Chapter 1357 Collision
Cai He became famous in a war, and his erratic pace and unscientific power made the Romans fall into doubts about life, why can such a huge power burst out in a petite body?
They knew from Cai He's mouth that he was practicing 'martial arts', which could form a force in his body. Of course, they couldn't fully understand that apart from God, how could a person cultivate power in his body?
There were no influential gods in Rome, but there were legends such as the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Legend has it that the founder of Rome was raised by wolves, who were originally descendants of the Latins and had a younger brother.
Legend has it that the Latin king had two sons, and the king gave his kingdom authority and the wealth he brought back from Troy to his two children. In the end, the son who got the wealth of Troy exchanged his wealth for more power than the king, and began to persecute his brother, leaving only his niece. Fearing that his brother's descendants would retaliate, he also made his niece a virgin priestess, so that she could not have any more offspring.
But the niece still had a child, it is said that she was still the child of the god of war, which was a pair of twins. Thrown into the wild by the frightened uncle as soon as they were born, the twins were raised by she-wolves in the wild and became strong adults.
What follows is the traditional revenge story, but after revenge, only one twin can be left. Legend has it that the twins had a disagreement over the address of the castle and decided to find an auspicious place through 'vulture divination'.
The younger brother saw six vultures in the place he had chosen and felt that the place he had chosen was auspicious. But the elder brother saw twelve vultures.
The younger brother said that he saw the vultures first, while the older brother said that he saw twice as many as the younger brother.
The feuding twins went to war, with the younger brother dying and the elder becoming the founder of the city of Rome.
The city of Rome was not built in a day, but it was built from that day.
However, the Romans today mainly imitated Greek mythology to construct a similar myth, but at this time the influence of these myths was not great, and everyone was still accustomed to reading Greek mythology.
Although most of Greece was still under the control of the Macedonian Empire at this time, art knew no borders, and the Romans knew Zeus on Mount Olympus.
But it was too far away, not as good as the surprise Cai He gave them.
At the request of the hospitable Roman nobles, Cai He had to perform another flying needle stunt.
A wooden stake dressed in Roman armor was erected in front, and Cai He was holding an enlarged flying needle in his hand, because to let everyone see clearly, Cai He deliberately used the largest flying needle.
Press your shoulders and shake your wrists, and shake your arms to shoot.
Rumble!
Before everyone could react, the wall behind the stake turned out to be radially cracked, spreading like a spider's web.
When the people around looked closer, they found that the armor and stakes had been shot through, and the flying needles had sunk into the stone wall a palm's distance.
"It's amazing, is your Great Qin the Kingdom of God?"
"We live on a continent with you, not gods. I'm just cultivating too much internal strength. ”
"Can you teach me?" Piris was very thick-skinned, or he lacked a root in his brain, anyway, he didn't mean to avoid Cai He at all, but was very curious about Cai He's kung fu.
Doesn't this guy know what a cheek is?
"If you want to learn, you have to go to the Qin State. "Cai He is not stupid, it's okay to take out inconsequential things like porcelain and silk, but the secret of internal force, which can increase combat effectiveness, can't be given away like cabbage. Of course, it would be different if they arrived in the Qin State, and even if they learned it, it would not be easy to pass it back to Rome.
Piris was silent, he didn't think about going to the Qin State, he heard that the Qin State was far, far away.
Other curious people were also disappointed, and they also wanted to pay for the cultivation method, but they were also rejected by Cai He.
Everyone's curiosity about Daqin became more and more serious, and finally the Elders' House decided to invite Cai He to tell him what Daqin was like.
This was one of the most important institutions in Rome, the highest authority and decision-making body, the Senate, also known as the Senate and the Senate. It is mainly composed of large clans, large slave owners, and former state officials.
There were about a hundred people, and these were the administrators and owners of Rome.
This is a system that makes Cai He wonder, if there is no emperor to make the decision, how can they decide on a major strategy?
In fact, in addition to the Senate, Rome also had institutions and positions such as citizens' assemblies, consuls, and procurators.
And the reason why this is so is because the Romans were bitten by snakes for ten years and were afraid of well ropes. In the past, Rome also had kings, and it was overthrown by a tyrannical king about 200 years ago, and Rome has been governed by this republican approach ever since.
And the reason why this system can be successful is that Rome is a slave country, a small country with widows, and the welfare of citizens can be achieved by relying on a large number of slaves, and all people can get a very decent status.
Because of this, all citizens will take the initiative to protect the system and ensure that Rome can be functioned.
It is not surprising that Cai He, as a guest, did not understand the mystery, in the Senate, Cai He carefully explained the political system and geographical customs of the Qin State, of course, it is also refreshing and yearning.
It's just that the Romans think that a country like Qin with an emperor would be very unreasonable: "If the emperor has no way, aren't you all going to be unlucky?"
Cai He said: "If the emperor has no way, naturally someone will stand up and overthrow the emperor." This is a big rebellion, but Cai He is now overseas, so he can naturally say it boldly.
"Overthrow one and then elect an emperor?" the patriarchs were very strange: "Since the emperor has been overthrown, why find another emperor, a person with power will always be brutal." Instead of hoping for the emperor's mercy, it is better to take the power into your own hands. ”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
There are too many conceptual gaps, but Cai He has also been in the Qin Palace and knows a lot of things: "The emperor has his own responsibilities, and he must be responsible for the entire country." This responsibility is not something that ordinary people can bear, the emperor has no way to do it, the country is in chaos, and the emperor's head is naturally not guaranteed. Therefore, if the emperor wants to hold his head, he must work hard to work for the dawn of the world. ”
...... Still don't understand: "According to what you say, the emperor is not very pitiful?"
The patriarchs felt that if one man took all their responsibilities and suffered and he came to enjoy me, they would be willing.
"The emperor, he has great power. ”
"The Congress of Rights is brutal. "The problem is back to square one.
This is the difference in the way Westerners and Easterners think. In the eyes of Westerners, what is good is good, and what is bad is bad, and the two are independent and incompatible. But the Oriental people believe that yin and yang change, good and bad depend on each other, good can become bad, and bad can also become good.
A system must have advantages and disadvantages, and when the Romans saw the shortcomings, they desperately resisted them, and never thought of restraining the shortcomings or even reversing the shortcomings; when they saw the advantages, they desperately propagated them, and they could not see the hidden dangers behind the advantages unless they made the advantages the best in the world.
The Oriental people knew that the emperor would be unreasonable, so they desperately tried to make up for it, and even the famous saying of 'taking history as a mirror' appeared. Of course, because of this mentality, many times people take the shortcomings for granted, let them develop, sometimes there is really only a thin line between luck and optimism, so it is inevitable to change the dynasty.
This is a collision of two systems, and until neither side has a deep understanding of the other, this collision can only become a ring that can never be unraveled.
The Romans thought that the emperor would be cruel and unkind sooner or later, and Cai He thought that the emperor could be changed, but the Romans thought that this was a change of soup and not a change of medicine. Cai He believed that the slaves of the Romans were also ordinary people and should be treated as citizens, but the Romans were deeply rooted in the belief that slaves were not citizens and were absolutely impossible to change, and even the slaves themselves would not say that they wanted to be free.
Because of this kind of low-productivity world, a single slave cannot support himself at all, and it is better to be a slave at least to survive.