"Ali, Uthman is doing something very dangerous, you should stop him." ” The Arab capital, Medina.
Zhang Xingcheng, the ambassador of Dashi to Arabia, smiled and held a cup of black tea in his hand, "The position of caliph should have been inherited by you, and you are more qualified than Osman to sit in this position, but Osman relied on the power of the Umayyad family to steal the position that belonged to you."
Now, he is playing with fire again, and he is also putting you in danger, and he is jeopardizing the cause that you and the Prophet left behind. ” "Ottoman was elected by everyone."
"Who is this Ali, you are the cousin of the Prophet and his son-in-law, you were the first to follow the Prophet, and you were the Prophet's most trusted and close comrade-in-arms.
You are brave and good at fighting, brilliant in writing, and noble in blood.
Slicia, Armenia, Asia Minor, you brought it down.
But Uthman had his nephew Muawiyah take your place as governor. ” "Dahua is too concerned, you should not interfere in the internal affairs of Arabia."
Ali bin Abitalib, the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law, was a powerful man in the Arab Empire, and his prestige was not even below that of today's caliph Uthman.
When Umar was assassinated, many people supported Ali to take over as caliph, but in the end it was Uthman who won, in the end, Uthmans were more popular, and Umayyad families were stronger.
In the end, that's all an Arab affair.
He lowered his head and took a sip of black tea.
The black tea imported by Dahua, with milk and sugar, rising water vapor, and warm cups, makes him always like it so much.
In the future, if you want to drink such a good tea, I am afraid that the price will be higher.
Zhang Xingcheng still kept smiling, he put down the teacup, although the black tea in the cup is expensive in Medina, but he doesn't like this way of drinking too much, he prefers to drink green tea and add nothing.
"Ali, we are also old friends, and I am very close to you.
I often come to your house as a guest, so at this time, I have to remind you to be an old friend.
"Now there is a tense atmosphere between Arabia and Dahua, and a great war is brewing.
As Dahua's ambassador to Arabia, Zhang Xingcheng certainly could not influence the decision-making of the imperial court.
However, as a high-ranking official who knows Arabia best, he has not given up what he should do.
"Arabia has been like a dark horse over the years, rising rapidly and moving forward.
Before the war with Dahua, he had not yet encountered an opponent.
However, I want to remind you that Dahua is not Persia or Rome, and you should be well aware of the strength of Dahua, and you should also be aware of the danger after provoking Dahua and provoking this eastern dragon. ” "Old friend, if the two countries have a bad relationship, to put it mildly, it will be difficult for you to drink such authentic Dahua Wuyishan black tea in the future, and you can only drink smuggled high-priced black tea in the future, which is still grown in Xindu.
Don't want to use such a good Dahua Jingdezhen porcelain, it is estimated that it is foreign trade porcelain fired in Luzon. ” "And at the very least, maybe you won't even be able to live in Medina anymore.
The territory of the Persians, the territory of Syria, the vast areas of Armenia and Asia Minor that you occupy today may be spit out. ” "You may even destroy your country, just as you destroyed the Persians, and Dahua will destroy you Arabs."
"Arabs will not be intimidated."
Ali took a sip of tea.
"Ali, you are a wise man, and one of the few people in Arabia who is still sober.
You should remind those who are fanatical that you have conquered the Persians and defeated the Romans, but that does not mean that you will be able to challenge the Greats. ” Ali was an excellent general, who defeated the Persians and Romans on the battlefield again and again, but at this time, he did not refute Zhang Xingcheng.
The words of this old friend of Dahua are not all threats.
The more battles he fought, the clearer he was about Dahua's power.
"Originally, our relationship with Dahua has always been good, but you have gone too far and too much over the years.
You should have been neutral, but you have been pulling the strings, secretly giving more support to Rome and others, giving them more loans, and more arms purchases.
If it weren't even for your obstruction, we would have taken the Caucasus, crossed the Red Sea, entered Egypt, and even landed in the city of Constantinople. ” The Arabs were bent on fighting across the Mediterranean, south of the Red Sea, and northwest of the Caucasus.
But Dahua secretly blocked them again and again, causing them to fail several times, which made them extremely angry at the moment, who were full of self-confidence.
More and more Arabs are clamoring for a crusade.
Ali is indeed the leader of the more moderate faction, and he has always opposed the war against Dahua.
But there are not many people who support him, and there are more and more supporters of the main battle faction led by Osman.
"Listen, my old friend, Dahua doesn't want to turn against the Arabs, let alone go to war.
What Dahua wants is to maintain stability, and stability in the Mediterranean region is also very important to Dahua.
Dahua doesn't want to fight, he just wants to trade with everyone and make money with peace of mind. ” "This is the meaning of our court, and it is also the meaning of our Emperor Majesty.
Ali, you are my old friend, and we also know that you are also against war.
Now, we're friends, we have a common enemy, and that's Uthman and his Umayyad family, right?"
"Umar was assassinated by you, and now you want to do it against Uthman," Ali asked.
"You're sowing discord here."
"Old friend, how can Umar be the one we assassinated, didn't that matter have been clarified a long time ago, you can't talk nonsense.
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Dahua supports you, not to sow discord, but to avoid war.
In order to avoid war, we are willing to support you and support you to replace the Ottomans, because we are convinced that if the Arab Empire is led by you, a man of great foresight, it will be good for Dahua and for Arabia. ” It's tempting.
Ali admitted that Zhang Xingcheng's words did make him a little moved.
He has always believed that the Ottomans and others are too radical, even if the Arab cavalry is now clothed, it does not mean that they can challenge Dahua.
Persia perished, and Rome weakened.
The Arabs had already ruled the vast area east of the Mediterranean, and now they were in front of a weakened Rome, which would be within easy reach of all of Europe.
But Dahua has been pestering and interfering there.
Dahua's navy spans the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and even many Dahua concessions along the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf coast, which are all threats.
Ottomans and others believed that in order to destroy Rome, Dahua must be solved first.
And if you want to solve Dahua's interference, you can only fight hard.
"Ali, what Dahua wants is very simple, just want to maintain the status quo.
If you are willing to cooperate with us, then we will help you remove the Ottomans and Umayyads from power, and when you become caliphs, Dahua and the Arabs will return to friendship and maintain the status quo. ” "Actually, isn't it very good now, you are between Dahua and Europe, although there is now the Red Sea and the Suez Canal leading directly to the Mediterranean, but the route of the Arabian Sea, as well as this trade route on the Arabian Peninsula, has always been prosperous, and you also occupy a lot of advantages in this east-west trade.
"It's okay to cooperate, but I have one condition.
After I replace the Ottomans, Egypt can be handed over to Dahua, but Dahua must also give way to the Mediterranean, let us take Constantinople, and enter Europe. ” Ali was ambitious, and the Arabs were no longer content to be kept out of Europe.
There are only three directions in which the Arabs want to enter Europe.
One is to directly pass through Asia Minor, cross the strait, capture Constantinople, and naturally directly hit Eastern Europe.
However, Constantinople, as the capital of Rome, was not so easy to capture.
In the remaining two directions, to the northwest, take the Caucasus and enter the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, where the Khazar Turks were the territory of the Khazar Turks, and the allies of Rome, if they were defeated, would also be able to enter the Great Plain of Eastern Europe.
Or march southwest, cross the Red Sea to North Africa, conquer Egypt, attack Greece or Rome, and fight to Western Europe.
Egypt is now in the hands of the Western Roman Emperors, and there is a newly rising Frankish Empire in Western Europe.
No matter which direction he attacked, Ali thought that it would be difficult for the Arab Empire, provided that Dahua's navy did not stop it.
"Haha, Ali, you are not old, you want to destroy Rome" Zhang Xingcheng laughed, "Of course there is no problem."
Dahua loves peace, but it can't stop Ali's ambitions.
"He was an ambassador, a high-ranking diplomat, and he knew a lot about the imperial court's Mediterranean strategy.
Dahua will not really defend the hopelessly invincible Rome, but it will not give up on Rome easily, after all, the Roman people are still an important banner against the Arabs and maintaining the balance in the Mediterranean.
However, this did not prevent him from verbally promising Ali now that if Ali was really willing to cooperate with Dahua, then the destruction of Rome would be a matter of the future.
It would be worth it to be able to provoke civil strife in Arabia.
Sowing discord and provoking civil strife is a good way to divide and weaken the enemy.
This trick has worked on the Turks, it has also worked on the Goguryeo, it has also been used on the Fusang people, it has also been used on the Tianzhu people, and now it can naturally be used on the Arabs as well.
The conversation that followed became very pleasant.
When Zhang Xingcheng left, Ali personally delivered it to the door.
Riding back to the embassy in the carriage, Zhang Xingcheng found the military attache of the embassy, and he told him the news that this deputy of his own also had an identity, that is, the Qianhu of Jinyiwei.
"Ali wants to cooperate, but there is a premise for cooperation, he needs us to assassinate Osman.
As soon as Uthman died, he had the opportunity to seize power and control the whole situation in Medina. ” "If we kill Osman and help Ali seize power, will he turn his face again after taking power, then we will become a wedding dress for others."
Zhang Xingcheng smiled, "No, even if Osman dies, Ali will not take power so easily."
The strength of the Umayyad family is not weak, in recent years, Osman has installed a large number of family members in important military and political positions, not to mention others, his nephew Muawiyah, the governor of Syria, will never support him, Muawiya has both ability and ambition, and strong strength, as soon as Osman is going to die, Arabia will have a good show. ” t1706231537: