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Zhao Junsheng said seriously: "Your Highness, our Qian Kingdom will never give up our friendship with the Persian Empire. What we are about to sign with the Yan Da Kingdom is not a covenant, but an agreement. The country's suzerainty and promise not to reach into the Western Regions, not to unite with Rouran; and we promise not to form a military alliance with the Persian Empire!"

"Your Highness, after careful consideration, I can promise you to increase the number of goods to the Persian Empire, and we can also send envoys to each other's capitals, and we can also strengthen cultural and other exchanges. The prince even mentioned Yes, I will send envoys to intercede with the lord of your country and ask him to marry his daughter to my son, these are not problems! The only thing is that Dagan cannot join the Persian Empire to send troops to attack Yanda for the time being!"

Bruce was silent for a while, and asked, "Your Majesty, may I know the reason?"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, the Roman Empire has been fighting with you for the Mesopotamia for a long time, but now they are being invaded by the Huns, so they are unable to continue fighting with your Persian Empire! The same is true for our Daqian Empire now. There is a state of Song in the south of China, and Rouran, a country of barbarians in the north. Both of these countries have strong soldiers and horses. They are less of a threat to me than the Huns are to the Roman Empire. Now our country can no longer fight against the bad people. ,do you understand?"

Belus thought about it, and he raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I understand your difficulties. You are worried about offending people, but don't you worry about offending my Persian Empire? Once my Persian Empire refuses to buy goods from Qianguo, Do you believe that this will cause a great loss to the country?"

Zhao Junsheng looked at Belus quietly, "Your Highness, I hope you can understand that the Daqian Empire cannot survive without the Persian Empire. We need to transport goods to the Persian Empire and even the Roman Empire further away. But the Persian Empire is also inseparable from the goods and commodities of our Dagan Empire. Without a large number of business travelers to transport the goods of our Dagan Empire to Persia, the economy of your Persian Empire will suffer an unprecedented heavy blow. Both of us are mutually beneficial and win-win. All prosperity, all losses! If you want to threaten me with this, then you have miscalculated!"

"Also, you have to understand that your Persian country will suffer irreparable and heavy losses if it lacks our Daqian goods, but my Dagan Empire does not necessarily sell goods to Persia, our business travel can open up new trade routes Go directly to the Roman Empire through Persia, although it will cost some money, but for the sake of profit, I think those businessmen will be adventurous!"

Belus was a little flustered. If Zhao Junsheng was really angered, not only would he not be able to achieve the purpose of his trip, but he would also completely offend Qian Guo.

"Your Majesty, you are right. The Qian Kingdom and the Persia Kingdom have a mutually beneficial relationship. I shouldn't have said that just now. I apologize to you. Please forgive my ignorance and recklessness!"

Zhao Junsheng looked better, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, I don't care about you!"

"Does Your Majesty really not consider sending troops with Persia to destroy the Yanda Kingdom? Your Majesty can destroy the Yanda Kingdom first, and then turn around to deal with the Song Kingdom and Rouran!"

People's hearts will never be satisfied. If the country of Yanda is destroyed, there will be no obstacles between Qianguo and Persia at that time. I am afraid that it will turn from an ally of interests to an enemy, and the two sides will compete for control of Central Asia. The threat from the country itself has not been lifted, how can there be spare energy to compete with Persia for Central Asia?

Zhao Junsheng understands that if a person's will is not strong enough and his ability is not strong enough, he can't look too far. If he looks too far, he will easily get lost.

"How can I allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch? If Song Guo and Rouran are not resolved, I have no intention of focusing on other places! My attitude is very clear, and I can continue to maintain trade and cooperation with Persia." Exchanges and contacts in other areas, but for the time being we cannot send troops together with Persia to deal with China, as for whether Persia should continue to maintain this relationship with our country, the decision rests with your country!"

Belus sighed: "It's a pity, but I respect His Majesty's decision! Even if Daqian can't join us in dealing with Persia militarily, Dagan still has a deep friendship with Persia, and we still welcome Dagan Qian’s business traveler transported the goods to Persia, of course, when we Persia come to Dagan, we also hope that your country will protect their safety and interests as always!”

"As for the marriage of the princes and princesses of the two countries, I agree very much, but I don't know if my father's opinion will be the same as mine, so the marriage requires His Majesty to send envoys to accompany me to Persia to meet my father. The emperor proposed it in person! However, I am not very optimistic about this matter, because the country is separated by Yanda. At present, the main channel of communication between us is under the control of Yanda people. If my sister is married, she will come here. Safety on the road will become the biggest problem, and it is also an unsolvable problem, you can't let my sister get married in disguise as a commoner's daughter?"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and nodded: "The prince's words are very reasonable. I don't care about the marriage, but I still want to send envoys to Persia to meet the Persian emperor and express my sincere greetings to him!"

Belus stood up and bowed to salute: "Since that's the case, Belus intends to return to China in the near future, but the way will pass through the area controlled by the Yanda people, and Prince Wenhe of the Yanda has already seen me, I'm worried He will set up a trap to catch me along the way, so I want to change the return route, try to go from Dawan to Huacizimo, and then return from Huacizimo, but Huacizimo is a vassal of the Yanda people, once the Red Huns If you know my identity, you will definitely catch me and ask for credit from those who hate you, so I would like to request to join the mission sent by His Majesty, and go with the team as an interpreter in the mission of His Majesty!"

Chapter 869 The situation is complicated

Zhao Junsheng agreed to Belus' request and included all his mission members in the mission sent by Dagan to Persia.

In order to ensure their safety, after Wen He signed the agreement, Zhao Junsheng managed to keep Wen He and his party in Chang'an for more than half a month, so that Bellus, his entourage and the major missions could leave half a month earlier.

The mission Zhao Junsheng sent to Persia this time included one envoy, one deputy envoy, more than 20 officials and clerks, 100 cavalry guards, [-] riding horses, and [-] camels for transportation.

There is no need to worry about passing through the countries of the Western Regions in the middle, and there is no need to worry about crossing the dangerous pass of the Tianshan Mountains. There is still Dagan's sphere of influence, and there is no need to worry too much when entering Dawan Kingdom. Dawan Kingdom has been in harmony with the Central Plains for hundreds of years The relationship between the dynasties is not bad, and some time ago, they sent envoys to Chang'an to have an audience.

However, from Dawan Kingdom to Khwarazmo, you need to go through a large area. This area belongs to the newly rising Yueban, and it is quite dangerous. When you arrive at Khwarazmo, the Red Huns there are vassals of the Naida people. In fact, it is also a descendant of the Guishuang Dynasty, a different tribe of the Dayue Clan. During the Han Dynasty, the Dayue Clan and the Han Dynasty fought against the Huns together, so the Red Huns still have some connections with the Central Plains.

It wasn't until half a month later that Zhao Junsheng sent someone to see Prince Yanda Wen He and his party away that he was relieved.

On this day, he called Li Ji, Minister of Honglu Temple, to inquire about the situation of Wuqingquan, who was on an envoy to the Southern Dynasties.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Wu Qingquan sent someone to send a letter two days ago. In the letter, he said that everything was fine. He used that matter to question the Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers and silenced them. The Southern Dynasty monarchs denied that it was not from the Southern Dynasty court. The idea is that Huang Guangyao made his own decisions without going through the Southern Dynasty court, and they also said that Huang Guangyao was only an envoy sent to Chang'an by the Southern Dynasty, not an envoy sent to Rouran, and he has no right to make a secret agreement with Rouran people!"

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng smiled, "I guessed that they would do this, but it doesn't matter, our purpose is just to suppress them! By the way, I think you should go to the prison to see Huang Guangyao, How can you say that you are also old friends, go and see him, he should know the news that Nan Chao abandoned him!"

Li Ji understood Zhao Junsheng's meaning, bowed his hands and agreed: "I understand!"

Half a month later, Huang Guangyao's family members were escorted to Chang'an by Qian Guo's spies. Huang Guangyao cried after meeting his family members, and the family members felt that they would survive the catastrophe.

Previously, because Huang Guangyao was abandoned by the Southern Dynasty, his family was also arrested and exiled into the army, but they were rescued by men in black sweaters on the way.

Only a few days later, Huang Guangyao chose to change camps and join the Qian Kingdom. Zhao Junsheng treated him well and ordered someone to prepare a house for him in Chang'an City, and let him cultivate at home for two months before ordering him to He went to Hexi to work, and his family also went with him.

After receiving relevant news, the Southern Dynasties condemned Huang Guangyao vigorously.

In the evening of that day, when Zhao Junsheng was walking in the palace, when he heard Li Ji talking about the news that Huang Guangyao was condemned by the Southern Court and the public, he just laughed it off. He surrendered to the enemy and treason, these people are really shameless!"

"Who says it's not!" Li Ji echoed.

At this time Lu Xuanbo hurried over and reported: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent matter from the Western Regions!"

Zhao Junsheng glanced at Li Ji, "There are no outsiders here, and Li Qing should also know, tell me, what happened?"

"Tan Wuye, a monk from Tianzhu, escaped. Relying on his superb martial arts, he climbed over the snowy peaks above the Congling Mountains and fled into the territory of the disgusting people!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned, and his tone was very rude: "You have ten senior priests to assist in arresting him, but you can't catch him. Are all of you eating dry food?"

Lu Xuanbo lowered his head, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, this Tan Wuye's martial arts are very complex, ruthless, and very cunning. It's really not easy to catch him! I want to go to the Western Regions to organize people to arrest Tan Wuye. catch!"

"Now people are running to hate people's control. Once you go, you will reveal your identity. How to arrest them?"

"The ministers can pretend to be business travelers. There are many caravans traveling between the east and the west, and the ministers will not arouse suspicion even if they are in the territory of the disgusting people!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "The Yandaren's territory is not small. He entered the Yandaren's territory by himself like a drop of water melting into the ocean. How do you find it?"

Lu Xuanbo clasped his fists and said, "I think that Tan Wuye must have another purpose in going to Yanda. He probably wants to persuade King Yanda to form an alliance with Rouran to deal with me. As long as you go to Badiyan City of King Yanda, you should be fine." I can find him!"

Zhao Junsheng had never thought that Rouran people would take the initiative to hate people before, but now he was reminded by Lu Xuanbo that it is really possible after he thinks about it carefully. People who hate people are not a country that can abide by the agreement. As long as there are enough benefits, what will they do? Dare to do anything.

After some thinking, Zhao Junsheng agreed: "Okay, you go, I will find someone to take over the affairs of the black guards temporarily for you! But your purpose of going here is not to arrest Tan Wuye, but to kill him!"

"Yes!"

After Lu Xuanbo left, Zhao Junsheng asked Lin Jinghui to temporarily take over the position of commander of the Black Clothes Guards to maintain the operation of the Black Clothes Guards. Lin Jinghui was born in the Royal Enshrining Pavilion. How the clothes guard works.

On the fifth day of November, Lin Jinghui reported to Zhao Junsheng that the Black Yiwei had received reliable news that the Rouran people had sent an envoy secretly to the south and arrived in Jiankang, but the Black Yiwei did not get any relevant clues from the inside of Rouran. Obviously , Rouran's actions this time are extremely confidential, and there must be very few people who know about them.

"What did the envoy of Rouran talk to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Lin Jinghui said: "According to inside reports, the envoy of Rouran tried to persuade the Emperor Liu Jun of the Southern Dynasty to join us in sending troops to attack me. Now Jun Liu is considering it!"

Zhao Junsheng walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, thinking about the possible follow-up development of this matter, he stopped and asked: "Have the black guards ever calculated the military strength of the Southern Dynasty?"

Lin Jinghui replied: "In June, we did a survey and statistics again. According to the reports sent by various parties, there are 15 troops in the Southern Dynasty, [-] scattered in various places, and [-] in Jiankang. [-] to [-] of the [-] scattered in various places are deployed in Huainan and the area north of the Yangtze River to guard against our army!"

"In addition, land annexation in the Southern Dynasty has been serious in recent years. After losing their land, a large number of civilians and small landlords became tenants of wealthy families, ministers, and military generals, or directly became refugees. According to the calculations of the black guards, if a war breaks out, the Southern Dynasty can Within a month, 5 people were recruited from the people to join the war, and they had sufficient reserves of ordnance, and there was no shortage of food and grass!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned, "The Southern Dynasties have been recuperating over the years, and their strength has grown very fast! How many troops do they have in Bashu?"

"Bashu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the Southern Dynasties did not have a lot of troops in Bashu. According to the information secretly collected by our spies from their government, the Bashu defenders have about 8000 troops in the files, but according to our As we all know, there was a serious situation of starvation in the army of the Southern Dynasties, and after summarizing the information from various sources, we get that the actual number of troops in Bashu is about 1 to 1!"

"Is the situation of empty pay in the Southern Dynasties so serious?" Zhao Junsheng was very surprised. The empty pay almost took up more than one-third, which was terrible.

Lin Jinghui clasped his fists: "Yes, in fact, the official number of troops in the Southern Dynasty reached 25 on paper, but in reality it was only 15, and the number of lieutenant generals and schools reached 10!"

Zhao Junsheng gasped, the total number of troops was only 25, and the number of empty troops reached [-]. This Zhao Junsheng was shocked that the lieutenant generals of the Southern Dynasty Army were so rampant!

But he was also relieved that the Southern Dynasty seemed to be a giant, but in fact, the interior had been hollowed out by officials and aristocratic families. The serious land annexation made a large number of small farmers and small landlords homeless, and could only be reduced to refugees and wealthy families. tenants, although the Southern Dynasty could organize these refugees and the young and strong among the tenants into an army in the shortest time, but would such an army have combat effectiveness?He has no doubt that as long as they go to the battlefield, these mobs will immediately drop their weapons and armor and run away. As for the regular army, God knows how much fighting power they have, maybe it is okay to bully the common people.