On the second day, Li Zhi officially convened the main pivotal meeting, which is not a trivial matter with the diplomacy of Tibet, and has always been the most important relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the outside world, and now this is a change in the general policy, and it cannot be said that Li Zhi, Li Ji, and Han Yi made a decision, so this meeting was not only attended by the cardinal ministers, including the commanders of the six ministries, the officials of the six ministries, several scholars of the Hongwen Pavilion, and the empress Wu Meiniang.

This diplomacy involves all aspects, and now that Wu Meiniang is presiding over government affairs, it is impossible not to let her participate.

And everyone is also accustomed to Wu Meiniang sitting next to Li Zhi.

Although Zhang Wen's tone of these ministers was very tough, saying that they must prevent Tubo from doing one thing on the surface and one on the back, and they must be cautious, but their meaning is still the same as Han Yi expected, that is, if Tubo is really sincere, they will still make peace with them, and don't use knives and guns.

Although these generals want to fight, it seems that now is not the time to go to war, because the Taiyuan plan has just been launched, and the South China Sea is being opened up over there, and the domestic development is also very good.

The key is that the conditions given by Tubo this time are indeed very sincere.

"I am against making peace with Tibet."

Wu Meiniang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

The hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at her in amazement.

Li Zhi was curious: "What does the queen mean by this?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty, what Tubo has done in the past few years has told us that this Tubo people are not credible, and they have stabbed us in the back three or four times, which is tolerable, which is unbearable." Moreover, this mountain does not tolerate two tigers, even if it is not now, they will definitely be enemies with us in the future, the concubines think that they can not make peace with them, not only that, but also should maintain the suppression of Tibet, as far as possible to limit exchanges with them, especially in terms of trade, when they were poor and white, we Datang provided all aspects of technology to help them develop, but after they were strong, they repeatedly opposed us, we can no longer be fooled, we will trap them on the plateau. ”

Zhang Wenguan said: "When Songtsen Gampo was in power, our relationship has always been very good, the fight in the past few years is because Lu Dongzan is cunning, and the wolf is ambitious, now Lu Dongzan has died, Tubo wants to change Lu Dongzan's policy, it is also very likely, this is a golden opportunity, how can you rashly refuse." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "But it is still the Lu Dongzan family that controls Tubo, in addition, the Tubo people are a group of barbarians, they have not read, they don't know what honesty is, how can we believe it." ”

Zheng Shanxing said suddenly: "If we don't agree, the Tibetan side will definitely think that we are going to use troops against them, and then they may preemptively launch a war against us." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Then fight with them, deal with the beast, only by killing it, can you exchange for eternal peace, want to negotiate to promote peace, I think this is impossible." ”

Li Zhi heard a flash of displeasure in his eyes.

Qi Bi He Li saw that someone was taking the lead, so he said: "The minister thinks that what the queen said is not unreasonable. ”

Wu Meiniang's heart tightened, didn't she say that no one supported me? Yu Guang glanced at Han Yi slightly, and saw that the guy was very calm, and he was inexplicably relieved.

Hao Chujun saw that Qibi He Li jumped out, and immediately became anxious, and immediately said: "Queen, General Qibi, don't you forget, now that the Taiyuan plan has just been launched, and the South China Sea still doesn't know the success or failure, and this side rashly starts a war with Tubo, and it is in the case of such a sincere reconciliation in Tubo, how can we explain to the Northwest Region and Tuyuhun at that time?" Now Tibet is willing to retreat to the northwest, which has always been what the people in the northwest are willing to see. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes!" If I don't agree, it will inevitably lead to a war, and the northwest and Tuyuhun will definitely become the main battlefield, they will definitely not support this war in their hearts, and they can't understand why we are doing this, now that the people of the northwest have completely integrated into our Central Plains, a little careless, the efforts of the past ten years may be in vain. I decided this matter when I saw it, Shang Shuling, this matter is still up to you to negotiate with Qinling, and after you are done, I will meet with him again. ”

Han Yi hugged his fists and said: "Weichen obeys." ”

Zhang Wen poured a sigh of relief.

Wu Meiniang snorted a few times, but finally held back and didn't make a sound.

After the meeting ended, as soon as Li Zhi came out of the Liangyi Palace, he said to Wu Meiniang beside him: "Do you know what you were talking about just now?" ”

He was really angry, because he had thought about it again and again, weighed the pros and cons, and still thought that reconciliation at this time was very beneficial to Datang, in addition, his physical condition also reduced his sharpness a lot, and he had to do his best to eliminate Tubo, which was always not in the interests of Datang, and prevented Tubo from expanding to this side, which was in line with the ultimate interests of Datang. This was originally talked about well, everything was going on as Li Zhi expected, but Wu Meiniang just interjected such a sentence, and almost gave the military general **, if this is the case, there may be a lot of variables.

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty, of course the concubine knows what the concubine is talking about, the concubine always thinks that the Tubo people are absolutely untrustworthy, Your Majesty can only use this matter as a delaying strategy, not as a long-term plan, we still have to find a way, how to eliminate the Tibetan." ”

"It's really a woman's opinion, you don't have to worry about this."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he left quickly, he didn't want Wu Meiniang to interfere in military affairs, he let Wu Meiniang sit here, just let her know what was going on, you should be a dumb person, I didn't expect Wu Meiniang not only to speak out, but also to disagree with him, and he didn't discuss it with him in advance, which made him very unhappy, husband and wife can't work together, which is very reasonable.

Of course, he didn't dare to say this about Wu Meiniang before, he was still a little afraid, but because of Hongchen, because of that crisis, he had already said anything ugly, with the first time, there will definitely be a second time, in addition, Wu Meiniang's power in the court has been crushed, so he is not so afraid of Wu Meiniang.

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Zhi's back as he left angrily, not only did she not feel the slightest unhappiness, but there was also a smile in her eyes.

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"Ugh......." He Li sighed and said to Ashina Mi, Xue Rengui and other generals: "Everyone, in fact, I agree with the queen's suggestion, this Tubo can't believe it!" ”

Xue Rengui said: "Having said that, but the Chinese book makes sense to them, now that the domestic development is so good, it is more beneficial for me to reconcile with Tubo at this stage, and it is more beneficial for me to start a war rashly, as long as we can't solve it quickly, it is difficult for us to explain to the people of the world, Your Majesty's consideration is also understandable." ”

Ashinami said: "In fact, the people of the Central Plains have no good impression of Tubo, and the soldiers of Guanzhong also want to fight, but if the troops are dispatched, Tuyuhun and the northwest region will become the first front, and both sides are developing in full force, they definitely don't want to start a war, if we don't get their full support, we really don't necessarily win." ”

Qi Bi He Li said: "Of course I understand this, otherwise, I would have objected to it from the beginning." ”

All kinds of signs also reflect the complex feelings of the Tang Dynasty towards Tubo, not to mention the plains, even if it is a mountainous area, the Tang Dynasty has already started, but it is a plateau, and it is so high, to fight up, the cost is too great, the profit is too small, but at this time Tubo is still a unified regime, spread out all the risks, and it is far better than fighting, it is that simple.

After Li Zhi made his decision, Han Yi began to negotiate more deeply with Qinling.

After three days of negotiations, a series of mutual trust and friendship agreements were finally reached.

First of all, Tubo still belongs to the Tang Dynasty, maintaining the original tribute and canonization system.

Second, Tubo reduced its garrison on the Tuyuhun border to no more than 20,000, while the Tang Dynasty could not increase its garrison in Tuyuhun and maintain the original garrison of 40,000.

This is also a point of contention between the two sides.

Of course, the Tubo side hopes for the same size of troops, but Han Yi also came up with a lot of very powerful statements, our 40,000 garrisons, that is to defend the entire territory of Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun only has a small number of troops, and it is specially designed to protect the queen, Tubo's garrison here is for Tuyuhun, and Tubo's slaves are soldiers, and the people are also soldiers, and they can be mobilized at any time, we are professional soldiers, unless the Tubo side reduces the local young men to 20,000, then the Tang Dynasty is willing, besides, There's also the military power of the White Orchid Department over there.

You have to be reduced to 20,000 to balance.

In the end, Qinling compromised, this is a very sincere compromise, how can it be proved that Tubo no longer covets Tuyuhun's territory, it is very simple, withdraw the soldiers.

In addition, the two departments of Chuyue and Gongyue, completely launched the northwest, directly moved to the plateau, with the Kunlun Mountains as the boundary, divided their respective spheres of influence, in exchange, the Tang Dynasty recognized that the Xintou River flowed south and north, and belonged to Tubo, but Qinling also accepted Han Yi's suggestion to set up a trade market in the local area, because it was also a transportation point, although the Tang Dynasty's military force could not penetrate there, but the northwest trade could still pass.

There is also the establishment of a trade market in Tuyuhun to promote exchanges between the people on both sides. But in this mutual market, Han Yi has set up many rules, that is, some key raw materials on both sides must be reviewed and cannot be bought and sold at will, but it does not mean that it cannot be bought and sold, but it is just to increase the cost of buying and selling, which seems to be safeguarding the interests of both parties, but in fact, it is to safeguard the interests of Han Yi's smuggling team.

This is something that everyone doesn't know, only Han Yi understands it in his heart, but this is just a very minor thing, and it will be negotiated soon.

As a result of these negotiations, the two sides drew a very clear boundary line and erased all disputed areas.

At the very beginning, no one thought that this Tibetan envoy would reap such significant results.

If all are implemented, it can definitely be said that Tubo and Datang have turned a new page.

Although the people of Chang'an have a bad impression of Tibet, they still support this agreement very much, after all, the people don't want to fight, and the war is not the emperor and the nobles to charge, now life is very good, and everyone doesn't want to change anything.

However, Datang still had to send someone to Tuyuhun to sign another four-party contract with Bailanbu and Tubo.

Li Zhi decided to let his Nineteenth Emperor Uncle go to Tuyuhun to sign a contract with Tubo.

That's what Uncle Huang did, running errands, in fact, they had already been discussed.

As for the matter of harmony, when Li Zhi met with Qinling, he still said that in the future, if the relationship between the two sides becomes friendly, then it must be kissed and kissed, if it is kissed at this time, it seems that women are exchanged for peace, which is not in line with the current status of Datang, and it will also seem that this contract is very fragile.

Tubo didn't fight too much, just asked for a gift to Datang, Datang also accepted it, and when Qinling left, he gave more gifts, originally with Han Yi's personality, it was impossible to give more returns, but because Tubo did make Datang feel full of sincerity this time, it didn't hurt to give a little more.

To put it mildly, Han Yi didn't pay much attention to the whole negotiation, it has always been very easy, not the same as when he negotiated with Lu Dongzan, he racked his brains and fought wits and courage with Lu Dongzan there. Because the situation is different, Han Yi's plan has come to this point, so no matter whether Tubo comes with sincerity or not, he must fight Tubo, in his opinion, this is not a new chapter, just a pause.

Han Yi still focused on internal development, so after sending off Qinling, he came to Jinxing.

"This is the blueprint for the new dyeing house."

Han Yi handed a drawing, which had been drawn during the negotiations, and advised, "Remember, select those craftsmen who are younger, loyal, and more qualified to enter the new dyeing workshop." ”

Sang Mu nodded and said, "Engong, please rest assured, after all these years of training, we are now no longer short of talents." ”

"That's good!" Han Yi nodded with a smile, and said, "Also, after the end of this year's winter trade, we may put the vouchers on our Beiting Gold Shop, you have to hurry up and start preparing now." ”

Sang Mu nodded, and suddenly said: "Engong, about the data for the first half of this year, we have already counted it, but we found a not very good signal. ”

Han Yi said: "What signal?" ”

Sang Mu said: "In the past few years, the amount of deposits made by people to our gold bank has been increasing, but the growth rate in the first half of this year has begun to decline. ”

Han Yi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "I haven't heard of any negative news in Jinxing!" ”

Sang Mu said: "Our gold bank has been running very well, this is without warning, and we are also very surprised. ”

Han Yi thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Maybe it's not a bad thing." ”

Mulberry looked at him curiously.

Han Yi said: "When our gold bank just started the savings business, everyone came for interest, but now that the economy is developing so well, it is difficult to attract people with this little interest. For example, if I can ensure that I will not be unemployed for 20 years and have a stable income all the time, then I can plan and use it reasonably, instead of blindly just knowing how to save money, after all, who doesn't want to eat meat for a meal, it's better to say that I don't have money, and I want to enjoy it if I have money in my pocket. In this way, if you go to investigate, about the sales of each store, you should be able to see some eyebrows from the consumption of the people. ”

Sang Mu nodded and said, "I will send someone to investigate immediately." ”

After talking to Sang Mu, Han Yi went to the backyard again, planning to chat with Xiaopang, but as soon as he came to the backyard, he saw Gu Tingcheng sitting alone in the courtyard.

"Wow! So lonely! What about them? ”

Han Yi said with a smile at the door.

Gu Tingcheng glanced at Han Yi and replied, "They are rehearsing the new drama in the building. ”

"They really can't be idle." Han Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "That's okay, I'll go over and join in the fun." ”

Gu Qingcheng suddenly said, "You wouldn't have left me here alone before. ”

Han Yi sighed: "Although this lie is very beautiful, if you listen to it too much, you will feel tired." ”

Gu Qingcheng sneered and said, "It's really funny that these words came out of your mouth. ”

Han Yi shook his head and said, "At least all the time, it was you who deceived me, not me. ”

Gu Tingcheng said: "Why don't you say it, all along, you are willing to listen to my lies." ”

Han Yi smiled: "You can say the same, but the problem is that I don't want to hear it anymore." ”

Gu Qingcheng said with a smile: "Power is really easy to change a person. ”

Han Yi said: "I haven't changed, it's just that the situation and demand are different, businessmen are the same, just like you can't think that because the price of mutton has risen, it is because the businessman has changed, if the businessman has changed, then the price will not rise." ”

Gu Qingcheng was silent for a while, and said, "I want to talk to you." ”

Han Yi smiled: "Very happy." ”