A few days later, a delegation sent by the Caliph al-Mahdi arrived in Xinjing, and Hong Xu, the secretary of Honglu Temple, led people to hold a reception ceremony and arranged for them to stay in the embassy.

In order to demonstrate the authority of the Western Qin State, the Ministry of Rites suggested that Zhao Ziliang accept the court meeting of the envoy of the Great Food State, Bu Nuode, at the court meeting on the first day of the second lunar month, and Zhao Ziliang adopted this suggestion.

On the thirtieth day of the first month of 772 A.D., Honglu Temple Qing Hong Xu and the internal guard commander Zhou Shan came to the palace successively.

Diligent Palace.

Zhao Ziliang put down the piece in his hand and looked at the two of them and asked: "Tomorrow is the day of the court meeting, and at that time, this king will meet with the envoy of the Great Food Country, Bu Nuod, the purpose of Bu Nuod's trip, how have you found out?" ”

Hong Xu arched his hand; "The king, Wechen has been in contact with Bu Nord several times, held several talks, and sent people to test with the officials accompanying the mission, but this time the cannibal was very tight-mouthed and didn't say anything. It is estimated that we will not know until tomorrow's meeting."

Zhao Ziliang looked at Zhou Shan, Zhou Shan hugged his fists and said: "King, the internal guards have not found out the specific purpose of their trip, but from the analysis of the investigation from all aspects, the purpose of their trip should not be for Mansur!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Zhou Shan replied: "Since they came to Xinjing, except for Bu Nuode and Lord Hong who have met a few times, none of them have ever left the embassy hall, nor have they come into contact with anyone, and everything they need has been sent in by the people of Honglu Temple." Although the place where Mansur lives is not top secret, not many people know the exact location, and if their target was Mansur or some other purpose, they should send someone out to inquire about it, but they didn't! ”

Hong Xu said: "According to what Lord Zhou said, are they really just here to re-establish diplomatic relations with our country?" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't answer this question and looked outside the main hall, "It seems that everything can only be figured out when I see Bu Nuode in the court tomorrow!" ”

On the first day of the second month, the two ceremonial halls.

There was nothing very important to deal with in this court meeting, so after the court meeting began, Zhao Ziliang directly issued an order to announce that the envoy of the Great Food State Bu Nuode would meet him.

After a sharp cry from the eunuch on duty, half an hour later, Bu Nud walked into the Liangyi Hall and saluted Zhao Ziliang with the etiquette of the Great Food Country and said, "Bu Nuod has come to meet His Majesty the great King of Western Qin on the order of Caliph Mahdi!" ”

"Flat!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Your Excellency Bunod, what is the matter with your caliph al-Mahdi sending you to meet this king?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Caliph has sent me to meet Your Majesty this time mainly for two things: First, in order to accelerate the deepening of relations between our two countries, the Caliph believes that our two countries should re-establish diplomatic relations, and I formally propose to Your Majesty on behalf of the Caliph to establish an embassy in your country's Xinjing. Of course, your country can also send people to Baghdad to establish an embassy, which was still intact and has not been damaged in any way! Second, on behalf of the Caliph and the Abbasids, I would like to borrow 10 million gold dollars from your country to quell the war, speed up production and construction, and restore the living conditions of your people. ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, and then said to the ministers in the palace: "This king has only heard of loans between private individuals, loans between commercial banks and shops, and loans between commercial banks, and loans between commercial banks, but he has never heard of borrowing from countries to countries!" Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever heard of state-to-state borrowing? ”

"Nope!" The ministers shook their heads and laughed one by one.

Minister of Finance Yang Yan stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there has never been a loan from one country to another!" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at Bu Nuode and asked, "Why not?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Wang, the reason why private loans and loans between commercial banks and shops to Yinzhuang and mutual lending between commercial banks can be reached, and there is no fear that the borrower will not repay the money, this is because there is interest to take and the court and the local government can uphold justice, if the borrower does not repay the principal and interest within the repayment period, the creditor can take the IOU to the government, and the government will force the borrower to repay the money according to the facts, and the loan between countries has no one to uphold justice for the creditor country, and the borrowing country does not repay the money. Who will the creditor country go to? ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at Bu Nuode and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, did you hear clearly?" Your Great Food Kingdom wants to borrow money from my Western Qin Kingdom, this is really a very advanced idea, but this is impossible, if you borrow the money back, and you don't pay it back when the deadline comes, who will we talk to in the Western Qin Kingdom? So, if you want to re-establish diplomatic relations with our Western Qin Kingdom, our Western Qin Kingdom is very welcome, but if you want to borrow money from our Western Qin, then it's really sorry, we won't borrow it! ”

Bu Nuode said: "Honorable Majesty, please don't be in a hurry to refuse, our Great Food Country can pay interest, as far as I know, the annual interest rate of your Xiqin Royal Silver Village and other private silver banks is about eight percent, and we can increase the annual interest rate to one point!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Even if you are willing to pay a higher interest rate, if you don't pay back the money at that time, won't we suffer a big loss?" Your Excellency, everyone can draw flatbread, but the painted flatbread can never be eaten, you should understand this truth better than this king, right? ”

Bu Nuod didn't want to give up, and said: "Your Majesty, our Great Food Country is not without the ability to repay, our Great Food Country has a vast territory, countless believers and people, although the annual output and taxes are not as good as the Western Qin Kingdom, but still have the ability to repay, if Your Majesty and your lords are worried that our country will not repay, I think this is not comparable, Western Qin has a strong army, are you still afraid that our country will dare not repay?" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and turned his head to look at Yang Yan: "Lord Yang, what do you think?" ”

Yang Yan: "This ??????"

At this time, the other ministers and officials also exchanged their heads and whispered that if the loan could be recovered together with the principal and interest, it would still be very profitable, and anyway, the money was lying in the treasury and could not be born, but it could be released if it was lent out.

Seeing this, Zhao Ziliang said to Bu Nuod: "Your Excellency, the king has agreed to the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, but the king still needs to consider this loan, your envoy can continue to live in the embassy hall, and when the king has a decision, he will naturally send someone to tell you!" ”

Bu Nud also knew that this matter was in a hurry, and he had to give the Western Qin monarchs and ministers some time to think about it, and he said: "Okay, Your Majesty, the villain will wait for Your Majesty's good news in the embassy hall!" The villain said goodbye first! ”

"Wait a minute, Lord Bunod!" Zhao Ziliang stopped Bu Nord, paused and asked: "Your Excellency Al-Mansur, the former caliph of your country, has been in Xinjing for more than a year, doesn't Your Excellency want to meet him, and hasn't Mahdi thought of ransom him as a father?" ”

Sweat beads instantly appeared on his forehead when he heard this, the last thing he wanted to face was Mansour's problem, this problem was too sensitive, he knew Mahdi's thoughts too well, Mahdi didn't want to get Mansur back at all, before coming to Xinjing this time, although Mahdi didn't say anything about Mansur, but he didn't mention Mansur, if he didn't understand it, he would be a fool.

It was also Bunod's brain that turned fast, and he came up with a response in just a few breaths: "Your Majesty, when I set out from Baghdad for this matter, the caliph explained to me, saying that now I have eaten a lot of civil strife, and even Baghdad is not very safe, if we take the father of the caliph back now, we will not be able to guarantee his safety, and after we have unified the Great Food and ended the civil strife, then we will send someone to redeem the father of the caliph, and it is safer to leave him in Xinjing now!" Please also ask Your Majesty to send someone to take care of him, and give him the best treatment for food and clothing, if something happens to the father of the caliph in Xinjing, our big food country will not give up! ”

was threatened in turn, Zhao Ziliang's face was a little unsightly, and he said coldly: "Your Excellency, when you come to redeem Your Excellency Mansur in the future, I'm afraid that you can't afford to pay the ransom!" ”

Bunod said arrogantly: "This is not to worry about Your Majesty, His Excellency Mansur is the father of the Caliphate, even if we need to pay more ransom, our Great Food Country will not frown, if there is nothing else, the villain will leave!" ”

After Bu Nord left, there was no sound in the hall for a long time, and the Prime Minister of the Government Council Dugu asked the custom to break the silence: "The king, colleagues, it seems that this Mansour is really a hot yam, he is over sixty years old this year, if he dies of illness or old age in Xinjing, will my Western Qin State have to compensate Mahdi for a father?" We can't afford this black cauldron, and we can't carry it, it seems that we have to find a way to send Mansur back, as long as he sets foot on the territory of the Great Food Country, it doesn't matter to us whether he is dead or alive! ”

If the emperor dies in the enemy country, the court and the people will not care, because who is the emperor has nothing to do with the people, it is a big deal to change the emperor, but Mansur was a religious leader before, this identity is different from the emperor, who is the religious leader has a lot to do with the believers, the appeal of the religious leader is not comparable to the emperor, if the religious leader dies in the enemy country, it is difficult to guarantee that those believers in the Great Food Country will not go crazy.

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "Even if Mansur dies in Xinjing, what can the Great Food Country do?" Do they dare to call recruits to ask for an explanation? Give them ten dares, and don't dare! This king is not worried that the Great Food Diet will trouble us because of Mansuro, but wouldn't it be wonderful if the ambition of Mansur was aroused at the right time, and then sent him back, so that the civil strife in the Great Food Country would be more intense? ”

Dugu Jun stood up and arched his hand and said: "King, the minister thinks that this matter is promising, Mahdi has now pacified the Antioch region, if he waits for Syria, Jerusalem, Jordan, and then raises troops to attack Egypt, we will suddenly send Mansur back and let Mahdi's backyard catch fire??????"

Zhao Ziliang nodded: "This matter has to be planned carefully!" ”