The Sun and the Lion

"Your Majesty, I heard that your attitude towards Sunnis is not friendly. Believers of the Lord also have to pay jizya tax like infidels. This is against Shariah law." Muhammad Zakaria said cautiously, The volume was also much lower, making him look very weak.

"The issue of faith cannot be disputed. Under my rule, I will not be tolerant to other sects, nor will I allow other sects to operate in my territory." Facing the temptation of Muhammad Zakaria, Ibra Xin expressed his attitude directly.

"But Your Majesty, you must know that the majority of believers in Iran are still Sunnis, and Shia and Sufism are only a minority. If you rashly allow the beliefs of the minority to prevail over the majority, it will easily lead to riots. This is for you. The rule of the Communist Party of China is very disadvantageous, and I think we should take a long-term approach." Muhammad Zakaria dissuaded him, then turned his head and glanced at the bureaucrats behind him, as if to hint to Ibrahim.

This was not the first time that Ibrahim had heard such dissuasion. When he promulgated the decree in Baku, the aides of the religious order hurriedly dissuaded Ibrahim on the grounds that it could easily lead to rebellion. But Ibrahim turned back one by one to dissuade him, and these laws were still implemented in the province.

Now, the Muhammads, on behalf of the bureaucrats, are asking about Ibrahim's attitude towards academic affairs, whether it is for public service or falsehood, or whether for private life it is true.

"I will not change my attitude. After I fully control Azerbaijan, the religious unity order will also be implemented here. I hope all adults can set an example, otherwise..." After saying that, Ibrahim sipped the cup. Then he picked up the baklava on the table and put it into his mouth. The sweetness filled his entire taste buds, which made Ibrahim feel slightly happier.

The bureaucrats looked at each other, but it seemed that there was no other way to keep their official positions except to convert, and to embrace Shiaism was to sever ties with the Sunni regime.

However, carnivores are always the most shameless group of creatures in the world. In the face of official position and belief, they chose official position.

The bureaucrats discussed quietly for a while, and finally Muhammad Zakaria gave a reply: "Your Majesty, since this is what you expect, then we as ministers must naturally be satisfied." Ibrahim nodded with satisfaction. , then Hashayal handed over a document, and Ibrahim took it, waved the paper in his hand to the bureaucrats, and said: "This is a decree on religious real estate. As long as I sign it, , then from now on, in my territory, mosques or other religious buildings will no longer be allowed to own real estate in any way. All the needs of religious institutions must rely on government funding, and those confiscated religious properties? , part of it will be given as rewards to those who serve me, including red heads and civil servants, and the other part will be sold to fill the national treasury."

In fact, this decree did not only target religious properties, but also included the activities of clergy. Regardless of their religion, clergy must undergo strict vetting before obtaining permission to prevent threats to the rule of the King of Kings, and the standards for foreign missionaries are even stricter.

After learning that they could also participate in dividing the religious property, the enthusiasm of the civil servants was significantly improved, and Ibrahim also took this opportunity to get to know various viziers.

Unknowingly, nearly three hours had passed since the banquet, and the food on the table had been replenished several times. Ibrahim rubbed his belly and felt full. He stood up and wanted to leave the banquet. Staying for three hours at a banquet in which he was the protagonist was really difficult for him who was not good at sociability.

After Ibrahim left the scene, the officials also left the hall, but some people's arms were still around the dancer's waist. Muhammad Zakaria had no such interest. He stood up slowly and was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he stood and continued talking with several other viziers.

In the countryside around Tabriz, red heads rushed into various villages. Farmers working in the fields saw these Turkmens from a distance and hurriedly ran to the center of the village or to the nearby landlord's house. But these Turkmens did not intend to rob the villagers. Instead, they simply ignored them, rushed into the village mosque, and then dismounted and captured the people.

Under the stunned gaze of the villagers, the originally aloof priests were dragged out of the mosque by the cavalry like dogs. Some priests who tried to resist were stabbed into the chest with a knife, and then their heads were cut off regardless of life or death. , and threw it into the open space in front of the mosque.

The bewildered landowners brought their servants to the vicinity of the mosque, wanting to know what happened. Along with them came many villagers who were watching the fun, so many that they surrounded all the red-heads present. stand up. Seeing that they were surrounded by villagers, the red heads became nervous. One hand held the handle of the knife, ready to draw it out at any time. The leader of the group shouted a warning to the onlookers: "Perform official duties! Anyone who interferes will be treated as a rebel." !”

Seeing the ferocious red-headed people in front of them, who numbered only a little over a hundred, the onlookers immediately gave way to several passages, while a bold landowner pointed at the tied and gagged priest and asked: " Master, what's going on?" The priest wanted to say something after hearing the question, but his blocked mouth could only make an indistinct sound. This did not last long, and he was silenced with a whip. Came down.

Baihu did not answer his question, but the officials who had come with the red heads to execute the order stood up and read out Ibrahim's decree.

After hearing the content of the decree, the onlookers once again showed their exaggerated surprise, and some villagers clamored to convert now. But the monk responsible for taking over the mosque is still on the way, and the village's religious affairs and weddings and weddings have been temporarily suspended.

After reading the decree, the officials rushed into the mosque, first found the accounts and land deeds, and then went to measure the fields. After working for more than a day, they finally figured out the value of the local religious real estate. Then the officials finished writing The official document returned to Tabriz under the escort of the red heads.

Baihu and some red heads stayed and asked Shuyuan www.zhaosｈhuyuａ.com to be responsible for recruitment matters.

In the palace of Tabriz, Ibrahim was very busy. On the one hand, there were religious issues. The red heads' actions of expropriating real estate and arresting priests caused a lot of backlash, and riots broke out in many areas. , the largest group had thousands of people, and Ibrahim had to send additional troops to suppress it. Fortunately, many monks have arrived in Azerbaijan and started their work in various mosques.

Another thing is the number of soldiers in the army. Although the army was launched less than a year ago, more than 20,000 redheads died in this war. Many tribal leaders complained to Ibrahim about the rapid decline in the number of young adults in their tribes. , it became difficult for each cavalry regiment to replenish its troops through the red-headed tribes, which made Ibrahim need to start obtaining troops through other channels.

Ibrahim first looked at other Turkmen tribes and Iranian herdsmen. There are many Turkmen nomadic tribes active in Azerbaijan. This is also the area with the strongest tribal power. It is very easy to recruit nomadic cavalry here.

These newly joined tribal cavalry were definitely not as good as the existing Qizilbash in terms of initial combat power, but Ibrahim still mixed them with the red heads and let them train, march and fight together. The tribal leaders tried to annex these ordinary tribes with Ibrahim's acquiescence, which soon aroused their backlash. The tribal leaders hurriedly came to Ibrahim to seek asylum, and Ibrahim also accepted him. They turned these tribes into their own vassals, which temporarily solved the problem of cavalry resources.

But cavalry alone was not enough. Ibrahim also wanted to form a large-scale infantry unit. When thinking of infantry, Ibrahim naturally thought of gunpowder guns.

The introduction of gunpowder gun technology is on the agenda.