Dengzhou, Hanjing.

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui inspected the new capital together. Although Li Chaoren was not in Hanjing, the construction here was completely built according to his design plan. With a large number of victims of the Central Plains participating in the construction, the new capital is changing with each passing day.

As the first palace and imperial city to start construction, it has begun to take shape.

Several floors of buildings poured with cement and steel bars can be seen everywhere. The cylinders built with bricks, stones, cement and steel bars are tall and large. The outside is painted and painted, just like a towering and huge amount of hundreds of years.

Li Shimin was amazed as he reached out to touch the round and large pillar.

"When Li Chao told me that he could use this method to build a new capital, I didn't believe it very much. Now I believe it. Some things such as cement, bricks, steel bars, etc. have become such a huge pillar, which is amazing."

Fang Xuanling looked at the three or four-story buildings, especially the five or six-story buildings, and was shocked. "Yes, who could have thought that Li Chao easily built these several-story buildings that were several meters tall."

Du Ruhui was even more amazed by the shapes of many buildings designed by Li Chao. Each building is different and has different shapes, but if you look closely, you will find it very good. Not only is the shape unique, but the space design and layout inside is also very reasonable.

The entire palace city, the inner and outer palaces, each has three major palace groups, and there are palace groups on both sides.

"Three palaces and six courtyards! There are 99 palace groups in total, with 999 rooms, with reasonable and clever layouts, especially the six halls, each of which is extremely domineering and magnificent."

Although the construction has not been completed, it can be seen that this place is much better than the temporary palace city in Yuliangzhou, Xiangyang. Even the Chang'an Tai Chi Palace, which was built decades ago, is far inferior to that. Not to mention that other Chang'an palace cities are too rigid, the palace houses are not as tall as here, nor are they as they are in the shape of here.

The more Li Shimin looked at him, the more he liked him. Although he didn't say anything, he was still very happy when he thought that this would be his palace city.

"How much does it cost? Don't waste money on the people." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Please rest assured by Your Majesty. The subordinates of the Central Secretariat strictly reviewed the budget and expenses. This aspect surprised us the most. We thought that the construction of the new capital city would cost a lot, but now we find that the budget was not high at the beginning, but in fact it was even less. Moreover, the construction of the new capital was mainly about labor-for-relief. The people who built the city had no complaints, but were very grateful to the court and His Majesty for their kindness."

"How is the quality?" Li Shimin likes the design and layout of Xinjing, especially the palace city in Xinjing. The palaces and houses are much taller than Chang'an. The buildings with several floors are even more magnificent, but the cost is far lower than the construction cost of Chang'an. He is still a little worried.

"Please rest assured by Your Majesty. We have strict supervision. We use the businessmen to contract the construction, the court provides design planning, and the people's power to hire merchants. The court sends people to supervise. The merchants are responsible for the procurement, processing, and construction of raw materials. They are linked together and each performs their duties. We are closely watching the quality of materials and construction. Each period has acceptance and the quality is guaranteed."

Li Shimin nodded. It was cold in winter, but the construction site was still hot.

"Your Majesty, the outer city and Guocheng are also being started one after another, and both the Fang District and the Shang City are under construction. In addition, our new Beijing outer city and Guocheng are designed by Li Xiang. They are not completely separated by Lifang like Chang'an. We also built Fanghe City, but each house has cancelled the walls and only has Fangmen. Then, in addition to setting up a special market, we also set up shops in each street, which is more convenient for people's lives."

"Um."

This matter was discussed in the court before. Xinjing is so big. If it continues to separate Fangcheng City like Chang'an City and concentrates the market in the city, and there is no shop in the Fang District, it will be very inconvenient to live like this. It turned out that this was done because of constant wars and for defense needs. But now it seems that this is not very effective. The palace city and the imperial city are separated from the outer city and the Guocheng.

"Your Majesty, this winter is very cold, and the snow has fallen several times, one is getting heavier than the other. This is a good sign. It will definitely be a good weather next year."

Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest.

"Yes, in the past two years, natural disasters and wars have continued, the court has been in a tight situation, and the people are in trouble. Fortunately, it is finally over."

"Now that the Turks are seeking peace again, our Tang Dynasty is more stable."

Speaking of the Turks seeking peace, several prime ministers looked at Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I wonder how Your Majesty considers the request made by the Turks?"

"What are you thinking about?" Li Shimin was very happy, but his face was a little unfavorable when he talked about Turkic.

"Your Majesty, although we have won a big victory, we should still negotiate with the Turks early." Gao Shilian reminded Li Shimin.

"I also know that the Turks made too much request. I cannot let Li Chao sign a contract with the Turks. This is too dangerous. No matter how you look at it, Tong Ye Hu is uneasy. I think Tong Ye Hu agreed too quickly. He agreed to our request, without any bargaining. Then he proposed to let Li Chao sign the contract. This was obviously a Hongmen Banquet. He wanted to take the opportunity of signing the contract, and I would not be fooled by him."

"But, Tongyehu also said that if we do not agree to this request, he will not sign a contract with us." Yuwen Shiji was also a little anxious. The court's family was a little bit difficult, and they didn't know which one of them was. Therefore, when Li Chao won the Hedong victory and the Turks took the initiative to seek peace, they were all looking forward to the peace agreement as soon as possible.

In order to make peace, they all thought that it was worth it to let Li Chao take some risks. The Turks took the opportunity to kill Li Chao, but they didn't think it was a big deal. The Turks should not do such shameless things.

"The Turkic people cannot do anything. They agreed to us all requests, but they proposed to let Li Chao sign the contract. If Li Chao doesn't go, they won't negotiate. Isn't this Sima Zhao's intention? Everyone knows it? You don't have to persuade me. Li Chao has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty again. I can't let Li Chao take risks just after the battle. I won't do that."

The emperor's words made a group of prime ministers amazed. If they were Li Chao, they would be so touched that they would be unparalleled to hear these words here. They would all be loyal to the emperor in the future.

"Your Majesty, what if the peace talks cannot be reached?"

Li Shimin also had a little confused. He was looking forward to ending the war early and having peace talks early. Even if there were only three years of peace talks, it would be enough to give the Tang Dynasty a rest and prepare for it.

But the conditions proposed by the Turks also touched his bottom line.

Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, I also think that Tongye Hu is not a sincere peace talk at all, otherwise we would not have made such unreasonable requests, and we cannot agree to him. Otherwise, Tongye Hu will definitely make other requests at that time. If he asks to propose to occupy Hetao and occupy Daibei, we will not agree, he proposes to marry, do we agree, and he proposes to pay tribute, should we agree?" Fang Xuanling stroked his long beard and said seriously, "We are the party that won the war. We suffered thousands of casualties in exchange for the 100,000 Turkish army and killed their famous king Tuli. Why should we retreat and compromise? Although what our Tang Dynasty needs now is peace, I believe that the Turks are now more unfavorable than our situation, and they want to quit the war more."

"At present, we don't want to fight anymore. It depends on who can't hold on. Whoever can't hold on first will suffer losses in this contest. Li Xiang and his soldiers worked hard to conquer this good situation, and we can't give it to them. No, Li Xiang won the battle, but we lost the peace talks, right? At that time, if we lose without defeat, how can we explain to the people of the world?"

Fang Xuanling's words made Li Shimin very much agree.

"You can't spoil the Turkic people's odor."

"I drafted an order to Li Chao and Changsun Wuji. I will not allow Li Chao to go to the peace talks with the Turks. I will tell Changsun Wuji that I will not let Li Chao go to the peace talks. The Turks like to talk or not. The conditions are still the same. If the Turks refuse to agree and want to attach conditions, there is no way. If Tongye Hu doesn't accept it, then we will continue to fight. I will accompany you to the end."

The imperial order quickly sent the horse to Hedong.

When he received the order, Li Chao had already prepared his luggage and was ready to go to negotiate with the Turks.

"Your Majesty won't let me go?"

Holding the imperial edict, Li Chao shook his head helplessly at the generals.

"We don't agree with you to go, and now His Majesty has issued a decree, which is just right."

"That's right, the Turks just don't have a good intention. If they go, they will definitely not be able to come back."

Luo Shixin and others opposed Li Chao's visit to the Turkic camp to negotiate.

Tongye Hu was in Bai Dao, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers around him, but it was eight hundred miles away from Loufan Pass. Even if Li Chao led his troops there, it was still dangerous. How many people were suitable to bring? How many people were not enough.

If Ye Hu is so shameless, Li Chao will go but never return.

In fact, Li Chao didn't want to go in his heart, he didn't want to take that kind of danger.

Now that the emperor has issued this order, he is of course very happy.

"I'll send a letter to Tongye Hu. I'll ask him to come to Mayi City to sign a contract. If he's willing to come in person, I welcome him. If he doesn't want to come in person, he can send someone of weight to sign the contract. Of course, if he doesn't want to discuss it, it's okay, then it's okay to see the truth."

At the foot of Yinshan Mountain, Baidao, and Turkic camp.

Changsun Wuji met Tongye Hu and forwarded the reply from the Emperor of Tang and Li Chao's letter to Tongye Hu.

Tongye Hu's face looked very bad. He really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of peace talks to kill Li Chao, but now it seems that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty really trusts Li Chao very much.

Tongye Hu grabbed Li Chao's letter, kneaded it into a ball in his hand, and threw it into the brazier.

Changsun Wuji looked at Tongye Hu's actions and said nothing.

The letter turned into ashes in the brazier.

Tongye Hu stared at Changsun Wuji and said word by word, "Since that's the case, then Ben Khan will send Mohedu Khan to the city of Mayi in person."

Chang Wu Sun Ji was not sure whether he wanted Mo Hedu to take a trip, whether to lead troops to attack the city or to discuss peace, so he did not speak immediately.

Tongye Hu gritted his teeth and continued, "Three years, Ben Khan only signed a three-year armistice contract. After three years, Ben Khan will come again. At that time, it will be more fierce and fierce than this time!"
Chapter completed!