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    After the issuance of banknotes, the Jin Dynasty finally stabilized after a period of "turmoil". In addition to the weakening of the power of merchants, some court officials who had "collusion between government and businessmen" were severely punished by Sima Yu.  After this turmoil, the connection between the capital represented by businessmen and the power represented by officials was no longer as close as before.  Although Sima Yu knows that it is impossible to completely separate the connection between the two, he still hopes to keep capital as far away from power as possible.  His thinking coincides with the family's "light business" doctrine, which is also the main reason for the joint cooperation between the two parties.  Of course, Sima Yu would not destroy the Great Wall. He did not want merchants to become too powerful, but he had no intention of 'destroying merchants'.  The ones who were hit hard this time were mainly some large business groups that had "crossed the border". Other businessmen who had "behaved themselves" were not implicated. Instead, they were taken to the palace by Sima Yu to comfort them in person.  Just when Sima Yu was stabilizing the interior, Hormizd III had established a firm foothold in northern Persia after several months of hard work. There were just some primitive tribes there. How could it be Hormizd III?  The opponent of the large army, in just half a month he swept across the Khwarizm area that had always surrendered to Persia.  The Khwarezm region is located in the delta of the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River, the "mother river" of Central Asia. It is one of the earliest regions where civilization developed in Central Asia. It once had a very glorious period in history, and its cultural achievements can be regarded as the treasure house of Central Asian civilization.  of weirdness.  After stabilizing the northern part of Khwarezm, Hormizd III set his sights on the Khorasan region.  The Khorasan region is an important area for the Persian Empire to resist the Tocharian garrison of the Northeastern Jin Dynasty. The two sides are bounded by the Amu Darya River.  If this area fell into the hands of Hormizd III, he would be able to receive assistance from the Jin Dynasty very conveniently with Tocharian on his back.  Then safely invade the Persian hinterland to the west.  In September of the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Hormizd III officially launched his southern expedition with 30,000 troops. When he received an urgent report from the border, Pusidore was shocked. He did not expect that the 'third prince' who had been missing for many years was really  appeared.  The sword that gave him his life as soon as he appeared. When Hormizd III appeared, the nobles in Persia knew that the time of judgment had come.  Originally, I was still deciding whether to deal with the Jin first or conquer the Persians in Arabia first.  An agreement was quickly reached: to use all our strength to eliminate the Hormizd rebels in the north!  Persia sent an army of 50,000 to meet the Hormizd rebels in Khorasan, and the two sides fought several battles with no outcome.  As soon as Sima Yu arrived at the imperial study that day, he suddenly thought of something. He called to Dengzi, who was beside him, and said, "Go to the Privy Council and see if there is any latest information about Persia. If there is, ask them to send someone to tell you."  I'll send it over." Xiao Dengzi ran out in a hurry. After a while, Xiao Dengzi came back, but he didn't come back alone.  Zu Ti also came with him.  "Oh, Shizhi is here too, come on, come on, sit down, little Dengzi is going to give Shizhi a cup of tea." Sima Yu saw his confidant and beloved general.  I am very happy, thanks to Zu Ti¡¯s help these years.  "Thank you, Your Majesty. I know that Your Majesty is concerned about the situation in West Asia, so I have no choice but to come and report to Your Majesty in person." Zu Ti took the tea handed over by Xiao Dengzi and put it aside. He reported on the important work first.  "I just received news from Captain Beigong. There's already a fight over there." After listening to Zu Ti's words.  Sima Yu's smiling face suddenly turned serious: "If the news over there is really true, we really have to handle it carefully." The "over there" they said actually refers to the Prince of Persia, the supreme commander of Huazizim at this time.  Hormizd III, after Hormizd III arrived in Central Asia in May, he immediately established a foothold in Khwarezm with the secret support of the Jin Dynasty.  Historically, it was at this time that Persia became glorious. Under the leadership of Shapur II, the Persian Empire recovered many areas on the western and eastern borders of Persia that its ancestors had lost after many wars.  Persia also declared war on the independent Kushan princes, eventually conquering them and making them allies in future foreign wars, establishing the hegemony of the Persian Empire in Asia.  After Shapur II grew up, in the mid-to-late fourth century AD, Persia and the Roman Empire had many wars, but in general Persia always had the upper hand.  It was just in this life that Sima Yu's unexpected arrival led to the re-emergence of the Jin Empire.  At this time, Shapur II was still a little kid, which meant that Persia was beaten by Sima Yu before it could develop.  Especially Hormizd III, who was unknown in history, became the largest leader of the Persian rebels.  This civil war completely interrupted the Persian Empire's strategy of recuperating and caused serious losses to the Persian Empire. In addition, Persia had also fought a war with Rome before. Years of wars caused the Persian economy to basically collapse and food production to drop sharply.  It also caused countless casualties to soldiers and civilians. This?The Persian Empire, which has left a great reputation in history, fell into its weakest period at this time.  "Your Majesty, since Hormizd III publicly raised his flag, Persia has fallen into chaos. After all, the previous emperor died not long ago, and Pusidore has made recent policy mistakes. Now many people in Persia hope  Hormizd III can return to the country and inherit the throne. "Humph! Is Pusidore so willing to hand over power?" "Of course not. In order to defeat the northern rebels in one fell swoop, Pusidore mobilized an army of 50,000 people.  Khwarezm. This Khwarizm was also quite unlucky. The northern tribes finally took advantage of the weakness of Persia to gain independence, but they were destroyed by Hormizd III. " "Well, they fought harder and harder.  The better for us!" Sima Yu was very happy. Others may not know it, but Sima Yu, who came from later generations, knew that there were rich mineral and oil resources in Central Asia, West Asia and other vast areas.  In the previous life, China missed the opportunity to completely incorporate this region into its territory due to various reasons, but in this life, Sima Yu did not want China to miss such an opportunity again.  Sima Yu hopes to use religion (Lingbao religion), economy, culture, politics, military and other means to completely bring Central Asia and West Asia under the Chinese territory at a time when Islam has not yet risen. Even if he cannot effectively rule West Asia, he still has to bring Central Asia into the Chinese territory.  The region is completely in our own hands.  Sima Yu believes that as long as he does this and achieves this grand goal, no matter whether the Sima family still exists in the future, as long as China reaches its peak again, the Emperor of the Central Plains will definitely learn from him and declare his power in Central and West Asia.  .  Sima Yu really understands the comparison mentality of Chinese emperors. Just like after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions, all the capable Central Plains dynasties used the conquest of the Western Regions as a symbol of their great martial arts.  If you want to weaken Persia and prevent its rise, you must keep the other side in a civil war, just like how the British, American and Japanese powers dealt with China in history.  This requires Hormizd III to be able to persist in the northern region for a longer period of time and not to be defeated by the main Persian force early. For this reason, Hormizd III needs to be given more support.  Fortunately, the Jin Dynasty had already controlled Tocharia at this time, so it could directly trade with Hormizd III. With this secret trade line, Hormizd III could obtain various materials including weapons and food.  The leader of the resistance army can be obtained from Tocharian.  While Sima Yu was plotting against the Persians, Hormizd III, who was far away in Khwarezm, was also plotting against the Jin Dynasty.  The Battle of Khorasan made Hormizd III sober up a lot, and Persia was not as weak as he had imagined before.  Although the Persian Empire¡¯s national strength has declined a lot, its military strength is not weak due to successive wars.  Moreover, they also had experience in using firearms and dealing with firearms. Therefore, after the Persian army encountered the rebels of Hormizd III, they still relied on their numerical advantage to block the opponent's attack.  This battle caused a major setback to the ambitions of Hormizd III. According to his plan, it should not take long to pacify Persia. After that, Persia should start to recuperate and vigorously develop industry and commerce.  After several years of development, when the Jin Dynasty advanced westward, the Persian Empire would not become the world's leading power, but it still had the strength to fight against the Jin Dynasty.  But the reality made Hormizd III feel chilled. It was difficult to seize the throne of Persia. In addition, there was such a powerful and domineering neighbor beside him. The future of Persia was unclear no matter how he looked at it!  In the eyes of Hormizd III, Rome was far more lovely than the Jin Dynasty. At least Rome did not have the strength to annex Persia.  The Jin Dynasty was different. After taking over the Hezhong area, the Jin Dynasty had a bridgehead to attack the Persian hinterland.  As long as the Jin Dynasty digests the Hezhong area, their next target must be Persia.  "Prince, what should we do next? Continue to attack Khorasan?" Arhan asked standing next to Hormizd III.  "No, let's withdraw the troops from the front for the time being. We have all underestimated the strength of our opponent. It is also a country that can fight the Roman Empire for hundreds of years. How could it lose so easily? While the Jin Dynasty still needs us, continue  Asking for help from Dajin, the more supplies the better, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get supplies in a while. "What? Is it possible that Dajin will abandon us? Besides, Huluo."  We were not defeated in the battle with Shan, we were just tied with the Persians." Arhan was shocked.  "Although the Great Jin will not abandon us, they will not let us develop and grow. It is best for us and Pusidore to confront each other, which is most beneficial to the Great Jin." The strength of Hormizd III at this time  It is still very weak and cannot openly oppose the Jin like Persia and Rome, but it still has its own rise plan, which is to rely on the military assistance of the Jin.??Arm your own purpose, and then take the opportunity to destroy Persia.
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