The Great Tang General

Dry wood and raging fire, burning fiercely...

Does this mean that this young man is a Zoroastrian?

At least that's what the Persians around thought.

Zoroastrianism worships fire, light, and the sun.

In the temple, these will be painted as patterns and worshiped. Lighting the flames in public is a sign of piety to the gods.

"You want to kill the Arabs to win the credit for the devil, but you will be doomed."

A Persian shouted at the young man.

Starving, they no longer believed in fire.

They can only hope that the next Governor of Khorasan will be born and lead them out of their suffering.

"I'm saving you, why are you blaming me?"

The young man spoke righteously to everyone.

"You desecrate life and are our enemy. You are the same as the king and the nobles."

Everyone disagreed.

They no longer believed in fire.

The predecessor of the Persian Empire, the Sassanid Empire, was full of deception.

More than two hundred years ago, during the rule of the Sassanid Empire, large-scale and continuous uprisings broke out in Persia and Azerbaijan.

During the forty-year-long resistance, the Sassanid Empire finally suppressed the uprising through deception and high-pressure policies.

At the beginning, the governor of Khorasan's warmongering caused countless Persian soldiers to die in battle and suffer terribly.

At that point, the Persians chose to abandon the Governorate of Khorasan.

Now, the Governor of Khorasan has been deified and people miss the era under his rule.

"Do you think I lit the sacred fire of Persian religion? I am also a citizen of the town. I hope that the villagers have enough food and clothing, no worries, and no diseases."

"As the old proverb goes: It is better to be guilty of the truth than to be excused for a lie. I drew my sword in anger and killed him to prevent my fellow villagers from stepping into the abyss."

The young man spoke to the Persians with great emotion, asking them to believe in themselves.

"Then what do you want to do?"

asked an old Persian man who knew the young man.

"What I lit was not the sacred fire of Zoroastrianism, but the hope of the Persians. Look up to the sky, the sun is coming."

When the young man spoke, his eyes were full of admiration.

The Persians did not understand what he meant.

"I heard that the Khan came to Persia not to take our food. The Khan is kind and benevolent, fair and upright. He is the storehouse of knowledge and the key to truth. He is the protector of us Persians, the auspicious and holy saffron, and the guiding light in the dark night..."

"It was the king who disobeyed him, it was the adults who misunderstood him, it was the people who misunderstood him..."

The young people used more excited words to speak of the greatness of the Heavenly Khan.

Between his words, he looked as if he was determined to follow till death.

He was a Jinlongsi Jinyiwei. Although he was a Persian, he had great respect for Li Xuan.

Over the past ten years, the Jinlong Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard has been developing Persians who admire Li Xuan in Persia as spies, providing them with food and clothing, and instilling "higher ideas" in them.

In the Persian region, Zoroastrianism and Arabism are intertwined.

The ultimate goal of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is to compare the Heavenly Khan to a god.

Use the story of Heavenly Khan to replace Persianism and Arabism.

The journey to the altar is a matter of steps. Li Xuan's divine power is so great that he can weave countless bizarre stories.

These stories are connected together by logic.

Whoever can save people from suffering is a true saint.

Some fanatical believers attribute the government's kindness to the protection of gods.

This is not desirable.

It is very difficult to eradicate local religious forces in a short period of time.

Take this opportunity to establish that god-like man. Whether it is the sun, the mountain, or the Supreme God...

Let time blend.

"You are speaking nonsense, excusing the barbarians who brought suffering upon us."

A Persian who believed in the Arab religion shouted at the Jinyiwei.

"I am not speaking nonsense. The Khan ordered the king to distribute the food prepared for the coalition forces to civilians like us to save us from hunger and cold. But the king disobeyed the Khan's order and kept the food for himself. Compared to the Khan who cares about the people, the king is selfish and does not care about our lives at all."

The Royal Guard answered to the Persians.

"is this real?"

As soon as the Persians heard about food, they immediately took it seriously.

Religion is just a spiritual belief, and food can fill your stomach.

When you are hungry, you can fight to the death for a bag of food.

The original intention of rising up and rebelling was just to have enough food to eat.

"It's absolutely true! The Tang Dynasty is the Celestial Empire, and there is the Heavenly Khan. How could they use our grain? The nobles are just using this as an excuse to exploit us. Don't believe the lies of the Arabs. We believed in them before, but because of this, we fell into endless wars. The day we have been waiting for has not come for decades. Only the Heavenly Khan can lead us to prosperity..."

The Royal Guard spoke with confidence and in a strong and powerful tone.

"But he brought war, which is the root of hunger!"

Some Persians were still upset about the war.

"There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty, 'To stop war is the best way to fight.' The Heavenly Khan went west to end war. I have said that the Heavenly Khan is as bright as the sun. Our current suffering is the darkness before dawn. When dawn breaks, our happiness will come."

"Think about it, more than a decade ago, the Heavenly Khan released all the tens of thousands of Persian prisoners. The Celestial Empire's army did not harm our hometown, but the Arab army was like bandits. Doesn't this prove that the Heavenly Khan is merciful?"

Jinyiwei spoke vividly.

The Persians could accept the rule of the Arabs and the Arab religion.

You will definitely be able to accept the Tang Dynasty and the Heavenly Khan.

In this era, there was almost no nationalism except for the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Li Xuan.

When the Persians thought about it, it seemed to be true.

More than a decade ago, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty's Heavenly Army was well-known in Persia.

Tian Khan's poems were also widely circulated in Persia.

The Khan of Heaven once gave the great Persian writer Afef a philosophical saying:

Inclusive of all rivers, tolerance is great; the wall stands thousands of people, and the desireless is strong.

This is a good story.

It’s just that the Arabs have always claimed that the Tang Dynasty was barbaric and lawless.

But the Persians from ten years ago are still alive.

If we say that the Tang Dynasty was barbaric, it was because it had no laws.

There is no civilization to speak of among the countries of the world.

"What shall we do if the king won't give us food?"

A hungry boy couldn't help but ask.

"The Heavenly Khan is about to arrive in the Western Regions. We should spread the word to attract the attention of the Heavenly Khan's army. The Heavenly Khan will help us punish the tyrant and get us food..."

The Royal Guards said solemnly: "At the same time, drive out the Arabs who are misleading the people. The Arabs are about to be destroyed, and their crimes will soon come to an end. They will be judged by justice, so don't implicate us."

"That's right... We want our food, we don't want to starve... Please help us, Khan, to depose the king..."

When the Persians said this, the meaning had changed.

Not just in the small town west of Hera.

This situation occurred throughout the Persian Empire.

With the help of Jinyiwei and some insiders, the people's resentment in the Persian Kingdom was first ignited by the Tang Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)