The Liao State lost successive battles, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and also lost a large area of land. The people in the country are uproarious, turbulent, and all kinds of rumors are rampant. Frightened, he ordered local governments to strictly investigate those who spread rumors, and in just half a month, hundreds of people were arrested and executed for inadvertent speech. However, this practice did not play a role in setting an example for others, and the rumors were completely uncontrollable, but intensified. Faced with such a situation, it is impossible to think. Suddenly, Yehu Hugo received a secret report that there were people in Shangjing who were secretly conspiring and seemed to be intent on rebellion. Furious, he immediately entrusted the defense of the south to the general, and he himself returned to Shangjing with 20,000 horsemen.

Compared with the hustle and bustle in the Khitan Kingdom, the Ming side is peaceful. The people of Liao were originally worried that after the Ming people came, it would be difficult to guarantee their lives, but they didn't expect that the situation was not what they imagined. After the Ming people came, all unreasonable taxes and miscellaneous taxes were abolished, and the common people still received land and relief distributed by the government. Everything quickly got on the right track, the Ming army was strictly disciplined, and the Ming government was far more honest than the Liao government, not oppressing the people, not harassing the people, but dealing with the people's demands in a timely manner. Everything made the people of Liao feel that the Ming Dynasty was much better than Liao. Those who were originally afraid are no longer afraid, and those who originally missed Liao have long since left Liao behind, and everyone is smiling and enjoying this rare new life.

However, not everyone was so happy, and the nobles and scholars who enjoyed countless privileges during the reign of the Liao State were extremely resentful. The Ming Dynasty is different from the Liao State, the Ming Dynasty is hostile to Confucianism, and everything must be abolished for Confucianism, so those who were originally high up and regarded all beings as inferior creatures of Confucianism suddenly found that their status had plummeted, and they fell to the ground from the clouds high above, all privileges no longer existed, the government did not give courtesy, and the people did not respect it, and what was even more hateful was that the many lands in their hands were no longer symbols of wealth and status, but became a heavy burden, As a last resort, the land could only be sold to the government and merchants.

The people in the Confucian forest had no way to vent their grievances, so they resorted to each other's writings, drank tea and wine, and used the past to satirize Yang Peng as a tyrant who was even more tyrannical than Qin Shi Huang.

The people in the Confucian forest resented the Ming Dynasty, and those nobles who originally enjoyed countless privileges naturally hated the Ming Dynasty, and this hatred was only stronger than the hatred of the people in the Confucian forest. Because they, like the Confucian people, have lost not only privileges, but also countless wealth.

"Big brother, this is a poem I got by chance today. This is clearly slandering the eldest brother! Yelu Hanyu said resentfully.

Yang Peng looked at the limerick in his hand and said with a smile: "Say that I surpassed Qin Shi Huang, hehe, then of course I won't let it!" ”

Yelu Hanyu asked in surprise, "Isn't the eldest brother angry at all?" ”

Yang Peng threw the limerick on the desk and said with a smile: "What's there to be angry about." Confucianism, in addition to borrowing wine to strengthen the courage to write these things and borrowing the past and the present, what else can he do? In fact, the reason why they are so hostile to Qin Shi Huang is because Qin Shi Huang burned books and offended them greatly! It is out of personal vendetta, not out of justice. I think that Qin Shi Huang did nothing wrong back then, and burning books and pit Confucianism is a great thing that will benefit our Chinese people for thousands of generations! It's just that the old Qin people didn't do this thoroughly enough, they didn't burn all those nonsense books, and they didn't kill all the Confucian students who plagued China! It is because the old Qin people did not kill or burn them all that Confucianism has plagued China for so many years! ”

Yelu Hanyu smiled: "The eldest brother's hatred for Confucianism is also very deep!" ”

Yang Peng laughed, "I naturally hate this kind of thing that is superficially benevolent and moral, but actually aids in abuse!" Then I couldn't help but think of the matter of *grandpa's criticism of Confucius back then, and couldn't help but say: "*grandpa also saw the harm of Confucianism, so he wanted to get rid of him!" It's just that the wildfire can't be burned and the spring breeze blows and grows again, and that set of things has been picked up again, and it has actually become a national culture, God knows how that set of things can represent China! A group of 'beasts' have also turned into so-called masters of Chinese studies! The demon has put on a human skin, and he is going to plague China again! ”

Yelu Hanyu heard it in a fog, and couldn't help asking, "Who is the * grandfather that the eldest brother said?" What is a beast, a beast that can bark? ”

Yang Peng came back to his senses, laughed, and nodded: "Isn't it a beast that can scream!" ”

Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but smile when he was the eldest brother, and asked, "Who is the * grandfather?" Is it the elder of the big brother? But why have I never heard of my eldest brother talk about it? ”

Yang Peng touched his nose and said with a smile: "That was when I was a child. After a pause, "I don't see those people now." ”

Yelu Hanyu thought that the people that the eldest brother said were dead, so he didn't say anything more. Then he said: "Big brother, I think that those Confucian students who dare to talk nonsense must not be tolerated, and should be severely punished!" ”

Yang Peng laughed; "What do you want to do? Do you want to learn from Qin Shi Huang and also burn books and pit Confucianism? ”

Yelu Hanyu's eyes showed a strong murderous aura, and said: "As the eldest brother said, Confucianism is only harmful to the Ming Dynasty, so it is better to take this opportunity to uproot the people in the Confucian forest!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand, "No, no, no." Although I am very much in favor of the old Qin people doing that, I can't do that. He glanced at Yelu Hanyu and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten your husband's ideals?" Yelu Hanyu remembered what his eldest brother had said, and frowned: "Is it really possible to have such a country?" ”

Yang Peng walked to the door with his hands behind his back, looked at the blue sky and the floating clouds on the horizon, and smiled: "As long as we work hard, we will definitely achieve our goal!" Even if it fails, it's nothing. Anyway, I've worked hard, and I won't regret it in the future! Yelu Hanyu looked at his lover with reverence.

Yang Peng turned around and smiled at Yelu Hanyu and said, "If Confucian scholars only speak to this extent, then don't care about them. If they dare to fabricate facts and spread rumors out of nothing, the law clearly stipulates that they will deal with them as they should be. Yelu Hanyu asked in surprise, "It's so simple?" Yang Peng smiled and said, "It's that simple!" ”

There was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, Yang Peng turned around, and saw Li Lang coming quickly.

Li Lang hurriedly walked in front of Yang Peng, presented a flying pigeon with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, the report sent by Yanjing. ”

Yang Peng took the book, opened it, read it, and said with a smile: "These widows are quite cunning!" ”

Yelu Hanyu stepped forward and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with the widows?" Is there something wrong with Kyushu? ”

Yang Peng shook his head, "It's not Kyushu Island, it's Goryeo." ”

Turning his gaze to Kyoto, the Japanese kingdom. Prince Yongren and the others originally thought that the Ming army would not be able to withstand the counterattack of the Khitan State with all its strength and would be defeated and lost, so their opportunity to recover Kyushu Island would come. However, it backfired, not only did the Liao State fail to defeat the Ming Dynasty, but suffered heavy losses in successive defeats, while the Ming Dynasty won one after another and had already occupied a large area of the Liao State. Now that the war has ended, the Khitans are obviously unable to fight again, and the Ming is digesting the fruits of victory. Although the Japanese people have always been self-defeating, they also know very well that they can only reap tragic results in the face of a full-scale attack by relying on the strength of their own small country.

In view of this, Prince Yonghito and others agreed that the previous plan to raid Kyushu must be terminated immediately. Fortunately, the army was gathering and did not really attack, so it was still too late to take the lead.

After the order to stop the attack on Kyushu Island was issued, the current situation on the mainland was immediately discussed, and finally it was agreed that although the Ming Dynasty could not afford to provoke it, the Liao side had a chance to take advantage of it. Now that the Liao State has suffered a crushing defeat, and the Ming Dynasty continues to press the border, the Khitan army will inevitably deal with it with all its might, so the Goryeo region will be empty. He simply crossed the sea with the assembled soldiers and horses to attack Goryeo, and took all of Goryeo in one go! Yong-in and the others reached an agreement, and Yong-in immediately issued a military order, ordering the army of the rising sun to attack Goryeo immediately.

Yeylord hurried back to Shangjing. After listening to Zhang Chang's report on the rebellion, he was greatly shocked and immediately ordered the Imperial Forest Army to arrest the criminals according to the list given by Zhang Chang. didn't interrogate carefully, and immediately pushed everyone outside the palace gate to show their heads. The people in the capital were panicked and silent, even if they met people who knew each other on the street, they didn't dare to say hello, but just pretended to be strangers and hurriedly staggered by. I am afraid that if I say one more word, it will be regarded as a secret communication, and the bad intentions will lead to misfortune.

Before the dust had completely settled on the so-called rebellion in Shangjing, there was an urgent report, saying that the Li family, a villager in Taizhou, had rebelled and rebelled, had occupied Xingguo County, proclaimed himself the king of Fengtian, and more than 10,000 rebels were marching into Taizhou, Taizhou was in danger, and the Taizhou prefect urgently asked the imperial court to send troops to rescue. Yelu Hugo was greatly annoyed and hurriedly ordered the transfer of troops. And at this moment, there was an urgent military situation of 100,000 from the Goryeo side, and the Japanese who jumped off the beam clown actually raised 300,000 troops to attack Goryeo. Yeylord was furious and wanted to send reinforcements, but found that there were no troops to be deployed.

Yeylord Hugo hurriedly summoned the ministers to discuss the matter. Jang Chang proposed to levy the local people of Goryeo to form an army and defend it on the spot. Yehu Hugo felt that there was only this way now, so he immediately agreed, and immediately issued a holy decree to order the general Xiao Zhanle to recruit the local people of Goryeo to defend the territory.

Xiao Zhanle, originally a close confidant of Brother Hyung, after Brother Hya became the Emperor of the Great Liao, he made Xiao Zhan Le the general of Goryeo, stationed in Goryeo, with 150,000 soldiers under his command, in terms of combat power, far less than the Jin army against the Ming army.

If it is the real main force of the Khitan army, 150,000 soldiers and horses can resist 300,000 Japanese troops, although it is a little difficult, but it is not a big problem. However, the 150,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Xiao Zhanle faced the attack of the 300,000 Japanese army, but they were defeated in successive battles, and dozens of cities had been lost, and the battle line was about to be pushed by the Japanese people into the Kaijing area of the middle line of the province. In view of the menacing Japanese army, Xiao Zhanle knew that if he divided his troops to defend it, he would definitely be broken by the other party, so he concentrated the main force of his troops in the Kaijing area, preparing to block the Japanese army here, and at the same time flying to the imperial court for help.

However, the reinforcements he had been waiting for did not arrive, but only a useless encouragement and an order from Yaylord to recruit the Goryeo army on the spot to defend against the Japanese. Xiao Zhanle couldn't, so he had to do it. However, the people of Goryeo were ruthlessly plundered when the Khitans came to power, and the old hatred in their hearts has not gone, where is they willing to work for the Khitans. Zhanle had no choice but to forcibly capture the strong men and force the Goryeo people to join the army. All provinces, states and counties were in chaos, and the cries and screams resounded in the sky. However, this method of catching strong men is also useful, and in just half a month, Xiao Zhanle actually gathered a civilian army of more than 200,000 people. It's just that this people's army is very unwell equipped, and there is no need to think about fighting with the Japanese people.

Time is unconsciously deep in winter, seeing the heavy snow falling, all parts of the Central Plains are lit up, a joyful atmosphere.

Yang Peng has returned to Bianliang, and the chief officials and generals from all over the country have also returned to Bianliang to prepare for the annual meeting. Cao Jun, Gao Hu, Yang Jiumei, and Yang Yanzhao did not come back, and the Northern War had just ended, and they were still inseparable from them.

The annual meeting lasted for many days, and naturally talked about some major military affairs; first, we looked at the implementation of various policies and military orders in the old year, evaluated the merits and demerits of officials and generals in various localities, and second, planned and adjusted the policies for the new year. Although Chen Xiao also participated in these activities, he did not play a major role as in previous years, and the cabinet played a leading role in all issues.

It is worth mentioning that this year's annual meeting has fully adopted the system of universal suffrage for local governors and county magistrates, that is, all parts of Daming, except for a few special places, such as the Dhaka region, all local governors of prefectures and counties are voted and selected by the local people, and the candidate qualifications have also been determined, and the central government can designate one person, and anyone who has received the signature or drawing of 1,000 local people can also run for election. The administrative body above the state is still the province, which has no direct administrative jurisdiction, only the power to supervise the local government, except in the case of the appointment of the governor, who can administer one or even several provinces.

The system for selecting cabinet members has also been reformed, with a five-year term of office, after which the entire population will be elected openly. Candidates can be nominated by Yang Peng, or they can be automatically qualified after receiving 100,000 signatures. The powers of the cabinet were further expanded, and it was already clear in the constitution that the emperor could be impeached and the emperor's decisions could be vetoed. In other words, the cabinet is now at least de jure above the emperor. For this matter, in fact, Yang Peng's brothers and wives did not approve of it, and most of the cabinet ministers did not approve of it, but due to Yang Peng's strong promotion, the matter was finally implemented.

This incident made many ministers feel uneasy, and they always felt that the cabinet was above the imperial power, and they were afraid that there would be a situation in which the ministers would bring disaster to the country. Yang Peng joked: "I'm afraid that the ministers will cover the sky with one hand and bring disaster to the country and the people, how can we not be afraid that the emperor will be unrestrained and bring disaster to the country and the people!" Some of the ministers suddenly realized when they heard this, but the brains of other ministers could not turn around for a while, alas, they were all the sequelae of the Confucian scourge, and they all thought that the emperor's family was the right way in the world.

Yang Peng had no choice but to continue to analyze them, until Yang Peng's mouth was dry, and those ministers still couldn't completely let go. Yang Peng also understands that after all, it is not easy to change the inherent thinking of thousands of years. This kind of thing has to be slowly infiltrated.

And the people have mixed opinions about such a major reform, and there are many discussions. Confucianism is naturally all ridicule, saying that this set of distinctions is clearly crooked and heretical, if there is no righteous master in heaven and earth, it will inevitably lead to great chaos in the world, and some people even predict that in ten years, there will be great chaos.

Ordinary people, on the other hand, thought differently from Confucianism. For these people, the parents who used to be high in the sky are now decided by ordinary people like themselves, and they are very excited, and their intuition feels that this is the best, at least they will not let those who harm the people be their parents, and life will definitely get better and better.

At noon that day, in the lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival celebration, an inconspicuous family of three sat in the lobby on the second floor of the Fan Building and chatted while drinking. This family of three is Yang Peng, his wife Chai Yonghui, and his daughter Yang Rui. At this time, the three of them sat by the window like ordinary people, eating, drinking, gossiping, and chattering, Yang Rui kept asking questions and refusing to be idle for a moment.

Chai Yonghui glanced at his lover and said with a smile: "Little sister has heard some remarks recently, about the election system of magistrates and cabinet ministers. ”

Yang Peng took a bite of food, nodded, and motioned for her to continue. Yang Rui saw that her parents were talking about business, so she closed her mouth and became a good baby, while picking up rice, looking at her parents with big eyes.

Chai Yonghui said: "Many people have difficulty understanding the decision of the eldest brother, thinking that if the empire does not have a master who can make decisions, I am afraid that there will be big problems!" ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "Qiangang is arbitrary, and it doesn't necessarily have to be the master. He glanced up at Chai Yonghui and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten what I said earlier?" ”

Chai Yonghui said: "How could the little sister forget! The eldest brother said that the reason why the dynasty continues to rise and fall is that in the final analysis, the practice of the family and the world is essentially contrary to the interests of the people in the world! Therefore, there will come a time when the contradictions between the two will reach the point of irreconcilability, and in the end they can only evolve into a great turmoil to change the dynasty! Therefore, in view of this, the eldest brother wants to create an unprecedented system to solve the cycle of chaos! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "You remember my words clearly, what else is there to doubt?" ”

Chai Yonghui sighed and said, "If you know, you know, but the eldest brother really put it into practice, and the little sister can't help but be a little worried in her heart." ”

Yang Peng sandwiched a small piece of frankincense venison into Chai Yonghui's bowl, and said with a smile: "You can relax, all problems are not flickering, nothing can escape your husband and me's control." Chai Yonghui didn't know why, when he heard Yang Peng's words, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and looked at his lover with beautiful eyes and smiled.

"Dad, I want it too!" Yang Rui, who had been quiet for a while, suddenly stretched out the bowl in front of Yang Peng and shouted.

The husband and wife looked at their beloved daughter together, and Yang Peng smiled: "What are you little guy doing again?" ”

Yang Rui pointed to the plate of frankincense venison with her other little finger, and said with a longing expression: "Dad sandwiched that meat for Mom, I want it too!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, picked up the chopsticks and put a large number of chopsticks into his daughter's bowl. Yang Rui took a big bite, her mouth full of oil, and she smiled like a flower. Chai Yonghui couldn't help but say angrily: "You kid, you actually ate your mother's vinegar!" ”

"Yikes! Checkmate! A woman's surprise suddenly came.

The family of three couldn't help but follow the prestige, and saw two Tianzhu beauties in Han family dresses standing not far away with happy faces, wasn't it the pair of Tianzhu sisters? Chai Yonghui frowned, and asked Yang Peng in a low voice, "Who are they?" How do you call you a general? ”

Yang Peng didn't know how to explain it for a while. Rui'er next to her pouted and said angrily: "Dad is a bad guy, and he went to hook up with a bad woman again!" Yang Peng rolled his eyes.

At this time, the pair of sisters came to Yang Peng, looked at Yang Peng with burning eyes, bowed Yingying, and said, "I've seen the general!" It's been a long time since I've seen a general! ”

Yang Peng smiled dryly and said, "I was a little busy some time ago, that ......"

Sister Hua nodded hurriedly, and her sister Banerjee said: "I heard that the Ming Dynasty Northern Expedition to Liao State, a million army is fighting, and the general is naturally very busy!" ”

Yang Peng saw Rui'er pouting and glaring at him, and Chai Yonghui also looked unnatural, and hurriedly said to the pair of sisters: "You are also here to eat," and then pointed to an empty table in the distance and said, "There is a place over there." "Yang Peng, he obviously wants to get rid of them.

But I don't know if the pair of Tianzhu sisters didn't understand it or what's going on, the two girls didn't mean to leave, and the elder sister Banerjee said with a sad face: "Our Tianzhu has fallen apart, and we want to ask Daming to help us." Yang Peng smiled: "That's easy to do, can you go directly to the cabinet and apply soon?" ”

Karina couldn't help but say angrily: "Those people see that our country has become like that, and they don't care about us!" Truly snobbish! Although Karina's Chinese is good, it is still difficult to be very accurate in the unfathomable Chinese, but the general meaning of this should not be bad. Benigi hurriedly shouted at Karina, "Don't be rude! How can such a thing be said! Karina knew that she had lost her words and closed her mouth, but she still looked depressed and sad.

Benigie apologized to Yang Peng and said, "Sister, she is not sensible, please don't mind, general." ”

Where would Yang Peng take this kind of thing seriously, he smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Benigi then pleaded, "We would like to ask the general for a favor and bring a message for us to His Majesty the Emperor, and we two sisters would like to see him!" Karina nodded.

Yang Peng asked, "What do you want to ask the emperor to help you Tianzhu?" ”

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