I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

Regardless of whether the Turkish Empire and the Rome recorded in ancient books of the Han Dynasty are the same country, since it is called an empire by so many countries, the Turkish Empire must be a huge country.

Enlightened officials felt that the Turkish envoys should be received well.

If the Silk Road could be reopened, it would bring many benefits to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

According to records from previous dynasties, before the rise of the Bodan Kingdom, the Silk Road could provide a profit of six million taels of silver every year.

This is just the profit. How many industries can the Silk Road drive!

Now the Ministry of Revenue is completely obsessed with money.

Therefore, the Minister of Revenue actively requested to cooperate with Turkey to open up the Silk Road together.

The two sides were arguing for a long time, and finally had to ask the Secretary of the Welfare Department to find out the true situation of the Turkish delegation.

Guo Ming looked at the pocket watch in his hand and said to the representative of the diplomatic corps: "Your Excellency, it is already six o'clock in the evening."

"Let's have dinner first, and then go to Yingbinyuan to check in."

"Tomorrow the officials from the Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites will receive you all."

"Please get in the carriage."

Walking out of the station, Sudaman mingled with the diplomatic corps.

This time he was pretending to be a guard of the diplomatic delegation.

The representatives of the diplomatic corps were supporters of Sudarman, so they were very happy to cover for him, so the real representative was Sudarman.

Sudaman winked at the messenger.

The messenger immediately said, "Then I'm sorry to trouble you, sir."

Walking out of the station, I saw Kyoto at night.

Only then did Sudaman believe that there really was a leader among all the cities in the East!

Constantinople, the capital of the Turkish Empire, was known as the Celestial City.

Turkish scholars have a proverb: "If you have not been to Constantine, you have come to this world in vain."

But compared with Kyoto, Constantine seems far behind.

This prosperous oriental city is still bustling with lights and music at night.

Li Tian abolished the curfew of Da Zhou. Now the people of Da Zhou can freely go out on the streets at night.

The prosperity of industry and commerce has created many wealthy urban residents.

They have to work during the day and only go out for entertainment at night.

Sitting in the carriage, Sudaman could hear the laughter from the teahouse and theater.

And Sudaman also noticed strange things on both sides of the road.

From the straight iron pipes, hot flames rose, illuminating the streets.

Is this oriental magic?

Guo Ming, the Secretary of the Welfare Department, said, "This is called a gas lamp, and it has just become popular in Kyoto."

"Pour water on heated coals and it will produce gas."

"Coal gas was originally waste gas from the iron smelting plant, but a master craftsman in the Ministry of Industry discovered that this gas burns very well."

"This master craftsman developed a lamp that can produce light by burning gas."

"Later, the iron smelter discovered that this gas was poisonous and it was unsafe if it was not burned."

"We simply laid pipes around the factory and burned the gas."

“I didn’t expect this gas lamp to have such a great lighting effect.”

Guo Ming talked about it:

"Later, the Minister of Justice said that after the curfew was lifted, there were more cases at night in Kyoto."

"Many criminals commit crimes at night."

"They are so dark that it's hard for the bailiffs to catch them."

"The Ministry of Industry proposed this plan to install gas lamps on the main roads of Kyoto."

"Sure enough, once gas lamps appeared, crimes at night decreased significantly."

The reason why Guo Ming knew these things very well was also because of the Xindibao.

Now there is a new page in the new official gazette, which is dedicated to publishing the policy explanations.

The considerations and process of the court in issuing the policy would be written down word for word.

This section became popular immediately after its launch.

The people can know how the court operates, and the court can also understand the pros and cons of policies from the people's feedback.

The installation of gas lamps brought a lot more light to the night life of the people of Kyoto.

Sudaman was completely fascinated by this mysterious oriental empire.

The steel monsters that can drive autonomously and transport hundreds of tons of cargo, and the torches that can burn autonomously and stay lit all night long, all these attract Sudaman like magnets.

The Zhou court also attached great importance to the Turkish envoys.

Beimang has already caused enough headaches for Da Zhou.

If there is another empire in this world as vast as the Great Zhou.

So how should we face this empire?

This is an important question.

The next day, the cabinet met with the Turkish delegation.

The two parties completed their first contact with the help of a Xijiang translator.

Now the Turkish envoys have put aside their arrogance. The Great Zhou is indeed a powerful empire.

Such countries must deal with this with caution.

The representatives of the diplomatic corps exchanged greetings and then produced the credentials of the Turkish Emperor.

Tang Xiaoren took the letter from the credential.

The content of the letter was very simple, inviting the Great Zhou Empire to jointly attack the Kingdom of Bodan and open up the Silk Road that had been cut off for a hundred years.

Reopening the Silk Road is indeed a great temptation for the Great Zhou.

The Western Xinjiang Protectorate has now been established, and the battle before Guiren's army returned to the Great Zhou established the foundation for the Great Zhou's dominance over the Western Xinjiang.

If the Silk Road is really reopened, the Great Zhou will definitely be able to make huge profits.

But the thoughts of the top court officials are certainly not so superficial.

After seeing off the Turkish envoys.

Tang Xiaoren said: "For such a major matter, of course we have to ask His Majesty for his judgment."

The ministers nodded repeatedly.

Tang Xiaoren said: "But before we report to His Majesty for judgment, we must first sort out the rules."

He looked at the Minister of Revenue.

The Minister of Revenue immediately said: "According to the records of the previous dynasty, if the Silk Road is fully opened, it can provide Da Zhou with 6 million taels of income every year."

"And this is calculated based on previous trade volumes."

"After the Silk Road is reopened, the court will have even more revenue."

Tang Xiaoren nodded.

At this time, the Minister of War said:

"My Lord Prime Minister, all my Lords."

"According to the descriptions of the merchants who came and went, this Turkish Empire was also a huge empire."

"Even more powerful than Beimang."

“Reopening the Silk Road will indeed help fill the national treasury.”

"But if we destroy the Botan Kingdom, we will have to border the Turkish Empire."

"All the countries in the Western Frontier respect the bishop just like the Turkish Empire."

"There is no vast desert blocking them from Western Xinjiang."

"I'm afraid this will be detrimental to our Great Zhou."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Minister of Revenue's face changed.

A Northern Wild Man swallows up countless gold every year.

If Turkey also has evil ambitions and becomes an enemy of the Great Zhou, the Ministry of Revenue will spend even more money.

Jia Renyi also said:

"I have heard that although the Botan Kingdom is prosperous, it is still no match for the Turkish Empire."

"The Bodan people believe in Waisma, which is Zoroastrianism, which is different from the bishops in Western Xinjiang and Turkey."

"If we annex Bodan, Turkey will definitely infiltrate the Western Frontier countries through the bishops."

"Then we will be in trouble."