"The envoy of the lower state, Ayebi. Adulla sees His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, may Your Majesty always be young, and long live the Tang Dynasty. In the Changqing Palace, Ah Yebi made a big salute to Li Xuanqing, and then presented the list of tributes for this time, and everything was meticulously marched in accordance with the etiquette announced by the Royal Etiquette Department. It can be seen that he is very attentive, and these words are also very good in Tang Yan, and there is a local charm of Chang'an. As the rule of the Tang Empire was consolidated, Li Xuanqing asked the Ministry of Education to work out the unified pronunciation of the Tang dialect and began to move towards the road of language planning. This move has been supported by the whole country, and many people even praised this move as comparable to the feat of the first emperor Shu Tongwen. It's just that Li Xuanqing's move is to facilitate the empire to notify the area after the area is getting bigger and bigger, all kinds of dialects are common, Li Xuanqing even sometimes can't tell which dialect this is, so the Ministry of Education formulated this plan, and at the beginning of this year promulgated the "Tang Empire Tang Dialect Standardization and Unified Outline", with the local dialect of Chang'an as the mother tongue blueprint, the pronunciation of thousands of commonly used words was newly standardized, and the pinyin method of this era was improved. Organizational linguists have compiled a simple and effective Pinyin rules and methods. This gradually opened up a new concept of linguistics.

However, at this time, Ayebi looked solemn, and after completing the tributary procedures and stepping into Li Xuanqing's night banquet seat, he couldn't wait to speak: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister came to the Tang Dynasty today, in addition to meeting His Majesty to express the respect of the Abbasid King of our country to the Tang Emperor, there is still one thing to ask for, please Your Majesty the Emperor must be gracious." ”

Ayebi's eager attitude made Zhang Jianzhong and Wang Shoutian look at each other and smile, among the people present, the two of them were the protagonists of tonight, but what I didn't expect was that the other party was so eager at this night banquet, I was afraid that the big food country was really on the verge of collapse.

"Okay, you can say it." Li Xuanqing nodded, he originally planned to hold a night banquet before speaking, after all, no matter what, his night banquet was to entertain the envoys of the Great Food to pay tribute, and he originally didn't plan to say anything on it. But since Ah Yebi can't wait, it doesn't matter.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Ayebi begs His Majesty to send troops to help our country tide over the difficulties and resist the invasion of our country by the Great Qin Empire." Ayebi also knew that it was inappropriate to say these things at the state banquet, but the domestic situation had reached the last moment, and the most important thing was that he had been delayed a lot of time from Byzantium all the way east to Chang'an, and he didn't even know if there was any change in the country at this time? Can the Abbasids still suppress the outbreak of the situation, and wait until he moves back from Datang to rescue the soldiers. As the de facto prime minister of the Great Food, he understands better than anyone the current critical situation of the Great Food, after the continuous war, almost all of the domestic output of the Great Food has been transferred to the front line to supply the army, and all the money in the treasury has also been used as military expenses, and the domestic people are simply unable to help, and there is not even enough money to distribute the bereavement pensions of the fallen soldiers. That is, he teamed up with Amdullah to block the news of the country leading to the front line, otherwise he was afraid that the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line would collapse immediately. After all, in addition to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Food Empire, Abbasid is also the caliph of the Celestial Sect, and he can transfer religious property at any time to temporarily fill the big hole in the treasury. If there is any force within the Great Food Empire today that still has the spare strength to supplement the treasury, it is only the Heavenly Sect, and others don't know how much property the Pope has in various places. He was sure to persuade Abbasid to order the secret transfer of the Pope's property to temporarily fill the deficit in the treasury and help the empire through economic difficulties. These are the things that Ah Yebi is most worried about, and what he is most worried about at this moment is the aggressiveness of the Great Qin people. He didn't know that Byzantium had been taken, but relying on his knowledge of Amdullah, the other side would definitely be able to occupy Byzantium. But the current strategy of the Great Food Empire should be to shrink rather than move forward, and it is to have the ability to cultivate its own vitality. Ayebi is different from other high-level leaders of the Great Food Empire, he has been immersed in civil affairs for a long time, and he has basically led the way to deal with the Tang Empire over the years, and what he has learned the most is that national strength determines foreign policies. But now that the Great Food Empire has gone through a great war, after hundreds of thousands of casualties, the Great Food Empire has not even been able to draw out more young and middle-aged soldiers to replenish its troops. Almost all the soldiers in their own tribe have been exhausted, and if they continue to be transferred, the Great Cannibal Nation is only afraid that they will face the danger of extinction. However, if you don't draw troops from your own tribe and rely on foreigners to form an army, once you get out of control, you will only be afraid that the evil consequences will be even worse, and the glory of Baghdad's Great Food Empire will be completely overthrown by the army composed of these foreigners. Therefore, for Ayebi, only with the help of the Tang Dynasty can he help the Great Food Empire stabilize the situation, block the continuous attacks of the Great Qin Empire, and at least block the opponent's troops in the west. Only in this way can the big eater have a chance to breathe and have a chance to cultivate after occupying the advantage in the east.

"Your Excellency Ayebi, my Datang has already said at the beginning of the war between your country and Daqin that I will not intervene in your war, and to this day, in fact, my Datang is still biased towards your Dashi in the end, after all, compared with Daqin, my Datang and your country and the Phoenician Canal are cooperating in the dug." Zhang Jianzhong saw Li Xuanqing looking at him, stood up from his seat and shook his head, and said: "When my Datang Foreign Affairs Department promulgated the attitude of Datang, Your Excellency Ah Yebi also agreed. If I Datang rashly intervenes in the situation in Taixi, what will Daqin think of my Datang? Don't you want them to think that my Datang is a country that has no word to be trusted? That's a foreign edict issued in the name of His Majesty the Emperor! Zhang Jianzhong's harsh words made Ah Yebi's face change greatly, and he naturally knew what Zhang Jianzhong said. At the beginning, whether it was Da Shi or Da Qin, the biggest reason for agreeing with Datang's statement was that he was afraid that Datang would rashly intervene in Taixi's affairs, thereby weakening the power of either of the two parties. But this original idea was completely shattered in the face of the cruel reality, although Daqin was not defeated, his own country was dragged to the brink of collapse. Compared with the reality of the death of the country and the hidden worries in the future, Ayebi chose the reality without hesitation. So after Zhang Jianzhong finished speaking, he said eagerly: "The minister knows the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, so he naturally does not dare to tarnish the reputation of His Majesty the Emperor and the kingdom." Therefore, the minister came here to bring another way to ensure that His Majesty's face would not be damaged. ”

"Oh? Do you already have a way? Zhang Jianzhong didn't expect that Ah Yebi was prepared, but this time he was confused, turned his head to look at Wang Shoutian and said: "Since Your Excellency said so, then please speak up, but this minister must make it clear that if Your Excellency's method cannot guarantee the reputation of the Tang Empire and the emperor, then this minister cannot guarantee whether the empire can change the national policy." After all, it is a change in the foreign policy of the Empire, and it cannot be changed rashly. Although Zhang Jianzhong said it very deadly, it was tantamount to the gospel in Ayebi's ears, so he hurriedly walked to His Majesty Dan in front of Li Xuanqing, knelt down on the ground and said: "The minister understands, Emperor Qiqi, this is the case, before the minister came, His Majesty the Abbasids of our country had instructed the minister, and now the state is unbearable and seriously damaged, and is no longer able to deal with the dispute with Daqin, in order to ensure the interests of the Tang Dynasty in Africa, in order to ensure that the canal can serve the people of the two countries for a long time, Willing to donate all the land of the canal and its surrounding Egyptian provinces to the Tang Dynasty, the canal is only in the hands of the Tang Empire, which can avoid being taken advantage of by the Great Qin people, and can best guarantee the fundamental interests of the two countries. ”

Although Ayebi's words were not loud and eager, after finishing speaking, everyone in the audience was silent, and even Wang Houchun and others, who were sitting on the side and had just participated in accordance with etiquette, were stunned, and they were all shocked by the courage of Ayebi and the Great Food Empire. Sending out a province directly, such a large land is definitely not a large province area within the empire, but in Ayebi's mouth, he seems to be worried that he is unwilling to accept it. Ayebi's words and the surprise of everyone present Li Xuanqing was thoughtful, and Qiaoxi, who was sitting next to him, suddenly smiled slightly. Both husband and wife understood the true intention of Ayebi's move. After being unable to stop the Great Qin army from marching from the west, he simply gave this piece of land sandwiched between the Great Food Mainland and the Western Army of Great Qin to the Tang Dynasty. In this way, if the Great Qin army attacked Egypt again, it would be tantamount to attacking the Tang Empire. In this way, it will inevitably arouse the hatred of the Tang Dynasty towards the Great Qin, and even if necessary, the Tang army stationed in Egypt will definitely directly enter the war and drive the Great Qin army out. In this way, the Great Eclipse itself will be protected from the attack from the west, and the northern front will be a big deal for Amdullah to withdraw from Byzantium to Asia Minor and Central Asia Minor, and hold this part of the land firmly. Although Egypt's position in Ayebi's view was much more important than that of Central Asia and Asia Minor, nothing else is considered to be present today. The most important point is that the new navy of Dashi, which was trained in the territory of the Persian Governorate, also gave Ayebi a new hope. As long as you survive this time, your navy will be able to enter the Mediterranean Sea through the canal to fight, as long as you defeat the navy of the Great Qin Empire, then what if it is across Egypt? In the Mediterranean, as long as the Tang Navy does not make a move, then he can follow the example of the Great Qin Empire to cross the sea to recapture Tunisia and the Iberian Peninsula and other places, and the scope of the Mediterranean Sea is not large, so it will not block the pace of an empire's external expansion.

Li Xuanqing glanced at Zhang Jianzhong, who immediately understood and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Ah Yebi said can indeed avoid the key points of the Tang Dynasty's previous foreign policies, but after all, this involves multiple departments on both the military and the government, and it is not something that can be said clearly in a few words at the night banquet. Weichen suggested that after the state banquet, the cabinet should take the lead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should take the lead, and the General Staff should send people to participate in formulating a detailed plan with His Excellency Ayebi, and then submit it to the emperor for preview. Although Zhang Jianzhong didn't explicitly agree with this sentence, the meaning of the words made Ah Yebi happy for a while, so after Li Xuanqing finally nodded, the matter was settled.

Immediately after the state banquet, Wang Shoutian's Foreign Affairs Department held closed-door talks with Ayebi, and after a day and a night of careful deliberation, the "Memorandum of Acceptance of the Great Food Empire's Egyptian Province and its Phoenician Canal", which was later called "Land for Peace", was born. The article stipulates that from the signing of the treaty between the two parties, all the land and cities of the Egyptian provinces under the Great Food Empire will be donated to the Tang Empire, and the ownership of the canal will also be transferred to the Tang Dynasty, and the Great Food will only retain forty percent of the right to benefit. The eastern boundary between the two sides is based on the canal, and the land beyond 100 miles east of the canal is redrawn. After taking over this land, Datang also said that it would provide Dashi with about 40 million Tang coins, including 3 million stone grain, and agreed that Datang would not allow a third party to use the land of Egypt to attack the Dashi Empire, which was considered to have directly achieved its own goal. And Ah Yebi dug up 40 million Tang coins from the Tang Dynasty for all kinds of material aid, he also breathed a sigh of relief, although 3 million stone grain is far from enough to make up for the domestic deficit, but under his assumption, as long as the troops on the front line can withdraw to the defense, then he has other ways to ease the situation in the country. So this agreement is a big surprise to Ayebi, after all, before he came, he planned to send Egypt out directly, after all, although the land of Egypt seems huge, there is no way to hold it at this time, and it also requires Datang to help fight against Daqin, in fact, there are some elements of calculating Datang in it. But Wang Shoutian did not pay attention to these things this time, but asked Ayebi to organize a transport team to transport materials as soon as possible, and the current transportation capacity of the Tang Empire can no longer support the delivery of materials to Dashi.

Ayebi naturally couldn't figure it out, when Wang Shoutian sent this agreement to Li Xuanqing, everyone who had been waiting next to him was high-fived and celebrated, Xu Tianxiang and Wang Houchun shouted and immediately notified the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, and immediately raised the banner in Egypt to beat the Great Qin army back.

"Big brother, I've dug up a treasure lot. But how do you dismember the Great Qin Empire next? Although Qiaoxi next to him was full of smiles, he still sat next to him and smiled: "This is not easy to control, their strength is much stronger than that of Da Shi." ”

Li Xuanqing's eyes froze, and then he turned his head to look at the large map hanging behind him, the land behind him was familiar, and he was going to start after all, at this moment Li Xuanqing was actually in a trance, and even with Qiaoxi, he could see the change in his face.