Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 2961 Peter the Great: Failure is treason

Chapter 2958: Peter the Great: Failure is treason

Even though Persia currently dominates the two major regions of West and Central Asia, its life is actually not easy either. Outside, there are Seljuks, Ottomans and other surrounding forces jointly targeting it, and internally, the remaining Parthian forces are always seeking restoration.

The reason why no civil strife has broken out yet is because of Darius' personal prestige and the powerful army as a deterrent.

For a power, rule that relies solely on force cannot last long.

Under such circumstances, as long as Darius experienced a major defeat in the Persian Empire, the empire he had worked so hard to maintain would take a turn for the worse, and eventually collapse under the siege of internal and external forces.

It was precisely because Darius knew this that he stopped the Eastern Expedition when his military strength was at its strongest. At the same time, he actively sought reforms internally and wanted to digest his territory as soon as possible.

After all, An'an is an ancient country with a history of more than 400 years. Even if it has entered the final stage of the dynasty, the dead insect will not die. There are still a large number of people who care about An'an to continue their lives, just like the Han Dynasty and Rome. Therefore, it is not easy to completely digest the rest.

Although Darius proposed various measures and achieved certain results, he was still unable to completely solve the problem until he met Xuanzang.

In fact, Xuanzang didn't have a good impression of Darius from the beginning. After all, the other party's actions of stealing the country and causing chaos were no different from Dong Zhuo's. However, the rest of the westbound route was in Persia, so he had to give in to Darius, but the result was... Because he talked too much, he made the other party focus on him.

Xuanzang originally didn't want to talk nonsense with Darius, but Darius was too enthusiastic, and he ate and drank from others, so he couldn't remain silent, so he objectively analyzed the situation in Persia and responded to the current predicament. Made some comments.

But what Xuanzang himself didn't expect was that his casual remarks on paper would be regarded as a model by Darius.

Darius was obviously a person who knew things. He saw that Xuanzang's understatement actually contained the essence of Eastern politics. It gave him great inspiration and could actually solve some problems, so he changed his goal from Sun Lingming turned to Xuanzang because he wanted him to assist him in deepening the reform issues in Persia.

However, the falling flowers are deliberately flowing and the water is ruthless.

"Ignoring everything else, the Persian emperor is quite good at being a good person. He actually came over in person to apologize."

Ao Lie couldn't help but say that after all, he had taken Darius's Chubai Spear, and his impression of the other party had improved a lot since he was short-handed and soft-spoken.

Sun Lingming, Zhu Tianpeng and Shajuanyan no longer spoke ill of Darius. After all, the emperor was able to treat virtuous corporals to such an extent. Even if there was some unpleasantness, the fact that he apologized in person was quite admirable. .

But Xuanzang said: "That's because we didn't cause any damage to Persia. Otherwise, do you think Darius would still apologize and send guns?"

The four disciples were silent when they heard this. They all obviously understood that if the other party's unscrupulous methods really caused great losses to Darius, it would not be so easy to escape from Persia.

They were also facing pursuit. Master Xuanzang and his disciples chose to be tough when facing Seljuk, but they chose to be patient when facing Persia. The reason was naturally that the Persian Empire was stronger.

Even if they completely offend Seljuk, the other side can't do anything to them, but if they really offend Persia, Darius really has the ability to keep them, so it's better to leave a line.

After finally getting rid of the Persian Empire, Master Xuanzang and his disciples went north from West Asia and headed northwest. However, after entering the Eastern European plains, the situation of the five masters and disciples became even more difficult than before. The reason was that this era Eastern Europe is so desolate.

In later generations, Russia gradually formed a multi-ethnic feudal country with the Grand Duchy of Moscow as the center from the late 15th to the early 16th century. Therefore, Eastern Europe is still in the tribal era.

As we all know, plains are the most suitable for human survival, and the three largest plains in the world by area are originally: the Amazon Plain, the Eastern European Plain, and the Western Siberian Plain.

The Eastern European Plain ranks second, with an area of ​​about 4 million square kilometers, accounting for about 40% of the total area of ​​Europe. However, because it belongs to the middle and high latitudes, the average annual temperature is low, especially the winter is very cold, so the living conditions are naturally extremely bad.

For the Roman Empire, Eastern Europe was a worthless land, and the Eastern Europeans were even more barbaric, backward, and difficult to tame, equivalent to barbarians such as the Huns, Xianbei, and Wuhuan in the eyes of the Han people.

It’s not like Rome doesn’t have the strength to overwhelm the entire Eastern Europe, but so what if it is defeated? It cannot be digested at all, but it requires continuous investment to maintain the most basic rule in Eastern Europe. It is simply not worth the gain.

It is precisely because of this that although the Roman Empire extended its tentacles into Eastern Europe, it was limited to a few provinces in western Eastern Europe with a better climate. Most areas with a harsh climate adopted a laissez-faire attitude, as long as they recognized Roman rule. Just don't rebel openly.

Naturally, the Eastern Europeans did not want to stay in the ice and snow, so their attitude towards Rome was basically the same as the northern grasslands towards the Han people. As long as they were strong, they would invade the west, and if they were weak, they would surrender. This cycle continued for hundreds of years, one after another. Toss Rome.

Therefore, Rome's decline to this point was not only due to its own reasons, but also due to Eastern Europe's continuous bleeding.

The Eastern European plain covers more than four million square kilometers. Even if the western provinces were occupied by Rome and Persia, there are still more than three million square kilometers. However, the population of such a large area is less than four million, and there are still Scattered among more than a hundred tribes.

Eastern Europe has never been unified, and there have been more than 500 tribes at most. Whenever an overlord appears, the other tribes temporarily surrender, obey orders, and follow in his footsteps to conquer the west. With Alexander's rebellion, the Macedonian Empire resurrected, and the deterrent power of the Roman Empire was greatly reduced. Eastern Europe also ushered in a wave of rebellion and nation-building.

The Kingdom of Muscovy was not the first tribe to establish a state, nor was it the strongest force in Eastern Europe, but due to its superior geographical location, it had the greatest development potential among all forces.

The King of Moscow was an idealistic and ambitious monarch. People in Eastern Europe hoped to have a new overlord born to lead them to counterattack Europe, and he wanted to be this person, so he worked hard for decades and finally developed Moscow into a city with a population of three. A powerful force of one hundred thousand.

A population of 300,000 may not be considered large in other regions, but it is already the most populous force in Eastern Europe, but it still cannot be regarded as a hegemon, because hegemony does not look at population and must be fought with swords.

The King of Moscow intended to lead the country further, but he was too old and his body could not support him to move forward. What was even more fatal was that he had no sons, only two daughters.

In order to prevent the country from falling into a situation without an heir, the King of Moscow decided to find a son-in-law for his daughter and train him to be his heir. He finally selected a genius named Peter among the young heroes.

The two daughters of the King of Moscow and Peter are: Catherine I, Catherine II, and Peter the Great. After Baizhaka was born, he was implanted as the daughter and son-in-law of the King of Moscow.

Peter and Catherine II are one of the only two "great emperors" in the history of Russia, and Catherine I and Peter the Great were husband and wife in history. Such an implant is considered Makes sense.

The King of Moscow chose Peter as his son-in-law, and Peter, who had studied in Europe, lived up to his trust. He became famous even after two years of military training. After two years of military training, he personally led 30,000 elite troops and swept through the neighboring countries with lightning speed. More than a dozen large and small forces pushed the Kingdom of Moscow to the position of hegemon in Eastern Europe in one fell swoop.

But just after Peter returned to the court, what greeted him was not a reward, but bad news. The King of Moscow, who was over sixty years old, actually gave birth to a son and had the intention of making his youngest son a prince.

This is the worst news for Peter. His son-in-law has been trained as a prince, and now that there is a new candidate for the prince, it is obvious that he will not end well.

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Although the King of Muscovy was very kind to Peter, the battle for the crown prince was about his family and life, so Peter naturally could not sit back and wait for death. What's more, he conquered more than half of the territory of Muscovite State. He had made great contributions to other countries, so he should be the crown prince. Just do it.

Peter wanted to seize power through a coup, depose the old queen and make himself king, but his men backed down.

"Generalissimo, the little prince is still young, so your majesty may not make him the heir apparent."

"Yes, yes, your Majesty is not in good health. Even if the young prince is really appointed as the crown prince, he may not be able to live until the day when the crown prince comes of age. When the young prince succeeds to the throne, he will still need you, the marshal, to assist him. The Kingdom of Moscow will still be the marshal. Yours?"

Although the King of Moscow is old, his prestige is still very high. Although Peter's generals are all his cronies, they are still very afraid of coups. After all, whoever comes to power will not affect their status, so there is no need to risk it. This is the risk of genocide.

When Peter heard these remarks, he was naturally furious and angrily rebuked: "Stupid, if you really appoint the young prince as the crown prince, do you think your majesty will retain my military power? You are all promoted by me, and once I If you lose power, none of you will be able to escape.”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals fell silent. Obviously they all understood that Peter was right, but some people still said with a look of struggle: "But this is treason."

"Failure is called treason, success is called destiny." Peter shouted angrily with a ferocious face.

In the end, after killing several opponents, no one dared to raise objections, and the coup went ahead as planned under Peter's plan, causing a great turmoil in Moscow.

In fact, the King of Moscow never thought about establishing his youngest son as heir apparent. After all, the youngest son was too young, and he was also very satisfied with Peter. After hearing rumors about deposing the eldest son and establishing a younger son in the country, he immediately realized that this was from Rome. It was a divorce plan, but he didn't expect that before he had time to explain, Peter would resolutely launch a coup.

Although Peter also realized that this might be a plan to alienate Rome, he obviously did not dare to take a gamble. Moreover, there was no turning back when he opened his bow. Now he could only bite the bullet and go on, either succeeding or becoming a benevolent person.

The old king had no defense at all. Peter had calculated mentally and unintentionally. Naturally, the coup could not fail, but the success was not perfect, because the old king was immediately angry to death after being captured, and the little prince was accidentally trampled to death by his servants.

Peter felt very guilty about this, but he couldn't stop anymore. He could only bite the bullet and go on, regaining military power and political power while eliminating those who threatened him. The princess Yekaterin was outside. Na II is naturally one of them.

It was against this complicated background that Master Xuanzang and his disciples entered the Kingdom of Moscow, and happened to meet Catherine II who was hunting outside.

With the spread of "The Travels of Marco Polo" in the West, many Europeans became interested in the East, including Ye Er.

As a princess of a country, it is not difficult for Ye Er to get in touch with Marco Polo. However, the content recorded in a book is limited after all. After finally meeting five oriental people, she naturally cannot miss the opportunity to learn about the orient from their mouths.

Facing Ye Er who had countless questions, Xuanzang patiently answered them all. After all, the other party promised to give him a map of Eastern Europe, but he did not expect that he would be involved in the royal family's civil strife in Moscow.