Li Zhi gave a very imposing speech and drank back Pei Yan, who was just about to stand up again, Li Zhi said that he did not agree with what Pei Yan said, and the reward for Pei Xingjian was certain.

Li Zhixin's question was thrown out, asking the ministers how to deal with the two culprits of the rebellion, Ashina Funian and Ashdewen Fu, which also made many people breathe a sigh of relief, Pei Xingjian's credit was still recognized by the emperor.

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Pei Xingjian, who had just been accused by Pei Yan and did not stand up to defend himself, walked out of the train at a very fast speed this time and made his own recital: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that Ashina Fu has betrayed my Tang Dynasty several times, which is really unforgivable, and the crime should be punished, and although Ashina Fu Nian betrayed my Tang Dynasty, he rebelled under the bewitchment of Ashina Fu, and under the blow of my army, he sent a messenger to tell me that he was willing to surrender to my Tang Dynasty. I promised Ashina that Fu Nian would not die, and now I will risk death to ask Your Majesty and Niang Niang to play and forgive Ashina Fu Nian's capital crime..."

"Your Majesty, the minister is against it!" As soon as Pei Xingjian finished speaking, Pei Yan immediately jumped out.

"Speak!" Li Zhi said expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Ashina Funian and Ashdevin Fu jointly rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Funian was even made a khan, in this war, Ashina Funian led the army to attack our Shidi Cheng Wuting General Department, almost hit our army hard, how can such a heinous person be pardoned? Therefore, the minister thought that he must kill Ashina Funian and Ashdwin Fu in order to suppress those tribal leaders with bad intentions..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister opposes Pei Shizhong's proposal!" Pei Xingjian did not flinch this time, but argued with reason, "Ashina Fu Nian betrayed my Tang Dynasty, and the crime was extremely evil, but he knew that he had lost his way back, not only led his remnants to ask for surrender to our army, but also insisted on Ashdwin Fu to surrender, so the minister thought that his work in executing Ashdwin Fu was enough to avoid his capital crime, and there was ...... If the court condemns him to death after he is attached, then the tribes must have doubts about the faithfulness of my Tang Dynasty, and those who originally wanted to surrender dare to come to surrender... Therefore, the minister felt that for the sake of the faith of the Tang Dynasty, Ashina should be exempted from the death penalty!"

Before Pei Xingjian finished speaking, Pei Yan came out again and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, Yun Ashina Fu Nian is immortal, that is a promise made by Pei Shangshu in private, and the minister also wants to ask Pei Shangshu here, who gave him this power, can promise a person who rebelled against my Tang Dynasty and was embraced as a 'khan' immortal?" Although Pei Shangshu's military affairs were handled by Pei Shangshu in this expedition to quell the rebellion, how to deal with the captured captives, especially the captured tribal leaders, such a matter must be decided by His Majesty and Niangniang, so he asked His Majesty and Niangniang to deal with Pei Shangshu's crime of unauthorized power... Also, this battle Ashina Funian was defeated by General Cheng Wuting, his tooth tent was broken by General Liu Yi, General Zhang Qianxuan, General Yang Yuanyan, and there were Hui Hui, Qibi and other tribes in the north from the desert north to the south, he had no way to escape, so he surrendered to our army, he also knew that his crime was extremely evil, so he insisted on his accomplice Ashdwin Fu to surrender, and wanted to betray his accomplices in exchange for a way to survive... Such an unrighteous person must be killed in order to thank the world!"

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister did not privately promise to ensure that Ashina Fu Nian would not die, the minister was to end the war as soon as possible, so as not to kill more soldiers in the war, plus Ashina Fu Nian did have the intention of surrendering after several defeats, so he promised not to die in the name of the chief governor, and finally prompted Ashina Fu to surrender to the rebel minister Ashdevin Fu. A few years ago, those who were enemies of my Tang Dynasty came to surrender, and there were more people who committed crimes than Ashina, because of the benevolence and righteousness of our emperor, they were not killed, such as Jieli, Tuli, Zhisi failure, Hui Hui leader Tumidu, etc., the minister felt that the court should continue to respect this way, and be lenient with these Hu leaders who came to surrender, in order to show the benevolence and righteousness of my Tang Dynasty..."Pei Xingjian continued to argue.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that this is Pei Shangshu to protect his merits, only to fight, this battle Pei Shangshu has no actual military exploits, only Ashina Fu Nian is to ask his subordinates to surrender, Pei Shangshu to protect Ashina Fu Nian is not dead, it is to want to use Ashina Fu to hold Ashina Fu to come to attach, as his own military exploits," Pei Yan was very imposing, still in the court and said loudly, "The minister thinks that the Beihu tribe has rebelled several times and three times, and it is because of the tenderness of the head of the rebellious tribe, the minister thinks, The leaders of the Hu people who were captured in the rebellion should be dealt with very severely, so as to set an example, otherwise the rebellion will still break out in the border areas of our Tang Dynasty..."

Pei Xingjian looked at the emperor Li Zhi sitting on the throne after discussing a few words with Wu Zetian behind the curtain, his face was still expressionless, and he said with some disappointment: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, Hun and Jun are fighting for merit, ancient and modern are shameful, the minister does not want to ask for merit for himself, the merits of this expedition belong to all the soldiers who participated in the war, and the greatest merit belongs to Liu Yi, the former army commander, and Cheng Wuting, the head of the Shidi Road march, but the minister still feels that he can't kill Ashina Fu Nian, if the supreme commander on the battlefield promises that the enemy leader who came to surrender will not die, After his surrender, he was killed against his faith, I am afraid that no one will dare to surrender again, even if I attack the Tang Dynasty, I will resist to the end..."

After Pei Xingjian finished speaking, he retreated into the train and no longer prepared to speak.

Seeing that Pei Xingjian was no longer arguing with him, Pei Yan couldn't help but feel a little proud on his face, and continued: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister still feels that in order to show my Tang Dynasty's tough stance on the Hu rebellion, it is necessary to condemn the rebellious Ashwin Fu to death several times, and Ashina Funian, who is in cahoots with Ashwin Fu, must also be killed... Now that our army has entered Mobei and Anxi's troops are also increasing, it is a good time to change my Tang Dynasty's policy towards the Hu people and change the policy towards Huairou, the leader of the rebellious Hu people!"

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister opposes Pei Shizhong's proposal!" Liu Yi saw that no one else stood up to express his opinion, and couldn't help but stand up again, "The minister thinks that Ashina Fu Nian sent someone to send a letter after the defeat, and was willing to take Ashina Fu to surrender, and he also did what he said, and controlled Ashdwin Fu and the more than 10,000 Turkic people to whom he belonged, together with the remnants of thousands of people under his leadership, to ask Pei Shangshu to surrender, so that this war can end as soon as possible and reduce the casualties and military expenditures of our army. Thousands of soldiers of my Datang have been killed and wounded, and the minister also thinks that when my army marches into Mobei and is stationed in Mobei and Monan for a long time, in order to reduce the resistance of the tribes under his rule, let more tribes surrender and obey the rule of my Datang, for the meritorious service, Ashina Fu Nian, who led the troops to surrender, must not be condemned to death, in order to show my Tang Dynasty's benevolence and righteousness, but also to praise its merits, reward it, and inform the tribes of this matter, so that more tribal leaders in order to obtain the reward of my Datang, each suspicious, beware of each other, In that way, if any tribe has misbehaved, it will be discovered by the neighboring tribes as soon as possible, and the leaders of these tribes, in order to get the reward of the imperial court, may attack the rebellious tribes, and report to our garrison as soon as possible, so that when our army quells the rebellion, they can get the support of other tribes...... Moreover, without considering other issues, even if you only consider the reputation of the leading generals of our Tang army, you should not kill the surrendered Ashina Fu Nian... Otherwise, the reputation of my lord will be lost, how can I convince my subordinate generals? How else to command the soldiers? ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he also retreated into the train, and at this time, Cheng Wuting, who had not stood up to express his opinion, also stood up, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, and the minister also feel that Ashina Funian cannot be convicted of the death penalty, and Ashina Funian was only after Pei Shangshu promised to exempt him from the death penalty, and then he led his troops and executed Ashina Fu to surrender, whether it was for the faith of the Tang Dynasty, or the prestige of the leading commander, and for the needs of effectively governing the Hu tribe, Ashina Funian could not be convicted of capital crime... Moreover, Pei Shangshu was carefully arranged in this battle, and it was Pei Shangshu's detailed battle plan that enabled our army to win the counterinsurgency war in such a short period of time and at such a small cost. If Pei Shangshu's merits are wiped out, the ministers will not dare to receive the merits no matter what!"

After Cheng Wuting finished speaking, he didn't look at anyone, and retreated.

Pei Yan glanced at Cheng Wuting a few times in surprise, and did not continue to argue for a while, at this time, Xue Yuanchao was ordered by Zhongshu, Cui Zhiwen was ordered by Zhongshu, and Li Yiyan was in the middle of the service, all stood up, saying that they could not kill Ashina Fu Nian, and asked for credit for Pei Xingjian.

After some deliberations by these important ministers, Pei Yan was a little hit and did not stand up to argue about anything, and at this time, the crown prince Li Xian, who participated in the court meeting, also stood up and praised Pei Xingjian, "Father, mother, Pei Shangshu has made great contributions in this battle, no matter what, it cannot be erased, and the ministers are also right, for the benevolence and righteousness of my Tang Dynasty, in order to protect the prestige of my Tang commander, we must reduce Ashina Funian's crime, at least he cannot be convicted of death..."

Li Zhi, who had not spoken up, listened to the opinions of the ministers, and exchanged a few words with Wu Zetian behind the curtain from time to time, finally spoke after Li Xian finished speaking: "I listened to what you Aiqing said, and I also thought about it carefully, although Ashina Fu Nian betrayed my Tang Dynasty together with Ashina Fu Fu, but when my army was attacking, he was able to get lost and return, ask me to surrender to the Dingxiang Dao army, and hold Ashwin Fu to surrender, this should be regarded as his great achievement, therefore, Ashina Fu Nian and persuaded Xue Yantuo to attach to my Tang Dynasty's Ashina Fusi, I will be exempted from his crimes, and Ashina Fusi will also have a heavy reward..."

Li Zhi's words made Liu Yi breathe a sigh of relief, but it didn't seem to be the original intention when he heard him, it may be that there were many people in the court who opposed the killing of Ashina Fu Nian, so they had to change their minds, or Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were originally hesitating between killing or not killing. However, Li Zhi's decision maintained Pei Xingjian's reputation and face, and still made Liu Yi happy.

I only heard Li Zhi in the palace continue: "This expedition, our army has won a great victory again, and I have a heavy reward for the generals who have made great achievements, and I announce the rewards for the generals below..."

(To be continued)