Chapter 52: The Conclusion Is Made
The emperor came to the palace to drink like this, which surprised Pei Yan, who was already a little lacking in confidence, and several other ministers who were ready to stand up and oppose it, some ministers who wanted to stand up and argue with Pei Xingjian, after hearing what the emperor said, had already sniffed out some smell, and immediately retreated, only Pei Yan stood up and continued to refute.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that Pei Shangshu's words are misleading the country!" Pei Yan still said with confidence, "If this move is known to the Hu people and their interests have been damaged, there will be more Hu people who belong to my Datang to rise up and rebel to show resistance, then my Datang border will be in chaos, so the minister thinks that this must not be the case!"
Pei Xingjian also immediately stood up and refuted Pei Yandao: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, do you think that for the Hu people, compared to these governance measures, is the military conquest more tough?" I Tang military conquest of the Hu people they can accept, than the military conquest of other means of governance much more peaceful, the degree of opposition by the Hu people is certainly much smaller than the military conquest, try to ask Pei Shilang, whether it is Anxi, Anbei, Andong, Annan, are my Tang Dynasty under the territory, all the residents are my Tang people, the Tang people should pay taxes, in the past we did not treat it, now it will be corrected, in the increase of the imperial court tax at the same time, but also to a large extent to strengthen the governance of the Hu land, Especially after our army has counterinsurgency and military conquest has been victorious, it is the best time to adopt these strategies, as General Qianniuwei Liu said, as long as it is beneficial to my Tang Dynasty, it is a good strategy, and it should be adopted and implemented... The minister felt that it was the best time to implement such a means after the victory of the military conquest, and that certain tactics could be adopted, and that the measures should be carried out gradually..."
After Pei Xingjian finished speaking, he didn't look at Pei Yan, and returned directly to the column, while Pei Yan was a little discouraged, and he didn't know how to refute it all of a sudden, Pei Xingjian was right, whether it was Anxi, Anbei, Andong, Annan, these places are my Datang territory, and the residents in the territory are the people of Datang.
Standing at the head of the hall and watching Liu Yi refute the two of them, Liu Yi felt very happy when he saw Pei Xingjian's remarks that Pei Yan couldn't refute it with something reasonable. Today, there are very few voices of opposition in the court, and only one Pei Yan stood up to oppose it, which shows that the strategies he proposed earlier to deal with the Hu people have been recognized by the majority of the people in the court, and even Pei Yan has recognized some of them, and there are only a few things that he opposes today, but under Pei Xingjian's explanation, he can't find the words to refute it, and no one else has come forward to echo Pei Yan, which shows that such a policy is still deeply popular. Most of the DPRK and China are the elites of the Tang Dynasty, and their understanding of these things is different from that of ordinary people, and many people will think from the perspective of the interests of the Tang Dynasty.
Hu people of all ethnic groups, including the Turks, after these years, rebelled against me when the Tang Dynasty, and even from the Zhenguan of Li Shimin, who was the most powerful when he was in power, the rebellion of the Hu people often happened, which made everyone in a high position in the court worried, if there is a way to completely solve the problem of the Hu people, so that they will not be chaotic, this is what every minister standing in the court wants to see the most, if Liu Yi mentioned these continuous means, can really achieve such an effect, it is a very happy thing.
Liu Yi stood with Li Zhi on his back, and he didn't see Li Zhi quietly exchanging opinions with Wu Zetian behind the curtain at this time, he just saw that another minister stood up, it was Wei Yuanzhong, a member of the Zhongshu House.
Wei Yuanzhong said loudly: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the threat of the Hu people has never stopped, now in addition to the rebellion of the Turkic tribes, there is also the threat of Tubo Yuesheng, in order to deal with the threat of Tubo with all his might, and regain control of the Qinghai area, the minister feels that it is necessary to strengthen the governance of the Beihu land, and implement the means of military conquest and Sinicization governance, so that we can effectively control the Beihu land, block the root of the rebellion, and the northern land will not be in chaos, so that we can deal with the Tubo people with all our might!"
After Wei Yuanzhong finished speaking, Zuo Shuzi and Zhang Da'an, a third-grade disciple under the Tongzhong Shumen, also stood up and played: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, according to the Xiazhou Governor, there have been nearly 200,000 war horses plundered by the Turks in the past two years, and we have now lost control of Qinghai such a good horse grazing land, if the places suitable for horse grazing in Liangzhou and Xiazhou are threatened by the Turks, then the places where I can graze war horses in Datang will be greatly reduced, and without horse grazing, the source of war horses will drop sharply, and there will be fewer war horses. In that case, we will not be able to deal with the Turks who come and go quickly, while the initiative is still in our hands, we should strengthen the governance of Hudi while quelling the Turkic rebellion, do our best to prevent chaos in Hudi, and return the stability of our Datang frontier, and support Pei Shangshu's proposal!"
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister seconded the proposal!" Xue Yuanchao, who stood up against Pei Xingjian last time, also stood up, but expressed his support for Pei Xingjian, "The minister also feels that after the army sent to quell the Turkic rebellion, he must strengthen the governance of Hudi and garrison troops..."
Then a lot of ministers stood up and expressed their support for Pei Xingjian's proposal to varying degrees, just now Huang Yanjing has made it clear that he supports it, presumably the queen will not object, the two saints both support Pei Xingjian's proposal, and it may even be that Pei Xingjian has been instructed by the two saints, and there are really few people who dare to stand up against the emperor's will, not to mention that what Pei Xingjian said is very reasonable!
"Okay, since all of you Aiqing agree with Pei Shangshu's proposal, I and Niangniang also agree with this policy..."Li Zhi was overjoyed, "The specific measures to strengthen the governance of Hudi will be formulated by all ministries immediately and presented to me and Niangniang!" ――
After the court meeting dispersed, Liu Yi, who had a sense of accomplishment, led his men to return to the palace with a sense of accomplishment, and led his subordinates with ease, preparing to return to the guard.
Judging from the specific implementation of the discussion at the end of the court meeting, most of the opinions put forward by Liu Yi have been adopted, and there is no need for Liu Yi, who initially made the proposal, to think about how to implement them, because there are a lot of "experts" in the DPRK and China who are proficient in this matter, and they are hundreds of times more experienced than Liu Yi in handling these matters, and the court meeting only discussed a general concept, and the specific details will still be handled by those officials of the three provinces and six ministries after the court meeting.
When the Qianniu Guard Sergeant was lining up and preparing to leave, a person hurriedly ran out of the Immortal Residence Palace, "General Liu, please stay!"
Liu Yi saw that it was Shangguan Wan'er, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and ordered Li Yifeng to bring his men back, and he stayed here to listen to Shangguan Wan'er's orders.
Shangguan Wan'er saw that the sergeants of Qianniuwei had gone away, so she said to Liu Yi: "Yi'an, you come with me, let's talk to the side!"
Liu Yi responded, and under the gaze of the other palace people on the side, he followed Shangguan Wan'er to a side hall where no one would come.
"His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven are discussing matters in the palace, and they have ordered no one to disturb me, so I will come out and want to say a few words to you!" Shangguan Wan'er stood still in front of Liu Yi with a happy look on her face, "San Lang, most of the suggestions you made have been adopted by the imperial court, Wan'er is very happy for you, Wan'er has never seen it, a proposal made by a young person like you will be taken so seriously by the imperial court, and will be recognized and appreciated by hundreds of officials, especially the strong support of important ministers like Pei Shangshu..."
With a little evil smile, Liu Yi looked Shangguan Wan'er up and down, and then said, "Wan'er... Do you still think I'm young? ”
Shangguan Wan'er saw the evil in Liu Yi's eyes, took a sip, her face flushed slightly, and said angrily: "I'm talking to you seriously!"
Liu Yi pretended to be aggrieved, "How can I be indecent?" Said and smiled again, "Wan'er, if it weren't for the script you wrote, I guess I wouldn't have impressed the queen of heaven, thanks to your beautiful writing, there are good points of view and no good words to express, and it will still not be recognized by others, in the future, I want to learn more from you in this regard, you have to teach me!"
Hearing Liu Yi say this, Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head and said with a smile: "You are a great talent, why do you still need to ask a little woman like me for advice, so that people will laugh off their big teeth when they hear it!"
"Threesome, there must be my teacher, Wan'er has too many things to learn!" Liu Yi also said with a cheeky smile.
"I won't laugh with you," Shangguan Wan'er put away her smile, her expression became serious, "San Lang, in a few days, the imperial driver may have to return to Chang'an, and it is about to snow, the road is definitely not easy to walk, you must be careful when escorting, and you must not go wrong." However, it is possible that those of you who are going to go on the expedition will be one step ahead of Chang'an, if so, Wan'er will not be able to go back to Chang'an with you, and you will not be able to see you from time to time, and you should be careful on your own road, these words, Wan'er will definitely not have time to go out of the palace to find you, it's cold, don't freeze..."
Liu Yi looked at Shangguan Wan'er with a concerned look, and felt very useful in his heart, "Thank you Wan'er for your concern, I'm fine, but you, your body is weak, you should pay attention to your body!"
Shangguan Wan'er looked at Liu Yi deeply and showed a good-looking smile, "I'll be fine!"
Liu Yi tilted his head to look at Shangguan Wan'er, returned a similar smile, and then asked, "The army is about to go out, will the edict be issued in Luoyang?" ”
"It should be so," Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "Wan'er thinks that in a few days, the edict to go out to quell the rebellion should be issued, this edict must be very different from the edicts of the previous expeditions, if the queen of heaven Niangniang tells Wan'er to draft, Wan'er will have to think about it!"
"Oh!" Liu Yi was a little surprised, such a major edict would also come from Shangguan Wan'er, and he couldn't help but look even more impressed by the beautiful little woman in front of him.
"San Lang, Wan'er knows a little bit of news, these words may promote or change positions for many officials and generals, there are a lot, presumably it will cause some shocks, some may be related to the people you recommended in front of the Queen of Heaven, and there are some people..." Let's go!"
Liu Yi still felt that Shangguan Wan'er didn't tell him something, but when she saw someone coming over in the distance, it was impossible for the two of them to stand here and continue to talk, so they had to follow Shangguan Wan'er and leave, and they turned around...
(To be continued)