Chapter 1249. Negotiations, tug-of-war
If he could take Constantinople without blood, it would be a great temptation for both Li Jie and the ministers who were eager to pay homage to the prime minister. (w)
According to the bottom line of negotiations, the Roman Senate welcomed Anna and Li Jie and said that the Roman emperor was conditional, first, to recall the Arab locusts that had been scattered all over the country and were killing people and setting fire to the Roman land, and second, to hold a coronation ceremony in Constantinople.
None of the two points can be agreed, Li Ji's locust strategy certainly worked, the prerequisite is that the strategic intentions of the Roman Empire all fall on the point of Constantinople, ignoring the surface, if the scattered Arab cavalry is recalled, give the Romans time to rearrange, the western part of the Balkans is the famous Eastern Alps, with the preparation of the Romans to the west to stick to the Alps and Thessalonica, to the north to stick to the Rhine line, even if the Roman light cavalry is strong, they can not break through the terrain restrictions.
Of course, if a small group of small infiltrators can still pass through, it is equivalent to death, even if they can escape alive, they can't bring back the loot they have robbed, the Arabs followed Li Jie to fight completely in order to take the ship of the Great Min to rob the territory of the Romans, they are not excellent internationalist fighters, and they can generously sacrifice their lives for the hegemony of the Great Min.
And the coronation in Constantinople, which was the territory of the Romans, was equivalent to Li Jie himself sending his head to the Romans' cutting board, who knows if Constantine IV would set up an ambush and ruthlessly use the Bolgars to directly destroy Li Jie and Anna, his enemies of life and death?
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Li Jie's royal tailors are still very skillful, fine silk, less than an hour, inlaid with gold velvet, embroidered with various auspicious patterns such as the Virgin of God and Angels, and the magnificent and symmetrical and beautiful robes of the Great Shepherd are sewn out in their skillful hands.
It's really a person who relies on clothes, Buddha relies on gold, and changes into a well-fitting robe, Paul's thin and tall figure also sets off a majestic atmosphere that is not angry and arrogant, but when he saw Li Jie, he grinned, and this great Min protector suddenly lost his temperament.
"Little minister, thank you for your majesty King Min for your appreciation!" As soon as his legs were bent, Paul didn't pay attention to what messenger represented the dignity of the country, the big shepherd only knelt down to God or something, and respectfully kowtowed to Li Jie to thank him, looking at this slippery guy, the corners of Li Jie's mouth also showed a smile, full of smiles and slightly bowed, and said: "The big shepherd shou likes it." ”
"The widow has another errand that the shepherd needs to do for the widow."
"The minister has done his best and died!"
Listening to Paul's promise, the weird smile on Li Jie's face became even stronger, and he immediately patted the handrail and shouted: "Okay! The widow really didn't mistake you! ”
"This is the request of the widow to negotiate with him Constantine and the Roman Senate, and the widow will appoint you as the negotiating ambassador to Constantinople and let the Senate agree to the request of the widow!"
As soon as he heard this, Paul's dry and wrinkled old face almost cried directly, after Anna lost power, he was imprisoned in a poor convent for almost ten years, in fact, the Christian monastery was not clean at this time, the great monks were traitors, and there were many things about male thieves and prostitutes, but where did these good things get him?
And the ascetics of the monastery also have a tradition, that is, they are not allowed to speak, sign language is said to have been invented by these ascetics, so long without speaking, Paul feels that he is going crazy, this trip to Rome to send to Min, Paul betrayed Rome so completely, he simply doesn't want to go back, he wants to rely on Anna's favor to stay, even if he is willing to go back to the old business of **** outside Xinhan Valley, Li Jie wants him to go back, that really makes him want to die.
And his face was ugly, he took the negotiation draft sent back by the eunuch, looked at it twice, and Paul couldn't wait to vomit blood directly, and the king of Min accepted Constantine's Zen so that he agreed unceremoniously, but the two key Li Jie, who stopped plundering and succeeded to the throne of Constantinople, did not agree, and asked the senators of the Roman Senate and Constantine IV to come to Caesarea to crown him.
If this condition is brought back, Paul doubts that he can be thrown directly to the ascetic tower on the Alps by the group of old men of the Senate, and he can't see a single figure of penance for a lifetime and go straight to death......
Listening to Paul's shirk, Anna, who was sitting quietly on the side, showed a dangerous smile on her small mouth, and the little tiger teeth that came out brought a little bit of coldness.
"Isn't the Great Pastor willing to go on this trip for King Damin?"
With Anna's gloomy words, Zanpo, who was supporting the scene behind her, took out a knife and began to pick her teeth, and the Gar Xiangling at the other end began to manicure her nails with a big axe, and was just in time for the palace to punish the subordinates, a Syrian Greek in green clothes was dragged out of the corridor crying, and after a while, the dying crotch was suddenly dragged back with blood, and the old eunuch who followed behind was holding an orchid finger and repairing his finger with a strange-shaped blood-stained knife, While turning his head, he smiled at Paul very pervertedly.
The back was cold as if he had entered the ice cellar, and the sentence was swallowed back by Paul, and his head hit the ground, and Paul impassionedly assured Li Jie: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister is broken and will complete His Majesty's entrustment!" ”
Li Jielong Yan Dayue: "Okay, the widow really hasn't seen you!" ”
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In the early morning of the next day, Paul was like a plague chicken, with a pair of black eyes, staggering to board the merchant ship when he came, and the boatman landed on the shore with a long pole, and pushed the tattered merchant ship into the Bosphorus again.
The king of Min is also lacking in virtue, for fear that he will not do anything, his box of gold and silver coins and silk hundred horses were kept for him in a house in Caesarea, when he came, he did not care, but when he came back, he left a thought in Damin, and his heart was like a cat scratching.
In a fit of anger, last night he also tore off the disguise of the patriarch, facing the twenty "Tang" nuns given by the King of Min, who knew that the twenty beauties were still dodging at the beginning, but in the second half of the night they were like an old cat with a spring, but he was still weak now, and only after asking about the situation did he know that this was not a Tang girl, but not far from the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese people of Wadao who were conquered by the King of Min were born good.
Li Jie, who didn't confiscate the fitting patriarch's robe given by the emperor yesterday, didn't confiscate it for him, but he didn't dare to wear it back, for fear of being beaten to death by the angry patriarchs.
Looking at the gilded national book in hand, Paul was helpless, sighing and crying: "I knew that it was better to cut it in the palace yesterday!"
The 750-meter sea route only arrived at the opposite shore in about ten minutes, and before Paul landed, the sea-locking chains of the Galatian Fort had been raised, and the two Roman warships hurriedly met it, and in the telescope, Li Jie saw that Paul was dragged into Constantinople by the arm of several Roman soldiers, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
How to develop in the future, then it depends on the destiny of heaven!
In the next few days, there was no movement in Constantinople, and it seemed that Li Jie's reply made these senate masters very annoyed, and they were determined to fight to the death with Damin.
The Arabian Peninsula is too barren, its people are easy to work, unwilling to work, want the Arabian Peninsula to be stable, it has to constantly consume its strength outside, at this time Europe is not richer than the Arabs, and the Balkan Peninsula has not experienced too much war, in the early days, many Arabs returned to the peninsula with the spoils of war looted from the Roman Empire to make a fortune, and actually learned from the Fujian people to do business, and moved into the city, the success of some people stimulated the barren peninsula, as far as Yemen, The Omandu tribes traveled thousands of miles to Jerusalem to join the expeditionary force of Damin.
For these free big hands, Li Jie naturally did not refuse to come, and he loaded as many ships as he came, and transported them to the Balkan Peninsula, unexpectedly this move made Li Jie's reputation in the Arabian Peninsula rise a lot, and many people have recognized that Li Jie is a new generation of caliphate, giving him another honorific title.
Isn't the caliph the one who can lead the Arabs out of poverty!
Things just developed like this, and it was almost a month to leave in a hurry, and it was more than a month away from Li Jie's Haikou where he was the emperor in Constantinople that month, of course, the ministers did not dare to expose the shortcomings of the King of Fujian, but they just stared at Constantinople and talked about it from time to time. Still unhurriedly designating strategic targets for the native West Asian armies that landed in Europe.
Even when Li Jie himself wanted to forget about Paul, the sea-locking chain of the Golden Horn was actually lifted again, and half an hour later, Paul, whose face was bruised and purple, appeared in Li Jie's temporary palace again.
These injuries were actually directly beaten by the angry senators at the Senate meeting regardless of their identity, which couldn't help but make Li Jie sigh, it turned out that the tradition of fighting in the European Congress in later generations was based on ancestors, and sure enough, Westerners were barbarians, unlike one day in later generations~ Chaoshang country, the CPPCC conference was harmonious, and they all slept soundly.
Rubbing his swollen eyes, Paul fell to his knees and cried bitterly.
"Your Majesty! The Roman senators did not agree at all, they allowed His Majesty to bring the Praetorian Guard into Constantinople for the crown, and His Majesty had to immediately restrain the Arab raids. ”
As soon as he heard this, Li Jie immediately became angry, slapped the dragon chair and stood up angrily, and reprimanded angrily: "Since the Senate admits that the widow and Anna are the emperors of the Roman Empire, the widow is the master of the empire!" The widows decide where to ascend the throne, and they have to ask their courtiers to dictate them! It's ridiculous! ”
Listening to Li Jiezheng's angry roar, Paul was dumbfounded again, as if, quite reasonable!
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