Chapter 0943. Hou Jie is finished
Seeing Li Zhutou's indifferent back walk out of the slum, a layer of shiny oil sweat gushed out of his bald head.
Li Que asked him to prepare to accept the refugees, and he went to the governor of Suez, Liu Renliang, to vouch for him, and his tone was extremely indifferent, as if it was a very normal thing.
But who is Liu Renliang? The title of squire of the military department, with the Fengge Luantai Ping Zhangshi, the admiral of the Fujian State Naval Division, the governor of Suez, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty can be completely different from the cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty only has the right to vote, but only to the emperor to propose suggestions to solve the matter, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty has both the right to propose a plan, and the right to supervise the specific implementation.
In terms of rights, Liu Renliang can freely make decisions about the major policies under his administration, and he is the out-and-out emperor of the more than 100,000 people in the port of Suez.
Li Que wanted to bargain with the soil emperor, and it seemed that he was still very sure that he would agree.
Who is this woman? The illegitimate daughter of Lord Liu Renliang?
The more he pondered it, the more mysterious awe he revealed, and when Li Que was sent away, the awe in the bald man's heart had another layer.
In fact, Li Que's status is much more noble than the big bald man imagined.
Although Suez City has changed a lot, the Suez Governor's Palace has not changed, it is still the castle-style building, the outer ring of tall fortress walls ensures that it becomes the last barrier of Suez City, and the cement and boulder castle is not as gloomy and cold as the Western stone castle, ventilation and warmth are fully considered in the design, as the Suez Canal becomes more and more busy, the envoys of the nearby ethnic groups, merchants, all kinds of people are also like gadfly bee chrysalis here, begging for all kinds of things.
Every day from early in the morning, there must be a large long queue at the gate of the Governor's Palace, with black, white and yellow skin, and all kinds of people are anxiously waiting for Liu Renliang or his left and right Sima Su Lianghei and Wu Yuanshuang to deal with it.
Some people don't line up until noon for breakfast, so that the small traders and hawkers around who sell boxed lunches are doing very good business.
Just when the Hu Han merchants were waiting for the nest fire, they saw a female catcher wearing a mask squeeze to the front, and the guards of the Governor's Mansion still nodded and greeted them, and a large group of dignitaries almost didn't wait for their eyes to fly.
A Tang merchant who was close to him, relying on his identity as a fellow clan, leaned over curiously and asked, "Little brother, who is this?" ”
"Whatever, I'll wait for you." The little brother who was guarding the gate of the mansion directly closed the door heavily, and treated one in the sky and one in the ground, and the choked Tang Shang rolled his eyes.
Although Li Que has only been to the Governor's Mansion for more than a year, before he set off to go undercover in Arabia to liaise, the terrain of the Governor's Mansion was already familiar, and Li Que easily found Liu Renliang's office.
At this time, Liu Renliang's wide purple prime minister's official robe was added, wearing a thick felt hat, and the whole person sat on the Taishi chair, and a majestic bearing arose, which made people feel awe.
However, this kind of bearing is immune to Li Que, as soon as he entered the door, Li Que hurriedly bowed his hand to Liu Renliang in front of the desk, and did not care about the rules of officialdom, and said bluntly and hurriedly.
"Uncle Liu, the livelihood of the Arab refugees outside the city is quite difficult, my niece is willing to vouch for them, please let them enter the city......"
Ignoring the majesty of the prime minister in this way, if it was usual, Liu Renliang, who was estimated to be tolerant and generous, would still have to secretly smile bitterly and shake his head, but today, he seemed to be very happy, and he didn't seem to even pay attention to what Li Que said, so he stood up straight from the seat and dragged his wide sleeves to greet him personally.
"Hahaha, virtuous nephew and daughter, you came too timely, the old man is about to send someone to find you, come, sit."
Liu Renliang moved a chair for himself with great enthusiasm, and even poured himself half a cup of hot tea, even Li Que was a little flattered by this sudden affectionate move, and after Liu Renliang also sat down, Li Que asked a little impatiently: "Uncle Liu, is there anything that needs to be sent to Li Que?" ”
Liu Renliang didn't hide it, he was also straightforward, and he excitedly took out a map from the pile of documents, spread it out in front of Li Que's eyes, and pointed to the locations circled with a red pen near Suez City and said to Li Que excitedly.
"Virtuous niece, the old man wants to worship you as a general, go to capture Illemia, and then go straight down to Gaza through Nahle!"
"Hahahaha, this group of Arab barbarians, every time they bully me Suez is narrow and has few people, and they want to be a city to trap the old man, this time the old man wants to take his entire Sinai Peninsula, wahahahaha!"
It seemed that he was really depressed for a long time, standing up on the table, Liu Renliang's thick felt hat was crooked, he raised his head and laughed, but Li Que didn't laugh, but his heart suddenly burst out, and he turned his face in shock and asked, "Uncle, do you want to attack the Arab Empire?" ”
Nahle, Illemia, are the Arabs in order to besiege Suez, built in the sand, Gaza is the largest city in the southern Palestinian sand, if the army arrives in Gaza, almost the Arab Empire is basically expelled from the Sinai Peninsula, the front line of the two countries will want to be pushed forward more than 200 miles, far behind the Suez Canal will be as stable as Mount Tai.
If Liu Renliang's plan came to fruition, it would be a huge victory for Fujian's power in West Asia, but at this time, Liu Renliang suddenly thought of attacking the Arab Empire, but Li Que's heart couldn't help but burst, and an inexplicable panic surfaced in his heart.
Thinking that Li Que was worried, Liu Renliang laughed and patted Li Que's shoulder, and explained excitedly: "Don't worry, niece Xian, Your Majesty has granted the old man the right to specialize, and it is currently a once-in-a-lifetime good plan!" ”
Pretending to pause mysteriously, Liu Renliang continued with Guan Zi.
"Hou Jie, it's over!"
"How is this possible?"
Standing up in disbelief, although Li Que was not present at the scene, she still knew that on the day Hou Jie ascended the throne, the whole of Damascus supported him, and as soon as he ascended the throne, Hou Jie followed the example of Fujian and carried out a series of effective reforms, which greatly reformed the maladministration of the Arab Empire.
Now, just over a year later, how can a thriving dynasty be said to have collapsed?
And although he didn't want to admit it, from his heart, Li Que faintly didn't want Hou Jie to lose what he had worked so hard to get.
Listening to Li Que's exclamation, Liu Renliang's heart became even more proud, and he paced to the window in a playful manner, looking at the busy Port of Suez outside the window with his hands behind his back, still so excited, and explained with a little emotion.
"How can't it be."
"Hou Jie, I'm so carried away."
While pointing to the country with his right finger, Liu Renliang said with a little emotion: "Hou Jie is a bit like Yang Guang, before he ascended the throne, he was hard and simple, diligent and thrifty, especially he can make himself put on a painted skin, the painted skin of the Arabs!" Although he is an enemy, but to a Tang man who can dissolve into a foreign race like him, I Liu Renliang is ashamed of myself. ”
"Haha, God bless Your Majesty, after ascending the throne, Hou Jie changed, canonized his father Hou Junji, ancestor Hou Yuan and others as caliphs, and deliberately added the word emperor after the caliph, deliberately distinguishing his identity as a Tang person."
"On the one hand, the Arab Empire was at war with the rebels in Mecca, and on the other hand, it was at war with the Byzantines, and the treasury was tight, and Hou Jie canceled the pension privileges of the Arabs on the one hand, and demanded that the whole people be thrifty and deal with the foreign countries together, but on the other hand, he built his own palace, and the Damascus Palace he built was even more than the Min Palace, and the originally rich Arabs were getting poorer and poorer under his rule.
The disdain on his face was even stronger, and Liu Renliang commented disdainfully: "Hou Jie is also a famous general, but he ascended to the throne, but his courage has become smaller, the battle of Ankara, the Arabs gathered the entire army in Ancatelia, more than 150,000 Islamic believers army and Byzantine 120,000 decisive battles, I heard that the Eastern Romans used a weapon of Greek fire, how to use it, Hou Jie took the lead in throwing away the army and fled, 150,000 people, nearly half of them were buried in the fire, the whole of Turkey was lost, and the domestic people were dissatisfied. ”
"In the battle of Cagattori, Hou Jie gathered 200,000 superior Syrian troops and fought a decisive battle with 50,000 cavalry sent by Havaliji, but the cavalry sent by Havaliji rushed to 200 meters in front of Hou Jie with heavy casualties, and Hou Jie escaped from the battle again, and in that battle, the main force of Syria was almost lost."
"And Hou Jie never expected that his sworn enemy Hussein did not die, and believed in the side of the Hawariji faction, Hussein replaced the originally killed caliph Zubair, and once again issued an initiative to crusade against Hou Jie, and the front line of the horse exploration returned, and now Hussein's army has reached the city of Damascus."
"Hou Jie's selfishness is too heavy, he demoted the caliph from the divine throne to the human monarch, became less sacred, and lost his appeal to the Arabs, in the east, the emir Saladin of Yemen called the caliph, rebelled against the empire, and was fighting with Hou Jie's confidant, the governor of Kufa, Ziyad, and the Eastern Military Region has been unable to draw troops to support Damascus."
"In the south, Egypt also declared independence, in the north, Antioch is besieged by the Byzantine army, and in the country, there are as many Arab nobles as the caliphate crossing the river, and their rise and fall are also sudden, and the Arab Empire is already in the dark of destruction!"
After a lot of narration, looking back, Liu Renliang was still so excited and said to Li Que: "This is a great time for my generation of martial artists to make meritorious contributions!" The virtuous niece also knows that most of the old man's subordinates are sailors, and there are no generals in land warfare, so the old man hopes to give you 10,000 people, plus ......"
"What about people?"
At this time, Liu Renliang found that the Taishi chair was still swaying violently, but Li Que didn't know when he disappeared, full of consternation, Liu Renliang also chased all the way to the corridor, poked his head out and shouted.
"Niece Xian, my uncle's words are not finished yet!"
Listening to Liu Renliang's shouting, Wu Yuanshuang, who was wearing a pair of reading glasses, also hurriedly ran out of the office with a fat body.
"Governor, what's wrong?"