sweeping the world

Chapter 831 Are You Declaring War?
"I cannot comment on your country's alliance with Sassanid, but an alliance with the Persians has never been an ideal choice." Even Julian said that he could not comment, but he gave a definition, which is actually an unusually wrong thing. Polite and abrupt things.He didn't give up on the idea of ​​going on, kept a smile on his face, and continued: "The Persians have not given up on expanding eastward for a long time, and they will not give up this obsession now. The reason why the Persians Not east because we have been at war with them for millennia."

Wang Meng partly agrees with Julian's statement that the Persians are indeed not an ideal alliance partner, and the fact that the Persians have no extra power to expand eastward is also due to the existence of the Romans.

The territory of the Persian Sasanian Empire is the old land of the Parthian Empire, but the Persian Sassanian did expand to the east for nearly a thousand miles on the basis of the old land of the Parthian Empire. It seems that it once reached the edge of the Western Regions and surrendered Kang In other countries, it is still waiting for the Romans to enter the Middle East again before withdrawing their power.Otherwise, the Persians may have contact with the Han people, but they don’t know what form of contact, and the probability of war may be the majority.

The Romans, caught in civil war, could still firmly hold down the Persians.It can be seen from the fact that the Romans still control several provinces in the Middle East, including some Middle Easterners forming independence, the Persians are always on the weak side when facing the Romans.

"We have formed a unity, and we are reunifying under the obstruction of the Persians. They will soon eat the evil they have planted." Julian was talking with a smile, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, as if he was making a declaration : "The Roman legions will once again enter Ctesiphon."

The two nations that have been at war for so long can be described as bloody enmity. Neither of them will give up their hatred, let alone do nothing when they can make each other unhappy.

Wang Meng could guess that the Persians must have put in a lot of effort when the Romans fell into civil war, and even paid for some ambitious Romans.Now that he has learned from Julian that Rome has been unified again, some of the previous confusion can be solved, such as how the Romans still have extra energy and financial resources to support the Arabs, Serbians, and Yuezhi people.

In fact, Wang Meng has other ideas. He estimates that even if Rome is unified, it will be a fragile unity. It is because of the Greek self-government from Greece, and he has also seen the weakness of the local governors. Furthermore, each family still has a strong family. private army.

Wang Meng is very sure that if Rome does not change the policy that nobles can formulate laws privately, there will never be a real unity in Rome.

The real situation is that Rome has never really been unified in the true sense. How many years of history they have, the family private army has been with them for as many years, which is based on the premise of the noble fiefdom.The nobles have the family's private army and can make their own laws. In a country where the laws cannot even be consistent, where can we talk about unification?

Out of the kindness shown by Julian and because Wang Meng had his own purpose, Wang Meng revealed his thoughts in euphemistic language.

"The angel said it well." Julian continued to laugh, and his smile was hearty: "It's a pity that it can't be done."

In fact, it can be done, that is, there is such a tyrannical Augustus who killed all the nobles who were unwilling to accept the reform. This reform.However, if you really want to do this, it is tantamount to overthrowing everything and starting over, the country will inevitably be burned into ruins by the flames of war, and it is unknown how many people will die.

"If your country wants to achieve reforms, especially reforms that affect all nobles..." Julian asked sincerely, "How would you do it, or has anyone succeeded?"

"Yes, seven years ago in 820, one of our sages did it." Wang Meng was talking about Shang Yang's reform, because there is still a long way to go, and there is enough time to talk about it in general.He hadn't finished talking yet, and when he saw people welcoming him in front of him, he had to say the conclusion: "Shang Jun's policy has continued until now, and we are still enjoying the fruits of Shang Jun's reform."

Julian listened very attentively, and didn't realize that there was another welcoming crowd in front of him. Seeing Wang Meng's concluding remarks, he was stunned. Looking forward, he realized that it was indeed not a good time to continue talking.He smiled very understandingly, but he made up his mind in his heart that he would visit Wang Meng if he had the chance.

They entered the city gate from the pier, and walked a long way on the streets of the city.

The Romans actually prepared carriages, but Wang Meng politely refused because the boat was bumpy and wanted to walk, so they made everyone enter the city on foot.

Constantinople is indeed a big city, and I don't know if it's because of the red carpets on the streets, or because the Romans cleaned it up on purpose, so they didn't see the feces and urine all over the streets.

The street they walked was about six meters wide, and on both sides were two- or three-story buildings, which seemed to be shops or the like, and kept relatively neat. But each building has its own alley.

The fairly straight street was about 400 meters deep, blocked by a building with a cross on the roof.This large building is just at the intersection of the "T" fork, and the conspicuous cross on the roof can be clearly seen from a long distance.

The red carpet that extends from the pier to the city ends here. A group of people in red robes surround a young man in an unusually gorgeous dress. There are densely packed Roman guards around, and there are no civilians standing around.

"That's my brother Gallus." Julian seemed to keep smiling all the time, but when he mentioned Gallus, his eyes were very cold: "He is Caesar."

Wang Meng followed Julian's line of sight and saw a young man with a haughty expression on his face.

Gallus's attire was really gorgeous, with a golden armor with engraved patterns, and the silk exposed from the neckline, and a crown studded with dense gemstones and diamonds on his head.He waited for Wang Meng to get close enough before taking a step forward.

"Guests from the far east, welcome to your arrival." Gallus kept his head raised slightly, his posture was to greet people with his chin, his first sentence was quite polite, but he asked later: "You guys?" What presents are you carrying, any silk?"

In fact, Wang Meng didn't have any idea about Gallus raising his head. He is more than 1.7 meters tall, and Gallus looks at about 1.6 meters.

After listening to the translation, Wang Meng didn't show any special expression. He didn't need to show arrogance, nor would he bow his knees at all. He just smiled naturally and said, "If Caesar likes silk, the gift we give to Caesar will naturally be silk. "

After listening to the translation, Gallus laughed happily "haha". He didn't know whether it was out of politeness or for the sake of receiving silk gifts. He finally continued to move forward and stretched out his right hand.

After finishing the handshake with Wang Meng, Gallus looked at Julian who was standing quietly on one side, first looked up and down, and then said with a cold expression: "There is nothing to do with you here."

Julian was still smiling, raised his right arm at 45 degrees, stretched out his palms down, and knocked his legs to attention, completing the greeting etiquette, and walked without any delay.

If Liu Yan was present, he would probably be in a daze, because Julian saluted just now and saw that the salute was no different.The problem is that ** is the greeting etiquette of ancient Rome. It was first invented by the Italians, and then Adolf Hitler directly used it.

Marcus Utansis and other Roman soldiers left with Julian. Marcus Marca would like to leave if he could, but Marcus Marca needs to stay and do translation work.

"Does that guy have a cervical spine problem, or does he have head tilt?" Doua was talking about Gallus, and he was very dissatisfied with the arrogance Gallus showed, with a look he couldn't understand: "If a guy like this The big man will definitely not live long."

Cai Mian laughed a few times "hehe", Dou'a said it was a bit exaggerated, but it is a fact that people like Gallus will never have a better life in Han, let alone climb to a high position.

It’s not that all the Han people are gentle and know how to be polite, it’s that people who show arrogance all the time will never be welcomed, even if a second generation with inherent advantages shows such a posture, they will face exclusion when they enter the officialdom, don’t think about your second generation The identity of the generation is the almighty amulet.

"This is Daqin." Cai Mian stared at Wang Meng who was shaking hands with those priests one by one, and said relatively casually: "They talk about blood here, even a stupid pig can be a lord, as long as the family is not destroyed, the stupid pig will live His son will still be lord."

"Hehe, isn't it just like a small imperial court?" Dou'a's ancestors were farmers, and he himself was a farmer a few years ago, but now he is a nobleman, and he can also serve as a military attache of an envoy: "The big man wiped out the small The imperial court has no trouble, those nobles with noble blood, where is their nobility?"

Cai Mian did not live under the rule of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, nor did he grow up under the system of Jiupin Zhongzheng System, and he had no affection for the small imperial court that abandoned the North.

"You should say less about things like this." Cai Mian got along well with Dou'a along the way, and he has become friends: "Don't forget the origins of Tingwei, General Zhengnan, and General Zhengxi, and there are also people in the court. There is no shortage of southerners, and you never know when you offend someone."

"General Zhengnan is not the same as General Zhengxi." Dou'a said straightforwardly: "The two generals had abandoned the dark and turned to the bright before the small imperial court was destroyed. Even Ting Wei has made great contributions to His Majesty."

Come on, Cai Mian feels that it doesn't make sense with Dou Ah.

In any country, in any place or nation, people are the same people, but their dispositions, thoughts and behaviors are different. That is the difference between people, just like Julian who sometimes smiles all the time among the Romans , There will also be Gallus who looks arrogant all the time.

"That Julian looks like a sinister smiling tiger." Dou Ah said so, but there was a smile on his face: "The more people like him, the better for the big man."

Everyone has already tasted too much from Julian's attitude, including Julian's deliberate friendship, but that is based on the premise that Julian betrayed some Romans, such as revealing in advance that Rome has reunified.

"The news that Rome has been united is indeed surprising." Cai Mian's face began to turn pale. He knew why the Persians were misleading, and why the Romans were hiding it: "The big man is too far away from the Great Qin, and we will not take the initiative to go to the Qin Dynasty." Stir up Daqin. But if someone takes the initiative to come over and can stand our test, the big man can also gain benefits, why not do it?"

Dou Ah doesn't like to get involved in these things.In his opinion, his own knowledge is only so much, and his field of expertise is on the battlefield. It is better to leave some insidious contests to professionals.Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked at the accompanying Han army.

Most of the Han troops naturally stayed at the pier. There were only 200 people who followed, all of them were foot soldiers. They stood motionless and silent at the back.

Ahead, after Wang Meng shook hands with a group of people, a bishop or archbishop in red invited him into the church, saying that he wanted to celebrate mass for him in person.

"Your mass is a conversion ceremony, right?" Wang Meng put away his smile and said blankly: "The big man respects any belief of anyone, and I have no intention of converting to your Lord."

The bishop who looks wrinkled but is extremely fat is still the archbishop. He really hopes to hold a mass for Wang Meng, and is even more eager to go to the Han Kingdom to hold a mass for the emperor of the Han Kingdom, and then the Han Kingdom will become the lord. country of faith.He was smiling and sincerely didn't know what he was talking about. This time, Marcus Maca didn't translate quickly.

"What did he say?" Wang Meng could describe the expression on his face as cold as ice at this moment: "You translate it according to the original meaning."

Marcus Maca looked as if he was enduring his anger. He first asked, "Do you really want to listen?", and then translated: "He said, the Lord is everywhere, and only the Lord is the only true God in the world, and the rest are False gods, one day all false gods will be wiped out."

The reason why Wang Meng's face is so cold is because he can understand some Roman words.

Well, this person, who doesn’t know whether it’s a bishop or an archbishop, said that their Lord is the only true God, and regardless of what any nation in other countries thinks, the Son of Heaven of the Han people is one of the gods, does it mean that they also want to eliminate the Son of Heaven? huh?

"Can I understand it as Christianity, or... Rome? When the envoy first arrived in Constantinople..." Wang Meng laughed, still laughing very wantonly: "I am declaring war on the big man immediately." ?”

Marcus Maca was very annoyed and translated Wang Meng's words aloud, in exchange for exclamations and roars.

(End of this chapter)