Riyadh, Royal Palace.

When Wang Dong's car stopped, Saleh walked over and opened the door.

Although he is not a member of the royal family, as a senior military adviser to the crown prince, Saleh has long been the de facto head of the Saudi Ministry of Defense.

Of course, the Minister of Defence remains Crown Prince Mohammed.

According to unwritten rules, in the Saudi government, key positions such as defense minister and interior minister can only be held by members of the royal family.

Non-members of the royal family can only hold minor positions such as Minister of Agriculture at most.

Fortunately, the Saudi royal family is prosperous, even if most of them are second ancestors who are waiting for death, but there are always a few who are enough to hold important positions in the government.

Saleh took Wang Dong to the back garden.

Now Mohammed is not only the crown prince, but also the regent.

Two years ago, King Salman handed over the reins of the country to Crown Prince Mohammed on health grounds and left Riyadh.

Although the king occasionally returned for major celebrations, he had long since ceased to live in the palace.

Last year, with the acquiescence of the royal family, Crown Prince Mohammed moved into the palace and rightfully became the regent of all powers.

To put it simply, Muhammad had gained all the power of the king, but he had not yet worn the crown.

This is only a symbolic statement, and the king of Saudi Arabia is technically a sheikh, not quite like the king that other civilizations often refer to.

In Saudi Arabia, the king is also known as the "servant of the two holy places", indicating that the king is the guardian of Mecca and Medina.

Of course, whatever the title, the king was the "master of state power".

It can be seen that all that Muhammad lacks now is a title.

The back garden is very large and extremely luxurious, although I have been here a few times before, but every time I come here, Wang Dong feels like Grandma Liu.

Looking at the whole world, only the royal family of the Gulf tycoon country is so extravagant.

Among other things, all the buildings in the garden were plated with a layer of gold, and the vessels reserved for the king were almost entirely made of pure gold.

How much gold does that have to be used?

Just a plate that is casually used to hold pastries can weigh a few kilograms.

This is also difficult for the servants who serve the king.

Crown Prince Mohammed was talking on the phone using a three-dimensional projection communications device, and on the other end of the phone was a general in uniform.

This set of equipment was imported from Huaxia and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The effect is very good, but it doesn't have much practical significance, just being able to see the other party during the call, to be precise, let the other party see the commander himself.

Spend hundreds of millions of dollars, just to pretend.

Wang Dong was already surprised by this.

In Wang Dong's view, the royal family of Saudi Arabia and other tyrant countries like to pretend to be the most like, but the royal family with trillions of dollars also has the capital to pretend.

It wasn't until Crown Prince Mohammed finished talking on the phone that Saleh brought Wang Dong over.

"Your Highness."

"Just sit down."

When Wang Dong greeted Muhammad, Saleh left with amusement.

"At the beginning, I have ordered the armed forces to be increased in combat readiness and have sent two additional mechanized infantry brigades to King Khalid Military City."

Wang Dong was secretly surprised, he didn't expect Crown Prince Mohammed to get straight to the point.

"We don't like war, but we don't hesitate if we need to." Crown Prince Mohammed let out a long sigh and added, "Although the Islamic Justice League claimed responsibility for the assassination of Prime Minister Said, there is enough evidence that the matter is related to Iran." ”

"Said is a Shiite leader, Iran ......"

"A very moderate leader who is committed to national unity and religious reconciliation. Clearly, his claims run counter to Iran's interests. ”

Wang Dong frowned, but did not answer.

"Without Saeed, there would be no current coalition government, and there would be no peace and stability in Iraq. Although the Islamic Justice League claims that Saeed's connivance and compromise with the Kurds led to the division of Iraq and is tantamount to betrayal, this is not the point. ”

Wang Dong nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Crown Prince Mohammed meant.

Before coming over, Wang Dong made up for the relevant knowledge.

Three years ago, the Kurdish Autonomous Region announced a referendum on independent statehood. Because the battle to retake Mosul was at a critical stage, and after that, it was necessary to send troops to encircle and suppress the extremist groups that had retreated into the northern mountains, and it was necessary to win the support of the Kurds, so Said chose to compromise and retreat, but never expressed his support for the Kurds to establish an independent state on any occasion, but only emphasized that the Kurds would be given more autonomy.

In addition, the independent statehood of the Kurds has not been recognized by the international community.

Although in essence, the Kurdish autonomous region is already an independent kingdom, not only has its own laws, but also has formed its own armed forces and administrative institutions, and basically does not take the central government of Iraq into account, de jure, the Kurdish autonomous region is still a province of Iraq.

Strictly speaking, the provincial administrative regions, i.e. Iraq, have a federal system.

Objectively speaking, Said did nothing wrong.

The Kurds, who were already self-governing and did not gain more power after the declaration of independence, Sayyid's compromise prevented the outbreak of civil war.

If there had been no compromise, Iraq would have been in chaos long ago.

For Iraq, which has been tormented by war for decades, what is needed is peace and stability.

The coalition government led by Saeed has brought basic peace and stability to Iraq, and it has won the support and support of the majority of the people.

However, not everyone wants peace and stability in Iraq.

In addition, Saeed's policy of national unity and religious reconciliation has brought peace and stability to Iraq at the expense of other stakeholders.

Iran is one of them.

Quite simply, Iraq is a necessary place for Iran to export its military power to Syria.

During the Syrian civil war, Iran has been sending military forces to Syria through war-torn areas in northern Iraq to provide blood transfusions for Syrian government forces.

It can be said that without this passage, the Syrian government forces would have been defeated long ago.

The access was cut off after Iraqi government forces recaptured Mosul and largely eliminated extremist groups in the north.

In addition, the Kurds are also hostile to Iran.

Let's not forget that there are also many Kurds in northern Syria, and the Syrian government forces have always regarded the Kurds who are trying to break away as enemies.

Also, the Kurds have been seeking to create a "Greater Kurdistan".

The Kurds in Iraq have gained almost full autonomy, and the Kurds in Syria have largely achieved independence, but what about the Kurds in Iran?

However, in the eyes of Crown Prince Mohammed, these are not the key to getting rid of Said.