In March of the fifth year of Kaiyuan, the thick cloud of war hovering over West Asia finally dispersed completely, and the king of Min returned to Antioch with the contract, symbolizing that the Arab Empire in the south was also incorporated into the territory of Min, and the jubilation of celebrating peace began to stretch from the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific coast, tens of thousands of kilometers of the border of the Great Min, running non-stop, every time he passed through a city, he shouted from the city gate to another city gate like the messenger after the Greek Marathon battle.

"We won! Our army has finally conquered Arabia! ”

The news spread like wings, and the relationship between the Tessiphon, Bossis, Mulu, Thirsty Water, Jingshi, and the Arabs to the Great Min was the same as when the Turks threatened the Tang Dynasty, and now the voice of victory finally came, and countless families who contributed to the soldiers cried with joy.

Finally, peace!

It is also true that in the huge military stations of Ctesiphon and Antioch, groups of soldiers are sorting out their packages and demobilizing to go home, even if many of the soldiers from Tianzhu have taken root in Mesopotamia, the plot of the homeland still makes many people want to go back and see.

There are also the sixteen guards of Damin, starting from the battle in Khorasan, some of the guards such as the left and right military guards, have been fighting for several years in a row, if it were not for the strict military regulations, I am afraid that the homesick Tang people would have gone back long ago.

The city of Antioch is also full of lights, and the inhabitants of the Syrian province can be seen dancing dragons and lions in the form of the Tang people's celebrations, but no one notices the hidden worries under the peace.

This time, the results of the Great Min conquest do not seem to be very good.

In the war, the losses on the Arabian Peninsula were too huge, not to mention the lack of food in every household, the oases were barren, and the herds were killed and wounded.

The merchants who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune on the peninsula also suffered heavy losses, and the number of business trips from Damascus and Suez became less and less.

On the other hand, the Great Min is also unwilling to spend money on the Arabs, for the Great Min, the Arabs are like the Turkic threat to the Tang Dynasty, and this threat has been lifted, and the Arabian Peninsula, which is even more barren than the desert in the south and the north, the upper echelons of the Min people have no will to occupy it, at most they are left to fend for themselves.

Soon, it is estimated that the barren results of spring ploughing will erupt in summer and autumn, and the defeated Arabian Peninsula will either go to two extremes, or the tribes will compete for the last bite of food, and countless tribal blood feuds will break out, and the Arabs will kill each other, just like the social pattern that has continued on the peninsula for hundreds of years.

Or, after converging countless forces, continue to attack civilizations beyond the peninsula, and once again sweep like locusts through Syria, Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Even when Li Shimin ruled the Turks, didn't a huge rebellion break out in Wuyuan?

Not only is the Arabian affair annoying, recently the Eastern Roman side, Constantine IV is like a mad dog crazy attack on the trade ships that arrived in the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal in Damin, after all, the Romans are the head snakes, and the army losses are about the same, after so many years of recovery, the Byzantine Navy is still quite a large force, gathering all the boats along the coast of the Balkan Peninsula, the Mediterranean trade route from Min to Rome has shrunk by almost seven layers, and merchants of all ethnic groups are complaining.

The crisis also comes from the side, almost the people of the people, twice in a row, Armenia in the mountains of the Caucasus, the people of many kingdoms of Georgia have seen the richness and warmth of the two river basins, and the poor mountains of their hometown are simply one heaven and one underground, the last time the Great Min was defeated, or the extremely vicious Arabs were entrenched here, these Caucasus mountain people did not dare to go south, but now, the more kind Min controlled here like the Roman Empire, and some tribal leaders became active.

Some tribal chiefs only vaguely proposed a sentence or two to Li Jie, while some counts simply led their tribes south, and recently along the Caucasus, there have been many clashes between the newly formed local garrison troops and these mountain barbarians, and there have been constant military reports.

There are also pensions after the war, burning and burying silver, meritorious land for meritorious soldiers, promotion and wealth, and all kinds of things have weighed on Li Jie's head twice, twelve hours a day, and almost eleven of them are soaked in the study.

Li Jie's royal car stopped at Antioch, and the political center of Damin was also transferred to Antioch, and Wu Meiniang and other prime ministers and ministers and officials also transferred to Antioch. It is also worthy of being the imperial capital of the Seleucid Empire, and the ancient city of Antioch, not far from the sea, has beautiful scenery, a warm and humid climate, and the courtiers live very comfortably.

In May, there was good news in the Antioch Palace, and Jieyu Haidai found that there was joy, and the Imperial Doctor was almost certainly a boy!

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In the newly built Wuyang Palace, there is a joyful and peaceful atmosphere everywhere, under the command of senior female officials, the daughters of the eunuch palace hurriedly sent all kinds of mountain delicacies to the front of the case, and groups of dancers of various ethnic groups are also dressed in colorful clothes, dancing in the melodious performance of various musical instruments.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

The first assistant Wang Xuance was not there, Wang Fangyi, the deputy, led the way, more than 20 prime ministers, and six Shangshu were holding gifts, and they entered the hall with red faces and bowed to Li Jie to say hello.

It is no wonder that these prime ministers are jubilant, the three sons and three daughters of the King of Fujian, if they are put in the future generations, it is estimated that they will punish him severely, but in this era of many sons and many blessings, Li Jie's family is a little unqualified, and he wants to be more inferior than his grandfather Li Yuan's twenty-two sons and nineteen daughters, and his father Li Shimin's fifteen sons and twenty-one daughters.

Now the royal family has added another male, although the results are still a little failing, but it is enough for the ministers to be happy, they are all cronies of the King of Fujian, the King of Min family is scattered, and the country is solid, which means that the glory and wealth of their family are also firm, and it is no wonder that these court members are happy.

However, not everyone is so happy, for example, the left servant of Fengge shoots Wu Meiniang, her beautiful cheeks are a little unnatural, in this era when mothers and children are precious, she is a woman in a high position, but she has no children under her knees, and her daughter is still very stiff, I have to say that it is a pity.

In fact, it is precisely because Wu Meiniang has no children under her knees and is not close to her family that Li Jiefang trusts her so much, and entrusts the country with great power, and makes trade-offs between gains and losses.

However, the general direction is still jubilant, Li Jie is also enthusiastic in reply, after the guest and host are seated, the cheerful banquet will begin.

Damin is now really called rich in the four seas, more than the four seas, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, its products are also abundant, the lobster of the Mediterranean, the mussels of the North Sea, the beef, sheep and pork, the mountain vegetables of the Himalayas, the types and styles, are several times more sumptuous than the imperial banquet of the emperor Li Zhi in Chang'an.

The center of the power of the Great Min is the Fengge Luantai, which is more streamlined than the six departments of the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, but the number of prime ministers is doubled, in addition to the chief official Fengge Luantai Order, the four deputy servants shoot, and the more subordinate left, middle and right servants, Nayan, and more than 30 people such as the governor form a huge group of prime ministers, the territory of Fujian is too large, and the number of prime ministers needed is naturally more, and the more people, the more scattered the power, so that there will be no situation where the prime minister suppresses the imperial power.

Li Jie's prime minister is not only the Tang people, but also the Xianbei people, the Turks and the Indians, the leaders of all ethnic groups gather together, use the habits of their respective nationalities to chant poems, play the piano and paint, but it is not happy.

During the banquet, Li Jie suddenly waved his sleeves, stood up and bowed his head slightly to Li Ji, the ruddy-faced old secretary of the military department, who was drinking.

"I heard that the British Duke recently added a new granddaughter, and the widow has something to trust!"

Li Ji, the British duke, was originally sealed by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and after arriving in Damin, although Li Jie also called him the British duke, he did not make any meritorious contributions to Damin, and Li Ji always felt awkward.

In this battle of the Yarmouk River, Li Ji accounted for more than half of the command, and now he has been officially canonized as a British duke, with 2,000 households, and his second grandson Li Jingzhen, this kid left his post without permission at a glance, and when the war with Arabia was so fierce, this kid actually gave birth to a daughter with the main room, so that the old Li Ji, who had achieved fame, was the boss.

The previous stop Li Jie's two-year-old daughter Li Anqi directly assigned the marriage to Xi Zhuangwu, the grandson of Shangzhu State Xi Junmai, seeing that Li Jie now intends to marry his unborn son, this is a great honor, Lao Li Ji immediately stood up with a smile and left the table, and bowed down in the envious eyes of other colleagues.

"The old minister doesn't dare, but please ask Your Majesty to command."

"Great!" Li Jie was really the boss's joy, and said with a happy smile: "The widow intends to appoint the old Qing family as the chief of the march of the Asia Road and attack Constantinople for the widow!"

"The old minister obeyed, thank you Your Majesty, uh......"

Alcohol paralyzed the cranial nerves, and Lao Li Ji, who was still a family matter, happily agreed, but just bowed and bowed, Lao Li Ji felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but raise his head in shock.

Di Renjie, the servant of Luantai on the side, squirted out a sip of wine directly, and the stunned wat board also turned out, and hurriedly bowed down.

"The minister is rude, please forgive your majesty, but ......"

The prime minister in the whole room woke up in fright, and they all stared at Li Jie in shock.

With so many pairs of eyes, including Wu Meiniang, who didn't get the news around her and stared at her pretty eyes, Li Jie shrugged her shoulders very innocently.

"Appoint Li Laoqing's family as the head of the march of the Asia Road and crusade against Constantinople!"