Leo knew very well the thoughts of his father Constantine V, and the movement of destroying idolatrous icons was Constantine V's long-standing political proposition, and Constantine V used this political idea to fight against the divine right and strengthen the imperial power, and at the same time, he could also order religious personnel to return to the laity and strengthen the productive forces, and at the same time, he could recover the property and land that had been misappropriated by religion by various means, and replenish the treasury.

Leo's suggestion was deeply appreciated by Constantine V from the heart, but he did not show it before he knew the opinions of the ministers, which also surprised the officials and ministers present, without a detailed understanding, careful consideration and adequate preparation, it is absolutely impossible to say this suggestion, which also fully demonstrates Leo's superb political skills, although these reforms are somewhat drastic, but do not arouse too strong opposition, at a young age, there are such skills, Wouldn't it be even more powerful if he was a little older and more mature?

Constantine V smiled and looked at his ministers and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of the radical reform plan that Leo said?" Is there any merit? ”

There is no shortage of people everywhere and in any era, and while the ministers were talking, a high voice sounded: "Your Majesty, your servant Kolous thinks that these suggestions of His Highness Leo are very good, and if reforms are carried out in accordance with these articles, our Eastern Roman Empire will certainly be able to restore its national strength in a very short time!" ”

After this person, several ministers came forward one after another, and these people praised Leo as unique in the sky and the earth, while the others, although they despised these sycophants from the bottom of their hearts, secretly hated that they did not have this kind of sycophant ability, and could only watch others perform here.

Constantine V didn't have any expression, looked at Leo and said, "Tell me about your proposal for military reform!" ”

"Yes!"

Leo immediately said: "I think we can start in several aspects: first, continue to strengthen and deepen the reform of the Hima military system, there are still some military districts in the empire that are still hereditary military district system, the first step is to change this status quo, so that Constantinople's command and movement of the army can be strengthened, so that the command and movement of command and movement can become smoother; Second, we should eliminate the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and streamline the staff. There are a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people who lack combat effectiveness in our army, and they have wasted a lot of military expenditure, but also cannot form combat effectiveness! We can first eliminate these old, weak, sick and disabled people, and streamline the establishment of the armed forces, which can save military spending and financial resources and enhance combat effectiveness. Wait for us to have more money and then replenish our troops! Third, now our source of soldiers mainly depends on the conscription system and a small number of mercenaries, mercenaries come from all races, have no loyalty to the empire, and can only use mercenaries at critical moments, although the conscription system can ensure that there is no shortage of soldiers, but because they are busy with farming, they only train in their spare time, so their combat effectiveness is low, I think we should learn from the Western Qin Kingdom to adopt a system that combines the conscription system and the conscription system, and set up a standing army and reserves! ”

Fortunately, there were no military generals and governors of the provinces above this hall, otherwise Leo's proposal for military reform would inevitably cause an uproar and strong opposition. You must know that in the past, the whole country of the Eastern Roman Empire was divided into a number of provinces, and each province set up a governor, and the governor grasped the military power and political power in the jurisdiction and enjoyed supreme authority. After Constantine V ascended the throne, he carried out a series of reforms, although quite effective, but still encountered strong resistance, and had to stop halfway, but the reformed military districts were retained, which is why the Eastern Roman Empire was able to withstand the continuous invasion and attack of the Arabs and Bolgars over the years. If we continue to strengthen and deepen the reform of the Hima military system, it will inevitably touch the interests of the hereditary military region group, and it will certainly be obstructed and opposed.

The second is to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled, which will undoubtedly offend the military generals, these people will not be sent to the battlefield if they have no combat effectiveness, and their equipment and salaries will definitely be deducted by the commanders for various reasons, but when the military funds are allocated above, they are distributed according to the normal number of people, and they will not care whether they are old, weak, sick or disabled, so the commanders can be greedy for a lot of money, Leo is now going to touch their cheese, and they will willingly take out the cheese?

Constantine V looked at his ministers and asked, "What do you think of the reforms that Leo said about reforming the military system?" ”

Inspector Maricus stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the reform measures that His Highness Leo said in the past few days are very good, if they can be implemented thoroughly, then the combat effectiveness of the imperial army will inevitably be improved by more than one grade, but if it is really implemented, it will inevitably be strongly obstructed and opposed, especially the first and second articles, I think we should be cautious, do not rush to carry out the whole thing, you can do it slowly, first from one or a few regions, try to see the reaction of those people, If there is strong resistance and opposition, stop first and then figure out what to do! ”

Archon Murius also stepped forward to agree: "Yes, Your Majesty, Master Maricus is right, now we should be conservative and not too aggressive!" ”

These two bigwigs said this, which means that other officials and ministers are afraid that they all think this way, and Constantine V also knows that this kind of reform is by no means an overnight thing, and must be done gradually. Therefore, he said: "Well, let's settle it as such, Munius and the treasurer Gurgoni will be in charge of the internal reform, and Leo will be in charge of the military reform, and the progress of the reform should be slowed down as much as possible, and the means should not be too drastic!" ”

All the ministers agreed: "Yes"

The first beginning of the internal reform was the destruction of idolatrous icons, and for a time a large number of statues in churches and monasteries in the Eastern Roman Empire were destroyed, and the priests, priests and nuns who prayed and prayed to the statues every day were arrested, some were secretly executed, some were killed on the spot, some were reduced to slavery, and a large number of people were exiled to the desert islands of the Mediterranean Sea to be left to fend for themselves.

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A.D. 771, the eighth day of the second month.

The negotiations between the Western Qin Kingdom and the Great Food Kingdom were finally completed, and on this day the two sides signed a treaty in Yazd, and the Great Food Kingdom sent Vizier Khalid to Yazd, while the Western Qin side was signed by Liu Dan on the treaty.

The treaty stipulates that the two sides will take the current military demarcation line as the boundary, and the Great Food State will cede all the land previously occupied by the Western Qin army to the Western Qin Kingdom, and compensate 300,000 taels of gold, a down payment of 100,000 taels, and thereafter pay 20,000 taels per year, to be paid off in ten years. For 10 years from the signing of the treaty, the two sides were not allowed to fight again.

The areas to be ceded to Western Qin under the treaty included Khorasan, Sistan, Kerman, and Yazd in eastern Persia; Hormuzgan, Fars in the south; The Kavir salt desert in the north and the Alborz Mountains on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, as well as the surrounding areas and the Caucasus region in the northwest.

On the first day of the third month, when Zhao Ziliang was holding a court meeting in the palace, he received a text of the treaty from Yazd, which was written in triplicate, in Chinese, Dashiyu, and Greek.

After reading it, Zhao Ziliang handed over the text of the treaty to Prime Minister Dugu of the Government Council and instructed: "The Government Council should let the relevant yamen spread and publicize it among the officials and the people in various places, and let all the officials and the people know about it, and let the officials and students write some articles on this matter, and the government should solicit well-written articles from the people, and reward the authors of these articles. Spread the word about well-written articles all over the world! ”

Dugu asked, and agreed: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

After the treaty was signed, the Western Qin army in the Persian region was about to begin to withdraw, who withdrew and who did not withdraw, Zhao Ziliang really spent a lot of thought, and finally decided to transfer the second army and the fifth army to return to the dynasty to rest, and transfer the eighth army of Jiling City to the south bank of the Caspian Sea to station, leaving Zhao Lei and Zamu to lead 50,000 plateau legions and 50,000 slave servants to garrison in the eastern and southern regions of Persia, and the military expenses of the garrisons stationed in the Persian region were all borne by the local finance of the Persian region, and the Western Qin royal court only supplied weapons and equipment.

After the end of the war, the economy of the Western Qin Kingdom began to fully recover, and trade with the Great Food Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and smaller countries to the West was more frequent and prosperous than ever. The war that lasted for more than half a year made Da Shi poor in domestic materials, and the severance of the southern trade route not only made the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt and a large area of the North African coast in Da Shi unable to obtain high-quality and cheap goods from the Western Qin and the Eastern Tang Dynasty, but also made it impossible for the Byzantine Empire, Romans, Franks, Avars, and Saracens to obtain enough goods, and the products of these regions and kingdoms could not be sold to the Western Qin State in time.

After the complete armistice, in order to unify the Great Food, Mahdi began to actively recruit soldiers to form a large number of troops, raise food and military supplies, and prepare to start the western expedition to prepare for the unification of the Great Food Country.

Mahdi's first target to attack is his younger brother Talal who is the king and hegemon in Baghdad, Talal is Mansour's favorite youngest son, and the other sons are sent to serve in various places, but Talal is left in Baghdad, when the news that Mansur was captured by the Western Qin army spread all over the country, the princes of various places have called themselves caliphs, Talal is of course also lagging behind, he also has a large group of ministers under him, but the area he can directly control is only the area around Baghdad, the sphere of influence is too small, and the strength is limited.