sweeping the world

Chapter 680 Carve up the world
For a long time, one characteristic of the education received by the intellectuals of the Central Plains Dynasty is that since the Central Plains is "the world", any enemy other than the Central Plains is a barbarian. , that is, those areas south of the Yangtze River, the land of Bashu, the land of Liaodong, the land of the northwest, etc., and those areas outside the land of Zhuxia are even more indifferent.

The elites in the Central Plains look down not only on the differences in regions, but also on the cultures of various ethnic groups. In fact, the Central Plains culture has been in the leading position in East Asia for a long time. Everywhere, they look down on the culture extended by the Hmong people of the same race, and even less look down on those cultures of other races.

Before the "clothes and hats crossing to the south", the aristocratic families in the Central Plains looked at the rest of the region as if they were looking at wild people, and everyone thought they were drinking blood.Even under the premise that the Chu land itself is not inferior to the culture of the Central Plains, the various families in the Central Plains still look down on the cultural inheritance of the southern families.They fled from the north to the south. They were obviously inferior to the south in terms of overall strength, but they were able to easily subdue the south. It is conceivable that the sense of psychological superiority will be stronger.

Some people who are qualified to be biographed basically have a point of view in their books, which is to ignore the fact that they fled to the south after being captured and killed by barbarians, and beautify their escape as bringing culture to the knowledge-poor land of the south. There is also a saying in the history books that advanced civilization was brought to the south because of the "clothes crossing south".

The same is true for compatriots who are also descendants of Zhu Xia. How can we expect those elites to look at the civilization of other countries (ethnicities)?Then it comes from ignorance, such as not knowing that there are older civilizations besides Zhuxia civilization, let alone what glory other nations have had, that kind of arrogance has always existed.

The civilization of the Central Plains is indeed something to be proud of. Even after the "Shenzhou Lu Shen", the Hu people who occupied the Central Plains copied the political system of the Central Plains. It is not to learn advanced Central Plains culture.

Mysterious self-confidence was broken with the development of science and technology in modern times, and then entered the stage of completely denying their own civilization. Those so-called elites began to think that they were backward in everything, and even the shit that foreigners pulled out was fragrant. of.

When did Zhuxia Miao descendants become complacent?To be clear, since the rise of Confucianism in an all-round way, it regards any technological development as an ingenious skill, and only the words of the ancient sages are the truth, turning a blind eye to the progress of the times.Furthermore, the Forbidden Sea has completely cut off communication with the outside world, and has not seen those originally backward ethnic groups catching up, or even surpassing them.

Many people will not believe it. It is true that the Zhuxia civilization has been at the forefront of the world for a long time. But to say that it is completely ahead is to deceive oneself and others. Compared with smelting technology, it cannot compare with Asan. Compared with agriculture, it cannot compare with Egypt. When it comes to conquest, There are not as many countries and nations as Rome, and it seems that it can stand shoulder to shoulder with Greece in terms of those mysterious and mysterious philosophies. However, Greek civilization at least has many scientific theories that are still worthy of research in modern times. It seems that the only thing that can compare with it is its viability. ?

In fact, survival (inheritance) is a victory. Many nations that can lead the civilization of Zhuxia in history have succeeded in ancient times, and even nations that have not completely disappeared are sinking and unable to extricate themselves.

There are not many peoples who fell and got up again. Zhuxia civilization has been reincarnating repeatedly in this process, and the other is the Persians who just got up again.

"This city..." Chianoush Alta Aldashir looked at the busy traffic, and then took a look at some buildings with no end in sight, and expressed his heartfelt emotion: "It's so big!"

Urgutai Bahram fully agrees with Kiyanush Alta Ardahir. Their capital is Tessifon (32 kilometers southeast of modern Baghdad), and it is very large, with a population close to 50 People, whether in Central Asia or Europe, can be regarded as one of the best cities.

Nowadays, there are not many cities with a population of more than 50, only one with a population of more than one million, and the remaining one with a population of about [-] can call itself a big city. Ardasil came to Han At that time, after some understanding, I didn't believe that there was a big city with a population of more than one million here in Han Dynasty. It was only after I saw it with my own eyes that I realized what I said was true.

"I heard that this city originally had a population of more than 200 million." Egutay Bahram sighed and said, "There is only such a city in the whole world."

Now Jiankang has a population of less than 200 million. Nearly 70 people have been relocated. Later, even though it became a hoarding place for sea trade goods due to its geographical location, it increased a lot of floating population, but there is really no breakthrough. 200 million people.

New Chang'an is still under preliminary construction. Jiankang is still the most populous city in Han Dynasty and the city with the largest permanent population in the world.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty surrendered soon after the Han army approached the city. Jiankang City has not actually withstood the devastation of the war, and retains the dense buildings it should have been. A big city, successively climbing mountains to watch.

A group of people from Sassanian Persia are located on Stone Mountain, where they can see most of the city and the boats on the Yangtze River. They have visited the market before, and no one denies that the construction The hugeness of Cannes has also seen the vitality of the city.

"We saw the construction of the strait by the Han Empire on the way here, and they obviously made up their minds to reach the trustworthiness." Ardashir is most concerned about this, Persian Sassanid has restarted the war against Rome , the Gupta Dynasty had frequent trade with Rome: "It is very beneficial for us to have the Han Empire to invade Sindhu."

The Gupta Dynasty was defeated once, but they did not admit the overall defeat. Originally, there were still voices calling for peace. Waiting for the troops led by Katruk Karp to be wiped out, it turned out that the voice of war suppressed the voice of peace.

The Han expeditionary force has been carrying out raids, but has adopted a cautious attitude towards landing on the Gupta dynasty's homeland. The two sides continued to engage in sea battles on the Asan Ocean side, and large-scale fleet battles did not appear again.

Speaking of which, the Persian Sasanian was rebuilt on the ruins of the Parthian Empire. During the fall of Parthia by Rome, most of the territory of Parthia was looted. The current capital of the Persian Sassanian, Tessiphon After being looted by the Romans, it was burned to ruins.

The Parthian Empire fell in [-] A.D. In the same year, the Parthian warrior Alta Zersis established the Sasanian Dynasty. His opponent at the beginning was not the Romans, but the last emperor of the Parthian Empire. Daban V.

After Altazersis won the victory and established the Sasanian Dynasty, he did not actually seek revenge from the Romans. Instead, he waved his weapons at the six nobles of the original Parthian Empire, and successively eliminated and annexed the six nobles and entered the incubation period.

In the next few years, there were still sporadic resistance movements in various parts of the Parthian Empire, but Ardashir I continued to expand his power eastward and northwestward, conquering Sistan, Gorgan, Hora Sang, Margiyana (in present-day Turkmenistan), Balkh and Klan Simia, he also occupied Bahrain and Mosul.Some inscriptions from the Sasanian era show that the kings of the Kushan Empire, Turan, and Mekran all submitted to Ardashir, but it is more likely that they submitted to Ardashir’s son Shapur from the textual research on coins. A generation.

The Sasanian dynasty's westward campaign against Hatra, Armenia and Aditya was ineffective.

In [-], the Sasanian Dynasty attacked the territory of the Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire counterattacked two years later. Although the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus celebrated his triumph in Rome, the war ended without a conclusion.

After that, the second round of great expansion of the Sasanian Dynasty did not start until [-]. The target of the war was the weakened Roman Empire. The war in the first three years was basically a stalemate. Defeated Roman Emperor Galerius near Linicum.

In the spring of [-] Galerius was supported by a reinforcement army assembled on the Danube. Nars could not advance further in Armenia and Mesopotamia, so Galerius passed through the Armenia launches offensive against northern Mesopotamia.Nars withdrew to Armenia to fight the Romans. The rugged Armenia was beneficial to the Roman infantry, but not to the Sasanian cavalry. With the assistance of the locals, Galerius defeated the Romans in two successive battles. Nars.

The Sasanian Dynasty started peace talks with the Roman Empire in [-]. This time, the war initiated by the Persians ended with the Sasanian Dynasty admitting defeat and ceding the land. Shortly afterwards, rebellions broke out in Sistan and Guishuang. The Sasanian king was also attacked and killed by the Arabs during a hunt.

Shapur II, the current Sasanian monarch, was crowned before he was born, placing the crown on his mother's belly.During his infancy, the Sasanian dynasty was ruled by his mother and nobles.The adult Shapur II rose to power immediately and proved to be an active and influential king.

After Shapur II came to power, he led a small but elite army to resist the Arabs in the south and ensure the safety of the southern part of the Sasanian Dynasty.He launched an offensive against the Romans on the western front. Although the Persians won a series of battles, they never took Rome because they failed to capture Nisibis and the Romans recaptured Singra and Armida. territory of the empire.

The Sasanian Dynasty was also held back by the nomads on the Eastern Front, who threatened the strategically important area of ​​the Silk Road in the central Asian river region.Shapur II then personally led the army to turn to the east, and let the officers under his flag continue to launch harassing attacks on the Romans.Shapur II subdued the various peoples of Central Asia and incorporated their territories into the Sasanian dynasty, conquering what is now known as Afghanistan.

At this stage, the war between the Sassanian Dynasty and Rome is in the stage of reopening. Before the battle broke out, they mainly resorted to harassment and destruction. The problem is that the Arabs in the Sasanian Dynasty broke out again. The trend of corruption greatly restrained the progress of the Sassanian war against Rome.

"We really need a powerful ally." Ardashir had a clear goal before coming to the Han Kingdom, which was to establish an alliance with the Han Kingdom: "The Han Empire not only appeared in Xindu, they also Marching towards the Western Regions. The trade between Xindu and Rome can be completely blocked on the sea, and the land can join the wars of the Arabs and Hunnites and other barbarians."

After the last battle in Asanyang, the Sasanian Dynasty had already seen the maritime strength of the Han Dynasty, and with a consistent impression, they also firmly believed that the strength of the Han people’s land warfare would not be so bad. No one in Persia needs them. Persia needs Han Chinese to join their wars. They will continue to fight against the Gupta Dynasty at sea, and they will help them suppress various disobedient nations on land.

This time the Sasanian sent envoys to come here only to ask for it. As the envoy, Ardashir must first understand what the Han people want, and impress the Han king with the greatest sincerity.

"Dividing the world is a great sign of sincerity." Ardashir was not joking. He said seriously: "We need to defeat the Romans. We can recognize the Han Empire's conquest of the Gupta Dynasty, and we can also recognize the Han Empire's re-acquisition. Control of the Western Regions. On sea and on land, we and the Han Empire can become allies fighting side by side.”

Urgutai Bahram was different from Ardashir, a member of the royal family who grew up well-clothed and well-fed. He did not take things for granted, and said: "I am afraid that things will not go as smoothly as we imagined. The ocean is in the dominant stage, and there is no difference between us and the Han Empire. The Western Regions called by the Han Empire were originally their control area, and it is only to admit that the Han Empire’s re-control of the Western Regions is not a bargaining chip.”

"The two countries need a country as a buffer zone, which can weaken the Huns to the greatest extent, and will not allow it to perish." Ardashir said with a smile: "The Huns can't perish, presumably the Han Empire will treat Kangju, Are Yueban and Wusun interested?"

"..." Urgutai Bahram really wanted to say that even without them, the Han Empire should destroy the above-mentioned countries or it could still be destroyed.He thought so, but he couldn't say it outright. He could only say euphemistically: "I heard that the Han Empire attacked the Inner Sea Peninsula (Indochina Peninsula) and Xindu to obtain food."

Ardashir also knew this, and immediately said with a smile: "Although I don't understand why the Han Empire traveled thousands of miles to seek food, how much food should be lost during transportation even if it is so far away. The Han Empire wants to get food, We just don’t lack food, and this is one of our bargaining chips.”

It was only then that Urgutai Bahram felt that this time the alliance discussion between the two parties had more or less what the Han Empire wanted.

(End of this chapter)