The war on North Korea can be said to have ended in a very short period of time.

This is actually a relatively normal situation. After all, from the current national strength, the Han Dynasty and the North Korean state are not at the same level, and they are completely a comparison between elephants and ants.

As an elephant who wants to step on the ant close to her in front of her, she really can do it easily without much effort.

On the morning of the second day, Prince Zhao Qian met the frightened King of Korea in the palace in Pyongyang City.

As soon as he saw Zhao Qian, the King of Korea didn't care about any dignity and knelt down on the spot.

"Your Highness, the prince was blinded by lard before, and he actually tried to fight against the heavenly soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

Now Xiao Wang has realized that he would ask His Highness to spare Xiao Wang's life. From now on, Xiao Wang will definitely be a loyal subject of the Han Dynasty and will not rebel if he dies!"

In order to survive, the King of Joseon also made various vows as if he didn't have money.

This is also impossible. After all, as the king of North Korea, he has enjoyed countless glory and wealth. Such people are often the ones who cherish their lives the most and their bones are the softest.

Zhao Qian looked at the King of Korea in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little contempt.

In Zhao Qian's opinion, such a monarch is really sorry for the country.

However, from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Qian felt that the more monarchs there were in other countries like the King of Korea, the better.

Zhao Qian coughed and said lightly: "King of Korea, I have told you a long time ago that if you try to violate the will of our great Han Kingdom, it will be a dead end!"

The King of Korea became even more panicked when he heard this and kowtowed directly like garlic: "Your Highness, Xiao Wang really knows that he is wrong. Please spare Xiao Wang's life!"

Zhao Qian snorted and said lightly: "Don't worry, my father had already issued an order before he went to war. You will not die, nor will your descendants die.

But from then on, you will go to the Imperial Capital to settle down. You will never return to this place again in your life, and you will not have any connection with it. Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy! Do you understand?"

This is also the policy of the Han Dynasty for other destruction of vassal states.

Although Jizi Korea was a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, it also paid tribute to the Zhou emperor back then, so it could barely be considered half a Chinese, so the Han Dynasty was quite generous in handling them.

After listening to Zhao Qian's words, the King of Korea, who was originally extremely nervous, suddenly felt like he was amnesty and thanked Zhao Qian repeatedly.

Zhao Qian was too lazy to continue talking to this king of the devastated country, so he just asked someone to take him away.

After taking it away, Zhao Qian glanced at Xiang Yan and Wang Jian beside him and asked, "Two generals, what should we do next?"

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Return to the Prince's Highness, although Jizi North Korea has perished, there are still a large number of barbarian tribes in the south of the Korean Peninsula that have not been conquered.

This time the goal we received from His Majesty is to completely conquer the entire Korean Peninsula, so what we have to do next is naturally to continue to march south!"

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "Okay.

In that case, I will continue to return to the fleet and lead the fleet all the way south!"

For Zhao Qian, his days on the boat were not over yet, which made him very happy! Just when Zhao Qian was happy about the victory of the North Korean Kingdom, some things were also closely related to the Han Kingdom in Antioch, the capital of the Seleucid Empire thousands of miles away.

Li Jian sat in the room with a calm expression. In front of him was Liu Liang, the envoy of the Great Han Kingdom this time.

"Mr. Li Jian, this time I will go back to my country to meet His Majesty. Do you have anything to hand over?"

Nominally, Li Jian should be a subordinate of Liu Liang, but as a diplomat, Liu Liang actually knew Li Jian's identity, so he was extremely polite when speaking.

"Nightinging" was the intelligence department of its predecessor. Even now, it is also a very awe-inspiring department in the Han Dynasty.

Li Jian smiled and said, "There is really a secret letter that the ambassador needs to pass it to His Majesty."

No matter how he said that, Li Jian did not take out any letters and handed them to Liu Liang.

Liu Liang nodded and said, "Very good. I'll go to the palace to attend the farewell banquet of Antioch II. See you when you leave."

Li Jian saw Liu Liang away, then closed the door, was silent for a while, and began to take out the paper and pen, and write the letter.

"My minister Li Jian told Your Majesty: In the Seleucids today, our nightingale population has been expanding continuously, and its power within the Seleucid Empire has also expanded steadily.

Out of caution, I have not revealed the true identity and goals of the Nightingale to many people at present, but as long as I wait for an opportunity, I should be able to quickly promote the development of our power.

In my opinion, this opportunity should be the internal contradictions of the Seleucid Empire.

In the Seleucid Empire today, the eldest prince and the second prince are arguing over the throne. Although Emperor Antioch II seems to attach more importance to the second prince, it is not impossible to repent from his past experience.

In addition to inquiring about more Seleucid information, the focus of the next step is to focus on the conflict between the two princes of Seleucid.

In the most optimistic situation, if Antioch II could suddenly die, the two princes would likely have a civil war. In this way, the power of the Seleucid Empire would be severely weakened, which would provide our great Han Kingdom with an excellent opportunity.

The Seleucid Empire itself came from the Alexander Empire. Their main body was the Macedonian-Greek people, but most of the people they ruled were the original Persian people. These Persians had a very low loyalty to the Seleucid Empire. Once the time came, they would be impatient to betray the Seleucid Empire, which was another major hidden danger of the Seleucid Empire.

Overall, I believe that under such circumstances, the time will be for one or two years or three or five years, and the time will be for our great Han Dynasty to easily swallow the Seleucid Empire.

Therefore, I completely oppose any plan to conquer the Seleucid Empire in the near future. It is not that the Han Dynasty lacks military strength, but because when the Seleucid Empire becomes in chaos, their people will hold a grudge against the rulers and will be more likely to accept the rule of us, the foreign "liberators", on them.

In addition, I also learned a situation from some Seleucid nobles, that is, the "Rome" that His Majesty once told me to inquire.

Rome is now a republic. In recent years, it seems that it is fighting a country called "Carthage". The result of the war is still unknown.

But it can be seen that the Seleucids thought they were very powerful and did not really take this Rome seriously.

This is what I have gained in the Seleucid Empire this year. More detailed information will be made personally when I see Your Majesty in the future, wishing Your Majesty good health and the Han Dynasty will be stronger.

My minister Li Jianjing."

Li Jian finished writing this hundreds of words memorial in one breath, and then let out a deep breath.

"I haven't picked up the pen for a long time, and I still feel a little tired."

As Nightingale's first large-scale operation overseas, Li Jian had a little bit of awareness of "if you fail, you will become a virtuous person" this time, and it was this awareness that supported his enthusiasm for work.

Now, at least in terms of intelligence collection, Li Jian felt that he could return to the Han Kingdom with confidence to face the Emperor Zhao Kuo.

After putting down his pen, Li Jian sighed with a pity: "I just don't know when I will have the chance to go home..." Li Jian missed his family in the Han Dynasty a little.

So after a moment, Li Jian picked up his pen and began to write a letter from home.

"Mother is above: the unfilial son Li Jian..." Just as Li Jian was writing his letter to his family, Liu Liang, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, was in the palace of Seleucci, smiling with a very outstanding manner, and talking to the nobles of Seleucci.

"His Majesty the noble Emperor Antioch II, please rest assured. After returning this time, I will definitely tell our Emperor that the Seleucid Empire is sincere to our Han Kingdom. We hope to continue to promote peace on both sides, especially mutually beneficial trade activities on both sides."

"Your Highness the Second Prince, it's great to see you. After I leave here, Li Jian will stay as the head of the Liaison Office of the Great Han Kingdom in Seleucid. You and him are also friends. Please take care of him more in the future."

"Sir Sias, haha, the silk robe you are wearing today looks so gorgeous! What, did you actually buy it for 600,000 yuan?

Oh my God, frankly, this is my salary for at least ten years.”

As a diplomatic envoy, being able to speak eloquently can be said to be a necessary skill. Liu Liang undoubtedly honed this skill very well. Not only can he talk to the Seleucid monarch and minister one by one, but he also used the Seleucid language.

Yes, in just one year, although Liu Liang's Seleucid language still has a little oriental accent, it is almost the same as the Seleucids.

Such a performance undoubtedly deepened the trust of the Seleucids in Liu Liang. Emperor Antioch II of the Seleucids involuntarily sighed at Liu Liang: "Ambassador Liu, you are the most outstanding diplomat I have ever met. Sometimes I even feel it's a pity, why aren't you born in our Seleucid Empire?"

When Liu Liang heard this, he immediately smiled slightly.

Why wasn’t I, Liu Liang, born in the Seleucid Empire?

Because in the Seleucid Empire, no one would invest in building a place called the Academy, no one would pay to ensure that all scholars could concentrate on studying academic research without worries after they were admitted to the Academy, and no one would assign these scholars to their work in the State of Zhao and Han Kingdom after they graduated from the Academy.

Liu Liang, the first scholar in the Academy, was one of the most outstanding graduates of the Zongheng family.

But if Liu Liang, who was in the Seleucid Empire, would never be able to access knowledge, so how could he grow up and become the envoy who shines in the Seleucid Palace like today?

Liu Liang smiled gently and said to Antioch II in a calm language: "The Seleucid Empire gave me the same profound and profound feeling as the Han Kingdom. I believe that the talents in the Seleucid Empire are also not inferior to me, Liu Liang. There will be more people who are better than me. Please do not need to be so humble."

After hearing Liu Liang's decent words, the monarchs and ministers of the Seleucid Empire smiled on their faces.

But unfortunately, they had no way of knowing what Liu Liang was thinking in his heart.

For Liu Liang, the current Seleucid Empire is like a doll sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, but it has to beg for others.

Although the main ruling class of the Seleucid Empire was Macedonians, it belonged to the Macedonians who were deeply influenced by Greek civilization. Therefore, it called itself a Macedonian empire composed of the Greeks.

Greek civilization is actually also a very brilliant ancient civilization, which can be said to be an ancient civilization comparable to Chinese civilization. Famous scholars such as Aristotle and Plato also belong to the existence of his names such as Confucius and Mencius.

However, the Seleucid Empire completely ignored the development and education of its own civilization. In the end, it would envy Liu Liang for officials from Chinese civilization. It was really funny.

If the Seleucid Empire pays a little attention to education and the cultivation of officials, will Antioch II still feel this kind of emotion?

At this moment, Liu Liang was actually very proud inside.

He was proud that he not only came from a great civilization, but also joined a great country and became a minister of a great emperor! As for these Seleucids, Humph, they were all useless! After the banquet, Liu Liang left the palace and came to a secret side hall.

Here, Antioch II was waiting for him.

Liu Liang smiled and said to Antioch II: "His Majesty, according to our previous agreement, all caravans in the Han Dynasty will give you 50% of the profits.

For convenience, you can send someone to the warehouse of the contact office to take away these proceeds at any time in the future, and then issue a departure permit to these chambers of commerce."

After hearing this, the smile on Antioch II's face suddenly became even stronger, because it was a lot of money in the true sense! Antioch II also smiled and pointed to a small box in front of him: "All your caravans' departure permits are here, take it, dear Liu."

Liu Liang smiled and bowed to Antioka II, then took the small box and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Antioch II suddenly spoke: "Liu, I have another question to ask you. Who do you think is the better choice for the Seleucid Emperor emperor in the future?"

Liu Liang's steps paused slightly, and then he laughed: "This is the family matter between the Seleucid Empire and His Majesty, isn't it?

As a foreigner, I should not express my opinions rashly.”

Antioch II looked at Liu Liang and said sincerely: "Liu, I'm interested in our friendship, give me some advice."

Liu Liang was silent for a while and said, "To be honest, both princes have their own strengths and weaknesses, but from the perspective of our great Han Kingdom, we are of course more willing to see His Majesty the Seleucid Emperor who likes to maintain friendship with the great Han Kingdom."

Liu Liang left, and only Antioch II was left in the palace.

Suddenly, Antioch II coughed violently. He covered his mouth with his hands and let go after a while.

In his palm, he had turned red at some point.
Chapter completed!