Chapter 344 The Death of a Famous General

Damascus Palace, in the main hall where carpets are displayed, there are thousands of carpets of various types. There are 22,000 carpets in the entire palace. They form a gorgeous landscape in the palace. Mansour stared blankly at the several carpets hanging on the front wall. The carpets were gorgeous and exquisitely made. They were worshipped by the first Persian craftsman, but Mansour had nothing in his eyes. In fact, he did not see anything. Everything was so familiar. Over the years, he witnessed them day by day. He could even accurately tell the pattern and direction of each carpet, but at this moment they were like

This strange, so strange that he didn't know what was hanging in front of him? The carpet has not changed. It was the person who looked at the carpet. In the past, he was a minister and admired these beautiful works of art from the perspective of an audience. Now he is the owner of this palace and the owner of these carpets. The entire palace and the entire empire belong to him Mansour. It has been half a month since he ascended to this supreme throne, but he still has not been able to fully adapt. When he is alone, his heart will be in a state of confusion. How should he manage this empire?

"His Majesty the Caliph!"

A black eunuch interrupted his meditation in a low voice, "Khaled is here, wait for him to see him outside the palace!"

Mansour woke up from his meditation and immediately ordered: "Please go to the map palace!"

Khalid is Khalid.

Barmak, the eldest son of the Persian famous Barmak family, has been greatly valued in the past two years and was appointed as the highest financial officer of the empire and was in charge of the empire's financial power. He and Mansour had a very close relationship. Mansour's eldest son Maihedi was breastfeeded by Khalid's wife. When Mansour ascended the throne, Khalid became the biggest favorite in the battle for Vizier (Prime Minister). Khalid walked through the overlapping gates of the royal palace and was taken into a palace with a huge map. The map accommodated the entire territory of the Abbasid Empire. Among them, Spain and the two areas in the river were painted red. Mansour stood in front of the map, looking so small and so worried.

The situation facing Mansour can be described as internal and external troubles, and internal troubles are his uncle Ali.

Abdullah does not recognize his caliphate status. Old Ali is the governor of Syria, but he currently has nearly 100,000 troops in his hands. He believes that he is the legal successor of the caliph and demands that Mansur step down, followed by Governor Abu of Khorasan.

Muslim, he was the second-person of the Abbasid Empire and has always been Mansur's political enemy. Although he was defeated by the Tang army in the Battle of Talas, greatly reducing his strength, the Abbasid Caliph did not agree with his suggestion at that time and took the opportunity to eradicate Abu.

Muslim, instead, he was allowed to recruit troops to retake the river, now Abu.

The Muslims had another 40,000 elite Khorasan army in their hands, which became his major trouble, followed by external troubles. First, the remnants of Umayyad still occupied Spain. Rahmann was not only not wiped out, but became stronger in the war; second, the Tang army in the east, Mansour was very familiar with Li Qing'an, the king of Anxi, which was also a local prince with great talent and strategy. He was completely different from the monarchs and ministers in the central part of the Tang Dynasty. The monarchs and ministers he contacted had narrow visions and only the eastern region in their world. Li Qing'an's view of the world tolerate the Frank kingdom in the West. This was a terrible opponent. He occupied the river and completely changed the nominal rule of the Tang Dynasty and realized military occupation.

Internal and external troubles have made Mansour not have time to enjoy the luxury of the Caliph, nor even time to experience the supreme power of the Caliph. He needs to quickly turn his unfavorable situation around.

"His Majesty Caliph, I'm here."

When Mansour turned around, he saw Khalid standing behind him. Mansour sighed worriedly: "Khalid, I'm very upset now!"

"His Majesty Caliph, I am willing to relieve your worries."

Mansour was silent for a moment, and he smiled and said, "Let's not talk about the troubles for the time being, let's talk about fiscal revenue! I heard that the income last year had exceeded 70 million Dinar?"

"Yes, although we lost 10 million dinars in the river last year, we increased our income by 30 million dinars from Egypt and Armenia, so that the income has increased significantly."

Khalid always stood straight when answering the question, always humble, and his voice softly made Mansour feel very satisfied. He picked up a long wooden pole from the wall and pointed to the map and said, "When Abbas Caliph was in charge, he had been considering the rebuilding of the capital. He sent many people to various places to choose. He died before his career was completed. I inherited his will and I already had a preliminary plan in my heart."

Mansour pointed to an open space on the Tigris River on the map with a wooden pole and said, "There is a region here that makes me very satisfied. This region is currently a small fishing village called Baghdad. I have initially decided to establish my new capital here, and the capital is called Baghdad."

He put the wooden poles in his arms and smiled at Khalid, "It will probably take three million dinails to build this capital. There is no problem with you!"

Although Khalid knew that once construction started, three million dinails would definitely not be enough, he did not hesitate and immediately replied: "No problem!"

"very good!"

Mansour nodded with satisfaction. Of course, he came to Khalid not to ask him for money. He regarded Khalid as Vizier of the Empire. He wanted to discuss with him how to solve the difficulties he encountered.

"Please sit down!"

Mansour asked him to sit down and ordered someone to pour him a cup of strong tea. He smiled and said, "Last year, I went to the Tang Dynasty and gained a lot. Not only did I learn their papermaking skills, but I also fell in love with one of their drinks. They are called tea. In fact, the Turks have also sold them before, but the Turks sold inferior tea, but what I drank in Chang'an was truly excellent tea. I like it very much, please try it."

Khalid sat down and sucked it carefully, nodded and smiled, "It's really good."

"If you like it, I will give you some later, and we can trade with the Tang Dynasty in the future."

When talking about the Tang Dynasty, Mansour's smile slowly disappeared. He was silent for a moment and said: "Last year I went to Chang'an to sign a settlement agreement with the Tang Dynasty. At that time, it was just a stopgap solution to exchange for prisoners of war, but now, I really want to temporarily reconcile with the Tang Dynasty."

Khalid was also silent. After a while, he said, "I am worried that Li Qing'an will not give up, and I am even more worried that he will attack Xinde while we are in civil strife."

Mansour sighed and said, "I also thought of it. To be honest, the Tang Dynasty was only interested in the Broken Leaf west of the Palacio Mountains, and there was no interest in the rivers and Xinde, but this Li Qing'an was not. He was interested in all lands. I suspected that he was even interested in Damascus, so the best way was to use the hands of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to get rid of him and replace him with a new governor who was not interested in land. In fact, I have sent someone to do it."

"His Majesty the Caliph is indeed brilliant!"

Khalid praised it, but he put forward his own point of view, "But I am worried that it will take time for the replacement of people within the Tang Dynasty. By the time they replace people, Li Qing'an had already won Sindhi and Punjab."

“I also considered this.”

Mansur smiled proudly and said, "Last year, I sent a Sogdian to disguise himself as a merchant to contact the chiefs of the Uighurs. I heard that Li Qing'an had a bad relationship with the Uighurs, so I wanted to use the Uighurs to temporarily restrain Li Qing'an, so I had no time to go south to Xinde. The Uighur chief also agreed immediately. It is said that they were also very ambitious about the Beiting of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, Li Qing'an's attention this year will inevitably be focused on the Uighurs, and he will not have the energy to consider Xinde anymore. At the same time, the Amu River can also keep calm, so that I can concentrate on solving internal problems first. And maybe before the Battle of the Uighurs ended, Li Qing'an was chopped off by their emperor. Wouldn't this be a three-killing victory?"

Khalid was extremely impressed, and he stood up and said respectfully: "His Majesty the Caliph is indeed a talented and powerful man, and his ministers admire him very much."

"Please sit! Please sit!" Mansour smiled slightly and said to him: "As for Abu Muslims, I want to transfer him to Egypt to clean up the old Ali, what do you think?"

Khalid thought for a while and said, "But I am worried that if he joins forces with Abdullah, he will suffer from more troubles."

Mansour didn't speak, he watched Khalid for a long time, in fact he was just testing Khalid, he knew Abu.

The Muslim and the Barmak family have a very good relationship. He wants to see Khalid's attitude. If Khalid supports his plan just now, he will not want to be his own Vizier. No matter who he is, he just needs to sympathize with Abu.

He doesn't need any Muslims. Fortunately, Khalid withstood the test. He smiled faintly and said, "I have arranged it to deal with Abu Muslims."

Mulu, the pedestrians in front of the Governor General's Office of Khurashan were neglected, and only a dozen soldiers were sitting on the steps and dozing, Governor Abu.

The Muslims set out for Damascus ten days ago. There was no master in the Governor's Mansion, and their subordinates became listless. At this time, an officer named Asanbi, who was Abu.

The head of the Muslim Governor's Office saw that the soldiers standing guard were all sleeping all over the floor, and he couldn't help but shouted angrily: "Stand up for me!"

A dozen soldiers jumped up in fear. Several soldiers were a little slower and were kicked up by Asanbi. The soldiers stood in two rows with fear and lowered their heads, no one dared to speak. Asanbi cursed for a while and was about to go back. At this time, he suddenly heard a violent sound of horse hooves, as if there were as many as thousands of horses. He looked into the distance and soon saw a large group of cavalry running from the end of the street, with as many as three thousand cavalry, surging like thunder on the ground.

Asanbi changed color in shock. The Muslim Governor strictly prohibited running horses on Mulu Street. Who is so bold? Thousands of cavalry rushed to the gate of the Governor's Mansion in an instant. The general was Qiyad, the commander of the current supreme army. He tied his horse and neighed a long time, raised his front hooves high, and Qiyad pointed at Asanbi, shouting loudly: "Let the gate of the Governor's Mansion be opened to welcome the new Governor of Khorasan."

Asanby was stunned. He couldn't help but look back. The street behind him was empty and there was no one. He was confused in his eyes and asked, "Who is the new governor?"

Chiaed proudly said: "Mensur Caliph's latest appointment, Chiaed is the new governor of Khorasan."

"You?" Asanby looked at him in disbelief and asked in a deep voice: "Where is the Muslim Governor?"

"Abu Muslims are renamed the governor of Yemen."

"How can you call the Governor's name in full?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Asanbi suddenly realized that it was the Muslim Governor whom Chiaed betrayed by him. It must be like this. How could the Muslim Governor leave Khorasan and go to Yemen to serve? Only when military power is taken away will it be like this? Asanbi was so angry that he trembled all over. He pointed at Chiaed and cursed: "The Muslim Governor believes in you and handed over the army to you. How dare you betray him. You ungrateful bastard, you will be punished by Allah!"

Ziyad was furious. He rushed forward and stabbed Asanbi's chest with a sudden stab, and said viciously in his ear: "You're too much!"

Asanby stared at him and said hoarsely, "You have betrayed... the Muslim Governor!"

As soon as Chiade drew his sword, Asanbi fell down on his back. The soldiers standing guard were frightened and scattered. There was no one in front of the Governor's Mansion. Chiade slowly raised his head and stared at the big house that symbolized the supreme power of Khorasan. At this moment, Abu.

The Muslims gradually faded before his eyes, and what Mansur said to him when he exchanged prisoners of war in Tocharo last year.

‘You can choose if you are loyal to Abu.

Muslim, then go back now, if you are loyal to me, Mansour, then I will give you this horse."

Ziyad, who was covered in big beard and dressed in rags, whispered: ‘I am loyal to the Caliph.’

‘I will be a Caliph in the future!’

'That.

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I am loyal to His Highness Mansour.’

Mansour raised his head and laughed, his laughter disappeared, he patted Chiad on the shoulder, staring at him and said, 'Believe me, one day you will become Governor of Khorasan.'

"Believe me, one day, you will become Governor General of Khorasan!"

Chiaed looked at the Governor's Office and talked to himself. He suddenly straightened his waist and turned around and shouted to the cavalry, "From now on, I, Chiaed Ibn Sari, was appointed by His Majesty Mansour Caliph, and officially became Governor General of Khorasan."

Three thousand cavalrymen echoed and shouted: "Long live the Governor! Long live the Governor!"

Qi Yade glanced at the Governor's Mansion again, and finally he mustered up the courage and strode into the Governor's Mansion as his master.

A few days later, Chiada's handwritten letter was delivered to Mansour's case. Mansour opened the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile proudly. The piece he buried in Tocharo last year finally played a role. In the letter, Chiada said that he had completely controlled the Khorasan army and replaced Abu.

The generals promoted by Muslims and now all vow all their loyalty to the Caliph.

In this way, he no longer has to be afraid of Abu.

Muslims are coming, Mansur immediately ordered: "Go and change a palace to Abu Muslims to show my kindness!"

Abu.

As soon as Muslims entered Damascus, they were placed under house arrest, Abu.

The Muslims are not afraid. He knows that Mansour dares not kill him. He has 40,000 Khorasan troops loyal to him. If Mansour dares to kill him, it means that civil war will break out. His Khorasan troops will attack the Mesopotamian Basin with the Egyptian army of Old Ali. He believes that Mansour dare not take this risk.

Although under house arrest, Abu.

But the Muslims were not nervous. He leisurely read books, wrote poems, and wrote the establishment of the Abbasid Dynasty. He spent a month like this. In the afternoon, more than 300 guards were escorting a carriage and parked at his residence under house arrest. A palace guard officer said respectfully to him: "His Majesty Mansour Caliph will officially receive the Governor in three days. Now, please change the Governor to the Moon Palace!"

Abu.

The Muslim snorted coldly and got on the carriage. The outside of the carriage was decorated brilliantly, but inside it was made of iron. The carriage was closed and the carriage drove towards the most dilapidated eastern district of Damascus. In an area where civilians in Damascus lived, a new white palace was built. The palace was not big, but the surrounding area was heavily guarded. The guards directly pushed Abu.

The Muslims were sent into the depths of the palace and closed them, and the gate of the palace was closed.

Detain Abu.

There was no bed or any furniture in the Muslim room, only a worn sheepskin, it was too late, Abu.

After a poor supper, the Muslim fell asleep on the sheepskin. Twenty years ago, he was also a slave, and his only property was a worn sheepskin, Abu.

The Muslim understands what Mansour means, he just wants to tell himself that he is just a slave, and he has brought himself back to twenty years ago and used this method to humiliate himself.

Abu.
To be continued...