sweeping the world

Chapter 955 Envy and Jealousy
People who are obsessed with art don't know whether it is innate or acquired. Most people who play art will appear very simple, with no problem in IQ, but their EQ is frighteningly low.

The current Wang Xizhi is not only a well-known calligrapher and great poet throughout the country, but also has a very high literary status in later generations. All the notes left to later generations are expensive.

Chen Fei wanted to speak more clearly, but decided to hide his clumsiness after hesitation.He is just Wang Xizhi's subordinate, not a relative, let alone a friend. It is already his duty to remind him, and it is impossible and inappropriate to do more.

The Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire was infinitely close to the Honglu Pavilion in the Western Han Dynasty. In addition to receiving foreign officials from various countries, it also took on the responsibility of spying on intelligence and planning wars.

If you look through the history books, you can find that the Honglu Hall in the Western Han Dynasty was a concentration camp for warmongers, the most famous being the Battle of Mayi.The planner of the Battle of Mayi was Dahonglu Wang Hui at that time.

After the Battle of Mayi, the Honglu Hall of the Western Han Dynasty successively planned wars against South Vietnam, Minyue, Zhenyue, Dian Kingdom, Ailao...etc. The army under the jurisdiction of the museum was completed independently, so the Honglu Pavilion and the Shaofu in the Western Han Dynasty can actually be called "monster" departments in history.

The only difference between the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire today and the Honghe Pavilion in the Western Han Dynasty is that there is no direct subordinate army. In addition, the military’s assistance in launching wars abroad is indispensable. right to speak.

It was on the evening of the next day that Liu Yan summoned Wang Xizhi to come over to record a famous chapter, and only then did he know about Julian and Xias' request from Wang Xizhi.

It is always a taboo to report to the higher level in the officialdom. Liu Yan has not learned about the request from Rome and Sasanian from Lu Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. It wasn't the first time it happened, if Wang Xizhi didn't have the title of doctor of writing, I'm afraid not only he would lose his official life, but he would not have a better life.

"I heard that Young Master Yi misses the scenery of Kuaiji?" Liu Yan only saved face for the sake of Wang Xi's posthumous status: "I will let Chang Shilang grant leave."

Wang Xizhi's flowing writing movement stopped, and he looked at Liu Yan cutely, his face full of puzzlement.

Liu Yan wouldn't explain anything, saying that meant that Wang Xizhi should go back to his hometown even if he didn't want to. As for when Wang Xizhi would return to Chang'an, let's wait for Liu Yan to speak one day.

There were not many people in the side hall, Liu Yan was sitting at the front seat reviewing the memorials, Cui Zong was standing on the side of the table, ready to serve at any time, Wang Xizhi was kneeling and sitting in the corner wielding a pen, and another female official and court lady was Stand quietly in the corner.

Cui Cong looked at Wang Xizhi who was writing again with inexplicable eyes, thinking that Wang Xizhi was quite lucky.

In fact, for an official who has not entered Liu Yan's field of vision and repeatedly fails to abide by the rules of officialdom, not only will his reputation be stinky, but he will be doomed to be mediocre at the bottom of his life if he is still in the officialdom. Wang Xizhi will at least have a humble official position Access to the inner circle.

Liu Yan would not be surprised that the Romans and Persians wanted to see the firearms troops with their own eyes. If it weren't for his current status, he would have wanted to go to the battlefield to watch the battle in person.

Liu Yan chose to ignore the submission that did not comply with the procedure.

Julian and Xyas were still waiting with anticipation, but they went to visit Wang Xizhi after two days, but they got a reply that the host was packing up and saluting and could not meet the guests.

They stood at the door in a daze for about ten minutes, looked at each other and kept smiling wryly.

They couldn't take shortcuts, they had to go to the Ministry of Rites Office outside Miyagi again, and ask to see another representative of the class.

"I will report the truth." Zhang Qing actually hated seeing the two crooked nuts very much. If it weren't for his royal status, he wouldn't even want to see him: "You two, go back to the post and wait patiently for an answer."

There are almost no secrets in the same office. Julian and Xyas just paid a visit to Wang Xizhi, but Wang Xizhi packed up his clothes and went back to his hometown. Thank you, Seaas.

Although it is not waiting to be seen, Zhang Qing needs to record and report.

Two royal families from other countries requested to go to the northern border to watch the battle. It was sent to Miyagi two days later. According to the procedure, it went through the Shaodian and the Shaojian... It took another two days before it landed on the servant's desk.

The servant is the second official in each ministry, and the servant is below the minister.There are four ministers in the Ministry of Rites, and each minister is responsible for a different field.

Chang Wei is the servant in charge of contact with other countries. He glanced at the form and put it down.

Wang Xizhi was one of the officials who belonged to Chang Wei's department of authority, and he would know more things when he reached the rank of minister, and he knew that Wang Xizhi was "allowed to leave" by Liu Yan himself because of such a thing.

"Record..." What Chang Wei didn't know was whether Liu Yan let Wang Xizhi go back to his hometown because he didn't agree with Wai Guoren's watching the battle, or it was simply because Wang Xizhi broke the official rules again.He pondered for a while, and ordered: "Send it to the Minister in three days."

Two days and two days later, the minister of rites was pressed for another three days, and it was already the seventh day waiting for the minister of rites, Lu Yi, to get the certificate.

However, Lu Yi had already received instructions from Liu Yan that Wai Guoren’s request to go to northern Xinjiang to watch the actual combat of the firearms unit had been approved. As for when the Ministry of Rites would reply to Julian and Xeas and agree to let them go to watch the battle, it was still a matter of time. What kind of arrangement, everything is still preferential planning.

It took as much as 20 days from the formal request to the reply.

"Emperor Han agreed to our request." Julian was somewhat surprised, he thought he would be rejected: "The Ministry of Rites will send a commissioner to lead us there."

They have not received a reply, and on the tenth day, they sent people to the northern border.

The same is true, even if the Han Empire refuses, they will not really give up, but being able to see it for themselves is completely different from getting a description from others.

The Ministry of Rites delayed for another three days before notifying Julian and Xyas that they would leave the next day.

Finally, the two people who knew the exact date could not help complaining about how the administrative efficiency of the Han Empire was so slow, until they joined the team from the Ministry of Rites and really rushed to the northern border, they could be regarded as relieved.

"The efficiency of the Han Empire in some aspects is astonishingly fast." Xias and Julian were in the same car, riding a horse-drawn rail car equipped with special wheels, and they were traveling on the Chi Road: "They were on Yuanshuo Nine The construction of this road began in [-]. I heard that most of the road from southeast to northwest has been completed? This road from northwest to northeast has also been built to a place called Taiyuan County. "

The two national highways that run through the territory in the shape of a cross were planned from the beginning as ordinary roads and tracks.

The difficulty of road construction on ordinary roads lies in the difficulty of building roads in the mountains and building bridges when encountering water. On the premise of sufficient manpower and the use of gunpowder to blast some road sections, it is much faster to repair than simply using manpower.

It is not a simple matter to build a running track even on a flat road. How to choose the wood and how to make the track splicing firmly, Shaofu spent a lot of energy and thought.

At present, the places connected by rails all start from Chang'an. The one leading to Jiankang has only been repaired for less than [-] miles, and the one leading to Liaodong has been repaired for nearly a hundred years because of the factor of war against northern Xinjiang. inside.

"It's a great invention!" Xias looked at the scenery that kept flashing by outside the window, and exclaimed: "How could the Han people have such a fantastic idea!"

To be serious, the Persians are really a little behind in terms of infrastructure, not to mention there are no miracle projects and epic buildings, and they have never paid attention to the construction of roads.

It is not without reason that the Persians lag behind in infrastructure. First of all, they have been on the weak side in the war with the Romans for a long time, and the national funds are not enough to spend on the military. How can they have spare money to engage in epic projects.Another point is that the geographical environment they live in is quite special, and quite a few areas are either steep mountains or Gobi or deserts.

Building roads in dangerous mountains, not to mention the present, is not an easy task even in modern times, especially since most of the territory of the Persians is on the plateau.

Gobi and desert?Only those who are in trouble will repair roads in that environment.

Various factors have led to the inaction of the Persians on infrastructure, not because they have no love, but because they can't afford it.

Speaking of miraculous projects and epic buildings, Julian had a proud expression on his face.

The love of the Romans for infrastructure is beyond imagination. The country is full of roads extending in all directions, and a magnificent arena was built several times, but the most obsessed is the construction of aqueducts.

The last time Wang Meng led a team to Rome, what impressed him the most was undoubtedly the aqueducts that can be seen everywhere, especially the elevated aqueducts that impressed him the most.

Don’t think that building canals is a simple matter. Without a holistic view, even building canals will cause a messy layout and unimaginable damage to the river embankments.

The Romans wantonly built water canals, which shows that they attached great importance to agriculture. Looking at them, they not only built various water canals, but also built supporting cisterns. The appearance is just like that, but they also figured out the water pressure, which produced The earliest tap water facilities for humans on earth enabled the Romans not only to bathe with indoor running water, but also to create countless sculptured fountain buildings.

After Julian arrived in Chang'an, if he had to say which scenery surprised him the most, it was definitely the water fountains in various parks or squares. He once suspected that he had come to the ancient Roman city, not a country in the far east.

According to some records, in the heyday of the ancient Roman city, there were nearly [-] fountains in private or public places, and there were running water facilities every [-] meters on the streets.

The Constantine family moved the capital to Constantinople and tried hard to build a city like the ancient Roman city, but they seemed to have lost some knowledge in the war, including how to build a perfect underground Water pipes (canals), not to mention recreating the splendor of fountains everywhere in the ancient Roman city, even the favorite bathing of the Romans can only be supplied with water by diversion canals, and tap water from plumbing facilities is no longer seen.

"It's not difficult for them to build this kind of road..." Julian was only proud for less than three seconds, and put on a frustrated expression: "Constantinople tried to build according to the drawing, but could only imitate the appearance , cannot be put into practical use like the Han people.”

If you want to learn how to repair Chidao, you must at least know how to choose wood, and then learn about physical assembly and power.

Of course, there will not be those definite disciplines now, but the principle that you can do something with relevant knowledge remains the same.

They traveled north in a horse-drawn railcar, seeing for the first time what was going on in the north.

"Han people are very happy." Xias looked at the green scenery, trying his best to hide his envy: "You can see green mountains and green waters everywhere, unlike our side where most of them are Gobi or desert."

Julian chose to remain silent on this point.

The place where the Romans made their fortunes is not bad, and it can even be said to be much better than the Han people.They made their fortunes on the peninsula, and there is no shortage of continents around the peninsula. From the very beginning, civilization followed the model of emphasizing both land power and sea power.

The environment of the Italian peninsula is also green mountains and green waters. The Romans later captured the territory of the Gauls, and then marched into Spain, occupying most of the flat terrain in Western Europe, and possessed the foundation to become the hegemony of the West.

The Romans were able to have an advantage most of the time in the war with the Persians that lasted for more than a thousand years. Didn’t it mean that Western Europe has no shortage of crops and is also rich in minerals? If there is a grain-producing area like Egypt, if the Persians cannot be suppressed for a long time , to what extent should it be incompetent?
"The Han people are indeed a nation that is loved and blessed by the gods." Julian didn't feel that he was talking against his will or flattering: "They have no shortage of whimsical ideas, and they also have the force to defend their civilization. It's just that what I don't understand is , How did they come to this generation to think of going to the sea?"

Not to mention that Julian didn't understand, there are many people who don't understand.

The Han people only entered the sea in this generation, and they think that Ah San is the one who is the most difficult.

I don’t know how many Ah Sans cried bitterly. They imagined that if the Han people marched into the sea during the Maurya Dynasty or the Guishuang Empire, it would be absolutely impossible for the Han people to achieve the current achievements.

They took a horse-drawn rail car to Pingyang County, then changed to an ordinary horse-drawn carriage and continued northward.

Julian learned from the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the same team that the firearms unit that had been dispatched earlier was stationed in Yanmen County.

"A long time ago, Yanmen County was a barrier to the north of the Han people." Julian really tried his best to understand the history of the Han people: "I heard that the existence of Yanmen Pass prevented the grassland people from going south?"

"What? Isn't it the Great Wall to defend against the invasion of grassland people?" Xias didn't understand that Yanmen Pass was a section of the Great Wall.He didn't intend to dwell on this question either: "I heard that the Han army has entered the stage of fighting with the Rouran people, why did that firearms force stop in Yanmen County?"

This question is not something Julian can answer.

(End of this chapter)