Yan Yan did not answer Lu You, the answer to this question is not on her, on Li Cong, Yelu Honglu and the Jurchen Emperor, she can't speak lightly.

In fact, when Yan Yan received Lu You's letter, the emperor also received Lu You's recital, so he discussed this issue in the court the next day.

The court was still divided into multiple factions, and the warmongers saw that Lu You had taken the Jurchens so easily, so they intended to subdue the Jurchens, Mongols, Khitans, and Western Xia, and expand the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty several times to become a peaceful and prosperous era like the Tang Dynasty.

The main peacemaker believes that it is better for the Great Zhou to maintain the current status quo, the sixteen states of Yanyun have also been recovered, and the Liao State and the Western Xia, Jurchen and other neighboring countries have also taken the initiative to seek peace, and at this time they should put more energy into solving the food and clothing of the people, after all, the Great Zhou has emptied their families because of the war in recent years, and the life of the people is still difficult, and the treasury is also empty.

The centrists proposed a compromise plan, thinking that it would be a bit difficult to fight and take down the Jurchens and Mongols, so it would be better to let them be vassals like the Liao State and the Western Xia, make them vassal states of the Great Zhou, and pay tribute to the Great Zhou every year.

Others remain silent, neither fighting nor making peace, and they cannot be offended.

There was no dispute in the court to come up with a result, and after the next court, Li Cong called the three prime ministers and the military department and the household department into the south study, and he wanted to hear the opinions of these heads of civil officials.

Because Fang Cai is in the court, these people are not unified, Zhao Ping, the secretary of the military department, is the main battle, and Shi Cunyu, the secretary of the household department, directly listed the inventory of the household department and the annual income, and then took the southwest side to talk about things, because of Zhu Tao, many tribes on the Miao side united to make independence, and this year the rebellion cost a lot of troops and financial resources in the Great Zhou, mainly because there are mountains and forests, not to mention the humidity and miasma, and the transportation is still very inconvenient, therefore, a lot of troops have been lost in vain.

And Nanzhao, Tubo and Nanyue and other places knew that the Miao people rebelled and became independent, and they also followed to stir up trouble, and made trouble from time to time, therefore, Shi Cunyu really did not approve of the use of troops against the Jurchens and Mongolia, after all, if the war officially started, it may not be able to be completely won in three or five years or even ten or eight years, he thinks that the people of the Great Zhou have been suffering for so many years, and it is time for everyone to live a stable life for a few years.

Wang Shixiu also did not approve of fighting, he was not thinking about whether the national strength of the Great Zhou could support this war, nor was it whether the people of the Great Zhou were bitter, he was thinking about whether those wild lands would not be able to bring much benefit to the Great Zhou even if they were incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou, one is that these nomads are already rebellious, even if they are the people of the Great Zhou, most of them will not obey, and most of them will make trouble at both ends for three days and make an independent scene, they already have the experience of the Miao people, this lesson is not enough? The second is that those places are already poor and backward, agriculture and handicrafts are not developed, and it is still difficult for them to support themselves, not to mention contributing taxes to the imperial court, but I am afraid that the imperial court will have to come up with a large amount of taxes every year to fill them, because the people of the Great Zhou are incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou, and the imperial court has no reason to watch them starve.

Therefore, this business is not worth it.

Of course, Wang Shixiu still has a little selfishness, he doesn't want to fight because he hopes that his son can come back as soon as possible, he is also getting older every year, and he also wants to make fun of his grandson to share his family.

Xu Liangxing is the main battle, his son is currently following Lu You and Wu Zhe in Liao, although there are no big military achievements, but there are still small merits, and the most important thing is that Xu Yu is particularly convinced of Lu You, saying that he seems to be a genius general, he can always think of unexpected ideas, and he can learn a lot from him, and it is only a matter of time before he makes meritorious contributions.

But the problem is that the time is so short, his son's military exploits are not enough to be a fief, so his main battle is to fight for a few more years, and really want to merge Jurchen or Mongolia into the territory of the Great Zhou, this merit is definitely no less than the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, at that time, the emperor will definitely reward meritorious deeds, and he can't be crowned a hereditary marquis, and a count or viscount can also be awarded.

Wen Wenshan was still impartial this time, and his idea was to force the Jurchens to sign the Suigong Treaty and become a vassal state of the Great Zhou, but his idea was quickly opposed by Shi Cunyu.

Shi Cunyu's words have a certain amount of truth, because most of these small barbarian countries come to the Sui Gong every year to cry poor, and often the Great Zhou gives them more gifts in return than the Sui Gong, and once they encounter a war, the Great Zhou also has to protect them.

Just like the Liao State, the Liao State has recently become a vassal state of the Great Zhou, but the Liao State has nothing but tens of thousands of war horses for the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou has to sell them its own artillery and gunpowder, and has to help them drive away the Jurchens, and has to send them grain and grass to support their war, so the Great Zhou is looking for a vassal country, it is simply looking for a trouble.

Seeing that everyone was not agreeing on the same opinion, Li Cong waved his hand and asked everyone to disperse, saying that he would let everyone go back and think about it again, and the DPRK would continue to discuss the matter tomorrow.

Subsequently, Li Cong ordered someone to take Yan Yan into the palace.

He remembered Yan Yan's advanced remarks and inventions, so he wanted to hear Yan Yan's thoughts.

Seriously, as a generation of emperors, who doesn't want to expand the territory, who doesn't want to live for generations, who doesn't want their people to live a good life, but these are all at a price, he is afraid that if the price paid and the return received are not equal, he will bring the Great Zhou into a situation of no return, and then become the sinner of the Great Zhou.

But Yan Yan couldn't help him in this matter.

However, she believes that the current national strength of the Great Zhou cannot afford this war, after all, the meaning of aggression and counter-aggression is very different, and there is another point, if it involves the destruction of the country and the eradication of the nation, the Jurchen and Mongolia will definitely not give in so easily, but I am afraid that the Liao State and the Western Xia are the same, if they join forces against the Great Zhou with their backs, the Great Zhou will suffer from the enemy, and it will be difficult to say the outcome or defeat.

But a few years later, if the national strength of the Great Zhou has been significantly improved in all aspects, it may not be difficult to subdue them at that time.

Li Cong listened to Yan Yan's persuasion, so at the court meeting the next day, after many rounds of discussion and negotiation, he finally came up with a charter, one of which was to return Zhu Jin and ask what Zhu Jin had done during the Jurchen capture.

For this reason, he specially appointed Li Sui and Lu You as the envoys of the Great Zhou to negotiate on the border, and the participants in this round of negotiations were Jurchen, Great Zhou, Western Xia and Liao, and there was no Mongolia.

In other words, Mongolia had no intention of peace talks, but they also settled down a lot for the time being, and took the initiative to retreat to a place within ten miles of the border.