Yang Peng smiled, pinched Yan Ji's chin and kissed her red lips, and said with a smile: "So smart!" Husband will reward you well! "Said the palm of the hand down. Yan Ji giggled and said angrily: "Husband, you are dead!" ”……

The next morning, the cabinet ministers gathered in the court to discuss the matter. Chai Yongqi first reported: "Your Majesty, the construction of the armory in the Dali area is underway. Since Dali had previously hoarded a considerable amount of ordnance and materials, this work was progressing very smoothly. It is estimated that the task of stockpiling 200,000 ordnance materials will be completed by the end of the year. ”

Yang Peng nodded, glanced at Chai Jin, and said with a smile; "Good." Chai Yongqi was overjoyed and sat back in his seat.

Zhang Xiang stood up and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the military government in Dali is also being stepped up, and it is progressing relatively smoothly, and it should be able to have preliminary combat readiness around the Spring Festival." Military officers drawn from Sichuan, Northwest China, and other places have all been put in place. Yang Peng nodded. Zhang Xiang sat back in his seat.

Huang Qiaoyun stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The supervision officials are all in place, and they can now send reports to Bianliang on a regular basis." According to the latest report, almost all of those former Dali officials have corrupted and bent the law. Among them, there are 23 people who already have conclusive evidence, including three prefects and six prefects. The Inspector General recommended to the Cabinet that all Dali officials be completely replaced. ”

Yang Peng smiled: "This situation is not strange. It would be strange if it weren't. The crowd burst out laughing.

Yang Peng pondered: "Dali has just been included in the territory, and it is not appropriate to take too big actions for the time being. The priority now is to stabilize the local government and promote our policies, so that Dali can be integrated into our big family as soon as possible. However, we must not tolerate those who are corrupt and pervert the law, and appeasement can only nurture adultery. Tell the Inspector General that action can be taken against those officials with corroborating evidence and that surveillance will continue for other officials. Huang Qiaoyun clenched his fists and agreed, then looked at Yan Ji and said, "The Governor of the Inspectorate also asked the Cabinet and His Majesty if they could order Hua Xu to give assistance." Yang Peng asked Yan Ji with a smile: "What did the Great Pavilion Leader Hua Xu say?" Yan Ji said: "Colleagues ask for each other, Hua Xu is naturally duty-bound. It's just that Hua Xu, who is currently in that direction, has basically been sent to Bagan, and I'm afraid that the help he can give is very limited. I can transfer Hua Xu's subordinates from the Jiangnan region and the Sichuan region to Dali to assist in supervising the governor's office. Huang Qiaoyun smiled and saluted: "Thank you, sister-in-law!" Yan Ji smiled slightly.

Yang Peng saw that there was nothing wrong with everyone, so he told the Khorezm royal family to come to ask for help. The crowd whispered.

Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said, "Big brother, let's express my opinions." ”

The crowd ceased their private discussions. Tang Shidian clenched his fists excitedly and said: "This incident is enough to show that the strength of our Ming Empire has now caught up with the Tang Dynasty back then!" After the Tang Dynasty, how can there be distant countries coming to us for help! Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement, everyone seemed so proud, they had reason to be proud.

Yang Peng said jokingly: "The current situation is just beginning, you must not be complacent." The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still have to work hard! The crowd laughed.

Huang Qiaoyun said: "Now that we haven't even responded to Goryeo's request for help, it is naturally impossible to respond to Khorezm's request for help." ”

Huang Guang said: "Lord Huang is right. But since Khorezm has come all the way, we can't let them down too much, and we have to give them some hope. Looking at Yang Peng, he clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty is a hero of the world, and sooner or later, our Yanyun soldiers will wage war against Western Liao and Liao. At that time, these royal families of Khorezm came into use. Everyone nodded sympathetically, and looked at Yang Peng in unison to see what he said.

Yang Peng said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, the hero of the world is actually a big bandit!" Everyone laughed, and then when Yang Peng was laughing, they couldn't help laughing.

Yang Peng said: "Huang Guang is right. Sooner or later, a war with the Western Liao Peace Kingdom would break out. We have to be prepared for future wars. And the Khorezm royal family is naturally a chess piece that can be used. Glancing at everyone in the cabinet, he said, "The Khorezm royal family will arrive in Bianliang soon, and your cabinet will do a good job of receiving me and the empire." As for the audience, there is no urgency for the time being. Everyone stood up in unison and clenched their fists in agreement.

After the meeting, Yang Peng returned to the imperial garden alone to hang out. The scenery of the Imperial Garden is stunning, more beautiful than any park landscape in the future, but Yang Peng's mind at the moment is not on the beautiful scenery in front of him, but has flown to the far west. The Western world is also undergoing earth-shaking upheavals. The upheaval was completely different from the history I knew. Khorezm, which was supposed to be exterminated by the Mongols, was unexpectedly divided by the Western Liao of Liao. The Seljuk Turkish Empire, which should have been inherited until World War I, was destroyed by the Crusaders led by the Holy Roman Empire, while the Byzantine Empire, which had always been in a defensive position, actually advanced northward with a very sharp edge.

Yang Peng walked to the edge of the lake, looked at the sparkling lake, and only felt that history seemed to become unclear like this lake. Perhaps it was because he appeared in this era that another completely different parallel space was created, in which everything completely deviated from the trajectory of the world he came from since the Northern Song Dynasty. Yang Peng felt that the future of this time and space had infinite possibilities, and this could be manipulated in his hands. Inexplicable excitement couldn't help but come to my heart.

Yang Peng sat down on the big bluestone by the lake. The sailor picked up a stone and threw it into the distance. The stone flew out and landed far away in the lake covered with lotus leaves, and with a plop, the lake rippled, and the lotus leaves swayed with the waves. Yang Peng feels that the upheaval in the Western world should not be over yet, and even greater upheaval should be yet to come. What will the Western world eventually look like? Yang Peng couldn't help but look forward to it.

The familiar sound of soft footsteps came from behind him. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts and smiled. Immediately, Yan Ji came to Yang Peng's side. Chen Xiao looked at her, she also looked at Yang Peng, and the husband and wife looked at each other and smiled. Yan Ji asked curiously, "What is the husband thinking?" Yang Peng reached out and grabbed Yan Ji's slender hand, brought it to his mouth, kissed it, and said with a wicked smile: "I'm thinking about you!" Yan Ji's beautiful eyes swelled with brilliance, and she said coquettishly: "The husband is teasing the concubine again!" Yang Peng raised his right hand, gently crossed Yan Ji's red lips, and then crossed her slender and beautiful neck, passed through the mountains that could make all men crazy, hugged Yan Ji's slender waist, and smiled: "I'm thinking about every inch of Ai Ji's skin, every charming place." Just imagining, I feel fluttering and ecstatic! ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but be moved and leaned into her lover's arms. muttered to herself: "The concubine should never leave her husband!" The concubine really can't imagine that if one day the husband doesn't want the concubine, how will the concubine live! ”

Yang Peng said angrily: "What kind of stupid thing is this!" How could I not want you anymore! ”

Yan Ji raised her peerless delicate face and said stupidly: "As the saying goes, time is ruthless!" The concubine will lose her current appearance one day, and at that time, when the husband sees the concubine, he will be disgusted, where can he still be so affectionate and lingering like now! ”

Yang Peng put his arms around Yan Ji's slender waist and kissed her red lips. Then he knelt down on one knee. Yan Ji was stunned when she saw this scene. I saw my lover raise his right hand and say in a gentle and firm voice: "I swear to the gods of heaven and earth here that I will love my beloved wife Yan Ji very much in this life, and no matter what happens, it will not change!" If this oath is violated, heaven and earth will not tolerate it! Yan Ji only felt that her heart was completely broken, her eyes were blurred with tears, and she threw herself into her lover's arms with a sigh, only feeling that she couldn't compare to the emotion of this moment for a long time.

Yang Peng hugged Yan Ji and whispered in her ear, "Are you willing to accompany me through this life?" Yan Ji nodded vigorously and said categorically: "With the words of the husband, what else can the concubine ask for!" Even tomorrow's shattered bones will never recover, and there will be no regrets! ”

Yang Peng's face changed color, and he hurriedly covered her lips and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! How can such words be said casually! Yan Ji saw that her lover, who had never believed in ghosts and gods, was so nervous, obviously she loved herself to the extreme, and she couldn't help but be extremely happy and moved.

Yang Peng took Yan Ji's slender hand and stood up, and said solemnly: "We will all live past a hundred years old!" At that time, our grandsons and great-grandchildren were also married. Looking at the full house of children and grandchildren, that is an incomparable blessing! Yan Ji's eyes couldn't help but show a look of longing.

Yang Peng said: "Although your husband and I are a little, we are definitely not ruthless and unrighteous. And when you are old, where will you think about beauty, at that time, it is the best thing to have a caring person by your side. As the saying goes: 'Young couples are old companions.' 'Well! You can't think of your husband as a guy who wants the old cow to eat the grass! Yan Ji chuckled.

Yang Peng also laughed, and took Yan Ji's slender hand and walked along the lake. Yang Peng sighed and said, "The thing I feel most guilty about is that I can't give all my feelings to one of you. You love me with all your heart, but I still have someone else in my heart! ”

Yan Ji said gently: "How can you blame the husband!" Every princess of the husband loves her husband so much, and each of them may have such shortcomings in life, but I dare to say that each of them is willing to die for her husband without regrets! is so affectionate and meaningful, if the husband is not moved, isn't it too ruthless? ”

Yang Peng sighed and said with a wry smile: "Don't you think this is a flower heart?" ”

Yan Ji sneered and said, "These are just the words of an incompetent man." He himself couldn't get true love, and when he saw the crowd around him, he became jealous and sneered at the flowers. In fact, he didn't know how much he longed to be the one surrounded by flowers! There are also some people who sell their fame and reputation, but they don't dare to accept a woman who loves them, but they don't dare to accept it, so they force themselves to ignore it, and as a result, the infatuated woman is hurt and heartbroken. Either the ancient Buddha of the green lantern is often accompanied by a body, or the hanging beam commits suicide and leaves a wisp of fragrant soul. And that man was trapped in boundless self-blame, never able to let go, and even more unable to forget his thoughts about that infatuated woman. Is this called dedication? It's just a matter of selling fame and reputation to harm others and oneself. ”

Yang Peng said with a smile; "In that case, it's okay for me to be so spoiled with a big turnip?"

Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, put her arm around Yang Peng's arm and leaned on his shoulder, raised her head and said with a smile: "Husband is naturally good!" Then he said angrily: "The husband is too soft-hearted!" Seeing any woman who is devoted to herself, she can't harden her heart to rely on it thousands of miles away! As a result, there are more and more concubines around me! Yang Peng smiled bitterly, only to feel that Yan Ji's words really spoke to his heart. Yan Ji glanced at her lover, and said happily: "But thanks to the husband's soft-heartedness, otherwise the concubine would not have gotten what she wanted!" The beautiful face changed color slightly, and said fearfully: "I really can't imagine the scene when the husband didn't accept the concubine at the beginning, and I really can't imagine how the concubine should live in the future?" ”

Yang Peng said angrily: "What hasn't happened, what's the nonsense!" ”

Yan Ji smiled and threw the sad and bad thoughts behind her.

Thinking of the matter, he said, "Husband, I just received a report from the east, saying that the Ryukyu Kingdom has sent an envoy to Bianliang to meet Husband Jun in order to join us Yanyun. ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "Good thing! Then he frowned and said, "I remember that Wang Qinruo seems to have fled to the Ryukyus. Since the Ryukyus came to annex, how did Wang Qinruo deal with them? Yan Ji said: "They have already killed Wang Qinruo, and Wang Qinruo's head is carried by the embassy and is on the way to Bianliang." Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh a little, a generation of traitors actually died like this. Yang Peng muttered; "Wang Qinruo ended up like this, and he also found it himself!" Then he smiled and said: "The two traitors, Pang Jie and Liu Yu, are all dead now!" It's not good to die, and it's a great pleasure! "Liu Yu, that is, the big traitor who took refuge in the Liao State before and became the puppet Qi emperor to help the Liao people control the Central Plains, this person may have opened a precedent for the Han puppet army. Later, the Ming army expelled the Khitans in the Central Plains, and Liu Yu had no choice but to take refuge in Zhao Heng. However, the good times did not last long, and after that, the Ming army swept the entire Jiangnan, and the Song army was unstoppable, and at that time, Liu Yu was nowhere to be found. Soon after, Liu Yu's cronies kidnapped him and his family to the local government, and Liu Yu was arrested. The interrogation did not take much time, and he was sentenced to death for the crime of traitor.

Yang Peng smiled and said to Yan Ji: "These two people are dead, and it is finally a matter of my heart." ”

Early the next morning, a regular court meeting.

Zhang Xiang stood up, holding a report in both hands, and reported to Yang Pengyu: "Your Majesty, last night the cabinet received a letter from General Shi Liancheng, please take a look at it. Then he left, walked to the top, put the letter on Yang Peng's case, and then retreated, bowed his head and waited for Yang Peng's instructions.

Yang Peng picked up the report, opened it, and read it again. He put down the report and asked, "Has your cabinet discussed this matter?" ”

Zhang Xiang clenched his fists and said, "Before Your Majesty came, we briefly discussed it. However, there is no consensus among them. Chen thinks that this matter is not trivial, although General Shi Liancheng sent this person over, but it is difficult to ensure that General Shi Liancheng has no ideas behind him, so Hua Xu should be ordered to secretly investigate General Wu! Tang Shidian and Huang Guang echoed together.

Yang Peng didn't say anything, looking at the others.

Chai Yongqi stood up, clenched his fists and said, "The minister does not agree with Lord Tang's opinion. General Shi Liancheng is loyal and brave, how can he betray! Besides, General Shi Liancheng's act of sending this person here is enough to show that General Shi Liancheng has a clear conscience! If we still want to investigate General Shi Liancheng, wouldn't it chill the loyal ministers and generals? ”

Zhang Xiang said: "Lord Chai's words are not unreasonable. But this kind of thing is related to the safety of the world and the future of the country, how can you not be cautious! I also absolutely believe in General Shi Liancheng's character, but this is just a personal feeling, how can we abolish the public for selfishness? Now that General Shi Liancheng has been involved in the rebellion, how can he not investigate? In this way, the innocence of General Shi Liancheng can also be restored. Isn't that the best of both worlds? ”

Chai Yongqi said: "General Shi Liancheng has no suspicions, nor does he have any accusations, how can he be convincing with so many suspicions and suspicions?" Even if General Shi Liancheng can finally be cleared, it will already hurt the hearts of loyal ministers, which is exactly what those who hide in the shadows and plot a conspiracy want to see! ”

Zhang Xiang was about to continue to argue, but then Yang Peng raised his right hand, and Zhang Xiang stopped.

Yang Peng put aside the personal affairs of these children for the time being and continued to deal with official business. I picked up an official document and opened it, it was sent by Yang Guihua from Sichuan, saying that the Tibetan delegation had set off and would arrive before the Spring Festival this year. The scale of the mission was very huge, not only the imperial uncle of the current Tibetan Emperor led the delegation, but also brought a large number of rare treasures, as well as a hundred Tibetan and lustful beauties.

Yang Peng smiled and muttered, "The Tubo people are scared. "Yang Peng is right, the Tubo people are indeed afraid. After seeing the Ming army sweeping through Dali, defeating Tianzhu and Bagan in succession, and then attacking Bagan, Tubo could no longer sit still! Originally, the voices in the court who were going to fight with Daming to the end disappeared, and almost everyone was talking about peace talks with Daming. Whether it is the Tibetan Emperor, the minister, or the peddler pawn, or the common people, no one dares to have the idea of being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but only wants to be able to really reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, and it is worth it at all costs. Therefore, the Tibetan court quickly passed a resolution, deciding to take the emperor's uncle as the visiting minister, lead the delegation to carry the treasures treasured by the Tibetan palace for many years, and select a hundred beautiful virgins from the people and the palace to envoy to the Ming Dynasty, and do not ask to become a subject of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Peng instructed on the official document: 'Let the government and government offices along the line receive good students. Then he put the document on the right.

Yang Peng picked up another official document, opened it and read it. This is a report from the navy, saying that it was discovered that the Japanese had organized a large merchant fleet to go south, and asked the imperial court to show how to deal with it.

Yang Peng immediately understood the intentions of the Japanese people, they wanted to open up maritime trade in order to quickly increase their own strength. Yang Peng smiled coldly and instructed on the official document: "Block back the merchant fleet of the Japanese people." Tell them that the sea areas in the south are all the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not allowed to go south without the permission of the Ming Dynasty! After checking it again, I felt that there was no problem, closed the official documents, and put them in the middle of the pile of official documents on the right. Daming's process of handling affairs is divided into two parts. General government affairs, including general internal affairs and the supervision of the supervision department, were all handled by the cabinet, and then compiled into a situation report at regular intervals to Yang Peng, the emperor; Major military affairs and foreign-related affairs will first be sent to Yang Peng, who will first give instructions, and then submit them to the cabinet for discussion, form a formal order document, and issue it. However, in an emergency, Yang Peng can also issue an order directly without discussion by the cabinet, and the cabinet can also convey the order without Yang Peng's review.

The official documents have been processed. Yang Peng stretched a big lazy waist. With a long breath, he stood up and walked over to the huge map hanging aside. This map is a complete map of the entire Asian region, and the general form of each country, the major cities and mountains of each region are all reflected.

Yang Peng's gaze first lingered on the Bagan region in the south, and then moved to the north. Looking at Liao Guo, his brows couldn't help frowning. He thought of the child he had never seen before, who was held in Wang Jun's hand. Yang Peng originally planned to go north to the grassland to fight with the Liao State after solving Dali, but after meeting with Wang Jun, she learned that one of her own biological flesh and blood was in her hands, and she felt that she was a rat trap. Because of this personal feelings, Yang Peng has adjusted the plan he had made before, and decided to temporarily abandon the plan to go north to the grassland and fight with the Liao State.

Yang Peng smiled bitterly and muttered: "This is really called 'amorous hatred since ancient times, and this hatred is endless'!" Alas, it seems that people still can't be too! A knife on the head of the color word, this is really true! Touching his chin, he said anxiously: "I don't know if they have found out the whereabouts of the child?" He shook his head, putting these thoughts behind him for a moment. His eyes moved to the west, looked at Western Liao, and thought: "Western Liao and Liao divided Khorezm together, and the crusaders led by the Holy Roman Empire attacked the Seljuk Empire again, maybe this crusader army carried away by religious fanaticism will have a war with Liao and Western Liao!" He smiled and muttered, "We don't need to be in a hurry, maybe something unexpected will happen if we slow down." ”

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