After a long time, Mansoor finally spoke: "Really?
What does this matter have to do with me?
My sons have grown up, and each of them is patient.
Before I died, they were vying to call themselves caliphs.
My caliphate has already Once you are done, you can neither influence them nor have the mood or energy to care about their affairs."
Zhao Ziliang was silent for a moment and said: "The peace talks have been going on for three days.
We have proposed some terms.
The two sides are now negotiating on these terms.
Until now, Sabit and the others have not mentioned a word about you.
I Officials from the side once mentioned Your Excellency in the negotiations and asked if they wanted to redeem Your Excellency, but Thabit and others ignored him.
Judging from my experience, your son Mahdi probably does not want you to go back."
Mansour sneered, "Yeah, how could he be willing to let me go back?
If I go back, what should he do?
He is worried that I will take away his power, and he will not feel at ease if I stay with him, but he doesn't want to Carrying the bad reputation of killing my father, I am a hot potato to him.
It is the best outcome for him and his other brothers that I stay in Xi Qin forever."
Mansur is different from other emperors.
Even if he is captured by the Western Qin army, as long as he can go back, he will have a strong influence on the ministers, military generals, nobles and tribal chiefs of the Dashi Kingdom.
After all, he After so many years of rule, he has already penetrated into the hearts of the people of Dashi Country, and no one dares to ignore his authority.
Therefore, not only the Mahdi did not dare to let him go back, but other princes who claimed to be caliphs also did not dare to let him go back.
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and said: "There is still one month left before the Lantern Festival in our Tang Dynasty.
If there is no delay on the way, I can rush back to Xinjing to celebrate the Lantern Festival and enjoy the lanterns and guess the crossword puzzle.
If you are willing, I would like to invite you to go to Xinjing to stay for a few days and experience the customs and customs of our Western Qin Kingdom.
I wonder what you would like."
Mansour slowly raised his head and looked at Zhao Ziliang.
After about two minutes, he sighed: "You and I are our biggest enemies.
If it were other kings, they would have killed me long ago if they caught me.
But you didn’t.
You said the king would not kill the king.
King, only an eternal emperor with great talents and a mind as broad as the vast universe can say such a thing.
I am not as good as you.
Well, since I can’t go back, I might as well go to Xinjing to see the Kingdom of Western Qin.
The local customs, thank you, Your Majesty.”
"You don't have to be polite.
Before departure, I will send someone to inform you to make preparations.
You don't need to worry about anything.
Someone will take care of everything for you.
I will take my leave now."
After Zhao Ziliang said that, he got up and nodded to Mansour and left.
On December 14, the ceasefire peace talks between Western Qin and Dashi were still continuing.
This could not be ended in a day or two, but Zhao Ziliang no longer waited.
He led the Guards and the Dragon Guards from Yaz De set off and returned to Xinjing.
Most of the military officials and a few generals also returned together, including Mansour.
He had a separate carriage.
Zhao Ziliang did not have this kind of treatment.
Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople, Grand Palace.
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Almost all the high-ranking ministers and generals gathered in the main hall of the palace, but Constantine V was not here.
There was only one reason why they gathered here, because Constantine V's queen Irene Na came to the end of her life.
In the past six months, the disease has completely destroyed Irina's body.
Now, the princess of the former Khazar Khanate, a powerful queen who once had a peerless appearance and had a huge influence on the power class of the entire Eastern Roman Empire, is already emaciated and dying.
Irina was lying in the thick silk quilt, and she was already breathing more out than in.
A pile of wood was burning in the fireplace in the palace.
A eunuch squatted next to it and added firewood to the fireplace from time to time.
The blazing fire warmed the spacious palace.
Constantine V sat on the edge of the bed and held Irina's skinny hand.
Their son Leo, the co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, squatted beside the bed and held Irina's other hand.
"My queen, you will be fine.
I have asked the doctor to prepare medicine.
You will get better soon after drinking it," Constantine V comforted.
Irina shook her head weakly: "Stop comforting me, I'm going to die.
God is calling me.
I have two things that I can't worry about: one is the Bulgars in the north.
They have been ours for hundreds of years."
They have a serious problem, and now they have the support of the Western Qin Kingdom , the second thing that is more threatening to us is our son Leo and little Hazare, my son, you have grown up, you are your father's co-emperor, you must shoulder your due responsibilities , to help your father govern internally and resist foreign enemies."
Constantine V said quickly: "Don't worry, Leo is a smart boy.
He has the potential to be an emperor.
After my death, the empire will be ruled by him."
Leo also immediately said: "Mother, I will not let you down."
Irina looked at Rila who was standing behind Leo and waved to her.
Rila immediately held up the hem of her skirt and leaned forward: "Grandma Queen, what do you want to say to me?"
Rila was an Athenian and the daughter of the Greek governor.
She had been influenced by Greek classical culture since she was a child.
She was beautiful and elegant.
She was selected into the palace at the age of 16 and was confirmed by Constantine V as the wife of Prince Leo.
She married Leo last year.
Irina smiled at Rila, "Rila, you are a good wife, you have the demeanor I had when I was young.
A man, especially an emperor, should have someone who really cares about him and this thousand-year empire behind his back.
Queen, I hope you are such a person who can help him well, support him when he is confused, and comfort him when he is tired."
Rila quickly said: "Yes, Leo is my husband, and I will spend my whole life fulfilling his achievements as emperor.
If you agree, I want to change my name to Irina."
Irina's eyes lit up and she struggled to say one word: "Okay" The elder Irina passed away amidst the grief of Constantine V and Leo.
She died, and the young Irina stepped onto the historical stage of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Women with good education and stunning looks are destined to stir up the turmoil of the Eastern Roman Empire in the future.
News of the truce negotiations between the Western Qin Kingdom and the Dashi Kingdom soon reached Constantinople, as did the news that Mansur, the former Caliph of the Dashi Kingdom, was captured and the country was torn apart.
The second news made Constantinople King Ding V breathed a sigh of relief.
At least within a few years, the Arabs would no longer be able to pose a threat to the Eastern Roman Empire.
Officials of Constantinople even held many large banquets to celebrate this, but the first A piece of news brought Constantine V to There is a sense of urgency.
After the armistice, the Western Qin will definitely recuperate.
With the national strength of the Western Qin, they will soon recover.
Although the Western Qin and the Eastern Roman Empire are not yet directly bordering, this invisible pressure always exists.
The Western Qin's It is too aggressive.
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Its strong national power, huge population base, and vast territory make it rich in mineral resources and products.
With the support of the Tang Dynasty, it is almost an unbeatable giant.
Tyrant.
After listening to the intelligence officer's report, Constantine V said to his son Leo and the ministers in the palace: "Zhao Ziliang is not only the king of the Western Qin Dynasty, but also the regent of the Tang Dynasty.
Two huge empires were controlled by him. to rule, he could command millions of troops, although he could not mobilize Mobilizing so many troops to fight us, we must not lack a sense of urgency.
We must find ways to improve our national strength and military combat effectiveness.
Otherwise, if there is a real war with Western Qin, we will definitely not be our opponents.
But at present, we must deal with the northern Bulgars. threat"
Leo stood up and said to Constantine V and other ministers: "Father, my lords, since the Bulgar Khan King Teletz was attacked by our troops in the Black Sea two months ago, he purchased from Western Qin All the weapons and armor of the Bulgar Khan were intercepted by us.
Teletz fled back with only a few people.
His prestige in the Bulgar Khanate was greatly reduced.
Now his reputation has plummeted and he has lost the support of many tribes.
Bulgar Civil strife has broken out in King Khan.
I think we should wait and see what happens and let them fight among themselves.
Now we have sent people into them and can find out about them at any time.
When the war within them is about to end, we will To take action, I think the most important thing for us now is to reform the internal affairs and military system to enhance national strength.
Only when the national strength is strong can we compete with the Arabs and the Western Qin people."
Constantine V was rather optimistic about Leo as his son.
This was not the first time that Leo appeared in the meeting hall.
Leo did not stand up and express his opinions every time during the meeting, but once he spoke up, Will definitely give constructive opinions.
What he said just now made Constantine V and the ministers very interested.
Constantine V asked: "You said you want to reform the internal affairs and military system.
How and where should you start?"
Leo said: "Let's talk about domestic affairs first.
I think we should start from three aspects: first, encourage farming, and ask my father to issue an order to pardon some slaves and become free people.
For example, order to allow slaves over forty years old to become free people.
Allowing them to open up wasteland and farm the land will be their own property.
Of course, this will inevitably lead to problems.
A large number of slave owners are dissatisfied, but we can order to reduce their agricultural taxes.
Although the slave owners have lost some old slaves, they have gained some benefits, which can calm their emotions; secondly, encourage commerce and handicrafts , Reform the tax system, we can start from simplifying business trade and handicrafts.
Required application procedures, lowering the threshold for declaring funds, and reducing taxes in certain business areas.
In addition, there are huge loopholes in the current commercial tax system.
Not only do a large number of businessmen evade taxes, but also many officials and public officials take advantage of the loopholes in the system.
Third, rectify religion.
I think we should continue our father’s ideas. , that is, to strengthen the campaign of destroying icons of idolatry, demolish icons in monasteries and churches across the country, and declare the worship of idols as heresy, and even the act of praying for the saints of the Christian church must be declared as heresy.
These heretics must be arrested and deported, and the large amounts of land occupied by these people must be recovered”: