"The second thing is that I announce my resignation as consul and that the Senate will nominate another virtuous person to take over, because the failure of my mission this time has made it impossible for me to take on this responsibility anymore, and I will live and die with Otsuki City as an ordinary soldier."

This time the uproar was louder, everyone was saying something loudly, and no one seemed to be able to hear what anyone else was saying.

It took a lot of effort for the auspicious star to sit down again and listen to Sima Dan's speech.

"Please allow me to finish, for you will all wonder why I accepted such a condition."

"You are for the sake of a child, and you have betrayed our dignity!" A nobleman said in a loud voice.

"Yes, the Turtles threatened me with Taji's child, and I thought I would do the same if it was Matti's child. As a brother, I can't watch his wife remarry and his son be killed, I know that many people will think that I am not serious, so I am not qualified to be your consul again, I resign, but it does not mean that I give up my responsibility, I will still live and die with you here. ”

"I want to ask you, can you watch your relatives being killed?"

"If you think that I have betrayed the interests of the Great Moon City, I beg you to arrest me and then not to recognize this humiliating treaty, and in this case, I want to make it clear that I have not betrayed you."

"Our original strategy was to build a free city without subservience to any one power, and for this we are ready to fight to drive out all enemies."

"Now I think we made the right decision, because even if we sacrifice some of our people, we will build a reputation that will make the enemy dare not invade."

"Now, we are bending our knees before the Kuzi people, losing the opportunity to prove that we can be independent and strong, and at the same time there is a crisis of internal unity."

"However, our combat effectiveness has not been lost, we have to pay some cattle and sheep to Qiuzi, but our manpower has been maintained, and I believe that under the leadership of the new consul, we will still be as stable as a rock."

"So I implore the Senate to pass this peace agreement, and at the same time to make Shenmu the crown prince, the queen and I have agreed to accept Shenmu as an adopted son, and now he is still in Qiuzi as a hostage, so we must also make him the crown prince, this hostage is meaningful, of course, as his adoptive parents, I ...... We implore the Patriarchs to understand our love for the Sacred Tree. ”

Sima Dan sat down silently.

Everyone looked at each other, but they were not the first to speak.

Lucky Star couldn't help but speak, and hesitated to say, "It's too ...... The prince's words are that we can not recognize the peace treaty that the prince has signed? ”

Sima Dan nodded: "Although we have only established the Senate for a short time, we can slowly find out some common agreements in the future from practice." Since this peace with King Guizi was different from our original decision, and the other consul was not present, the senate should review and approve such an important agreement, and similar matters should be approved by the senators in the future, unless both consuls agreed. ”

The Senate was finally divided into two factions, and the day's meeting was inconclusive.

******

Sima Dan dragged his tired body to the south of the city where the Jin people lived.

Most of the Jin people in the south of the city had actually been given land to cultivate outside the city, but some of the old and weak and leaders still lived in the city, and of course there were elders who represented them.

When he saw Yang Yong and Yu Wenda, they were already dressed in decent clothes, which reminded people of their slave status not long ago.

Yang Yong is a short man with dark skin, while Yu Wenda is a stout man, both of them are in their forties, and they look energetic.

Sima Dan knew that Yuwenda's ancestral home was also Xianbei, but when he was captured by Rouran, he was already an ordinary peasant in Guannei, and such people had become more and more since the Han Dynasty, filling the borders of the entire empire.

"It is rumored that the Jin people are all uneasy after hearing about my envoy, today you represent the other Jin Min elders, and tell me what the Jin people think, you don't stand, come, sit down and say."

Yang Yong and Yu Wenda sat down a little uneasily, looked at each other, couldn't speak for a while, hesitated for a while, Yang Yong asked, "Too ...... Prince...... I...... Are we going back to Jinjing......? ”

Sima Dan nodded: "It turns out that you really think like this, thinking that I hastily negotiated peace, I want to give up Dayue City and go back to Jin to be the prince, are you afraid that I will abandon you?" Or do you think that life here is better and you don't want to go back to Jin? ”

Yang Yong and Yu Wenda looked at each other again, but Yang Yong, who was still short, replied: "Go back to ...... Back to the Prince...... If the prince really returns to Jin, we stay here, and we can't guarantee our current life, so we naturally want to go back to Jin with the prince, but I don't know how the prince will settle us. ”

"I know why you think so, but I won't return to Jin, Qiuzi's peace is indeed the opposite of our original plan, but I will definitely do my duty to defend this place like a citizen of Otsuki City, don't worry."

Yuwen was overjoyed: "If the prince really doesn't leave, we will defend the prince to the death!" ”

Sima Dan knew that the citizens of Dayue City composed of different races must have different ideas and positions, and he could not appease them all, but he could not ignore them, and the Jin and Han peasants would naturally be inclined to accept his statement, but the Xiongnu and Persians were not.

Now we have to explain each one by one, in the hope that some hearts and minds will be saved.

When the Senate was set up in Otsuki City, the so-called election of a senator for every thousand people was actually based on the standard of young people who could join the army, and if the old man had never joined the army, he could not have the right to vote, because only by serving in the military could he become a real citizen.

Women, unlike the Yue, did not have the same status as men in the Persian community, so they did not serve in the military and therefore did not have the right to vote.

The Persians had a population of about 20,000 in the city of Great Moon, and had a total of 9 Yuan Yuan seats, which meant that they could provide 9,000 soldiers.

These 9,000 voters are actually from more than 20 clans, the largest of which is the Kuli family, and their family occupies the seats of five senators.

At this time, the old Curry was listening to the opinions of the people, as the nobles of ancient Persia, they went to the Western Regions after Alexander the Great occupied Persia, and they no longer had nostalgia for the glory of the ancient Darius Dynasty.

Old Kuli was in his sixties, and he was constantly thinking about the different voices in his clan, and the voices of those people kept drilling into his ears.

"He's a man without credibility and there's no need for us to be so supportive."

"If he suddenly returns to the Jin Kingdom to be the emperor, the situation here will definitely be chaotic!"

"If he can return to the Jin Kingdom, how can he gamble his life here in the Western Regions? But when trading with capricious people, we do have to be careful! ”

Old Kuli exclaimed, "Okay, okay! What should be careful about: These words are nonsense, when are we careless? Who are we going to choose as the consul to succeed him? Did you choose the Jin people under him? Does that mean we still support him, should we continue to support him? ”

"The nobles of the Yue clan should respect the queen's attitude, and those who support him will succeed him, but if his subordinates get too few votes, even if he is elected, it still represents the dissatisfaction of the people of Dayue City!" The others began to talk again.

"As to whether we should support the peace treaty, should we discuss it again with the other members of the Senate?"

Old Kuli was impatient, "Isn't there enough discussion today?" We cannot support the tearing up of the peace treaty because it is contrary to the principle of good faith......"

******

When Sima Dan walked into the door of Kuli's house, these people were still making trouble, and the old Kuli left his family behind and received Sima Dan in a small pavilion.

When Sima Dan left, it was already light, but he still rushed to the residence of the Hun patriarch, and after a night, he finally ran through all the forces in the city.

Three days later, the Senate voted and finally unanimously passed Sima Dan's peace proposal.

Long Er was chosen as the consul to succeed Sima Dan.

******

Zuo Yong took the tea given by the prince and took a sip, "Prince, they have maintained unity on the surface, but the prestige we have built up in the past has been greatly hit, and if we are attacked now, it is likely that there will be spies. ”

Sima Dan sat opposite Zuo Yong and took a sip of tea, "Father-in-law Zuo, how is the situation of military training?" ”

"It's normal, I didn't expect that there were so many weapons in Dayue City, but Long Er became an archon, so he couldn't preside over military training."

"Let Zu Chong do it alone, there is no need for us to keep the divine armor soldiers, let the soldiers he brought be promoted to the rank of 100 people, these people have received the best training from the Jin Kingdom, and ask them to torture those soldiers with double training, forcing them to grow up quickly."

Long Er shook his head, "This won't work, if you don't see it, it will blow up the camp, and those gentlemen from Chang'an City can't become big things!" ”

Sima Dan also shook his head, "Not necessarily, as long as fifty of them grow up, they will become our backbone, but we must also pay attention to promoting locals, and we must not give people the illusion that Jin is an official." ”

Gao Chun knocked on the door from outside the door: "Prince! There are envoys of the Jin Kingdom. ”

******

When You Yong met the city lord in the palace of Dayue City and met the prince Sima Dan, he still couldn't help but be shocked, "His Royal Highness the Prince! Forgive the minions for being rude, we don't believe it all the time...... The rumors I heard on the road were still right for Princess Sanssouci, she never believed that Sima Dan was the crown prince...... Ah, no! She believed that the prince was Sima Dan...... Yes! How so? Anyway, we thought it was an impostor, but she was the only one. ”

Sima Dan's face darkened, but Jia Bao laughed, "The envoy of the Jin Kingdom doesn't believe that the prince is real?" ”

You Yong hurriedly admitted his mistake and knelt, but it was Prince Jin who knelt down.

At the end of the ceremony, Sima Dan couldn't help but ask loudly, "With the princess and relatives, whose opinion is it?" We are dignified and have never been related to Rouran, do we think that we must exchange the princess for peace? ”