The country ruled by Yelu Dashi was not the name of "Xi Liao", but "Liao". Moreover, this country is not a kingdom, but an empire with great quality. Yelu Dashi himself was the Emperor Tianyou of the Liao Empire!

In addition to claiming to be the emperor, Dashi continued to use the foreign policy of Liao Dynasty as China. He interacted with the Western world in the name of "Peach Blossom Stone Emperor".

At the same time, the Great Zhou, the East and the West, both Song dynasties also regarded themselves as Chinese orthodox.

So for the Westerners of this era, there are four Peach Blossom Stone Kingdoms... and they are not easy to mess with! The weakest Peach Blossom Stones, the Liao Empire, are so powerful that they make the Turks, the great cannibals, and the Romans tremble.

Regarding the "annual monies" demand put forward by Emperor Yelu Dashi of the Heavenly Blessing Emperor, no one dared to say "no" completely, nor did anyone dare to anger the powerful Peach Blossom Stone Emperor, the Persian conquerors, the protection of Baghdad and Constantinople, and the defender of the laws of nature in the West.

Otherwise, the sword of heaven will point to Baghdad, Constantinople, and even... Rome!

The misfortune suffered by the Seljuk Turks will reappear!

However, at this moment, the Caliph, the Pope and the Roman emperor would probably never dream of Yelu Dashi, the Peach Blossom Stone Emperor, who made them extremely awe, was having a headache about the drastic changes in the Eastern world.

Although he called himself the "Peach Blossom Stone Emperor" to Westerners, in fact, he never thought of fighting back to his hometown.

In his opinion, how can there be Taberis in his hometown?

Although Persia's wealth is not as good as China and India, it is not comparable to that of the Khitan countries that pretend to be China's orthodox.

This country is also an ancient civilization with a long history and once very strong history!

Although it became significantly weaker after being conquered by the Dashi people, the lean camel was larger than a horse. Moreover, the amount of capital that the two Persian empires used to dominate the West is now in the hands of the "Western Liao Empire" founded by Dashi.

Perhaps as long as you successfully digest Persia, Dashi and his descendants, you can turn the Western Liao into the Third Persian Empire...

However, it is not easy to digest Persia, because Yelu Dashi was not a Persian, and the number of troops he brought from the East was limited, and the amount of people he had brought was less than one million. This million people were still the result of counting the many surrendered Gelu, Tatars, Naimans, and Qinzha people.

With less than one million tribes, Yelu Dashi ruled the vast land that started from the Seven Rivers in the north and ended in the south to Baghdad. The foreign population ruled by his empire probably exceeded 15 million! Most of them believed in the Tianfang Sect!

Under this situation, in order to stabilize his rule, Yelu Dashi had to appease the Tianfang scholars in Persia, Hezhong, Qihe and other places.

At the same time, he was controlled by the Xiliang, the Buddhist country of the East, and the Zhou and Song dynasties, who were powerful in the West, and did not dare to abandon the law of nature and convert to the heavenly direction.

In addition, the Roman Empire in the West was Christian. After the Western Liao Dynasty controlled Persia (including later Azerbaijan), it immediately established an alliance with Eastern Rome and the Roman Holy See. If he turned to the Tianfang Sect, the Western Liao Empire would probably have an enemy on all sides.

So in recent years, Yelu Dashi adopted the strategy of coercion without destroying the Caliphate. He turned himself into a "protective of the Caliphate" and obtained annual monies from Baghdad every year. At the same time, he forced the Caliphate to issue religious decrees to the leaders of the Tianfang Cult in the Western Liao territory, making them obey the rule of the Western Liao court.

At the same time, Dashi also worked hard to promote the Tianli Sect in the country, hoping to bring more Persians into the church.

However, the Persians were not interested in the things of the Tianli Sect. They took great effort and did not attract a few believers. This is natural. The Tianli Sect teachers under Dashi were not even good at Persian language, and did not understand the history of Persia and the living habits of Persians. How could they succeed in preaching so quickly?

At this moment, the Manichaeism's Guangmingding sent missionaries of Persian descent to spread the religion of their ancestors to the Persians - Manichaeism, which merged with the "Theory of Heaven", and achieved good results! After all, the people of Mo Niangzi were originally from Persia, so they could naturally become acquainted with their relatives in their hometown.

Moreover, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism still have some foundation in Persia, and now these foundations have been absorbed by the Holy See of Light. Therefore, Manichaeism soon showed signs of revival in Persia.

Under this situation, Yelu Dashi followed the flow and began to promote the revival of Manichaeism in Persia.

Although the Manichae Church led by Mo Niangzi has adopted a policy of integrating the Tianli Church in recent years, Manichaeism and Tianli Church are two sects after all!

While Dashi supported Manichi, he was suspected of betraying the Tianli Sect.

Therefore, the relationship between the Western Liao Empire and the Western Liang Dynasty is rapidly cooling down!

Without the support of Xiliang, there was a crisis in the Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road in Xiliao.

After all, the main force of the Western Liao Dynasty was placed in the rich Persia, and the relatively barren rivers, the land of the seven rivers was inevitably ignored. The current Western Liao Dynasty is also facing the dilemma of Sassania Persia in history, and must place its main energy in the West and have to ignore Central Asia. The whole country is a bit top-heavy!

If Xiliang advanced westward at this time, or if the rebellion occurred in Qihe in the river, Yelu Dashi's empire would probably have fallen into a big fall.

At this moment, the east changed drastically. The Song Dynasty was defeated by the Zhou Kingdom in the Central Plains War, and the country was divided into two. The Jin Kingdom, which originally relied on the Song Dynasty to fight against the Zhou Kingdom, also began to advance westward after the Central Plains War, and now it has entered the northern part of the Qincha Grassland!

Will these annoying Jurchens go south from the Qincha grassland to attack the Qihe land?

Although the Jurchens declined repeatedly, they were in the East! They suffered losses in the East, and they could not wait for Central Asia and the West to play. Didn’t the Liao Kingdom also be beaten up in the East and was revived after they arrived in the West?

Moreover, no matter how weak the Jurchens were, there were a population of millions, and the number was no less than that of the Western Liao tribes.

Now the Western Liao people mainly live in Persia, Qihe, and there are not many people there.

So Yelu Dashi in the Central Palace of Tabriz Palace was really a little confused at this time.

The other one that he was not sure about was that the Eastern Song Dynasty, who was separated from the Song Dynasty, quickly returned to the West!

And he also performed more positively and more powerfully than the previous Song Dynasty!

The handwritten letter from Mo Niang, sent from Guangmingding, is now placed on Yelu Dashi's desk.

In the letter, Mo Niangzi told Dashi that the Eastern Song Dynasty was a country of unity that was governed by wealthy merchants! Therefore, it would adopt more active pioneering policies in the West.

After winning the Central Plains War, the Great Zhou seemed to have focused on expanding overseas.

So in the conceivable future, the navies and merchant ships of the Eastern Song and Great Zhou countries will be spread throughout every corner of the West, including the port of Nanjing Awashi Mansion in the Western Liao... Maybe it won't take long before the envoys of the Eastern Song and Great Zhou will take warships to ask for the concession from the Western Liao!

"One south and one north, press over together! It's really troublesome..."

Putting down the handwritten letter from Mo, Yelu Dashi pressed his forehead and muttered in a low voice.

His confidants Han Dagou and Xiao Tieniu were sitting in his study at this time - this was a study in the style of Tianfang Sect. Yelu Dashi's palace in Tabriz was the original palace of Emir of Tabriz, all of which were Tianfang Sect-style buildings.

Hearing Dashi's words, Xiao Tieniu and Han Dagou looked at each other, and Xiao Tieniu said: "Your Majesty, I think the most urgent task of the Liao Dynasty is to train the new army!"

"Carry a new army?" Dashi shook his head and said, "less than one million nations support nearly one hundred thousand troops, and the burden is already very heavy."

"It is not a military conquest for the nation," Han Dagou said, "but a young man from Ge Luluo joined the army... just like the Gulam military system."

"Guram?"

"Yes, you can recruit young soldiers and raise them in the military camp since childhood, teach firearms and various methods of infantry fighting, and make them believe in the laws of Mani."

He learned very quickly! In a blink of an eye, the Western Liao Guards were about to be trained!

Yelu Dashi nodded, "It's a solution... Our cavalry is enough, but the infantry is a little ineffective. Persia is mountainous, the Caucasus in the north, and Asia Minor in the west are all mountainous terrain, and there are many fortresses. It's really not possible without infantry. This infantry can be called a guard, and I personally control it. As for firearms... what kind of firearms can we build? Can it be used?"

"We can only build hand cannons now." Han Dagou, who is responsible for building weapons, shook his head, "But we can buy from the Eastern Song Dynasty! Buy a batch first, and then slowly find a way to imitate it. Anyway, training the scouts is not a matter of overnight. When the scouts are trained, the firearms are also imitated.

With tens of thousands of new firearms, our Great Liao can conquer the Caucasus to the north and Asia Minor to the west, and maybe even conquer Constantinople! This Constantinople is the foundation of the king and domineering!"

"Purchase firearms from the Eastern Song Dynasty?" Yelu Dashi seemed to understand something, "Does the Great Liao want to kiss Song Yuanzhou?"

"Not necessarily," said Han Dagou, "Da Zhou, Dong Song, whoever is willing to sell our cannons and muskets will be our good friends.

If we want to buy real good things, we may have to choose between the Great Zhou and the Eastern Song dynasty.”

"It's reasonable!" Yelu Dashi nodded, "Who of you goes to Guangmingding?"

"Let me go this time!" Xiao Tieniu said.

Dashi said: "After seeing the saint, I told her that if I could buy 3,000 muskets and 100 cannons for Daliao, I would allow the Manichaeism to set up a bishop in Persia. I would also ask Eastern Rome and the Great Garrison to allow the legal spread of Manichaeism in its territory."
Chapter completed!