Zhao Yu completed his mission to Persia quite well. He met Xiao Zhao, whom Zhang Wuji had been thinking about, and also found out the route to Persia.
After all, it is thousands of miles away, and it is a very troublesome thing for hundreds of thousands of troops to go to a foreign country without knowing the road conditions. If they accidentally walk into the endless desert, there is a possibility that the entire army will be wiped out.
Afterwards, Zhang Wuji returned to his bedroom and summoned Qianye Kong and Zhao Min to his presence.
Zhang Wuji first looked at Qianye: "Qianye, I am going to use military force against Persia."
"This expedition is much more difficult than the last one to conquer Japan. The distance from Ming Dynasty to Persia is thousands of miles, and Ming Dynasty and Persia are not adjacent to each other. If Ming Dynasty wants to reach Persia, it will most likely have to borrow a passage from Timurid Khanate. This is a very troublesome matter. But at this moment, even if the troops do not move, your Sakura Pavilion should move."
"You will send your people from Sakura Pavilion from the Western Regions all the way to Persia. Don't let go of the Timurid Khanate in the middle. You must try your best to get all the information related to the future war. Can you do it?"
Qianye nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Sakura Pavilion may not be good at other things, but it is definitely good at collecting intelligence. In order to ensure that Your Majesty can successfully destroy Persia, I will lead the sisters of Sakura Pavilion to the Western Regions tomorrow to preside over this matter. If Your Majesty trusts me, you can let Longze and Aoi go with me."
Zhang Wuji hesitated for a moment: "Qianye, you in Sakura Pavilion are indeed good at gathering intelligence, but you, Longze and Aoi are already my women. Do you understand the interests involved?"
Qianye Kong was stunned for a moment, but then she understood what Zhang Wuji meant.
"Your Majesty," Qianye Kong quickly knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, you can't wrongly accuse me like this. I am already your woman, how could I do such a despicable thing."
"That kind of thing, not only will you not tolerate it, even I myself will not tolerate it. Your Majesty, you underestimate me. I am not that kind of person."
Obviously, Qianye Kong was wronged, and Zhang Wuji did not expect that she would have such a big reaction.
For a moment, Zhang Wuji regretted saying what he had just said.
However, at this moment, Zhao Min said, "Stand up and put away your Japanese woman's act. Since you have become Zhang Wuji's woman, don't talk while kneeling."
Qianye Kong is still afraid of Zhao Min deep down.
After hearing Zhao Min's scolding, he quickly stood up.
Zhao Min then turned her gaze to Zhang Wuji: "You are such a scoundrel, look at what you said just now, is that human language?"
"Qianye has become your woman, how could she do such a despicable thing? You don't trust yourself. As the founding emperor of a great country, you can actually say such words. If you dare to have such thoughts again, be careful or I will turn against you."
Zhang Wuji's face was full of embarrassment: "Min'er, I, I was just saying it casually just now, it's not what you think."
Zhao Min snorted coldly: "Hmph, it better not be what I think. My man, Zhao Min, is not allowed to have such dirty thoughts."
Zhang Wuji's face was filled with embarrassment, but luckily there was Zhou Zhiruo beside him. She would definitely side with Zhang Wuji at such a time. She said to Zhao Min, "Okay, you Mongolian fox, you're not done yet, are you? It was just a casual remark, wasn't it wrong to give Qianye a reminder?"
Zhao Min glared at Zhou Zhiruo fiercely: "Hmph, you only know how to be tough with me. Just wait and see, there will be a time when Zhang Wuji can't take care of you, and then I will make you kneel in front of me."
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Zhang Wuji felt helpless: "Okay, both of you shut up."
Then he looked at Qianye Kong again: "Qianye, I was wrong in what I said just now. I shouldn't have doubted your loyalty."
Qianye Kong didn't dare to blame Zhang Wuji: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty did not say anything wrong. Just like what Empress Zhou said, it's not wrong for you to give me some advice."
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The matter of Sakura Pavilion was temporarily arranged, and Zhang Wuji did not dwell on Qianye Kong. He turned to look at Zhao Min: "Min'er, you said that we can borrow a passage through the territory of Timurid Khanate. Will they agree?"
Zhao Min is a smart person. When she heard the three words "Timur" today, she knew that this was the reason why Zhang Wuji called her here today.
"Lend? It's hard to say, it's too difficult." Zhao Min's face was a little embarrassed: "Even if the Timurid Khanate lends you a road, do you dare to go?"
"If hundreds of thousands of troops enter the territory of Timurid Khanate, and the emperor of Timurid Khanate suddenly cuts off your retreat, what will you do?"
"Also, if you were Timur, would you worry that after destroying Persia, you would destroy him as well? Back then, Mongolia borrowed the route of the Song Dynasty to first destroy the Jin Dynasty, and then borrowed the route of Dali to destroy the Song Dynasty."
"If we lend the road to an army of hundreds of thousands, there is a danger of destroying the country if we are not careful."
Zhou Zhiruo hated Zhao Min's domineering attitude the most. As a woman, she didn't behave like a woman at all.
"Zhao Min, stop making sarcastic remarks. What do you think we should do?"
Zhao Minyan said: "What should we do? Actually, this matter is not easy to handle. You may not know the origin of the Timurid Khanate. Timur, this is a country named after a person."
"The emperor of this Khanate was called Timur. The predecessor of this country was the Chagatai Khanate. Later, Chagatai was destroyed by Timur, so the name of the country was changed to Timur."
"The time period when Timur destroyed the Chagatai Khanate was the same time period when I was defeated by Zhang Wuji."
"In other words, the Timurid Empire was also a country that rose in the flames of war. It is possible that it was as capable of fighting as our Ming Dynasty."
Zhou Zhiruo was speechless: "You Mongolian fox, get to the point, what should we do?"
Zhao Min gave Zhou Zhiruo a fierce look, and then said to Zhang Wuji: "Actually, I have thought about the issue of Persia for a long time. It is a very dangerous thing to travel thousands of miles on an expedition and pass through the Timurid Khanate. But, from the name Timur, you can guess that this is another country founded by the Mongols."
"My ancestor, Genghis Khan, once established four khanates in the west. Over the past hundred years, those kingdoms may have changed, but it is still us Mongols who control those lands."
"And I, the useless former empress of the Yuan Dynasty, may be able to talk to them."
"It is not a wise move to borrow the passage from the Timurid Empire, but if there are conditions in exchange, perhaps a win-win situation can be achieved."
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