Cold sweat couldn't resolve Cui Shixun's embarrassment, and anger gradually appeared in Li Shimin's eyes when he looked at him.

"Since all the secretaries agree that what Cui Qing said is reasonable, then, I refuse to ······"

"Your Majesty, no, the old minister is not thoughtful, and the barbarian surrenders to the table, but it is to show the prestige of my Tang Dynasty and the benevolence of the monarch, the minister was confused for a while, and he didn't think of this section, and he deserved death."

It is very rude to interrupt the emperor in the court and say that it is very rude, if there is no background, he would never dare to do this, Sun Xiangfu was about to step forward to squeeze Cui Shixun, but Wei Zheng pulled his sleeves and whispered, "Just do your own thing, in the court, there should be a place with rules." ”

After that, Wei Zheng came out of the column and arched to Li Shimin, "The minister impeached Cui Shixun, the squire of the Ministry of Rites, for the crime of dereliction of honor before the monarch, please make a holy judgment." ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin on the dragon chair looked at Cui Shixun and said, "Cui Qing is guilty?" ”

When Cui Shixun heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and bowed, "The minister pleaded guilty." ”

"I punished you for half a year, can you be convinced?"

"Your Majesty, Cui Shilang, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, committed the crime of dereliction of etiquette, and should be punished by one degree, and the punishment is too light to convince the public."

Li Shimin had just finished asking, and before Cui Shixun could answer, Wei Zheng immediately spoke.

Usually, Wei Zheng choked Li Shimin a lot of times in the court, but this time, Li Shimin was choked very comfortably. Moreover, he said that he was polite, and the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette in charge of etiquette could also commit the crime of dereliction of etiquette, which should indeed be added to the crime.

Sun Xiangfu, who was pulled by Wei Zheng, only then came back to his senses, if he let himself and Cui Shixun have a fight in the court like last time, then I am afraid that the result of the matter will not be over, and Wei Zheng will come forward to confirm Cui Shixun's crime, this Cui Shixun will be completely finished, first of all, his actions today are contrary to the overall policy set by the elders of each family, and the officials of the family will not open their mouths to help him intercede.

Secondly, Wei Zheng's words are reasonable and well-founded, and others are not allowed to plead, so Li Shimin can rest assured that he will be boldly punished, which is equivalent to Wei Zheng using the rules of the court to help Li Shimin bear the pressure brought by the removal of Cui Shixun.

Because, everyone saw that in the court, it was Wei Zheng who forced Li Shimin to do this.

What happened in just one or two minutes made Sun Xiangfu feel that all the people standing in the court were not simple, and their political wisdom was all leveraged, and at the same time, he also saw Wei Zheng more clearly, in major matters, this person was really like a mirror in his heart, and he was not ambiguous at all, like Cui Shixun, a tumor that hindered the development of the country, he fought more resolutely than Sun Xiangfu.

"Wei Qing is reasonable, then I will temporarily suspend Cui Qing for reflection, Cui Qing, can you be convinced?"

It's no wonder that Cui Shixun can be convinced, originally he just gritted his teeth at Sun Xiangfu, but now, he hates Wei Zheng even more, don't look at what Li Shimin said is very kind, suspended for reflection, the ghost knows that this stop may stop forever.

However, he couldn't find a reason to argue for himself at all, so he had to bow down and say, "Your Majesty Thank you for your tolerance. ”

After that, he glanced at Sun Xiangfu and Wei Zheng viciously, and walked towards the outside of the hall, for him, this matter is not over today, after he goes back, he will also face the interrogation within the family, and the situation may be worse than here, because he saw the old enemy, and there was a trace of uncalm and irrational in his heart, and finally made an irrational thing.

After Cui Shixun walked out, Sun Xiangfu stood up again and said, "It is because there are too many stupid people in the court who oppose in order to oppose it, which has led to the slow development of this country, and the national economy cannot develop at a high speed. ”

"What conditions did Sun Aiqing propose to Yi Nan, please come quickly."

With Sun Xiangfu's grade, he is naturally worthy of Li Shimin's "Aiqing" two words, of course, this one, the two have already had a tacit understanding to stage it in the court, Cui Shixun is just a small episode.

"The minister first explained to Yi Nan the basic conditions for surrendering to the Tang Dynasty."

Sun Xiangfu knew that as soon as he said this, the princes in the court would definitely have questions, when will there be basic conditions for surrendering to the Tang Dynasty?

It was Wei Zheng who jumped out first and asked, "Governor Sun, when did my Datang formulate what basic conditions for surrender?" ”

"It's not enacted, but there are precedents! Wouldn't it be nice if we made the precedents into clear rules and regulations. ”

Wei Zheng also entered the footsteps quickly, and he continued to ask following Sun Xiangfu's words, "What is the precedent?" ”

"Of course, it's something that a foreign race does when they surrender, beg, or take the initiative to surrender. Begging and surrendering in front of the Tuli Formation, I Datang Naqi land, collect its people, Jieli was defeated and surrendered, I Datang Naqi land, collect its people, and return to the Ministry of Ministers to call the ministers, I Datang is also to accept its land, collect its people, of course, for the leader of the beggar servants who took the initiative to surrender, gave a reward for the title of two-word king.

So, can we come to a conclusion that no matter what kind of way we surrender to our Datang, accept its land, and accept its people, it is the most basic condition? ”

Hearing this, all the princes in the court felt that what Sun Xiangfu said was reasonable, but was Yi Nan really willing to dedicate his land and population to the Tang Dynasty?

Soon, Wei Zheng asked this question.

Sun Xiangfu replied, "Of course I don't want to, but I don't object to it." ”

"Don't want to, don't object?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Yes, Yi Nan expressed his willingness to abide by the conditions I set temporarily, and recognize that all the lands that the Xue Yantuo Department now controls are the inherent territory of my Great Tang Dynasty. He also admits that the population controlled by Xue Yantuo's ministry is a citizen of my Tang Dynasty, but these lands and populations, in fact, need to be handed over to him for management. ”

Hearing this, the outspoken Wei Chigong interjected, "Isn't this no different from not surrendering?" ”

"Hehe, I don't know what the Duke of E, this gap is big, first of all, I have established the sovereignty of my Datang over the land of Mobei, Yi Nan is just managing this land on behalf of Datang, in the future, everything that happens in Mobei should belong to the internal affairs of our Datang.

Secondly, did you notice the word 'citizen' that I said? Its meaning is finally explained by me Datang, if we make an edict to give 'citizens' some civil rights, do you say that Yi Nan will listen to him? ”

"Civil rights?"

Not only Wei Chigong was now, but even Li Shimin was a little stunned, and hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at Sun Xiangfu throughout the court, waiting for him to explain.

"It's very simple, let's first of all, we have to make a rule that no one except Your Majesty may deprive citizens of their basic living conditions, what are these basic living conditions? Survive with food and clothing.

At this point, Yi Nan will probably not resist, because Xue Yantuo's population is his people, and he still wishes that his people would have no worries about food and clothing! ”

"Then, after that, let's stipulate that except for Your Majesty, who has the power to make decisions, no one is allowed to kill my Datang citizens at will.

If Yi Nan listens to this, he will not be able to control the power of life and death in Xue Yantuo, and if he does not listen, those people under his control may oppose him.

Because no one wants to die, especially those thorns who make mistakes and make trouble, we do this to give them a reason to survive after making mistakes. ”

"After that······"

"Sun Aiqing is slow, just these two, I think that I can accept the performance of Yi Nan's minister, as for the 'citizen' you said, I feel that there are many things that need to be improved, let's discuss it later, you can talk about it, I accept the constitution after the surrender of Xue Yantuo!"

Just hearing this, Li Shimin, who is extremely wise, felt that the strategy of 'citizen' mentioned by Sun Xiangfu is very operable, and the routine is very simple, constantly giving power to all citizens, so that they can deviate from Yi Nan, and when some regulations go down, Yi Nan listens, or does not listen, they will face very troublesome problems, and Datang, to collect the hearts of the people of Xue Yantuo, only need to rely on one mouth to flicker, flicker to death.

Of course, these operations should not be announced to the public now, and should be implemented after he and several confidants and ministers have negotiated a set of methods.

Sun Xiangfu knew early on that Li Shimin would shout to stop, so he changed his words and said, "After Yi Nan yearns for the Tang Dynasty to be a minister, Your Majesty will allow him to establish a khanate according to the agreement, and the will to canonize him as a khan must be given, and it is best to make his sister Dongzhu a princess, so that in terms of seniority, Your Majesty is one level higher than Yi Nan, and it also means that my Tang Dynasty is one level higher than Xue Yantuo."

In addition, the imperial court was to help Yi Nan set up a tooth tent in Mobei, that is, a city no less than Shanyang City in size······"

"The scale is not less than Shanyang?"

Even if most of the many officials in the court did not go to Shanyang, they heard that there are many words that describe the strength and wealth of Shanyang City, and there is only one huge concept of how much it will cost the imperial court to build such a city on the Mobei grassland, so when they heard Sun Xiangfu's words, everyone suddenly beat drums in their hearts and began to discuss, the court is now poor! I haven't been paid for months.

Sun Xiangfu glanced at the ministers and said, "Do you think that the cost of building a big city in Mobei is huge, and the imperial court can't afford it?" ”

"Exactly, how huge the cost of building a city, especially in the bitter cold land of Mobei, at least millions of yuan, if the imperial court spends millions of yuan in order to get a false name, the gain outweighs the loss."

This time it was not only Wei Zheng, but even the eldest Sun Wuji also jumped out to speak, he had just taken over the household department, but he knew that in the treasury, now rats can starve to death, and the imperial court does not have the money to do such a big project.

"Hehe, the eldest grandson Shangshu is too worried, although I invested a little in the initial stage when I built Shanyang, but now, not only have I collected the money I invested, but also earned a lot of money, and I didn't all contribute to help Xue Yantuo build the city, we only worked and managed the building, and the materials and land needed for the construction had to be provided by Yi Nan himself."

Listening to Sun Xiangfu's explanation, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty remembered that Sun Zhengming had been in Shuozhou for more than a year, but he really didn't ask the court for a penny, but the great Shanyang City was built by him, and now, Shanyang was carved out from Shuozhou and became the seat of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and it also did not ask the court for a penny, so the entire territory and hundreds of thousands of people were settled. Moreover, he also raised an army of more than 30,000 people, more than 100,000 war horses, and did not ask the court for a penny. As for the nearly one million cattle and sheep, and the final payment of the land payment, they add up, but they can offset the taxes of Datang for several years.

Many courtiers who have recognized this reality are now very puzzled, can the country really be governed like Sun Xiangfu?

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Sun Xiangfu said again, "If you want Xue Yantuo to return to his heart, the minister feels that the most important thing is to integrate their culture and change their living habits into the same as our Han people, so helping them build a city is only the first step, and the minister also suggested that His Majesty should vigorously support the cultural propaganda industry, preferably, give outstanding contributions to those who have made outstanding contributions, record merits, rewards, and break some unnecessary discrimination in identity and status, these are all bad habits of the Han people, continue to exist, and there are disadvantages but no advantages."

As for how to support the development of cultural propaganda, the minister feels that there are many aspects.

A scholar, if his poems can be liked by all people of different races, so as to fall in love with the Chinese characters of our Han people, then this scholar is meritorious and should be rewarded, because this will allow those people of different races to advocate and learn the beautiful words, poems, and ideas expressed in the poems of our Han family.

A play, if the songs and dances she sings and dances can be liked by all people of different races, so as to fall in love with the songs and dances of our Han people, then this drama is meritorious and should also be rewarded, because this will make those people of different races advocate and learn the beautiful language of our Han family, so that they will become more indistinguishable from us.

If Hu people write the same language and speak the same language as us, then what is the difference between them and us? When they are no different from us, the war that has been fought on the border for a thousand years will end forever. ”

Since he said it, Sun Xiangfu plans to say a little more, whether it can work is one thing, at least, he wants to wave the flag for his ideals, but he can't always be himself and Li Shimin secretly hiding and playing, so that more people can join in, so that more things can be done.

However, what he didn't expect was that there were many people in the court who went out to say to Li Shimin at this time, "The minister thinks that Sun Dudu's words are reasonable." “

Sun Xiangfu saw that the first one in the Wenchen team was the eldest grandson Wuji, this girl was a descendant of the Xianbei clan, and in the court, there were many officials with foreign blood, and the military general team, behind Wei Chigong, also stood a large vote, and in just a moment, more than one-third of the officials in the court jumped out to support him, which is a good phenomenon.