Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

To be honest, after Datang took Tianzhu, as for whether Li Ke can take the Middle East, Li Ke is not so urgent, because taking these places will allow continuous development.

As long as the population of these places is digested, the total population of Datang can reach between 6000 and [-] million. This population is enough for Datang to provide enough troops to support enough professional soldiers.

This is the power of industrialization. At that time, whether it was Persia or the Middle East, it was not a big problem for Datang to win, but Li Ke felt that Datang did not have such an urgent need to win Persia and the Middle East.

Because if you directly occupy these places, these places basically do not belong to the East Asian cultural circle. It is not so easy to invade some things, and it is also difficult to make the other party feel a sense of belonging. Although the people in the world are the same, they just want to live a stable life.

These Persians and Arabs are not surprising, but at this time, it is entirely possible to consume them first and show Datang's strength first.

Sasanian Persia has existed for a long time. Now Sasanian Persia has a fixed class and is full of corruption from top to bottom. In fact, even Byzantium next door is similar, and ordinary civilians are in dire straits.

It’s just that the caste system of Sasanian Persia made their rule stronger. Yes, Sasanian Persia is also a caste system. After all, the caste system of Tianzhu was brought by these Aryans. It’s just that after Persia was destroyed, the Arab belief directly destroyed the foundation of the caste system.

But this system has been handed down directly in Tianzhu, a magical place, and it still exists until more than 1000 years later. From this, it can be seen that many things on this continent are really amazing.

And now, because of the appearance of Datang, Sasanian Persia’s lifespan has been extended. You must know that the last and even the last princes of Sasanian Persia in history asked Datang for help, and Datang even set up the Protectorate in Sasanian Persia.

Even the Tang Dynasty in history could do this, and the Tang Dynasty now has no problem.

However, the current Datang can start with a wave of cultural invasion, and it cannot be said to be cultural invasion. It should be said that after winning the Western Turks, it began to promote the advantages of Datang around Persia.

Now the lifespan of Sasanian Persia has been extended by Li Ke, but Datang sold them a large amount of weapons and equipment, which is tantamount to drinking poison to quench their thirst, because these weapons and equipment need to consume the small amount of national power of Sasanian Persia.

And they spend money to buy these things, where does the money come from?Their first idea is definitely not to dig out of their own treasury. It must be to exploit the bottom and the largest caste group first, and then gradually expand the scope of exploitation.

At this time, if Datang continues to recruit these people with better treatment around them, and as long as they come over, they will be given land and arranged for them to live.

I believe that it won't be long before many Sasanian Persian people will flee, and this kind of thing will start to spread throughout the bottom of Sasanian Persia.

Even if it doesn't spread, Li Ke still has a way to let it start to spread, and once there are such rumors at that time, most of the low-level people in Sasanian Persia will have a natural affection for Datang.

Similarly, the Arab side also has a similar method of operation.

But now the Arabs' beliefs are not so strong, not to mention that their sect has just been established, the reason why the beliefs here in later generations are so firm is because the establishment of a huge Arab empire has brought faith to the local people.

In this age of ignorance, as long as you say that you are the incarnation of a certain god, and you can lead them to a better life, then you can be called a god, and some people will promote it to you.

Don't even mention that in this era, even if many messy sects can be passed down in later generations, it's nothing.

And now, has Arabia brought benefits to these low-level people?No, their life is not much different from the original Sasanian Persian rule, because Arabia did not expand rapidly, nor did it take too many assets of Persian nobles as supplements.

They could not be replenished, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate, and not only with Persia, but also with Byzantium.

If Persia and Byzantium hadn't been fighting each other because of the so-called Roman orthodoxy, and had fought wars over the years, it is estimated that Arabia would have been destroyed long ago.

As long as these two countries unite, the current Arabia can only be destroyed.

Therefore, now this place has actually fallen into a weird situation of equality, which gives Datang enough room to operate, whether it is food or weapons, this place is lacking.

And a lot of local gold and silver are also continuously flowing into the territory of Datang. Anyway, there are already some cultural relics from the ancient Persian period among the gold and other materials transported from this land to Datang.

Obviously these are sold by these high-level Arabs.

According to the current situation, such a war would benefit Datang too much. The overall weakening of the strength of these three countries means that Li Ke will have the opportunity to annex these places completely in the future.

As for the railway, it seems that it is time to intensify the construction of these places.

Except that the railway is the wharf, if the railway cannot be built for the time being, at least the railway can be extended to the ports in Datang, and even to ports in the Nanyang region.

These places are connected by ports and sea.

Li Ke is constantly thinking about the future development direction of Datang, and his next step to deal with the area. Now, when the battle situation on Silla's side is clear, and then the country of Wa is won, the rear of Datang will be completely stable.

When Li Ke was thinking about this, in the Queen's City of the Queen's Kingdom, Ben Lishetai had a sad face.

She hasn't decided whether to surrender yet, but as the army of the Tang Dynasty continues to approach, although the soldiers of the Queen's Kingdom are also gathering, many ministers are already persuading her to surrender.

Although it was not raised above the court, it was through a third party that they found her and wanted her to surrender, because Queen Kingdom really couldn't beat Datang.

And the soldiers didn't have any desire to fight. Only a few old generals expressed their willingness to lead the army when she asked them.

But Ben Lishetai knew that it was useless to have the support of these generals alone. Without the support of other ministers, the Queen's Kingdom would perish.

The country that has existed for decades is gone, and it is gone in her hands. Ben Lishetai is a little sad, but she doesn't know how to resist, or... this is the price of Datang becoming stronger.