At this time, Minister Chen Yan stood up and said: "Lord Kang, the Sogdians are not Bada people, they are just under the rule of the Bada people, Sogdian merchants are all over the world, we are hostile to the Bada people, but we can't overturn a boatload of people with one shot!" ”

Kang Ying was furious when he heard this, pointed at Chen Yan and scolded: "What a joke, the Sogdians are indeed not the Bada people, but they are the subjects of the Bada people, and most of the money they earn has to be supplied to the Bada people, and the Bada people use this money to buy food and ordnance to fight against our dynasty!" You say, how much money did you receive from Sogdian merchants? Speak for them in this situation? ”

"You······ You spew blood, you slander! Chen Yan shouted angrily, and hurriedly bowed to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, Kang Ying has wronged the minister, please make the decision for the minister!" ”

"Okay, what are you afraid of if you are innocent? Get up, don't cry and cry like a mother-in-law! ”

As long as Chen Yan got up and returned to his original position, he hated Kang Ying very much.

Zhao Junsheng asked Kang Ying: "In addition to restricting Sogdian merchants from entering our territory to do business, are there any other measures?" Kang Ying, you must know that if we do this, we can indeed deal a heavy blow to the Bada people, but it will also kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 ourselves, if the Sogdian merchants are restricted from entering our dynasty, and the merchants of our dynasty cannot enter the territory of Sogdia, then only a few Persian and Roman merchants can traffic our goods to the West, and most of the goods produced by our dynasty every year will be unmarketable, how to solve this matter, if it is not solved well, the industry and commerce in our dynasty will suffer a heavy blow, and many factories and workshops will die because of this, When workers are laid off with nothing to do, social pressure increases! ”

Kang Ying bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the customs duties at the border can also be raised, so that the losses of our dynasty can be reduced, although the Persian and Roman merchants will also reduce their profits because of the increase in the customs duties at the border of our dynasty, but no matter how much our dynasty raises the tariffs, they will always make money, and the tea, porcelain, silk, and paper of our dynasty are necessary goods in the West, even if they are sold at a high price, some people will buy them!" ”

"At the same time, through the above several measures, the merchants can be forced to open up the northern Silk Road, as long as there is a caravan that can go back and forth from Chang'an to Constantinople twice in a row, this northern Silk Road will be formed, as long as the northern route is fixed, my caravan can no longer go to Tocharo, and you can go south to Persia on the way through the northern route, or go directly to Constantinople in Eastern Rome!"

The Eastern Roman Empire, which has always regarded itself as the descendants of the Romans, considered to be the legitimate inheritors of Roman civilization, and the Western Roman Empire, which they also considered to be the legitimate successors of the Roman Empire.

At this time, the Western world did not have the concepts of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire, both of which were part of the Roman Empire, but there were two emperors and two capitals, one for the east and one for the west.

Even the name Byzantine Empire, which appeared later, was not available at this time, and was introduced by the German historian Heronimus in his work in 1557 and has since been widely quoted in the Western world.

Why was the Eastern Roman Empire named the Byzantine Empire? In addition to some derogatory connotations, it is mainly because Constantine the Great set the capital before Constantinople, which was a small town called Byzantium, and was renamed Constantinople after the capital was here.

If it were in the Eastern world, it would never have been possible for the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire to exist at the same time, and this is the difference between the East and the West in terms of inheritance.

In the East, there is a saying that there are no two masters of the country, and there are no two days, that is, one country has one country and only one emperor, and one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, otherwise the world will be in chaos and the war will be fought year after year.

But in the West, it is normal for the emperor to divide the country into two and give it to his two sons to inherit, and the subjects can accept it, because the Roman Empire has long had a precedent of co-governing emperors, and even the situation of four emperors co-governing, so in 395 AD, the Roman Empire was divided into two by Emperor Theodosius I before his death, and was given to his two sons, so the Roman Empire once again had two emperors ruling the east and west respectively, and this partition led to the Roman Empire never being able to unify again.

The reason why Western historians want to name the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire respectively is also because the Western Roman Empire fell in 476, and the ruling area was divided by the barbarians, and only the eastern part of the Roman Empire remained.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while and agreed: "Then let's do it, pass on the edict, and the county and county governments will issue notices, from now on, order Sogdian merchants from all over the country to leave the territory of our dynasty within one month, if they do not leave within a month, the local government will arrest them and forcibly deport them!" Unless a new will comes down, they will no longer be able to enter our territory to do business!" From now on, I will triple the tariff on the customs of goods leaving the country! ”

Some of the ministers thought that this would cause dissatisfaction among the small neighboring countries, and the Persian and Roman merchants would also protest and want to suggest that Zhao Junsheng reconsider, but Zhao Junsheng had already issued a will, and the emperor Chrysostom would never retract his fate, so the ministers could only agree.

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng was not worried that foreign businessmen would not buy it, at this time, the Great Qian Empire was never afraid of any country, nor did it need to bow to any country and compromise, the Great Qian Empire had the strength to make these other countries pinch their noses and admit it.

The decision quickly spread and aroused widespread discussion among the people in the streets.

Two days later, the Persian envoy Yaztze, who had received the news, went to Honglu Temple again to inquire about the reply to the proposal of the two sides to send troops together and the question of the increase in tariffs, and after receiving the reply, he strongly requested to meet the emperor.

The officials of Honglu Temple had no choice but to go to the palace to report to Zhao Junsheng, who agreed to meet Yaztize after consideration.

Yaztize came to the Zichen Hall under the guidance of the eunuchs, in the Qianguo, the Zichen Hall was used by the emperor to listen to the government and receive foreign envoys, which is the so-called Outer Dynasty, and the Qinzheng Hall was the office place used by Zhao Junsheng to deal with military and political affairs on a daily basis, which was the so-called Inner Dynasty, and the Taiji Hall was used to receive the palace of ministers and envoys when major celebrations were held.

"The Persian envoy Yaztize meets His Majesty the Honorable Emperor Daqian!" After speaking, Yaztize saluted Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng sat on the throne and raised his hand: "The envoy is exempt, I don't know why Your Excellency came to see me?" ”

Yaztze said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I heard that Your Majesty has decided not to accept our proposal to send 100,000 troops each to attack the Bada people, I wonder what kind of consideration Your Majesty has rejected our kindness?" With His Majesty's wisdom, it is not difficult to see that this is beneficial for both of us! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "It is true that your country's proposal is good, and we also have a positive attitude towards this proposal, but with the current situation of our Great Qian Empire, it is really not appropriate to send too many troops, we have sent more than 20,000 troops last year and there are still more than 100,000 people to provide logistical support through the Green Ridge, which has caused great losses to the Bada people, but this is already our limit!" ”

Yaztize was not dismissed by Zhao Junsheng's words, he said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, as far as I know, your country currently has a population of 30 million, a million soldiers, rich subjects within the territory, and your country's financial revenue is increasing year by year. For your country, the Bada people are a disgusting and annoying roadblocker blocking the trade route between the East and the West, only by eradicating such a barbaric country, can the trade between the East and the West be more developed, I think your country sent 100,000 troops to solve this problem is worthwhile, it can solve the problem of the Silk Road is not smooth once and for all! ”

Zhao Junsheng said in his heart that this guy's eloquence is quite good, he is right, and he thinks about the big cadres everywhere, but Lao Tzu just can't be fooled, what can you do?

"Your Excellency the envoy is very reasonable, I have to admit this, but I and the ministers and ministers of the court have their own considerations, we have been fighting abroad for many years, and the territory is constantly expanding, but the people in the country need to recuperate, the newly occupied areas need to strengthen their rule, and the officers and soldiers in the army also need to restore their morale, so it is not our first choice to increase the number of troops west of the Green Ridge!"

"However, since I am very touched by the sincerity of your country in sending Your Excellency, I can't make Your Excellency run away in vain, so I have decided to take two other means to cooperate with your country to attack the Bada people!"

Yaztize hurriedly asked, "What are the other two methods that dare to ask Your Majesty?" ”

Zhao Junsheng stretched out a finger: "First, I have decreed that from today onwards, the Sogdian merchants in our territory will be ordered to leave our territory within one month, and they will not be allowed to enter our country until a new decree is issued. If they don't have the money to buy food and other supplies from all around, and they can't sell their own goods to the East, then the strength of their army will drop a lot, and this is your chance! ”

"Second, I will order General Kuhehan to lead his army to continue attacking the territory controlled by the Bada people in order to cooperate with your country's military operations!"

"The above two actions are my country's reply to the joint action proposed by your country, I wonder what Your Excellency thinks?"

Seeing that Zhao Junsheng said it in such detail, Yaztize knew that it was no longer possible to change Zhao Junsheng's decision, but if Qianguo really used these two means to strike at the Bada people, this force was indeed not small, and there was no need to directly take military action to weaken!

He saluted Zhao Junsheng and said, "Your Majesty's sincerity, I also understand, I think it is feasible!" It's just that I don't understand why His Majesty ordered a threefold increase in the tariff on goods leaving the country, which will undoubtedly cause us Persian merchants to suffer heavy losses! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Your Excellency, is it serious?" How can you say that the merchants of your country will lose so much? No matter how miserable it is, I will not lose money, I can only say that the merchants of your country will make less money, but your merchants will still have to make money, and now that I have decreed the expulsion of Sogdian merchants and forbade them to come to our country to do business again, and our country has suffered a heavy loss in commercial tax revenue, I must find a way to reduce the losses, right? If our country does not raise tariffs to make up for the losses, our merchants and craftsmen will be bankrupt! ”

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