Peace discussion is developing in the direction designed by Zhao Bing, but whether to accept the Mongols' concessions in exchange for their own concessions in Nanyang and Kaifeng, it still needs to listen to the opinions of several priests. And Mongols's willingness to show such a great "sincerity" must have some intentions, or have another move, and they also need to communicate again in order to gain the upper hand.

After reaching the consensus of the magistrates in the court meeting, an enlarged meeting was held. Not only were the magistrates, but also the second-rank officials of various ministries and civil and military officials above the third rank in Beijing. The Ministry of Rites first reported the progress of the peace talks, and then Lu Xiufu expressed the position of the court. In principle, he agreed to withdraw from Nanyang and give up the request for Kaifeng to exchange for Sichuan, and accelerate the peace talks so that peace can be achieved as soon as possible, and the focus of work will shift from combat to restoration and construction work.

In the subsequent discussion, serious differences arose between civil and military officials. The military officials, led by Chen Renweng and Han Zhen, had different opinions on giving up Nanyang. They believed that our army had achieved an overwhelming advantage at this stage, and there was no need to say much about the significance of Kaifeng. Nanyang plays an important role in both military and economic terms. Now they are very unwilling to give up.

As for Sichuan, our army has completely controlled Chongqing and has gained a foothold. Now, only Chengdu Prefecture is still in the opponent's hands. As long as we increase the investment in troops, we can regain it as long as we reach about a year. However, the Mongols withdraw from Sichuan and Shu but still occupy Hanzhong, which still poses a great threat to the Sichuan and Shu area. It also poses a great obstacle to our army's future march into Guanzhong, so it must be recaptured.

In addition, although our army was extremely tired after a year of hard battles, its morale was high and its soldiers were eager to fight. Therefore, after three months of rest, we could continue the northern expedition next spring and seize the Central Plains in one fell swoop. The Mongol Yuan had been severely damaged after several battles, and even the personal guards guarding the capital area lost most of them, and even the combat effectiveness was not as good as before. Therefore, we cannot give up the great opportunity and argue with the enemy, thus losing the best opportunity to regain the Central Plains in more than a hundred years of migration south.

The civil servants believed that the Northern Expedition had achieved a phased victory, and the national defense situation had greatly improved, preventing Jiangnan from the invasion of the Mongol Yuan. In order to support this Northern Expedition, the imperial court exhausted its savings, and the states and prefectures in various places had less than enough food to maintain for half a year. In order to support the Northern Expedition, more than 300,000 people were recruited, causing many projects to restore people's livelihood to stagnate. Therefore, we should rest and raise the people and accumulate wealth. We should slowly take it against the Mongol Yuan, but it is not a war again.

The two sides had a fierce dispute, but no one could convince anyone. Therefore, the discussion not only failed to reach a unified opinion, but it broke up in disagreement. Lu Xiufu and others could only smile bitterly. They were powerless. If something happened to make peace, there would be no need to continue. At the moment, the only one who could convince these martial artists was the little emperor...

During the Northern Expedition in the past two years, most of the officials of the Privy Council went abroad to serve or change. Zhao Bing planned to adjust the headquarters of the Privy Council, and let Han Zhen, the assistant of the Privy Council, be transferred to the general manager of the Huaidong Army, Liu Zhu served as the assistant of the Privy Council, Dong Yicheng took over as the chief officer, Chen Fenglin took over as the chief officer, the commander of the infantry office, the deputy envoy Jiang Jin, and the Jiyi Office was replaced by Hu Anguo, the chief commander of the personal guard brigade.

During this meeting, these people did not agree to the rush to negotiate peace, and requested an attack to meet him the next day after the meeting. Zhao Bing knew their purpose and asked them to come again in the afternoon. In the afternoon, the few people couldn't wait to go outside the palace. Zhao Bing, who had originally wanted to take a break, could only let them go to the back hall to speak.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

"No gift!" Zhao Bing raised his hand and signaled, looking at the addition of Han Zhen, Liu Zhu, Dong Yicheng and Chen Fenglin in the morning, Chen Dun and Jiang Zongjie were also included, and Ni Liang was also here. The heads of the Privy Council were basically here.

Because it was not a formal meeting, Zhao Bing asked them to sit in the tea room and regarded the meeting as a conversation. Everyone sat down and poured tea for everyone, but Xu Wunan, one of the officials in charge of the imperial office on duty, did not ask too much, and agreed to his existence. He smiled and said, "A few people are coming in full force, are they here to ask me for guilt?"

"Where do you dare to ask Your Majesty for your crime? I just miss your Majesty and want to talk together!" Chen Dun said with a smile.

"Oh, people have seen each other, they have drunk tea, and they have said that you can leave!" Zhao Bing took a sip of tea and waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, why are you careful? I want to hear it too, and have a long experience!" Chen Dun waved his hand quickly, without any intention of leaving, and still smiled.

"If you have something to do, why are you pretending to do it?" Zhao Bing snorted coldly.

"Okay, okay, what I am waiting for is to ask Your Majesty if it is too hasty to negotiate peace with the Mongolian Yuan now!" Chen Dun said as if he was afraid of you.

"Do you mean that too?" Zhao Bing glanced at everyone and asked.

"That's right, now that our army is in power and the Mongols and Yuan dynasties are retreating step by step, it is a great time to recover the Central Plains. Why should we negotiate peace with the enemy?" Liu Zhu nodded.

"Okay, I will ask a few questions. If your answers satisfy me, I will support you in continuing the Northern Expedition and expel the Mongols from the Central Plains in one fell swoop!" Zhao Bing pondered for a moment.

"My Majesty, may I ask?" Several people looked at each other, and Han Zhen said.

"Wait, if Your Majesty was as poor as those civil officials yesterday, we would really have no way to raise money unless we were asked to grab it!" Chen Dun suddenly thought of something and said first.

"Okay, you're smart!" Zhao Bing smiled, "In fact, this problem cannot be avoided. Our Northern Expedition consumes a huge amount of money, but the capture is not enough to make up for 10% of it. In the end, we have to use excessive banknotes to solve the problem of military expenditure. I believe everyone knows the harms of it than me. In order to get more money, even those gentry offended, and you have seen it. But since you said it first, I will no longer cry and be poor. The same sentence is what I answered to satisfy me. Even if I demolish the palace and exchange it for money, I will support your Northern Expedition."

"Okay, if we can't answer, we will no longer insist on the Northern Expedition and support Your Majesty's peace talks!" Dong Yicheng knew that the little emperor's words were true, and immediately expressed his opinion.

"I'll ask you first. If we succeed in the Northern Expedition and drive the Mongol Yuan far away from the north, how can we control them so that they dare not invade the border again?" Zhao Bing pondered for a moment.

"Of course, it is to implement the Han law, to enroll the people into naturalization, establish prefectures and counties, and to control it!" Chen Dun replied immediately.

"This strategy is good, but I ask you how to fix the nomadic men in one place and prevent them from nomadic people; and how can you let them pay taxes according to the rules and obey the orders of the court?"

"This..." Chen Dun felt a toothache after hearing this. He was a descendant of a famous family. He studied famous teachers over the years and still studied classics and history. But as far as he knew, since history, the farming regime in the Central Plains and the nomadic peoples in the north have been constantly warned, but no real regime can completely control it, and there is no effective way to organize it and firmly grasp it under the control of the government. Even if one clan was eliminated, another clan soon appeared.

Implementing the Han law in nomadic peoples is also the best way Chen Dun can come up with at present, but the question that Your Majesty asked him again. He understood that residents in farming areas generally relocated to the land where their ancestors lived, and it is easy to be organized and completely controlled by the government. However, the nomadic people in the north of the desert migrate by grassland, whether it is natural or man-made disasters, they can leave the "ancestor land" without barriers and open up new grasslands. It is basically impossible to fix them in one place.

In addition, under the county system, the central government needs taxes and specifies a time to pay. If a certain place resists taxes, the central government can know as soon as possible, and then the army will immediately arrive at the local area to suppress. The harvest time of farming crops is as short as half a year or as long as one year. In order to survive, maintain land cultivation and surrender to the court is the best choice. Grain can also be stored. Even if the market economy is backward, the central government can maintain its economic advantages by relying on physical taxation.

Among nomadic peoples, what should I do if the central government needs taxes? To be honest, there is no way, and this problem has not been solved until now. According to the Central Plains system, well, let local residents pay taxes, then what if the local nomadic tribe suddenly discovers a new pasture and runs away? The court can only increase the cost and search for this tribe. So, it was found. Under the military pressure of the central government, the local tribe chose to pay taxes, what taxes can it be paid?

The output of nomadic tribes is only animal husbandry products, either beef and mutton or fur. But meat cannot be stored on a large scale. What is the use of storing fur? Even if you store fur to trade, it will increase the labor cost of trade. But even so, the taxes on nomadic peoples in the past were generally fur, and there was no way.

Then some people may ask, since meat cannot be stored and fur is not valuable, it cannot form the absolute economic advantage of the central government over the local government, so why not directly collect live livestock? Well, naive. Live livestock requires people to raise them, and serving livestock also requires labor costs. If you ask each tribe to pay a lot of cattle and sheep for you, you need more people to serve these cattle and sheep, and you need to destroy the fields and make pastures to graz. This is better than not collecting taxes and spreading the labor costs to various tribes.
Chapter completed!