Before the envoy of the Southern Dynasty Wang Shengqian and his party arrived in Chang'an, Lin Jinghui, the commander of the black-clothed guard, reported a message to Zhao Junsheng.

"Your Majesty, according to the agreement between our dynasty and the Persian state, they should send troops to attack the Bada people on April 20, but my army of Kuhehan has already sent troops on April 20 according to the agreement, but they have not sent troops until now, more than a month has passed since the appointed time, and the Persians have not made the slightest movement!"

"What?" Zhao Junsheng's face changed, he got up and asked with a serious face: "What is going on?" Find out why the Persians didn't send troops as agreed? ”

Lin Jinghui reported: "Persia is too far away from our big cadres to transmit information, according to the actions of the black-clothed guards against the Persians, the types and quantities of goods transported to Persia, and the situation around Persia, the ministers and others speculate that it is likely to be related to the internal problems of Persia, and it cannot be ruled out that it is related to the changes in the situation on the western border of Persia!" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and said, "Tell me about the analysis of the black-clothed guard!" ”

"No!"

Lin Jinghui agreed and immediately said: "According to the report of the spies we sent to Persia, since the end of last year, the Persian king Yi Si Qi II has had health problems, plus he is old, many Persian ministers think that his time is not long, the ministers, generals and nobles began to stand in line, and the king of Persia has four sons under his knees, but the most favored is the second son Hormuz, as for the eldest son Belus, who has come to me a few years ago, Your Majesty has also seen him, last year he was named the governor of Khorasan, But he never left Ctesiphon for some reason, in order to compete for the right to inherit the throne! ”

"According to the detailed report, the purpose of this Persian alliance with us to fight against the Bada people is because the Persian king wants the second son Hormuz to lead the army, so as to obtain war merits and military support, if this is the case, Hormuz has a strong power in both the court and the army, and it is natural to inherit the throne in the future, but Belus obviously does not want his younger brother to easily control the army, and a little war with the Bada people, his Khorasan province is the closest to the territory of the Oda people, and the most troops are sent, and once the battle is the largest, the loss will definitely be the greatest!"

"Two months ago, we sent back a news from Ctesiphon's fine work, last October, dozens of villages on the border of the Jordan River on the border between the Syrian province of the Roman Empire and the Persian State were slaughtered, Constantinople was furious, it happened that the Hun Empire in the north of the Roman Empire fell into civil strife, and could no longer pose a threat to the Roman Empire, Constantinople could free up his hands to deal with the Persian state, this time the slaughter of the village directly touched the anger of Constantinople, two months ago, Constantinople increased the number of troops in Syria by 8,000, The pressure on the western border of Persia increased suddenly, and the minister suspected that the Persian state did not send troops as agreed because of this matter, and it was possible that the Persian prince Belus secretly instructed the border army to do it, in order to prevent Hormuz from leading troops to attack the Bada people! ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to Lin Jinghui's analysis and thought about it for a while, he thought that this analysis was reasonable, in order to compete for the throne, it was not surprising that Belus blocked the alliance between Persia and Daqian, although Hormuz already had military power, but this time the army was assembled to attack the Bada people, if you want to fight the Roman Empire, then the situation is different.

The main reason is also the difference in the types of troops and combat methods, almost all of the Bada people are cavalry, and there are no cities, so the army prepared by the Persian State this time is cavalry, and it is mainly light cavalry; The army of the Roman Empire was a mixture of infantry and cavalry, of which the infantry accounted for the vast majority, and the heavy cavalry was relatively small, and there were strong cities on the side of the Roman Empire.

If you want to remobilize the army and raise food and grass to deal with the Roman Empire, it will not be possible to fight at all in a year and a half, and the Persians cannot go to war on both sides at the same time, so this time the matter of attacking the Bada people in alliance with the Qianguo can only be stopped.

Zhao Junsheng's face was very ugly after thinking about the joints, the ministers had already reminded him to prevent the Persians from releasing pigeons, and he didn't care about it at the time, but now he was really put on a position by the Persians, and this tone was really aggrieved.

Fortunately, Qianguo did not invest much this time, and Kuhehan's army was now self-sufficient, with more than 20,000 horses, 160,000 herdsmen, 1 million cattle, sheep and horses, and half animal husbandry and half farming, which was enough to feed these people.

However, in view of the fact that Persia is currently preoccupied with its own affairs and does not abide by the covenant, the strategy of the Qianguo against the Bada people will be redeployed.

The situation soon changed, on the third day of the arrival of the mission sent by the Southern Dynasty to negotiate in Chang'an, Lin Jinghui, the commander of the black-clothed guard, reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, I just received the news, two months ago there was a civil strife, the eldest prince Hao Han led troops to break into the royal court and kill his father to set himself up as king, but a few days later, he was killed by his second brother Bo Luo, Bo Luo is now the king of Ouda, he has sent a mission is on the way to Chang'an, intending to sue for peace with our country, it is said that there is his eldest son Cang in the mission, According to the itinerary, it should have entered the area controlled by the Kuhehan army, and it will be possible to arrive in Chang'an in two months! ”

"Oh?" This news surprised Zhao Junsheng, and the change seemed too sudden.

"Why do I feel that the people are singing?"

Lin Jinghui clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, our meticulous investigation found that the coup d'état of the Bada people seems to have Sogdian merchants up and down, and the ministers suspect that the Sogdian merchants manipulated the coup, they first supported the eldest prince to kill the first king and seize the throne, and then secretly supported the second prince Bo Luo to raise troops to kill Bada Han!" ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin, "Do you mean that it was not their own intention to send an embassy to the Bada people this time, but that the Sogdian merchants asked them to come, and the Sogdian merchants played a role in the upper echelons of power that could influence the situation?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, our country has forbidden Sogdian merchants to enter our territory to do business, and we have forbidden merchandise and goods to flow into the territory of the Bada people, and it is not the Bada people who suffer the most, but the Sogdian merchants! These Sogdian merchants were the most profit-oriented, and they supported whoever could make them money and do business! ”

"Our country's series of measures against the Bada people have caused heavy losses to the Sogdian merchants, and they cannot let this situation continue, they have no choice but to find a way to control the Bada people with money, let them kill each other, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the power of the Bada people!"

Lin Jinghui's words alerted Zhao Junsheng that Sogdian merchants had been active on the Silk Road in history, traveling between the East and the West, and in order to obtain the qualification to trade in the local area, they would usually spend a lot of money to buy an official position or title locally, or attach themselves to a certain magnate, and it was much more convenient to act with this political identity, and they were often able to represent the envoys of many small countries on the Silk Road.

Thousands of years have passed, and the barbarian kingdoms entrenched in Central Asia have disappeared one after another, but the Sogdian merchants have always lived a nourishing life.

Zhao Junsheng didn't care about them doing business to make money, what he cared about was that these Sogdian merchants would do whatever it took to achieve their own goals, and sometimes even did not hesitate to subvert the rule of other countries, which was why Zhao Junsheng was jealous of these Sogdian merchants.

The negotiations between Honglu Temple and the Southern Korean delegation lasted for half a month, and the negotiations were very difficult, and finally an agreement was reached: First, the two sides promised to take the Yangtze River as the boundary, Jiangbei as the territory of the Qianguo, and Jiangnan as the territory of the Song State, and the two sides divided the river to govern and not invade each other. Second, the two sides are not allowed to send troops to attack each other for ten years; Third, the Song State paid an annual tribute of 2 million guan of money, 300,000 stones of grain, 20,000 horses of fine silk, and 20,000 jin of fine tea.

After the end of the negotiations, the Southern Dynasty delegation soon left, and the news was transmitted back to the Song State, and the Song State was full of grief, and the members of the negotiation mission headed by Wang Shengqian were all scolded as traitors.

Although it is not the first time that this kind of land cession, indemnity and tribute have been signed, this time is the most humiliating first, and countless literati and writers in the south of the Yangtze River have grieved to get drunk in the Qinglou wine shop, and many talented people have made many poems that make people feel passionate and inspire the whole country.

Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhao Junsheng sat in front of the window and held a stack of manuscripts, on which were poems collected from the Song State of the Southern Dynasty, these poems were written after the return of the Song delegation of the Southern Dynasty, which shows how much impact this land reparation incident had on various parts of the Southern Dynasty.

After reading these poems, Zhao Junsheng sighed: "I am a great cadre to establish a country by force, and it is indeed much worse than the Southern Song Dynasty in terms of culture, which is also my only regret, the imperial examination in the past 20 years has not been able to catch up, it can be seen that freezing three feet is not a day's cold!" ”

"Forget it, don't talk about this! Where is the Bada Mission? ”

"If you go back to Your Majesty, you have already arrived in Tianshui, and you will be in Chang'an in a few days!"

A few days later, the officials of Honglu Temple reported to Zhao Junsheng that the Bada mission had arrived in Chang'an, and the Honglu Temple had sent someone to arrange for the embassy to stay, and the Imperial City Department also organized people to secretly monitor the mission.

"Your Majesty, the Legation has been quite honest in the past few days, and has not made any outrageous moves!" He Yong, the secretary of the imperial city, reported to Zhao Junsheng about the movements of the people.

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "Well, who is the envoy of this Bada Mission?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the envoy is a Nalu special service, the special service is a special service of the people, many barbarian regimes have this official name, this person has a very high status among the people, has his own territory and ethnic group, and holds an official position in the royal court!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and ordered: "You send someone to find out the situation of this person Nalu, and also find out the situation of the prince of Bada who came with him!" ”

"Obey orders!"