In fact, Wu Meiniang's remarks are very correct. This war is not like fighting. War concerns every citizen. If the ruler takes all the people to fight for his own face, then the ruler is definitely a fool or a tyrant. Moreover, such an emperor will definitely not last long. In feudal society, the ruler and the people are very violent. If you violently exploit me, I will violently overthrow you.

In fact, there are only two reasons to launch a war, protect itself and plunder interests. However, it was very, very difficult for the Tang Dynasty to take over Tubo. You must know that Tubo is now expanding. If it weren't for the Tang Dynasty's help, Tubo would have already destroyed Tuyuhun and ruled the entire plateau. It can be seen that its military power was very powerful. If it were fighting on the local level, Tubo would be even stronger. This is just like Qin and Zhao during the Warring States Period. Although Qin had an advantage, it would be no easy task to take over Zhao. In the end, it would have to make a plan to disarray.

But Lu Dongzan is not Lian Po, Lian Po is just a general, Lu Dongzan is a hero of a generation. Who among Tubo dares to replace him? If you want to replace him, he will replace you first.

If we continue to fight like this, the northwest will definitely collapse, and the Central Plains will not be able to bear it. It is obviously not cost-effective to pay such a large price for a plateau, an unpleasant place to live.

Therefore, under Wu Meiniang's persuasion, Li Zhi made up his mind to truce the battle. After all, face cannot be used as food. Moreover, Li Zhi didn't care much about these things. He didn't know how many times he pretended to be a grandson.

At this moment, Pei Xingjian's letter also arrived in Chang'an. At the beginning, Pei Xingjian was busy recovering Shule and Yutian and had no time to report to Li Zhi. Now that the heavy snow has caused the war between the two sides to stop, Pei Xingjian quickly reported to Li Zhi.

After reading this letter, Li Zhi couldn't help but look gloomy and looked sad.

Pei Xingjian told Li Zhi about the future Ji, hoping that Li Zhi would allow the body of Lai Qingyuan to be transported back to his hometown for burial.

Only then did Li Zhi realize that it was Laiji who saved the northwest and Laiji died for his country in this war. But you must know that they had been preparing to investigate whether Laiji and Changsun Wuji had colluded. This really slapped Li Zhi in the face. You said that they rebelled, but they didn't even want their lives for the sake of the country. This is the best proof.

Li Zhi's face was hot.

In addition, Pei Xingjian also suggested that Li Zhi make peace with Tubo and quit the army. This principle is exactly the same as Wu Meiniang said and cannot be fought any longer. Otherwise, the development of the northwest will stagnate or even regress.

On the contrary, he made an understatement of his contributions, such as the recovery of Shule, Yutian and other places.

Pei Xingjian is now commanding the four towns, holding heavy troops, and is very far from Chang'an. He can actually use this to consolidate his power and status there, but he suggests that Li Zhi quit the army. Once the army is closed, all his soldiers will have to go back.

It can be seen that Pei Xingjian was very loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi was very moved. He made many mistakes in this matter, but he was a member of Guanlong Group and helped him make up for his mistakes. Tuyuhun was also Wang Fangyi and Zhao Chiman, who took his life there. If it weren't for these people, the situation would be very unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi took Pei Xingjian's letter to the ministers, but in fact, it was mainly for Xu Jingzong and others to read. You said that Pei Xingjian came to rebel and others sacrificed their lives for their country and to serve their country. If you are loyal to them, then you will sacrifice for your country.

Xu Jingzong was very depressed. He was just an executive. If you don’t make the decision, he would not have the ability.

But Li Zhi is the monarch, and they are the ministers, so of course they will take the blame. How come that sentence is said? Your Majesty is wise and the ministers should be punished.

Xu Jingzong also understood what Li Zhi meant. Li Zhi was not going to blame him or disgust them. He was just hinting that this case of Changsun Wuji's rebellion would end here. Don't continue to pursue the matter. The rest of the people are loyal to me and the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Meiniang actually felt that it was almost done. She had already killed her. She was alive, either she had one foot and had her baby who was still stinking. She could not cause any storm.

Pei Xingjian's letter, Lai Ji's death to the country, actually basically declared that Changsun Wuji had become a thing of the past.

Li Zhi first posthumously named Laiji as the governor of Chuzhou, allowed the burial of his hometown, and gave him a funeral to the first-rank officials, and restored Lai Qingyuan and their official positions and all honors and benefits. At the same time, he also used Pei Xingjian's letter to announce in the court that he would seek a ceasefire.

But this war was initiated by Tubo, and it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to admit its mistake first.

However, Li Zhi also knew that Lu Dongzan would definitely not admit his mistakes, because Tubo did not declare war on the Tang Dynasty from beginning to end, and the Tang Dynasty did not condemn Tubo. However, even the people of Chang'an knew that the Tang Dynasty was fighting against Tubo. If Lu Dongzan admitted his mistakes, he would admit that Tubo had not declared war. Not to mention whether he was kind or not, he would have warned. This is very shameful. The Tang Dynasty declared war in advance a year earlier in the eastward expedition of Goguryeo.

Master Xu came up with an idea and suggested that Li Zhi send envoys to scold Bailan, Gongyue, and Chuyue.

Li Zhi followed Master Xu's advice, so he sent an envoy to indict Bailan, Gongyue, and Chuyue.

After this scolding, Lu Dongzan understood it. How could Li Zhi not know that he was the one who sent the troops? But Li Zhi did not say it out loud. Obviously, he just didn't want to go to a full-scale war with Tubo.

In fact, Lu Dongzan had long since wanted to fight, and he couldn't stand it. Tubo was not as rich as the Tang Dynasty. He sent troops to protect himself and fight for territory and population. Because Tubo was still a slave system, the slave owners fought wars, of course, to steal slaves and land. Now that the stalemate is here, he can't get anything. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty has eliminated Goguryeo, and Li Ji and the others have returned to Chang'an. No one can completely eliminate anyone. If they continue to fight, they will only suffer losses. The key is not meaningful.

Lu Dongzan quickly sent an envoy to apologize to the Tang Dynasty, saying that Bailan, Gongyue, and Chuyue were sought to be sought, so that she offended Li Zhi's power. I was not in good condition in supervision and felt ashamed of His Majesty's trust in the Tang Dynasty, and so on.

Li Zhi just took a quick look and realized that Lu Dongzan didn't want to fight anymore, so he quickly sent someone to send a message to Han Yi, asking him to deal with it quickly, come and negotiate with Lu Dongzan, and clean up the mess in the northwest by the way.

Pyongyang.

"What? You said the merchants in the northwest stopped the Tubo army?"

When Han Yi heard the news, he was shocked.

One of them nodded in front of him and said, "According to our investigation, Laiji encouraged merchants to support the Protectorate in the beginning. Later, it became more and more intense. The merchants in the entire northwest stood up to support the Protectorate in the Protectorate."

"Lai Ji?"

Han Yi frowned. I really underestimated the ancients! He said, "In this way, Lai Ji made great contributions. What was Chang'an's reaction?"

"Yes, but Laiji has died in battle."

"Where are you dead in battle?"

"Um."

Han Yi spread his eyebrows and said, "After you go back, you can immediately order someone to investigate this matter for me."

"The villain obeys the order."

Han Yi said again: "What's going on in Chang'an now?"

"Chang'an is mainly arguing whether to start a war against Tubo, but it seems that His Majesty does not plan to continue fighting."

"It seems that I should be back soon." Han Yi said thoughtfully.

As expected, Li Zhi's edict was soon passed to Pyongyang, asking Han Yi to go back quickly and prepare to negotiate with Lu Dongzan.

It was already early spring, and Han Yi's mission was almost completed. He had sold everything he should have, and the rehabilitation movement was coming to an end. So after receiving the imperial edict, he immediately took Ono, Xiong Di, and the Military Academy's academy to take the lead and set off back to Chang'an.

And those ministers and nobles who were protected by Han Yi must be moved back to the Central Plains, and they are willing, because they also know that the people of Goguryeo can no longer tolerate them, and this revenge has been formed. If they stayed in Goguryeo, the people of Goguryeo would definitely think that I reported you that if you came back, you will definitely retaliate against us. Both sides will definitely continue to fight again. These nobles and ministers have no power now. If they want to fight, they will definitely lose. As for King Gaozang, these people will all leave. He is alone, so how dare he stay here? Go to the Central Plains to enjoy the blessings of the Qing Dynasty. There are also the treasurys of the two countries, all of which were escorted back to Beijing by Su Dingfang.

Liu Rengui, Dugu Wuyue, and Yuan Liehu stayed in Pyongyang to continue to manage the local area. In addition, after Han Yi returned to Laizhou, he asked Zheng Shanxing to stay in Laizhou for the time being to cooperate with Liu Rengui and others.

Along the way, Han Yi and the others worked day and night. When they returned to Chang'an, Han Yi didn't even have time to go home. They were intercepted by Zhang Desheng at the North Gate and then dragged them into the palace. These days, Zhang Desheng has suffered, and Li Zhi asked him to wait for Han Yi at the North Gate every day.

"I'm going to see your Majesty."

When Han Yi came to Liangyi Hall, he was still breathing when he was performing his salute, which shows how rush he was.

"My dear, please give me a gift."

Li Zhi felt a little distressed when he saw it, so he quickly asked him to sit down and asked him to prepare tea and snacks. Han Yi was indeed hungry, so he ignored Li Zhi and kept eating hard, while Li Zhi was waiting patiently.

After Han Yi had almost finished eating, Li Zhi said, "Your dear travels day and night, you must be very tired."

Isn't this nonsense? Han Yi cursed inwardly, but said hypocritically: "It is my duty to share your worries for Your Majesty, so how dare you say you are tired?"

"I know your loyalty to me very well."

Li Zhi sighed and said, "But I have no choice. The soldiers on the front line are still waiting."

Han Yi quickly swallowed the pastry in his mouth, took another sip of tea, and said, "I understand, so I rushed back day and night."

The Northwest is a very important part of his plan. He also wants to solve the problem earlier. If he drags on it, it will be extremely unfavorable for him.

Li Zhi smiled and nodded, saying, "I have informed you of the situation in the letter. What do you think about this?"

Han Yi said: "I think Your Majesty's decision is very wise. I always believe that it is not a wise move to go to a full war with Tubo, because Tubo is on the plateau and that place is not suitable for human habitation. Not to mention that it will cost huge financial, manpower and material resources to send troops to Tubo. Even if we are allowed to fight, no people in the Central Plains are willing to go there. In this case, Tubo will soon be revived. Although Tubo is betrayal and people and gods are angry, the only result of going to war with Tubo is that both sides will suffer losses and are not profitable, and there is no meaning."

It is actually a very difficult thing to swallow a country with similar military power as yours. If you don’t play well, the entire country will be dragged down. If you start a war with Tubo, then there will be only war in the entire region. Han Yi believes that you cannot easily launch a full-scale war against Tubo. You must know that when he was assassinated by Lu Dongzan, he endured and did not think about taking revenge.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I think so too, but if Tubo is not rude, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty is referring to the Heyuan area, right?"

"Um."

Han Yi said: "Since we have taken the initiative to suggest that Tubo truce, then Tubo will definitely want to return to Heyuan area, which will be the focus of the negotiations. But what I mean is that it is impossible to let Lu Dongzan continue to live in his fantasy. Our soldiers are stepping there at this time, and there is the border of our Tang Dynasty, and no inch of land will be given to him."

Today, Tuyuhun has no military power. If not, there would be no need to be fully out of the way. Tuyuhun needs the protection of the Tang Dynasty in all aspects. In fact, it is a protective palace of the Tang Dynasty. The reason why the Tang Dynasty did not completely swallow Tuyuhun was that it did not want to have direct conflicts with Tubo. This is a buffer zone, so the boundary of Tuyuhun is of course the boundary of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhidao: "But Ruodongzan doesn't agree?"

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, I suggest not to fight because continuing to fight will only lead to both sides and will be ineffective, and it will not be beneficial to anyone. But if we give Heyuan area to Tubo today, Tubo will occupy the entire Tuyuhun in the future. We do not want to fight, rather than be afraid of war. If Tubo is aggressive, then we can only continue to fight with them. Although this will cause severe damage to our Tang Dynasty, I promise that before that, Tubo will definitely be lying in the tomb. Of course, Lu Dongzan is a smart person. I don't believe that Lu Dongzan will be willing to go on a road of rapid death with his family."

"Well said! I did not choose the wrong person." Li Zhi was very happy to hear this. This was too morale. He didn't want to fight, and he was unwilling to give Heyuan to Tubo. It was not that he valued the land, but he just thought it was too embarrassing. Therefore, he hoped that Han Yi could neither start a war nor give Heyuan to Tubo. Han Yi's reply was exactly what he wanted, and he asked again: "What should we do with the northwest region?"
Chapter completed!