Chang'an, Daming Palace Xuanzheng Palace, the court meeting is in progress.

Emperor Li Zhi, who has not presided over the court meeting for a long time, is also sitting on the throne today.

During this time, Li Zhi's head disease recurred, and he couldn't deal with the court affairs, and the court meeting was presided over by Wu Zetian, the queen of heaven, and the big and small court affairs were also handled by Wu Zetian, and the ministers' recitals were all played by Wu Zetian.

However, as the weather warms up, Li Zhi's head disease has improved slightly, and he can also ask about the court affairs a little, and it is rare for him to come out to preside over the court meeting once.

Seeing the emperor who had not appeared for a long time appear in the court, the ministers who participated in the court meeting were a little surprised, and many people immediately thought that the court affairs to be discussed today must not be simple.

After some courtesy, Li Zhi coughed lightly a few times, glanced at the faces of the ministers in the palace a few times, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, due to my poor health, many of my sons have not personally presided over the court meeting, and now I say that my body has recovered, and I will also discuss some important matters that need to be solved with you Aiqing!"

"Your Majesty's dragon body is not safe, it should be..."Pei Yan stood up and wanted to say something on the scene, but was stopped by Li Zhi.

Li Zhi motioned not to interrupt him, and continued: "Over the past few days, the Dingxiangdao Marching Department has continuously sent back the battle reports of our army's great victories, and I and Niangniang are very happy... The soldiers of Dingxiangdao lived up to expectations and put down the rebellion of the Turks with great speed..."

Li Zhi coughed a few times in a row, stopped speaking, and motioned to the eunuch on the side to announce the good news he had received during this time for him.

The eunuch's shrill voice rang out: "... General Liu Yi, the former army commander under the Dingxiangdao marching department, led 6,000 men and horses, traveled more than 1,000 miles, and directly attacked the tooth tent of the Turkic pseudo-khan Ashina Funian in Jinya Mountain, launched an attack on the tooth tent of the Turks, annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, and captured more than 30,000 people... Ashina Fu Nian's family is all taken prisoner!"

"General Cheng Wuting, the head of the Shidi Road march, joined forces with General Li Zhishi, the head of the Huyan Road March, and severely damaged the men and horses led by Ashina Fu Nian, annihilated and captured more than 20,000 people, and forced Ashina Fu Nian to flee east..."

"The deputy chief administrator Li Wenyun, the head of the Tongmo Road march, He Jiami, and the head of the Yunzhong Road march, Liu Jingtong, attacked the rebels of the Asdwin Fu Army, annihilating the enemy and capturing more than 20,000 of them..."

Some ministers who already know about these battles are nothing unusual, but those ministers who don't know the specific battle situation have a surprised expression on their faces, this battle is too smooth, it is all a report of our army beating the Turks and inflicting heavy losses on the Turks, it seems that it will be almost the same as last time, and it will be very easy to win this battle!

I only heard the eunuch continue to read: "Liu Yi, the former head of the army, with the cooperation of Cao Huaishun, the deputy chief of the army, forced the Xue Yantuo people who came to rely on Ashina Fu Nian, and captured more than 10,000 people and more than 40,000 people..."

"Li Wenyun, the deputy chief of Dingxiang Dao, He Jiami, the head of the march of Tongmo Dao, and Liu Jingtong, the head of the march of Yunzhong Dao, inflicted heavy losses on Ashdwin Fu's troops, annihilating the enemy and capturing more than 20,000 of them..."

“… Under the pressure of our army, the Turkic puppet khan Ashina Fu Nian sent another rebel chieftain, Ashwin Fu, to surrender, and the rest of the rebel army also surrendered..."

"Because our army has achieved a major victory on the front line of Yinshan, more than 40,000 accounts in five states, including Xue Yantuo, Dahun, Sijie, Tongluo, and Fugu, with a total of more than 200,000 mouths, have asked for surrender from our Tang Dingxiangdao marching department, and are willing to reattach to my Datang..."

The eunuch finally finished reading the battle report, which was sent from the Dingxiang Road marching department, and most of the war reports expressing the results of the battle after the start of the war were read out in the court today.

This is a battle report that makes people listen to the eyebrows, the more than 100,000 rebels of the Turks were all annihilated in a few months, the two enemies were killed, one was surrendered and one captured, and the war to quell the rebellion ended in a perfect ending.

After the eunuch finished reading the war report, Wei Xuantong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, was the first to stand up and express his opinion: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, Pei Daguan led the army of the Dingxiangdao Marching Department, and in a very short period of time, the war of the Turks was quelled, which is a gratifying thing, and the minister felt that all the meritorious soldiers must be rewarded, and the rebellion of the Turks has been quelled, and other tribes in the Anbei area have come to surrender one after another, this is the best time to strengthen the governance of these tribes, the minister thinks, The imperial court should take advantage of the fact that after the war, when our army was still stationed on the front line of Yinshan, and the tribes were afraid of the military might of our Tang army, they should re-establish the state capital in Mobei and send troops to garrison it, and at the same time, the imperial court should appoint Han officials to serve in these newly established governors' mansions, prefectures and counties, and completely control this place firmly in the hands of my Tang Dynasty..."

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Because of his age, Liu Renliang, who is not very dexterous in his legs and feet, also stood up to express his support, "The minister feels that my army has won two major victories in a row, and the Turks have been hit hard, and the Xue Yantuo Department and the Xue Yantuo Division, the Qibi Division, the Qibi Division, the Hui Division, the Sijie Division, and other tribes with the greatest influence in the Mobei area have come to surrender one after another, and the influence of my Tang Dynasty on the original Anbei Land has reached an unprecedented level, and it is the time when the imperial court implemented the original proposal to govern these newly occupied lands with Han officials, and the implementation of Sinicization of the tribes began, so the minister thought, In order to firmly strengthen the governance of the area of Monan and Mobei, the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei should be re-established, and the Governor's Mansion, prefecture and county should be set up in these subordinate ministries, and with the coordination of the army stationed by the imperial court, this area should be completely placed under the actual rule of our Tang Dynasty..."

After the edict of the imperial court was delivered to the tribes, the Hui and the Qibi Department responded immediately to support and cooperate with our army to quell the rebellion of the Turks, plus several other tribes that have surrendered, and most of the tribes stationed there have expressed their willingness to obey my Tang Dynasty, whether these tribes are pretending to be posturing or sincerely attached, our army is surrendered because of these tribes, it is the time to enter this area in a grand manner. If the imperial court rebuilds the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, for the sake of the stability of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, the army can justifiably be stationed in the area from Kunshui to Duleshui.

The rivers in this area are dense, the water and grass are abundant, not only can be grazing, but also can grow some crops, the army can carry out military tuntian, solve military needs, plus the appointment of our Han officials, as well as the immigration that will begin, the Han people's power and influence in that area will gradually strengthen, on the proposal to reset the capital of Anbei, Liu Renliang and Emperor Li Zhi, Empress Wu Zetian privately discussed and decided before today's court meeting.

Originally, Liu Renliang was ready to be the first to stand up and express his opinions, with his influence, to say such a proposal, the opposition of the courtiers may not be too big, at least the intensity of the opposition will not be very strong, but when he is older, his actions are not very flexible, and he still falls behind Wei Xuantong, but Liu Renliang still grabbed in front of other courtiers and followed Wei Xuantong to express similar opinions.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Zhongshu Ling Xue Yuanchao also stood up to express his support for the opinions of the two ministers in front of him, "The ministers very much agree with what Liu Fushu and Wei Shilang said, our army has achieved a brilliant victory, and it is the time to implement the policy on the land of Beihu formulated by the imperial court some time ago..."

After Xue Yuanchao stepped back, Pei Yan stood up, "Your Majesty, Niangniang!" The ministers have different opinions!"

Li Zhi frowned slightly, looked at Pei Yan and said, "What is Pei Aiqing's disagreement!?" ”

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that the land of Mobei is too desolate, the pasture land is scarce, not suitable for planting crops, now our army is mainly fighting in the area of Monan, the influence of the imperial court on Monan is much greater than that of Mobei, the minister thinks that the first step should strengthen the governance of Monan is the best policy, the court is in the south of Yinshan, after the implementation of effective governance, and then slowly can extend the tentacles to Mobei, otherwise the stall is too big, the number of troops required to guard is too much, the burden of the court will be heavier, and the number of immigrants required is more, The number of officials who need to take up posts is also very large, which will certainly cause a lot of trouble and confusion, so the minister believes that for the sake of the stability of the Anbei area, it is necessary to gradually carry out effective governance of it, so as to avoid these unfavorable factors and reduce the resistance of the various tribes!"

"Your Majesty, the minister opposes these reasons that Pei Shilang said!" Liu Renliang stood up again, "The Yinshan area where our army has been stationed only needs to cross the desert to reach Mobei, and now that the weather has warmed, it is the best time to cross the desert, not to mention that the number of cattle and sheep and other livestock captured by the army in Dingxiangdao is very huge, which can be eaten by tens of thousands of troops for more than a year, and the imperial court does not need to provide supplies for the army stationed in Anbei, and most of the tribesmen in Monan have been captured by our army in the past two years of warfare, and this area is sparsely populated. With my small number of troops stationed there, stability can be maintained, but there are many tribes in the Mobei area, and some tribes have a very large population, if there are any tribes with different intentions and rebel against our Datang, then with the mobility of these tribes, they can easily attack Monan, and even to the area south of Fengzhou, if you want to avoid the tribes in Mobei from rebelling again, you must strengthen the monitoring of these tribes..."

Liu Renliang made a big call, took a few breaths, and continued: "So the minister thinks that more troops must be sent to Mobei to strengthen the supervision of the tribes in that area, so that even if the tribes in Mobei have rebellions, or are unwilling to obey my Datang, and are unwilling to accept the officials sent by my Datang to serve in their departments, the troops stationed there can respond immediately, and the chaos will only occur in Mobei, and will not affect Monan and the Yellow River, and with the garrison of our army, The tribes of Mobei will slowly adapt to and accept the governance of our Han officials, and the whole of Anbei will be placed under the firm rule of my Tang Dynasty, so that a series of sinicization methods can begin... Therefore, please re-establish the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei!"

Because of the establishment of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate during the Longshuo and General Chapters, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, even if the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is now revoked, many ministers in the court still like to indicate the direction of the "Anbei" Metropolitan Protectorate, and now Anxi, Andong, and Annam Metropolitan Protectorate are still there, only the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has been renamed Shan Yu Metropolitan Protectorate, and many ministers, including Liu Renliang, hope to re-establish the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate or the Dadu Protectorate, after Liu Renliang's words, Immediately, many ministers stood up to support his views, and Pei Yan, who had some concerns, did not continue to stand up and insist on his opinions.

"You Aiqing is right!" Li Zhi finally relaxed his brows when he heard this, "Liu Lao Aiqing really got to the point, the symptoms need to be cured, in order to avoid another disaster in the Anbei area, I decided to reset the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei..."

(To be continued)