sweeping the world

Chapter 687
The diplomatic relations of each country are basically just out of need. They can come together because of the same interests, and they can also become belligerent countries because of conflicts of interests. One moment they are still fighting for life, and the next moment may be due to some reasons. They have become friendly again, so what kind of relationship should be depends on actual needs.

The Han Kingdom is far in the east of the world. Under the repeated conquests of the ancestors of the Xia Dynasty, the surrounding countries either perished or became dependent countries. The only long-term threat is the northern grassland.In fact, this kind of environment gave the Zhuxia dynasty a kind of arrogance. If there was no threat on the grassland, every dynasty would want to shout "I am already invincible".

The Persians have successively established many empire-level countries. Their geographical location determines that once the Persians stabilize internally, they will expand outward. The east is not the first choice for the Persians to expand because it is full of deserts. Although the west There is a sea (Mediterranean), but that sea does not seem dangerous, and the west has become the expansion direction of the Persians in the past. It was blocked by the Greeks before, and the Romans, who were even more difficult to deal with, met behind.

Rome rose from the Italian peninsula and expanded rapidly in the era of the Three Giants. Until the first century AD, it had turned the Mediterranean Sea into an inland sea belonging to the Roman Empire. In addition to the eastern region including modern Germany, the westward Europa Parts actually belonged to the Romans.

In fact, the Central Plains Dynasty did not seek outward expansion.

Zhu Xia repeatedly conquered the grassland, but because the grassland could not be farmed and did not know how to manage it, he conquered and gave up again and again.

The Han people marched to the northeast during the Western Han Dynasty, and what they encountered was a piece of ice-cold land, and it was difficult to incorporate it into the territory if they could not survive. To the greatest extent, they could only maintain the Yandi in the pre-Qin period and incorporate half of the peninsula into the territory .

During Liu Che's reign, he expanded southward all the way to the coast, facing the sea, he had no thought of exploring the sea at all.

In the Li and Tang Dynasties, the way to the west was first blocked by the plateau, and from the Western Regions to the west, it faced the Gobi and desert.

Since the first emperor, he has expanded to the southwest to a great extent, but in the long history, there is nothing to do with the primitive forest. The reason is that the alien races in this area are relatively mild, so that the ruling power can be maintained and transitioned to modern times.

If you look up the topographic distribution of Asia, you will definitely find that the area that could be farmed in ancient times was actually almost completely occupied by the Han people. They did not continue to expand outwards. Firstly, it was because they did not persist and explore a little further, and secondly because of the cost of occupation. The problem.

The Zhuxias in the east of the world only have grassland nomads as opponents, and the rest actually have no enemies to fight with at all. The Central Plains Dynasty only needs to be wary of threats from the grasslands. As a result, except for the northern border of the dynasty, other regions can actually say It's very peaceful.Under normal circumstances, except for the northern border where there is a sense of crisis, the rest of the areas are always singing and dancing. As a result, the dynasty is either destroyed by the grassland nomads, or when it develops to a certain extent, internal conflicts will break out and lead to its demise.

In contrast, the Romans at the westernmost end of World Island seldom had a peaceful life. They ruled a huge and vast territory with a very small population. The Goths have been invading Western Europe in the Roman Europa part, and Southern Europe has been entangled and fought endlessly with the Persians.

Of course, Rome has its own civil strife. Each time, a certain noble grows to a certain extent and eliminates the previous generation of Roman ruling families. However, the change of the ruling family does not change the country name, and it can still inherit the entire Roman territorial rule every time. right.The water content of this kind of inheritance has never been low. The ruling family ruled the whole of Rome in name, but in fact, the local nobles had the final say in each province, and there were two "co-governance by four emperors", and then they even split up. It became two parts: Western Rome and Eastern Rome.

The Han Kingdom under the rule of Liu Yan actually faced the same problems as previous dynasties. For example, facing the plateau climate problem to the west, how to manage the grasslands to the north is a big problem, and facing the boundless virgin forest to the southwest. To the northeast is the severe cold that cannot be ignored, and to go west from the Western Regions is to face the desert.

"Fortunately, the king advocates the development of navigation." Lu Yi has a reason to say this, otherwise he, a pianist, will be in the embarrassing situation of doing nothing for a long time: "As the king said, the sea is a treasure house!"

The Han Kingdom has not been operating the ocean for a long time, but the benefits it has obtained are infinite. The continuous acquisition of seafood is only one aspect. It has already produced benefits for the discovery and occupation of ocean islands, not to mention the fact that it has come into contact with the real "world" because of sailing. ", knowing how big the world is.

Lu Yi is in charge of receiving the Persian Sassanian envoys into the palace for an audience today. He does not need to be with the Persian Sasanian envoys all the time. To teach and remind the Persians of the audience procedure.

At this moment, Kianush Arta Ardashir and other Persians were in the side hall in front of Miyagi, and Cui Zong was the one who taught them the procedure of meeting.

In Zhuxia, there was a very strict process for meeting the emperor, especially for foreign envoys.

It must be said that the ministers of the Son of Heaven do not need to be kowtowers all the time nowadays, they only need to kneel down on some special occasions, and bow down on other occasions.

"No, no, no, I am a member of the royal family, and it is absolutely impossible to bow down to your emperor." Chianoush Alta Ardashir's reaction was a bit harsh, with a face full of refusal and at the same time a statement of disobedience : "You can't have such a rude request!"

After listening to the translation, Cui Zong stared at Kianush Alta Ardashir strangely, and saw that Kianush Alta Ardashir showed an inexplicable expression, and then said: " Your emperor is the emperor, but our emperor is not the emperor?"

Chianush Arta Ardashir was stunned after listening to those somewhat unreasonable translators. He really didn't know which one was bigger, the emperor or the emperor. According to the common practice of the world, submitting to the emperor is not a shameful thing. On the contrary, showing respect to the emperor of another country is tantamount to respecting the emperor of one's own country.

So far, any foreign race needs to kneel down to worship the rulers of the Central Plains Dynasty. This is a kind of pride brought about by the long-term absolute dominance of the Miao descendants of the Xia Dynasty.Until Wuhu Luanhua, the Miao descendants of Zhu Xia were indeed qualified to be proud, and then Yang Sui and Li Tang were also eligible, and in the subsequent dynasties, only the Zhu Ming generation had this qualification.

"We came here with friendship..." Kianoush Alta Ardashir had already hesitated: "Before I formally formed an alliance, I only bowed down to the emperor of my country."

Cui Zong asked strangely: "Do you really want to form an alliance?"

Kianoush Arta Ardashir of course hoped to be able to successfully form an alliance with the Han Kingdom. Hearing Cui Zong's inducing words, after repeated hesitation, he spat out the word "Okay" in a tangled manner.

In fact, Lu Yi told Cui Zong that it must be done. It was really out of the audience process, not out of pride and complacency. There is an essential difference from later generations of wild boar skin who must require foreigners to bow down when they meet the emperor. One is to continue Zhu Xia. The other is more about wanting to regain some face after being repeatedly taught.

Yiying’s interview process has been taught before, and Cui Zong is only making the final confirmation, not only for the Persians, but actually for any envoy including Rome.

Cui Zong led the Persians out of the side room when they were ready. They walked around the complicated indoor corridor for a while, but when they went out the door was empty.

The open space is a square. The ground that should have been made of bricks has long been full of potholes due to damage and lack of maintenance. The back is filled with soil for leveling. Repairing the pits everywhere is completely lacking in the grandeur that the Celestial Dynasty of Shangguo should have.

There are Imperial Guards standing guard on the square. On both sides of the aisle in the middle, there are Imperial Guards standing every three meters, extending to the front of the palace complex, and sergeants standing guard everywhere else.

Kianoush Arta Ardashir could see the palaces in the distance ahead, and he was actually a little dumbfounded at first glance, just because many of those palaces looked damaged, not to mention collapsed in pieces , Most of the roofs that have not collapsed are missing tiles, and only a few of them look like they have been repaired.

"If I hadn't seen the prosperity of Jiankang, I really doubt what kind of country we came to." Urgutai Bahram lowered his voice very low: "The emperor of the Han people is willing to live in such a dilapidated palace. , is enough to prove that he is a great man."

Kianush Arta Ardashir had no words to refute. The ruler of any country would never wrong himself. Which ruler would not try to build his residence magnificently as long as he had a little condition?Anyone who is willing to wrong their own ruler will subconsciously think that he is a person with extraordinary ambitions.

Miyagi looked very dilapidated, but the sergeants standing guard showed another side. Every sergeant was wearing gorgeous and practical military uniforms.

"At least it proves that the emperor of the Han people is very frugal when he treats himself." Chianush Alta Aldashir said that Liu Yan was willing to live in the dilapidated palace city but tried his best to treat his army well: "They seem to be Don't care that we see the broken side?"

They came by sea and saw Malacca, which was undergoing vigorous development and construction. After landing, they first entered the bustling city, but they could see the post-war scene with their own eyes on the way to Chang'an.

"If we were to receive envoys..." Urgutai Bahram shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It must be the most prosperous route, even if it is pretending, we will pretend to be the best."

So, it's not just Zhu Xia who has a good face, any civilization will have a good face.

"Have you found it?" Kianush Arta Ardashir deliberately pointed Urgutai Bahram to look at the sergeants with his eyes: "The soldiers of the Han people must have undergone strict selection."

They have already seen the field army of the Han Dynasty in the Pingman Captain's Department. The height of Han soldiers is generally more than 1.6 meters, and there is no shortage of soldiers taller than 1.8 meters.They originally thought that the Han people were all tall people, but after landing, they found that this was not the case. In Jiankang City, they often saw people who were less than 1.6 meters tall.

In fact, the height of Zhuxia Miao descendants depends on the region. Northerners are taller, while southerners are relatively shorter. To put it bluntly, it is not only the difference in genes, but also the difference brought about by eating habits.

Similar to Zhuxia, which has a large territory and is divided by water system, there are obvious differences in eating habits between the north and the south. There are not many countries with vast territories, all because of the obvious differences in the physical fitness of the people in different regions, but the difference is as big as that of Zhuxia. There are really few countries, all because the eating habits of other countries are basically the same.

They walked through the square and saw Yuan Qiao who had been waiting again. The two sides did not talk to each other. Yuan Qiao led them through the palace gate and came to a corridor surrounded by two city walls.

Kianoush Arta Ardashir walked into the tunnel surrounded by tall city walls, which was actually a bit heartbreaking. This kind of terrain was designed for killing. Surrounding and killing, there is no need to shoot arrows on the city wall at all, only need to keep throwing stones to wipe out the invading enemy.

After passing through the corridor, they had to pass through another palace gate, and when they walked up the stairs, they saw another square with many sergeants on guard.

[The defense construction of the Han Empire is too particular. 】Kianush Alta Ardashir has been looking around, and found that not only there are sergeants standing guard in the clear, but also some buildings are arranged with a lot of remote equipment: [Perhaps we should learn the model of the Han Empire and rebuild the royal city ? 】

When they walked to the other end of the square, they had to climb 81 steps to reach the gate of the palace. They were quite curious about the sculptures placed on both sides. They were some damaged dragon-shaped sculptures, which they had never seen before. seen.

Yuan Qiao stopped and said, "Please place the weapons in the weapon rack."

Kianoush Arta Ardashir said very simply: "We are not carrying weapons."

That being said, they still had to go through a rigorous search, and the Persians didn't think there was anything wrong, and they would have done the same if they had.

After actually entering the hall, Chianush Arta Ardashir found that the interior space was quite large. He wanted to observe the environment carefully, but he saw officials kneeling on both sides of the front of the interior. Because of the dimness on the high platform, only the outline of a human figure can be seen slightly.

The hall seemed very quiet. They only heard the sound of footsteps when they were led forward. They came to a platform above the pool. Suddenly, someone sang a series of words, and immediately knelt down in groups according to the etiquette they had been taught in advance. Down.

The high platform is not a high platform, but because Zhuxia's "rituals" need to leave the steps of the "Nine Five Supremes", the person who sits is naturally Liu Yan, who is expressionless when he sees people kneeling and worshiping.

(End of this chapter)