The news from the front was of course shocked and happy that the Tang monarchs and ministers, including Wu Zetian and Li Xian. No one expected that an unprecedented rebellion would disappear in less than ten days under the attack of the Dingxiang Road army led by Pei Xingjian.

Pei Xingjian led his army from Chang'an to the time when the victory was reported, it was less than three months. In other words, before the winter in Chang'an came, the rebellion of the Turks was quelled.

Originally, when the court was discussing whether to send troops to quell the rebellion and how to quell the rebellion, some people opposed it because the war would last for a long time and consumed a lot of money. Some people suggested that the war would be postponed for a period of time. Finally, when the Tang Dynasty arrived at the Shanyu Protectorate, it was the spring of the following year, which was suitable for our army to fight. Now, from the situation of the war, all worries are unnecessary, the military supplies spent not much money, and the war did not last long. The winter of the Shanyu Protectorate was just around the corner, and before the first snow of this winter fell, the rebellion was quelled, and many people were already ashamed of the reasons for their original opposition.

The war in the north has been temporarily calm, and it is necessary to discuss how to deal with the aftermath. Wu Zetian also ordered Li Xian to discuss the aftermath. Before the matter was discussed, Wu Zetian did not want to discuss the matter. She just ordered Li Xian and his ministers to discuss the matter at the Zichen Palace. After expressing a few words of emotion, the pride of congratulations was overwhelming. Wu Zetian also consulted the ministers' opinions before Li Xian spoke. "Dear friends, the army of Dingxiangdao achieved unprecedented victory under the leadership of Pei Pushe. The enemy chief Ashina was in office, Ashide Wenfu was killed, and Ashina Nishucuo was basically eliminated. How to deal with the aftermath? Today's Japanese Palace and the emperor want to discuss with you. Please speak freely and express your opinions!"

While speaking, Wu Zetian seemed to suddenly think of something. Before the ministers could respond, they turned to ask Li Xian aside: "Emperor, I want to ask you first, how do you think this matter should be cured?"

"Ah, Mother, this..." Li Xian, who did not expect Wu Zetian to ask him for his opinion first, was obviously stunned and a little at a loss. After panic, he didn't know how to answer, so he could only say with a grunt: "Mother, my son hasn't thought about this matter carefully yet, and he has no idea. Since the beloved ministers have been summoned today, let's ask the beloved ministers about their ideas first. My son feels that he can gather very good suggestions!"

Li Xian's answer made Wu Zetian very happy. She was not worried about her son's incompetence, but was worried that he would perform too well and have outstanding abilities, so that he would have prestige in front of the ministers. If he often performed like this in front of the ministers, many ministers would show disdain for Li Xian's talents. However, someone would immediately stand up and break Li Xian's face, so naturally Helan Minzhi.

"Empress, I think this matter is very simple. That is, to move most of the Turkic prisoners into the mainland and carry out labor reform. There are too many places in our Tang Dynasty that require labor and too many projects to be completed. Moving the Turkic prisoners into the mainland can greatly reduce the number of Turkic people in the Shanyu Protectorate's Mansion. The possibility of Turkic rebellion will be reduced. After this battle, the court can build cities in the north and south of Yinshan under the name of pacifying the border and send troops to guard it. How can we maintain the peace in the south of the desert to a large extent!" Helan Minzhi said, glanced at Li Xian coldly and threw away a sarcastic sentence: "Empress, I think your Majesty should have thought of these for a long time! Instead of not having any of his own ideas, I don't know how to deal with the nomadic tribes in the north!"

Helanmin's words later were slapping Li Xian in the face with a naked slap. It was too direct, which made Li Xian blush and feel uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to argue in front of Wu Zetian. If it weren't for being warned and blamed by Wu Zetian a few days ago, Li Xian would definitely have had an outbreak today, but now he wouldn't dare.

Although the ministers felt that what Helan Minzhi said was a bit too far, no one came forward to accuse him, and no one came out to discuss anything.

Wu Zetian seemed to have no concern about Helan Minzhi's direct accusation. During the silence of the ministers, she laughed twice and praised Helan Minzhi's words: "What Wu Aiqing said is very reasonable. The captives of the Turks must be moved in and placed in labor reform. Your Majesty should also agree with this. As for how to guard the Shanyu Protectorate, whose power has been greatly reduced, whether to build more cities and send more troops to guard it! These dear ministers express their opinions again!"

How Wu Zetian made a clear statement in the past is rare when discussing these matters. It can be said that she directly expressed support for Helan Minzhi's words just now, and did not even object to the derogatory words. This is even more not simple. It seems that today is not just a simple discussion on how to deal with the rebellion in the Shanyu Protectorate's Office after the rebellion was quelled, but there may also be something Wu Zetian wanted to express to Emperor Li Xian.

However, Wu Zetian was still asking about the aftermath, and the ministers did not dare to turn the topic into other aspects. Wu Zetian himself did not express his dissatisfaction with Li Xian, and Li Xian himself did not say anything, and everyone could only follow Wu Zetian's wishes to discuss things.

Chen Yi also stood up immediately and supported the suggestion Helan Minzhi said just now: "Empress, Your Majesty, I will discuss the proposal proposed by Secretary Wu just now. In addition to letting these hundreds of thousands of Turkic prisoners be transformed and allowed them to atone for their sins, we must also further strengthen the direct governance of the Shanyu Protectorate and the entire Anbei Protectorate! According to my view, now our Tang Dynasty is strong and we can directly control the north and south of the desert!"

"In order to avoid insufficient troops, we can increase the number and proportion of the Hu soldiers recruited, so that non-Han soldiers recruited from the north can guard the border in the south and non-Han soldiers recruited from the south can guard the border in the north. In this case, even if some of them have evil actions, there is no basis for supporting their rebellion! In this case, the number of non-Han soldiers recruited from the south can be increased. These non-Han soldiers can adapt to the harsh environment more easily. Even in places like the territory of the Anbei Protectorate, they can adapt to the north and south of the desert!"

Nowadays, not only the Han family's children were recruited, but also the tribes of other tribes were also recruited. In other words, among the group of soldiers, Han soldiers accounted for the majority, and among them were Turks, Tubos, Japanese, Goryeo, and Silla. As long as the ethnic tribes under the Tang Dynasty were all within the scope of military recruitment for the Tang Dynasty.

After recruiting and recruiting these soldiers from various races, they undergo systematic training and finally mixed into an army. The general proportion is like this. Among the ten Han soldiers, one "Hu people". The Tang army now has a total of about 600,000 troops, which means that the total number of non-Han soldiers is 600,000 or 70,000. Chen Yi's suggestion today is to strengthen the number of non-Han soldiers recruited and let them guard the border.

Most of the Turks recruited to the north were Turkish people, and they could be allowed to guard the Great Protectorate in the north and south, that is, the former Tubo area; and the soldiers recruited to the former Tubo area could be allowed to guard the border in Anbei or Anxi; the soldiers recruited to the former Japanese area could be allowed to go to the Great Protectorate in Andong or the newly established Great Protectorate in Annan. The soldiers recruited to the Great Protectorate in Annan and the Great Protectorate in Andong could be mainly allowed to guard the border in Handong or Annan. In this case, even if non-Han soldiers could be brought together, they would not have the basis for rebellion and could not be supported by the neighboring tribes. Such measures would definitely be able to stabilize the borders in the long run.

Chen Yi's proposal surprised all the ministers, even Wu Zetian. Chen Yi had never discussed this matter with Wu Zetian before, and it was not that Chen Yi didn't want to tell Wu Zetian, but there was no opportunity in this regard. When he talked to the officials of the Ministry of War about collecting troops, he suddenly thought of it. It made sense to think about it. Therefore, he said it today, when he suggested that the court send troops to directly guard the desert and carry out direct management of all the places under the Anbei Protectorate's Office, he wanted to completely belong to the territory of the Tang Dynasty!

In the 20th year of Zhenguan, after the Tang Dynasty defeated Xueyantuo, Tiel's tribes were attached to each other. The court established six governor's offices and seven prefectures in the north and south of the desert, and established Yanran's Protectorate in the 21st year of Zhenguan to govern these prefectures. However, these governor's offices and prefectures were all banished prefectures and prefectures, and all the chief officials were the leaders of various tribes. The Tang Dynasty did not directly govern these places.

Later Yanran's Protectorate was renamed Hanhai Protectorate. The southwest of Hanhai Protectorate is Yunzhong Protectorate, and Yunzhong Protectorate was later renamed Shanyu Protectorate. Two years ago, at Chen Yi's suggestion, Anbei Protectorate was established.

However, because of the change in the court, Wu Zetian focused all his energy on the court affairs and did not pay much attention to the establishment of the Anbei Protectorate. It can be said that the Anbei Protectorate now has no empty space. Chen Yi now wants to take advantage of this war to reset the framework for the Anbei Protectorate, and take advantage of the remaining power of our army after the war to directly rule all places under the Anbei Protectorate.

The jurisdiction of the Anbei Protectorate is equivalent to that of Inner Mongolia in later generations, the entire outer Mongolian, the Russian Far East, with an area of ​​five or six million square kilometers. As a land of such a large area, Chen Yi, who traveled through the future generations, knew that this land had brought too much humiliation to the Chinese in later generations. How could he not want to completely occupy the Tang Dynasty when its national strength was strong and become the territory of the Tang Dynasty forever!

Previously, some people were worried that there would be insufficient troops to guard so many places. Chen Yi felt that his proposal could help those who were worried to relieve their doubts. Today, he also hoped that his proposal would be recognized by everyone present.

"Okay, Shangshu Chen's proposal is very good, I fully agree!" What surprised everyone was that Emperor Li Xian was the first to express his support for Chen Yi's proposal! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!