Chapter 598, Such a Messenger
Shen Youqiu bowed with a humble face: "King Yan's destiny is destined to reign over the world!" Your Majesty decided to obey the mandate of heaven, obey all the people, and serve King Yan as the master! Yang Peng was a little surprised, nodded, and said, "Your emperor can see the general trend clearly, very good." ”
Shen Heqiu couldn't help but rejoice in his heart when he heard Yang Peng's appreciation, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in order to show your sincerity, is willing to remove the emperor's honorific title, demote him to the king of Song, and at the same time call him a vassal to King Yan!" In addition, His Majesty is also willing to hand over half of the taxes of the southern provinces to the kingdom as an offering to his courtiers! ”
Yang Peng was noncommittal and asked, "What do you want?" Shen Heqiu bowed down and said: "The lower kingdom does not dare to have any wrong thoughts, I only hope that King Yan can open up the net and let His Majesty keep his current position!" ”
Yang Peng smiled. stood up and walked in front of Shen Youqiu, who lowered his head and behaved extremely respectfully. Chen Xiao said: "Lord Shen is a rare talent, is he willing to serve a declining imperial court?" Yang Peng's words hit Shen Heqiu's heart, and since Shen Heqiu had talked about this topic, he immediately took the opportunity to say: "Zhao Heng went perverse and made the heavens angry and resentful, so the Khitan was able to sweep the Central Plains and cause the boss's destruction!" The official family of the Zhao and Song dynasties even lost the land of the ancestral tombs, which can really be said to be self-inflicted! It's not a secret, the villain has long wanted to leave them and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but I'm just worried about whether King Yan can accept it? ”
Yang Peng smiled and said, "I, Yanyun, everything pays attention to the law!" Although Lord Shen is a talent, I can't be promoted suddenly! Shen Heqiu immediately heard Yang Peng's voice, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "As long as King Yan has a life, the villain will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire!" ”
Yang Peng smiled slightly. Turned around and sat down in his seat, and said, "Lord Shen continues to go back to be an official, and someone will naturally contact you when the time comes." "Yes! Weichen waited for King Yan's orders, and he would not give up! Yang Peng naturally didn't believe that he would die forever, but this was indeed a very useful chess piece.
Nodding his head, he asked, "King Song really wants to bow down to his courtiers?" Shen Youqiu nodded and said mockingly: "The monarchs and ministers of the Song Kingdom are already frightened!" I only hope that King Yan can let them go, and they can say that they will do whatever it takes to do so! ”
"Hmm. What do you think? Shen Heqiu hugged his fists and said: "King Yan came to the world in accordance with the mandate of heaven, and he is destined to dominate the world with the Liuhe monarch!" In ancient times, no one could tolerate the separation of the emperor of the previous dynasty, which was also very detrimental to the rule of King Yan! Therefore, Weichen thinks that he must not be harmonious, and he should sweep the world in one fell swoop, and he should be Liuhe together! ”
Yang Peng smiled: "I didn't expect you to say such a thing." Shen Heqiu's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Weichen is now a courtier of King Yan, so naturally he can't have any scruples and not tell the truth!" If that's the case, it's disloyalty to King Yan! Please Yan Wang Mingjian! ”
Yang Peng smiled: "You don't have to be nervous, I'm very happy that you can do this!" Shen Youqiu couldn't help but let go of his heart, only to find that his back was already wet with cold sweat. Yang Peng glanced at Shen Youqiu and said, "But you have to remember who you are serving now!" Shen Heqiu hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "Weichen swears to follow King Yan to the death, and he will never dare to have two hearts!" If you have two hearts, you will be able to destroy heaven and earth and die well! ”
Yang Peng nodded, "Get up." Shen responded to the request, stood up, and stood respectfully. Yang Peng pondered: "When you go back, tell King Song, and say that I will agree to his request." Shen Youqiu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "How can King Yan agree?" The world must be unified! Yang Peng smiled: "I naturally want to dominate the world, you just do what you say from me!" Shen Youqiu's heart moved, and he smiled and said: "Weichen understands, Weichen obeys!" ”
Yang Peng carefully inquired about the situation in Liangguang now, and talked until noon. Yang Peng asked Shen Youqiu to have lunch with him and Han Bing, Shen Youqiu didn't expect to get such treatment, and he was grateful and excited. After the banquet was dismissed, Yang Peng asked Shen and Qiu to take him down to rest.
Han Bing said with contempt: "As the envoy of the Song Kingdom, he is so servile and humble, calling himself Yan Yun's courtier, and the shameless people regard him as the most!" Yang Peng smiled, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea. Han Bing said: "Big brother, you just want to use him, you won't use him after the matter is completed, right?" ”
Yang Peng put down the teacup and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily. Han Bing frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be a great disaster to use such a despicable villain?" ”
Yang Peng said: "From ancient times to the present, the governing concept of all emperors is wrong! I just think about what kind of person to use, but I don't know, even if it is a person with perfect character, if he devotes himself to the dirty officialdom, he will soon join the stream, and it is not that there are no people who can really get out of the mud without staining, but it is very rare! Therefore, what the Venerable One really needs to do is to establish a reasonable system and establish the authority of the law, if these things are done well, even people like Shen Heqiu can make a difference, and they will not be corrupt and pervert the law! The law and the system are like a great pool of water, and many officials are like cups of water, if the pool of water is dirty, even if each cup of water is clear and unblemished, if it is thrown into the pool, it will be polluted in an instant; On the other hand, if the water is clear, even if every cup of water is filthy, if you put it into the water, it will be purified! Therefore, the key lies in the system, not in the people! If officials are corrupt and pervert the law for personal gain, the root cause lies in the system, and in fact it has little to do with the officials themselves! ”
Han Bing nodded thoughtfully, looked at the eldest brother with admiration, and exclaimed, "The eldest brother is really extraordinary!" Even the Ancient Sage Monarch is quite inferior to the eldest brother! Yang Peng smiled and said secretly: "That's nature, after all, there are more than a thousand years of knowledge!" But then again, I'm afraid that even if I understand this truth, I am afraid that it may not be able to do it. Either because of scruples, or simply because they are unwilling to give up their rights, the system is getting farther and farther on the wrong track! I couldn't help but sigh. Han Bing asked curiously, "Why is the eldest brother sighing?" ”
Yang Peng took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Thinking of something, he couldn't help asking, "By the way, did you tell her about Bingqian?" Han Bing nodded and frowned, "I've already said it, but she doesn't seem to want to marry Yang Gui!" Glaring at Yang Peng, he said angrily: "I think she seems to have identified you!" Otherwise, how could she say that she would stay with me for the rest of her life? ”
Yang Peng smiled: "What does this have to do with me, it's obviously because she and you don't want to be separated!" Han Bing shook his head and said, "It's not!" Yang Peng pondered: "I think the reason why she is reluctant is mainly because she has never seen Yang Gui and doesn't know what kind of person he is." This is also human nature! In this way, when the annual meeting is held this year, I will call Yang Gui back and let them meet, hehe, I believe that with Yang Gui's character, Bingqian will definitely fall in love at first sight! Han Bing smiled and nodded.
Suddenly, Han Bing frowned, and hurriedly got up and ran outside. Immediately, Yang Peng heard the sound of Han Bing vomiting. Seeing this scene, Yang Peng became nervous, hurriedly ran out, helped Han Bing and asked nervously, "Han Bing, what's wrong with you?" ”
Han Bing shook his head and frowned: "I don't know what's wrong, I've always felt uncomfortable in my chest and wanted to vomit for the past two days, but I couldn't vomit anything!" Then he couldn't help but vomit. Yang Peng saw that she didn't vomit food, just a little water, and suddenly his heart moved, and he shouted happily: "Han Bing, you are eighty percent pregnant!" Han Bing was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly and nervously: "I don't know if it's not?" ”
Yang Peng immediately ordered someone to call a female medical officer, and after the examination, it was determined that Han Bing was indeed pregnant, and Yang Peng and Han Bing were overjoyed. However, what happened next made Yang Peng depressed, Han Bing, the mother who was finally pregnant with a child, said that she would not let her eldest brother touch her, saying that she was afraid of hurting the child. Yang Peng had no choice but to sleep alone.
Wang An, the messenger of the Eighth Prince, came to Tanzhou, and first expressed his respect for King Yan on behalf of the Eighth Prince, and then held up a gift list with both hands and said: "This is a gift from my king to King Yan, talk about respect!" ”
Wang Kai stepped forward to take the gift order and forwarded it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the gift list, opened it and read it roughly, put down the gift list, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhao is really polite!" Wang An hugged his fists and said: "Our side is the lower country, Yanyun is the upper country, and the lower country pays tribute to the upper country, that is a matter of course!" Yang Peng smiled slightly.
Wang An hugged his fists and said: "My king hopes to defeat Zhao Heng's rebellion with King Yan, I don't know what King Yan wants?" ”
Yang Peng said: "I naturally have this intention. Wang An glanced at Yang Peng and asked cautiously: "I heard that Zhao Heng's envoy also came and asked King Yan for peace, and King Yan has already agreed, I don't know, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”
Yang Peng nodded and said, "But there is such a thing!" Wang An was taken aback and asked, "I don't know why King Yan would grant Zhao Heng's request to rebel?" ”
Yang Peng smiled: "You don't have to worry, it's just a ploy." Then we can use them by surprise! Wang An suddenly realized, put his mind at ease, and said with a smile: "In this way, you can rest assured!" After a pause, he asked, "In other words, King Yan has been planning to use troops against Zhao Heng's rebels for a long time?" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Of course." You go back and tell the Eighth Prince, I plan to use troops after the beginning of spring next year, he can be ready, and when the time comes, we will both march at the same time, and we will not worry about Zhao Heng's immortality!" Wang An was overjoyed and agreed, and then said: "I am determined to bring the words of King Yan to you!" After a pause, "Also, as for the troops stationed on the border on both sides, can we all be removed?" ”
Now Yanyun has stationed heavy troops in Hongzhou and other places, and the Eighth Prince has also stationed a lot of troops in Poyang and other places, but the Song army is weak and cannot compete with the Yanyun army, so the Yanyun army stationed in Hongzhou and other places made the Eighth Prince and others panic on their backs, so Wang An took advantage of the convenience of the envoy to Tanzhou to put forward the request of both sides to withdraw the border army.
Yang Peng smiled: "This is my negligence. The relationship between our two sides now, the border is not stationed, and there is no army. I will order the Hongzhou side to transfer the main forces to the south. ”
Wang An bowed happily: "Thank you King Yan!" Then he said: "We will also withdraw the main troops from Poyang and other places." Yang Peng smiled and nodded, and said, "It's not early today, Lord Wang will go to rest first, and tomorrow I will ask people to negotiate with Lord Wang on the specific matters of cooperation between the two sides, and sign an agreement." Wang An bowed and said: "Thank you King Yan, retire next!" Then he bowed down and retreated.
Yang Peng picked up the gift list in his hand and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Two fools! Thinking of Han Bing, he couldn't help but be very worried, and hurriedly got up and walked towards the backyard. Due to the two groups of envoys, the post house had to give them accommodation, so Yang Peng and the others left the post house and lived in the mansion. Cao Hu moved out of the government and lived in a small courtyard belonging to the government nearby.
After all the things that should be dealt with in Jiangnan have been dealt with, Yang Peng decided to go to Tianjing New Town. The group left Tanzhou to the east, entered Jiangnan West Road, and went all the way to Hongzhou (Nanchang). Yang Peng and the others want to go back to Tianjing New Town, they should go north, but why go east? It turned out that Yang Peng planned to take a long detour to inspect the situation in Jiangxi by the way. The group arrived in Hongzhou, met with Duan Zhixian and others, explained some things, stayed for one night, and got up early the next morning to leave Hongzhou. Board the boat from Hongzhou Port, go north along the Ganshui River, enter Poyang Lake, and then go up the river from the mouth of the lake to Jiangling Mansion upstream.
The group landed in Gangneung Mansion and entered the city.
When the prefect heard the news, he hurriedly went out to greet him. Yang Peng was worried about Ya Yu Guanyin, and hurriedly asked the prefect: "What about the princess?" The prefect said with a happy face: "Congratulations to King Yan, congratulations to King Yan, Ye Yu Niangniang gave birth to two princes for King Yan, a princess?" Yang Peng was greatly surprised and hurriedly asked, "Where are they?" ”
The prefect hurriedly said: "I am recuperating in the back office." Yang Peng hurriedly rode his horse towards the mansion, and everyone followed.
Yang Peng rushed to the government office and went straight to the backyard. The female guards guarding the backyard suddenly saw Yang Peng coming back, and they were all pleasantly surprised, and they all paid their respects. Yang Peng saw Naren and hurriedly asked, "Where is Guanyin?" Naren said: "I will lead the way for King Yan!" Then he led Yang Peng into a wooden building. When I came upstairs, I saw Ya Yu Guanyin leaning against the head of the bed, her face pale, and she looked very tired. Yang Peng only felt a strong affection surging into his heart, and couldn't help but shout: "Guanyin! Then he ran up. When Ye Yu Guanyin heard Yang Peng's shout, he quickly turned his head and saw the man who was thinking about him, his face was full of surprise, and he couldn't help but shout: "Big brother! ”
Yang Peng ran to the bedside, and Ye Yu Guanyin threw herself into Yang Peng's arms and hugged him tightly, and this strong woman actually sobbed softly.
Yang Peng hugged the delicate body of Ya Yu Guanyin, feeling that her body seemed to be a lot thinner, knowing that it must be because of giving birth to a child, her heart couldn't help but be full of gratitude, and then a thick apology came to her heart. Let go of Ya Yu Guanyin's delicate body, sit on the edge of the bed, reach out to wipe the tears from her cheeks for her, and say to herself: "Big brother, this husband is really incompetent!" I'm not with you when you give birth! ”
Ya Yu Guanyin smiled and snorted, "Who wants you to be by my side, when I am one of those useless women?" Yang Peng smiled. Ya Yu Guanyin excitedly pointed to the three cribs against the wall not far away and said, "Big brother, look, I gave birth to a child for you!" ”
Yang Peng hurriedly walked over and saw the three children sleeping sweetly in the crib, and his heart couldn't help but rise with loving feelings. Looking back, he asked in surprise, "Why did you give birth to three at once?" Ya Yu Guanyin looked proud and said, "The medical officer originally said that it is very likely to be twins!" It's just that she didn't expect that it would be triplets, and all of them are very healthy! ”
Yang Peng sighed and said gratefully: "It's really hard for you!" Ya Yu Guanyin wrinkled her beautiful Qiong nose and said angrily: "It's good if you know!" ”
Yang Peng picked up a child, saw his chubby appearance, his heart was completely melted, and he smiled: "It's so cute!" The boy was asleep, but he woke up when he did this. A pair of big eyes flickered and looked at Yang Peng, looking curious, but suddenly his mouth was deflated, and he cried out. When he cried, the two children who had been asleep were awakened and began to cry. Although Yang Peng is already the father of several children, he has never taken a child, and the crying of the three children made him and I at a loss!
Fortunately, a few nurses guarding the door hurriedly came in, took the children from the embarrassed Yang Peng with a smile, and put them to sleep again. Yang Peng wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed: "My son and daughter are really amazing!" This cry made Daddy scramble! ”
Ya Yu Guanyin pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Yang Peng, and then showed a happy expression on her beautiful face.
Yang Peng returned to the edge of the bed and sat down, held the slender hand of Ya Yu Guanyin, and said gratefully: "Guanyin, you are a great hero!" Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "Why do women have to suffer like this for men!" Yang Peng smiled, "Big brother can't help this matter!" If possible, big brother really wants to suffer this sin for you! Ye Yu Guanyin chuckled, glanced at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "Dignified Yan Wang, you actually said such stupid things!" If you say it, it won't make people laugh! Yang Peng smiled: "Who likes to laugh and laugh!" If I can stand up with a big belly and replace your pain for you, nothing else matters! Seeing that the eldest brother said sincerely, Ye Yu Guanyin couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart, and reached out to hold the palm of the eldest brother. The two looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent.
Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at the three children and said to Yang Peng: "You only took the names of the two children, our eldest son is called Yang Yinglong, and our daughter is called Yang Yurou." But there's another son, and you have to choose a name! ”
Yang Peng scratched his head, rang for a moment, and said, "It's called Yang Tianya!" ”
Ya Yu Guanyin lowered his head and read it again, and said with a smile: "What a good name!" But why the name? Yang Peng laughed and said: "That's not a special reason, that is, I just feel that this name is good!" Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at Yang Peng, lowered his head and thought: "Yang Tianya, wandering the world!" He looked up at Yang Peng and asked, "Big brother, don't you want this kid to be in politics or the army, but want him to be like a heavenly horse in the sky and the earth, unrestrained?" Yang Peng nodded, "That's probably what I mean." Ya Yu Guanyin smiled, looked out the window and said, "That's fine!" Being an unrestrained person may be the happiest! ”
Thinking of the things in the south, he turned around and asked, "The things in the south, the eldest brother has dealt with them?" Yang Peng nodded and said, "It's done." Now Jiangxi, Jinghu South Road, and Jinghu North Road are all in our hands, but I don't plan to storm Nanling now. I plan to appease these three roads first, get ready, and wait until the beginning of spring next year to smooth out the two Guangzhous in one go! ”
Ye Yu Guanyin nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Yang Peng with a smile: "I don't think the eldest brother will only want to subdue Liangguang next year, right?" Yang Peng patted the back of Ye Yu Guanyin's hand and said with a smile: "Guanyin, who knows me, is also!" Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at Yang Peng charmingly. Then he frowned and fell silent.
Yang Peng was very puzzled when he saw that Ye Yu Guanyin suddenly became depressed, so he wanted to ask, and suddenly his heart moved and understood Ye Yu Guanyin's thoughts: "She must be worried that after I unify the south, I will wave my army north to use troops against Liao!" I couldn't help but feel an impulse in my heart, wanting to promise her that I would never use troops against Liao for the rest of my life. However, in this moment, reason suppressed the impulse. Yang Peng sighed and said apologetically: "Guanyin, I ......"
Ye Yu Guanyin hurriedly raised his slender hand to cover Chen Xiao's lips, shook his head and said, "Needless to say, I understand!" Then he said angrily: "I'm not a Han woman who can't afford to let go of me and can't afford to let go, this matter has no effect on me at all!" You don't have to worry about me! Yang Peng looked at Ye Yu Guanyin, he knew that Ye Yu Guanyin was a heroine among women, and women were not allowed to shave their eyebrows, but how could they not care about the survival of their country at all? Yang Peng held the slender hand of Ye Yu Guanyin tightly, and said categorically: "Guanyin, believe me, you Khitan people will be happier under the rule of Yan Yun!" ”
Ya Yin Guanyin nodded, "Of course I am convinced of this! Immediately, a weak feeling came to his heart, and he couldn't help but lean into Yang Peng's arms. Yang Peng hugged Ye Yu Guanyin and said softly: "We are actually all descendants of China, all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we don't need to have any bad feelings!" Ye Yu Guanyin nodded in Yang Peng's arms.
Yang Peng said with a smile: "The Liao State is not as strong as the Song State, it is very strong, although it is not richer than Yan Yun, but the military strength is not inferior to Yan Yun!" Yan Yun and Liao are competing, and it is not yet known who will kill the deer! Maybe Yan Yun finally lost to the Liao State! ”
Ya Yu Guanyin raised his head from Yang Peng's arms, glanced at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "If that's the case, you don't have to worry about anything!" I will definitely raise you for the rest of my life! And along with those wives and concubines of yours, I will also raise them together! Yang Peng laughed, kissed the red lips of Ye Yu Guanyin, and said with a smile: "Then big brother, thank you first!" Ya Yin smirked, then let out a long sigh.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.