readx; The royal palace of Damascus, in the great hall where the carpets are displayed, there are thousands of carpets of all kinds, and there are 22,000 carpets hanging in the whole palace, they form a splendid landscape in the palace, Mansour looked at the several carpets hanging on the front wall in amazement, the carpets are gorgeous and beautiful, and the workmanship is exquisite, which was enshrined by the first master of Persia, but Mansur's eyes were nothing, in fact he did not see anything, everything was so familiar, he said that he had witnessed it for several years, He could even tell exactly the pattern and orientation of each carpet, but at the moment they were so unfamiliar, so strange that he didn't even know what was hanging in front of him? The carpet has not changed, what has changed is the person who looks at the carpet, once he was a courtier, and he appreciated these beautiful works of art from the perspective of an viewer, and now he is the master of this palace, the owner of these carpets, including the entire palace, including the entire empire, all belong to him Mansur, he has ascended to this supreme throne for half a month, but he still has not been able to fully adapt, when he is alone, his heart will be in a state of confusion, how should he govern this empire?

"Your Majesty the Caliph!"

A black eunuch interrupted his musings in a whisper, "Khalid has arrived, waiting outside the palace!" ”

Aking up from his contemplation, al-Mansur immediately commanded: "Invite him to the Map Palace!" ”

Khalid is also Khalid. Barmak, the eldest son of the famous Persian Barmak family, he has been greatly used in the past two years, he has been appointed as the highest treasurer of the empire, in charge of the empire's finances, he has a very close relationship with Mansour, Mansour's eldest son Mahedi is nursed by Khalid's wife, when Mansour ascended the throne, Khalid became the biggest favorite to compete for the vizier (prime minister), Khalid walked through the overlapping palace gates, and was led into a palace with a huge map, The map encompasses the entire Abbasid Empire, with Spain and Transistine painted red, and Mansur standing in front of it, looking so small and worried. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The situation faced by Mansour can be described as internal and external troubles, which are caused by his uncle Ali. Abdullah did not recognize his caliphate status, Ali the elder was the governor of Syria, but he was currently in Egypt with an army of nearly 100,000 men, and he considered himself the rightful successor of the caliphate and demanded the resignation of al-Mansur, followed by the governor of Khorasan, Abu Ahmad. Muslim, he was the second man in the Abbasid Empire, and had always been Mansour's political enemy, although his defeat at the Battle of Talas to the Tang army greatly reduced his strength, but at that time the Abbasid Caliph did not agree to his proposal and took the opportunity to eliminate Abu Abbas. The Muslims, instead allowed him to re-recruit troops to recapture the river, now Abu Abu. The Muslims had 40,000 elite Khorasan troops in their hands, which became a major problem for him, followed by external troubles, first, the remnants of the Umayyad forces still occupied Spain, and Rahman was not only not exterminated, but became more powerful in the war; The second is the Tang army in the east, Mansur is very familiar with Li Qing'an, the king of Anxi, this is also a local prince with great talent, he is completely different from those monarchs and ministers in the center of the Tang Dynasty, those monarchs and ministers he contacted, their vision is narrow, their world is only one domain in the east, and Li Qing'an's view of the world contains the Frankish kingdom in the west, which is a terrible opponent, he occupies the river, completely changed the nominal rule of the Tang Dynasty in the past, and realized military occupation.

Internal and external troubles left al-Mansur with no time to enjoy the luxuries of the caliphate, or even to experience the supreme power of the caliphate, and he needed to quickly turn his situation around.

"Your Majesty, Caliph, I'm coming."

When Mansur turned around, he saw Khalid standing behind him, and Mansur sighed worriedly: "Khalid, I'm very troubled right now!" ”

"Your Majesty, Caliph, I am willing to relieve your worries."

Mansour was silent for a moment, then smiled: "Let's not talk about the troubles for the time being, let's talk about the revenue!" I heard that last year's income exceeded 70 million dinars? ”

"Yes, last year we lost 10 million dinars in the river, but we added 30 million dinars from Egypt and Armenia, so that there is a big increase in income."

Khalid always stood up straight, always humble, and his voice was so soft that Mansour was so satisfied that he picked up a long wooden pole from the wall, pointed to the map, and said: "The Abbasid Caliph has been thinking about rebuilding the capital since his reign, and he has sent many people to choose from various places, and he died before the cause was completed, and I have inherited his legacy, and I have already had a preliminary plan in mind." ”

Mansour pointed to a clearing on the Tigris River on the map with a wooden pole and said: "I am very satisfied with a piece of land here, which is currently a small fishing village called Baghdad, and I have made a preliminary decision to establish my new capital here, and the name of the capital is Baghdad." ”

He took the wooden pole and smiled at Khaled: "It is estimated that it will cost three million dinars to build this capital, and you have no problem there!" ”

Although Khalid knew that once the construction started, three million dinars would definitely not be enough, he did not hesitate and immediately replied: "No problem!" ”

"Good!"

Mansour nodded in satisfaction, of course, he didn't come to Khalid to ask him for money, he saw Khalid as the vizier of the empire, and he wanted to discuss with him how to solve his predicament.

"Please sit down!"

Mansur invited him to sit down, and ordered someone to pour him a cup of strong tea, he smiled: "Last year I went to the Tang Dynasty, and gained a lot, not only learned their paper-making skills, but also liked one of their drinks, they called tea, in fact, the Turks also came to sell it before, but the Turks sold inferior tea, and what I drank in Chang'an was really high-quality tea, I like it very much, you can taste it." ”

Khalid sat down and sucked carefully, nodded and smiled, "It's really good." ”

"If you like it, I'll give you a little later, and we can also trade with the Tang Dynasty in the future."

At the mention of the Tang Dynasty, the smile on Mansur's face slowly disappeared, and he was silent for a moment and said: "Last year, I went to Chang'an to sign a reconciliation agreement with the Tang Dynasty, which was just an expedient measure in exchange for prisoners of war, but now, I really want to reconcile with the Tang Dynasty temporarily." ”

Khalid was also silent, and after a while, he said: "I'm worried that Li Qing'an won't stop, and I'm even more worried that he will take advantage of our civil strife to attack Sindh." ”

Mansur sighed and said: "I also thought of it, to be honest, the Tang Dynasty is only interested in the broken leaves west of the Green Ridge, and they have no interest in Hezhong and Xinde, but this Li Qing'an is not, he is interested in all land, I suspect that he is even interested in Damascus, so the best way is to borrow the hand of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to get rid of him, and replace him with a new Jiedu envoy who is not interested in the land, in fact, I have already sent someone to do it." ”

"Your Majesty the Caliph is indeed brilliant!"

Khalid praised it, but he put forward his own point again, "But I'm worried that it will take time for the internal substitutions in the Tang Dynasty, and by the time they do, Li Qing'an has already won Sindh and Punjab." ”

"I've taken that into account as well."

Mansour smiled a little proudly: "Last year, I sent a Sogdian, disguised as a businessman, to Hui to contact the chieftain there, I heard that Li Qing'an and Hui have a bad relationship, so I want to use Hui to temporarily contain Li Qing'an, so that he has no time to go south to Xinde, Hui chief also agreed, it is said that they are also very ambitious in the Tang Dynasty's northern court, so that Li Qing'an's attention this year is bound to be on Hui Hui, he has no energy to think about Xinde, and at the same time Amu Darya can remain calm, Let me concentrate on solving the internal troubles first, and maybe before the battle of Hui is over, Li Qing'an will be cut off by their emperor, wouldn't this kill three birds with one stone? ”

Khalid was impressed, he stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty the Caliph is indeed a majestic and strategic, and your subordinates admire him to the fullest. ”

"You may be seated! Have a seat! Mansour smiled slightly, and then said to him, "As for Abu. Muslim, I want to transfer him to Egypt to clean up old Ali, what do you think? ”

Khalid thought for a moment and said, "But I'm worried that if he joins forces with Abdullah, he will have more trouble." ”

Mansour didn't speak, he stared at Khalid for a long time, in fact he was just testing Khalid, he knew that Abu. The relationship between the Muslims and the Barmak family is very good, and he wants to see Khalid's attitude, if Khalid supports his plan, then he will not want to be his own vizier, no matter who he is, as long as he sympathizes with Abu. Muslims, he didn't use it at all, fortunately, Khalid withstood the test, he smiled faintly and said: "Deal with Abu. Muslims, I have already arranged it. ”

．．．．．．．． Mulu, the people in front of the gate of the Governor's Palace of Khorasan were cold, only a dozen soldiers sat on the steps and took a nap. When the Muslims had set out for Damascus ten days earlier, and the governor's palace had no master and his subordinates had become listless, an officer named 'Asambi came out of the palace. The head of the Muslim governor's palace, when he saw that the soldiers standing guard were all lying crookedly and sleeping on the ground, he couldn't help but shout angrily: "Stand up for me!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers jumped up in fright, a few soldiers moved a little slower, and were rushed up by Asamby and kicked violently, the soldiers stood in two rows tremblingly, with their heads bowed and no one dared to speak, Asamby scolded for a while and then prepared to go back, at this time, he suddenly heard a violent sound of horses' hooves, as if there were as many as a thousand horsemen, he looked into the distance, and soon saw a large group of cavalry running out of the street, as many as three thousand cavalry, galloping, like a flat thunder swept this way.

Asambi was shocked and changed color, the Muslim governor strictly forbade running horses on the streets of Mulu, who was so bold? Thousands of cavalry rushed to the gate of the governor's palace in an instant, and the general at the head was the current commander of the supreme army, Ziyad, he pulled his war horse, the war horse neighed, the front hooves were raised high, Qiyad pointed his horse whip at Asambi, and shouted: "Quickly open the gate of the governor's palace to welcome the new governor of Khorasan." ”

Asamby was stunned, he involuntarily looked back, the street behind him was empty, there was no one, he had a confusion in his eyes, and asked, "Who is the new governor?" ”

Ziyad said proudly: "The latest appointment of the Caliph al-Mansur, I, Qiyad, am the new governor of Khorasan. ”

"You?" Asambi looked at him in disbelief and asked in a deep voice, "What about the Muslim governor?" ”

"Abu. Muslim re-elected governor of Yemen. ”

"How can you call the Governor by his full name?"

As soon as the words fell, Asambi reacted, needless to say, it is the Muslim governor in front of Ziyad who betrayed, it must be so, how can the Muslim governor leave Khorasan to serve in Yemen, only if the military power is taken away, Asambi trembled with anger, he pointed at Ziyad and scolded: "The Muslim governor believes you before handing over the army to you, you dare to betray him, you ungrateful bastard, you will be punished by Allah!" ”

Ziyad was furious, and he rushed forward, stabbed Asamby in the chest with a stab, and said viciously in his ear: "You are too much! ”

Asamby glared at him in a hoarse voice and said, "You betrayed.... Muslim Governor! ”

As soon as Ziyad drew his knife, Assanbi fell on his back, the soldiers standing guard were frightened and scattered, there was no one in front of the governor's palace, Ziyad slowly raised his head and stared at this mansion that symbolized the supreme power of Khorasan. The Muslims faded before his eyes, and he remembered what Mansour had said to him last year during the exchange of prisoners of war in Tochar.

You can choose if you are loyal to Abu. Muslim, then go back now, and if you are loyal to my Mansur, then I will give you this horse. ’

The bearded, ragged Ziyad whispered: 'I am loyal to the Caliph. ’

'I will be the caliph!' ’

'That.... I am loyal to His Highness Mansour. ’

Mansur looked up and laughed, and his laughter disappeared, and he patted Ziyad on the shoulder, stared at him, and said, 'Believe me, one day, you will become the governor of Khorasan.' ’

...... "Believe me, one day, you will become the governor of Khorasan!" ”

Ziyad looked at the governor's palace and muttered to himself, he suddenly straightened his waist, turned back to the cavalry and shouted: "From now on, I, Qiyad. Ibn . Surrey was appointed by His Majesty the Caliph al-Mansur and officially became the governor of Khorasan. ”

Three thousand cavalry echoed and shouted: "Long live the governor!" Long live the Governor! ”

Ziad took another deep look at the Doge's Palace, and he finally mustered up the courage to stride into the Doge's Palace as his master.

．．．．．． A few days later, Ziyad's handwritten letter was delivered to Mansour's case, Mansur opened the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile proudly, the chess piece he had buried in Tocharian last year had finally played its role, in which Ziyad said that he had completely controlled the Khorasan army and replaced Abu. The Muslim-promoted generals, and the current generals, have sworn allegiance to the caliph.

Then he would no longer have to be afraid of Abu. When the Muslims arrived, al-Mansur immediately ordered: "Go and give Abu . Muslims change their palaces as a sign of my kindness! ”

Abu. As soon as the Muslims entered Damascus, they were placed under house arrest. The Muslim was not afraid, he knew that al-Mansur would not dare to kill him, he had 40,000 Khorasan troops loyal to him, and if al-Mansur dared to kill him, it would mean that civil war would break out, and his Khorasan army would be caught between the two rivers with the Egyptian army of the old Ali, and he believed that Mansur would not dare to take this risk.

Despite being under house arrest, Abu. The Muslim was not nervous, he leisurely read books, wrote poems, and wrote about the establishment of the Abbasid dynasty, and spent the month like this, and that afternoon, more than 300 guards escorted a carriage to the house where he was under house arrest, and a court guard said to him respectfully: "His Majesty the Caliph al-Mansur will officially receive His Excellency the Governor in three days, and now please change the residence of the Governor to the Moon Palace!" ”

Abu. The Muslims snorted coldly, got into the carriage, the outside of the carriage was decorated with gold, but the inside was made of iron and cast a cage, the door was closed, the carriage drove towards the most dilapidated eastern part of Damascus, in an area inhabited by civilians in Damascus, a new white palace was built, the palace was not large, but the surrounding was heavily guarded, and the guards directly took Abu Abu. The Muslims were sent into the depths of the palace and shut up, and the palace gates were slammed shut.

Detention of Abu. The Muslim's room had no bed or any furniture, only a shabby sheepskin. After a poor dinner, the Muslim fell asleep on a sheepskin, and twenty years ago, he had been a slave and his only possession was a shabby sheepskin. The Muslim understood what Mansur meant, and he was telling himself that he was just a slave, and he had brought himself back to twenty years ago, and he was humiliating himself in this way.

Abu. The Muslims fell asleep unconsciously, and the whole of Damascus gradually fell into a deep sleep, next to the palace where the Muslims were imprisoned was the artificial canal of Damascus, the river flowed quietly, and in the dead of night, more than a hundred black shadows appeared beside the canal, and they carefully demolished the canal embankment, and the raging river rushed out of the breach, sweeping away the surrounding large houses, and the residential area suddenly resounded with a panicked shout, but fortunately, the canal was not large, only up to the knees of people, nevertheless, The slums are still full of terror.

Abu. The Muslim suddenly woke up from his dream, the river flooded into his room, the cold water soaked him directly, he hurriedly stood up, leaned against the wall, the river only reached his calves, it did not hurt him in any way, he did not understand what Mansur was doing?

How would it hurt him to put a little bit of water? Abu. The Muslim was puzzled, and then he inadvertently touched the placket of his clothes, and he was stunned, and dipped his finger in a little water and put it in his mouth, the water was salty and bitter, and suddenly, the wall against which he was leaning shook violently. The Muslims understood that the palace was built with salt.

The white palace collapsed, and a generation of famous food generals Abu. Muslims died tragically in bitter salty water.

．．．．．． Abu. The Muslims died quietly, but the Amu Darya River still flowed calmly to the north, the clouds of war had dissipated over the Amu Darya River, and the Tang army also built a huge castle on the opposite bank of the city of Chalzhu, called Wuhu City, with 3,000 garrisons to defend it.

The main force of the Tang army has withdrawn to Bukhara and Samarkand, Li Qing'an did not rush back to Broken Leaves, he spent half a month to readjust the political structure of the Hezhong region, of course he will not let the secular power in the river be controlled by religion, in view of the profound lessons of the riots in the river, Li Qing'an realized that the administrative power in the river cannot be hollowed out, once the administrative power is lost, the river is easily controlled by the religious power, and the first thing Li Qingan did was to disband. Considering that the Tang Dynasty could not set up official offices in the countries of the river for the time being, Li Qing'an restored the administration of his country by the kings of various countries, and at the same time sent the children of the nobles of various countries to study in Broken Leaves, teaching them to learn Chinese and Central Plains culture, of course, this is also a kind of hostage in disguise.

However, Li Qing'an only restored the administrative power, but the military power did not waver in the slightest, and the countries in the river were not allowed to have troops, and 30,000 Han troops were stationed in the river, and because the long-term turmoil had greatly reduced the number of Sogdian men, Li Qing'an allowed the soldiers to intermarry with the Sogdian women, and encouraged them to settle down in the river.

In order to encourage the middle and lower classes of people in the river to learn and use Chinese, Li Qing'an established citizen universities in the three cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Nasebo, in the form of free learning, open to everyone, anyone can come here to learn Chinese, understand the culture and art of the Tang Dynasty, and set the law, officials at all levels in the river must be able to speak Chinese, given a one-year buffer study period, after three years, the countries in the river will select officials through examinations, among which writing Tang poetry and writing Chinese is the most important examination subjects, five years later, The official language of the river will be officially changed to Chinese, and the law of the river will also be changed to Tang law.

At the same time, he sent people to Chang'an to try to persuade those Sogdian merchants who had lived in Chang'an for many years, most of them had deep financial resources, and they were deeply influenced by the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and their return would certainly promote the spread of Tang culture in the Hezhong region.

If the occupation of Hezhong a year and a half ago was a military occupation and a declaration of the sovereignty of the Tang Dynasty in the river by forceful means, then the reoccupation a year and a half later was a kind of soft power occupation, which opened the prelude to the infiltration of Tang culture into the Hezhong region from all levels.

At night, Li Qing'an's personal soldiers had already packed their luggage, and early tomorrow morning, their general would return to Broken Leaves, and the courtyard where they lived was a mess, dozens of boxes were filled with all kinds of ordinary supplies, and there were many gifts that Li Qing'an bought for his family.

The room is brightly lit, Li Qing'an is receiving guests, the guest is the new king of Kangguo, Nomacho, he was originally the little prince of Kangguo, his father is the vice king of Kangguo, belongs to the staunch pro-Tang faction, after the big food invaded the river, his father fled to the Tang Dynasty with the young, and lived in Luoyang for nearly forty years, his father has long since died, Nomacho has also grown from a child to a middle-aged man, last year Li Qingan wrote to him to ask him to return to China, Nomacho was ten days ago to return to his hometown after a forty-year absence, because Kang Guozheng Wang Xiaofen has died, Li Qing'an let him inherit the position of vice king and officially became the king of Kangguo.

"The general will return to Broken Leaf tomorrow, I don't know when he will return to the river?"

Nomacho seemed a little worried, although he was made the king of Kangguo, but he did not have any self-confidence, he lived in Luoyang since he was a child, in addition to the appearance of still Sogdian, in fact, his language, culture and living habits were no different from the Han people, he also regarded himself as a member of the Han people, even his wife was surnamed Zhang, and his two sons were half Han blood.

When he first arrived in Kangguo as the king, things were chaotic, and Normacho didn't know where to start, he was just a commoner in Luoyang, but now he became the king of a country, and the huge gap made him unable to adapt.

Li Qing'an saw the anxiety in his heart, so he smiled and comforted him: "You don't have to worry, take your time in everything, practice makes perfect, discuss with Luo Qiming more if you don't understand, as little as three months, at most half a year, you will definitely be able to do decently, and besides, you are the prince of Kang, and the people of Kang have accepted you, this is the most important thing, as long as you are accepted by the people, you will be diligent and thrifty, don't fish the people, pay attention to the people's suffering, as long as you do these points, you are a qualified monarch, you can rest assured, I will also come to the river often, and every October you will go to Broken Leaf to report to me, and if you have any requests, we can meet them face to face. ”

Nomago was comforted, his heart was much more steady, he saw that it was getting late, so he got up and took his leave, Nomago had just left, but Luo Qiming hurried over, he brought an old Muslim, this person is the Muslim moderate leader Borodo, he is also a skilled doctor.

Luo Qiming pointed to Borodo next to him and said with a smile: "Borodo heard that the general will return to Broken Leaf tomorrow, so he came to find me, hoping to return to Broken Leaf with the general." ”

"Why is that?" Li Qingan looked at the old man curiously, hugged and smiled slightly.

Borodo stood up and saluted Li Qing'an, and replied respectfully: "The general has peacefully resolved the crisis of the Muslims in the river, especially the dispute over the Bukhara Mosque, so that we Muslims can live and work in peace and contentment and continue to live in our homeland. ”

Li Qingan shook his head and smiled: "Calming the turmoil is not only your appeal, but also my expectation, this is nothing, but I still don't understand, you want to repay me, what does it have to do with you going to break the leaves with me?" ”

Borodo said with a serious expression: "I heard that the general has been married for many years but has no heirs, Tang Renyun, unfilial piety has three, no queen is the greatest, I think the general must also be quite distressed, it just so happens that I have been practicing medicine for many years, and I have a lot of experience in treating male infertility, but it takes a certain amount of time to cure this disease, so I hope to go back to the broken leaves with the general." ”

(To be continued)