Li Cong naturally couldn't decide on such a big matter alone, so he put it to the court meeting for discussion, but the result of the discussion was still divided into several factions.

The radicals believe that there is no need to talk about simply taking the Liao State in one fell swoop, and directly annexing the land of the Liao State into the territory of the Great Zhou.

Conservatives believe that the outcome of the peace talks is very good, at least the other side has agreed to exchange land, and it is also beneficial for both sides to exchange whether there is an exchange.

However, the conservatives were divided into two factions for the construction of the Great Wall, one faction advocated the construction of the Zhou-Liao border, so that the people close to the border could live and work in peace and contentment, and no longer have to run to the interior, nor would they have to worry about their harvest being robbed overnight; The other faction is to repair on the border of Liaoning-Mongolia, which is equivalent to using the cost of repairing the Great Wall to buy a corridor in western Liaoning, which is cost-effective, which is nothing more than letting the people of the whole country tighten their belts and suffer for a few years, but the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty has really expanded a large piece, and it is not much more cost-effective than using the means of war to snatch it?

The centrists believed that there was no need to exchange land, and directly sent troops to garrison the Jurchens, and in less than two or three years, the Liao State should regret it and take the initiative to exchange land, otherwise, the land of the Liao State would be annexed to the Great Zhou.

Because building the Great Wall is not a small expense, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the treasury has long been empty, where can I get this big money to build the Great Wall?

There is also a group of people who believe that they should simply abandon the land of the Jurchens and take the Jurchens' belongings and women captive, because these nomads often treat the Han people like this.

This issue was debated for three days before a result, and it was finally decided to build a Great Wall on the border of Zhou-Liao with Yuguan as the boundary, mainly because of this condition, Da Zhou did not have to promise never to commit Liao.

More importantly, this condition can be advanced or retreated, which means that if one day the Great Zhou has the strength to take the Liao State, this Great Wall will not be able to stop the pace of the Great Zhou attack, after all, the Great Zhou relies on artillery, not iron cavalry.

The retreat means that if one day the Liao or Mongol Jurchens make a comeback, this Great Wall will be a barrier that can block their iron horses.

The general direction was set, and there were some small details, Li Cong found someone to discuss for three more days, and then ordered someone to send Lu You an eight-hundred-mile expedited letter, ordering him to sign with Liao on behalf of Da Zhou.

The signing ceremony was held in the capital of Liao, and after the signing ceremony, Lu You withdrew from the Jurchens with his tens of thousands of troops, and when he returned to the capital, it was already a snowy winter.

Li Cong, who got the news, personally took the civil and military officials, as well as Li Ji, Li Sui and several other adult princes, to take a Li Xi to greet him outside the city, and then directly took people into the palace.

It is said that the road from the city gate to the palace gate was crowded with men, women, and children, all waiting to see the legendary general's demeanor.

Yan Yan only saw Lu You when it was dark, and when he learned that Lu You had entered the gate of Mingyuan, Yan Yan hurriedly led Lu Jin to the second gate to greet him, and Lu You also ran in after getting off the horse, and when he saw Yan Yan, he didn't care about the presence of several children, hugged her first, put her down, and then hugged Lu Jin twice, and finally lifted Lu Chu and Lu You up respectively, and kept chanting: "Do you miss your father?" Let my dad hug me well and see what my children look like, whether they have grown taller, whether they have studied well, and whether they have taken good care of your mother for their father? ”

That night, Mingyuan broke the rule of not saying anything, and during the dinner party, the three children kept asking Lu You questions, asking him how many bad battles he fought, asking him how long he was injured last time, asking him if the telescope could really help him, asking him if the war was over forever, and so on.

Yan Yan only learned when she was waiting for her husband to bathe after dinner that the Liao State did not want to agree to the exchange of land in the Great Zhou, mainly because Yelu Honglu was afraid that the Jurchens would rise again, and the Khitans would not be able to deal with it, after all, the Jurchens had been entrenched in this territory for too long, and they would be helpless to drill into any mountain or forest.

Later, it was Lu You who captured the Jurchen Emperor and handed it over to the Liao State, and at the same time promised to give up all the rights and interests of the Jurchens, so Yelu Honglu agreed.

In addition, Lu You also brought Zhu Jin back this time, and he had already found evidence of Zhu Jin's collaboration with the enemy and handed it over to the Criminal Department.

"It's a pity, it's time for the woman to see this." Yan Yan said with regret.

Because the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty clearly stipulates that if it is involved in crimes such as collaborating with the enemy and treason, the title will be stripped away, that is to say, the first marquis of Pingxi of the Zhu family will end.

Not only that, the adult men of the Zhu family are still in prison or at risk of their lives, and the women of the Zhu family are very likely to sell or confiscate the army, but this depends on the size of Zhu Jin's crime.

But one thing is certain, the wealth and glory of the Zhu family will definitely come to an end, and the century-old family has collapsed.

Therefore, Yan Yan felt that if the Zhu family did not die, seeing this scene, he was afraid that he would vomit blood again and die.

Lu You's face was a little strange when he heard this, and he touched his wife's face, "Lady, the emperor asked me something today." ”

It turned out that when Fang was in the south study, Li Cong sent the others away and asked Lu You's opinion of Zhu Jin and Lu Ming.

Zhu Jin said that there must be a prison sentence, and the title must be taken away, but the emperor remembered the merits of the ancestors of the Zhu family to the Great Zhou, and wanted to lightly send down the other clansmen of the Zhu family.

However, for the Pingxi Hou family, Li Cong didn't want to be gracious, he hadn't settled the old accounts of Zhu Tao, Zhu's family, and Mrs. Zhu before, and this time he found a suitable reason, he definitely didn't want to spare it.

In addition, Li Cong means that Zhu Jin has been with Lu Ming for the longest time, and has always looked at Lu Ming's horse's head, so Li Cong believes that Zhu Jin's collaborator was to some extent instructed by Lu Ming, or was influenced by Lu Ming.

Because Li Cong received Lu You's twist and turn before, Zhu Jin's collaboration with the enemy only betrayed Yan Yan's secret, not only wanting to use the hands of the Jurchen to get rid of Yan Yan, a thorn in the eye, to avenge his aunt and cousin, but also to buy a peace for himself, he was not only afraid of death, but also afraid of pain, and he couldn't bear the torture of the Jurchen at all.

Based on this situation, the emperor also wanted to take away Lu Ming's position as the son, and Da Zhou was already jointly and severally guilty, not to mention, the relationship between the two was still so deep.

It's just that what Lu You doesn't understand is, why did the emperor tell him this?

"I guess the emperor wants to test whether you are interested in this duke, the emperor has already tested me, I don't have any ideas, and the hereditary Pingyan Marquis is not bad, what do you think?"

Lu You breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and held Yan Yan's hand, "The lady said it's okay, I don't care, just one thing, I don't want to be separated from you again in my lifetime." ”

When Yan Yan said this, she took the initiative to wrap her arms around her husband's waist and leaned her head over.