"Why don't you let me lead my troops to fight Persia," Li Chao smiled and sat up straight, "Our Roman Protectorate is only more than 1,200 miles away from the Persian Gulf, so I will simply lead my troops over and beat him to the end and open up the sea mouth." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info After that, we can get there from the sea, you see, how convenient it is. ”

Cheng Qian looked up at the roof of the main hall and looked at the imitation wood beams made of steel and cement. He knew that if he dared to agree, he would really dare to lead his troops to Persia, thousands of miles away. But can he let him go? It's too far away. The teacher is left behind by Hanjing, the first minister.

Staying in charge of the country by himself, although the teacher usually does not go to the court or the council, but with him, he has the backbone. If he wasn't in Hanjing, he didn't know what to do with something if he really encountered something. He knew that he could deal with small things, but when it came to big things, he was still too tender.

After a while, the other three auxiliary ministers came in. Liu Hongji's footsteps were very loud when he walked, as if he was stomping on the ground. Du Yan, on the other hand, walked so lightly that he couldn't even hear his footsteps. Yang Gongren shook three times in one step, this old prime minister is obviously old, and sometimes he even naps in meetings, and sometimes even drools directly.

Cheng Qian straightened his clothes, "Just now, Gu and Taishi discussed the matter of the Roman mission. ”

"Your Highness, what happened to the Roman Mission?"

"The Taishi said that the Romans came to join forces with us and send troops together to defeat Persia." Undertaking the main road.

Yang Gongren raised his eyelids, he walked all the way into the palace, and his breath was uneven, "Your Highness, how could the Romans come to join forces with us to crusade against Persia?" It's impossible, tens of thousands of miles away, it's impossible. ”

Cheng Qian listened to Yang Gongren directly say that it was impossible, and he was a little dissatisfied with this old minister who had been the prime minister for more than ten years. is old and mediocre, and he can still occupy the position of the right servant of the Shangshu and the secretary of the household department.

"I bet the Romans would love to be supported by our Tang Dynasty."

Yang Gongren snorted and chirped, "Is the Taishi so sure?" What if the Romans didn't come to the Union? ”

"Then let's bet something, Yang Xiangjia's team has a very good player this year, and he has great potential. If I win, what if Yang Xiang ceded to me? ”

Yang Gongren laughed and said, "What if the Taishi loses?" ”

"My players are also allowed to choose one of Yang Xiang's choices."

"A word is a certainty, and there is no repentance." Yang Gongren shouted excitedly.

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." Li Chao said, "Liu Xiang, Du Xiang, don't you also join in the fun?" ”

Du Yan said with a smile, "I'll just watch the excitement." ”

Liu Hongji also wanted to join, the players of the Li family were very good, but thinking about how Li Chao would make a loss-making deal, he finally held back.

If you want to know if the Romans are coming to the alliance, it's actually very simple, just ask them to come and ask. Yang Gongren was also worried that Li Chao would do tricks, and asked to invite the Roman prince to an interview immediately.

The Roman prince was called Heraclonas, with a long physique, blonde hair and blue eyes.

He is also only eighteen years old this year, the son of Emperor Heraclius and his second wife, and the second son of the emperor.

He was courteous.

Always with a smile on your face.

Cheng Qian had a good impression of him all of a sudden, and even Li Chao had to admit that this prince of Heracronas was a very gentleman, and he was simply a template for the prince.

"Dear His Royal Highness the Tang Prince, I am Heracronas, the prince of the Roman Emperor, on behalf of my father, Emperor Heraclius, my mother Empress Martina, and the great Roman Empire, I greet the great Tang Empire and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The prince bowed and saluted, and the etiquette was impeccable.

"His Royal Highness Prince Heracronas, please be seated!" Cheng Qian said with a smile.

Yang Gongren couldn't wait, "May I ask His Royal Highness, why did you come this time?" ”

Prince Herakronas looked up at this richly dressed old man with some surprise, he had studied Chinese, or he would not have taken the initiative to ask to be the head of this mission.

But the old man's words were very rude.

Without waiting for him to answer, Yang Gongren asked again, "His Royal Highness the prince wants to come to borrow troops from my Tang Dynasty to crusade against Persia?" ”

The prince was surprised.

"Who is this?"

Li Chao introduced him with a smile on the side, "Let me introduce myself first, under Li Chao, the Tang Empire's Taishi, King Zhao, and Han Jing will stay behind." The person who asked the prince just now was Yang Xiangguo, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and the young master of the crown prince. ”

As soon as the prince heard Li Chao's introduction, he immediately said in surprise, "It turns out that Your Excellency is His Royal Highness King Zhao, who has heard of the name for a long time and admired it for a long time." ”

The prince even got up excitedly and came over to shake Li Chao's hand, Li Chao shook hands with him with a smile and hugged him.

Yang Gongren stood there a little embarrassed, he was ignored.

After hugging, Li Chao said to the prince, "Now that Persia is in civil strife, the generals have supported their own troops, the royal family is weak, and it has long been strong outside and strong in the middle." Since Emperor Heraclius defeated the usurper and established the imperial dynasty twenty years ago, the Roman Empire has made great efforts to govern the country, recuperate, and recuperate. In the previous battles against Persia, they had achieved impressive victories. ”

"I believe that the prince came to Datang this time, and he must also want to join forces with Datang to crusade against Persia together, I don't know if my guess is right?"

The Roman prince gave Li Chao a thumbs up.

"I heard the name of King Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, when I was still in Rome, I heard Han merchants in Rome talk about some things in the Central Plains, and many stories of the Han King were often heard. After I arrived in Datang this time, I heard countless legendary stories of King Zhao along the way. It is said that King Zhao is the star in the sky, and now when I see it, it is indeed the case. ”

"Don't hide it from King Zhao, this time I came to Datang on the orders of His Majesty, precisely because I intended to join forces with Datang to crusade against Persia."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Gongren was even more embarrassed.

Before, he insisted that the Romans did not come to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, but now the prince himself said that he came to the alliance.

He silently retreated, sat down, and squeaked again.

But Li Chao didn't pay attention to him.

Li Chao now has his eyes on the prince.

"Your Royal Highness, the Persians are quite arrogant and rude, and they have taken in the fugitives of the Western Turks without regard for the interests of our Tang Dynasty. even threatened to attack the Western Regions of my Datang, which was deliberately provoking my Datang. We know that Persia had a feud with Rome and had been at war for many years. A few decades earlier, the Persians had seized the opportunity to occupy many Roman territories. ”

Prince Herakronas nodded incessantly.

I thought that it would be difficult to invite Datang to send troops this time, after all, although Datang already had a border with Persia, I didn't expect that it was only the distant Western Regions frontier of Datang, and it was still tens of thousands of miles away from the core territory of Datang.

But now Li Chao's words made him hear that there was a turnaround.

"Your Royal Highness, if you are today, only the Tang Dynasty, Rome, and Persia are dominant, which can be described as a three-legged stand. However, the Persians were unruly and arrogant. I think that the Tang Dynasty and Rome should ally to maintain the peace of the world together. What does His Royal Highness think? ”

Prince Heracronas slapped his thigh, "What King Zhao said is too right. ”

Li Chao's gaze turned to Cheng Qian.

Cheng Qian also had a very tacit understanding with Li Chao, and immediately said, "Prince Heracronas, Gu is now authorized to Li Shoufu, and he has full authority to negotiate the alliance with His Royal Highness. ”

got the authorization, and Li Chao was not welcome.

Li Chao cares about this alliance very much, and it also has a purpose.

He first took out a map, which was relatively clearly marked, this was a map containing the Tang Dynasty, Persia, and Rome, including most of Asia, Africa and Europe.

Li Chao unceremoniously took a pen and drew it on the map first.

"Your Highness, the Tang Dynasty recognizes that the Mediterranean Sea is the sphere of influence of the Roman Empire, and the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea is the westernmost part of the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

Around the Mediterranean, this was the territory of Eastern Rome more than 100 years ago, but now, Eastern Rome is long gone. They took Egypt from Persia.

Now Li Chao said that the Tang Dynasty recognizes that the Mediterranean Rim belongs to Rome.

Prince Heracronas was of course very happy.

The prince also agreed with Li Chao's proposal that the western boundary of the Tang Dynasty should be bounded by the east coast of the Caspian Sea. Anyway, the two countries don't have a border. When the Eastern Romans were at their strongest, they only reached the eastern shore of the Black Sea, not even the western shore of the Caspian Sea.

The area between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea is now completely controlled by the Persians.

Li Chao simply expressed his gratitude to others, and with a big stroke, he gave the west coast of the Caspian Sea to Rome in the style of Li Shimin.

The border between the Tang Dynasty and Rome was formalized.

The two sides are bounded by the center of the Caspian Sea, the eastern half of the Caspian Sea belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and the western half of the Caspian Sea belongs to Rome.

In addition, Li Chao also divided Afghanistan and the southwestern part of Pakistan-Tan, which is behind Afghanistan to the south, all of which are the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and even to the east to the west bank of the Indus River in Pakistan.

These places are now largely occupied by the Persians.

With such a stroke, the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty will have an outlet to the sea, directly to the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.

The prince of Heraclius did not object to such a demarcation at all, and even offered to simply draw more points to the west and more Persian territory.

Li Chao refused with a smile, in fact, now rowing south to the seaside is just a symbolic meaning, Datang can really hit the beach immediately.

But after all, this is to sign the Treaty of Friendship between the Tang Dynasty and the Roman Hanjing, which will be written into history. So, these can also be more serious.

Li Chao's map demarcation is equivalent to cutting off Turkmenistan and Afghanistan from present-day Persia, and then cutting off all the west of the Indus River in Pakistan.

This painting world is also based on the trend of geographical landscapes, and almost the east coast of the Caspian Sea is drawn to the Tang Dynasty.

Rome, of course, also took advantage of this demarcation, and the Mediterranean Sea belonged to them, which meant that the territory of later Turkey, which originally belonged to what is now Persia, was assigned to Rome.

It's a rough painting world.

Facing the red border lines above, Prince Herakronas's smile became even more charming.

"King Zhao, happy cooperation!"

"Well, the Tang Dynasty and Rome Alliance will last forever!"

"King Zhao, are we going to discuss the alliance's dispatch of troops next?" Although the prince was very satisfied with Li Chao's demarcation just now, he also knew that this was just a map, and if Datang did not send troops, then everything he said just now was just a joke.

"Of course, but let's first draw up a formal treaty of friendship between the two countries, and then talk about sending troops after signing this peace treaty." Li Chao still said with a smile on his face.