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Winters in Persia, which is located on the plateau, are also very cold, sometimes heavy snowfall, and the sky began to snow after nightfall last night, and it rained heavily, a phenomenon that has not occurred in Persia for several years.

After the weather became cold, the officers and soldiers of the Western Qin Army had to wear winter cotton clothes to resist the invasion of the cold sooner or later, but the Great Food Army did not have such a good treatment.

Sabit walked beside Liu Dan and looked at the Western Qin troops standing guard along the way wearing thick cotton clothes and standing still, and there were teams of Western Qin troops wearing thick cotton clothes and running and exercising, their morale was high and enthusiastic, full of vitality, he couldn't help but feel a burst of feelings in his heart, no wonder the Great Food Army couldn't win against the Western Qin Army, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army were so warmly dressed and had more physical strength to fight, while the Great Food Army could only wear thin linen clothes and shivered from the cold.

It didn't take long for Sabit to be led by Liu Dan to the door of the City Lord's Mansion Hall, Liu Shan stopped and said to Sabit: "Your Excellency, please wait for a while, and I will report it!" ”

"Okay, I'm tired of my lord!" Sabit gave Liu Dan a salute.

Liu Shan walked into the lobby to make a report, and soon someone shouted a word in a sharp voice in the lobby, and the entourage interpreter standing next to him said to Sabit: "My lord, the king of Western Qin has announced that you are here!" ”

Sabit's expression instantly became serious, he tidied up his clothes with his hands, and wanted to keep himself in the most decent image in front of the King of Western Qin, you must know that he came with a major mission this time, if he was disgusted by the King of Western Qin because he didn't pay attention to his image, it would be more than worth the loss.

Sabit walked into the lobby with a feeling of anxiety, he didn't squint, but the rest of his eyes kept observing the surrounding ministers of Western Qin civil and military affairs, and when he walked to the middle of the hall, he stopped and saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "Sabit, the envoy of the Great Food Country, greets His Majesty the King of Western Qin!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand expressionlessly: "No courtesy!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Waiting for Sabit to get up, Zhao Ziliang asked, "Your Excellency Sabit, who sent you?" Why did you come to Yazd to see the king?"

After listening to the translator's words, Sabit was vigilant, even in the meeting of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Food Country, he didn't dare to take it lightly, let alone meet the king of Western Qin here? He had heard that the Tang people liked to beat around the bush when they spoke, and there were often language traps hidden in their speech, so he had to cheer up his spirit and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, Sabit has come to discuss peace talks with Your Majesty on the orders of our Caliphate!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's two eyes were projected on Sabit like substance, and Sabit suddenly felt like a pinprick all over his body, extremely uncomfortable.

When Sabit's heart was shaken, Zhao Ziliang spoke: "There are two questions: first, as far as this king knows, your caliph al-Mansur has been captured by our army, and he is now in Yazd, you said that you came on the orders of the caliphate, can your Excellency Mansur be able to do the doppelganger technique?" Second, you said that you had a mission to negotiate peace with my Xiqin, how did you know that my Xiqin was willing to negotiate peace? I, Xi Qin, never thought that your country would express its intention to negotiate peace! Your Excellency, this king thinks you have come by mistake this time! ”

The translator quickly translated Zhao Ziliang's words to Sabit, and after listening to it, Sabit said in his heart that the Tang people are really good at talking, and they created two loopholes to make things difficult with just one sentence I said, and it seems that this time the mission is not easy to complete!

Sabi replied, "Your Majesty, Your Excellency al-Mansur is the former caliph, and after he was captured by your army, my ministers, generals, nobles, and tribal chiefs have jointly elected Prince Mahdi to succeed the caliph!" As for the peace talks, it was requested by our country on its own initiative, and the war has had a serious impact on the lives of the people of Xiqin and our country, and the people of our Persian region have suffered countless casualties, all of which are caused by your country's aggression. ”

Among the ministers of Western Qin, Chen Qing stood up and sneered: "Your Excellency Sabit, according to the information we have received, there is not only one Mahdi caliph in your country now, but several of his brothers have been supported by local officials and nobles in Baghdad, Syria, Jerusalem, Egypt, Tripoli and other places to ascend the throne as caliphs!" In less than half a month, there have been four or five caliphs in a row, who among these caliphs is orthodox? What qualifications does Your Excellency have to represent the Great Food Country to envoy to my Western Qin? ”

Sabit immediately affirmed: "My master, the Mahdi Caliphate, was jointly elected by most of our ministers, generals, nobles and tribal leaders, and he is the son of the previous caliph, and has an indisputable legitimacy both in terms of the elected system and in terms of blood!" The other caliphs only have the conditions of blood inheritance, but the caliphate inheritance method in our country is not purely based on blood, in the era of the prophets and the four caliphs, the system of popular election was adopted, and later the blood inheritance system was adopted, under the condition that these caliphs have the right of blood inheritance, only the Mahdi caliph is the caliph jointly elected and recognized by the vast majority of ministers, generals, nobles and tribal leaders! ”

"We don't care about the legitimacy of Mahdi's succession to the caliphate!" A voice broke the temporary silence in the hall, and Du Fu stood up and pointed out righteously: "Your Excellency Sabit mentioned aggression just now, and I, Xiqin, will never admit this, the war was provoked by your country first, if it weren't for your country's border rangers repeatedly crossing the border line and going deep into our sphere of influence to provoke, this war would not have happened, and my Xiqin's sending troops to your country is a completely legitimate act of self-defense and counterattack, which is legal and reasonable!" ”

Zhao Ziliang and the ministers of Western Qin Wenwu couldn't help but secretly applaud in their hearts when they heard Du Fu's words, and the rebuttal was really wonderful!

But Sabit said, "Yes, it was our side that made the mistake first, but the provocateur has already been punished, hasn't he?" I believe that if the war continues, it will be detrimental to both of us, because of the war, a large number of our people have been displaced and have lost their lives, and your country has also increased the burden on the people because of the war; Because the war has completely blocked the trade between our two countries, which has caused us both countries to lose a lot of tax revenue, so I think that for the common interests of both countries, we should stop the war and sit down to negotiate a settlement of the dispute! ”

These words made the ministers of Western Qin talk in a low voice, people admit their mistakes, what else can you say? People with benevolence and righteousness think that killing people is not too much, and since everyone has admitted that they are wrong, then forgive them, and it seems that some people seem to accept this statement and their position has wavered. However, there are some people who are thoughtful, especially in Sabit's words: "The troublemakers have been punished"

This sentence is a bit interesting, and it seems to have another meaning! Zhao Ziliang wiped his chin, and his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light from time to time.

Erzhu Xianzhong jumped out angrily and pointed at Sabit and shouted: "Your Excellency, you didn't even say hello, you said you would do it, but now you don't want to fight, what do you think of us?" Lao Tzu told you, it's not up to you to decide whether to fight now or not! ”

Sabichi nodded, "Yes, it is up to you to decide now, which is why I came to beg for peace with sincerity. Your Majesty is a wise monarch, and I think Your Majesty should also understand that it is time to negotiate a ceasefire. His Majesty's army is unparalleled in combat power, but now it is a labor expedition, and our country has a vast territory and broad strategic depth, if Your Majesty wants to destroy our country, even if it is ten years old, it will not be possible, even if our country is destroyed by Your Majesty's army, but Your Majesty's country will be dragged down, then Your Majesty's potential biggest enemy, the Eastern Roman Empire, will you watch Your Majesty's country recover its national strength? They will surely attack your country with the strength of the whole country, how can Your Majesty stop it? Therefore, if our two countries fight to the end, it will only cheapen others, and please consider my proposal to negotiate peace! ”

A petty official was hinted by Liu Dan to stand up and say loudly to Sabit: "Negotiation is okay, but your country must first admit defeat!" ”

Sabit reacted violently: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" ”

No one is a fool, and Sabit is obviously not a rookie in diplomacy, how can he not understand the consequences of admitting defeat first, how can the defeated country have the right to speak and speak, and then the big food country can only be at the mercy of Western Qin.

Zhao Ziliang General Sabit was emotional, so he smiled and said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to be excited, so let's go here today, Your Excellency will go back and rest first, whether you agree to negotiate will wait for this king to discuss with the ministers before informing you, Your Excellency will wait patiently for a few days!" ”

Sabit calmed down his emotions and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "Okay, I'm waiting for good news from Your Majesty!" ”

After sending him away, Zhao Ziliang discussed with the ministers whether to agree to the negotiation, for this issue, the ministers and generals were obviously divided into several factions, some people thought that in order not to cause a huge economic burden to the country, they should agree to negotiate, end the war, and return to the court; Some people are not swayed by cannibalism, and the current war is far from the point of dragging down the domestic economy, and the war should continue, and it is not too late to negotiate peace when the war really has a huge impact on the domestic economy; Others are warlike.

On the issue of whether or not to negotiate peace, the ministers and generals held their own opinions and quarreled fiercely. Ministers and generals have good personal relations, and some of them are like enemies because of political differences, but none of these people have affected their stance on such national affairs and decision-making because of these personal grievances.

This point is Zhao Ziliang is extremely pleased, private grievances are personal grievances, can not be because there are personal grievances must be hostile in political opinions, in the officialdom of the Western Qin Dynasty, many officials and ministers because of a certain political matter and become enemies, but in another political matter has the same position, it can be seen that the officials and ministers of the Western Qin during this period are very noble.

"Regarding this matter, you have several different opinions, this king took a look, and none of you can say that you can't convince anyone. At this time, I will put it aside for the time being, and make a decision after this king has seriously considered it! Zhao Ziliang sent the ministers of civil and military affairs with one sentence.

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