Chapter 756: The Quarrel Between the Two Envoys
Li Xiu was about to get into the main topic with Bahra and express his views on this matter in Persia, but he didn't expect another Persian envoy to come to visit, no need to ask, this time it must be the mysterious Persian woman Misia, which made him smile secretly, he didn't expect these two Persian envoys to meet together, but this is fine, lest there be something for Li Xiu to say twice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Thinking of this, Li Xiu immediately asked people to bring in those people from Mysia, which made Bahra next to him look a little anxious, but this was Li Xiu's territory, no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't do anything, let alone stop Li Xiu.
After a while, I saw two Persians, a man and a woman, come to the living room, that man is Arda who is more familiar with Li Xiu, and the woman is naturally Misia, who has only met Li Xiu, I saw that she did not wear a veil at this time, blue eyes, high nose and red lips are upturned, among Persian women, her facial features are very exquisite, her skin is white and tender, she looks at most about seventeen or eighteen years old, a few years younger than Li Xiu estimated before, but her figure is much more popular than the Han woman of the same age.
Li ...... Brother Li? Alda came in with Misia and just wanted to salute, but he didn't expect that it was Li Xiu who had saved him sitting on it, which made him stunned very shocked, and Misia next to him also looked at Li Xiu in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Alda, I didn't expect us to see each other again!" Li Xiu greeted with a smile at this time, I haven't seen her for a while, Alda's Chinese seems to be much better, and she is no longer as weird as before when she calls herself.
"I didn't expect that the person who saved us turned out to be the legendary Yan Guogong, and they all blamed Misia for being clumsy and treating Yan Guogong slowly!" At this moment, I saw that Misia took the initiative to salute Li Xiu and apologize, until her words fell, Alda reacted, and hurriedly said politely to Li Xiu, but it became very restrained.
Li Xiu didn't care about Alda's changes, after all, the two could only be regarded as acquaintances, and they didn't have any friendship, not to mention that he had already known that there would be such a day. It's just that when Bahra next to him saw that Li Xiu and Misia actually met, the expression on his face couldn't help but change, and he also shouted in his heart that it was not good, after all, it was even more difficult to win Li Xiu's support.
"Hehe, speaking of which, we are also fateful, I just went to the south to play, but I didn't expect to meet you at sea and be chased by pirates, so I saved you, it's nothing at all!" Li Xiu said with a faint smile at this time, but after he told the process of his acquaintance with Misia, he glanced at Bahra again, as if others meant deeply.
Bahra was shocked when he heard Li Xiu's words, if Li Xiu and Misia only had such a relationship, then he might not be able to win the support of the other party, which made him immediately speak: "Yan Guogong, Misia and Alda are not real envoys at all, and they cannot represent us Persia, so please don't listen to them, just talk to me about Persia!" β
"Humph! Bahra, what are you, I am an envoy personally sent by the king, naturally representing the Persian kingdom, and behind you is just a warrior called Khavad, who took advantage of the previous war to usurp the military power, and threatened the king to issue a royal decree, and you are just the son of a merchant, such a lowly status, it is impossible to represent Persia! Misia also reprimanded without showing weakness at this time.
"Hahahaha~, I am indeed the son of a merchant, and I am indeed very lowly in the eyes of you nobles in Mysia, but look at you nobles, if you didn't fight for power and profit before, which led to domestic turmoil, and even the throne has been changed several times, which led to the opportunity for the big cannibals to rise, otherwise how would there be today's situation?" Bahra also retorted very strongly at this time, and listening to his meaning, it seemed that he had a great grudge against the nobles of Misia.
"How can we be blamed for this, we can only blame Kawad for purging the nobles in the army in order to consolidate the power in his hands, which led to the decline of the army's war power and the inability to block the attack of the big cannibals, so the most blaming is Kavad behind you!" Misia argued again, her little face flushed, and she seemed to be angry.
"Alright, don't make any noise!" At this moment, I saw that Li Xiu finally opened his mouth to stop it, which made Misia and Bahra dare not speak out again, for fear of offending this high-ranking and powerful Yan Guogong.
I saw that Li Xiu's eyes glanced sternly at Misia and Bahra at this time, and then he slowly spoke: "You Persia are now facing the external enemy of the Great Cannibal, but now the internal is still divided into two factions and fighting, no wonder it will become the current situation, if you continue to fight like this, I am afraid that even if our Datang is willing to help you, you are not the opponent of the Great Cannibal at all!" β
Li Xiu's words made Bachra can't help but show a look of shame, and even the arrogant Misia of West Asia was a little evasive at this time, and it seemed that he didn't dare to look at Li Xiu. In fact, they all understand such a simple truth, but as insiders, for their own interests, it is not easy to let them each take a step back, or even cooperate to fight against foreign enemies.
Seeing that Misia and Bahra didn't speak, Li Xiu spoke again: "Since you want to ask our Datang for help, then at least let our Datang understand the internal situation of your Persia, which I hope you can fully tell the real situation, such as what is the relationship between the king of Persia and that Kavad, what is the internal division of Persia, and where is your war against the Great Cannibals?" β
Hearing Li Xiu's question, Misia and Bahra glanced at each other, and finally saw Bahra finally stand up and said: "Since Yan Guogong wants to hear it, then I will talk about the situation in our Persia, in fact, the civil strife in our Persia has not been a day or two, but has started decades ago......"
With Bahra's narration, Li Xiu finally understood how Persia went from being strong to today's point, speaking of which has to start with the current Persian king's grandfather, the grandfather of the Persian king is known as Kuslao II, the king of Persia in the most powerful period, once almost destroyed the Byzantine kingdom, but later the Byzantine emperor Heraclius turned the tide and defeated Persia, Kusi fled in panic, and was usurped by his son, which led to his tragic death.
Since then, Persia has fallen into civil strife, the most famous is that five kings have changed within five years, but the frequent change of kings is good, at least there are kings who can be in charge, but what is even more strange is that Persia has been without a king for most of the time since then, in other words, the whole Persia is in a state of leaderlessness, and the internal turmoil can be imagined.
At first, the civil strife in Persia was a struggle between nobles and nobles, but as time passed, many generals from civilian backgrounds began to rise, the most powerful of which was Khavad, and just a few years ago, Khavad defeated most of the competitors and became the most powerful force in the Persian Kingdom, and even controlled the Persian capital Ctesiphon, and even the king of Persia usually had to act according to his face.
Although the current Persian king Yi Si is only a child, he is elected by most of the nobles, and although the nobles have lost their military power, the administration of the country is still in their hands, and Khavad still has some vision, knowing that he cannot exacerbate the civil strife in Persia when the cannibals attack, so he does not dare to persecute the Persian king and these nobles too much.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that the two sides of Khavad and the King of Persia barely maintain a delicate balance, but the usual intrigue has never stopped, such as the Persian mission led by Misia and Bahra respectively this time, which represents the King of Persia and Khavad respectively.
"My father is one of General Kavad's patrons, and many people in our family also serve under General Kavad, plus I have lived in the Central Plains, so I was sent by the general to envoy Datang, hoping to win the support of Datang!" When Bahra said the last, he saluted Li Xiu again.
Li Xiu first nodded when he heard Bahra's explanation, and then looked at Misia, only to see that the Persian woman stood up and said: "Most of Bahra's words are true, but I still have to add that Persia is the Persian king's Persia, and the Persian king still has a huge reputation in the country, and if you want to drive the big cannibals out of the Persian land, you must use the appeal of the Persian king!" β
"Hehe, what appeal does a child have, you nobles are just too naΓ―ve, do you really think that ordinary people in Persia will be willing to die for a vain slogan?" Bahra saw that Misia was still stiff-mouthed at this time, and couldn't help but sneer at the moment again, in fact, he still knew Misia's other identity, but he didn't want to say it, so as not to increase her weight in Li Xiu's heart.
"You ......"
Misia's pretty face flushed with anger when she heard Bahra's sarcasm, and she just wanted to refute, but she didn't expect Li Xiu to interrupt her again at this time: "Okay, if you two continue to quarrel like this, then I can only persuade Your Majesty to give up the idea of supporting you, because there is no point in doing so!" β
People are under the low eaves, they have to bow their heads, Misia and Bahra are both in Persia, but now they have a request for the Tang Dynasty, and at this time they can only obediently bow their heads and dare not speak again. Seeing this, Li Xiu smiled with satisfaction, and then spoke again: "I already understand the situation in Persia, and it is not impossible to support you, but I have another suggestion, I don't know if you want to hear it?" β