As the sun sets, Taiping pushes Wu Meiniang to the garden and talks to her while walking. However, Wu Meiniang in the wheelchair often has no reaction, which makes Taiping look a little sad.

Zhang Zong in the distance looked at Taiping and the daughter, and couldn't help but sigh. Who would have thought that the famous queen in history would end like this?

Some time ago, Wu Meiniang fell ill. Although she woke up, she left serious sequelae. Not only was she unable to speak, but her lower limbs were paralyzed, and her memory also had great problems. Most of the time, she didn't even recognize her relatives and couldn't take care of herself.

In this case, Taiping decided to take his mother to his home to take care of herself. Although there was no shortage of people in the palace to take care of her, she was still worried. However, Wu Meiniang's identity was too special and she could not leave the palace and live alone outside.

But in the end, Li Chongye agreed. After all, Zhang Zong and Taiping went to discuss with him personally, and this was related to Taiping's filial piety, so he really couldn't refuse, so Wu Meiniang was arranged to live in Zhang Zong and Taiping's mansion.

However, at the beginning, Zhang Zong did not trust Wu Meiniang very much because he suspected that Wu Meiniang might be pretending to be sick. After all, there is no big mistake to be careful. He did not dare to be careless when facing an opponent like Wu Meiniang.

However, after a period of observation, Zhang Zong found that Wu Meiniang was not pretending to be sick. At least he did not notice any abnormalities in the other party, which also made him feel relieved. Of course, he would not completely relax because of this. He was still observing the other party secretly, and of course he did not dare to let Taiping know.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, several years passed. Wu Meiniang's condition still did not improve, but her health did not deteriorate. In the past few years, Zhang Zong's suspicion was dispelled. After all, no matter how hard a person can act, it is impossible for him to have no flaws in a few years.

In recent years, many things have also happened. Di Renjie cleared out pirates along the southern coast and achieved great results. The famous pirates in the East China Sea and the South China Sea have been wiped out, and the only thing left is only a few kittens, which can't be a big climate at all.

In addition, the reform of the navy is also being implemented, and the first batch of naval generals who graduated from martial arts schools have also entered the navy and began to bring some new changes to the navy.

The court also paid more and more attention to the navy, mainly because the prosperity of maritime trade brought great benefits to the court. Taxation alone made the Jiangkou city on the southern coast prosper for a while, which led to the economic center of the Tang Dynasty beginning to move south, so the navy's organization began to expand, and in addition, it also began to send navies to patrol the coast, which became a common example for the navy.

With the expansion of the navy, the talents for the navy increased sharply, so the martial arts school began to expand its enrollment. Zhang Zong was even preparing to separate the naval science from the martial arts school. Later, the martial arts school was divided into two types: the army and the navy. If humans could invent aircraft in the future, the air force might appear.

In addition to the coastal areas in the south, the biggest change was the Western Regions. After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Tubo and the remaining Turkic forces, it also began to vigorously manage the Western Regions. Especially in recent years, the grain production in the Tang Dynasty increased greatly and the population also increased rapidly. Especially in the Guanzhong area, the land was no longer divided.

In this case, the population of the Tang Dynasty could only be transferred to other places. This transfer was spontaneous and guided by the imperial court. For example, the South and the Western Regions are both important areas for population transfer. Although the Western Regions are worse than the South, it still attracted many Han people to move there because the imperial court also supports immigration to the Western Regions, and each immigrant can be assigned a large piece of land in the Western Regions.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty attached so much importance to the Western Regions was mainly because it was because it was the commercial use of the Western Regions. This place was not only a must-pass place on the Silk Road, but also connected Persia, the Dashi and the Eastern Roman Empire, especially the Persia among them, which was closely linked to the Tang Dynasty.

Caesar was king in Persia, and some time ago he wrote to Zhang Zong, in which he told Zhang Zong that he was already married and married the daughter of a large aristocratic family in Persia. In fact, it was a complete political marriage. The large aristocratic family wanted greater influence, while Caesar needed their support so that he could implement greater reforms to Persia.

Caesar was indeed a rare talent. After receiving the title of the Tang Dynasty, he also legitimately inherited the throne of the Persian king. After all, the last prince of Persia was the father of Ni Nishima, and he also accepted the title of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Tang Dynasty only handed over the throne to Caesar.

Although this enthronement is just a false name, it strengthened the connection between the Tang Dynasty and Persia. In recent years, commercial circulation between the Tang Dynasty and Persia has been extremely frequent, which is also one of the main reasons why the Tang Dynasty vigorously developed the Western Regions.

Through Persia, the Tang Dynasty also strengthened its ties with the Dashi and the Eastern Roman Empire. Although the Dashi was the enemy of Persia, it did not completely cut off relations. In fact, the commercial channels between the two sides have been in circulation.

Of course, in recent years, Dashi has always wanted to kill the restored Persia, but they have missed the best opportunity. Caesar not only has the support of the Tang Dynasty, but also has contacted the Eastern Roman Empire. Now the two countries have officially formed an alliance. As long as Dashi attacks one side, the other side will send troops, causing Dashi to fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides.

In this case, the Dashi, Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire formed a situation similar to the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. Although the Dashi was powerful, it could not deal with Persia and Eastern Rome at the same time. Persia and Eastern Rome also needed to join forces to fight the Dashi, which also made the Three Kingdoms form a temporary balance.

However, Zhang Zong knew that the balance between the Three Kingdoms of Dashi was not stable and it was likely to be broken within ten years. This was mainly because although Dashi was strong, there were many internal contradictions. Dashi was in the stage of rising, and temporarily suppressed domestic contradictions. However, now it cannot expand outward, so it is naturally impossible to divert domestic contradictions. In this way, the internal contradictions within Dashi will become more serious and will erupt sooner or later.
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