Zhao Qi's efficiency is still very high, in less than a month, all the imams and scholars of all the big cities of the original Seljuk Kingdom were invited to Isfahan City, and during this month, the Second Route Army of the Second Prince Zhao Mu, the Third Prince Zhao Lie and the Fifth Route Army of Hu Yanzhuo marched hand in hand, and the cities of Rey, Nehavan, Hamadan, Qazvin, Maragah, Tabriz, Nakhichevan, Mansikt, and Ani in the central and western parts of the Seljuk Kingdom have all been taken. With the exception of the Seljuk army in Mansickot, which met with desperate resistance, almost all the other cities surrendered without a fight. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, which was temporarily converted into the Emperor's Palace, there was also a group of people discussing things, but the only difference was that except for Zhao Xu and several of his personal guards, the rest of the people sitting inside were all from the Islamic chiefs and scholars of various cities.

"Distinguished patriarchs and scholars, hello," Zhao Xu picked up a glass of palace wine on the table from his imperial capital Bianliang, and saluted the imams and scholars present. On the day this land was incorporated into our Great Song Empire, I will also become your emperor, and I am here to welcome all the patriarchs and scholars to join our Great Song Empire, and I hope that under the rule of our Great Song Empire, all scholars can follow their duties and contribute to the future prosperity and prosperity of the empire. ”

After speaking, Zhao Xu drank the imperial wine in his cup in one gulp, and all the patriarchs and scholars present had to drink the wine in their hands with Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu's words were very vague, hoping that everyone could do their jobs, in fact, they told them that they were all staying honestly where they should be, and although these words were vague, none of the people present were stupid, so everyone naturally understood what Zhao Xu meant.

Zhao Xu looked at them one by one with sorrow on his face, and naturally knew what they were thinking in their hearts, so Zhao Xu didn't talk nonsense to them, and directly told them his orders, yes, you read them wrong, they are orders, after all, they are now the subjects of the Great Song Empire.

"Patriarchs, scholars, as the emperor of the Great Song Empire, I have to personally explain to you respected elders some basic laws of our empire, the details of which I will find professional officials to teach you, but you must remember the following points, first, as a subject of my Great Song Empire, the original ethnic language will be abolished, and you must learn the common Chinese language of our Great Song Empire, whether it is spoken or written, and second, all subjects must wear the clothes of our Chinese Han people, Third, all the original laws of the Seljuk Kingdom will be replaced by the laws of the Great Song Empire, and others like your original Islamic teachings can be retained, but while you are learning Islamic culture, you must also accept exchanges with the culture of our Han people, after all, we are already a family, and when you go back, I will tell the parishioners under your rule that the agricultural tax for the next five years and the commercial tax for the next two years will be reduced or exempted for you. I hope that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, and return to a stable and peaceful life as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Xu did not directly abolish the teachings of Islam, that is because he does not want to, and at the same time, there is no need for multicultural collision, in order to appear like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the prosperity of cultural development, at the same time, after the subtle exchange of Confucianism and Taoist culture, I am afraid that it will be difficult for those extreme Islamic people in later generations to appear, and Zhao Xu also told them to directly reduce or reduce agricultural taxes and commercial taxes for them, and directly care about the development of agriculture and commerce, so that these patriarchs and scholars are very moved, It's just that most of them don't realize the terrible side of cultural erosion, and they have thanked Zhao Xu, the new monarch, whether it is true or false, of course, not all imams and scholars are willing to acquiesce in this change of country, some imams and scholars are united, ready to meet the holy car of His Majesty Sultan Oriandin who led the army back at any time, but they underestimated the espionage ability of the CIA in the Song Empire, as well as the secret organization named "Xiao" in Zhao Xu's hands, Soon after they had the idea of uniting to resist the Song Empire, they died violently in their own homes, and the surviving imams and scholars naturally followed the teachers arranged for them by Tiehu and began to work hard to learn how to become a qualified citizen of the Great Song Empire.

And when all this happened, Zhao Xu's army had crossed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, all the way west, to the world's most famous knife production place, Damascus City, but due to the war, the consul and his army had long since disappeared, leaving only some people who did not want to leave or old people and children who could not afford to flee.

Here, Zhao Xu barely made any stops, a simple inspection, and after leaving 3,000 garrisons, Zhao Xu took his army and headed towards Jerusalem, the city he had longed for.

The city of Jerusalem, known as the land of Canaan, blessed by God, where milk and honey flow forever, whether it is Christianity or Islam, is the holy city of their dreams, here, the Christian church is dedicated to the stone tablets of the commandments carved by the Lord with thunder and lightning that Moses brought down from the holy mountain, and here, in the Islamic mosque, the same extraterrestrial holy stone is enshrined in which Muhammad brought the soul of Allah incarnation, and Muhammad also left his body forever in Jerusalem, the holy city of religion. The Bible also tells the story of Jesus riding a donkey into the holy city.

And the reason why Zhao Xu yearns for this city is not because of how beautiful the city is, but because Zhao Xu, whose soul comes from later generations, hopes that he can better understand the Jewish nation, which has always been ill-fated but lacking but always self-improving, since their birth has been accompanied by war and conquest, but the sparse number of Jews have survived under the wheel of thousands of years of history, and in the later generations of powerful countries, with the projectile land of their newly built country, defeated the millions of troops, The Islamic coalition that dominates one side has become the pinnacle myth of the global economy in later generations, and they have done their best to help later generations of China, so with this near admiration and gratitude, Zhao Xu came to this city full of traces engraved by history.

The scars of the sword and the pain left by the war are vividly reflected in this city full of Western architectural characteristics and Islamic cultural characteristics, not the towering and majestic city walls, guarding this city built on the mountain, the closed city gate, and the panicked eyes of the defenders on the city wall, let Zhao Xu slowly restrain the war horse he was sitting on, he didn't want to let the war touch this city in his mind, because in Zhao Xu's eyes, this city was named Jerusalem, It is as important as Bianliang, the imperial capital far to the east.

"Father, why don't you attack the city?" Prince Zhao Qi asked his father

"The city of Jerusalem, where the majority of the people living here are Jews, a people blessed by Christ Jesus, the god of the West, who are as intelligent, resilient, hardworking, and faithful as our Han people. Son, do you know, the population of this nation in front of you is only less than a million people, but they have the same long history as our Chinese Han people, for thousands of years, they have relied on this population of less than a million, in this small projectile land, tenacious survival, they left here, and finally returned here, in such a long history, and have not been slaughtered by foreign races, or even merged and extinguished, you say, such a great nation, why do we bring the fire of war to them? Why can't they become a part of our Great Song Dynasty and survive under this vast sky? And the city called Jerusalem is a self-governing city, and most of the people in this city and the nearby villages and towns are Jews, and their city lords or governors are also Jews, so you send someone to bring gifts and explain to your father that he does not want to use the flames of war to taint the city, and tell them that your father wants to go in and visit, and have a heart-to-heart exchange with their consuls. ”

As soon as Zhao Qi heard that his father was going to enter this city that had not yet been conquered in person, he immediately shook his head like a rattle and said: "Father, as the saying goes, the son of a daughter can't sit down, as the emperor of the Great Song Empire, how can you go deep into the tiger's den, Erchen resolutely disagrees, even if you really want to go, it is Erchen who goes for you, how can Erchen let you go alone?" ”

Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Qi, who was worried about him, patted him lightly on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's okay to be a father, go and carry out your father's orders." ”

The messenger sent out soon brought back a receipt from the ruler of Jerusalem, who invited Zhao Xu into the city and made an oath to the great Christ Jesus to ensure Zhao Xu's safety.

Zhao Xu has never believed in politicians' oaths, but this time he did, but even if Zhao Xu believed it, he still had a group of guards with excellent martial arts by his side.

The city of Jerusalem, a city that combines European architectural styles and Islamic architectural styles, is the center of Christian and Islamic culture, so this ancient city that has lasted for countless years is full of her unique architectural style, and the advanced urban drainage system in Europe at that time, the water collection system of the Islamic region, has been perfectly reflected in the city.

As the city gate slowly opened, a group of Jewish soldiers quickly ran out of the city gate on both sides, holding their spears on their chests, and then a Jew wearing a crown on his head, a cross plate on his chest, a fine linen robe with a blue silk on a white background with obvious Hebrew style, and a pair of sandals on his feet walked out, came to the front of Zhao Xu's war horse, gently stroked his chest, and said to Zhao Xu in standard Hebrew: "The supreme governor of Jerusalem, Eiffel Gong welcomes guests from afar. ”

And Zhao Xu saw that Eiffel had already wanted to say hello to himself, so he immediately turned over from his war horse and said lightly to Eiffel: "Zhao Xu, Emperor of the Great Song Empire, is polite." ”

Don't ask me how these two people made each other understand their meanings, there were translators in various countries in ancient times, but at that time translations were called general translations, and the Song Empire had developed trade and commerce, and it was still very common to find someone who could speak Hebrew.

Under the guidance of Eiffel, Zhao Xu and Eiffel boarded a carriage specially prepared for Zhao Xu and headed to Eiffel's official residence. Entering the official residence, the guests of honor sat down, touting each other, constantly coming and going, who said that the ancient Westerners did not understand the concept of Taijiquan, and Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, between you and me, Eiffel did not fall behind at all.

In the end, Zhao Xu had no choice but to get to the point first. "Archon Eiffel, I have been on an expedition all the way here, I have experienced countless wars, and I have passed everywhere I have passed, but I am really tired, especially when I come to this city of Jerusalem, this city that I have always wanted to come to, I don't want to let the war turn this place into ruins, so I hope that you can consider the peace of the people on this side and take the initiative to surrender, and at the same time, I will not turn this place into a place exactly the same as my Great Song Dynasty like I do in other cities, I have a proposal, called one country, two systems, I don't know if you'd like to hear it? Speaking of this, the most profound passage that appeared in Zhao Xu's mind was: Thank you Comrade Xiaoping, thank you to the political teacher!!

Eiffel raised his wine glass and saluted Zhao Xu Yaoyao and said, "Eiffel would like to hear about it." ”

After Zhao Xu raised his glass to Eiffel in return, he said to Eiffel: "One country, two systems, that is, one country, two systems, under the premise of the same Great Song Empire, Jerusalem as a special administrative region maintains the original rectification system, the selection of consuls, the formulation of policies, the rule of the people, honest law and order, the collection of taxes and other aspects of regional governance, all belong to the rights of your Jerusalem consuls, and I will only send troops to garrison the city defense, and all issues related to politics and people's livelihood, my army will not interfere." The consuls only had to pay 10% of the taxes to the treasury every year, and go to Bianliang, the capital of the empire, every three years to report on their work, and all the Jews enjoyed all the rights of the Han people of the empire, and they could settle in any city of the empire, and the only requirement was to obey the laws of the empire. ”

"With such a generous treatment, your conditions can't be so small, right?" Eiffel said.

"The additional conditions are very simple, you can keep your Hebrew language, but the official language must be Chinese, except for special festivals, you must practice Han etiquette, wear Han Chinese costumes, and celebrate Han festivals, at the same time, you can use your own efforts, or join the army as a soldier, or enter the court as an official, as long as you do not live in the city of Jerusalem, all your rights and obligations are equal to all Han people." (To be continued.) )