Negotiation of peace is never a simple matter at first sight, it is not a court meeting, the surrendered party lists one, two, three, and says that the surrenderer agrees to one, two, and three, and can high-five and celebrate, and everyone is happy. Even if the Son of Heaven has already decided to negotiate peace, he will not immediately announce his claim during the court meeting, and he is not even in a hurry to convene the important ministers for this matter.

However, when the king of a country deals with national affairs, he first "forms a gang and forms a faction", which of course has a violation of the law, because the purpose of the court council is to avoid the emperor's fallacy and misconception of the country, so it is necessary to discuss with the ministers, point out the fallacies, and put an end to the disaster.

But today, Zi He'er obviously does not have such privileges, and even the pro-government is temporary, and may be questioned at any time, so that Empress Dowager Wei needs to continue to receive "education" under the pretext of "virtue loss", and once again becomes an ornament that only appears at the court meeting.

Another example is Empress Dowager Wei, she is actually difficult to be arbitrary, although she has such a foundation, but she loves fame and fortune, if her proposition is not supported, must rely on privileges to implement, it will definitely cause slander, so before all kinds of court discussions, palace discussions, Zichen Hall and Penglai Hall will hold their own private discussions, internal first unified voice, even if there is a dispute during the meeting, as long as the number of advantages is obtained, then it is "from the advice like a stream", and arbitrariness has nothing to do.

In a word, the current peace negotiations of the Great Zhou court are destined to be more complicated, and the initial "struggle" has nothing to do with the Turks, and the Turkic envoys do not need to come forward at all.

In this way, whether it is the Queen Mother's Party or the Shu King Party, including the orthodox faction, in fact, the vast majority of people do not know the conditions offered by the Turkic side, and they are now discussing whether they should negotiate peace, not to mention the neutral faction like Wang Huaizhun, who has been temporarily excluded, and is completely unclear about the hidden situation.

Compared with the enthusiasm of the King of Shu, this time the Queen Mother seemed to be very lazy, but now the three major ministers of Wei, Xie and Yuan held a small meeting, indicating that their proposition is to turn the war into a jade silk, about Xie Ying's first proposition, instructed He Zhan to promote, including the Turkic request to execute King Huaien, the Queen Mother did not mention it.

This is also the habit of Empress Dowager Wei all along, but as long as there is no need to stir up the public, there is naturally no need to make a fuss to everyone.

However, the Empress Dowager still allowed to meet the Turkic envoys.

And this conversation in Linglong Taili seems to be much more direct than that of the Shu Palace.

"Xie Niangzi is very concerned about the Queen Mother, and when the minister was ordered to send an envoy, the Lady told her a thousand times that she must ask the Queen Mother for her well-being."

Because Xie Ying persuaded Ashina Qisang to sue for peace, she somewhat dispelled the Queen Mother's resentment towards her, and when she heard this, she couldn't help frowning: "Liuniang is not only friendly to the Turks, but also heard that the Turkic Han has great respect for Liuniang, why is it still called a lady, is it possible that the Turkic royal court has not given the title of taste?" ”

"My country Kehan has long wanted to give Xie Niangzi Kedun's position, but Youlu Kedun insisted that the lady is not a princess of harmony and should not enjoy such glory, so Kehan also told Weichen this time, and implored your country to give Xie Niangzi the title of princess, so that Yulu Kedun has nothing to say, and can also publicize the sincerity of reconciliation between the Turks and the Great Zhou Dynasty to the world."

The false name of a princess, Empress Dowager Wei naturally will not be stingy, and will not hesitate to allow it.

The Turkic envoy smiled: "The Queen Mother is really kind to Xie Niangzi, no wonder the Lady is still worried about the situation of the Queen Mother although she is married to a foreign country." ”

"What's her concern?" Empress Dowager Wei doesn't like to hear this very much, although the Son of Heaven is pro-government, it is also with her permission first, since the power is given, she is sure to take it back, how can it reach the point of worry.

"Xie Niangzi heard that the monarch of your country and the king of Shu had opposed the surrender of King Huaien, but the Queen Mother not only accepted the surrender, forgave the transgression, and even enshrined the prince, but if King Huaien said that surrender was only an expedient measure, it would cause civil strife in the future...... Although King Huaien has been controlled by the Queen Mother, is the Queen Mother convinced that King Huaien has no heirs outside and is incognito plotting against him? ”

These words are in the middle of the Queen Mother's doubts.

He Jue entered Beijing without his wife and children, according to his claim that his wife died early and his children died early, but the Queen Mother mastered the traitor who was in a hurry to the guild, but insisted that He Jue had properly arranged his wife and family, but he didn't know where to hide, and the Queen Mother certainly did not believe that He Jue, as a person who was plotting for the throne, would have no heirs.

Listen to the Turkic envoy again: "In the future, if your country has civil strife again, won't the Queen Mother be questioned for wrongdoing, and the King of Shu will definitely not let go of this opportunity, questioning the benevolence of the Queen Mother's woman, credulity and treachery, misleading the country and the people, and launching the party to ask the Queen Mother to retreat from the Inner Palace, and hand over the political and military power to the monarch, so Xie Niangzi persuaded Ke Han to come forward by the Turks to help the Queen Mother exterminate the bandits, after all, the Queen Mother has always been in charge of peace, and repaired for you, but Han of course hopes that the Queen Mother will govern more. ”

Seeing that although Empress Dowager Wei's expression was solemn, she did not see anger, the Turkic envoy made persistent efforts: "Before the ministers envoy your country, Xie Niangzi explained, be sure to remind the Queen Mother, just to kill King Huai'en can not completely eliminate hidden dangers, the rebels of 100,000 people, all outlaws, must be exterminated without worries, although the Queen Mother has forgiven the previous sins, but the two countries negotiate peace, it is the best time to cut off hidden dangers." ”

The envoy of the enemy country, even admonished the Empress Dowager Wei to kill the soldiers who fought bloodily, of course, it was ill-intentioned, although the Empress Dowager was indeed jealous of King Huaien and his old subordinates, but she was not unaware of the other party's intentions, she sneered, and raised her arm slightly: "In our internal affairs, I will not make the ministers distracted, so that the ministers keep saying that Qisang Kehan attaches importance to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but why do they repeatedly go back on their word, or get back to the point, and draw up this peace agreement as the most important." ”

The Turkic envoy smiled slightly, and was not annoyed: "The Queen Mother should know that the negotiation of peace is not the willingness of our country's Han to prosper, but if the war lasts, it will not benefit both you and me, and soon after our country is restored, if it is not for the assassination of the eldest prince in your country, the soldiers are indignant and strive to seek justice, but the Han will not personally recruit and force your country, how can the Queen Mother accuse our country of going back on her word?" After all, the three princes were assassinated, the real culprit has not yet been discovered, and your country has not given an account to our country, and the three major conditions of your country are really harsh for our country, and the minister does not hide it from the queen mother, but it is impossible for Han to accept it, so I hope that the queen mother can consider it well. ”

Empress Dowager Wei was furious: "In this way, Ashina Qisang is really insincere!" ”

"If there is no sincerity, the Han will not cooperate with the Queen Mother to pretend to surrender and order the withdrawal of the army, but if the Queen Mother insists on letting our country call the minister Nagong, then the matter of peace is not discussed, although our country cannot attack Ganzhou for a while, but dare to ask the Queen Mother, is it really sure that the Turks will destroy the country? Can your country's hundreds of thousands of troops grow in Ganzhou? The Queen Mother is now in trouble, but it is not our country, but the Han wants to help the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother has the heart of letting me destroy the country, how can the Queen Mother's sincerity in discussing peace be reflected? ”

Empress Dowager Wei was speechless!

The Turks knew the national conditions of the Great Zhou, but the Great Zhou did not know anything about the current embarrassment of the Turks, where did Empress Dowager Wei think that if the war continued, the Turks would be torn apart? She listened to the Turkic envoy's words, because she had never wanted to go to war with the Turks.

In the view of the Empress Dowager Wei, the western Xinjiang, and even Anbei, is a desert wilderness, and Huaxia is based on agriculture and mulberry, and it is impossible to follow the barbarians to live on nomadism.

This is the fundamental reason why although Wuzong destroyed the Turks, he could not prevent the Turks from recovering a hundred years later.

The Great Zhou Dynasty could not completely exterminate the Turkic race, so it would be difficult to escape the fate of eliminating one and the other, so Empress Dowager Wei believed that it was not necessary to conquer the barbarians, the key was to strengthen the country, the Great Zhou was strong, and the barbarians did not dare to attack, and the premise of being strong was to exterminate the civil strife.

Her enemies are Pan Bo, He Shen, and even He Shen, not Turkic.

Therefore, for Empress Dowager Wei, it is indeed urgent to negotiate peace, of course, if the Turks do not have this will, she will not be able to take the initiative to sue for peace, but since the Turks have the will to truce, how can Empress Dowager Wei, who has seen the dawn, be willing to give up halfway?

"Tell me, what does Chisan Kehan want?"

This sentence made the Turkic envoy overjoyed, at this time he can be said to admire Xie Ying so much, when he was ordered to send the envoy, he almost thought that this was an impossible task, but after Xie Ying's face-to-face teaching, he acted according to the plan, and actually forced the Empress Dowager Wei to compromise.

"The withdrawal of the army is a matter of course, but Han in order to show sincerity, has complied with the primary condition of the Queen Mother, as for the original jurisdiction of your country's Anbei Capital, Ke Han also agreed to return, and even called the ministers to pay tribute and other conditions, but Han is also willing to cooperate with the Queen Mother, but ...... The Turks will not pay tribute to your country, let alone force Tianzhu, Dashi and other countries to pay compensation, and when the Queen Mother completes the internal affairs of your country, she cannot use this to discuss and threaten our country to pay tribute. ”

This is to let the Queen Mother privately write a promise guarantee and give up financial compensation.

Of course, this is contrary to He Zhan's original assumption, because He Zhan believes that the most important thing is "tribute" and "reparation", which can prevent the Turks from coming back.

But Empress Dowager Wei obviously didn't care so much.

What she values is the present, it is an immediate truce, so that she can concentrate on rectifying the rivers and mountains and holding the power, and as long as the truce, the treasury will not be in a hurry, her pampered life can still continue, and the compensation without Tianzhu and Dashi will not be overstretched, these are "small profits", and they are not worth mentioning in the face of the "overall situation".

Even if the Turks make a comeback, with Yao Qian and An Ningbo, it will be enough to resist!

As long as the Turks agree to those conditions on the surface, the Shu King Party will not object, and when she completely cleans up the King of Shu, and listens to her instructions inside and outside the court, the Turks will not pay tribute, and Tianzhu will not pay compensation, who else will dare to question it?

Even if she questioned and accepted the proposal of the Son of Heaven, she could not question her.

But of course, Empress Dowager Wei will not immediately write a "guarantee", but only promised that she will consider it.

The Turkic envoys did not persecute either.

But Gao Yuxiang, who had been by the side, of course understood that the Queen Mother had already moved, and he remembered Xu Xiuneng's proposal and thought about it.