Chapter 53: The Art of Imperial Checks and Balances

Although the Persian army resisted desperately, the gap in combat effectiveness was too great and soon it could not be supported.

The Persian general ran back to the palace with his army to protect the king, only to find that the king was missing. When I asked, I found out that the king had run away before the war.

The Persian general's psyche immediately collapsed and ordered the soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender.

Chen Mu led his troops to occupy the palace, swept away the property that the Persian king did not have time to take, and packed more than 100 large boxes.

Then the next question is what to do with the Persian kingdom and whether to hunt down the Persian king.

In the palace hall, Chen Mu sat on the throne of the king, and all the generals and colonels also took out their horses and sat below.

This Mazha Zi was also invented by Chen Mu, called Hu Bed in the history of the previous life, and it should have been introduced to Middle-earth during the Tang Dynasty, and Chen Mu advanced this progress by an unknown number of years.

The so-called mazazi is a small folding stool, made of wood and belts, which is opened when you sit and taken away when you are not sitting, so it is very convenient to use in the barracks.

It is widely loved by everyone.

After everyone sat down, Chen Mu asked, "Does anyone in Great Xia speak Persian?" ”

Zhang Zhong: "There may be one in Wen'an County, we can go to Zhangbang to find it." ”

Chen Mu: "That's good, ask someone to go to Wen'an County to look for it, and then we will post a notice in Persian to find someone who can speak Daxia." ”

"Then let the Persian-speaking Bactrian come here as instructors, and let the Persian-speaking Persians be kings."

Zhang Zhong: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, do we still let the Persians be kings?" The new king we supported in the Southern Barbarian Kingdom is very young and easy to control, but find a Persian who can speak Bactrian language, this is not necessarily what kind of person he is. ”

Chen Mu: "It doesn't matter, his throne was obtained by virtue of Great Xia, and he will definitely continue to support policies that are beneficial to Great Xia." We can add that the king's orders require the consent of the majority of the instructors before they can be issued. ”

The generals nodded, this is to let those Persian-speaking Daxia people be "traitors" and put the new Persian king in the air.

Zhang Zhong asked again: "What if the original Persian king counterattacks?" ”

Chen Mu: "If the new king and the instructor can deal with it, then it is best, there are two forces in Persia, which is beneficial for us to control Persia." This is the art of imperial checks and balances. ”

"If they can't handle it, then we'll do it again, but the next time we come back, it's not so polite."

The generals nodded, and next time they came, they would give a warning to the Persian opposition.

Chen Mu also thought about the Huairou policy, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not appropriate, and whether the policy was right or wrong was decided according to the environment at the time.

Chen Mu has read a lot of history and knows one thing, whimsically trying to implement the Huairou policy in all places, the result must be a failure.

Although there are sea ships now, but the traffic from Daxia to here is not convenient, first of all, the operating costs, manpower and material resources of sea ships are a problem, and the loading capacity is also limited, enough people to transport, and the transportation of goods is just a drop in the bucket.

For such remote areas, Chen Mu can only choose this policy.

After agreeing on these things, Chen Mu took another 1,000 invincible flying troops to inspect all parts of Persia.

While sweeping the town, Chen Mu found something interesting, and this time he made a special inspection to see how much Persia produced.

Chen Mu rode a horse and led people around the city, recording some things with pen and paper from time to time.

When he arrived at the village outside the city, Chen Mu smiled.

"There are such large cotton fields here, it seems that the yield of Persia is not low."

Zhang Zhong: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what is cotton?" ”

Chen Mu: "A crop, let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”

Chen Mu rode over, got off the horse and walked to the side of the field, reached out and picked a cotton flower, put it in his hand and pinched it, it felt good.

Zhang Zhong also picked one, pinched it, and tasted it with his mouth.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, can you eat this thing?"

Chen Mu smiled: "This is not for eating, it is made into clothes and worn on the body." ”

Zhang Zhong was even more curious, "This thing is so light, can it keep warm?" How much cotton does this dress have to be filled to top a leather coat? ”

In Great Xia, it is recognized that the warmest thing is leather clothing, so it is thick to keep warm.

Chen Mu: "Although leather clothing is warm, the price is too expensive, and the output is limited. But this cotton, with its high yield, is cheap, and the price of grain is about the same. Ordinary people can afford to wear it, and the warmth performance is not inferior to leather clothing. ”

Zhang Zhong: "It's about the same as food?" So cheap! ”

Chen Mu: "Well, you see that the cotton fields here are so big, which means that Persia has mastered the planting technology for mass production, and as soon as the translation of the two parties comes, we can bring back the technology and seeds." ”

"Let the people of Daxia wear cotton clothes."

Hearing Chen Mu say this, all the generals were very shocked, they didn't expect that a crusade against Persia would bring back such a magical thing.

Chen Mu snickered in his eyes, and after a few days, he made a few cotton clothes and let them try them on, but he didn't know what they were going to be surprised about.

It took time for Zhang Bang in Wen'an County to find a translator, and during this time, Chen Mu led people around the Bactria control area in Persia, carefully investigating the distribution and production of various specialties.

In addition to cotton, there are also specialties such as chili peppers and curries.

Winter is coming, and it's good to have some chili peppers or curry.

After you go back, you can also increase your tax revenue by marketing it.

In these days of Chen Mu's Great Xia, the quality of the food he ate was good, but there were too few varieties.

After beating Persia today and getting chili peppers and curry, Chen Mu quietly made a decision that he must collect all kinds of favorite foods from his previous life to Great Xia.

Either by trade, or by broadswords and iron hooves.

A few days later, Wen'an County sent more than a dozen people who knew Persian.

They were itinerant merchants who had done business with the Persians in their own name. I don't know much about Persian, but we have learned a lot from each other along the way.

Chen Mu explained to them in detail the work of the "instructor", and they were all very willing to do it, and they thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince one after another.

Although it is said that he has left his hometown, he has suddenly become a powerful minister of a country from a traveling merchant under his status, what a big leap is this?

Chen Mu also felt that it was important to master a foreign language.

Hearing that Chen Mu was going to support a puppet king, these instructors immediately recommended a few businessmen to whom Chen Mu had cooperated.

Chen Mu asked them to find someone, asked a few words, and then chose someone as the new king.