June.

Luoyang, Xuanzheng Hall.

After the pearl curtain in the hall, Empress Dowager Qin was discussing matters with the priest outside the curtain and others.

The Zuo Kuangzheng and Pei Xingjian, who had just returned from the Western Regions, successfully reached the task of peace talks with the Dashi.

He opened the memorial in his hand, "After arriving in the Western Regions, I met with the Governor of the Great Veteran Khurasan, the Kings of Tochara Yehu and Zhaowu in Talas. After several rounds of negotiations, I finally reached the alliance agreement."

"Everything to an alliance, restore friendship, and define boundaries."

Pei Xingjian went on a mission thousands of miles away and went to preside over the peace talks as the prime minister. He was still very efficient. With the support of the Tang Dynasty's 300,000 Western Expedition Army, and last year's brilliant record, the cannibals were strongly willing to negotiate peace talks. Although the Sogdians were unwilling to give up, who would pay attention to him?

During the peace talks, Sogdian countries, which were mainly Kang, came to join in the fun. The cannibals were willing to pull them up, just to use them as bargaining chips to sell them at a high price.

However, Pei Xingjian is not easy to fool. His father Pei Renji was a general of the Sui Dynasty, and his elder brother Pei Xingyan was also an enemy of ten thousand people at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Although his father and brother died when he was young, Pei Xingjian recognized Qin Qiong as his adoptive father since he was a child and grew up in Qin Qiong's mansion. He studied martial arts and practiced military skills with Qin Lang. Although he is now a civil minister and prime minister, he can also chop people with a sword at any time.

The Governor of the Great Food wanted to cheat him, and Pei Xingjian said that the weather was warmer, the snow-capped mountains and glaciers were almost thawed, and all the passes could pass again. Otherwise, we would still have a real battle, and we would speak with our strength?

The Governor of the Great Food immediately became honest.

At the negotiating table, the Tang Dynasty was strong and powerful, regardless of the time, place, or power, which was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. This negotiating table was a continuation of war.

Only with strong strength can you speak loudly.

The final result was that the Khasa people attended the league and watched the fun all the time without getting involved. The Sogdians were sold, and the Tang Dynasty and Dashi were bounded by the western front, with the Kopet Mountains as the boundary, and the Tang Dynasty to the north and Dashi to the south. Originally, Dashi wanted to draw the boundary to the Wuhu River, but Pei Xingjian said that it should be bounded by the Elpur Tu Mountains on the south bank of the Caspian Sea.

It is also said that the princes and princes in the Caspian lowlands have already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. They were originally ministers of the Persian Sassanid dynasty, but now they have joined the Persian emperor to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the food itself has not yet conquered and occupied the lowlands on the southern coast of the Caspian highlands.

When the cannibal heard this, it was not possible. Although the southern bank of the Caspian Sea was very narrow, the problem was that it was that after crossing the mountains through the highlands, it could reach the core area west of Persia, which could not be given anyway.

Pei Xingjian had no intention of arguing about the ownership of the southern bank of the Caspian Sea at this time. Anyway, there was now a territorial land of a group of princes and the Tang Dynasty was beyond the reach.

Both sides will make a step back.

Finally, the western front was set up with the Kopet Mountains as the boundary and reached the east coast of the Caspian Sea in the west. This boundary line ensured the safety of the Mulu Army Town of Persia in the Tang Dynasty. The great cannibals retreated across the mountains, but it was also equivalent to admitting that most of the Persian Khorasan gave it to the Tang Dynasty.

The middle line is bounded by the Turkic Mountains, and it connects to the upper reaches of the Wuhu River in the east. The eastern section starts from Hengweicheng in the west, and follows the Wuhu water as the boundary, and reaches the exit of the Pamirs in the east.

The two mountains of the Kopet Mountains and the Turkic Mountains, plus the Penchi River in the upper reaches of the Wuhu River, became the new boundary between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi.

The river area between the Wuhu River and the Yaoshui River, that is, the Sogdian countries, were sold by the cannibals and assigned to the Tang Dynasty to control.

On the eastern front of the new border, there are several small states under the Tocharo Ye Guardian country, which are located on the north bank of the Wuhu River, and this time they are also placed under the actual control of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the Jie Su Kingdom of the Tianma Governor's Office, the Tawei Kingdom of the Gumo State, the Hulun City of Luona Prefecture, the Bushi City of the Wangtingzhou Governor's Office, the Gudu City of the Gaofu Governor's Office, the Jumi City of the Naima Governor's Office, and the Shiniu, who had been conquered and occupied by Qin Gui in the east, and the Humi Country of the Niaofei Governor's Office, are all in the north of the eastern section of the New Territorial Line.

They will still be under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and they will still be the governor of the Tang Dynasty's governor's prefecture.

As for the other prefectures and prefectures in Tochar in Wuhu, Henan, they accused them of breaking away from the Tang Dynasty's throne to control their autonomy.

However, it was agreed that neither the army of the Tang Dynasty nor the Tang Dynasty was allowed to enter Tochar and was designated as a military buffer zone for both sides.

However, the Yuezhi Governor's Mansion stationed by Tocharo Yehu is less than 200 miles away from the border. If the territory states on the north bank of the river are lost, the situation in the future of Tocharo Yehu's country will be a bit dangerous.

Tocharo Yehu was very dissatisfied with this boundary demarcation method, but who cares about the matters that both the Tang and the Dashi agreed to?

This time, I can acquiesce Tochar's escape from the Tang Dynasty's autonomy, so I don't want to waste more time on them, but it is impossible to change the matter with the Wuhu River as the boundary.

The boundary between mountains and rivers is also based on them as a danger, and it is more in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible, Pei Xingjian finally gave up the Persian Jiling City, which is more than 2,000 miles away from Mulu. After all, this city is in the Sistan Basin, and it is not easy to hold on until now through the rebellious Tochar, and it has long become an isolated city.

It is helpless to give up at this time, but since Tochar has been released and Dashi has firmly controlled the front line of Hulushan, this Jiling City is very useless. After all, Sistan and the tribal chiefs of the Beiluzhi Mountains further south would rather live their own tribal life in the mountains. They would be satisfied with letting go of sheep and other things. They would not be willing to worship the Tang Dynasty as their elder brother, and there is no need to persist in an isolated city.

However, after the Tang Dynasty gave up Jiling City, Dashi and Tocharo also agreed to the Tang army in Jiling City and the dependent Persians to retreat to Mulu Town safely.

Pei Xingjian also talked about an exchange condition, the lowlands and highlands on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea were temporarily used as a buffer zone. The Tang Dynasty agreed to Dashi to classify this area as their sphere of influence, but just like Tochar, both the Tang Dynasty and Dashi were not allowed to send troops in.

As for the Sogdians in the Hezhong area north of the new boundary between the two sides, they still belong to the governor's office of the Tang Dynasty. How to deal with them is the housework of the Tang Dynasty, and no food should be interfered with.

Representatives of Tochar and Khasa also expressed their agreement not to interfere with the Sogdian affairs in the River, in exchange for the Tang Dynasty not interfering in the affairs of the Tochar and Khasa.

This agreement is still OK.

At least the Tang Dynasty recaptured the Hezhong region without fighting and pushed the actual control line south for two thousand miles. As for the Tochar region, the Khorasan region of Persia, the Sistan region, etc., there was no actual control before, so it was nothing.

The current border is quite beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. For example, the Iron Gate Pass between the natural dangers of the east and west mountains is very dangerous and controlled by the Tang Dynasty.

Many small Tocharian countries in the upper reaches of the Wuhu River were also placed on the side of the Tang Kong Control.

Half of Tochar is gone.

This is also an important reason why Pei Xingjian finally agreed not to interfere with Tochar. Anyway, he cut off a large piece of meat from the Tochar Ye Guguo with one knife, and at least he was a broken arm.

After the Tang Dynasty completely wiped out the Western Turkic tribes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and then freed up his hands to clean up the Sogdians in the river with all their might, then he would clean up the Tochar part in the north.

When they were packed up, there was no reason for the cannibals to interfere. Even the Tocharya Ye Hu could not control it. Otherwise, they would break the alliance agreement first. At that time, the Tang Dynasty would naturally destroy the Tocharya in the south with legitimate reason, and even send troops to Khorasan again, and even occupy the lowlands of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.

If they watched the Tang Dynasty clean up the Northern Tocharo, it would be just a matter of the Tang Dynasty taking the initiative to tear down the agreement to the Southern Tocharo. The number of Dashi interventions would be just the second Tangshi war.

Qin Lang has a saying that is very good, the agreement is signed for tearing it down.

Pei Xingjian regards this sentence as the truth. He signs the covenant agreement when needed, and tear it up as a rubbing paper if he doesn't need it. The most important thing is to rely on his strength.

If you have the strength, you will fight. If you don’t have the strength, others will fight.

The agreement has been signed by Pei Xingjian, and Governor General Khurashan has also signed it. Now we will wait for the official signing and taking effect of the emperors of both sides.

"The people from Jiling City have withdrawn from Mulu Town, and Qin Shushu of Dayuan Military Town also sent troops to Tiemen Pass."

"Governor of the Great Food and Tocharo Yehu both retreated the army through Tiemen Pass and retreated south of the New Territories."

"Su Shuai sent troops to the city of Talas, King of Shi Kingdom, King of Kang Kingdom and other kings of Zhaowu. They all sent princes to Luoyang to apologize and rewarded the army with cattle, horses, camels, and food and grass to our Tang army in the western expedition of Tang Dynasty..."

"The 300,000 Western Expedition Army is withdrawing from Guanlong Shuofang and other places in batches, while the other is transferred to the Jinshan area of ​​Tianshan to fight against the Western Turkic rebellion tribes......"

Empress Dowager Qin, sitting behind the curtain, was very unfamiliar with the Western Regions thousands of miles away. Although as the daughter of Qin Lang and Taiping, the education she received since childhood was still somewhat different from that of ordinary noble families. She also learned to ride horses and shoot archery since she was a child, and she also studied and read. She even lived in many places in Chang'an, Luoyang and Luzon, and her knowledge was far beyond many women of her age, but after all, she was still a young woman.

She is still unfamiliar with war and negotiations between countries, but she can also hear that the result of Pei Xingjian's peace talks this time should be good, and it can be seen from the reactions of the magistrates outside.

Empress Dowager Qin felt relieved.

With a 300,000 army stationed in the Western Regions and fighting thousands of miles away, she always felt worried, afraid of any accident. Now that she finally stopped the war, she was relieved.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Pei."

Empress Dowager Qin said in a clear voice behind the curtain.

National affairs were in sacrifice and military affairs, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered outside, and the empress dowager was always uneasy. Next, the prime ministers talked about the follow-up arrangements for the Western Regions outside, which was nothing more than taking advantage of the situation to completely eliminate the Western Turkic tribes and no longer giving them a chance to repeat themselves.

There are several kinds of sounds about the resettlement of the Western Turkic tribes, some of which are dealt with according to the examples of the Eastern Turkic people, and some believe that they should be dealt with according to the laws of the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, but no matter which one, they will not be polite.

This involves another issue, which may cause the Western Turks to resist fiercely. The encirclement and suppression of the Western Regions may last for several years, or even ten years of fighting, which will be a large financial expenditure.

Another thing is that if the Western Turks are successfully wiped out, or even moved all of them inward, or sold most of them directly into slavery, and the remaining part will be dispersed and migrated southward, then the Western Regions, especially the places north of the Tianshan Mountains, cannot be left empty like this.

The Tang Dynasty is now only in the Shattered Leaf. The number of troops stationed in the Yili River Valley is not large. Moreover, many other places are not suitable for farming and only for grazing. If the Tang Dynasty cannot quickly fill these vacant lands, then it will be occupied by other nomadic tribes sooner or later, which will be troublesome.

But if you immigrate, first of all, there are not many people in the Central Plains to move around now, and secondly, most areas north of the Tianshan Mountains are not suitable for farming but only for grazing, which is a big problem.

"I suggest that it is better to use Kunlun Paoling and Hezhong area as fiefdoms, and reward the soldiers guarding the border and meritorious ministers, so that they can guard and operate for generations. This will not only enrich the wilderness of the border, but also protect the border for the country, but also save a lot of immigration expenses and reduce military expenditures in the garrison."

The person who spoke was Pei Xingjian, who had just returned from the Western Regions. This time he traveled to many places in the Western Regions. It was indeed vast and sparsely populated, and many places had poor conditions.

The Yili River Valley, the Ruiye River Valley and the Dayuan Basin are directly stationed by the Tang Dynasty. Of course, they can be self-sufficient and even form large towns. However, in many other vast areas, the conditions are much worse.

Especially the area of ​​Pamir and Kunlun is even more bitter, cold and remote, but it is very important in military terms. But if troops are sent to garrison, it is probably a huge hole for gold swallowing, and you have to throw money into it every year and you will never be able to fill it.

Even relying on the garrison alone cannot solve the problem of control for a long time.

There must be people, and there must be Chinese people.

But who is willing to immigrate in that condition?

Pei Xingjian felt that at this time, the court might as well open the law of franchise, and divide the thousands of miles of the Western Regions into fiefdoms to attract Han people to immigrate.

At the same time, they were also granted titles to the heroes, and asked them to recruit people and buy slaves themselves to develop and operate them, so as to guard the borders of the court.

Since the law of sealing off the feudal system was launched in the Zhenguan year, it has played a very active role in the imperial court's expansion of borders and border defense for decades, especially in Liaodong and North Korea, where the first to plan for immigration and the most short of immigration.

The imperial court has been in charge for more than 20 years, recruiting immigrants there every year and enfeoffing fiefs there every year. Until now, some of the new generations born there have been adults, which have indeed played a very good role in stabilizing Liaodong and North Korea.

The same feudalization also appeared in the southwest Yidi, which used feudalization and immigration to Tonghai, Erhai, Yinsheng, Yongchang, Xichang and other places, which also played a good role.

Empress Dowager Qin is not unfamiliar with the system of feudal division. After all, the Qin family was the first to obtain the Shixian tribe, and it was also the best management of Shixian tribe.

However, the conditions in the Western Regions are so harsh, far better than those in Liaodong, North Korea, Bohai, and other places. Is anyone really willing to go there?

The Queen Mother asked if she didn't understand.

"I think that although the conditions in the Western Regions are harsh, I can grant more fiefs and increase the benefits."
Chapter completed!