ps: I want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions. Now search the WeChat public account "qdread" and follow it to give more support to "Zhenguan Strategy"! Suning stayed in the Holy City for two days, during which time he went to the Western Region Protectorate to meet with Du He, asking Du He to join him in this negotiation, and to bring a majestic army to scare the Persians, and then Just enjoy the Western-style delicacies in the Western Regions. In fact, they are all kinds of barbecue. If it really talks about the taste, it is not as delicious as the barbecue grilled in Suning's own house, but this kind of style is what you want. It's this special flavor. The roasted mutton is eaten with your hands. It is a big piece when roasted. The outside is almost burnt and the inside is not yet cooked. But it feels really good. Suning also has some wild blood, and seems to have inherited ancient humans. With ancient blood, he is very interested in raw food, especially after seafood became popular. Suning often asked his servants to prepare some seafood and sea fish such as shells, freeze them with ice cubes, and eat them raw or dipped in vinegar to give them a unique flavor. The same goes for these wild roasted muttons. You can even see bright red blood streaks in them, but it doesn't matter. Eat large pieces of meat and drink heavily. This is the style of the Western Regions. If you eat rice like Jiangnan, like Guanzhong Eating noodles, the Western Regions are no longer the Western Regions. After the Persians came to the Holy City, they also brought their eating habits with them. Because of their profound cultural heritage, they gradually spread around and were also used by the caravans coming and going. Take it to a more distant place. The first thing Suning should do every time he visits a new place is to taste the most special local delicacies. He feels that he can understand the most basic cultural environment and heritage of a place through food. Where the food is delicious, the customs will not be too unacceptable. Of course, Yes, whether it is delicious depends on personal habits, which vary from person to person. If he really went to some primitive tribes and ate bugs every day, Suning probably wouldn't be able to stand it. A few days later, news came from Persia. The location of the negotiation was in the temporary military camp of the Tang Army patrol within ten miles of the Potang border. After all, Persia was still a big country and not a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, so it saved face. I still have to give one point. Suning is not here to fight this time, but to spread the ideas of peace and benevolence. Well, anyway, now is not the time to hit you. I will hit you when you collapse. It is no surprise that the person from Persia who came to negotiate was Issam, whom the young emperor trusted most. Now Issam also holds a position in the advisory group, but he does not seem to be a major person in power and has been squeezed out. If it weren't for the little emperor, The emperor believed him, and he probably really couldn't hold on any longer. It was probably the result of being squeezed out this time, so he came here to clean up this mess. Isam and Du He were acquaintances. Suning didn't know him, but Isam had also heard of Suning's name for a long time. Although Xue Wanche took over the command of the expeditionary force after Chai Shao, people like Isam There was a lot of overlap with Du He. After Du He got married, he was replaced by Xue Rengui. When Du He returned to the Western Regions to serve as the Grand Protector of the Anxi Protectorate, Issam was the one who was mainly responsible for contacting the Tang Dynasty. The two were old acquaintances. . Suning also had this idea when he brought Du He with him. After all, Issam and Du He were acquaintances. They had met and talked with each other. Maybe the atmosphere would not be so awkward. This time the military conflict was caused by the people fleeing from Persia. They broke through the border collectively, and more than a thousand Persians who fled east were killed. More than 170 Tang soldiers were killed, and more than 500 Persian soldiers were killed. Du He personally expelled the army and destroyed it. The border blockade caused more than 10,000 border residents to quickly flee to Datang within three days. It was only three days later that the blockade was re-blocked by the army that replaced the blockade, causing heavy losses. Issam was indeed in a dilemma. He knew that Persia's national power was no match for the Tang Dynasty. He also partially understood the reasons for those who fled eastward. In other words, Issam even sympathized with those who fled eastward. His family Although he has always been a nobleman, he has experienced many famine incidents in his childhood, witnessed the suffering of the people at the bottom, and has deep sympathy for them. Within the ruling group, he belongs to the liberal group. However, both political power and military power are controlled by conservatives. The liberal faction in the army, that is, the officers with infantry background, are relatively small. These officers all came to the fore through the power of the Tang Dynasty in the Arabian Campaign. Most of them are civilians. Although the cavalry force was severely damaged, the main people in power in the army were basically from cavalry, and the cavalry officers were basically from military aristocrats. The power of civilian infantry officers is not strong. Although they are gradually rising, Dance's voice is still controlled by the military aristocrats, and the political power is also controlled by the political family headed by the advisory group. Although Issam can join the advisory group based on his merit and family background, However, his ideas and political opinions were in great conflict with the advisory group. After refusing two or three bribes, he was marginalized. He was also helpless. So he is very envious of DaThe political power, military power and even the throne of the Tang Dynasty were in the hands of the reformists. Their emperor was the leader of the reformists. The main officers in the army were all the emperor's old subordinates. They naturally supported the reform. The main conservative opposition among the political forces was They became a group of "Shandong powerful families" and were defeated by the reformists many years ago. The reformists controlled most of the power. Therefore, when he visited the territorial construction of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, the vitality he felt was The Persian Empire had not appeared for a long time. The vitality of the Tang Empire was very strong, but what about the Persian Empire? The reform-minded and liberal faction was firmly suppressed by the conservative opposition and could not take the initiative. Perhaps a few relatively outstanding officials would appear in certain areas, making the locals live and work in peace and contentment. However, these were only isolated cases. The entire Persian Empire had been fighting continuously for more than ten years. , the national strength was exhausted, and the emperor and the advisory group were still launching wars with the Roman Empire for Mesopotamia. Whether Persia has a population of 10 million or not is a question now. It is estimated that even 9 million is difficult to guarantee. In addition, with the eastward escapees who continue to flee to the Tang Dynasty, there are still more eastward escapees who were killed and their Relatives, how many people are still able to produce? How many more people can serve as soldiers? How long can the Persian Empire maintain its power? These are what Isam wants to say but dare not say. Starting from the capital, everything he saw and heard along the way shocked him. The closer he got to the border area, the more he heard the desperate defense of the Tang army. Persian refugees, and the Persian army is killing Persian refugees, so why should we be Persians? Let's go to the Tang Dynasty together and live a good life Someone's distant relative is a fugitive from the East and successfully escaped to the Tang Dynasty. Then he asked the Datang caravan to bring food and letters to these remaining relatives and tell them about their current life. How good it is, etc. Such news is constantly spreading and spreading. The entire border area is in an uneasy atmosphere. Even in the past few days, I have been hearing about the success or failure of eastward escapers attacking the border. . When they arrived at the pass, Issam watched in shock as the border guards cut off the heads of hundreds of civilian corpses and incinerated the remaining bodies. Issam asked the general why this was happening, and the general replied that these were all traitors and they were killed. One rewarded him with money and grain. At this point, what else can we expect? The people have lost all their support. Once the Tang army attacks Persia, the Persian border defenses will be ineffective. The border people will desperately support the Tang army and attack the Persian army. Several provinces on the border will be quickly lost, and then The Tang army would easily lead its troops directly towards the capital. That was the path they had taken before. At this time, what he was about to face was the even more terrifying Su Shangshu in the mouth of the terrifying General Du. I heard that Su Shangshu was a general before he became Shangshu. He led the army to victory in every battle and never lost. It is clear why he became a civil servant, but since he can hold the position of minister, which is the core member of the Persian advisory group, he must be very powerful. Persians can also know the name of Suning through the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. For example, the delicacy pioneered by Suning - the Tang Dynasty stir-fry, has a wonderful taste and makes people forget to leave. The Taste of the Tang Dynasty has almost dominated the Persian court. The little emperor pointed out the important taste. The chief chef of Xianju served as his personal chef and gave him a particularly generous salary to cook for the royal family. The entire upper class of Persia took it as an honor to eat Tang Dynasty stir-fry. If you are a noble but there is no family in your family. If no chef knows how to cook Tang stir-fry, you will lose face. Exquisite porcelain, noble brocade, snow-white paper, elegant brushes and calligraphy, beautiful poems, mysterious and elegant Chinese characters, terrifying and powerful artillery, Persia was almost conquered by oriental culture. Can Persia really go to war with the Tang Dynasty? With only 300 of them, they can fight against the Persian border troops of more than 3,000 people. They are still a relatively strong army. The border guards have been fighting for a long time and their combat effectiveness is not weak. However, facing the border guards in the Tang army, it seems that the Persians The army is like a piece of paper that can be penetrated by a poke and has no ability to resist. The border guards of the Tang Army are also an army with excellent combat effectiveness. They have fought against various enemies for many years, and the soldiers are extremely combat effective. Although the Persian Empire also fought for a long time, the imperial court and generals were corrupt, and the veterans who always lost battles could not fight with the veterans who always won battles. They would definitely lose. Those Tang troops with a strong aura, every time Every time he saw it, Issam would feel trembling from the bottom of his heart. But the matter has come to this, and he can no longer look back. At this time, it caused a violent shock in the Persian court. Quite a few officials expressed their anger at this incident, believing that the Tang Dynasty was blatantly provoking Persia's dignity as a country. , interfered in the problems of Persia itself, and tried to seize the population of Persia, and even set up a special place for Persian traitors to live in the mainland. Those bastard traitors, is it more important to have a full meal than the motherland! Isam really wanted to tell them,The reason why we say this is because you have food to eat and don't have to worry about being drafted for military service. But he didn't dare to say it. If he did, he would be listed as a public enemy of officials without hesitation. His family power would not allow him to say this. Even though he was the patriarch of the family, his political attitude made his The position of the patriarch is not that stable. The entire family does not like this guy who cannot control the power of advisor to be the patriarch. If he said that, he would probably be abandoned immediately. He brought his guards and accompanying officials to the location of the negotiation. The patrol barracks of the Tang Dynasty within the ten-mile area were essentially the ten-mile territory that Persia gave to the Tang Dynasty. Walking on these ten-mile territory always made Issam feel uncomfortable. The emotions expressed in words were magnified when he saw Suning. He finally met the legendary figure often talked about by people in the Tang Dynasty, Suning Su Shangshu, who had gone from a poor family to a Marquis of the Kingdom. He is the negotiator of the Tang Dynasty. As the negotiator of the Persian side, they are enemies, and the country has issued a death order to Issam. No matter what, the interests and dignity of Persia must be guaranteed, and he must not make any harmful decisions. For things that humiliate the country, the Tang Dynasty must make an explanation for the matter, and promise not to accept the appearance of those who fled eastward, so that all the 30,000 to 40,000 traitors who have been accepted will come to accept the country's trial, etc. Isam felt like crying. (The novel "Story of Zhenguan" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100 lucky draw gift for everyone! 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