sweeping the world

Chapter 838 I feel bad, I want to cry!
"Seres doesn't look like a civilized country that has been passed down for thousands of years. They are too violent and barbaric!"

"You can't say that. If someone threatens to kill their emperor, but they don't respond at all, I will doubt whether Siris is as powerful as the rumors say, and will look down on Siris."

Constantius II is having a headache now, and simply going to war with Han is not an option for him, and at the same time, he cannot say nothing about what the Han people did in Constantinople.

What happened today will forever be recorded in the history of Rome, and may be compared with the Celtic invasion of Rome (it happened around 2000 BC), it will be a new stain in the history of Rome, It will also be a disgrace.

The Romans have long washed away the shame brought by the Celts' invasion of Rome, and they are close to exterminating the Celts. Even if the oppression of the Celts has not ended until now, it will certainly not Finish.

"The deeds of the Seres have proved their strength from another aspect. They are not afraid of going to war with Rome at all, maybe... they also want to go to war with Rome?"

"We are so far away from Seris. Facts have proved that our warships cannot sail out of the Mediterranean Sea. It will definitely not be our legion that takes the initiative to attack. They can make expeditions across the sea. In the known world, only the Serisians can To do such a thing is far crazier and more technical than the Macedonian expedition."

"The distance between the two countries is too far. I still want to believe that Siris is not here to start a war."

"Yes, what happened today is entirely Peter's fault."

The Peter they said is now in the cathedral in Constantinople, there is no decommissioning at all as the Romans said, on the contrary, he received praises from various bishops and archbishops like a hero, and even the archbishop also said that he had fulfilled The sacred mission given by the "Lord".

The thousand gold coins that Peter needed to pay were paid quickly, but the church helped to pay for it, and he himself was rewarded with two hundred gold coins.From here we can also see the attitude of Christianity.

It wasn't that the officials in Rome deceived Wang Meng. In fact, the reply received by the Roman officials was exactly what they said. It's just that Christianity says one thing and does another.

Christianity did not spend much effort to cover up its own behavior. Those who should know will know sooner or later, even if they know it, it will be the same thing, and those who know it will not mention it to the Han people.

In today's Rome, quite a few dignitaries are followers of Christianity. It doesn't matter how pious their beliefs are. It is Christianity that can bring them benefits.

Turning a blind eye and closing one eye for the benefit is common in any country and any nation. What to do, or what choice to make when encountering multiple-choice questions, just see how big the benefits will be.

Obviously, the Han Kingdom is too far away from Rome, but the influence of Christianity in Rome is too great, and it is related to the dignity of the Romans. They have not killed their own people because of diplomatic disputes in history...even if that My own is a complete bastard, and I have never killed him because of external demands.

The Han cannot force the Romans to kill their own people, no one can, especially since Rome is still very powerful.If things really get out of hand, it's nothing more than war.

Constantius II relied heavily on Christianity in the process of unifying Rome, which also allowed Christianity to further increase its influence, and its material and financial resources also increased.

For Constantius II, Christianity was too big to lose. At the same time, he had no intention of erasing Christianity, but just wanted to suppress it, but the facts have repeatedly proved that even if he wanted to suppress it Christianity is not easy either.

However, now Constantius II has found an opportunity. He summoned people who he believed to be credible, just to do this.

"If war is unavoidable, then let war come." Constantius II's appearance is still very resolute. He is a monarch who has come all the way from the flames of war. Raised by hand: "But the war with Siris won't do us any favors."

Now Rome has foreign enemies, and it is also a mess internally.

There are many foreign enemies in Rome, such as the Persians who have been bloody and bloody for thousands of years, the Germanic tribes who have been coming and going endlessly, Spain and Gaul, whose national consciousness is resurging, and the unyielding people across the strait. The barbarians of Britain.

The interior of Rome is more complicated. In just a few decades, it has become a behemoth of Christianity, the remnants of the vassals of Constantine I and Constantine II, and the nobles with heavy arms.Of course, there are also those nephews whom Constantius II has always wanted to get rid of quickly, but he couldn't do it at all.

"I learned a famous quote from Siris from Cicero." Constantius II seemed to recall a moment, said a sentence in Chinese with an awkward accent, and then repeated it in Roman language: " To fight against the outside world, the inside must be settled first."

The source of this sentence is not Lao Jiang, it was Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty who first mentioned it, but Zhang Zhongjing didn’t say anything about using troops, but actually wrote it in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Taiyang Disease" when he wrote "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" chapter.

Healing a disease and governing a country are in fact interlinked.To treat a disease, the most threatening part must be dealt with first, so that the bones of the body can support it, and then the condition can be rectified.In governing the country, only when there is only one voice inside, can the greatest strength be concentrated to resist foreign enemies. Otherwise, not only will the interior be chaotic, but someone will overthrow him from power, how can he resist foreign enemies?

"I admire the Emperor Seris very much." Constantius II didn't seem to be lying, he was both envious and jealous: "He went from having nothing to becoming the master of a huge empire, and he used strong means to make the interior consistent. Only by obeying his orders can people easily destroy those powerful external enemies."

In other words, Liu Yan seems to have really done that, but he didn't do anything to his subordinates and subordinates.In the process of his rise, what he bloody eliminated were those local tyrants, gentry, aristocratic families, and clans who were unwilling to come together. They really couldn't be regarded as internal, but external enemies.

"The people of Seres obeyed their emperor, so the people of Seres not only wiped out the former powerful enemy, but also continued to use troops abroad." Constantius II couldn't hide the bad luck and unwillingness on his face: "I am here What to do? He is nominally the master of Rome, but in fact he can hardly make decisions about Rome."

The truth is that none of the rulers in Roman history could truly dominate Rome, whether it was Gaius Julius Caesar, Septimius Severus, or Gavis Octavian Augustus, no one did what seemed to be done easily in the Eastern Empire.

Are the people of Zhuxia not fond of freedom?No, it is the history of the rise in ancient times that has taught us that only the existence of a voice can exert the greatest strength of a nation, thus generating a collective consciousness and passing it down.

History has proved one thing time and time again, Zhu Xia is not stifling freedom, but once there are multiple voices, Zhu Xia will always fall into extreme weakness, giving foreigners an opportunity to take advantage of it, proving that no matter how bad centralization is, it is better than ignorant so-called Freedom is good.

The Romans were different. They had been used to "freedom" since ancient times. Even if there was a short-lived central group, it was a false central group.They grow stronger in "freedom", and then become stronger from growth, so they naturally think that the system of "freedom" is the best system.

Rome was able to pass on "freedom", not because there were no tough rulers who wanted to terminate "freedom", but because the foundation of "freedom" was based on force.Anyone in a well-established family can raise private soldiers, and any ruler who wants to terminate "freedom" will be greeted by everyone's counterattack, so unless the ruler can sweep away by himself, he should be honest.

In fact, no matter it is this or that, only the most suitable one is the most suitable. If the same system is implemented by different nations, some nations will be extremely strong, but some nations will be chaotic and weak.

It's not that Constantius II didn't think about doing something internally, but the idea of ​​doing it was reborn and pushed down by himself.He has made detailed comparisons many times in the dead of night. He actually has 27 legions in his hands, but there are as many as forty legions that are formally organized outside his control, not counting the nobles' private ones. military.

What made Constantius II even more angry and embarrassing was that the threats on the surface were not the most critical, but that once the nobles were torn apart, ordinary Romans and citizens would definitely not choose to stand on their side .

"You need money, a lot of money." Luz Kruger Dea spoke the truth of the world: "The Romans are now only succumbing to money."

There is no caste system in Rome, but having an honorable surname in Rome will add countless points.In every period of time in Rome, there are some surnames that cannot be offended, the kind that would rather offend the consul or Augustus to the death than provoke those surnames.

At a certain time in Rome, Daia was one of those surnames that was untouchable.The Daia family had ruled Rome twice, the first time as the divided state of the four emperors, and the second time as the supreme ruler of Rome as a whole.

Luce Kruger Deia is enjoying the shade brought by his surname, and his family has always remained at the upper reaches of Roman society in order to become a financial officer in Rome.

There are many treasurers in Rome. Local provinces have their own treasurers, and families also have their own treasurers, but there is one position that is unique, that is, the capital city treasurer.Although they are all financial officers, the financial officer of the capital city is in charge of the entire country's finances. The Romans are used to calling them the chief financial officer, and Luce Kruger Dea is now such a position.

"Associating with Siris can bring you wealth." Luce Krueger Dyer said extremely seriously: "The Siris people may be evil, but their gold is not evil. There is no doubt that you need it now Friendship from Siris."

"Your Excellency the Finance Officer is right." Flavis Valentinianus echoed, "You really need the wealth from Siris."

Later, many people agreed, and they agreed that even if there was a war with Han, what Constantius II should do now is to acquire wealth.

We must deeply know that no matter what historical period Rome is in, wealth is always the most important.

The money of the Romans has been fixed since the moment the election was born. Electors can bribe voters openly. Doesn’t it mean that the country’s dominance can be bought with money?

What frightened the Roman rulers of all ages was that the first rebellion of the Roman Legion was due to the fact that the military salary was not paid. The first rebellion occurred on the Ninth Spanish Legion. The subsequent rebellion of the Roman Legion was not related to the military salary. .

During the period of Roman military officer rule, what money really did was to be able to do whatever they wanted. As a result, everyone knew that there would be serious consequences if there was no money, which made the Romans even more obsessed with money.

"We can't monopolize all the interests, but we can occupy the vast majority of interests, especially now." Luce Kruger Daya is not the lamb of the Lord, he believes in the Olympus pantheon, I have stumbled against Christianity before, and I will never give up on Christianity: "If the rumored description of the Sires is correct. On the stage of communicating with Sires, they Already out."

"It's not just Christianity, there is reason to believe that those people are out." Flavius ​​Valentinianus is also not the lamb of the 'Lord', and he does not hide his gloating at all: "I am very happy now. It is Poseidon who believes.”

The Romans were particular about which gods they believed in. The Valentinianus family believed in Poseidon, which meant that their family depended on the sea for their livelihood.

The Valentinianus family is considered a rising star in Rome. It really developed in the era of the four emperors. They made their first windfall by standing on the right team, and then chose the family to take the ocean development route with extremely correct eyes. , earned a lot of wealth by mastering a route unknown to others, including smuggling ordnance from Rome to Great Britain and selling it to those barbarians.

Among the people summoned by Constantius II, there is no shortage of the "Lord" lamb, but only you know how pious they are, and their faces are not so pretty, including Constantius. Us II himself.

Christianity in Rome is not an officially designated state religion, but in fact it is the state religion of Rome.Beginning with Constantine I, whether he was competing for the throne of Augustus or sitting on the throne of Augustus, he had to pretend to be devout to the "lord".

"Julian and the Han envoy are very close." Constantius II really didn't like Julian, but he noticed it from Wang Meng's attitude towards Julian. If he didn't like him, he would ease the relationship: " I want Julian on our side!"

(End of this chapter)