When Yan Yan saw this national letter, he was a little sure that this Zhou Lu was a traveling companion, and he must have calculated the fate that the Khitan would soon be destroyed by the Jurchens and the Mongols, so he changed his course, did not ally with the Jurchens, and instead hugged the thick legs of the Great Zhou, without him, the artillery of the Great Zhou could suppress the Jurchens and Mongolia.

Yan Yan told Li Cong his thoughts directly, Li Cong was not surprised, because Yan Yan has always advocated keeping the Khitan as a barrier, but what Li Cong didn't understand was why the Khitan would admit defeat so easily, this is not like the style of the Khitans, isn't he afraid of being infamous through the ages?

"Uncle Hui, Uncle Hui, this Zhou Lu grew up with the Han people, and he has been studying the Confucian culture of the Han people for so many years, which is still slightly different from the real Khitans, this is one of them; Second, we took Shunzhou, Jizhou, Danzhou and other places so quickly, and the Khitans also saw this strength, rather than fighting with us to the death, and in the end it was still a defeat, it is better to be smart and save some strength, after all, the current grassland overlord has been replaced by Mongolia, and it is not easy for them to make a living on the grassland; Third, the Jurchen's temporary repentance also caught the Khitan off guard, you must know that the Khitan war consumption in recent years is not small, before their overall strength is not as good as ours, in recent years, we have been further improved because of the promotion of sweet potatoes and cotton, the army's food and clothing have been further improved, and what about their Khitan? Without the support of the Jurchens, it would be even more difficult for them to support this war. ”

Li Cong listened to Yan Yan's words and nodded, admitting that what Yan Yan said made some sense, but he was not completely convinced.

After sending Yan Yan away, Li Cong discussed the Khitan letter in the court the next day, and he wanted to hear the opinions of the ministers.

Almost all the civil officials overwhelmingly agreed to sign this armistice agreement, you know, the original intention of the Great Zhou was to return to the sixteen states of Yanyun, and now that the Khitan has promised to return it, what else is there to fight?

Really defeated the Khitan, what are those wild lands going to do in the Great Zhou? Could it be true that the Han people were driven to live in that kind of place? Let's not talk about whether the Han people can adapt to it, just say that those nomadic tribes on the grassland will not accept it, and why don't they come to find fault in three days?

Since the Great Zhou did not intend to take over the Khitan grasslands, then the Great Zhou took the trouble to defeat the Khitan, wouldn't it have fulfilled the Jurchens, Mongols, Uighurs and other countries, if one day they were full-fledged and then turned against the Great Zhou, wouldn't they leave themselves a hidden danger?

Rather than this, it is better to drive the Khitans back to their grasslands, leaving them to slowly consume with those nomadic tribes, and the Great Zhou can also free up his hands to knock and knock some restless small countries in the south.

However, most of the generals did not approve of the armistice, they were worried about the Khitan deception, maybe they wanted to use the past three years to study what new weapons, otherwise how to explain that the old Khitan emperor was so just right, and he died as soon as the Great Zhou captured the city of Nanjing?

Therefore, the generals proposed to simply take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the Khitan Shangjing, and at the same time deter and deter those restless tribes and khanates.

But there are also military generals who agree to a truce, Meng Nuo is one, and the other is Zhao Liao, they think that the Khitan is in a national mourning at this time, and it is normal for the new lord to propose a strike, and this time the Khitan conditions are very generous, which fully meets the expectations of the Great Zhou, why can't the Great Zhou accept it?

Even if, as some people say, the Khitan is likely to use these three years to research new weapons, can't Da Zhou use these three years to improve his own weapons?

Moreover, the sixteen states of Yanyun have returned to the Great Zhou, and it is not easy for the Khitan to recapture it, and the Great Zhou has these sixteen states as a barrier, and he is not afraid of the Khitan repentance, if he really wants to fight again, it will definitely be a disaster for the Khitan, not a loss for the Great Zhou.

Li Cong saw that the thoughts of these civil officials coincided with Yan Yan again, and he also made up his mind to make a truce, no matter what, the sixteen states of Yanyun are back, and he is worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, and he can also leave a name in the history, the next thing to do is how to enhance the national strength of the Great Zhou.

This national strength refers not only to the abundance of the treasury and the food and clothing of the people, but also to all kinds of advanced military weapons, because this war has taught him that whoever has advanced military weapons in his hands will have the initiative in the war.

In the past, there was no gunpowder and no artillery, and there were not enough war horses, all relying on swords and armor, no wonder they couldn't beat the iron cavalry of the Khitans, therefore, after learning from the pain, Li Cong decided to use the truce for a few years to improve this artillery, and strive to form a few artillery teams, to see who would dare to covet the land of the Great Zhou in the future!

The voice of the truce in the court soon came out, Yan Yan heard from Qinghe coming back, and Qinghe heard from Shi Changsheng, saying that Mingzhuang Restaurant was full of officials and scholars of all sizes, and everyone was eagerly discussing the upcoming truce.

According to Zhou Haisheng, the price of shops in the city and land outside the city rose by one or two percent overnight, and good shops and Zhuangzi were even sold at a price, and even the wasteland outside the city was bought by people who were busy buying it, saying that many wounded soldiers on the front line would soon retreat, and it was still okay to take them in to plant some land.

There are also some well-informed people who heard that Mingzhuang was rebuilt from barren mountains and wasteland, and they have been flocking in the past two days, and the visit is secondary, mainly to learn some scriptures, and also to learn how Yan Yan turned waste into treasure.

Yan Yan didn't care much about this, she now had a new trouble.

The war is over, Yan Peng will come back soon, Ma is worried that Yan Peng will settle old accounts with him because of Yan Yan's affairs, and maybe there will be a scandal of divorce of his wife, because Yan Peng has always valued Yan Yan very much, and he had a sense of guilt for Yan Yan because of the divorce incident before, and felt that their husband and wife did not fulfill their duty of care and love for Yan Yan, and now that they know that all this is a ghost made by his wife, Ma does not dare to imagine how angry her husband will be.

For this reason, Ma begged Yan Yan, she hoped that Yan Yan could come forward to persuade Yan Peng, as long as she did not divorce his wife, she was willing to do anything else.

"Yan'er, the second aunt doesn't ask you to look at the second aunt, the second aunt only asks you to look at the younger brothers, they are still so young, they haven't been married yet, you can't bear to let them lose the love of their own mother at such a young age, no one understands this feeling better than you, and if they divorce their wives, it will be difficult for them to raise their heads and be people in these families in the future, and it will be difficult to find a matching marriage partner, children, these are really not the second aunt's alarmism, it will really happen, otherwise why do you think your family is unwilling to divorce your mother-in-law, It's not for Lu Ming's sake? ”

I have to say that Yan Yan was pushed into a dilemma by Ma's family.