"The people of the north and the south are living in hell on one side and in heaven on the other! Big brother, back then, King Wu attacked the people because the King of Wu abused the people without reason, so King Wu's army was not a rebellion, but a move to hang the people and kill the people! The same was true of the later Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty! Today's situation can be said to be the same as when Shang Sui Yang was in power, the old court and royal family are no longer the protectors of all the people in the world, but have become the perpetrators, and the king of Yan rose in Yanyun and then ruled the world, which can really be said to be in line with the mandate of heaven and the people's hearts! Big brother, when the world is changing drastically, you must not be obsessed with the general trend and not see the general trend clearly, and finally leave a stench for 10,000 years! ”

Zhang Jun's heart was shocked and he frowned. Zhang Defang continued: "The younger brother knows his brother's dedication to loyalty! But Zhao Song harmed the people, but his brother was loyal to Zhao Song, didn't he help the abuse? Loyalty is great loyalty, righteousness is righteousness, loyalty to the king is small loyalty and small righteousness, loyalty to all the people in the world is great loyalty and righteousness! ”

Zhang Jun only felt empowered, his heart lit up, and he couldn't help nodding his head; "Second brother's words, that's right!" Then he looked at Zhang Defang and asked angrily, "Are you here to be a lobbyist for Yan Yun?" ”

Zhang Defang said with a smile: "My younger brother really wants to persuade my brother to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. However, this is his younger brother's own idea, and King Yan is completely unaware of it. Zhang Jun snorted, and then thought: "The second brother's words made the foolish brother suddenly!" Brother Fool really shouldn't work for Zhao Song anymore! This is not only sorry for the people of the world, but also affects family and friends, what a bother! ”

Zhang Defang praised: "Brother's words are no longer right!" Zhang Jun glanced at Zhang Defang and frowned: "However, Yan Yun doesn't know about this matter, and I don't want to rush away, I have to get on the bridge with Yan Yun's official first!" Zhang Defang hurriedly said: "Brother, this matter is easy to do!" The younger brother has been operating an industry in the north all the year round, and has dealings with big businessmen in all aspects of Yanyun, among which the Luo family is the big customer of the younger brother, and the eldest lady of the Luo family, Luo Yanran, is now the princess of Yanwang, and the younger brother has met her recently! The younger brother can directly connect with King Yan through this Princess Yanran! ”

Zhang Jun nodded thoughtfully, and said to Zhang Defang: "Okay, you first hook up with this Princess Yanran, explain my intentions, and then see what they mean." Zhang Defang hugged his fists and said: "Brother, don't worry, this matter is foolproof!" Then he said: "Without further ado, the little brother is gone!" Although Zhang Jun really wanted to keep his younger brother for a few more days, after all, the two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, but thinking of the current big event, he said: "The stakes are very high, and my brother won't keep you!" Zhang Defang said with a smile: "In the future, our brothers will gather in Bianliang, and there will be time to get together, so we don't have to care about this!" He arched his hand towards Zhang Jun and hurried down.

At this time, neither of the Zhang Jun brothers noticed that the guard standing at the door had a strange color on his face.

Soon after, the guard found an excuse to leave the camp, and felt that the residence of the minister of the Qin mission had been informed, saying that the Zhang Jun brothers were plotting a rebellion and were preparing to defect to Yanyun. When the minister suddenly heard this, he was shocked and understandable. Immediately, under the advice of the strategists around him, he secretly sent his guards to the outside of the city, captured Zhang Defang and several people who had not left the city for a short time, and secretly escorted them to a secret place outside the city, where they were tortured to extract confessions. At this time, Zhang Jun was completely kept in the dark.

Yang Peng sat in the lobby, listening to the daily reports of the cabinet members, which was a daily routine, and the cabinet members reported to Yang Peng, the king of Yan, on the general situation of the military and political affairs at the daily morning meeting. Zhang Xiang said: "The development momentum of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia is very gratifying, and the situation is even better than expected, and it is estimated that this year's economy will increase by 30 percent compared with last year. In addition, under the auspices of Princess Yanran, Princess Anqian and Miss Fang, the resettlement of the displaced people after returning to their hometowns also went very smoothly without any problems. According to reports from Yanjing, the restoration and reconstruction work in the 16 prefectures of Yanyun is progressing smoothly, and it is expected that by the end of next year, all the restoration and reconstruction work should be completed, and the vast majority of the people who had previously migrated from the 16 prefectures of Yanyun have returned to their homes. ”

Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look, raised his head, and asked, "Is there any latest information on the war between the Khitans and the Japanese people?" Han Bing hugged his fists and said: "I received relevant information last night, saying that the Khitan and Goryeo coalition forces have broken through two Japanese fortresses, and now only one Japanese fortress is still resisting." The Khitan and Goryeo coalition forces are mobilizing troops to prepare for an attack on the last fortress left by the Japanese in Goryeo! ”

Yang Peng sighed and said, "I'm really expecting too much from the Japanese people!" I originally thought that they would be able to resist for at least a year or two, but I didn't expect to be defeated in such a short period of time! ”

Huang Qiaoyun said worriedly: "Once the Khitans have completely defeated the Japanese people, they can free their hands, but I am afraid that it will pose an obstacle to our elimination of Zhao and Song to unify the south!" ”

Han Bing said: "This is really worrying. However, even if the Khitans defeated the Japanese people immediately, it was impossible to mobilize their forces immediately. First of all, the Liao Kingdom of Goryeo has been in turmoil, it is already dilapidated, then the king has to clean up the mess, secondly, the Khitan people's grain and grass reserves are insufficient, although this campaign is going smoothly, but I am afraid that the inventory will be exhausted, this is not counting the cost of Goryeo's restoration and construction, and at the same time, the Khitan people want to transfer the main army from Goryeo, it is not an easy thing, I estimate that at least next year, and there will be no problems with money and food, so that the Khitan army can be mobilized! ”

Everyone whispered, and Huang Guang said: "What Niangniang said is extremely true! In fact, the Khitan people are very difficult financially now, if I were them, they would never tear their faces with us at this time, at least they have to maintain relations for the time being to restore the economy! ”

Huang Qiaoyun said: "Having said that, you must not be guarded against. Hmph, I'm afraid the Khitans don't have such a long-term vision, I'm afraid that the victory over the Japanese and the recovery of Goryeo has made them forgetful, maybe the Khitans will really immediately turn around and want to fight with us! ”

Everyone felt that what Huang Qiaoyun said was reasonable, but no one echoed it, and the remarks against the Khitans were sarcastic, although it was reasonable, but everyone took into account Princess Ye, so naturally it was not easy to say anything.

Yang Peng said: "Although Huang Qiaoyun's words are a bit extreme, they are not unreasonable. For the Khitans, it is not a good thing for us to smoothly unify the south, and they also know very well that once we unify the south, it will be difficult for them to confront us again, and if a war breaks out with our army in the future, I am afraid that there will be no good results! Therefore, for them, if they can prevent us from unifying the south, they will definitely do it, even at the cost of a war! Of course, with the current situation, the Khitans will not dare to start a war with us easily, but no matter how low the probability is, we must make the necessary preparations! The crowd nodded.

Yang Peng saw that everyone was meaningless, and said: "Without further ado, I will order Cao Jun to immediately fully mobilize the military government troops in Datongfu Road and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to prepare for war." Yang Jiumei didn't have to be distracted, she still concentrated on disaster relief matters, and the logistics preparations were handed over to Du Cheng, the governor of Shanxi, and the supervision department dispatched supervision officials as usual. The cabinet members clasped their fists together.

Zhang Xiang said: "King Yan, my subordinates think that one aspect of military preparation should also be through diplomatic means. ”

Huang Qiaoyun said: "What's the use of this! If we show too much desire for peace, we fear that we will encourage their aggression, but if we show too much force, we may make them fear and move a large number of troops. Either way, it's bad for us. I don't think diplomacy is needed. ”

Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "Lord Huang misunderstood, I mean, to test the attitude of his high-level by diplomatic means, and at the same time look for opportunities," Zhang Xiang paused when he said this, and then explained his intentions and plates.

Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Huang Qiaoyun smiled: "Lord Zhang, you are too treacherous!" Such a devastating scheme can actually come up with it! It should be useful though! ”

Zhang Xiang smiled: "This is not a yin damage. In fact, even if we don't fan the flames, at that time, I'm afraid that there will be problems between the two of them, and we just add fuel to the fire. If this fire is burned, hehe, it will save us a lot of trouble. ”

Yang Peng said: "This plan is good. It's up to your cabinet to send an order to Fan Yong to carry it out. The members of the Cabinet agreed together.

After the meeting ended, everyone was busy, and Yang Peng walked towards the backyard with Han Bing, whose stomach had already shown shape, gossiping while strolling. After Yang Peng settled Han Bing, he returned to the study, looked at the map, and thought about the worst that might happen. The so-called worst-case scenario is that all means are ineffective, and the Khitans finally mobilize the main force. If this happens, will the army of the Northern Front alone be able to deal with it? Yang Peng frowned and thought for a long time, feeling that the situation might be very difficult, but it should be possible to resist the attack of the Khitans. But once this situation occurs, it is impossible to say that there must be a chance of victory, on the battlefield, the enemy is outnumbered, the situation is changing rapidly, many situations can determine the outcome of the war, once the northern front is lost, the consequences will be very serious!

Yang Peng frowned tightly, suddenly smiled dumbly, and said secretly: "The stronger I am, the less courageous I am!" With the 300,000 army of the directly subordinate legion, plus 200,000 military troops, a total of 500,000 troops, and the full support of the people, what are you afraid of! It's a big deal to smash Datongfu Road and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and when I solve the problem in the south, I will concentrate on defeating them! When the time comes, I will ask them to return it to me with interest! Thinking of this, the haze that had been pressing on my heart suddenly disappeared. He had too many scruples when he thought about the problem before, and he was always worried that there would be a problem with the northern defense line and the Khitans would attack Datongfu Road and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but now that he wants to open it, he won't take those seriously. Yang Peng has already made up his mind at this moment, the original plan is firm and unchanged, the big deal is to let the Khitans take advantage of it first, and then settle the account with the Khitans when the southern problem is solved.

There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and then Jiang Li's voice came: "Master! Yang Peng turned around and saw Jiang Li in military uniform, thinking of what he had explained to her this morning, and hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Jiang Li frowned and said, "The princess still refuses to come back!" "The princess in Jiang Li's mouth is Zhao Lihua, since Yang Peng led the Yanyun army to the south, she moved out of the palace and lived in the princess's mansion. Only when Yang Peng returned to Bianliang, he left the princess's mansion to greet everyone, and then went back to the princess's mansion. These days, Yang Peng has sent people to persuade her to come back many times, but she has refused. Yang Peng actually wanted to see her for a long time, but he didn't know what to say or how to face her, so he came back for so long but didn't go.

Yang Peng was very displeased, but then the displeasure in his heart was replaced by a helpless emotion, and he couldn't help but sigh and muttered: "Don't blame her!" It's embarrassing for her to let him bear this kind of thing! ”

Jiang Li said: "The princess's mood is very low, listening to the palace maid who serves her, she only eats very little every day, and she has lost a lot of weight compared to the past!" Yang Peng's heart was shocked, and he said angrily: "How can she not eat?" Jiang Li didn't know how to answer this question. Yang Peng sighed and said, "I'll go see her!" As he spoke, he walked outside, and Jiang Li hurriedly followed.

Yang Peng came to the princess's mansion. When the palace maids saw Yang Peng coming, they were all overjoyed, and someone had already run to inform Zhao Lihua that he had gone. At this time, Zhao Lihua was sitting in front of the moon cave window in a daze, and suddenly heard the news of King Yan's arrival, she was stunned at first, and then shouted in panic: "Don't let him in!" How can I see him like this! Then he asked the palace maid around him to dress up for himself.

Yang Peng, accompanied by Jiang Li, came to Zhao Lihua's embroidery building, but was blocked by the two palace maids guarding the door. I saw two palace maids kneeling down, and one of the palace maids said: "King Yan, please stay, Niangniang, she is dressing up!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "It's all old husbands and wives, why do you still care about this!" That being said, he stopped and waited.

After waiting for a full two quarters of an hour, the door creaked open. I saw Zhao Lihua, who was dressed in a moon white palace suit, combing fairy clouds, and wearing gold and walking, came out accompanied by two palace maids, and Ying Ying bowed: "The concubine meets King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng took three steps and two steps to Zhao Lihua, stretched out his hands to help her up. Yang Peng saw that Zhao Lihua had really lost a lot of weight, compared with before, she was a little less graceful and luxurious, but she had a little more morbid beauty like Lin Daiyu, and she couldn't help but feel distressed! Stretched out his hand to brush the hair of Zhao Lihua's sideburns, and said with some annoyance: "You, you really don't care for yourself!" Zhao Lihua showed a sad look and did not speak.

Yang Peng took Zhao Lihua's hand and walked into the embroidery building. The others were very amusementingly left outside. Yang Peng took Zhao Lihua's slender hand and walked to the window and sat down. Yang Peng looked at Zhao Lihua's emaciated face, sighed, and said, "I know you're blaming Big Brother!" ……”

Zhao Lihua shook her head, turned her head to look out the window, tears overflowed her eyes, and said faintly: "I don't blame the big brother!" I know that Big Brother is doing everything right now! After a pause, his eyes showed a look of memory, "In the past, my father was the emperor. Once I secretly went out of the palace to play, that was the first time I slipped out of the palace, I originally thought that the people were living very happily, but what I saw and heard was not the case, even the people in the capital were very poor, other places can be imagined! I originally thought that my father was a rare saint in the past, but that time I heard many people secretly scolding him in the teahouse! Ay! ”

"But now, the people live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of the eldest brother, which is really different from the time when the emperor ruled! I know that the eldest brother is far more suitable to be the emperor than the father! Speaking of this, Zhao Lihua's face suddenly showed a look of pain, and she shook her head and said, "But after all, I am the daughter of my father and the princess of the Great Song Dynasty!" I, how can I sit idly by and watch the Great Song Dynasty perish and be indifferent! ”

Yang Peng held Zhao Lihua's slender hand. Zhao Lihua turned her head to look at it, her beautiful eyes were full of tears, and her expression was complicated. Yang Peng said softly: "Don't forget, you are not only the princess of the Great Song Dynasty, but also my Yang Peng's wife!" Zhao Lihua's heart was shocked, her delicate face turned crimson, and she looked away.

Yang Peng said: "I know that you feel very uncomfortable when you see your man leading an army to destroy your father's country!" But why don't you look at it from a different angle? Zhao Lihua looked at Yang Peng puzzled.

Yang Peng said: "With your father-in-law's ability, don't you think it's too dangerous to be this emperor?" There was an invasion of the Khitans before, and the land of the Central Plains sank, and even he himself was captured by the Khitans! Like him, as this emperor, I am afraid that sooner or later he will be taken away, and even he will encounter accidents! Your man is not harming him, he is saving him! When the world is unified, he can be a happy rich man in peace, and he no longer has to worry about being murdered, isn't it great? As for the Great Song Dynasty, hehe, I am the son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is natural for the country to be passed on to the son-in-law, so what's so bad! ”

Zhao Lihua was originally depressed and sad, but after listening to her eldest brother's words, she couldn't help but have a feeling of sudden enlightenment. He nodded slightly. Yang Pengxi said: "Don't blame the big brother now, right?" ”

Zhao Lihua's face was full of shame, she didn't dare to look at her eldest brother, and said, "I, I'm so confused!" Yang Peng gently pulled her into his arms, hugged her slender waist, put his head on her fragrant shoulder, pressed against her slender neck, and said softly: "You, just care about it!" That's human nature! If you don't feel anything about it, aren't you an emotionless daughter? ”

Zhao Lihua remembered something and hurriedly said, "Big brother, I beg you for one thing!" Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Do you want me to ensure the safety of my father-in-law?" Zhao Lihua nodded. Yang Peng smiled: "You can rest assured of this!" All the soldiers in Yanyun know the relationship between you and me, so naturally they don't dare to be disrespectful to their father-in-law, and I will personally lead the army to the south, so it will be even more foolproof! The big stone in Zhao Lihua's heart was completely put down, and when she found herself in the arms of her eldest brother, she couldn't help but feel shy.

Yang Peng saw that Zhao Lihua's appearance was very cute, and he couldn't help but move his index finger, but he didn't dare to take any action because she was weak now. Thinking that she hadn't eaten a good meal for a long time, she couldn't help frowning: "I heard that you only eat a small amount of food every day these days, so it's not good!" Zhao Lihua said apologetically: "I, I'm worried and can't eat." Yang Peng asked, "Don't worry about it now, right?" Zhao Lihua nodded. Yang Peng said: "Today, the eldest brother is here to accompany you." I have to see you eat well, so that the eldest brother can feel at ease! Zhao Lihua glanced back at Chen Xiao, her delicate face was slightly red, she snorted, and nodded gently.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Peng returned to the palace. I went to the courtyard of Yari Guanyin to see Yari Guanyin and her three children, who were recovering after giving birth, and then returned to the study to deal with official business.

At this moment, Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang came together and bowed together: "Meet King Yan!" Yang Peng raised his head, glanced at the two of them, and said, "It's you, is there something wrong?" ”

The two glanced at each other, Zhang Xiang took a step forward, held up an official document with both hands and said: "This is a joint letter from more than 100 officials, including the two subordinates. ”

Yang Peng was taken aback, and glanced at Jiang Li, who was standing beside him, who immediately stepped forward, took the book, and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the book, opened it, and saw that it was written: 'I think that not long ago, the world was in turmoil, the Central Plains was lost, and His Royal Highness King Yan inherited the mandate of heaven and was born, turning the tide and reorganizing the mountains and rivers, and the great contribution was comparable to that of the King of Qin! And King Yan cultivates civil affairs, political clarity, cares for the people, and the people love him! At this time, the world returned to the heart, and the ministers dared to implore King Yan to carry it by heaven, ascend the throne as the emperor, and open an indestructible foundation! Below are the signatures of more than 100 officials of Yanyun.

Yang Peng finished reading the book, put it in front of him, raised his head and glanced at Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang, and asked, "You want me to ascend the throne and become emperor?" Zhang Xiang hugged his fists and said: "Now Yan Yun's strength has surpassed that of the Great Liao, which is known as the empire, and other countries are not worth mentioning compared to our Yan Yun, and the people everywhere are loyal to King Yan, and the two Yellow Emperors in the south have also removed their honorific titles and bowed down to King Yan!" Now it can be said that the time and place are favorable, and King Yan should be called the emperor! ”

Huang Guang hugged his fists and said: "King Yan, ascending the throne and becoming the emperor can better gather people's hearts, and make Yan Yun's action of dominating the world more justified!" Zhang Xiang nodded approvingly.

Yang Peng frowned slightly, as if he was a little reluctant. Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang glanced at each other, both feeling a little puzzled. Zhang Xiang clenched his fists and asked, "Does King Yan have any scruples?" Yang Peng said: "This matter is not a trivial matter, and it will be discussed at the annual meeting at the end of this year." ”

The two were very puzzled by Yang Peng's caution. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he said secretly: "If you want to be the founding emperors of all dynasties, you have to go through the procedure of Sanqian when you ascend the throne as emperor, and you must have such an idea for King Yan!" Zhang Xiang further thought: "King Yan may want Emperor Song Chan to give way to him, so that he can appear more justifiable!" As soon as I thought of this, I was relieved of King Yan's prudence; Huang Guang, on the other hand, was a little puzzled: 'King Yan has clearly deposed Confucianism a long time ago, but why should he abide by the hypocritical etiquette of Confucianism? ’

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