Chapter 1059: If This Isn't Considered a Humiliation
He Zhan represents the Jin royal family, and the Jin royal family supports the peace talks, which shows that there must be a conspiracy! - This is Xu Xiuneng's logic.
It's not that Xu Xiu is worried about the sky, in fact, even him, the vast majority of courtiers know in their hearts that what Ashina Qisang is trying to do is definitely not to restore the name of the Turkic state, otherwise after the coup d'Γ©tat seizes power, he will not use Zhou Ting's plot to assassinate Tuo Jin as an excuse to force Ganzhou, will Empress Dowager Wei still pursue him for killing his father and seizing power? Ashina Qisang is not Wang Zhili, and the Turkic generals are not the same as the old department of the king of Yunzhou.
If the Queen Mother advocates peace talks, but the five Turkic tribes will still break through Ganzhou and enter Chang'an in the future, the King of Shu will definitely not let go of this excellent opportunity, when the people's hearts are turned back, the Queen Mother's position is in jeopardy, I am afraid that she can only make a desperate bet, except for the King of Shu to abolish the Son of Heaven, in this way, the Jin Dynasty will not have the name of Kuang Fu Sheji to move westward?
The Queen Mother and the King of Shu competed with each other, but let the King of Jin sit on the benefits of the fisherman!
However, such a question is groundless, of course Xu Xiuneng will not announce it, and the rhetoric is high-sounding: "The Turkic prince Qisang dared to ask the master to ask the blame of the Great Zhou only by relying on the confession of a slave and maid, and the heart of the tiger and wolf has been exposed, how can he still negotiate peace?" Now that Tujin Khan is seriously injured, Qisan deceives the Turkic soldiers to return to his heart in order to cover up his father's crime. If the Great Zhou talks with it, will it not admit that it is wrong, if Qi Sang is allowed to sit firmly in power and force the four ministries to respond to the army, it is still inevitable that there will be war, and then the orthodox faction will not impeach Wei Xiang for misleading the country and the empress dowager's false government. β
Although Wei Yuanping trusted He Zhan more, and listened to what Xu Xiuneng said, he also felt that it made a lot of sense, and he hesitated again and again, but he didn't know that He Zhan didn't have any reason to argue this time, and he was full of shame: "Hearing the words of the prince, if you are a stick in the head, in this accident, you only worry about the gains and losses of the public, but you neglect Ashina Qisang has another treacherous plan, and almost mistook the monarchy and harmed the public, and I am really ashamed." β
His concession immediately made Xu Xiu stunned, and suddenly realized that he had been calculated, but his words were already overflowing, and he couldn't change his words because He Zhan changed his hexagram, so it was not for Wei Xiang's work, it was clearly a personal dispute with He Zhan.
However, Xu Xiu can rack his brains, and he can't think of any benefit from the main battle of the Jin Dynasty, and he can't instruct Qin Buyun, the Duke of Yanguo, to deliberately defeat and lead the soldiers of the five divisions to seize Chang'an, if He Zhou Jiangshan is completely subverted, Yu He Ye will certainly have no benefit, if he tries to let Qin Buyun destroy the five divisions first, and then wave the division to Chang'an, whether Qin Buyun can defeat the five Turkic divisions is still two words, and even if he is the chief general of Ganzhou, it is difficult to do a hundred calls to raise troops to rebel - a war with the Turks, even if Qin Buyun is used, the queen mother will not let him lead the soldiers of the Youzhou Department to fight, the forbidden army is not Qin Buyun's old department, how can they obey his orders and help He Ye seize the throne?
Xu Xiuneng was puzzled, and couldn't help but "meet" He Zhan again, sneering and probing: "Chengtai is a good strategy, it is clearly the main battle, but it is deliberately misleading, only in the lower is really ignorant, I don't understand why the king of Jin is the main battle." β
He Zhan didn't turn a deaf ear this time, he stood still, and looked at Xu Xiuneng lightly under the corridor: "The reason is just as Xu Shizi said earlier, if you don't fight the Turks, there will be worries about destroying the country, the current situation, Da Zhou can no longer be consumed in infighting, Xu Shizi, He's calculation this time is not unfavorable to you, but if He Mou suggests the main battle, Xu Shizi will inevitably spare no effort to advocate peace, He Mou can't use Jiangshan Sheji to gamble, and compete with the victory or defeat of the tongue, please also ask Xu Shizi to measure, whether it is glory and wealth, power, fame and fortune, If the rule of China does not exist, what is the point of fighting for it? β
At this time, outside the corridor, it was still stormy and cloudy, and the two opposing people seemed to be arrogant, and their eyebrows were shrouded in clouds, in the end, Xu Xiu was able to raise his pace first, slowly, and resolutely, no longer pausing to review, He Zhan turned around to see the rain rushing like a waterfall, and the black and pressing tile roof in the water curtain, he won a small game, but he couldn't be happy.
It is indeed unpleasant, because a few days later, at the time of the court discussion, although Xie Raoping, Wei Yuanping, Yuan Dezhi, and Wang Huaizhun had a rare unified voice of the four major powers, and advocated the conquest of the Turks, the Queen Mother tried her best to resist public opinion, and she wanted to negotiate peace with the Turks again, and her attitude was extremely resolute, and she did not even listen to the reasons of the ministers in the political hall at all, let alone the opinions of He Zhan and Xu Xiuneng.
After the court meeting, and the palace meeting, Xie Rao Ping immediately changed his opinion, and he made peace, Wang Huaizhun was unable to support it alone, and he was defeated, and the old minister, who had been forced to be sleek for many years, even had the urge to hang up the crown at this moment.
Of course, Empress Dowager Wei's proposition is also "high-sounding", which is nothing more than the rhetoric of the murder weapon of the soldier and the anti-morality of the contender, but she ignores Zhou and the Turks, as if it is "used as a last resort", she asked Wang Huaizhun: "What is the last resort?" Hajil insisted that Tubo Zampu had no intention of raising troops, and also questioned that the assassination of Tujin Kehan was instigated by the Great Zhou, and promised to persuade Qisang to withdraw his troops, but did not try peace talks, how could it be a last resort? She was even worried: "If the two countries go to war, how many soldiers will be lost, and it will be difficult for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. β
It turned out that before the court meeting, although the queen mother also met with several confidants to discuss countermeasures, but did not make a decision, so there was no unified voice, really to the day before the court meeting, she just persuaded the Tubo king Hajil to block the Turkic army, thinking that there is already a basis for the main peace, there is no need to unify opinions with the party, and the court meeting is full of public opinion, in order to show her vision and prestige.
Although Ashina Qisang has completely seized power from his father Tu Jin, it is difficult to defeat the Great Zhou with the power of the Turks, not to mention that if the five allied forces collapse, the Tibetans may also fight back and become enemies of the Turks.
Qi Sang agreed to peace talks, but the conditions proposed were simply a shame for Da Zhou-
cut the original state and Lingzhou six places to the Turkic administration; destroyed the Chiling boundary monument, and handed over the prefecture, Songzhou and other places to Tubo for governance; The three foreign kings of the Turkic, Tufan, and Tiele tribes, crowned with the title of the Great Prince, and the rank was above the Prince of Zhou. Five troops stationed in 10,000 troops bravely entered Chang'an City to protect the safety of the eldest prince; Zhou Ting needs to change the name of the era to Dazhi to show "the great harmony of the world and the co-governance of the six countries".
The so-called peace talks that lost power and humiliated the country, the Queen Mother actually agreed one by one, so He Er ascended to the pole, saying that the inheritance of the "Dezong rule of the world" of the year name Chengde came to an abrupt end, and He Zhou's reign officially entered the year of shame, not only that, but the Empress Dowager Wei was even worried that the Turkic prince Ashina Qisang was dissatisfied with the sincerity of the Zhou court, and offered to marry Princess Tong'an to the Turks.
Inside and outside the court, there was an angry question, and even the orthodox ministers and scribes knelt at the palace gate to petition, but the Empress Dowager Wei did not change her decision.
She stared coldly at the courtiers who opposed her, and she thought that it would be time for them to understand that only she could say anything about this country.
Empress Dowager Wei actually understands that He Zhouzhizhi can no longer withstand internal friction, but her proposition is that "the outside must first settle the inside", she still firmly believes that as long as the two rebellions of Pan Bo and Zhu Ziyu are suppressed, the Turks and other barbarian tribes can succumb without a fight, in her eyes, civil strife is the "last resort", the war costs the people and money, and the money should be enjoyed by her, whitewashing the glory, wealth and prosperity of the peace, and should not be wasted on the war.
What is the point of Yuanzhou, Lingzhou and other remote places being temporarily divided by barbarians? As long as Ganzhou is kept, the five departments are pacified, and the civil strife in Yingzhou and Hengzhou is just around the corner, and then the barbarian soldiers will be surrendered without a fight, and her exploits will be enough to defeat Queen Wen.