Sweep the World

Liu Shen thought of something, and he clearly remembered that his father mentioned two ways of conquering the outside world.

The first method of conquering is very rough, which is the use of force. It is very difficult to make the opponent completely surrender and surrender. What the Han Empire now prefers is that since it cannot be conquered from the spirit to the body, then the body and spirit are eliminated.

From before the founding of the nation in 330 and 40, until the fourth year in AD, it is difficult to count the tribes that Liu Yan exterminated after raising his armies.

After all, not all tribes are big tribes. The reason why the hustle is so hustle is that they can’t make it to the table, but don’t take the tribes with hundreds of thousands of people as an ethnic group.

Of those big ethnic groups that were destroyed, the Jie tribe was the first to be swept into the historical garbage dump. The Jie people did not have their own culture. Basically, the people who could kill were killed by the Han people. In a short time, they have now become some written records in the history of the Han people.

The Xianbei clan has not disappeared. Although Tuoba Xianbei fully surrendered to accept Sinicization and Murong Xianbei also changed his name, the Xianbei clan still exists, but those who still retain the name Xianbei can’t make any noise. Big movement.

The Duan family Xianbei, who first went south, was consumed a lot in the Zhao Kingdom under the rule of the Jie people. Later, they migrated to some tribes to the southwest, but these tribes were easily destroyed when Huanwen wiped out the Li family and became a Han.

Yuwen Xianbei was annihilated during the civil war, and the remaining Yuwen Xianbei either took refuge in the rest of the Xianbei tribe or was taken over by Murong Xianbei. Those Yuwen Xianbei who neither took refuge in the other tribes nor were incorporated by Murong, they split into eight parts on their own, one of which was called Qidan.

It took a long time for this Khitan to conquer those tribes that were originally Yuwen Xianbei, united the Xi tribe by marriage, annexed and eliminated the rest of the disobedient nomads, and replaced the Turks for dominance in Monan. Later, they simply rushed into it. Central Plains.

The other Murong Xianbei, which is hiding in the Qaidam Basin in the northwest of the plateau. They were completely defeated in the 13th year of Yuanshuo. They fled to the Western Regions and were intercepted by the Western Regions Duhu Mansion. The people were dead. The dead and the captured, basically not many people escaped, which is equivalent to being wiped out in a collective form.

Speaking seriously, 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 history has not been changed by Liu Yan, Xianbei has not only established a country by multiple tribes and royal families) successively established the country, even controlled the Central Plains, but also went to the southwest and the Western Regions , And even one of them went to Central Asia to establish a country, and it would not be considered to disappear until the Turkic emergence.

Liu Shen was very impressed with the second method Liu Yan mentioned.

The second way of conquering requires force as a basis, but it is not a violent eradication of the nation you want to eradicate, but a cultural integration.

The ancestors of Zhu Xia had done that a long time ago, but the level of civilization was not advanced enough to be crushed. It was usually attacked by force, and then it took a long time to assimilate the defeated tribe.

The origin of the Han people is because the first Han did those great achievements... Liu Shen was taught this, but his father taught it himself, but some did not understand why his father used the national name of'Han' or because of the first Han. Civilization is the undisputed hegemonic civilization on this continent.

Liu Shen was very impressed by Liu Yan’s words. Liu Yan once said that the reason for using the national title of "Han" was to link the past and the next. What "huanghan" has come up, the national title "Han" is actually almost corrupted.

At a young age, Liu Shen doesn't really understand what is meant by "linking the past to the next." He probably knows that he should not forget his roots, remember and be grateful for the contributions of his ancestors, and then use his great achievements to urge future generations.

When Liu Shen said that he was willing to propose to the emperor of the Han Empire that the two countries should be allowed to study, Julian and Xias were completely excited.

Rome and Sassan began to make requests since the twelfth year of Yuanshuo. At the beginning, they were actually thinking about understanding the civilization of the Han people. They didn't really pay attention until they saw the use of firearms by the Han army on the Asan continent.

No new things come out of thin air, especially science and technology are built on a certain cumulative basis, and the so-called foundation is knowledge.

"Thank you so much!" Julian was so excited that he almost shuddered, his right hand hit his left chest heavily, and said gratefully, "Rome will be the eternal friend of the Han Empire."

Liu Shen narrowed his face, but sneered at that "forever friend".

Regardless of Liu Shen's young age, let alone him, no one is so naive in any country, even if it is a member of the royal family of a small country.

Although Liu Yan did not teach Liu Shen too much, he must instill the truth that "the country has only interests but no friendship", and Liu Shen must remember.

If Liu Shen only understood this truth before, he would have an intuitive impression when he came to Beijiang in person.

Very early, very early, Liu Yan was just the head of the Han tribe. At that time, the Han tribe not only had good relations with Tuoba Dai's kingdom, but also expressed kindness to Murong Yan to the greatest extent.

At that time, the Tuoba Daiguo and Murong Yanguo were friendly to the Han Dynasty. It was not that the two sides really had any friendship, but that they each got what they needed.

The Han tribe turned its face with Murong Yanguo because of its expansion to the Liaodong Peninsula, and it turned its face with the Tuoba Daiguo after gaining control over most of the Central Plains.

In recent examples, before Liu Yan claimed the emperor, the Han Kingdom expanded to Monan because of the threats of Dong Gaoche and Xi Gaoche, as well as Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei, who chose to make good friends with the Rouran tribal alliance.

Who would have thought that two countries that have always been friendly would become hostile just because of a fire on the grassland?

The Rouran people, the Dingling people, and the Xianbei people were still fighting and killing before... Liu Shen expressed his gratitude to Xiasi, but in his mind he wanted to wait for the enemy to become an enemy country with the Dahan, instead of immediately becoming the Dingling people and the Dingling people. An ally of the Xianbei people?

Some things can only be understood more intuitively only by personal experience, such as Liu Shen's previous belief that "the country has only interests but no friendship", and he will fully understand the so-called country when he sees and hears it in northern Xinjiang. What happened to the friendship between.

The reason why Liu Shen has always resisted the enthusiasm shown by Julian and Xias is not because he is the prince of the Han Empire, which is the most powerful country in the known world. In fact, he had heard some words spoken by Liu Yan with his own ears.

Liu Yan mentioned to Liu Shen that if the current conditions did not allow him, he might have a good relationship with the Romans, but he would definitely send troops to attack the Persian Sassanids immediately, waiting for the Sassanids to be taken down, and the next target for annihilation would be Rome.

That is to say, Liu Shen was still young and his mind was not mature enough to show such obvious resistance to the enthusiasm of Julian and Xias.

Fortunately, Julian and Xias noticed Liu Shen's resistance, but their understanding was that Liu Shen was reserved.

Julian still fully understands Liu Shen's reservedness. Taking himself as an example, a dignified member of the Roman royal family and the heir to the top five throne. With such an identity, people who want to make good friends don’t need a reason. .

The strong are proud, and the heir to the throne of a strong country needs to be proud. It is a loss of share if he is able to "benefit" with anyone.

According to Julian's understanding, he knew that Liu Shen was the eldest son of the Han Empire...Of course, Rome did not have the eldest son. In other words, Liu Shen was the first heir to the throne of the Han Empire.

The Han Empire is a powerful and fearsome hegemony. As the first heir to the Han Empire, being proud is a matter of course. Not to mention that Julian is only the fifth heir to the Roman throne, he is the first heir to the Roman throne. Communication with Liu Shen will not be equal.

This is a gap in national strength. As a politician, people who only have brain problems will ignore this gap. If their own strength is weak, they must get the same respect as the strong. They don’t know that a strong country wants to destroy a weak country or a small country. Things.

Liu Shen was summoned by Li Tan and left.

Julian and Xias did not have Liu Shen's companion. They couldn't walk around the camp at will, they could only go back to their camp.

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

Gabysis just didn't know what Xias was excited and excited about. After he knew the reason, he was taken aback, and then he became excited and excited.

"His Royal Highness, did the Han Empire's Ministry of Rites respond?" Cambyses laughed aloud after asking, where they are now, and the Han Empire's Ministry of Rites will not send anyone to notify them even if they agree. He probably guessed something, but still asked, "His Royal Highness was with the Royal Highness of the Han Empire just now. Did the Royal Highness of the Han Empire promise it?"

Xias came back to his senses after being asked. He had the intention to follow Liu Shen's path, and he knew that the friendship was still very shallow and he had never spoken. No matter how he needed to be friends with Liu Shen, he could only speak up.

"That's right..." Xias said to himself in confusion, "Why did that highness take the initiative to promise?"

Cambyses "..."

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

"Kesias and I just showed our yearning. His Royal Highness from the Han Empire was thoughtful at first..." Julian was trying his best to recall the process just now. "I offered to suggest to the Emperor Han."

Flavis was thinking all over his face. He knew that the Han Empire's His Highness had always rejected Julian's deliberate friendship, or he had only recently changed his attitude. It was impossible for him to become so enthusiastic in an instant.

Rome has always been not only collecting food seeds from the Han people, but also buying books as they can, and then quietly sending them back to Rome.

"It's the first time we want to return books, and all the officials of the Han Empire Customs have detained them. From this, it can be shown that the Han Empire does not want us to learn their knowledge." Flaves said that all Romans were exposed. Impressive appearance. He went on to say, "We hid secretly in the back, and many books were searched out. There were even Roman citizens who were detained because of the book collection."

This situation occurred before the thirteenth year of Yuanshuo. The most serious incident occurred when the entire Roman team was imprisoned. It was not relieved until the thirteenth year of Yuanshuo, but the Romans needed to get the Han With the permission of the empire, the penalties for private book possession became more severe.

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

"That His Royal Highness is the first heir of the Han Empire." Julian knew that Flavis was just a nobleman. He explained, "Even if that His Royal Highness mentioned casually, regardless of whether the Emperor Han finally accepted the suggestion, the official of the Han Empire It must be a process."

They were talking, but received a notice that they should pack their things in half an hour.

"We all know that before we sent a request, the Han Empire simply rejected it. It is conceivable that even the negotiation did not proceed." Naturally, Julian did not need to clean up himself, and Flaves also had his own entourage. He stepped out of the tent and said as he walked, "It is also a success to allow officials of the Han Empire to negotiate."

"We allow the barbarians to become Roman citizens. The first generation of barbarians who became citizens has no possibility of gaining real power." Flavis and Julian walked side by side. Only three generations can hold power. Similarly, we only allow the descendants of the third generation of barbarians to become officers of the army."

Julian certainly understood what Flaves wanted to express. It was nothing more than that even if the Han Empire accepted the Romans to go to school, it would definitely treat them differently, and it was impossible for the Hans to treat the Romans equally.

"Of course it is." Julian is not a fool or an idiot. How can he be so naive to learn how to make gunpowder in this way. "This is just the beginning. We also need such a beginning!"

"Well, Rome was not built in a day." Flavis also understood what Julian wanted to express. "Our cultural similarity with the Han is too low, and there is not as high a cultural similarity between the Persian and the Han. I want it. Progress really needs to be done slowly step by step, so start with the step of cultivating an understanding of Han culture."

Let’s not talk about whether they thought about the assimilation of the Chinese culture after they learned it. Even if they thought about it, they wouldn’t think it would be such a big thing.

The culture of Rome itself has repeatedly changed in the course of expansion. It can even be said that the core culture of Rome is plundered from the Greeks. They can accept complete Hellenism, and the level of civilization of the Han people is obviously higher. What if it is completely Sinicized again! ?