Chapter 76 Persian Mediation

The proposal of Peropidas was supported by Ipaminonda. Since Ipaminonda's former teacher was Lysis of Tarantum's Pythagorean school, he was very interested in the kingdom of Dionia. to know a little more.

But other than that, other Thebes high-level officials were strongly opposed to it, for one simple reason: the Thebes government had never had any contact with the kingdom of Dionia before, while their enemy Sparta had This western kingdom has maintained a 20-year peace agreement. Without knowing the details of the other party, it rashly invited the other party to get involved in the disputes in mainland Greece. Once Dionysus changed his mind and turned to support Sparta, Thebe I'm afraid it's too late to even cry. What's more, the power of Persia is well known, and Dionysus may not dare to take the risk to support Thebes, and offend Persia, which supports Sparta (the Thebes did not know that the kingdom of Dionia was in the west. stalemate with Persia in the Mediterranean War).

Most Thebes congressmen chose to seek the support of Persia. Although Persia was nominally a supporter of Sparta in recent years, the Greek city-states have dealt with Persia a lot, and they know that the Persians are fickle The hand is the rain, and now supporting Sparta is just out of profit. You must know that Sparta had beaten the Persian army horribly in Minor Asia before, so as long as the Thebes messenger behaved better, it might be impossible to defeat the Persian army. Get over.

After some debate, the Thebes government decided to send envoys to Persia as well, and it was the charismatic leader of Thebes, Peropidas.

When Peropidas arrived in Persia and came to Babylon, the capital city where Persian King Artaxerxes now lived, it was already the 22nd year of the Dionysian Holy Kingdom (372 BC), and he entered the main city. The door, set foot on the famous Parade Street, and see the ground covered with colorful glazed bricks, and the eyes are full of splendid street scenes.

Pelopidas was really shocked for a while. He raised his eyes and looked forward. The first thing that caught his eye was the most amazing building in the city of Babylon - a magnificent tower temple, with a hundred-meter-high tower and temple towering high. In the center of the city, overlooking this huge city, any Babylonian people will look up to it when they face it. The palace between the two worlds".

At the end of the parade street is the magnificent palace of the Persian king. This palace is also made of colored bricks, and also inlaid with precious materials such as gold, silver, lapis lazuli, ivory, and cedar wood. With the wealth and luxury of the Persian royal family, the Babylonian people bowed their heads and lowered their eyes when they passed by it to show their obedience to the kingship.

Peropidas heard that the messengers of Sparta and Athens had been received by the Persian king, and he was worried that the eastern king, who held great power, would refuse to receive him because of the bad words of the first two messengers, but he did not. What I thought was that Artaxerxes not only met him, but also listened carefully to his story that Thebes had been persecuted by the Spartans in the past few years, and had to resist the Spartans in order not to be destroyed. The course of the war.

Pelopidas speaks with sincerity,

And it is very realistic, not as pompous as the Athenian messenger, nor as arrogant as the Spartan messenger, which aroused great affection from Artaxerxes, who praised him for behaving like a noble aristocrat, and even I was also very interested to briefly discuss with him about what opinion Thebes would have on the terms of the truce if Thebes and Sparta achieved a truce...

After the meeting, Artaxerxes also ordered his men to receive Pelopidas well.

Peropidas was heartened by the persian king's amiable attitude towards him.

When the Athenian messenger Temagoras and the Spartan messenger Lutikli heard the news, they were all nervous and hurried around.

In fact, Artaxerxes was so friendly to the messenger of Thebes, in part because of the charm of Peropidas, and more mainly because he wanted peace in the Greek mainland, and this goal had no master party Thebes compromise is impossible.

It has been almost 30 years since Artaxerxes ascended the throne of Persia. Except for the initial turmoil caused by the little Cyrus' attempt to usurp the throne, the domestic political situation has been relatively stable since then, but his performance in the war has been He was criticized by the Persian people.

When Artaxerxes first ascended the throne, a small Greek mercenary army rushed in and out in the hinterland of Persia, and the mighty Persia had no way to deal with them, which cheered the Greeks and frustrated the Persians; Declared independence, drove away the army stationed in Egypt, and confiscated the fertile land allocated to many Persian nobles; King Agesilaus of Sparta led his army to invade Asia Minor and defeated the army of several Persian governors; It is easy to organize an army to try to enslave Egypt again, but it encounters a rare flood peak in the Nile River, plus the general discord, and finally returns without success...

It was because of the dissatisfaction of the people that when the Dukya people in the Armenian mountains north of Persia rioted the year before, he finally decided to go on a personal expedition to conquer these barbarians to show his martial arts. Although he only led 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, the Armenia area is full of mountains and mountains, and it is extremely difficult to pass. To get food, to fill the stomachs of the soldiers, and it is impossible to enter the required quantities in a short time from other regions, the only way is to slaughter the pack beasts that carry the goods... In the end Artaxerxes even had his own meals. The supply was insufficient, and he was almost surrounded by the Duqya people, and was finally able to escape with the help of the minister Trebassus.

Artaxerxes is already 60 years old, and this battlefield shock made him seriously ill, and temporarily extinguished the fantasy of personally acquiring martial arts like the ancestor Darius and shining in the annals of history. After recovering from his illness, he immediately took in a concubine, and used a happy event to dilute his depression, and this young concubine was his biological daughter, Amystrasse.

Of course, the Persian people did not feel anything wrong, because this is the tradition of the Persian royal family. For example, King Cambyses once married his two sisters, and was later married by the usurper Darius. , gave birth to the noble fourth Persian king Xerxes.

Now, messengers from Sparta, Athens, and Thebes have come one after another, allowing Artaxerxes to see an opportunity to come to his door, a good opportunity for Persia to better control the Greek mainland, and this is possible without war. achieve. Therefore, he received the messengers from the three parties grandly, regardless of each other.

A few days later, he called all three messengers together, and made his most trusted minister, Trebassus, to preside over the talks.

Speaking of a meeting, it was more like a small banquet. There was a table in front of everyone, the table was full of delicious food, and there was a beautiful Persian maid to accompany it, but there was no relief on the faces of the three messengers, because they understood : After several days of contact, the Persians are finally going to show their attitude and who to give more support.

Trebassus saw the tension on their faces, and the Theban messenger, Peropidas, was more calm in comparison: no wonder the king admired the Theban more, even though he Not being humble enough in front of the King like the other two messengers...

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, Trebassus coughed lightly, and after attracting the attention of the three, he said loudly: "Three messengers, before our meeting, the king specially asked me to express my thanks to you, Thank you for your trust in the great king, who traveled thousands of miles to ask for help. The great king has shown great kindness to the Greek city-states since his accession, even though there were Greeks who helped the wicked traitor (i.e. Cyrus) disturbed Persia, and later the Spartans invaded the Persian region of Asia Minor—"

Although Trebassus was not looking specifically at the Spartan emissary when he said these words, Luticli was still embarrassed because both of these things had a direct or indirect connection to the Spartans.

"But the king did not hold grudges because of this, and his goodwill towards the Greeks did not change because of this, so when the Kris war broke out, various Greek city-states fought each other because of hatred, completely ignoring the displacement of the people and the separation of wives and children because of the war... ...The king made great efforts to get the states at war to sit at the negotiating table, and only then did the "king's contract" be signed. The city-states that signed the contract included Sparta, Athens and Thebes.

But you have not been at peace in Greece for a few years, and the war broke out again, and it has not subsided until today, which makes the king feel very sad! Fortunately, you are aware of the dangers of war, and are actively seeking solutions, the king's opinion is—"

The three of Peropidas suddenly turned their faces and pricked up their ears to listen.

Trebassus was satisfied with their response, and said in a more serious tone: "The king hopes that all parties involved in the war will negotiate as soon as possible to restore peace! And in the peace agreement, try to protect the independence and freedom of all parties involved, try to maintain the interests of the state—"

Before Trebasus had finished speaking, Lutikli could not sit still, and he immediately interjected: "Do your best to protect the interests of all parties? What does this mean! The Thebes shamelessly declared, 'The whole skin The Aoxia region should belong to Thebes', and on this ground, we have attacked many city-states in the Pioxia region, do we have to support such an arrogant request?!"

"Lord Trebassus must know that when the army of the noble Persian king Xerxes entered Central Greece with the help of our Thebes in that war a few decades ago, the Thebes was the center of the army. The Pioxia region is a whole, but the frequent wars over the years have caused it to be divided, and now we in Thebes just want to restore it to the past."

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