Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3039 Ambitious
Xue Rengui was very dissatisfied, you, a little captain, dare to speculate on military aircraft?

What counts as your judgment?If you make a mistake in your judgment, the entire Western Regions will suffer from war. Can you afford this responsibility?

Yuan Wei was in cold sweat, and said tremblingly: "General Qi, this matter...may be related to some aristocratic families in Guanzhong."

Xue Rengui's face sank like water: "How do you say that?"

Yuan Wei was heartbroken, and said: "Before, I met a son of a Guanzhong family who helped to recover a sum of money..."

The words were half-spoken and ambiguous, but he believed that Xue Rengui could understand.

Of course Xue Rengui understood.

The Anxi Army defended the Western Regions. In addition to guarding against enemy invasion, they also had the responsibility of combating smuggling.However, everyone knows that smuggling is very profitable. Because the aristocratic families in Guanzhong and Longyou are unable to conduct sea trade, smuggling has been a business that has lasted for hundreds of years.

Even if it is the Anxi Protectorate, it is impossible to cut off all the smuggling of all the families without giving any face. There are always some powerful families or the same faction who have special privileges.Although it is impossible to get the explicit permission of the Anxi Protectorate, but it is normal to turn one eye and close one eye.

Similarly, for those shady transactions, there are bound to be more dirty things, and from time to time there will be incidents of gangsters eating gangsters.Generally speaking, the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion would not directly intervene in this matter, leaving the families to deal with it themselves. If the trouble was too great, the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion would intervene.

Xue Rengui asked, "Whose family?"

Yuan Wei gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know about humble positions."

Xue Rengui snorted dissatisfied.

Where is I not knowing?Obviously dare not say!

But even if he didn't say it, Xue Rengui could guess in his heart.The Yuan family is from the Guanlong lineage, and the most smuggled through the Silk Road are the Guanlong nobles. Although the Yuan family is now in decline, the old relationship still exists.

Moreover, it is common for many Guanzhong children in the Anxi Army to collude with the Guanlong nobles in private. Generally, as long as they don't go too far, even Xue Rengui can only pretend to be invisible.

If everything is serious, then he should not do anything all day...

After thinking for a while, Xue Rengui sat down again, raised his teacup and asked, "Did you clean up after the end?"

After all, it is a big cannibal. If things break out, it will be difficult to clean up.

Yuan Wei hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Sima, those big cannibals really have no identity certificates, and they were exterminated because of their arrest. It is reasonable and legal, and there is absolutely no omission."

Xue Rengui raised his eyelids and said: "In this case, you should clean up your hands and don't leave any troubles behind. Go."

Since it wasn't the spies sent by the big cannibals who coveted the Western Regions, he naturally didn't bother to pay attention to those dirty things of the aristocratic family.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. He is just a Sima of the Anxi Governor's Mansion. There is no need to hold on to this kind of matter, let alone get involved too deeply...

"Here! Resign from the humble position."

Yuan Wei got up to salute, took two steps back, and then turned and walked out of the government office.

When he got outside the door, he looked up at the dark sky, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, let out a long breath, and greeted the eighteen generations of his grandson Yan's ancestors in his heart.

motherfucker!

If your family competes for the position of the son of the world, let's fight, and we will watch the fun from the sidelines, but why drag us into the water?
Changsun Wuji's old dog has always eaten people without spit out bones, and he is the only one who bullies others. How can anyone manage the affairs of his eldest grandson's family?

Now he only hopes that the bastard, Changsun Yan, can quickly secure his position as the son of the eldest son, otherwise, once this matter breaks out, he will die without a place to die...

*****
Damascus.

Since Mu'awiyah succeeded to the caliphate after Ali's death, and Ali's death was inextricably linked to him, he did not dare to live in Medina, the capital of the Arab Empire. The capital was moved to Damascus.

In the city he himself conquered, his loyal supporters are everywhere, making his caliphate as secure as Mount Tai.

In addition, compared to the sea and desert around the holy city of Medina, Damascus's geographical location is more advantageous. Not only is it close to the vast Mediterranean Sea, but also to the east is the vast territory of the Persian Dynasty. The fertile Central Asian Plain, and farther away are the countries of the Western Regions that lead directly to the Tang Dynasty in the East.To the north is the precarious Eastern Roman Empire.

No matter which direction, it is fertile and rich land, but it makes the empire obtain endless financial resources, and the population is not comparable to that of Medina.

……

In the much simpler palace than Medina, Muawiya drank fine wine, looked at the mighty and robust eldest son Yazid in front of him, and sighed faintly.

This kid is extremely brave, he is indeed a rare general in the world, but he has not inherited his shrewdness and keenness in terms of resourcefulness, and he is very slow in politics, and none of the elders in those sects obey him.

According to the succession rules of the caliphate, it needs to be elected by the elders. With Ye Zide's political talent, it is wishful thinking to take this path.

If I want to pass on the position of caliphate to this son and continue the glory of the Umayyad family, I can only find another way...

"Father, it has been a while since Azmi went to Datang. It is reasonable to say that he should have returned, but now he has not been seen for a long time. Could it be that he was killed by the people of Tang?"

Ye Qide sat down on his knees, with a worried face on his face.

Mu'awiya drank fine wine and said calmly, "It doesn't matter whether Azmi lives or dies? This battle is going to be fought."

He doesn't care about the gold, nor does he care about Azmi's life or death, but if Azmi can get back the Tang army's garrison map in the Western Regions, then the chances of winning the empire's attack on the Western Regions will be greatly increased.

But even without a garrison map, he still decided to attack the Western Regions.

Ye Qide said: "But what if the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty repents and kills Azmi? Then the Tang Dynasty may take precautions against us, and we will suffer heavy losses if we fight."

That still did not forget the fiasco suffered when they attacked the Western Regions last time.

Of course, the more reason was that the army had to retreat at full speed due to the sudden change in Medina, which established that his father had the upper hand in the competition for the caliphate, but in all fairness, the Tang army was not only well-trained, but also well-equipped. That kind of "shocking thunder" will definitely bring huge casualties to Arab soldiers.

Head-to-head, he felt that it was too difficult...

Mu'awiya shook his head and said, "How could Changsun Wuji go back on his word? The letter he asked his son to write to me is still in my hand. As long as this letter is handed over to the Emperor Datang, ten heads are not enough to chop off. I won’t be so stupid. It’s a long journey to the Western Regions, and there are too many dangers along the way, and it’s very possible that Azmi will encounter accidents. But no matter what, this time we must take advantage of the time when the Tang Dynasty is going all out to march eastward, and recruit troops to invade the Western Regions , even if the country cannot be destroyed, the road to Chang'an must be opened and the entire Silk Road in your hands! Only in this way can you forge your position in the empire."

Since it is difficult for the son to improve politically and win the support of those elders, why not simply establish his son's position in the empire with his outstanding military achievements, and use the power of the "Supreme God of War" to overwhelm everyone and become a caliph What about the successor?

Ye Qide understood his father's intentions to support him, but he was puzzled and said: "Father let his son make a living with military achievements, but why should he go far away instead of close and take Chang'an from thousands of miles away instead of fighting Constantinople?" ?”

Muawiya glanced at his son, put down his wine glass, picked up a white handkerchief to wipe his hands, and patiently explained: "How can the status of Constantinople be compared with Chang'an? Today's Eastern Roman Empire is still the same as yesterday's." Huanghua, the Constantinople Emperor Constantinople II is an idiot who made the country miserable and impoverished. Compared with his grandpa Heraclius, the hero of his generation, he is simply a waste. And Datang , that is a golden kingdom with wealth flowing everywhere. As long as you conquer it, that is the supreme military achievement that has never been seen before. After a thousand years, who of those sages and sages has such achievements? One battle will establish your position in the empire !"

After a pause, he continued: "The most important point is that, despite the fact that the Eastern Roman Empire is going from bad to worse under the rule of that idiot Constant II, Constantinople is the strongest fortress in Europe. The Eastern Roman region is barren and barren, but it has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops... It will take 30 years to conquer it."

If Constantinople cannot be defeated, it is meaningless to occupy all the territories of the Eastern Roman Empire.However, as long as it advances to the vicinity of Chang'an, it will be considered a monstrous achievement.

How to choose, why worry about it?
(End of this chapter)