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Chapter 980 Is Really Going to Become the Protectorate of Rome

Liu Shen thought of something, and clearly remembered that his father mentioned two ways of conquering foreign countries.

The first form of conquest is very brutal, and it is by force.It is very difficult to completely succumb and submit to the opponent. What the Han Empire prefers to do now is to destroy the body and spirit since people cannot be conquered from the spirit to the body.

From before the founding of the country in [-] A.D. to [-] A.D., it is difficult to count the tribes that were wiped out after Liu Yan raised his troops.

After all, not all tribes are large tribes, and the reason why Zahu is Zahu is that he can’t get on the stage, but don’t count a tribe with hundreds or thousands of people as an ethnic group.

Among the large ethnic groups that were wiped out, the Jie tribe was the first to be swept into the garbage dump of history.The Jie people had no culture of their own, and those who could be killed were basically killed by the Han people. It didn't take long for them to become some written records in the history of the Han people.

The Xianbei family has not disappeared yet. Although Tuoba Xianbei fully surrendered to accept Sinicization, and Murong Xianbei also changed his name, the Xianbei group actually still exists, but those who still retain the name Xianbei are unlikely to cause any trouble. Big news.

Duan's Xianbei, who were the first to go south, were consumed in large quantities in Zhao State under the rule of the Jie people. Later, some tribes migrated to the southwest, but these tribes were wiped out when Huan Wen wiped out Li's Chenghan.

Yuwen Xianbei was destroyed in the civil war, and the remaining Yuwen Xianbei either joined the rest of the Xianbei tribe or was incorporated by Murong Xianbei.Those Yuwen Xianbei who neither joined the other tribes nor were incorporated by Murong, they split themselves into eight parts, one of which was called Khitan.

And this Khitan took a long time to subdue the tribes that were originally Yuwen Xianbei, united the Xi people through marriage, annexed and eliminated the rest of the disobedient nomads, replaced the Turks to dominate in Monan, and later simply killed them Central Plains.

Another branch of Murong Xianbei, that is, the branch hiding in the northwestern plateau (Qaidam Basin), was completely defeated in the 13th year of Yuanshuo, fled to the Western Regions and was intercepted by the Protectorate of the Western Regions. They died The dead and the captured were basically not many people who escaped, which was tantamount to being wiped out collectively.

Seriously speaking, Xianbei is really a tribe with extremely tenacious vitality.Their origin is in the Northeast, but they have traveled almost half of East Asia. If the history has not been changed by Liu Yan, Xianbei not only established a number of tribes (royal clans) successively, but even controlled the Central Plains, and ran to the Southwest and Western Regions Jianguo, even one of them went to Central Asia to establish a country, and it will not disappear until the Turks rise completely.

Liu Shen was extremely impressed by the second method mentioned by Liu Yan.

The second way of conquest requires force as a basis, but it is not to violently destroy the nation you want to destroy, but to integrate culturally.

The ancestors of Zhuxia had already done that, but the level of civilization was not high enough to be crushed. They usually broke through with force, and then took a long time to assimilate the defeated tribes.

[The origin of the Han people is because of the great achievements of the Han Dynasty...] Liu Shen was taught this, and it was taught by his father himself, but he didn't understand why his father continued to use the country name of "Han": [It is still Because the civilization of the pre-Han was the undisputed hegemonic civilization on this continent. 】

Liu Shen was extremely impressed by Liu Yan's words. Liu Yan once said that the reason for using the country name "Han" was to connect the past and the future. Otherwise, those barbarians would have used "Han" as their country name one after another. What kind of "Imperial Han" was created? In fact, the country's name "Han" has been almost corrupted.

Liu Shen, who is still young, doesn't really understand what it means to "inherit the past and usher in the future". He probably knows that he must not forget his roots, remember and be grateful for the contributions of his ancestors, and then use his own great achievements to urge future generations.

Hearing Liu Shen said that he was willing to suggest to the emperor of the Han Empire that the two countries should open their studies, Julian and Xyas were completely excited.

Rome and Sassanid began to make requests in the 12th year of Yuanshuo. At the beginning, they actually had the idea of ​​​​understanding the Han civilization. It was not until they saw the Han army using firearms on the Asan continent that they really paid attention to it.

No new thing will come out of thin air, especially technology is based on a certain accumulation of foundation, and the so-called foundation is knowledge.

"Thank you so much!" Julian was so excited that he almost trembled all over his body. He slapped his left chest heavily with his right hand, and said gratefully, "Rome will be the eternal friend of the Han Empire."

Liu Shen had a smile on his face, but he sneered at that so-called "forever friend".

Regardless of Liu Shen's young age, let alone him, no member of the royal family in any country, no matter how small it is, is not so naive.

Although Liu Yan didn't teach Liu Shen too many things, he must instill the truth that "countries have only interests but not friendship", and Liu Shen must keep it in mind.

If Liu Shen only understood this truth before, he would have an intuitive impression when he came to Northern Xinjiang himself.

Very early on, Liu Yan was only the patriarch of the Han tribe. At that time, the Han tribe not only made good friends with Tuoba Daiguo, but also expressed goodwill to Murong Yanguo to the greatest extent.

At that time, Tuoba Daiguo and Murongyanguo were friendly to the Han tribe, not because they really had any friendship, but because they each took what they needed.

It was because of the expansion of the Liaodong Peninsula that the Han tribe turned against the Murong Yan State, and it turned against the Tuoba Dai State after gaining the ruling power over most of the Central Plains.

In a more recent example, the Han Kingdom expanded to Monan before Liu Yan became emperor. Because of the threats of Dong Gaoche and Xigaoche, as well as Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei, he chose to befriend the Rouran tribal alliance.

Who would have thought that two countries that have always shown friendship would become hostile just because of a fire on the grassland?
[Rouran people, Dingling people, and Xianbei people were still fighting to death before...] Liu Shen expressed his gratitude to Xeas, but he was thinking in his mind: [Waiting and the big man became an enemy country, not immediately Allies of Dingling people and Xianbei people? 】

Some things can only be understood more intuitively after personal experience. For example, Liu Shen believed in the saying that "countries have only interests but no friendship." When he went to northern Xinjiang, he fully understood the so-called country by seeing and hearing it with his own eyes. What happened to the friendship between them.

The reason why Liu Shen has always been resistant to the enthusiasm shown by Julian and Xyas is not because he is the prince of the Han Empire, and the Han Empire is the most powerful country in the known world.In fact, he had personally heard some of Liu Yan's words.

Liu Yan mentioned to Liu Shen that if the current conditions did not allow it, he might make friends with the Romans, but he would definitely send troops to attack Persian Sassanid immediately. Waiting for Sassanid to be captured, the next target to attack is Rome.

That is to say, Liu Shen was still young and mentally immature, so he showed such obvious resistance to the enthusiasm of Julian and Xeas.

Fortunately, Julian and Xeas noticed Liu Shen's resistance, but they understood that Liu Shen was holding back.

Julian still understands the reservedness shown by Liu Shen very well. Taking himself as an example, a dignified member of the Roman royal family and the top five heirs to the throne, with such an identity, he doesn’t need any reason to despise those who want to befriend him. .

Strong people are all proud, and the heir to the throne of a powerful country especially needs to be proud. It would be a loss of status to be "brother-friendly" with anyone.

According to Julian's understanding, he knew that Liu Shen was the eldest son of the royal family of the Han Empire...Of course there is no such thing as an eldest son in Rome. In other words, Liu Shen is the first heir to the throne of the Han Empire.

The Han Empire is an overlord that is so powerful that it is frightening. As the first heir to the throne of the Han Empire, it is a matter of course to be proud. Let alone Julian, who is only the fifth heir to the throne of Rome, he is the first heir to the throne of Rome Communicating with Liu Shen will not be an equal status.

This is the gap in national strength. As politicians, only people with problematic minds will ignore this gap. Weak people have the same respect as the strong. Little do they know that a strong country wants to destroy a weak country, and a small country is just a matter of seconds. things.

Later Liu Shen was summoned by Li Tan and left.

Julian and Xeas didn't have Liu Shen's companions, so they couldn't walk around the camp at will, they could only go back to their own camp.

"It's really great!" Xeas's excitement and excitement could not be controlled at all, and his face was full of joy: "We can send people to the Han Empire to study, we must choose the best people!"

Cambyses didn't know what Xeas was excited about just now. After knowing the reason, he was taken aback for a while, and then became excited and excited.

"Your Highness, has the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire responded?" Cambyses laughed out loud after asking himself. Where are they now? Even if the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire agreed, they would not send someone to notify them.He probably guessed something, but he still asked: "Your Highness was with His Highness of the Han Empire just now, did His Highness of the Han Empire promise?"

Xyas came back to his senses after being asked.He was determined to follow Liu Shen's path. He knew that their friendship was still very shallow and he didn't open his mouth yet. He needed to become friends with Liu Shen no matter what so that his opening would have weight.

"That's right..." Xyas said to himself in confusion, "Why did His Highness take the initiative to promise?"

Cambyses: "..."

On the other side, the Romans were having the same conversation.

"Ksias and I just expressed our yearning. His Highness from the Han Empire was thoughtful at first..." Julian was trying his best to recall the process just now: "He took the initiative to make suggestions to the Emperor of Han."

Flavis had a thoughtful look on his face.He knew that His Royal Highness of the Han Empire had always rejected Julian's deliberate friendship, and his attitude had only changed recently. It was impossible for him to become so enthusiastic in an instant.

Rome has not only collected food seeds from the Han people for a long time, but also bought books when they could be bought, and then quietly sent them back to Rome itself.

"The first time we wanted to send back the books, the customs officials of the Han Empire confiscated them all. From this, it can be seen that the Han Empire did not want us to learn their knowledge." When Flavis said that, all the Romans were exposed Impressive appearance.He went on to say: "We hid it secretly later, and many books were searched out, and even Roman citizens were detained for collecting books."

This situation happened before the 13th year of Yuanshuo. The most serious incident was that the entire Roman team was imprisoned. It was not relieved until the 13th year of Yuanshuo. The reason is that the Romans needed permission from the Han Empire to bring books back to China. Allowed, at the same time the punishment for private possession of books has become more severe.

"The Han people are so strict about what books we want to bring back to China..." Flavis said sullenly, "I heard that His Highness is very, very young, maybe...he just mentioned it casually."

"That Highness is the first heir of the Han Empire." Julian knew that Flavis was just a nobleman, so he explained: "Even if that Highness mentioned it casually, no matter whether the Emperor of Han accepted the suggestion in the end, the Emperor of the Han Empire The authorities definitely need to go through a process."

They were talking, but they received a notice telling them to pack up their things and leave in half an hour.

"We all know that before we made a request, the Han Empire simply refused. It is conceivable that even the discussion was not carried out." Julian naturally didn't need to clean it up in person, and Flavis also had his own entourage.He stepped out of the tent and said as he walked, "It is also a success to allow the officials of the Han Empire to discuss."

"We allow barbarians to become Roman citizens. The first generation of barbarians who become citizens cannot gain real power." Flavis walked side by side with Julian: "It takes the third generation of barbarian descendants to become Romans. .Similarly, we only allow the third generation of barbarian descendants to become officers in the army."

Of course Julian understood what Flavis wanted to express. It was nothing more than that even if the Han Empire accepted the Romans to study, they would definitely treat them differently. It was impossible for the Han people to treat the Romans equally.

"Of course it is." Julian is not a fool or an idiot, how could he be naive enough to rely on this method to learn how to make gunpowder: "This is just the beginning. We also need such a beginning!"

"Well, Rome wasn't built in a day." Flavis also understood what Julian wanted to express: "The cultural similarity between us and the Han people is too low, not as high as the cultural similarity between the Persians and the Han people. I think To make progress, it is indeed necessary to take it step by step, so let’s start with the step of cultivating and understanding Han culture.”

Let’s not talk about whether they have thought about whether they will assimilate after learning Han culture, even if they think about it, they don’t think it’s such a big deal.

The culture of Rome itself changed repeatedly during its expansion. It can even be said that the core culture of Rome was plundered from the Greeks.They can accept complete Hellenization, and the level of civilization of the Han people is obviously higher, so what if they are fully Sinicized again! ?
(End of this chapter)