fat powder shop and said: "That fat powder shop seems to be very good, let's go in and have a look!" Han Bing couldn't help but be interested and nodded. So Yang Peng and Han Bing walked into the fat powder shop hand in hand, while Cao Hu, Wang Kai and others stayed at the door and did not go in, after all, King Yan and the princess walked hand in hand to visit the fat powder shop, it was the joy of husband and wife, and outsiders should not be disturbed without interest.

The two walked into the fat powder shop, only to see that the shelves around were full of all kinds of rouge gouache in different packages, and there were many huge portraits hanging on the walls, including the Oiran Dancing Girl with heavy makeup, the dignified and elegant wealthy ladies, the small jasper on the left, and the ladies on the right, or pure, or charming, all kinds of beauties, beautiful. Yang Peng immediately understood the role of these huge portraits, which were like celebrity endorsement pictures hung up in cosmetics stores in later generations, so that everyone could see the beautiful effect after makeup, so as to arouse customers' desire to buy.

The lady who was originally shopping for rouge gouache suddenly saw a man come in, and they were surprised and discolored, and then showed a look of annoyance and shyness, and left as if she had fled. After a while, only Chen Xiao and Liang Hongyu were left in the entire rouge gouache shop. Although Yan Yun is making every effort to drive out the influence of Confucianism, but Confucianism has ruled China for more than a thousand years, and this influence is impossible to remove for a while.

Yang Peng touched his chin and laughed at Han Bing: "Am I a wolf?" Why did I scare everyone away as soon as I came? Han Bing glanced at Yang Peng.

At this time, a-like woman with heavy makeup and a bit of beauty greeted her, glanced at Yang Peng with great interest, and then praised with a smile on her face: "Miss Childe, what a talented woman!" Han Bingyan smiled, glanced at Yang Peng, and said to the woman, "We are husband and wife." The woman pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Yang Peng with her eyes, and said to the two with a smile: "You can see it, you can see it!" The two of them held hands, and the lady's face was full of happy smiles, naturally they were an enviable couple! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "The boss lady is really good at talking. ”

The woman hurriedly said: "The slave family is not the boss lady!" The slave family is just the shopkeeper hired by this owner, and everyone else calls me Wu Niang! As he spoke, his eyes looked at Yang Peng for a moment, and he was a little greedy when he saw the fishy appearance. Yang Peng has been here for a long time, and when he saw the female shopkeeper like this, he immediately knew that this female shopkeeper named Wu Niang must be a debauched woman, this kind of woman is like a lustful man, hunting men for fun. Chen Xiao didn't dare to look at her anymore, but it was better for this kind of woman to behave like a decent gentleman.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any good rouge gouache here?" Han Bing asked, his eyes scanning the dazzling shelves, only to feel dazzled.

Wu Niang smiled: "We have all kinds of rouge gouache, like jasmine, roses, peony, naturally, as well as Persian incense powder and Western Lord's perfume!" Han Bing smiled: "You say so much, I don't know what to buy." ”

Wu Niang glanced at Han Bing and said, "Madame is peerless, but she is dressed in men's clothes, which is quite a bit of a woman's taste of not letting her eyebrows go!" Well, such a rouge must be suitable for Madame! Then he turned around and walked to a shelf, took a small mahogany box, handed it to Han Bing, and said with a smile: "This is a high-grade rouge mixed with roses and hero flowers, which is exactly the temperament of Mrs.!" Han Bing took the wooden box, opened the lid, and a rich aroma came to his nose, like a rose but not a rose, which made people feel a wild taste! Han Bing liked this aroma when he saw that the box was full of pink powder, and he liked the color very much.

Han Bing asked Wu Niang, "How much does this cost?" ”

Wu Niang smiled: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, just five taels of silver." ”

Han Bing was taken aback, frowned, and said, "It's too expensive!" "It turns out that the general rouge gouache, such a box is only a penny of silver, and this box of rouge actually costs five taels of silver, which can be said to be quite expensive! Wu Niang said with a smile: "Madame doesn't know, this kind of rouge is very time-consuming and time-consuming to make, just such a small box will consume ten catties of roses and ten catties of hero flowers, and it will take the master two months to make it!" Therefore, the price is naturally not cheap! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Good things are naturally not cheap, so we bought them." Han Bing turned around and glanced at Yang Peng gently. Yang Peng took out a silver ticket of fifty taels and handed it to Wu Niang. Wu Niang took it, and saw that it was a ticket of fifty taels, and it was a ticket from Yanyun Bank, which had the best reputation, and she couldn't help but be full of joy. hurriedly exclaimed: "Madame is really blessed to marry such a good man!" Han Bing and Yang Peng looked at each other and smiled. Wu Niang was so envious that she hurriedly pointed to the innermost shelf and said, "There are rare goods from Persia and the West, so let's take a look." ”

The two followed Wu Niang to the shelf, and saw that the shelves were full of exotic goods. Han Bing looked at it with interest, and Han Bing stood behind Han Bing.

That Wu Niang took advantage of Han Bing's opportunity to look at the goods and came to Yang Peng's side. Yang Peng couldn't help but glance at her, only to see that her face was flushed and full of charm. Yang Peng was startled, and even wanted to move away. At this moment, there was a sudden stinging pain in his buttocks, Yang Peng almost screamed, but quickly avoided it, glaring at Wu Niang angrily. Wu Niang pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Yang Peng, and then straightened her chest of astonishing size, and threw a flying kiss at Yang Peng, looking like she was going to throw herself into her arms and let you pick it. Yang Peng shuddered, hurriedly coughed twice, turned his head and said to Liang Hongyu, who was looking at the rouge gouache with great interest: "Han Bing, it's not too early, we should go back!" Wu Niang threw a resentful look at Yang Peng.

Han Bing naturally didn't see what was happening behind him, and when he heard his eldest brother's words, he immediately turned around, holding a crystal bottle containing a light blue liquid in his hand, and said with great interest: "Big brother, this is a perfume from the Kingdom of God, the fragrance is so special!" Yang Peng smiled: "This should be a lavender perfume, if you like it, buy it!" Looking at Wu Niang, I was surprised to find that Wu Niang looked serious, completely debauched just now, and asked, "How much is this?" Wu Niang said with a smile: "These are the same as the ones that Mrs. bought just now, they all belong to the most expensive rouge gouache, and they cost five taels of silver." Chen Xiao said: "Okay, I bought it." ”

Han Bing said happily: "Thank you, big brother!" "Although these rouge gouaches are not valuable treasures, they were bought by the eldest brother for themselves, and the meaning is unusual.

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Is there anything else you want to buy?" ”

Han Bing looked at the surrounding shelves, shook his head and said, "No." Yang Peng said: "Why don't you buy a box of everything?" Han Bing shook his head and said, "Don't do it, I don't like anything else." Yang Peng smiled: "Okay then." Then he said to Wu Niang: "Shopkeeper, look for money." Wu Niang answered, ran to the back of the counter, quickly found four silver tickets of ten taels, and came back and handed them to Yang Peng with both hands. Yang Peng stretched out his hand to take it, but he felt that there seemed to be something in one of the four silver tickets, and he couldn't help but be slightly surprised and looked at Wu Niang. Wu Niang's eyes flashed with debauchery. Yang Peng's heart moved, and he quickly looked away, grabbed the silver ticket in his hand and put it into his arms.

Yang Peng and Han Bing left the fat powder shop, Yang Peng looked at the sky and said, "It's not too early, let's go back." Han Bing nodded. The group then walked towards the post house. Yang Peng said to Cao Hu: "Lord Cao, you go and do your own business, you don't have to accompany me." Cao Hu hugged his fists and said: "Then the subordinate will leave!" Yang Peng nodded. Cao Hu saluted Yang Peng and left.

The group walked along the street, and Yang Peng and Han Bing talked and laughed. Suddenly, Yang Peng saw a familiar face coming towards him. It was a beautiful woman, she also saw Yang Peng, and her face was surprised, it was the Zhou Bingqian who was rescued by Yang Peng outside the city before.

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