Kaim is completely degrading himself by doing this.
However, Kaim also knew very well that the Abbasid Dynasty was too far away from the Song Dynasty, so far away that even if it nominally submitted to the Song Dynasty, it would not matter.
Anyway, he sent envoys to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, received the title from the Song Dynasty, became a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and gave the Song Dynasty great face. It was just a superficial matter, purely to satisfy the people of the Song Dynasty.
In his own country, he would certainly choose to conceal this matter, and only declare to the outside world that it was a normal cultural exchange with the Song Dynasty, and he would definitely not submit to the Song Dynasty.
This situation is just like the previous Yue Dynasty and Goryeo Dynasty, which had the system of "king outside and emperor inside".
It seems like he is trying to cover up his crime, but in fact he has gained too much benefit.
Just by giving the Song Dynasty face, placing arms orders, and developing trade, which were things they would do anyway, he would get the Song Dynasty to help him restore his country.
It's really a great profit.
For the Song Dynasty, it was an honor to have another empire that was once on equal footing with the Tang Empire and even defeated the Tang Empire in the Battle of Talas pay tribute to it, even if it was only in name.
Later history will certainly record this, saying that in the early days of its establishment, the Abbasid Dynasty was very powerful and defeated the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
As a result, during the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty rose and forced the Abbasid Dynasty to surrender!
If the understanding of the status of the Abbasid Dynasty is still unclear.
To make an analogy, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period, although the various princes were about to fight each other, they still had to obey Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, on the surface, and the country's name was still the Han Dynasty.
At this time, the Western Roman Empire suddenly became extremely powerful for unknown reasons, and then ran to the East to invite the Eastern princes to send envoys to the West to participate in their celebrations.
The various princes discovered that the Roman Empire was powerful and had firearms, so they wanted to buy them and hoped to become vassal states of the Roman Empire.
Even Liu Xie was like this. He wanted the envoys of the Roman Empire to help him break free from Cao Cao's control and assist him in revitalizing the Han Dynasty. For this purpose, he was even willing to make the Han Dynasty a vassal of the Roman Empire.
So would the Roman Empire choose to make those vassal states its vassal states, or would it choose to make the Han Dynasty, even if it was already a mere facade and only had a name for it?
The answer is self-evident.
So even though this example doesn't exist, this is the situation now.
Compared with the submission of various vassal states, the submission of the Abbasid Dynasty represented by Qaim to the Song Dynasty naturally has more historical significance and political value, even if it is only in name.
"Or, help me."
Fang Shouyi, a deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites, said, "Even if the Buyids were traitors, our assistance to the Caliph can be considered as restoring order and not violating moral principles."
"But we are just diplomatic envoys, and we follow diplomatic etiquette. The court said we should respect the destiny of other countries and not interfere in their internal affairs."
Liu Zeng, a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed his opposition.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Abbasid Empire was also an empire. It is said that during its heyday, it had a vast territory and a large population. It even defeated the Tang Dynasty. Bringing such an empire to its knees is of great significance."
"That's because it was once powerful, but now it's just a name."
"Isn't this the title we want? The emperor's rule has made the Song Dynasty ten times more powerful than before. This grand ceremony is a declaration to the world that with the whole nation bowing and the universe submitting, prosperity will follow."
"I think we should reconsider this. The Emir of the Buyid Kingdom is very respectful to us. If we suddenly attack him, it would be considered a violation of morality and etiquette."
"When nations only care about interests, why bother with etiquette? I'm puzzled as to why people in your Ministry of Foreign Affairs are so stuck in conventions."
Unexpectedly, several senior officials from the Ministry of Rites who were accompanying him actually wanted to choose to fight.
But the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs actually don't want to fight.
You must know that under normal circumstances, matters involving foreign countries should be negotiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it is impolite for the Ministry of Rites to intervene.
The result was that just as the conservatives felt that the radicals were too conservative, the people in the Ministry of Rites felt that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was too conservative.
This is also a strange thing.
"General Wang, you are the commander in charge of this mission. You have the final say. Should we fight or not?"
Both Tan Wenxue and Zhang Youwei were in a dilemma, and finally put the problem aside and blamed Wang Shining.
Wang Shining was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, he was just eating a melon, how could the task of overthrowing a country's regime suddenly fall on him?
While he was hesitating, there was a knock on the door outside the cabin. Wang Shi Ning breathed a sigh of relief and asked hurriedly, "What happened?"
"General, Saladin is outside asking for an audience."
"Let him in."
"yes."
“Crunch.”
The door to the cabin reception room opened, and Saladin walked in, bowing and saying, "Doctor Tan, Doctor Zhang, General Wang."
"What's wrong?"
Tan Wenxue asked.
"It's the Seljuks who are attacking. The Emir just asked me for urgent help, hoping that I can persuade you to send troops to help him."
Saladin said.
"Well, the Seljuks have intervened again."
Zhang Youwei spread his hands and said, "What should we do now?"
“Who knows?”
"On one side are the Abbasids, on the other side are the Buyids, and over there comes the Seljuks."
"What a headache, by the way, Saladin."
Tan Wenxue scratched his head, then suddenly thought of something and looked at Saladin.
Saladin wondered, "What's wrong, doctor?"
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