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"Prince's thoughts, I will consider it as appropriate. Now that our Daqian Empire and the Dagan country have not reached a consensus on business and trade, the export of goods will definitely be subject to considerable restrictions. After all, the current Silk Road must pass through the Dagan country. Only the territory under the jurisdiction of our country can reach Persia. If we reach an agreement on commerce and trade with the Dagan Empire and the Dagan country, and even let the Dagan country reduce the amount of commercial tax imposed on our products, then our exports to Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire will definitely will increase!"

After Zhao Juncheng finished speaking, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Recently, I'm considering whether to open up another business route to reach Persia without passing through the jurisdiction of the country! Come, bring me a map!"

A little eunuch came over with a roll of maps and spread them out on the table. Zhao Junsheng greeted Belus: "Look, prince, the current Silk Road starts from Dunhuang, where I have worked so hard. It is divided into two roads here. After starting from Yumen Pass, go northwest through the vast desert and Wufengsui, then go to Yiwu, pass Gaochang, Yanqi, and Kucha Kingdoms westward from Yiwu, and then go southwest to Shule Kingdom, and pass through Congling Mountains from Shule Kingdom Enter the borders of the country that hates the world!"

"The South Road starts from Dunhuang, exits from Yangguan Pass, advances southwest, passes through Bailongdui and a large desert to Yixun City, then departs from Yixun City to Qiemo, passes through Qiemo, then goes to Jingjue Kingdom, and then goes to Yuxun City. Tian, ​​all the way through Pushan Kingdom, Xiju Ban Kingdom, Kepantuo Kingdom, Bohe Kingdom, and entered the territory of Yanda Kingdom!"

"I am now considering letting the caravan take a trade route that no one has traveled before. After the caravan arrives in Shule Kingdom, it will not go to Shuyanda Kingdom, but to Poluona Kingdom (it was called Dawan Kingdom in the Han Dynasty) , the caravan has been going northwest along the river in Poluona, and arrived at this location, we call this place Huacizimo!"

The Prince of Persia saw it, "This Huacizimo is next to the Khorasan province of our Persian Empire, in the north of it! Now the owner here is the Red Huns, and the Red Huns are attached to the Yanda Kingdom, so this is also the territory of the Yanda Kingdom! "

Zhao Junsheng said: "Although the Red Huns are attached to the White Huns, they will not always be willing to submit to the White Huns. As long as they have enough benefits and benefits, they will dare to rebel against the country! If the caravans of our two sides pass by the Red Huns Presumably, they should welcome it very much, it is only good for them and not bad, they don’t even need to herd and farm, and they can feed the whole group by only charging a certain toll to the caravan!”

Belus' eyes brightened a little, and he thought to himself that the Persian Empire could also use this huge benefit to drive the Red Huns to rebel against the White Huns and weaken the White Huns' strength.

"Your Majesty is really wise, I think this trade route is good!" Belus smiled.

In fact, Zhao Junsheng did not mention another idea. The caravan can even start from the Aral Sea and continue westward, pass through the northern shore of the Caspian Sea and the Nanrusian Grassland to enter the territory of the Huns, then go to the Kerch Strait, take a boat across the Black Sea and head south, directly In Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, if this caravan can be opened up, the profit will definitely be doubled several times.

But it takes a lot of risk to open up this trade route. Along the way, you have to pass through the territory of Dawan, Huacizimo, Yueban, and the Huns in turn, and you have to take a boat across the Black Sea to Constantinople. Dawan It’s easy to say that this country has always been connected with the Central Plains dynasty, and often sent envoys to the Central Plains to meet the emperor, but the Red Huns who occupied Khorizmo, the Yueban people and the Huns in the north may not be so easy to talk to.

Belus asked: "Your Majesty, if we need to work together to open up this trade route, our Persian Empire is responsible for persuading the Red Huns, and your Dagan Empire is responsible for opening up the trade route of Dawan Kingdom. What do you think?"

Zhao Junsheng agreed on the spot: "Okay! As long as this trade route is opened up, I can promise to at least double the amount of exports to Persia, and maybe even double or triple it!"

Belus said: "Your Majesty, we in Persia also hope to strengthen cultural exchanges with Qianguo. This time I brought a lot of books about the Persian Empire, including poems, literary works and history books written by many scholars of our Persian Empire. I will present them to the royal family of your country some other day, but I also hope to bring back some books from the Dagan Empire, I think our Persian Empire scholars will be very interested in them!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Thank you very much, Your Highness, I accept His Highness's gift on behalf of the royal family, and I will also give His Highness some books someday, hoping to play a decisive role in enhancing the understanding between the Daqian Empire and the Persian Empire!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity. On behalf of the Persian Empire and the royal family, I would like to express my sincere respect to Your Majesty!"

Belus changed the subject after finishing speaking, "This time my father sent me to see His Majesty and there is another extremely important matter, that is the Kingdom of Yanda! Presumably Your Majesty also knows that since the Yanda people occupied the Hezhong area It has shown a strong aggressiveness, and it has repeatedly launched attacks on the eastern territory of our Persian Empire, causing us a lot of losses in the eastern provinces!"

"Similarly, the rise of the Dagan Empire and the entry of power into the Western Regions have violated the interests of the Dagan Kingdom in the Western Regions. The Dagan Kingdom will definitely not tolerate damage to its own interests! Your Majesty, don't look at them sending envoys, And it’s still a prince, but this is actually just King Yanda’s plan to delay the attack, they are delaying the time, once they are ready, they will inevitably march into the Western Regions, and the war between Dagan and Yanda will begin!”

"The Dagan Empire is the common enemy of our Persian Empire and His Majesty's Dagan Empire, so our Persian Empire hopes to unite with the Dagan Empire and form a military alliance to jointly deal with the Dagan Empire!"

After listening quietly, Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while and said: "The people who hate people are barbaric. Its rise has indeed posed a huge threat to the surrounding countries. The prince's analysis just now is also very reasonable, but this matter is of great importance. I and the group I need time to discuss and consider this matter, how about I discuss this matter with His Royal Highness after the polo team matches of missions from various countries are over?"

Bellus knew that it was impossible for Zhao Junsheng to make a decision in the first place, and he still needed to make more efforts to make the Daqian Empire agree to form a military alliance with the Persian Empire to deal with Daxia.

"Of course, I also hope that His Majesty and the officials of Dagan will pay attention to this matter!"

Within two days, Wen He, the prince of Yanda, also asked to see Zhao Junsheng. Zhao Junsheng had been hiding for two days, so he couldn't keep hiding, as long as he was summoned.

The two sides discussed the ownership of the Congling Kingdoms in Xialiang Pavilion. Zhao Junsheng said that the suzerainty of the Congling Kingdoms could be handed over to the Yanda Kingdom, but the Yanda Kingdom must agree to three conditions: First, the Yanda The power of the country stops at the original territory and cannot expand eastward or northward; second, after the large caravan enters the sphere of influence of the country that hates the country, the commercial tax paid will be reduced by half; third, the country that hates the country cannot The alliance of other countries will deal with Dagan together.

After hearing this, Wen He said that the first and third items can be considered, but he really cannot accept the second item, and it is impossible for the country that hates the development to accept it. The natural advantages of Tocharo, the middle node of the Sino-Western trade route, provided caravans with supplies to obtain wealth and taxed the Sogdians to live.

Now that Zhao Junsheng wants to cut half of the caravan's business tax as soon as he opens his mouth, isn't that tantamount to cutting flesh on the country that hates Da Da?How can a country that hates the development agree?Even if the Congling countries add up their annual tributes to the Yanda country, it is far less than these less commercial taxes. Wouldn’t the gains outweigh the gains for the Congling countries to give up so much business tax for the Congling countries?

Zhao Junsheng and Wen He refused, saying: "The prince may not agree, but our caravans don't have to go to the border of the Da country to go to the west. Passing all the way west to Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire on the territory of ordinary people, it is completely possible to avoid the territory of the Antarctic country!"

"Also, the Congling countries took the initiative to regard me as their suzerain. I didn't force them to do so. Otherwise, they themselves are the vassal states of the Yanda country. With the protection of the Dagan country, how could they willingly express their surrender to me? So, no matter from which point of view, it is reasonable for my Dagan to have suzerainty over the Congling countries, why should I reject the Congling countries that took the initiative to seek refuge?"

Wen He's heart sank when he heard that, he guessed in his heart that the Persian Prince Belus might have discussed the alliance with Zhao Junsheng, so he decided to test Zhao Junsheng, "Your Majesty, this is unreasonable, I hate that Daguo will definitely To easily give up the suzerainty over the Congling countries, even if you have to fight Dagan, you will not hesitate, please think twice, is it worthwhile to go to war with the Congling countries for the sake of the Congling countries!"

Zhao Junsheng's face darkened, "Prince Wen He, I and the Daqian Empire will never accept or be afraid of any form of political blackmail and threats!"

Wen He guessed that Zhao Junsheng's attitude might be very tough, but he didn't expect it to be so tough. He thought for a while and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, we can discuss the suzerainty of the Congling Kingdoms later. I am here to represent I heard that the Persian Prince Belus came to Chang'an this time to form an alliance with your country to deal with our country, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and gave an answer: "The prince of Persia has indeed mentioned this matter to me, but I am still considering it! What does the prince mean by asking this question?"

Wen He had already made calculations and plans in his heart. He said: "If you reject the Persian alliance proposal, I think we can talk about the suzerainty of the Congling countries. It is not impossible to make some concessions!"

Chapter 865

Congling can be described as a demarcation line, a strategically important location. If you control the Congling countries, you can use this as a base to prevent the evil forces from extending to the east. Dagan can also use this as a base to look at Central Asia.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and asked, "What the prince said can be discussed, how can we talk about it?"

"The Qian Kingdom can still collect tribute from the Congling countries every year, but the Congling countries will be stationed by our country, and the expenses for the garrison will be borne by the Congling countries!"

Zhao Junsheng politely refused: "The annual tributes of the Congling and other countries don't add up to a lot of money. I really don't need such a small amount of money when I am a royal family!"

For Dagan, paying tribute is just a form, but it is not dispensable. What Dagan really cares about is the suzerainty over the Congling countries. What can Nagon do?Without suzerainty, troops cannot be garrisoned, and not being able to garrison troops is tantamount to losing control of the strategically important Congling Kingdoms.

In the past, the powerful forces had not yet entered the Western Regions, and the Yanda people also focused on the Persian Empire in the Middle East and the suppression of the Sogdians in the country. They did not care too much about the countries in the Western Regions, but let the Congling countries pay tribute every year. .

It’s different now. The rise of Daqian and the expansion of its power to the Western Regions violated the interests of the Yanda country. Of course, the Yanda people quit. They also know the strategic importance of the location of the Congling countries. If the Congling countries If it is occupied by the Qian State, then the Qian Army can rush down from Congling to attack the Yan Da State.

Wen He said: "Your Majesty should know that it is impossible for our country to give up on the Congling countries. It is not good for our country to occupy the Congling countries. The border towns of our country are easy to be attacked by the Congling army!"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "Is the prince deceiving me? I don't know the living habits of the people? You people never live in towns and houses, but live in yurts. Even if I attack the cities of the country, I will treat you people There is no impact at all, your strength will not be damaged in any way, you can leave if you want, stay if you want!"

"Besides, the Yanda country is thousands of miles away from the center of our Daqian. It has already been a long journey for our army to reach the countries in the Western Regions. After arriving at Congling, how can we still have the strength to attack Yanda? This is a big challenge for my Dagan. It’s not worth the loss if you work on an expedition, it’s better not to do business with the country, both sides can make money, and the cooperation is a win-win situation!”

Wen He asked back: "Since Your Majesty said so, why did the Qianjun enter the Western Regions? It is still a business, and there is no need for the Qianjun to enter the Western Regions to conflict with me. Why don't your Majesty order the Qianjun from the Western Regions to retreat?" How about Changan?"

Zhao Junsheng's face was serious: "I hope the prince can understand that even before our Qianjun entered the Western Regions, the Yanda Kingdom could not control the countries in the Western Regions. The reason why our Qianjun entered the Western Regions was because the Western Regions were in chaos at that time. The road is blocked, and after opening up the business route, not only can the goods I worked on be sold to the Western Regions, Persia, and Persia, but they can even be exported to the far west and the Eastern Roman Empire. Even your country will benefit a lot , the business tax paid by the passing caravan, and the supplies they bought on the way have made the country earn a lot of money, right?"

Wen He's arrogance was very arrogant, "Even if there is no army, my country can restore the order in the Western Regions to a good state, and also keep the trade routes open!"

Zhao Jun was very angry, "It seems that Prince Wen He has no intention of discussing the affairs of the Congling countries. It is getting late today, please go back, Prince, I still have a lot of state affairs to deal with. Come, send Prince Wen He out palace!"

Two eunuchs came forward, "Prince, please!"

Seeing that Zhao Jun was genuine, Wen He immediately changed his attitude, "Your Majesty, forgive me, let's talk about the affairs of the Congling countries. As long as Daqian forms an alliance with me and rejects Persia, my country can give up Pushan , Kepantuo, and Xiju have the suzerainty over half the country, and only have the suzerainty over the Bohe country and Yumo country!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't want to be led by the nose by Wen He, so he waved his hand: "We'll talk about this matter another day, Prince, go back first!"

A few soldiers outside the door walked in with their swords pressed. Wen He saw this posture, the hero did not suffer the immediate loss, and retreated after saluting.

After Wen He left, the national teacher Dongfang Chen came in from outside the hall and greeted Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty and Prince Yanda did not go well?"

Zhao Junsheng got up and took a few steps, "Don't look at this Wen He looks like a barbarian, but he is actually very shrewd. When I was talking to me about the ownership of the Congling Kingdoms, he coaxed and lied, Threats, intimidation and other methods were used one after another, and when he saw that I was going crazy, he immediately shrank back and gave me a little sweetness!"

Dongfang Chen was taken aback, "I didn't expect that Prince Wen He should not be underestimated!"

"I found that his behavior is very similar to a wolf! National Teacher, it seems that we have to re-plan our relationship with Yanda, especially on the issue of dealing with the Congling Kingdoms. If we can easily return the Congling Kingdoms to I'm afraid that the people who hate the country will not only not appreciate it, but also think that I am weak and deceitful!"

"Even if we reached an agreement in some respects because we want to befriend the ghast, do you think they will really abide by the agreement? The ghast rose from barbarism, and they rely on pure force. Once they think there is something If necessary, they will definitely abandon us without hesitation, they only advocate force!"

Dongfang Chen asked: "Then what does His Majesty mean?"

"Don't give up the countries of Congling, but also build garrisons and strong passes there, and send heavy troops to guard them!"

Dongfang Chen was a little surprised, "I'm afraid people who hate you won't agree?"