Luoyang Palace, Wucheng Palace, the first court meeting after the royal drive to the Eastern Capital was held here.

What is a little strange today is that Liu Yi, the general of the Qianniu Guard, who was supposed to be guarding in front of the palace, was standing in the train of the courtiers, which made some ministers who did not know the situation a little surprised.

When the time for the court meeting came, Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian entered the palace under the escort of a large group of Qianniuwei soldiers.

The ministers sang in unison and saluted.

"All the ministers are flat!" Emperor Li Zhi, whose face was slightly pale, motioned to the courtiers to give a salute.

Originally, Li Zhi did not plan to sit in the court in person, but he knew that there was a major matter to discuss, so he ignored Wu Zetian's advice and presided over the court meeting with his sick body.

Then Li Zhi motioned to the eunuchs on the side to return to the courtiers on behalf of the courtiers a few days ago, these transcripts were almost all reviewed and replied by Wu Zetian on behalf of Li Zhi, and all the ministers must know, but they have a reply to the things they mentioned, and they are all at ease, and there is no way to explore who to give their opinions on.

"What else do you have to play?" Many court affairs have been dealt with, and according to common sense, if the courtiers have nothing to do, it is time to retreat from the court.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister has something to play!" A large male voice rang out.

All the ministers followed this voice and looked at the scene, which surprised many people, it was not supposed to appear in the crowd of the last dynasty, but Liu Yi, the general of Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang who should be standing in front of the palace.

"Liu Aiqing has something to do, just play it!" Li Zhi's expression did not change.

Liu Yi raised his head, looked at the steps in front of the throne, and said loudly in a very firm voice: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that the more than 200,000 Turkic captives who were captured cannot be let go back!" In addition, the minister has some ideas for the Turks and Tibetans to play His Majesty and Niangniang..."Liu Yi said and presented the manuscript in front of him.

As soon as Liu Yi said this, the court was stunned, and even Emperor Li Zhi was very surprised, Liu Yi actually wanted to play this in front of the court, and Liu Yi did not talk about it in front of him and Wu Zetian.

An official eunuch walked over quickly, took the notebook from Liu Yi's hand, and presented it to Emperor Li Zhi.

"For these 200,000 Turkic captives, what good suggestions does Liu Aiqing have for dealing with them, just say it!" Li Zhi didn't look at the notebook, but asked Liu Yi directly. He also seemed to think of Liu Yi saying those earth-shattering words in front of him and Wu Zetian, and understood that this young man had an unusual mind, and he must have his own opinions when he openly put forward opinions on such a big matter in the court.

The courtiers were divided on what to do with the captives, and Li Zhi could not make up his mind about where to go.

"The minister thinks that these Turkic captives must not be let go back to the steppe of Anbei!" Liu Yi said firmly again: "These people openly betrayed my Datang and let them go back without any punishment, how can this be?" If the rebels are punished so lightly, how can they serve as an example? Therefore, the minister felt that in order to give some instructions to those Hu tribes and Tibetan vassals who temporarily submitted to my Tang Dynasty, it was necessary to let these captives receive the punishment they deserved, and then decide whether they would stay or go according to the degree of repentance..."

"Liu Aiqing said, how to make them punished?" Li Zhi felt that this was quite reasonable when he heard this, and asked with great interest.

"The minister felt that it was necessary to reform them through labor, so that these captives could realize the viciousness of the crimes they had committed..." Liu Yi also immediately said it in front of Wu Zetian, and later polished his remarks.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that the only way to reform these captives is to reform them in the way of labor, so that they can make certain contributions to the construction of our Datang in all aspects, as a way of atonement for their own crimes, and after a few years, according to their degree of repentance, and at the same time ask their own opinions, whether they want to stay or return, and then decide whether they will stay or stay!" Liu Yi still said this sentence summarizing the surname in a firm tone.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister seconded the proposal, what General Liu said is very reasonable!" To Liu Yi's surprise, and to the surprise of the other ministers in the palace, the first person to stand up and support Liu Yi's proposal turned out to be Wu Sansi, the general of the right guard.

After Wu Sansi glanced at Liu Yi meaningfully, he continued: "General Liu's proposal, not only can reasonably leave these 200,000 Turkic captives in the interior of our Tang Dynasty, let them build roads and water conservancy facilities for our Tang Dynasty, and reduce the burden of the people's Yao service, but also make them reflect on their crimes, and at the same time achieve the purpose of warning other Turkic people, and even other Hu people of all ethnic groups.

Pei Xingjian, who originally wanted to be the first to stand up and support Liu Yi's proposal, was very surprised that Wu Sansi, Wu Zetian's nephew, who had never had any suggestions to mention on court affairs, stood up to support Liu Yi, and was also considering the purpose of this person's doing, but he also stood up to support Liu Yi after Wu Sansi finished speaking: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, and the minister also seconded the proposal, and the minister felt that General Liu's proposal was very desirable. General Liu's suggestion can, to a certain extent, prevent the possibility of these released captives joining the Turkic rebels again, so that the retention of a large number of Turkic prisoners can temporarily reduce the population of the Turkic people and the number of people who can gather will be much smaller..."

"Whether it is the Turks or the Tibetans, what they lack most is the population, if these hundreds of thousands of people do not release them back, the population of the Turkic ethnic groups in the entire Anbei steppe will be reduced by nearly half, and even if there is a possibility of another rebellion, the scale will be greatly reduced, and the threat to our border will be much smaller; Moreover, these hundreds of thousands of people can create a lot of wealth for my Datang in a few years of transformation, and these wealth are not required to be included in the cost of my Datang people, this is additional wealth, and it can create benefits for my Datang, why not? ”

When Liu Yi was in Chang'an, after entering the palace and talking to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, he immediately discussed the matter with Pei Xingjian, Pei Xingjian criticized Liu Yi for acting a little too recklessly, and after raising such a major question in front of the two saints without careful consideration, he also praised these points raised by Liu Yi, and after reading Liu Yi's copy and Shangguan Wan'er's writings, and after saying some of his own opinions, he said that Liu Yi would definitely support these suggestions when the palace put forward these proposals.

After Liu Yi and Wei Xuantong said these things two days ago, he went to visit Wei Yuanzhong, a scholar in the middle school, and discussed the difference with this rising star of the DPRK and China with a very good mind, Wei Yuanzhong was also surprised and appreciated by Liu Yi's proposal, and expressed his agreement with Liu Yi's point of view, Liu Yi also visited some other important ministers of the court according to Shangguan Wan'er's proposal, but the reaction of others was not satisfactory, and Liu Yi was sure that there were not many people who supported his views.

Today, Liu Yi was instructed by Wu Zetian to put forward such a point of view in the palace, and he also wanted to know how many ministers in the court supported all the points he raised, and the disposal of the prisoners was only the first thing, and he would immediately raise other matters.

After Pei Xingjian finished speaking, Wei Xuantong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Cen Changqian, the waiter of the Ministry of War, who had returned from Shanzhou, and Wei Yuanzhong, a member of the Zhongshu House, who were not surprised, stood up to support Liu Yi's views.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister has a different opinion!" After several ministers who supported Liu Yi's views said a lot of reasons for their support and retreated, Zuo Shuzi and Zhongshu Ling Xue Yuanchao stood up and said that they had different views.

"Speak!"

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, although the minister thinks that General Liu's proposal is very beneficial to my Tang Dynasty, it is a bit rude!" Xue Yuanchao glanced at Liu Yi who was standing on the side, and continued, "My Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and I have always treated people with courtesy, and treated the Beihu tribes with courtesy, these have been exchanged for the extraordinary calling power of my Tang Dynasty to the Beihu tribes over the years, since the third year of Zhenguan Li Weigong led the army to defeat the Eastern Turks, the Beihu tribes have felt the kindness of my Tang Dynasty, and have always obeyed my Datang, although there are occasional rebellions, but most of the time they are respected by my Datang, if my Datang detains hundreds of thousands of people in the mainland, That will definitely make the other Turkic people feel frightened, afraid that my Datang will treat them in the same way, and it is very likely that they will unite and betray my Datang again, and then there will be troubles everywhere..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister does not agree with Xue Zhongshu's words!" When Liu Yi just wanted to stand up and refute Xue Yuanchao's remarks, Pei Xingjian stepped forward first.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that it is my Tang Dynasty that has been too gentle with the Turks over the years, and has been less tough, which has led to the rebellion of the Turks and other Hu people against my Tang Dynasty, whether it is Anxi or Anbei, there are not many rebellions of the Turks over the years, when my army marches, although the rebellion can be quelled for a while, but it will not be long before the Turks will have some leaders who openly rebel, and the minister thinks that this is the reason why my Tang Dynasty has not suppressed it enough and is too merciful, especially the captured Turkic people have not been punished, The minister felt that the change of our dynasty should be changed in the policy towards the Beihu tribes, especially on the issue of dealing with the captured Turks, and the minister thought that the plan proposed by General Liu was the best way we could take at present... What's more, if the Turks don't have the heart to rebel, why are they afraid that my Datang will treat them in such a way? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with the plan proposed by General Liu, and the minister agrees with the reason Pei Shangshu said!" Another prime minister, Zhang Da'an, stood up to support Liu Yi and Pei Xingjian, "Although the Turks have surrendered to my Tang Dynasty over the years, many times they have been in disobedience to the yang and yin, resulting in constant troubles in my north and northwest, and the minister thinks that the imperial court must change its strategy against the Turks and adopt some other effective methods to completely make the Turks submit to my Tang Dynasty, and the proposal put forward by General Liu is an effective method..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister still thinks that from the perspective of etiquette, my Datang can't carry out such a punishment on the Turkic captives, this is a faux pas, and my image of the Tang Dynasty will be damaged..."Xue Yuanchao still had his own opinion, and then turned to Liu Yi, "I also want to ask General Liu, do you think that just by detaining his captives, you can completely pacify the threat of the Turks?" ”

"Of course not," Liu Yi replied, then turned his head in the direction of the throne and saluted, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, and the ministers have some other strategies for the Turks and Tibetans that they want to play for Your Majesty and Niangniang..."

"Speak..."

(To be continued)