Liu Yi got some things he wanted to know from Princess Taiping's mouth, and also confirmed from another side that what Shangguan Wan'er said was basically correct, Wu Zetian's promotion to his other post should include the points that Shangguan Wan'er said just now, but from Princess Taiping's mouth, Liu Yi also understood some other things that he and Shangguan Wan'er had never thought of.

These circumstances made Liu Yi vaguely feel something unusual, Princess Taiping seemed to have no understanding of this, Liu Yi, who knew the original historical trend, was very worried, perhaps because Li Zhi's illness often recurred, Wu Zetian had a premonition that Li Zhi's time in the world could not be very long, and he was secretly preparing to take over power after Li Zhi's death.

Princess Taiping rubbed in Liu Yi's house for a long time, and finally left with a smile in Liu Yi's coaxing, when Princess Taiping left, because she had just come to Liu Yi's residence, the vinegar caused by seeing Shangguan Wan'er and Liu Yi alone in a room also faded.

Looking at the shadow of Princess Taiping's car driving away, Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, the first head-to-head confrontation between the two women fortunately ended in such a peaceful end, he was also pondering, to find a suitable time, he also told Princess Taiping how he wanted to place Shangguan Wan'er, and told her that only by accepting the conditions he proposed, he would willingly agree to be her concubine, otherwise even if the emperor or queen forced him to marry, then he would be disobedient, Liu Yi thought that Princess Taiping would definitely agree to it.

――――――――― another court meeting said, Liu Yi did not stand in the courtier's train this time, but was on duty in front of the palace, this is almost Liu Yi as the last duty task of the Qianniuwei Zhonglang general, after this, the task of the palace on duty was handed over to the newly appointed Zhonglang General, he Liu Yi as the newly promoted Qianniuwei general, will take other responsibilities, and do not have to personally participate in the duty of the court.

This court meeting has been postponed for a few days due to Emperor Li Zhi's physical reasons, and Li Zhi has been recuperating for some time and his body has recovered, but he consciously can't let go of such a major event, so he will come to the court to preside over the court meeting in person.

Whether to go to war against the rebellion of the Turks, how to go to war, and how to deal with the possible invasion of the Tibetans are the most important affairs at present, and Li Zhi personally presided over the court meeting for many reasons.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Li Zhi said in his somewhat hoarse voice: "Zhong Aiqing, the Turks in Anbei have rebelled again, threatening the peace of my northern Xinjiang, and urgent reports from the border pass have come one after another, but I am anxious. ”

As soon as they heard this, many courtiers in the palace looked at each other, and they were not surprised when they heard Li Zhi say that the court would discuss how to send troops next, rather than discussing whether to send troops, which surprised many people.

At the last court meeting, it was recommended to lead a general army, starting from Chang'an to quell the Turkic rebellion of the ministers and those who opposed the large-scale use of troops, and even proposed to appease the main ministers, the controversy between the ministers was still relatively fierce, the opinions of the courtiers were not unified, and the emperor Li Zhi, who presided over the court meeting, did not finally decide what to adopt, many people thought that today it was still for whether to send troops to quell the rebellion, or to appease the strategy to conduct a debate, but I did not expect that the emperor and the empress have already made a decision on this matter, and now they are directly discussing how to send troops to Anbei, No matter how much we prevent the attack of the Tibetans, it is not to ask whether to send troops.

Several ministers who had originally prepared and wanted to suggest that the imperial court should focus on Fu and not carry out a large-scale counterinsurgency campaign during the court meeting were a little dumbfounded, and Pei Yan was immediately ready to stand up and want to question.

However, Emperor Li Zhi didn't give him this opportunity, and only listened to Li Zhi say in a rough throat: "I have thought about it carefully, and I have discussed it with the queen many times, and I feel that the Turks have rebelled against the Tang Dynasty again in such a short period of time, and they cannot be tolerated and accommodated in any case, and they must use the threat of troops to quell the rebellion of the Turks in the same way as last time, so whether to send troops to quell the rebellion is already a question that does not need to be discussed." What I want to discuss with Zhu Aiqing today is how we should go to war, how many men and horses we should use, who to send to lead the troops, how to guard against possible attacks by the Tibetans while sending troops to Anbei, and how to stabilize the situation in Anbei after the rebellion is quelled..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the ministers have a discussion!" After Li Zhi finished speaking, Pei Xingjian was the first to stand up, and recounted the methods of dealing with the Turks that had been almost expressed in the previous days, and of course added a lot of content, which made people sound more explanatory, and Pei Xingjian also made a lot of suggestions on how to strengthen the governance of the area after the war before others had no chance to come out to oppose it.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that the Turkic people in this rebellion are far less than last time, and our army goes out to fight, and the number of people does not need to be too large to quell the rebellion of the Turkic remnants, but after the rebellion is quelled, how to strengthen the governance of Anbei and Anxi where a large number of Turkic people gather, this is a problem we must focus on. The governance of the Anbei area will definitely greatly reduce the possibility of rebellion by the Turks! ”

Pei Xingjian paused for a moment and continued: "The minister feels that after our army quells the rebellion of the Turks, it is necessary to leave an army in the occupied places to build cities and defend them, and at the same time requisition the cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock of the Turks for their own use, carry out military cantonment to solve the needs of the army, reduce the troubles that may be caused by the imperial court due to various supplies in time, and reduce the burden of the imperial court on supply and demand for these places. While our troops were stationed, the imperial court sent officials to these places to administer them together with the newly appointed Hu officials, and to collect heavy taxes on all the inhabitants of the lands they occupied. After the situation is stabilized, we will recruit the people in the interior and give them generous preferential politics to live in these places where our army is stationed, so as to strengthen the strength of our Han people... After such a period of time, the imperial court's governance of these places will be greatly strengthened, and after these places that have had rebellions are stabilized, they can begin to implement a series of follow-up governance measures, and gradually begin to sinicize the Hu people, so that they will have a greater sense of identity with my Tang Dynasty..."

After Pei Xingjian's thoughtful and well-founded narration, the court was very quiet all of a sudden, most people were still thinking about it, and there were many people thinking about whether there was any secret agreement between the emperor, the queen and Pei Xingjian, singing double reeds in the court, after the last court meeting, the queen of heaven had summoned Pei Xingjian and Liu Yi, no one knew what they discussed, plus what Pei Xingjian said was very reasonable, so that no one stood up against anything at once.

According to Liu Yi's estimate, after about two or three minutes of coldness, Wei Xuantong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and played: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, Pei Shangshu's proposal is very reasonable, after the war, it is necessary to strengthen the governance of the Hu land, strictly prevent the Turks and other Hu people from rebelling again, the cost of our army of hundreds of thousands of horses to go out to quell the rebellion at one time is not less than the same number of troops stationed in the north for a few years, the symptoms must be cured, instead of sending a large army to suppress when the Turks rebel, it is better to strengthen the supervision of the Hu people in peacetime, nip the rebellion in the bud..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister has a different opinion!" After Wei Xuantong finished speaking, Pei Yan stood up and loudly expressed his disagreement.

Today's situation was beyond Pei Yan's surprise, he was also stunned just now, and understood a lot of things, he stood up and did not oppose the army to quell the rebellion, but opposed some of the things that Pei Xingjian had just mentioned.

I only heard Pei Yan say: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister does not agree with what Pei Shangshu said just now that the Hu people were taxed after the war and immigrated to the Hu people's land, so many years our dynasty has not levied taxes on the Hu people, if in a few rebellions, after the Hu people are reattached, such a strategy is adopted, and the Hu people are taxed, it will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the Hu people, this policy must not be implemented, and my Han people poured into the Hu land in large numbers, and the Hu people fought for pasture and grassland, and the Hu people must not want to see such a situation appear, and the resistance will be very fierce, The struggle with the Han Chinese will continue, which will surely bring even greater instability... Therefore, the minister felt that while the troops were stationed to defend the town, other measures should be considered later, and such a strategy could not be implemented for at least a few years after the war..."

As soon as Pei Yan finished speaking, Pei Xingjian immediately stood up and retorted: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister feels that in the past, it was precisely because there was no tax on the Hu people that the Hu people had less sense of identity with my Tang Dynasty, and also because in the places where many Hu people lived, the imperial court did not send Han officials, and still governed their land with Hu officials, so that the Hu people who were attached to my Tang Dynasty felt no different from their previous lives, and they also had no recognition and sense of belonging to my Datang, and they did not feel guilty about their rebellious behavior. This also made Hudi not included in the truly effective governance of my Tang Dynasty, which is also a very important reason for the rebellion. If Hu Di is directly managed by our Han officials, and the Hu people also pay taxes to the imperial court, then the Hu people's identification with our Tang Dynasty will be greatly strengthened, and after a few years or decades, they will gradually think that they are the people of the Tang Dynasty and will identify with the rule of the Tang Dynasty over them, and there are more and more Hu people who have this idea, then in a sense' Hu people' will be fewer and fewer, if more than ten years, decades later, with the implementation of various governance policies, the root causes of rebellion will be less and less, if the place that belongs to my Tang Dynasty, whether it is the mainland, or Anxi, Anbei, Andong, Annan, all the Han and Hu people pay taxes to the imperial court in the same way, and are governed by the officials sent by my Tang Dynasty, where is there still a distinction between Han and Hu people? Will there be such rebellions every year, large and small? Those who are not of my race will have different hearts, and they must be assimilated, so that they can work together with our Han people, and the chaos in the world will be less..."

As soon as Pei Xingjian finished saying this, Li Zhi in the palace suddenly spoke, "It makes sense, Pei Shangshu said this, I agree very much..."

(To be continued)