Pei Min's words made many people in the hall look at each other.

His toughness towards foreign enemies is obvious to all, otherwise he would not have given up on Chang'an's great future and his glory and wealth, so he asked himself to go out to guard the border. In Taozhou, Guangen Town and Tubo fought fiercely. Seeing that he agreed to seek peace, everyone felt a little incredible.

Li Longji was also a little surprised. In his opinion, Pei Min's tenth chapter was unwilling to seek peace with Tubo, and they all looked at him inexplicably.

Pei Min continued: "Your Majesty, I think we should learn from the examples of the pre-Qin period and divide the difference between the victorious country and the defeated country. Our Tang Dynasty is a victorious country. The so-called victorious country should have the benefits of victorious country. The defeated country intends to seek peace. In humane considerations, we do not want to kill all the people. It is very simple, to cede land and pay compensation for our military losses. As long as the compensation from Tubo is in line with our wishes, we agree to them for peace, what's wrong?"

Li Longji was ridiculous and thought about it carefully, but it was not unreasonable. If he could go back to Jiuqu, Hexi from Tubo without bloodshed, that would be nothing.

At first, Lu Huaishen thought Pei Min had the same opinion as him, but he didn't want to hear that the more he heard it, the more he felt something was wrong. Especially when he was cedeed to pay compensation, he was so righteous that he couldn't help but say, "Isn't it morality to bully a small country?"

Pei Min glanced at Lu Huaishen without looking at him directly, and said, "Lu Xiang would like to ask the small country to invade our big country, so can the big country fight back?"

Lu Huaishen was secretly angry. He was also the prime minister after all. Although he was known for his meals, he was also the prime minister. He didn't give him one at the right time. He was tolerant. He said loudly: "My Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and how can it be compared with the country of Tubo and barbarians? Now, my Tang Dynasty is booming and the surrounding countries are coming to congratulate me and pay tribute to my Tang Dynasty. If it is reported that the country of the Celestial Empire is strong and bullying the weak, how can we establish prestige among the countries?"

Pei Min said bluntly: "Prestige is made, not tolerant. The saint said: How can we repay kindness with virtue? Repaying grievances with righteousness with virtue is the world's justification. For allies who have sincerely established diplomatic relations with our country, our Tang Dynasty will naturally do the work of the sect leader. How can he deal with our wolves like Tubo? We can only return it a hundred times more, which is the reason for the saint. Tubo has made enemies with my Tang Dynasty for a hundred years, violated the alliance many times, and went to war with my Tang Dynasty. Invade my territory and plunder my people, his heart will be punished! If we talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with them, and treat them in every way, wouldn't it be that the hearts of those vassal allies who sincerely surrender to us? What would they think? I think that my Tang Dynasty is just like this. If it is the case, it will be reversed. Is it a slap and give a candy to coax the child?"

He paused and said, "Now children are not so easy to coax. If they don't feed him a few mouthfuls of food and block his mouth, they won't take the bait."

"Puff!"

Some people couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

When eating, the Prime Minister is with food. Whether Pei Min is intentional or not, he will inevitably connect it together.

Lu Huaishen Jiang had a purple face and was eating with the Prime Minister. It was the biggest stain of his life, making him a laughing stock in the world. But people laughed behind their backs and did not dare to say this in front of him.

Pei Min said this in public in the court. Lu Huaishen almost made him angry and pointed at Pei Min and said, "You, you are so rude. How can you be petty in the confrontation between countries? If you have to consider the overall situation, how can you care about the gains and losses at all."

Pei Min stopped giving him face and said sternly: "Lu Xiang, you are talking while standing, don't have a back pain, right? Do you know how gains and losses come about? The heroes of Maoshou general exchanged their lives. In the first year of Kaiyuan, Tubo invaded, and our army refused 100,000, and 28,631 people were killed! Tubo invaded Taozhou in nine, plundered 13,689 people in the people, and killed 3,921 Tang army."

"Taozhou counterattack, our army was killed 1,356 people! Guangen Town lured the enemy to fight, our army was killed 3,457 people! I don't understand the situation and can't give the numbers! The current situation is not what you say here, but what the soldiers guarding the frontiers are exchanged for their lives. There is no reasonable requirement, just reconcile, and don't fight, and there is no reasonable and convincing reason. What do the soldiers on the frontier think and how do you explain to the soldiers who died?"

"Do I want to calculate it for you? In just a few years, how many bones did my Tang Dynasty frontier soldiers exchange for protecting their homes? This is not counting those disabled soldiers. The numbers are even more shocking!"

He said word by word, although the sound was not loud, it was like a loud bell shaking.

When the two armies fight, casualties are inevitable, which is also unavoidable for the powerful generals.

Although they came to calculate the results of the battle, the Tang Dynasty took advantage. The three major battles all ended with the victory of the Tang Dynasty, and the casualties paid by the Tubo were far superior to those of the Tang Dynasty.

But the gains and losses are not calculated in this way. In Pei Min's eyes, a hundred Tubo soldiers are not as good as a Tang soldier.

The Tang army's sacrifice is certainly a pity, but their sacrifices are valuable and meaningful.

They exchanged their lives for peace in the Tang Dynasty, which is worthy of praise.

They are heroes, names and no names.

Many officials in Chang'an enjoyed a prosperous era and did not remember the sacrifices of those soldiers, but Pei Min, as the general of the commander of the three armies, could not forget their sacrifices.

Although he could not name all of them, he remembered clearly how many people were killed and how many casualties were killed.

Pei Min did not allow anyone to trample on the results of the soldiers' lives.

He said without hesitation: "Soulless peace talks are equivalent to turning the sacrifices of all the fallen soldiers into nothingness."

Lu Huaishen looked at Pei Min who was glaring and couldn't help but take a small step back.

Yao Chong reached out and held his forehead and said, "You are really a teammate like a pig."

He paused and stepped forward and said, "Don't be excited. It's not possible to ignore the sacrifices of the soldiers on the border. It's just that it's related to the overall situation and needs to be considered comprehensively. After His Majesty's efforts to govern, our Tang Dynasty has greatly changed the weak military and political style in the past, and it is different from the past. The Duke of the State knows this."

Pei Min nodded and admitted that compared to Empress Wu and Empress Wei's chaos back then, Cats and Dogs were all shouting on their heads. The current situation is better.

Yao Chongxu said: "The Duke of the State is both wise and brave, and has the ability to govern the world. He also has a certain understanding of the economy of the Tang Dynasty. At present, the Tang Dynasty is in a state of incomplete development and needs a stable environment to recuperate, which is not suitable for large-scale wars. The Duke of the State must be clear about this..."

Pei Min nodded again, unable to deny that what Yao Chong said was the truth.

Yao Chong said again: "The Duke of the State has learned from Su Qin and Zhang Yi's plan, and used the method of erratic formations to form good fortune and promote alliances to avoid disasters in the West."

Pei Min listened to Yao Chong's praise, but had a bad premonition in his heart. He didn't believe that Yao Chong would praise him so kindly.

really!

Yao Chong's words turned around and said, "Now the countries around our Tang Dynasty, Silla, Northeast China, have long been vain to our Tang Dynasty. The Xi tribe and Khitan also submitted their submissions three years ago. In addition, the alliance of Tuqi, now there are only three enemy countries, Tubo, Turks, and Dashi. Dashi are unwilling to spread eastward, so it is not to be afraid. Only Tubo, Turks are considered to be the feud of our Tang Dynasty. Their grudges with China can be said to be long-standing, and they have had grudges and entanglements for hundreds of years, either surrendering or hostile. Whether they are sincere or not, they are now in harmony with Tubo.

Where is the situation. As long as the Tang Dynasty and Tubo are in good communication, the Turks will be upright and weak, and they will definitely not dare to confront our Tang Dynasty. When we protest at that time, the Turks will inevitably surrender to us. In this way, there will be no foreign wars around our Tang Dynasty in the short term, and we can settle down and concentrate on our development. Within three or five years, with the current momentum of our Tang Dynasty, we will be equipped with troops and horses and abundant food and supplies. Then it will be a great opportunity for the Duke to make achievements and recover lost land. At this moment, the alliance with Tubo will be conducive to the stable development of the temple, and the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages."

As Yao Chong finished speaking, Qi Huan, a member of Ziwei's wife, also came out and said, "Whether Turks are sincere or false, we don't have to care. All we need is three to five years of peace. My Tang soldiers fought bravely and exchanged their blood for peace. Although we are in the court, we admire them very much. We should take this as a warning and use this peace to exchange for the prosperity of the country and the strong people, and live up to their sacrifices."

Pei Min looked at Yao Chong and Qi Huan. Time understood why Li Longji was hesitant.

Lu Huaishen, the Prime Minister, was as famous as his name, and he spoke empty talk and said meaningless truth. He had never learned the true meaning of Confucian classics, but he entered the dead end of "Great Benevolence and Great Righteousness" and said benevolence and righteousness.

Confucius said that benevolence, righteousness and morality are not to others, but to warn yourself, to be kind and righteous, to know etiquette and understand the law, so that the world can be harmonious. However, Confucius never said anything about forgiveness to the treacherous and evil people. Instead, he repays grievances with straightforwardness, and to the evil people, he should use the methods of evil people.

Pei Min really didn't take Lu Huaishen's great truth seriously.

But what Yao Chong and Qi Huan said were different. What they planned did have some truth to benefit the country, and they were indeed considered from the perspective of the country.

"It's not easy to deal with!" Pei Min thought to himself.

After pondering for a moment, Pei Min bowed slightly to Yao Chong and Qi Huan.

Compared to the statements of Lu Huaishen, Yao Chong and Qi Huan who were treated improperly, he still recognized them.

Acknowledge does not mean approval.

Pei Min nodded: "The analysis of Yao Xiang and Qi Sheren makes some sense, but it is as you said. At this time, accepting the Tubo request for peace and communicating with it will indeed be beneficial to the country."

Seeing Pei Min change his words, the officials who were originally in charge of the war all changed slightly and felt a little uneasy.

Especially Song Jing, who was newly promoted to prime minister.

Today is the first day for Song Jing to discuss matters as prime minister. Faced with the issue of Tubo this time, Li Longji was determined to improve Song Jing's status in the court and asked Song Jing for advice first.

Song Jing was strong-willed and had already seen through Tubo's two-faced and three-killing skills, and directly expressed his disagreement with the peace.

Whether it was out of justice or selfishness, Yao Chong stood on the side of seeking peace and said it very well.

Yao Chong's characteristic is that he is good at adapting to changes and accomplishing the affairs of the world, while Song Jing's strength is that he keeps the integrity of the world.

In terms of eloquence, Song Jing, who is in a well-mannered manner, is really no match for Yao Chong, and is gradually falling behind.

Song Jing refused to do party affairs, but he knew that if Yao Chong was suppressed today, his life would be difficult. He was thinking in his heart how to solve this situation.

But Pei Min continued, "But the two of you ignored a little... Promising to Tubo for peace is equivalent to tying your own hands and feet!"

Yao Chong and Qi Huan were stunned, not understanding what Pei Min said.

Pei Min said: "As Lu said, my Tang Dynasty is a country of the supreme state of the Celestial Empire, and His Majesty is even more of the emperor. He has a word and a word. Once he agrees to form an alliance with Tubo, he will definitely not be able to do anything to fall behind the alliance."

Pei Min never talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality for foreign races, but a country needs credibility, especially a country like the Tang Dynasty. They have many countries that surrender and come to congratulate. They regard the Tang Dynasty as the sect leader and follow the Tang Dynasty. Tubo can easily and ignore the influence, but the Tang Dynasty cannot do it. There is a difference between benevolence, righteousness and credibility.

The Tang Dynasty wanted to go higher and farther, to achieve its own strength, and to have the credibility of convincing allies and friendly countries. If the Tang Dynasty and Tubo have a conspiracy with each other today, and will give Tubo a knife tomorrow, what will the other allies think?

"Looking at the time when Tubo invaded our Tang Dynasty, we all proved it. They had no faith and had unique vision. They always took advantage of the chaos and destroyed the alliance when our Tang Dynasty was in trouble and could not take care of themselves. If we were strong, they would be as friendly as loyal dogs. Once there was a little opportunity to take advantage of it, they would reveal their fangs and bite a piece of meat from our Tang Dynasty."

In Pei Min's memory, the process of history is also like this: in history, because of Wang Zhongsi's rise, all the alien races around the Tang Dynasty were conquered and forced Tubo to formulate a contract with the Tang Dynasty.

Then as soon as the Anshi Rebellion came, Tubo tore up the alliance without hesitation and sent troops to steal a large area of ​​land in Longyou, the Tang Dynasty, and later the troops came to Chang'an and took advantage of the chaos to capture Chang'an, leaving behind a comparison of the shame of the Tang Dynasty.

In any case, this situation cannot be repeated.

"At this moment, I have indeed obtained a short-term peace with Tubo, but it also limits my Tang Dynasty's chance to counterattack the Jiuqu land and recover the territory. My Tang Dynasty's territory, no land is for us, and it must be taken back. If it is not taken back, how can I be sorry for my ancestors and ancestors?" Pei Min looked at Li Longji and said passionately, then looked at Yao Chong and Qi Huan: "The so-called civil and military traits are different, but they are governed together. The Tang Dynasty's economy and people's livelihood are relied on you civil officials, and the country is stable and resisting foreign races is the responsibility of our military officials. As military generals, we don't mind sacrificing for the stability of the country, and we don't care about the stability of the country. Therefore, Yao Xiang does not have to worry about the stability of the country. Even without this paper covenant, we can still make Tubo as gentle as a cat and a dog. We will not drag you back..." The implication is that civil officials should not drag their military officials back.
Chapter completed!