Peropidas's proposal was supported by Epaminonda, who knew a little more about the kingdom of Dionya as his former teacher was Lysis of the Pythagorean school of Tarantum.

But in addition, the other Theban high-level officials strongly opposed this, for the simple reason that the Theban government had never had any contact with the Kingdom of Dioonia before, on the contrary, their enemy Sparta had maintained a 20-year peace agreement with the kingdom to the west, and invited the other side to get involved in the dispute in Greece without knowing the details of the other party, and once Dionya changed his mind and supported Sparta, Thebes would not even have time to cry. Moreover, the power of Persia was well known, and Dionyas did not necessarily dare to take the risk of offending the Persians who supported Sparta in order to support Thebes (the Thebans did not know that the Kingdom of Dionysa was at a standoff with Persia in the Western Mediterranean War).

Most of the Theban parliamentarians chose to seek the support of Persia, although Persia was nominally a supporter of Sparta in recent years, but the Greek city-states dealt with Persia a lot, knowing that the Persians were capricious, turning their hands into clouds and rain, and now supporting Sparta is just out of interest, you must know that before this, Sparta had beaten the Persian army miserably in Minor West Asia, so as long as the Theban envoys behaved better, they could not win over Persia.

After some controversy, the government of Thebes decided to send an envoy to Persia as well, and the charismatic Theban chieftain Peropidas.

By the time Peropidas arrived in Persia and arrived in Babylon, the capital of Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, it was already in the twenty-second year of the Holy Kingdom of Dioonia (372 B.C.), when he entered the main city gate and stepped on the famous procession street, where he saw that the ground was paved with colorful glazed bricks, and the street was full of golden splendor.

Peropidas was really shocked for a while, he raised his eyes and looked ahead, the first thing that caught his eye was the most amazing building in the city of Babylon - a magnificent tower temple, with a hundred meters high tower temple towering in the center of the city, overlooking this huge city, any Babylonian people when facing it, with admiration, this is Etme Nanki (also known as the Tower of Babel), which the Babylonians called "the temple between the two worlds of immortals and mortals".

At the end of the procession street is the magnificent palace of the Persian king, which is also made of colored bricks, and is also inlaid with precious materials such as gold, silver, lapis lazuli, ivory, cedar wood, etc., which is extremely brilliant and gorgeous, showing the wealth and luxury of the Persian royal family, and the Babylonian people bow their heads when passing through it to show their obedience to the royal power.

Peropidas heard that the envoys of Sparta and Athens had been received by the king of Persia, and he was worried that the king of the east, who held great power, would refuse to receive him because of the bad words of the first two envoys, but what he did not expect was that Artaxerxes not only received him, but also listened carefully to his account of the persecution of Thebes by the Spartans in recent years, and had to rebel against the Spartans in order not to be destroyed, and the war with them.

Pelopidas spoke with sincerity and truthfulness, not as pompous as the Athenian envoys, nor as arrogant as the Spartan envoys, which aroused Artaxerxes' great favor, praising him for behaving like a noble nobleman, and even having a brief discussion with him about what Thebes would say about the terms of the armistice if Thebes and Sparta reached an armistice......

After the meeting, Artaxerxes also ordered his men to receive Peropidas well.

Peropidas was heartened by the kindness shown to him by the King of Persia.

When the Athenian envoy Temagoras and the Spartan envoy Luticles heard the news, they both felt nervous and hurriedly moved around.

In fact, Artaxerxes was so friendly to the Theban emissaries partly because of Peropidas' charisma, but more importantly because he wanted peace in Greece proper, a goal that would not have been possible without the compromise of the principal Thebes.

It has been almost 30 years since Artaxerxes ascended the Persian throne, except for the initial attempt by Cyrus the Younger to usurp the throne, the political situation in the country has been relatively stable, but his performance in the war has been criticized by the Persian people.

When Artaxerxes first ascended the throne, a small Greek mercenary army fought in and out of the Persian hinterland, and the mighty Persians had nothing to do with them, which exhilarated the Greeks and frustrated the Persians; Then the Egyptians declared their independence, drove out the troops stationed in Egypt, and confiscated the fertile land allocated to many Persian nobles; King Agesilaus of Sparta invaded Asia Minor and defeated the armies of several Persian governors; He finally organized an army in an attempt to re-enslave Egypt, but he encountered a rare flood peak on the Nile, and the generals were at odds......

Because of the dissatisfaction of the people, when the Dukya people rebelled in the Armenian mountains north of Persia the year before, he finally decided to conquer these barbarians to show his martial prowess. Although he led only 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, the Armenian region was full of high mountains, extremely difficult to pass, and often foggy, and the land in that region was barren and not rich in food, not only could not obtain food on the spot to fill the stomachs of the soldiers, but it was also impossible to import the required amount from other regions in a short time, and the only way was to slaughter the pack animals carrying goods...... In the end, Artaxerxes was unable to provide enough food for himself, and was almost surrounded by the Dukeya, and was finally able to get out of the trap with the help of his minister Terebasus.

Artaxerxes was already 60 years old, and this battlefield fright made him seriously ill, and temporarily extinguished the illusion of gaining world-class martial arts with his own hands like his ancestor Darius. As soon as he recovered from his illness, he took in a concubine to dilute his depression with a happy event, and this young concubine was his own daughter Amestrus.

Of course, the Persian people did not find anything wrong, because this is the tradition of the Persian royal family, for example, King Cambyses once married his two younger sisters, and was later married by the usurper Darius, giving birth to the noble fourth Persian king Xerxes.

Now, the arrival of envoys from Sparta, Athens, and Thebes has given Artaxerxes an opportunity to send to his door, an opportunity for Persia to better control Greece itself, and this can be achieved without war. Therefore he received the envoys of all three parties with great ceremonies, regardless of each other.

A few days later, he summoned all three envoys and appointed his most trusted minister, Trebasus, as the moderator of the talks.

It was more like a small banquet, with a table set up in front of everyone, full of delicacies, and accompanied by a beautiful Persian maid, but the three envoys did not show any relief on their faces, for they understood that after a few days of contact, the Persians were at last going to show their attitude and to whom they would give more support.

The nervousness on their faces was evident in the nervousness of their faces, and the Theban emissary Peropidas, was more calm than the emissary: no wonder the king admired the Theban man more, though he was not as humble as the other two emissaries did......

Countless thoughts crossed his mind, and after a light cough was drawn to the attention of the three of them, he said in a loud voice: "Three messengers, before we meet, the king has asked me to express my gratitude to you, for your trust in the king, and for traveling thousands of miles to ask him for help. The Great King had shown great goodwill to the Greek city-states since his accession to the throne, although during this time the Greeks had helped the wicked traitor (i.e., Cyrus the Younger) to disturb Persia, and later the Spartans invaded Persia in Asia Minor—"

Although Terebasus did not specifically look at the Spartan emissary when he said this, Luticles was still embarrassed because both of these events were directly or indirectly related to the Spartans.

But the king did not hold a grudge against him, nor did his kindness to the Greeks change because of this, so when the Christian War broke out, the Greek city-states fought each other out of hatred, completely ignoring the displacement of the people and the separation of wives and wives because of the war...... The king's great efforts brought the war-torn states to the negotiating table, which led to the signing of the 'King's Contract', which included Sparta, Athens, and Thebes.

But you Greece has not been at peace for a few years, and the war broke out again, and it has not subsided to this day, which makes the king feel very sad! Fortunately, you are aware of the dangers of war and are actively seeking solutions, and the King's opinion is—"

The three of Peropidas suddenly turned on their faces and pricked up their ears to listen.

Satisfied with their reaction, Tribasus said in an accentuated tone: "The king hopes that the parties involved in the war will negotiate as soon as possible and restore peace!" And in the peace agreement, the independence and freedom of the parties involved will be guaranteed as much as possible, and the interests of the states will be safeguarded as much as possible—"

Before Tribassus could finish speaking, Luticles could not sit still, and he immediately interjected: "Try to protect the interests of all parties? What does this phrase mean! Do we have to support the arrogant demands of the Thebans who shamelessly proclaim that 'the whole region of Piosia should belong to Thebes' and attack many of the city-states of Piosia?! ”

"Lord Terebasus must know that when the army of the noble Persian king Xerxes entered Central Greece with the help of our Thebans in that war a few decades ago, the Piosia region centered on Thebes was a whole, but it was only the frequent wars in these years that led to the fragmentation, and now we in Thebes are just trying to restore to the past."