Muaweiye stood beside his uncle's coffin in white, holding the hilt of the Damascus scimitar with his five fingers tightly.

It was dusk and the church was dark and quiet.

The last sunset in the sky came in from the high window of the church, bringing a hint of brightness to the dark church.

The candles in the church are swaying.

Ottoman's widow Aisha knelt in front of her husband's spirit, "You must avenge your uncle. The Umayya family must not let Ali go, that despicable villain."

"I swear to my uncle's spirit of heaven that I must cut off Ali's dog head with my own hands to comfort my uncle's soul." Mu Aviye said.

"Your uncle's body is still in Ali's hands. That despicable and shameless guy has the face to inherit the position of the Caliph in front of his spirit in Medina. Our Umayya family will never tolerate it." Aisha had a hideous face.

"Don't worry, I will kill Ali and bring back my uncle's body to bury it in the family's cemetery." He said angrily, "I have told my uncle that Ali is ambitious and should act as a force early, but his uncle is still too careless."

"You don't have to be shook here tonight. What you have to do is find a way to fight back to Medina as soon as possible and kill Ali."

"Yes." Muaweiye agreed.

Leaving from the church, Muaweiye was thinking about a problem.

How he would defeat Ali? After all, there is no direct evidence that Ottoman was assassinated. Now Ali has received the support of many Ali party members in Medina and was elected as the Caliph.

Ali became the Caliph, and he was only the governor of Syria.

"Governor, someone from Medina is here."

"Ali's people?"

"Accused of being a caliph."

Muaweiye sneered, "Calif. Caliph Ottoman just died, who admitted that Ali was the new caliph? I don't admit it, the Umaya family didn't admit it, and many people didn't admit it. Ali stole the caliph's position. This is a rebellion and a blasphemy against the prophet's great cause. The entire Muslim will not admit it."

"That man brings Ali's words and lets the Governor go to Medina."

"Does Ali think I'm stupid?"

Several subordinates advised Muaweiye, "Ali wanted to openly remove you from your post in the name of the Caliph and then eradicate us."

"Now that the Governor will not go, he will have an excuse to deal with us. Perhaps he has summoned troops in Medina and prepared to come and conquer."

"What are you afraid of? The soldiers come to stop them, and the water comes to flood the soil." Muaweiye said disdainfully. He has been operating in Syria for many years and has long regarded this place as his own territory.

"Don't wait for Ali to come. Let's take the initiative first and send troops to arrest all the Ali party members in Syria. Those who dare to rebel will be killed directly."

"Governor, is this okay? Ali has become a caliph. If we take action first, we will give him an excuse. If we really fight, we may not be their opponents."

"The knife is on my neck, don't you resist?" Mu Aweiye is not the kind of person who sits waiting to die. He thought for a while, "Prepare, I'm going to the Dahua Consulate and personally visit the Dahua Consulate."

"Governor, the Ottoman Caliph was stabbed, and there was also the shadow of Dahua. They and Ali might be together."

"So what?" Mu Aviye looked at it thoroughly. In the past, Dahua and Arabs also formed allies, but in the end, they also turned against each other.

There is no real friendship between countries, only interests.

In the east of Damascus, Dahua Consulate in Damascus, Arabia.

Consul Wang Deren smiled when he heard that Governor Muaweiye was visiting in person.

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive."

"Muaweiye is not a bad person, right?" the consulate said humanely.

"No." Wang Deren was very calm. The situation is very clear now. As soon as the Caliph Ottoman died, there was an internal strife in Arabia. Ali became a caliph in Medina, but the former Caliph Ottoman's nephew, the Syrian Governor refused to submit.

Moreover, this is not only a question of whether to accept it or not, but a deeper contradiction.

"I heard that Ali's supporters are called Shiites, while Umayyad family supporters are called Sunnis. Both sides are incompatible with water and fire. Both sides want to swallow each other, and the war is about to break out. In comparison, Muaweiye has a slightly lighter prestige and weaker strength, but there are many supporters. He also has the Syrian base camp, so he is absolutely unwilling to surrender."

If you are weak in strength and want to turn the tables, you must have foreign players.

Who is the biggest foreign aid Muaweiye can find? Naturally, his neighbor Dahua is his neighbor.

Originally, Wang Deren was still considering how to take the initiative to contact Mu Aweiye, but now he is here to come.

"The visitor is a guest, and the door opens to welcome guests."

Wang Deren stood up and took his staff to the door to greet him, without any concern.

"His Excellency Muaweiye is here, and he will be welcomed by mistake. I will forgive my sins."

Mu Aweiye also clasped his fists as Wang Deren, "Come uninvited and take the initiative to disturb him. He would offend him more often and be rude."

After a sensible attitude, the two of them put their arms into the hall.

Wang Deren pulled the man down, and he didn't rush, just talked about rumor.

After a while, Mu Aweiye couldn't sit still.

"I'm not sure about it. This time I came to visit with a liberty, because I asked for something. I hope Consul Wang would do a favor."

"Tell me if you have something to do, don't be polite." Wang Deren said with a smile.

Mu Aweiye was waiting for this sentence. He was not polite at the moment and just told the situation.

He wants to go to war with Alibaba, hoping to get support from Dahua.

"Can."

"What?" Muaweiye was stunned.

"I said yes, but we have the conditions."

"Please tell me." Muaweiye didn't believe it very well, but it was normal to have conditions. If Dahua didn't have conditions to help, this would be abnormal.

"In fact, the Ottoman Caliph was assassinated by the death of the Ottoman Caliph, and our Dahua also expressed deep regret. According to our investigation, the Ottoman was most likely to be assassinated by Ali. We strongly condemn this behavior. How can Ali be like this? There are controversies and contradictions, and we cannot use such despicable means."

Wang Deren looked righteous.

"There must be justice in the world. Our Dahua is willing to preside over this justice for the Arab people. Governor Muaweiye, we are willing to help you."

While talking, Wang Deren took out a piece of paper.

The above is a line of words just written by the staff.

Dahua supported Muaweiye on the condition that Muaweiye, on behalf of Arabia, recognized the Caucasus and then belonged to Dahua, and at the same time, Muaweiye ceded Armenia to Dahua on behalf of Arabia.

With this condition, Muaweiye's face was a little heavy.

Dahua’s support is indeed not cheap.

Armenia is also very important to Arabia. Armenia is close to Asia Minor and the Caucasus, and even East Armenia itself is part of the Caucasus.

In the past, the Armenians were once glorious. However, they have been repeatedly invaded by the Greeks, Alexander, Persia, Rome, etc., and are often under the control of major powers.

They resisted the Persians at the beginning, but later the Romans came again. When Arabs defeated the Romans, they brought Armenia under their control.

Compared to Asia Minor, Armenia seems not that important, but no matter what, Armenia is also an area conquered by Arabia.

He gave him as much as he said, and gave him as he said, and Muaweiye was also a little reluctant to let him go.

"Governor General, you are still the governor of Syria now. It seems a bit far away to consider Armenia." Wang Deren said with a smile, reminding him that it is quite cost-effective to use Armenia as a condition for Dahua's help to him now.

Because Armenia is not in his hands now, so it doesn’t hurt to sell his son.

If you don’t sell this land, Muaweiye may not have the chance to sit on the caliph.

"Actually, after Alibaba became the Caliph, he took the initiative to contact our ambassador, and he also hoped to get support from Dahua."

This is a threat.

Ali's current strength is stronger than Muaweiye, and he is also a caliph and has the name of the central government. If he gets support from Dahua again, Muaweiye will have no chance of winning at all.

"Ali will not be willing to give Armenia to Dahua."

"That's why we talk to you. Moreover, Ali may not be willing to ced Armenia before, but if he knew that you also wanted to cooperate with us, he might be willing."

Very direct, very straightforward, but also very tempting.

Dahua obviously wants to sell goods to two companies, and the higher the price will be.

"What kind of support is Dahua willing to provide?" Mu Aweiye did not show any rabbits or show off his eagle. At the critical moment, he did not panic.

As the current patriarch of the Umaya family, although Muaweiye is not as strong as Ali, he is not much weaker. He still has many good cards in his hands.

When the real civil war broke out, he thought that Ali could not defeat him immediately.

"What support do you want?" Wang Deren said with a smile. As long as Mu Aviye is willing to negotiate terms, it means he is interested in cooperation.

Only bargaining people have the intention to buy, which is what Wang Deren's father, who was the shopkeeper, told him when he was a child.

"I need ordnance!"

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In the morning, Zhang Chao got up early.

Although he was over fifty years old, he still maintained a good habit of getting up early and would insist on exercising every day. If you want to say what is the biggest benefit of Dahua's implementation of the constitutional monarchy cabinet responsibility system, that is, Zhang Chao became much more relaxed.

After he became emperor, he was even more relaxed than when he was a prime minister in the past.

Take a good grasp of the general direction, and the prime ministers are responsible for leading the temple supervisors of various departments and governing all provinces, prefectures and counties in the territory.

There are probably not many people who can be so relaxed as an emperor.
To be continued...