Three Kingdoms

Many people may think that they are a fool, the kind of fool who can only be so wise as to be foolish, but in fact, the vast majority of these so-called fools are real fools...

But for Yang Xiu, he really wanted to become a wise and foolish fool, but unfortunately he couldn't help it.

After accompanying Fudian and Xun You to Chang'an, they visited Fei Qian from a distance, and then participated in the promotion ceremony of the Hussar as a spectator. The rest basically stayed in the temporary residence, neither Being summoned by Qiusi and no one else visited him was completely different from when Yang was in Chang'an.

Although Yang Xiu can understand that it is human nature to follow the high and suppress the low, but the question is, has the Yang family really declined to such an extent?

Should we continue to wait, or should we take the initiative?

After holding it in for a few days at home, Yang Xiu couldn't hold it in any longer. After dressing up quietly, he deliberately ate a half-full meal, mainly eating some harder wheat cakes. You should not make any indecent noises when you are hungry. On the other hand, you should not eat too much, lest you fall asleep while waiting and show any ridiculous behavior...

But the problem is that when Yang Xiu arrived at the Hussar's mansion and handed over the famous assassin for an interview, he was not received immediately. Instead, he continued to wait in the concierge nearby, and the first one to go in was a lustful man!

Colorful person!

Damn it, can't I, the dignified Hongnong Yang family, be ranked in front of a lusty person?

Yang Xiu felt dizzy for a while in his head, his blood was rising, and his face seemed to be a little hot, but he couldn't show it in front of outsiders. Yang Xiu knew that he was also waiting under the concierge to report to the Cavalry General. Other Chang'an officials may not be able to see his current embarrassment, but the problem is that Yang Xiu also knows that the more he is in such a situation, the less he can show anything. He can only act like a wooden man, trying to maintain a somewhat stiff smile and maintain his original appearance. posture...

Fei Qian didn't have much thought to care about whether Yang Xiu had any thoughts about waiting for a lustful person. According to Fei Qian's understanding, as long as he queued up according to the rules, it would be the most fair treatment. In the future, some people in the bank will take care of powerful and powerful customers, jump in the queue for these guys, and behave in a discriminatory manner against ordinary users. This is simply a discredit to the entire banking enterprise, but many bank personnel are still following suit. He also openly claimed that these people were wealthy and had privileges. He was really not afraid of the bad guy recording his voice and taking pictures, and then filed a complaint against the bank employee for violating the constitution!

Of course it is not feasible to sue the bank, and the bank can afford it, but suing a single bank teller? Haha, the bank will be in trouble with the public opinion in order to protect this teller?

Real big players will not openly compete for resources with ordinary users, because these real big players will never let ordinary users see when they take in resources.

Just like the business that Feiqian is promoting now, it is almost a monopoly operation. Most of all output comes from Huang's workshops, and because of Huang's relationship, these workshops are relatively closed to the outside world. In a permeable environment, many things are simply incomprehensible to outsiders...

Just like the gold-painted fan, it became popular among the gentry. Almost everyone has a fan. The highest-grade gold-painted fan is made of real gold and silver inlaid in the paper. This kind of craftsmanship seems to be jaw-dropping, and even completely incomprehensible. Only then can gold and silver threads be put into the paper like embroidery, but in fact these gold and silver threads are not inlaid into the paper at a later stage, but are directly added to the pinched gold and silver threads in the middle stage of paper making. It is then covered with paper pulp.

Because they don’t understand the difference in craftsmanship, many products command high premiums, just like glass balls can be sold for the price of diamonds in the hands of Native Americans. The profits of trade are beyond imagination.

Fei Qian met with Marcus, the se-eyed man. On the one hand, he wanted to understand Baique's situation again. On the other hand, he also wanted to use Marcus to establish some contact with ancient Rome in the West. After all, if he could really build a Is it the complete Silk Road? For those idiots in ancient Rome who drank lead water every day, exchanging some porcelain and silk for some gold and silver is not an outrageous thing, right?

Although there are Baishi Qiang people who have opened up some trade routes in the Western Regions, the problem is that these Baishi Qiang people only reached the border of Dayuezhi and stopped moving forward. The ancient Rome that was farther away was called Very few people set foot in the land of Great Qin...

Ancient Rome was a very important dynasty in European history. In European history, the existence of ancient Rome gave Europe an opportunity to unify. However, after the fall of ancient Rome, and until later generations, Europe still did not enter a unified state. This was not as good as The feudal dynasty in ancient China.

However, the entire dynasty of ancient Rome was indeed very long. When Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor, the European continent was already in the ancient Roman period, and the Roman Empire had just begun. The historical Roman Empire has existed since 27 BC. If you also include the Roman monarchy era, it is simply extremely long...

From 753 BC to 1453 BC, such a long dynasty in history is indeed very rare, but it also illustrates one thing. Such a long dynasty could not complete a great unification of extreme distances on land. This may also be seen from the side. Reflected some issues on Boot Island.

Of course, this problem became even more obvious during World War II.

Through Marcus's narration, Fei Qian probably also learned some information about ancient Rome, but of course it was just a general situation...

At this stage, ancient Rome, also known as the Qin Dynasty, was actually in a period of decline, with frequent civil strife and chaotic political power, just like the Han Dynasty.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was eunuchs who disrupted the political order. In ancient Rome, in 192 AD, Emperor Commodus was killed, and the newly appointed emperor, Pertinax, was also killed after a short three-month emperor career. Killing to death is surprisingly similar to the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty...

As for what happened next, Marcus is not sure, because he left Rome at that time and began to travel eastward.

Fei Qian listened, nodding from time to time, and after Marcus had finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, and then said to Marcus: "I know you also want to be a great person, and now there is such a person. Chance……"

"Dear general, no, let me tell you about the incomparable lofty, wise and wise general! I am willing! Let me listen to the richness of the general!" Marcus said the words "incomparably noble and wise (smart) wise" quite well. Presentable, with clear and smooth articulation. I must have practiced it repeatedly during this period. After hearing Fei Qian's words, I immediately became very eager. I clasped my hands in one place and looked at Fei Qian eagerly.

Fei Qian nodded and said with a smile: "In the middle of the Yanxi year, envoys from Great Qin came to see Emperor Xiaohuan... Well, that is to say, thirty years ago, there was a group of envoys who claimed to be sent by your emperor. When I arrived in Luoyang, I met our emperor and brought a lot of wealth that our emperor had given me..."

"What?" Marcus was stunned for a moment, then shouted and said, "These people are not careful... uh, this..."

Fei Qian laughed and pretended not to hear.

Perhaps some people in the Han Dynasty also knew this fact, but is it necessary to correct it?

This group of so-called Great Qin envoys in the ninth year of Yanxi had quite a few flaws. Strictly speaking, it should be just a group of businessmen who went to ancient India and then pretended to be so-called messengers.

Perhaps, it was not this group of Qin people who deliberately pretended to be, but Liu Zhi, as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, needed such a group of people...

After all, there were many things going on in the ninth year of Yanxi. The Qing Debate was very popular. At that time, there were more than 30,000 students in Taixue Middle School. Following the habit of praising and criticizing figures among scholars and bureaucrats, the Qing Debate style that influenced public opinion was greatly promoted. It was headed by Guo Tai and Jia Biao, together with the Imperial Lieutenants Chen Fan and Si Li Ying, the lieutenant of the school, and Wang Chang, Yilang, praised each other. The students of Taipei University praised Li Ying and others and said: "Li Yuanli is a model in the world; Chen Zhongju is not afraid of force; Wang Shumao is a handsome man in the world."

Then, all the officials in the court were afraid of being criticized by the scholars, so they all went to the Imperial Academy to express their praise.

In other words, even ministerial and state-level court officials have to go to the Imperial Academy to gain reputation, otherwise they will be criticized...

This phenomenon originated from the dictatorship of the eunuchs, and the dictatorship of the eunuchs, in turn, was due to Emperor Liu Zhi's distrust of the nobles who originally controlled the court. The contradiction between the two sides became more and more intense. The disaster of party imprisonment broke out.

Under such circumstances, the so-called envoy from the Qin Dynasty arrived in Luoyang just in time, becoming a scene in the ninth year of Yanxi.

From a time point of view, Emperor Commodus of ancient Rome had just ascended to the position of emperor. Instead of thinking about how to resolve the various contradictions and political interest group conflicts in ancient Rome, he first sent envoys to travel thousands of miles to the so-called Eighth Route Army. A big man who can't hit a pole comes to conduct friendly diplomacy and congratulate him?

Was Commodus, the ancient Roman emperor, really so idle?

Of course, it is possible that he is really so idle and has lofty goals, looking beyond the Alps, but this possibility is still very small after all.

Fei Qian smiled slightly and waited for a moment. Sure enough, Marcus nodded, patted his chest and said, "I'm willing! General! I'm willing!" Marcus came to the East just to pursue wealth and power. , since Fei Qian pointed out such a piece of information to Marcus, it means that Fei Qian is willing to cover for Marcus and let him become the "real" envoy of Great Qin, thereby regaining the power he lost in one fell swoop and regaining his power. Returned to the upper class and became a new member of the Qin Dynasty.

Fei Qian nodded and said: "Very good, I'll wait for Corporal Yuan Hui to take you for a while. You can wait in Chang'an for a few days and get to know some people, and then listen to the follow-up arrangements..."

Marcus knelt down deeply and took a few steps forward, as if he wanted to kiss Fei Qian's boots according to the etiquette of the barbarians, but was stopped by Huang Xu.

Since the last assassination of Fei Qian, Huang Xu almost had to commit suicide because of it. If Fei Qian hadn't persuaded him, Huang Xu's life would have been saved. Even so, when Huang Cheng found out, he still beat Huang Xu severely. The beating left Huang Xu with a bruised nose, swollen face, and bruises. Huang Xu did not dare or could not fight back...

Coupled with Xu Ding's report, Huang Xu is now almost extremely cautious every day. Anyone who wants to get close to Fei Qian will get his eyes wide open. If he exceeds the safe distance slightly, Huang Xu will immediately He stood up and stared at the visitor with a serious expression, trying to stop him.

Fei Qian smiled, he didn't want Marcus to kiss the boots, so when he saw him, he said: "No need to do this, we will definitely have a chance to meet in the future... Shiyuan!" Fei Qian said towards him Pang Tong signaled for Pang Tong to take Marcus forward first. In any case, the things that should be taught and the items that should be prepared should at least be prepared. At least some of the real Daqin items should be collected. If that is not possible, the kind of utensils from the Western Regions should be collected. How could you just find some spices, tortoise shells, etc. and pass them off as gifts from Da Qin?

According to the original rules of the imperial court, even if the position of the Third Duke was not awarded in the capital for some special reasons, representatives would still have to be sent to pay homage to His Majesty the Han Dynasty before his erection. After thinking about it, Fei Qian suddenly remembered Marcus.

Who better to do that than Marcus?

Presumably Liu Xie can understand it as long as he is not too stupid.

Pang Tong nodded and immediately took Marcus down.

People in the Han Dynasty were not stupid, but they were not deified either. Just like Pang Tong, although there was absolutely no problem in handling government affairs, if he could compete with Zhuge Liang, who was so wise and almost demonic in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he still had no problem. Somewhat exaggerated. Generally speaking, the reason why many Han dynasty nobles, including Pang Tong, were smarter than ordinary people was because these people had access to knowledge that ordinary people did not understand, and they could also acquire various experiences left by their ancestors that ordinary people could not obtain. Therefore, these people have a broader vision and more active thinking.

Just like in later generations, after various real estate speculator groups, various PTOPs, and various fraud methods were exposed, some people suddenly realized that this kind of operation still existed?

The characters in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms are more like Mr. Luo's dreams, but what Fei Qian encounters now is more like the more realistic Han Dynasty.

Of course, these guys are still smarter and willing to explore new paths with Fei Qian. This is particularly important...

While Fei Qian was thinking, Kan Ze, who was in charge of the audience, reminded him softly: "My lord, Yang Xiu and Yang Dezu have been waiting outside for a long time..."

"Yang Dezu?" Fei Qian frowned slightly, smiled, and said, "No, just follow the order... But, you can send him some tea..." Yang Xiu arrived just in time!

Yang Xiu, who was waiting in the concierge, suddenly shivered...