The time has come to December 457 AD, and it is Christmas Day soon, Qin Dong is holding two children in the back garden of the palace to play and tease, other people's families have children with children, take care of them, lest they hurt and touch, but Qin Dong takes children to "play" children, when toys play, from time to time here and there, these two children do not cry or make trouble, as long as they are fed on time, they can take feces and urine, and they don't recognize life at all.

"King Qiyu, Liu San of the Military Intelligence Department asks to see you!" The chief of the guard, Qi Muge, came over and saluted and reported.

Qin Dong was holding the two children and teasing, and when he heard it, he turned around and said, "Take him to the Sealand Hall and wait!" ”

"Yes, King!" Qi Muge said yes and left.

Qin Dong handed over the two children to Martha, who was sitting on the cushion on the side, and then turned around and went to the Sealand Hall to see Liu San, Qin Dong knew that Liu San must have something important to report when he came over at this time.

After arriving at the Sealand Hall, Qin Dong saw that Liu San was not sitting, but kept walking, Liu San turned his head when he heard the footsteps, and saw that it was Qin Dong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "See the king!" ”

Qin Dong waved his hand and said, "Okay, look at you like this, what's the matter?" ”

Liu San said: "The king just received information from Rome that Majorian has ascended the throne as emperor!" ”

This news surprised Qin Dong and asked, "Oh? Isn't it dragging on because of the refusal of the Eastern Roman Empire to recognize it? Could it be that now the Eastern Roman Empire has relented? ”

Although the Roman Empire had already split into two empires, the East and the West, the people of the entire Roman Empire had always believed that the Western Roman Empire was orthodox in thought and consciousness. It is the successor of the civilization of the Roman Empire, while the Eastern Roman Empire is only a vassal, but now this vassal is much more powerful than orthodox. Therefore, in the selection of the emperor, the warlords of the Western Roman Empire and the nobles of the Senate have consulted the Eastern Roman Empire for a large extent, and the actual controller of the Western Roman Empire, such as Richmir, the warlord of Gaul Province, Egidious, and the warlord of the Almatia Province, such as Masilin, all supported Majorian as emperor, but the Eastern Roman Empire was reluctant, but now the situation is different, since Qin Dong seized the Thracian province and Constantinople of the Eastern Roman Empire, after the signing of an armistice with the Eastern Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire knew that it was necessary to strengthen ties with the Western Roman Empire, so the Eastern Roman Empire began to relent. agreed that Majorian would ascend the throne as the Emperor of the Western Romans, after all, this person was also a subordinate of Aetius, and his prestige and ability were also outstanding among the current high-ranking members of the Western Roman Empire.

Liu San nodded and said, "Yes." King! After the last seizure of the Thracian province and Constantinople by our country. The Eastern Empire is not so arrogant, they are now actively strengthening ties with the Western Empire, trying to unite with the Western Roman Empire to contain our country, so they have made concessions on Majorian's accession to the throne as emperor, just to befriend Majorian! ”

Qin Dong knew that now the Eastern Roman Empire also began to have a strong sense of crisis, otherwise Leo would not have been able to make concessions in this matter, after all, it was too important for Leo to be able to control the Western Roman throne, and now Leo had made concessions on the issue of the throne. It also shows that he wants to have a good relationship with Majorian, and then the two empires of the East and West will attack the Xiongnu Empire from both sides.

Qin Dong walked slowly with his arms crossed. The speed of his mind is running, in fact, he knows that as long as he doesn't do anything, Majorian will not live for three years, the Western Roman Empire will change emperors as frequently as changing clothes after that, and wait for more than twenty years, the Western Roman Empire will perish, but Qin Dong will not wait so long, now he wants to let the Xiongnu Empire temporarily calm down for a while, let the population grow rapidly, let the economy develop rapidly, increase the output of grain, vigorously develop the shipbuilding and shipping industries, and at the same time retrain the army, so that the combat effectiveness of the army can be increased more.

While allowing the rapid development of the country, it cannot let the surrounding countries stop, and try their best to weaken their strength, including the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, the Visigothic Kingdom, the Vandalic Kingdom, the Franks, the Amani and many other Germanic barbarians.

A good way to weaken these neighboring countries is to instigate these people to fight each other, and then attack these countries economically, and quietly plunder the talents of these countries for their own use.

After thinking for a while, Qin Dong turned around and said, "This king knows, you go back first, and if there is any news, remember to report it in time!" ”

"Yes, my lord, my lord will retire!" Liu San bowed and withdrew from the garden.

After Liu San left, Qin Dong walked in the garden alone, thinking about the foreign relations and struggle strategies of the Xiongnu Empire, several major battles have made the soldiers very tired, and the soldiers have also lost some losses, and the army needs to rest, after the war, the economy will grow somewhat, this period is the time to rest and recuperate, and it is not appropriate to use troops abroad, so the Cold War came in handy. He immediately asked the secretary to send someone to find Zhong Hui, who was in charge of diplomacy.

Qin Dong knew that Majorian was a talented man, and he had almost unanimous support from warlords throughout the Western Roman Empire, and after his accession to the throne, he defeated a Vandals invasion of Italy in 458 AD. He then recruited a large army, mainly of barbarians, into Gaul to settle the dissatisfaction of Gaul with him and Richmir's rule as a result of the overthrow of Avitus on the Italian side. Majorian's army won a number of victories in Gaul, and with the help of the ruler of northern Gaul, Aegidius, the Visigothic kingdom recognized his throne, and he also recognized the Visigoths as a vested position in Gaul. After stabilizing the situation in Gaul and Spain, Majorian set out to deal with Rome's archenemy, the Vandal kingdom in North Africa.

In order to defeat the Vandal kingdom, Majorian painstakingly prepared a navy in Spain. However, in 460, the Vandals launched a surprise attack on Majorian's military port in Spain, destroying the navy that Majorian had painstakingly managed. In this way, the plan to attack North Africa was shattered, and Majorian had to sign a "peace treaty" with the Vandal kingdom. Then he got up and returned to Rome.

In addition to militarily, Majorian tried to revive the empire, he also actively tried to carry out reforms in domestic affairs. He issued laws to ease the burden on the people and forgive long-overdue taxes, while also prohibiting officials at all levels from collecting debts from the people under any pretext. In addition, he tried to restore the administrative officials of the provinces to collect taxes, and to strengthen the self-government institutions in the cities to avoid corruption among the officials who were becoming more and more strict.

It is a pity that some of the laws enacted by Majorian infringed on the interests of many Roman nobles at that time, including Richmir, who supported him to ascend the throne as emperor, actually held the control of Rome and was his good friend, although the two were friends, but in the face of interests, Richmir did not care about the feelings of his friends, and secretly instructed the army to launch a mutiny, which led to Majorian's abdication, and five days later, Majorian was secretly instructed to murder by Richmir.

Majorian was the only emperor to be more "productive" at the end of the Western Roman Empire, and although he only ruled for three years, at least in his hands, the Western Roman Empire controlled most of Gaul and part of Spain, and he was the last Western Roman emperor to actually rule over some of Gaul and Spain. After his death, the surrounding barbarians became more unscrupulous, the local warlords did not listen to the orders of the Romans, and Gaul and Spain were soon annexed by the Franks and Visigoths.

It didn't take long for Zhong Hui to come, he saw Qin Dong in the study, and after saluting, he said, "I don't know what the king has to tell when he summons his officials to come?" ”

Qin Dongdao: "Lord Zhong, this king has just received the news that the new emperor of the Western Roman Empire has ascended the throne as the emperor, this person used to be a subordinate general of Aetius, named Majorian, only thirty-seven years old this year, it can be described as the prime of life, this person is not a simple person, his ability is beyond doubt, since he is now the emperor, we can't say nothing at all, you go and prepare, personally lead a team to Rome to congratulate Majorian on behalf of the king and Da Danyu, In addition, we will see if we can reach an agreement with the Western Empire that the two sides will send envoys to each other's capitals for a long time, establish embassies, establish diplomatic relations, and strengthen commercial and economic cooperation."

Zhong Hui was surprised: "The king wants to establish diplomatic relations with the Western Empire and strengthen commercial and economic exchanges? The hatred between our empire and the Western Empire is so great, isn't the king afraid of provoking the dissatisfaction of the Huns? ”

In the battle of Chalon, the Huns suffered great losses, and the Roman Empire also suffered a lot of losses under the command of Aetius, and that battle made both sides hate each other, and this hatred cannot be forgotten and eliminated in a short time, so Zhong Hui asked.

Qin Dong said with a smile: "There are no eternal friends or enemies between countries, only eternal interests!" We do not force the people to restrain their feelings, but we in power must be clear-headed, we must not let the empire rest on our laurels, we must communicate with other countries, even former hostile countries, and we must not have personal enmity in our hearts. Now the Eastern Empire is on good terms with the Western Empire, although the Western Empire is already sunset, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, it still has some strength, since the Eastern Empire can win over the Western Romans, why can't we? We can also co-opt the Franks and Visigoths and the Vandals of North Africa, and we can do whatever is good for us! ”

Qin Dong's words had a very big shock to Zhong Hui, a Chinese official from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it took him a long time to react, "Understood, the king, the lower officials will do their best to lead a delegation to the Western Empire!" ”

"Wait, not only to send an envoy to the Western Empire, but also to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Carthage to meet with Gaceric, to convey the king's greetings, if that old fellow is willing, the king can form an alliance with him, so that we can unite the Vandals against them, even if the Eastern and Western empires are united, we can unite the Vandals against them!" (To be continued......)