When Li Xin and the others were discussing the matter of Shiyi Qian's return, Xu Qian was at Yan Feng's house at this time. At the beginning of the battle on the south bank of the Yellow River, Yan Feng led the army to break the Shiyi Qianhou. As a result, Shi Yiqian went back, but he and the rest of the army were blocked by Li Erhei by the river. After several hopeless breakthroughs, he finally had to lead some of the remaining troops and horses to surrender.

Later, these people were all sent to Chang'an, and for Yan Feng, Li Xin can be said to have admired the name for a long time. Therefore, I specially summoned him at that time, and my impression of this person was not bad.

However, now Yan Feng has not arranged any important official positions for him. Basically, these days, he has been walking around the ministries with the title of head of the household department to learn about the operation of Datang.

Although everyone in the world already knows that the central structure of Datang is different from other places, after all, there are relatively few people who have seen it with their own eyes. However, the strength of Datang is an indisputable fact, so there are many people who are actually very curious.

Yan Feng is naturally the same, after all, he is also an important minister in Daiguo, so he naturally wants to know about such political matters. After he stayed in Chang'an City for a few months, he was already roughly familiar with this system.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Daiguo set can be described as extremely backward, no wonder the Tang Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, but the Daiguo is now declining. Yan Fengnai is a smart person, and naturally he can see the superiority of Datang's system at a glance.

Not to mention anything else, it is just a matter of efficiency, and the aspect of preventing military generals from taking power too much is the best thing to do in today's world.

Xu Qian's arrival was an unexpected event for him. After all, the matter of asking for surrender on behalf of the country was relatively sudden, and with his position, he was not qualified to know about this matter.

Moreover, with the sensitivity of his status as a subordinate, if it weren't for Xu Qian's saying that Li Xin allowed him to visit, in order to avoid the suspicion of Li Xia in the melon field, I am afraid that he would not have seen Xu Qian no matter what.

After a few months, the two met again in this way, Yan Feng and Xu Qian couldn't help but sigh. The two sat silently, and there was an awkward atmosphere.

After a long time, Yan Feng took the initiative to speak: "How is the acting king lately?" ”

"Alas, the Acting King is very old, and since the loss of Shengle City, he has led his army back to the Northland. After that, presumably Brother Yan also heard about it, Gao Che and Rouran and other clans rebelled one after another, and the acting king had to personally lead a large army to pacify. However, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses went north out of Yinshan and fought deep into the territory of Daiguo, and now Daiguo is already stormy. For this reason, the acting king had to ask the king of Tang to surrender and ask for submission in order to protect the family and the country! Hearing this, Xu Qian couldn't help but sigh.

"The Tang Dynasty is strong in soldiers and horses, the treasury is abundant, and although the country is dominant, it is by no means the opponent of the Tang Dynasty! I have been in Chang'an for nearly half a year, and the more I have seen, the more I feel the strength of Datang. Now I really regret it. If you had known more about Datang, you would have stopped Wang Xingbing from going south and allied with Yan Guo! If so, why is there what we are today? Yan Feng also sighed.

"Having said that, in my opinion, even if we don't go south, King Tang will not sit idly by and watch us stay south of Yinshan." Xu Qian obviously has a different idea about this.

"King Tang looks at the world and has the heart to dominate the world, and this matter can be said to be well known! Unless the country retreats south of Yinshan and takes the initiative to surrender, it is inevitable that the Tang Dynasty will raise troops to attack the dynasty. It's just that if we hadn't attacked south first, we would at least have a certain amount of residual strength and morality. Even if you surrender like this now, you won't be completely passive! ”

"What Brother Yan said is reasonable! But now it's too late to talk about this, now the Daiguo has reached a life-and-death juncture, if you can't get the Tang King to agree to the annexation as soon as possible, I'm afraid this year will be the time for the Daiguo to perish! Although Brother Yan is already a minister of the Tang Dynasty, he is particularly important to you when he was acting as the king in the past. This time, when I went south, the acting king also made a special explanation to me, asking me to come and visit you, and to express his condolences. I hope that Brother Yan can remember the love of his homeland and help one or two in this matter! Xu Qian nodded, but then the conversation changed.

What he meant was to clearly ask Yan Feng to help say good things to Li Xin in the matter of asking for surrender on behalf of the country, so as to win more benefits for the country.

However, after hearing his words, Yan Feng looked stunned, and said with a straight face: "Brother Xu is overdoing it!" Let's not mention that Yan is soft-spoken in the Tang Dynasty, and there is no weight in this matter at all. Even if I can speak, I'm afraid that with my past, I will be criticized. Moreover, although I used to be a minister of the country, but now I have returned to the Tang Dynasty, and as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, I naturally have to care about the Tang Dynasty. Is Yan the kind of person who is in the twilight of the dynasty, who is in the Tang Dynasty and has his heart in the country? ”

Yan Feng was a little angry, because he felt that whether it was Xu Qian or Shi Yiqian, he seemed to think that he was the kind of undercover agent. Although he was defeated and surrendered, this was a helpless move, and since he surrendered, then do it seriously! How can it be half-hearted?

Besides, Li Xin treats himself well, under this situation, if he helps the country to make profits, wouldn't he turn his back on Datang!

"Why should Brother Yan be angry? In the following, I just let you suggest to the Tang King, so that he can relax the matter of annexing the country on behalf of the country! It's not that you want to betray the Tang King and then join the country! Seeing him like this, Xu Qian said helplessly.

He also knew that Yan Feng didn't have much status in the Tang Dynasty, but there was no way, there was no one who could speak in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, in order to protect Shi Yiqian's interests as much as possible, Xu Qian had no choice but to come to the door.

After hearing him say this, Yan Feng calmed down a little, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "The matter of representing the country is the time when I should avoid suspicion, and I will not ask about this matter." But if the Tang King inquires, I will speak from my heart! In addition, the Tang Dynasty is different from other countries, and the Tang King is also different from other kings. Therefore, it is better for you to be prepared in your hearts for the matter of returning to obedience on behalf of the country! The most important thing is that since you are going to be obedient, let go of all unrealistic ideas and just obey your orders honestly! Otherwise, if something goes wrong at that time, it will be too late to regret it! ”

After that, he didn't wait for Xu Qian to say anything, and let the door send off the guest. Seeing this, Xu Qian had no choice but to say goodbye and go back to the post house to wait quietly for Li Xin's reply.

After several hours of discussion on Li Xin's side, this matter was finally settled.

Roughly speaking, it's similar to what he thought. Daiguo will be changed to Daizhou, but the territory is very large, basically, except for the thirty miles north of Yinshan Mountain, which belongs to Shuofang, and then north is the boundary of Daizhou.

Its eastern boundary is bounded by the northern part of Yunzhong County, that is, after passing Yunzhong County, it will go out of the boundary of Daizhou. Its western boundary is at the westernmost point of Wolf Mountain, which is level with the western boundary of Wolf Mountain from north to south, and there is no boundary to its north.

This means that the state can continue to expand northward, but not to the east and west. This kind of setting actually has a certain amount of consideration in it. After all, if you go north from Daizhou, you can go directly to Beihai.

Although it is said that Datang does not have the ability to extend its strength there now, it may not be possible in the future, and it is always not wrong to prepare some things first.

In addition, the acting king Shi Yiqian was demoted to the acting county duke, which is more than one level lower than the throne. But this is very normal, after all, the Tang Dynasty is now a Tang king is supreme, if there is another acting king, wouldn't it be on an equal footing with Li Xin.

Not only Shi Yiqian, but also his children and grandchildren also have their own knighthoods. But this kind of knighthood is not like the reward of fiefs in other places, but an official title, and there is no real land.

This means that although Shi Yiqian is a Daijun duke, he has nothing to do with Daijun at all. There is also the prince of the country above the county prince, and there is the prince above the prince of the country! But obviously, for the current Datang, even if it is the title of a county prince, it is second only to Li Xin's family.

Moreover, Li Xin implements the system of tui en on this, that is, Shi Yiqian's position can be inherited by his son-in-law, but it will become smaller and smaller. If the descendants do not make meritorious deeds, they will eventually be erased.

After all, Li Xin didn't want his Tang Dynasty to raise a large group of hereditary nobles, and in the end they all became a bunch of parasites.

Shi Yiqian can get such a reward, and he should be satisfied. After all, like the generals and ministers of the Tang Dynasty who have made great achievements, there is no one who has been knighted!

Daizhou County is about to build a city, and the name has been thought of, it will be called Pingshun City! The name of the county is Binh Thuan County! In the future, Shi Yiqian served as the governor of Daizhou here, and of course, those auxiliary officials under him were all sent by the imperial court.

Yu Song led an army of 10,000 troops stationed in several counties around Pingshun City, and was responsible for taking charge of the army in Pingzhou. Of course, this 10,000-strong army was only stationed outside Cyprus for three years, and after three years, it had to be transferred back to the interior for rotation. Otherwise, if you stay outside for a long time, I am afraid that you will be fused by the Hu people.

Coupled with other officials at all levels, in short, it is basically the Tang Dynasty that holds the power of Daizhou. This condition may sound a bit harsh, but Li Xin has no intention of relaxing. After all, if Shi Yiqian really doesn't agree, it's a big deal to fight!

He didn't want these places to surrender and rebel at times, which would take a lot more energy than a complete solution in the First World War.

Be tough now, set an example for the rest of the world, and do the same in the future. To be honest, this is actually a bit similar to the later reform of the land and return to the stream, and the border areas are really in the hands of the imperial court.