"Yes, Your Majesty" Chen Qing stood up and agreed before retreating to his original position.
Zhao Ziliang held up the memorial in his hand and said: "This is the memorial from Lei Zhendong, the governor of Syria.
Mr.
Lei said in the memorial that the border troops from the Eastern Roman Empire in Cilicia often cross the border to attack our villages and towns, giving our border It caused a lot of damage to the villages and towns on the line, and also caused panic to the people, but because The other party made careful arrangements and plans before every action, and never left any survivors alive.
Our garrison has never caught them, and there is no evidence to prove that they did it.
Mr.
Lei sent people to negotiate with them, but the other party denied it. , they declared that it was not their people who did it.
Sirs, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Li Muchen stood up and raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding about this matter?
The Byzantine people actually have the courage to provoke me, Western Qin.
I can't believe it.
Isn't Queen Mother Irina afraid that I, Western Qin, will send troops to conquer?"
Dugu Wensu stood up and said: "It's hard to say this kind of thing.
After all, Irina is staying in Constantinople, and Cilicia is a place far away from the sky and the emperor to Constantinople.
Their frontier troops It is easy to hide something from Irina, and there are recent rumors that there is constant internal fighting in the Eastern Roman Empire, and many nobles and senators within it.
Against Irina, a rebellion broke out, and even several uncles of the emperor were forced to retire to monasteries.
Now that there is constant internal fighting in Eastern Rome, how can the high-level officials pay attention to the border army?
Your Majesty, in my opinion, should send troops immediately.
Someone sent a message to our envoy in Constantinople, ordering him to negotiate with Irina and let the Eastern Roman Empire give an explanation."
Dugujun said: "Your Majesty, I agree, but at the same time we cannot suffer the loss of being dumb.
Since the Eastern Romans can harass our border villages and towns, why can't we send troops to harass their border villages and towns?
The minister suggested that we send people to talk to the Eastern Romans on the side.
Negotiations, while sending people to harass their border villages and towns.
If they don't give an explanation, they will expand the scale of the border conflict.
With the current internal situation of the Eastern Roman Empire, they dare not fight us head-on."
"I second the proposal" "I second the proposal" For a time, some hardline generals came forward to express support.
Dugu Wensu said: "Your Majesty, we are attacking the Great Cannibal now.
We should not fight on two fronts.
Although our country has a lot of military deployment in the northwest, once the war begins, the military expenditures and materials consumed will inevitably be a large expense.
This It is not that the prisoner army and the assassination army do not need military pay.
The military expenditure of the standing army is huge.
My opinion is to exercise restraint and not always use military solutions if they can be solved through diplomatic channels."
Chu Ge stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if you only send a small group of troops to harass, it will not cost much military expenditure.
Our purpose is not to send troops to the Eastern Roman Empire now, but to remain tough and strong against the Eastern Roman Empire militarily.
We cannot let them think that our country’s foreign attitude has softened, and we cannot give them the opportunity to test our bottom line.”
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Send someone to deliver a message to Liu Chongwen, the envoy in Constantinople, tell him what happened on the border, and ask him to negotiate with Irina and ask the Eastern Roman Empire to The empire gave an explanation and ordered the garrison in northern Syria and Antioch to wait for the opportunity to send small groups of troops to harass the other side's villages and towns.
Since others can use force, we can also retaliate in kind.
We in the Western Qin Dynasty have never suffered from boredom."
The ministers and generals looked at each other, clasped their fists and raised their hands together: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Okay, Dugu Wensu, Dugujun, Chu Ge, Liu Dan, and Li Muchen will stay, and the others will disperse."
"I'll take my leave."
After everyone else had retreated, Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said to Dugu Wensu and others: "I plan to go to Constantinople, and even to the Bulgar Khanate, Avar Khanate, and Frankish Kingdom.
Today I will send you a few I am staying here to discuss with you the arrangements for military and political affairs after I leave alone."
Dugu Wensu immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it.
Your Majesty is rich in gold.
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How can you go to Eastern Rome or even further to the west to go deep into danger and force your Majesty to give up the idea?"
Dugujun also stood up and said: "Your Majesty's move is indeed ill-considered.
Now the Western countries are very hostile to our Western Qin.
Once your Majesty's identity is exposed in the West and recognized by others, those who are hostile to our Western Qin and your Majesty will Those who are deeply hostile will definitely be harmful to His Majesty, so please think twice."
The two Dugu masters Zi'an stood up to give orders, and Li Muchen, Chu Ge, Liu Dan and others also stood up one after another to unanimously express their opposition, and they all dissuaded Zhao Ziliang from taking risks.
Seeing these people's objections, Zhao Ziliang sighed: "I know you will dissuade me.
You are worried.
I understand.
I am very relieved.
But you also think about me.
I am sixty-seven this year and I have many great-grandchildren." , I don’t know how many days I have left to live.
If I don’t go to the West to see it, I will always have regrets in my heart.”
Everyone was silent after hearing this.
They didn't want to go to more and further places, but their status restrictions prevented them from leaving casually.
They all deeply understood and felt Zhao Ziliang's mood.
Zhao Ziliang continued: "If Gu can live for more than ten or twenty years, then this trip to the West should be of great help in conquering the Western world in the future.
How can you understand the Western countries without going and seeing it yourself?
What's the specific situation?
In addition, Western Qin already has a new king.
Even if something happens to Gu, Western Qin will not be in chaos.
And although Gu is old, he has been there for many years.
He didn't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but his skills never failed.
Therefore, the ministers did not want to persuade him.
This time, Dugu Jun and Liu Dan went with him, and Dugu Wensu, Li Muchen and Chu Ge went with him.
After you stayed for two days, I ordered you to retreat in the name of cultivation.
The duration of the retreat is uncertain.
The military and political affairs will be jointly handled by the three of you, and other officials, ministers and generals will assist you."
Liu Dan was brought along because he had served as a diplomatic envoy before and was proficient in multiple languages.
Bringing Dugujun along is to let him make suggestions and handle some chores.
Several people looked at each other and saw that Zhao Ziliang had even arranged the rest of the matter.
They knew that he had made up his mind and could not be dissuaded.
They just bowed and clasped their fists and agreed: "I obey the order."
Chu Ge asked: "I don't know how your Majesty plans to enter the West."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "Let's enter the West as a caravan merchant."
Chu Ge said: "In this case, I suggest that you bring two hundred dragon guards dressed as caravan guards, and find a caravan leader who often travels between the east and the west to be responsible for dealing with the checkpoints along the way and the local governments.
In addition, the Huya Army and Dongchang We also need to send someone to accompany us.”
Dugu asked Su Su: "I second my opinion."
Li Muchen said: "Safety is the top priority in everything, and I agree with you."
The three people left behind by Zhao Ziliang all agreed and agreed: "Okay, that's it.
It's temporarily postponed for half a month, and there will be half a month to prepare.
Dugu Wensu, the accompanying businessman is in charge It’s up to you to find the person, find him as soon as possible.”
"I obey the decree" Damascus.
This former capital of the Great Food Kingdom had become depressed due to years of war, and caravans traveling from north to south were increasingly introduced.
However, since the Middle East was ruled by the Western Qin Dynasty, this famous city began to regain its former glory.
Prosperity.
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In recent years, more and more people from the Western Qin and Tang Dynasties have come to Damascus.
There are not only caravans, but also monks, traveling scholars, poets, theater troupes, and wanderers who travel north and south.
In short, with the Western Qin's influence on the Middle East, The rule became increasingly stable, and people from all walks of life in Western Qin and Datang came here.
Some caravans traveling between the East and the West rarely come to Damascus.
After arriving in Baghdad, the caravans usually follow the Tigris River or Euphrates River in the northwest direction and enter the Eastern Roman Empire.
However, Syria, Palestine and other places are not suitable for them.
Oriental goods are also in great demand, and many items can be sold at a good price.
Therefore, many caravans will choose to go to Jerusalem first, then go north to Damascus.
After resting in Damascus, they continue to go north until they enter the Eastern Roman Empire.
In a carriage shop owned by Western Qin people in Damascus, Liao Zhengkai, the second caravan member of the Tianzhu Qin Family Trading Company, approached the carriage shop from the outside and returned to the guest room.
Qin Zipeng, the head of the caravan, saw him pour a cup of tea and handed it to him.
He walked over and said, "Old Liao is back.
Come on, let's have a cup of tea first."
Liao Zhengkai took the tea cup and drank it in one gulp.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Comfortable Master, we came to the right place this time.
Our goods are sold at a higher price this time than the previous times.
There are several merchants in the city who are right."
They were very interested in our goods and they bid against each other.
This time the price was three times the previous price.”
Qin Zipeng said overjoyed: "That's great.
We'll give everyone extra food and drinks tonight.
Let's celebrate."
At this time, there was a knock on the door from outside, "Master, there is someone from the government outside asking the master to come down."
"A visitor from the government."
Qin Zipeng and Liao Zhengkai looked at each other with doubts in their eyes.
When the two came down from upstairs, they saw an official and several soldiers standing in the lobby of the carriage and horse shop.
They were all Han Chinese.
Qin Zipeng immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "Qin Zipeng, the chief shopkeeper of the Qin family's merchant house in the Tianzhu Protectorate, has seen this official.
I wonder what your orders are when you come here to meet this villain?"
The official looked at Qin Zipeng for a while and said: "Shopkeeper Qin, the Governor wants to see you, so come with me to the Governor's Mansion."
"Ah, Lord Governor, yes, yes, please let me explain, and I will go to the Governor's Mansion with you."
When he arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Qin Zipeng met Lei Zhendong sitting behind the desk in the lobby.
After paying homage, Lei Zhendong asked him some questions, which took nearly half an hour.
Soon an old man came out from behind the screen.
Lei Zhendong immediately stood up from behind the desk and walked out, bowed and saluted, "Sir, this is Qin Zipeng."
After speaking, Lei Zhendong immediately shouted to Qin Zipeng: "Sir Qin, this is Lord Dugu Wensu, who was the former Prime Minister.
Why don't you come see me soon?"
"Ah, Master Dugu, the villain is too blind to recognize Mount Tai.
Please forgive me, Master Dugu."
Dugu asked Su: "Shop Manager Qin, you can let all your caravan guards return to Tianzhu.
From now on, there will be another group of people to serve as your caravan guards, and they will still follow the established route to the Eastern Roman Empire. " "Master Dugu, what on earth is going on?
Why is this villain so confused?"
Ten days later, Zhao Ziliang dressed up as an ordinary caravan guard and mixed in with the caravan guard dressed as two hundred Dragon Guard soldiers.
The caravan set off from Heimen Pass and headed north to Damascus, where he met Qin Zipeng who was waiting in Damascus.
The caravans and horses gathered together and headed towards Aleppo
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