In the restaurant, there are a few scattered drinkers. A drinker said to his companion as if offering a treasure: "Hey, have you heard? His Majesty sent someone to ambush the general, but it didn't succeed, and now both sides are mobilizing troops and horses, and a big battle is about to break out! The companion sighed, "Who doesn't know about this now!" Alas, now that Yanyun's army is coming, they are still fighting for power! We really don't know what kind of field we will end up in! We don't know how long our lives can be saved! ”

The drinker nodded approvingly, and scolded: "These bastards are vying for power and profit, and it is us little people who are unlucky!" What the fuck! He picked up the glass and tilted his head to dry.

The companion looked around and lowered his voice: "I heard that the people under Yan Yun's rule are living very well, the government is honest, there are no harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the common people can still get the land distributed by the government free of charge, I don't know if it's true?" ”

The drinker shook his head and said, "It's hard to say! Who can say this kind of thing! I still don't want to leave my hometown as a last resort! ”

The companion said: "I think, it's not bad for our Dali to defect to Yanyun." Why do you have to go against Yan Yun? Now aren't they all saying that we and Yanyun people are both descendants of China, and it is very normal for a family to be divided together, and it is a very normal thing for a family to be divided in the past, and now it is a very normal thing for the general trend to become one! ”

The drinker smiled bitterly: "The royal doesn't think so!" Our Dali surrendered to Yanyun, which is certainly a good thing for our people, but the royal family refuses to do it! Think about it, if Dali surrenders to Yanyun, our little people will still be little people, but he will no longer be a royal family! The companion nodded thoughtfully, picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, put down the wine glass, and sighed: "No wonder it is said now that the royal family is selfish, and regards the world of the people of the world as the private property of his family!" This could not be more true! The drinker hurriedly said, "You can't just say this!" As he spoke, he looked around vigilantly, but at this time, there was a table of guests by the window in the far away of the restaurant, and there was no one next to him. The drinker put his mind at ease, picked up the wine glass, and said, "We can't control these things, let's have wine today and get drunk today!" The companion sighed, picked up the glass and touched it with the drinker's hand, and the two of them dried the glass.

Suddenly there was rumbling footsteps and the neighing of horses in the streets. The guests in the restaurant couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, and hurriedly left their seats and ran to the window to look. I saw thousands of sergeants on the street guarding the general Duan Zhichun towards the west city gate. One of the drinkers said in fear, "What is this for?" Is there going to be a war? ”

The other drinker shook his head and said, "Probably not." This is the way to the West City Gate, and I think the general is leaving! All the drinkers breathed a sigh of relief, and one of the drinkers said with great joy: "It's good to leave!" It's good to leave! lest we fight and suffer with us! The drinkers nodded approvingly. A drinker frowned and said worriedly, "What's so good!" The general is gone, and there is a chance that he will be divided! The Great War is yet to come! ”

When the drinkers heard this, they couldn't help but get nervous again. A drinker said puzzledly: "In that case, why didn't Your Majesty take this opportunity to transfer troops to eliminate the general?" The drinker who spoke just now frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not that Your Majesty is unwilling, but that you can't mobilize enough troops to quell the chaos for a while!" All the drinkers suddenly realized and nodded their heads.

"Huh? What is that? A drinker suddenly pointed to the east side of West Street. The drinkers looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a light and delicate carriage speeding from the east, and one of the drinkers said in surprise: "Isn't that the car of Princess Qionghua?" ”

I saw the carriage speeding towards him, rushing from the side of the marching army to the front, and the street crossed to block the way of the army. The team couldn't help but stop, and the soldiers looked at Duan Zhichun one after another, waiting for his instructions. Duan Zhichun frowned, and the expression in his eyes looked very complicated.

The curtain of the car was opened, Qionghua hurried down with the support of the maid, and went straight to Duan Zhichun's horse, Ying Ying bowed: "Uncle Huang! ”

Duan Zhichun showed a pleased smile and said, "I didn't expect you to call me Uncle Huang now!" Are you here to persuade me? ”

Qiong Hua straightened up, looked at Duan Zhichun, and said, "I want Uncle Huang to say a word, was yesterday's raid directed and acted by Uncle Huang?" ”

Duan Zhichun laughed mockingly and said, "This is what my good imperial brother said!" He sighed and said, "I didn't see that he was so insidious before!" ”

Qiong Hua frowned and said, "No matter what the truth of the matter is, Uncle Huang shouldn't be rude!" Duan Zhichun glanced at Qiong Hua and asked, "Did you come here today just to say these things to me?" ”

Qionghua said sincerely: "I'm here for Dali, please Uncle Huang think twice, don't be impulsive and hurt Dali!" ”

Duan Zhichun said angrily: "The problem now is not me, but your father!" He listened to the rumors and wanted to get rid of me! If I don't go, will there be a way to survive when he gathers his army? I won't betray, but I can't sit still! ”

Qionghua said sadly: "Now that we are facing the threat of Yanyun's invasion in Dali, the domestic soldiers and horses are already limited, and now they are divided into two parts, how can we resist Yanyun!" ”

Duan Zhichun said: "I already have a countermeasure to this, you don't have to worry too much!" ”

Qiong Hua asked curiously, "What are the plans of the imperial uncle?" ”

Duan Zhichun shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient to say now." ”

Qionghua was silent for a moment, sighed, looked at Duan Zhichun, and said, "Since Uncle Huang has made up his mind, my niece won't say anything anymore." However, the niece begged the imperial uncle not to hurt Dali because of personal grudges! Duan Zhichun said: "Don't worry, everything I do is for Dali!" Qionghua stepped aside, bowed and said, "Niece sends off Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang take care all the way!" Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly drove the carriage aside.

Duan Zhichun glanced at Qiong Hua, sighed, and led the team away.

After reading the report just sent, Yang Peng raised his head and said to Yan Ji with a smile: "Liu Yan and Zhao Xiang'er did a good job!" I really underestimated them before! Yan Ji smiled: "I'm afraid that my husband will underestimate them because they are women!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, looked at Ya Yu Guanyin, and said with a smile: "Guanyin, the development of things may be much better than we expected!" ”

Ya Yin Guanyin smiled: "We overestimated those two people before! Now it seems that these two are just mediocre people, and they are not worth mentioning at all! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "It's easier to sow discord in such a situation!" He looked at Yan Ji and said, "Tell Liu Yan and Zhao Xiang'er that I am very satisfied with their results!" Tell them to keep up the good work, I won't explain anything, I'm sure they won't let me down! Yan Ji smiled: "They will be very happy when they hear their husband's words!" Then he hugged his fists and said: "The concubine will go to give the order!" Yang Peng nodded. Yan Ji hurriedly went.

At this time, Jiang Li rushed in, hugged her fists and said, "Master, the banquet is ready!" Yang Peng smiled; Okay, let's have a good time tonight and celebrate the birthday of the eighth sister! With that, he stood up. Ye Yu Guanyin smiled: "Big brother really spoils this Eighth Sister Yang!" ”

In the middle of the night, Yang Dezheng returned home with his drunken and unconscious aunt. As soon as she came back, she saw her grandmother and mother, and when she saw her daughter's drunken appearance, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and said, "Girl's family, why are you drunk like this?" ”

Yang Dezheng smiled: "Auntie is also so happy!" King Yan prepared a very sumptuous banquet for his aunt, and now several of the most famous opera troupes in Bianliang City came to perform to celebrate his aunt's birthday, and all the princesses also came, everyone was like a family! My aunt was so happy that she accidentally drank too much! Yang Qi threw herself into the arms of Mrs. She, hugged her mother's neck, and grinned: "Mother, you have become so young!" It's as beautiful as the princess! ”

She Lao Taijun said angrily: "The girl's family, she actually started to drink crazy!" "Mother, King Yan gave me a gift! I love it! ”

Old Taijun She said with a straight face: "Yang Qi, your sixth brother has returned." ”

As soon as Yang Qi heard that the sixth brother was back, he was so frightened that he lost five or six points, and Yang Dezheng was also shocked. Yang Qi hurriedly looked around, but didn't see the figure of the sixth brother, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, grabbed her mother's palm, and shook it: "Mother, you are so bad, you actually scare me!" ”

Old Taijun She glared at Yang Qi and said, "Which one scares you!" Your sixth brother entered the city this evening, and is now waiting for you in the study! Now that you are back, go and see him. ”

Yang Dezheng was nothing, but Yang Qi panicked, and said urgently: "Mother, how can I look like this, how can I see the sixth brother!" ”

Mrs. She glanced at Yang Qi and said angrily: "You know it too!" As he spoke, he poked Yang Qi's forehead in confusion. said to Yang Dezheng: "Zheng'er, you go first." Then he said to Yang Qi: "You go to the room to change your clothes first, wash your face well, and then go to see your sixth brother!" The aunt and nephew hurriedly agreed, saluted Mrs. She, and hurried down. She Lao Taijun looked at the backs of the two children, smiled and shook her head.

Yang Qi returned to the room, greeted the maid, and changed clothes. Yang Dezheng came to the study and saw his father sitting behind the bookcase, looking at the battle examples he had copied from the university yesterday. Hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and bowed: "Father! ”......

Surrounded by a group of guards, Yang Peng returned to the palace along the street. I saw that the street was bustling, and it seemed to be a little more lively than usual, and many parts of the street were blocked because there were too many pedestrians, and the ears were full of noisy and noisy sounds, which made people's heads dizzy after only a while. It's not a good thing that it's too lively!

Yang Peng asked in surprise: "Why do the people in the past two days seem to be much more than before?" ”

A secret guard next to him said: "Back to the master, this is all because of the founding ceremony." Now that the news of the founding ceremony has spread all over the world, many people from afar have rushed to Bianliang to see the grand occasion of the founding ceremony! ”

Yang Peng suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "This is very good!" I'm afraid that there are not so many rooms in the hotels outside the city! The secret guard smiled: "I heard that the guest rooms are already full, and many people who came late had no choice but to join relatives and friends!" ”

Yang Peng said: "There should be only a few people who have relatives and friends in Bianliang, what about those who don't have relatives and friends in Bianliang?" The guard said, "I heard that many people live in the houses in the city, and of course they have to pay. The rest of the people lived in the public house temporarily vacated by Master Li Mubai, which also had to pay rent. Mr. Lee has vacated a lot of public housing and should be able to cope with the current situation. Yang Peng said with a smile: "Li Mubai's response is very timely and appropriate!" After thinking about it, he said, "Let's go to his mansion first." The group changed direction and headed towards the Henan Governor's Palace. Li Mubai is the governor of Henan, so he also has to take care of this Bianliang matter.

When Yang Peng came to the Governor's Palace, he saw that the government was as busy as a vegetable market, but although it was very busy, it was still in order. As the governor, Li Mubai was standing in front of a bird's-eye view of Bianliang, giving instructions to several of his staff.

A servant rushed to Li Mubai's side and hurriedly reported: "My lord, King Yan is here!" Li Mubai was taken aback, hurriedly looked towards the door, and saw King Yan who was pacing in. hurriedly ran over and bowed: "Subordinate Li Mubai to meet King Yan!" Seeing this, the other subordinate officials and staff members who were busy hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Meet King Yan!" Then the hall fell silent, in stark contrast to the hustle and bustle just now.

Yang Peng helped Li Mubai up, smiled and said to everyone: "Don't be polite, what should you do." The crowd agreed in unison, stood up, and went on with their own business.

Chen Xiao looked at the scene in the hall and said to Li Mubai with a smile: "Lao Li, you are very busy here!" ”

Li Mubai said: "It's okay." It's just that the founding ceremony is about to be held, and there are many more things than usual. ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”

Li Mubai clenched his fists and said: "My subordinates can still handle it." ”

Yang Peng patted Li Mubai's shoulder and walked outside. Li Mubai hurriedly followed. The two of them came out of the hall and strolled through the courtyard of the palace. Yang Peng said: "I heard that many people came all the way to Bianliang just to see the founding ceremony? ”

Li Mubai nodded and said, "This is far more than we expected before!" According to incomplete statistics, at present, the number of people who come to Bianliang to watch the founding ceremony has exceeded 200,000, and this number is still increasing! Then he smiled and said: "This is a rare prosperous era for thousands of years, and many people don't want to miss it!" ”

Although Yang Peng felt that there were many people who came to Bianliang to watch the founding ceremony, he didn't expect that there would be more than 200,000 people! This is ancient times, and the people came all the way to Bianliang to participate in the ceremony! Yang Peng suddenly felt that this time the ceremony seemed to be not just going through the motions, it had to be magnificent, to move the people and excited, and to make everyone extremely proud of being a member of Yanyun. Thinking of this, Yang Peng suddenly thought that all countries in modern society will hold a large-scale military parade at the founding ceremony! There is nothing more exhilarating than a majestic army being paraded!

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Peng had a new idea, and immediately asked Li Mubai: "Lao Li, has your cabinet discussed the specific matters of the founding ceremony?" ”

Li Mubai said: "We have discussed it, and we generally believe that we should follow the practice of the Tang Dynasty when it was founded. Yang Peng asked: "How did the Tang Dynasty open the country?" Li Mubai said: "First of all, he ascended the throne in the main hall and became the emperor, accepted the congratulations of the hundred officials, and then went to the gate tower of the imperial city to accept the worship of the people, and finally went to the suburbs to worship the sky." ”

Yang Peng waved his hand, "No, no, no, this is not good!" This method is old-fashioned and useless! Li Mubai asked curiously, "I wonder what King Yan thinks?" Then he smiled and said: "To be honest, we all think that the Yan Yun created by King Yan is an unprecedented feat, and there should be some rituals that show a new atmosphere, but we racked our brains, but we can't think of a new ceremony that is both novel and solemn!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "You are just bound by those bullshit traditions!" In the past, the set of ceremonies for the emperor to ascend the throne was actually just to tell the world that he had obtained the mandate of heaven, that he was the proud son of heaven, and that he was the master of the world! In short, I want to tell the world that I am your new master! This set of methods is really disgusting! Since we Yanyun want to advocate that the world is the world of the people of the world, we must not engage in this set again! ”

Li Mubai said excitedly: "King Yan has not been able to forget his original intention at this time, and Weichen is really ......" and then said very firmly: "King Yan is the real master, and Weichen swears allegiance to King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng helped Li Mubai up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I'm also very happy, you can not forget your original intention at this time!" Li Mubai looked at Yang Peng excitedly.

Yang Peng said: "In the past, I will remove all those sacrifices to heaven and everything, in short, I will remove all those self-righteous clowns!" I only put forward one request, which is to show Yanyun's national prestige and show that this country is a country for all the people! For specific activities, I think the parade is a very good format! ”

Li Mubai was stunned, "Military parade? "Since the beginning of Confucianism, the emphasis on literature and suppression of martial arts, extravagant talk about benevolence and righteousness, the status of martial artists has become lower and lower, so in the celebration occasions of all dynasties, soldiers have never been the protagonists, but have become the role of security to maintain law and order, and have become the green leaves that set off the inviolability of the imperial authority. It is also because of this cultural perversion that people nowadays naturally do not consider the involvement of military personnel when they think about celebrations. Why the military parade was invented by Westerners, for this reason.

Yang Peng nodded and said: "The founding ceremony takes the military parade as the core, and the soldiers are the protagonists of the founding ceremony. He glanced at Li Mubai and said with a smile: "How to operate is up to your cabinet to consider." Li Mubai came back to his senses and promised to do so.

Yang Peng returned to the palace, and Ye Yu Guanyin hurried up to greet him, handed Yang Peng an official document, and said: "I just received a report from Yanjing that the Goryeo rebellion has been completely quelled by the Khitans, and Wang Yue and others escaped from Goryeo by boat, and their whereabouts are unknown. ”

Yang Peng opened the official document and looked at it, walked to the side of the small table and sat down. put down the official document and said with a smile: "As expected, the Korean people have already completed their historical mission. ”

Ye Yu Guanyin said: "The Khitan people have been fighting wars for many years, and they are already exhausted. I don't think they will dare to make any big moves for the time being, and they should send messengers to show us goodwill! ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Although this is the intention of the Khitans, it is also our idea. The entire Central Plains region has just been reunified, and many things are still on the right track, and a large number of ordinary people are still displaced! It is not appropriate for us to launch a large-scale war for the time being, and we should not think about war for at least three years, except for the matter of Dali, of course! Yayo Kannon nodded.

Yang Peng looked at Ye Yu Guanyin and asked, "Is there any information transferred from Dali?" Ye Yu Guanyin said: "I was about to report to the eldest brother, and I received a report just now, which was transmitted by our detailed work of infiltrating Dali, saying that the great general Duan Zhichun had divided the southwest and had formed a confrontation with the central government. Now both sides are recruiting troops and actively preparing for war, and the situation is already at a critical juncture! He smiled and said, "Okay! It's called the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit! Ye Yu Guanyin smiled: "Everyone thinks that the eldest brother is a big hero who is brave in the world, but who knows that the eldest brother is actually a good hand at playing conspiracy and tricks!" ”

smiled: "Guanyin, are you praising me or hurting me?" Ya Yu Guanyin blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Of course, it's a compliment to the eldest brother!" That being said, that look was all about that.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Yang Peng and Ya Yu Guanyin turned their heads to look out of the door, only to see Yan Ji, who was dressed in a samurai suit and combed a ponytail, hurriedly walked in.

Yan Ji came to Yang Peng, bowed to Yang Peng, and said, "Husband, my people just got news from Dali. ”

Yang Peng smiled: "We are talking about this matter, I hope the news you bring is that Duan Zhichun and Emperor Dali have already fought." ”

Yan Ji frowned and shook her head, and said, "I'm afraid this will disappoint my husband!" According to the news from my people, although Duan Zhichun seized the southwest, he took the initiative to send someone to ease relations with the Dali Emperor, and the princess of Dali, Qionghua, was also trying her best to mediate, although the two sides seemed to be very tense on the surface, but I am afraid it would be impossible to fight in the short term! ”

Yang Peng was a little surprised, "Oh? It was expected that Princess Qionghua would do her best to mediate, but I didn't expect that Duan Pure would do the same? Generally speaking, since his military strength is superior, and he is in the current situation, he should launch a mutiny, just like Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty back then! He wouldn't be a selfless and selfless figure, would he? After a pause, he looked at Yan Ji and asked, "What is the attitude of Emperor Dali?" Will he be able to tolerate his subordinates being divided? ”

Yan Ji said: "What is the attitude of Emperor Dali, we have not yet learned, but he did not issue an edict to beg the thief. It can be seen that the Dali Emperor should also want to solve this problem through peaceful means. ”

Yang Peng said: "He wants to solve it through peaceful means, but we can't let him get his wish!" He raised his head and looked at Yan Ji, and ordered: "Tell Zhao Xiang'er and Liu Yan that you can carry out the 'handsome' operation depending on the situation!" Yan Ji nodded, "Okay, the concubine will notify them immediately!" He bowed to Yang Peng and hurried away.

Dali, West Street, inside an inconspicuous house. Liu Yan, who was dressed as a Dali woman, came in from outside. The door closed immediately, and Zhao Xiang'er, who was already in the room, stood up and said, "Sister Liu, you're here!" Liu Yan walked up to Zhao Xiang'er and asked, "Xiang'er, call me so urgently, is there news from my hometown?" Zhao Xiang'er nodded and said, "Just now there was an order from the master from my hometown, asking us to wait for the opportunity to launch the 'handsome' operation. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "I already expected the master to give this order!" Zhao Xiang'er said: "Sister Liu, this matter is not easy to do!" During this time, Emperor Dali will definitely not leave the palace, and if he wants to launch the 'handsome' operation, he can only take the initiative! However, although Dali is a small country, the vigilance of the inner courtyard of the palace is not trivial, and I am worried about whether this operation can be successful! Liu Yan smiled: "The master actually doesn't care about whether he can succeed at all, he just wants Emperor Dali to feel enough threat!" ”

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