It turned out that the court meeting in the past few days was also discussing the direction of this war, some people suggested that they should stop after recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, and some people proposed to simply destroy the Khitan, and give the Jurchens and Western Xia a lesson, to see if they dare to commit the Great Zhou in the future, and some people even said that they simply used the power of this artillery to destroy the Western Xia and Jurchen, who told them to choose the Khitan at a critical time!

Therefore, Li Cong also has a bit of a headache these days, as a generation of emperors, he naturally wants to achieve a hegemony, but he is worried that the Western Xia, Jurchen, and Khitan are really in a hurry, and they will unite with Mongolia, Uighurs, Tubo, Dali, and South Vietnam to attack the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou will be in trouble.

After all, no matter how great the power of this artillery is, it is limited, it is suitable for siege, not suitable for defending the city, suitable for intensive combat, not suitable for sanda, as soon as the Jurchen and Khitan soldiers came into contact with this artillery, they didn't understand what was going on, and it was inevitable to be afraid, but after a long time, the other party figured out the law, and how to fight this battle may not be decided by Da Zhou.

Yan Yan saw that the emperor had studied artillery so thoroughly, and smiled, "Uncle Emperor must have an answer in his heart, so I won't talk much, but there is one thing that Uncle Emperor must have not considered, we Han people have lived in the Central Plains for generations, mainly farming, and really occupied the grassland on which the Khitan people depended, can our people adapt to life there?" Can the nomadic tribes get along with us? Rather than being overwhelmed by the time, it is better to give the Khitan a chance to live, we only take back our own land, I still say the same thing, keep the Khitan, have the Khitan as a barrier, whether it is the Jurchens, the Mongols, or the Uighurs, their hands will not reach out to our Central Plains, and we can also concentrate on dealing with these small troubles in the south. ”

Not to mention, Li Cong really didn't take into account this question raised by Yan Yan, he just thought about beating the Khitan and taking all the land of the Khitan, but he didn't think about how the Han people could survive and gain a foothold on the grassland?

"Kid, you're really good, it's not my little think tank." Li Cong was impressed again.

"The emperor is worried about too many things, I'm idle, this is different." Yan Yan said modestly.

"Don't worry, after the war is over, I won't lose that kid in terms of meritorious deeds." Li Cong took the initiative to give a promise.

"Uncle Emperor, my husband can participate in the scientific examination after he returns, and he can stand out on his own strength." Yan Yan said proudly.

She believes that after the baptism of war, Lu You must have a more thorough understanding of government affairs, military affairs, people's livelihood and other issues, so Yan Yan believes that Lu You's strategy will never be worse than these scholars who can only read sage books.

"It's the same, he's also based on strength." Li Cong glanced at Yan Yan.

Comparatively speaking, he still hopes that Lu You will be a military general, not only because of his military talent, but also because of his research on military equipment, such a talent is what he urgently needs, and it is also urgently needed by Da Zhou.

"It's different, I want him to be a civil official, the military general has already tried, it's not challenging, isn't the emperor curious if he will have any achievements in other aspects?" Yan Yan said deliberately.

She really doesn't want Lu You to be a military general, because a military general means guarding the border passes, in this era, the conditions for guarding the border passes are really hard, not to mention anything else, just eating this item, Yan Yan has to complain.

I have to say that Yan Yan's words moved Li Cong.

It doesn't hurt to try, and when the war resumes, he can be appointed temporarily.

However, Li Cong didn't say this, he was worried that if Lu You couldn't get into the Jinshi by then, he would have to find something to do for him from the general's side, and such a person could not be idle.

Yan Yan didn't think so far, seeing that her goal had been achieved, she said goodbye, but she didn't leave the palace directly, and went to Cining Palace.

Unfortunately, I met Ma at the gate of Cining Palace, Ma came to give a gift to the Queen Mother, and when she saw Yan Yan, she stretched out her hand to pull Yan Yan's hand, but Yan Yan dodged.

"Yan'er, you, me, we...

"Second aunt, let's go." After Yan Yan finished speaking, he went straight in and didn't look at Ma again.

Ma Shi kept watching Yan Yan's back enter the door, then turned around, sighed faintly, and left.

When the Queen Mother saw Yan Yan, she first looked at her face, and then asked, "Did you meet your second aunt?" ”

Yan Yan nodded.

"What did you say?"

"I didn't say anything, I called her."

The Queen Mother opened her mouth, closed it again, and then asked, "Child, do you blame me?" ”

Yan Yan shook his head, "I know that the Queen Mother is looking at her grandmother's face, and the Yan family can't fall, I can understand." ”

There is another sentence that Yan Yan did not say, understanding is not equal to acceptance, and understanding is not equal to recognition.

The Queen Mother didn't expect Yan Yan to be able to say this, this was indeed her heart, so she took Yan Yan's hand and stroked it a few times, "Good boy, it's good that you can think like this, and it's not in vain that your grandmother hurts you." ”

Yan Yan smiled and ordered someone to bring fresh fruits, peaches and apricots, as well as a few fresh vegetables and vegetables that she had brought from the Zhuangzi.

The queen mother was happy, she had to leave her for dinner, and after the meal, she ordered her to stay and touch two laps of mahjong with her, and then let her go back, but she didn't forget to reward her with some clothes and jewelry.

Yan Yan learned from Dahekou after the Dragon Boat Festival that the emperor had sent someone to see the prince, and took him into the palace, and Yan Yan had no way of knowing what he talked about.

However, according to Dahe, after the man came out of the palace, he went directly out of the city to the north, and Yan Yan guessed that he should reply to Zhou Lu.

In other words, what is the identity of Zhou Lu Yan Yan still hasn't figured it out, even if he is the prince of the Khitan, he will definitely be able to be the lord of the Khitan? There is also a prince in the Khitan who is locked up in the Great Zhou.

Yan Yan quickly had an answer to this question, half a month later, Yan Yan received a letter from Lu You, the letter said that the Khitan Emperor had died, and the new emperor proposed to strike the war for three years, and he must keep filial piety for three years.

Immediately after half a month, Li Cong received a letter of state from the Khitan envoy, which stated that the two countries had a temporary truce for three years, during which they could negotiate and negotiate the future direction of relations between the two countries, and the Khitan proposed a truce for 50 years, and also promised to return the sixteen states of Yanyun, on the condition that the Great Zhou promised to form an alliance with the Khitan, and if the Khitan encountered a foreign enemy, the Great Zhou could lend a hand.

Li Cong took Yan Yan into the palace as soon as he got this credential, and he always felt that the conditions proposed by the Khitan were too generous, and he was afraid that there would be fraud.