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.    Chapter 82 Dawn (Part 1)

    After thinking for a while, Wang Fangyi said: "I have a way, but it may not be appropriate."

    "Tell me."

    "Looking at the history of Ashina Chebibu and Geluolu, Dulu Khan was defeated by Shegui Khan and fled to Tocharo. Shegui Khan also attacked Luosichuan's long history of water conservancy projects  .

    ?For example, dams, and karez and culverts.  This ensures a source of irrigation and drinking water for the people of Central Asia.  Suiyechuan will also be used in the future, and Li Wei even sent a request to the envoys from Kang State, asking them to allocate some experienced farmers to provide guidance.

    Wen Goutong didn¡¯t think of anything else and happily agreed.

    ?????????????????????????????? In fact, Suiye existed a long time ago. When Wang Fangyi built Suiye City, he made some expansions on the original basis. However, the scale of the expansion was very large, with a total of twelve gates, making it the largest city in this thousands of miles radius.  After the city was secured, the leaders of the Western Turks came to watch. They were all unfathomable and sincerely convinced.

    After placing the captured cattle and sheep on the grassland, Li Wei began to cultivate the fields.

    But I heard good news.

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    Thirty-two years before the Great Cannibalism, Muawiya was the governor of Syria. However, more than two years ago, Persia fought against the Great Cannibal in Kadeshiya, and the Persians were defeated.  After Muawiya took over, he led his army to attack the Persians. A year later, Persia was defeated again in the battle of Havin.  Yisi, the king of Persia, fled to the east of Persia to the area of ????Moufu.  After hearing the news, the Turks came to rescue him, but Yi Siqi did not treat him politely. The Turks were angry and conspired with Ma He, the prefect who was planning his husband, to kill Yi Siqi's guards.  Yi Si fled in a hurry and rested in a mill, but he was covered in jewels, which aroused the greed of the mill owner. When Yi Si was asleep, he cut off his head and threw it into the rapids of the water mill.

    Persia lost its king and was leaderless. The cannibals quickly defeated the remnants of Persia and the Turks, and gained the entire Khorasan region.  But there was a remnant Persian army further east. Yi Siqi's son Belus tenaciously supported it in Jiling City and asked the Tang Dynasty for help.

    So twenty-one years ago, Li Zhi made Belus the governor of Persia, and the following year he made Belus the king of Persia.  Five years later, Dashi conquered Lower Tocharo (referring to the small countries to the west of the Tocharian Kingdom. Wang Fangyi sent Ni Nishi to Tocharo, referring to Upper Tocharo) and Galgistan (the mountainous area around Jiling City).  ).  Belus was forced to flee to the Tang Dynasty a few years later.  That was also the time when Li Weicai came to the Tang Dynasty.  A few years later, Jiling City was once again submerged in Dashi and became the Sestan region of Dashi.

    Having obtained the Jilingcheng area and Lower Tochara, the cannibals further encroached on Upper Tochara. Twelve years ago, Ale, the governor of Khorasan, crossed the Wuhu River and harassed the river.  The succeeding rabbis also harassed the Transoxiang area.  But no large-scale attack was launched.

    But by this time, the Muawiya regime had been stabilized.

    This Syrian governor finally became a nightmare for the people in the river.  Omeri, the second caliph of the Great Eclipse, was assassinated by a Christian slave. Osman, who succeeded him, was killed while putting down the rebellion. Then Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin, succeeded him.  At this time, serious divisions arose in Dashi, including sects. Those who supported Ali were called Shias, but there was another faction that believed that only staunch Muslims could serve as caliphs, regardless of their origins and social status, called the Khaligites.  .  After years of fighting, the Kalijites were finally wiped out. However, a Kalijite was not convinced and waited for an opportunity in Kufa to stab Ali to death.

    When Li Wei heard this, he was very shocked. It reminded him of many things in his previous life

    "It's so fierce. It turns out that terrorist activities started at this time."

    The governor of Syria, Avia, took the opportunity to seize the throne. Because he was born in the Umayyad family of Quraish in Arabia, the Central Asian countries called it the Umayyad dynasty.  After Avia stabilized the food chain, Central Asia was the place where he made his fortune, and he began to focus on Khorasan.  Nine years ago, Ubaidullah, the son of the great food minister Jiyad, was appointed to rule Khorasan.  Ubaidullah was ordered to cross the Wuhu River and attack first the city of Pekin in Anguo.  This city is also an important political and economic center in the river, with a dense population and prosperous commerce.  After a winter of fighting, Pekin City and Lamitan were captured, and the Queen Mother of Anguo fled to Kangguo in panic.  The shoe was lost that year, and the value was accurately heard. It was 20,000 dilims (silver coins). In order to promote Islam, Dashi rewarded the people in the river who went to the mosque to worship with two dilims as a temptation. Anguo  A Buddha statue worth 4,000 diremu was destroyed by the feast, and a pair of exquisite pearls from the Buddha's eyes were also plundered. After the Samanid dynasty broke away from the caliphate, the tax revenue from Central Asia under its jurisdiction reached 45 million diremu.  wood. Therefore, it is estimated that one diram is equivalent toThere are more than two hundred texts in the dynasty).

    This is just the beginning.

    The Queen Mother of Anguo had no choice but to sign a peace treaty with Ubaidullah and promised to pay a tribute of one million dilim to Dashi every year.  In this way, Ubaidullah returned with four to five thousand slaves, as well as a large number of trophies, gold and silver jewelry, weapons, clothing, and utensils, to find a husband.  Even the big trees on the roadside were not spared.  Ubaidullah returned with meritorious service, and Osman's son Said came to Khorasan to assume the post of governor.

    The Empress Dowager Anguo thought that everything would be fine if she paid tribute.  Little did he know that this Said was even more greedy. He overturned the treaty signed by his predecessor and continued to attack.  At this time, Anguo's wealth was emptied, and the soldiers were almost exhausted, so they had to surrender.  Not only did they attack Anguo, they also attacked Kangguo, Zhongcao and other countries in the river, and defeated the coalition forces composed of the countries in the river and the Turks.  Huala Muzi was also forced by him, and the whole country was deprived of food.  The Queen Mother Anguo had no choice but to let more than 80 of the most noble nobles in the country serve as hostages and send them to her husband.

    However, Said's betrayal led to dissatisfaction among the various countries in the river. It may be because of the great victory of the Tang Dynasty that various countries revolted one after another, including the eighty nobles of Anguo who were taken to the murderer.  Said, unsuccessfully, all committed suicide and died heroically.  However, the assassination resulted in Said's death.

    So why did Li Wei go against the norm and require the Hezhong area to pay taxes? Although some countries opposed it, more countries agreed.  For this reason, if you look at Anguo, they are forced to pay one million dilims a year. Their tribute tax alone is close to 200,000 yuan.  According to the price of silver in the river, it was closer to three hundred thousand taels of silver.  One is 300,000 taels, and the other is 3,000 taels. What kind of concept is this?  Upon hearing this tribute, Li Wei, Wang Fangyi, Li Jinxing, and Qi Biming all looked at each other almost at the same time.

    "If an Anguo had to pay a tax of 1 million Dreyfus, the Tang Dynasty would not be welcomed in the river.  Don't forget that Anguo only accounts for one percent, or at most one-fiftieth, of Hezhong and Tochara, regardless of population or area.

    "If the Tang Dynasty truly took these areas as its own, levied one-tenth of the tax, and did not exploit the river heavily, it would be possible to collect more than 5 million dilim taxes.  Two hundred thousand taels of silver was not worth the Tang Dynasty's interest, but what about more than one million taels, or even two million taels of silver?

    Of course, violence also has violent side effects. The entire Transoxiana region, including Lower Tochara, is like a powder keg that can explode at any time.  Not only in the Hezhong area, but also in the Khorasan area, the people are also suffering heavy oppression.

    Li Wei has heard some of this information before.  But after arriving in the Western Region, I learned such detailed information.  After listening to the cries of each messenger, Li Wei compiled what they said.  I vaguely feel like it's a good time.

    But it¡¯s just timing.

    But at this moment, the scout came back.

    In order to obtain more accurate and detailed information, Li Wei sent many scouts and even paid them heavily to go deep into Baghdad, Damascus and Medina, the capitals of the Great Eclipse.  These scouts will come back very late, but some of them are just spying on Khorasan's intelligence. This is also divided into two types: in-depth and shallow. The scouts who were spying on intelligence in the surrounding areas of Khorasan have returned with news.

    And it¡¯s definitely good news!

    ***: Does this count as information stuffing?  However, it was very difficult to stuff it up. There were more than a dozen books in my hand with different opinions, which made me feel headache. After a brief research, I chose the most reliable one.  This can be regarded as paving the way for the following content.  Try to make up for it with loose ends in the following chapters.
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