Chapter 114: Lectures
Many people have the illusion that the person who is talking to them now is not a military general who can only dance with guns and sticks, but a well-educated Confucian.
"Then I don't know what kind of magic Lord Yang has?" Feng Youlun asked a little unconvinced.
"Mystic law?" Yang Feng looked at Feng Youlun with a smile: "Yang is just a martial artist, and it is Yang's duty to go into battle to kill the enemy and expand the territory." It is the duty of the magistrate to govern the place and pacify the people, if even this is done by someone Yang, then what is the use of waiting for a scholar? ”
"I ......"
As soon as Yang Feng's words came out, many scholars, including Feng Youlun, felt a little hot on their faces.
Seeing the unnatural looks on everyone's faces, Yang Feng smiled slightly: "Feng Gongzi, you let the virtuous people like Lord Wu and Lord Lan not ask for advice about this kind of thing, but come to ask the official, isn't it a fate to ask for fish?" But let's not talk about this kind of thing, let's get down to business, I don't know what else Zheng wants to ask? ”
Zheng Tuoniang, who was suddenly named by her name, was in a state of spirit, watching Yang Feng's eyes become shining, she asked curiously: "Lord Yang, you said that there are many countries and people thousands of miles away from our Ming Dynasty, I don't know what famous countries or fun things they have?" ”
"Absolutely."
Yang Feng nodded, glanced at everyone and asked.
"Are you interested in continuing to listen to Yang's nagging?"
At this time, everyone had already been aroused by Yang Feng's words, Lan Shanyou smiled and said: "Lord Yang, don't sell Guanzi, let's hurry up, this official also wants to hear what Lord Yang said about Obaro, Lord Wu, what do you say?" ”
Wu Zhenliang didn't speak, just took a sip of wine, but the meaning was already obvious.
"That's good!"
Yang Feng nodded, walked back to the map, pointed to the upper left corner of the map with the chopsticks in his hand, and said, "This is Obaro, in the first century BC, hmm...... It was in our Western Han Dynasty, that is, during the period of Emperor Liu Biao of the Han Dynasty, that a Roman Empire was born here, and we called it "Great Qin" at that time. ”
"Oh, but this slave has heard of it."
Hearing this, Zheng Toniang cheered up and clapped her hands and said: "The slave family has seen a record about "Great Qin" in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Legend of the Western Regions", which says: The Great Qin State is a Guangqi country, and it is in Haixi, Yiyun Haixi Kingdom. There are thousands of miles of places, and there are more than 400 cities. There are dozens of small state servants. Stone as a fortress. Columns of post booths, all chalky. There are pines and cypresses, trees and grasses. I don't know if what the slave said is right? ”
"Zheng is really knowledgeable."
After Yang Feng praised her, he used chopsticks to spend a range on the map and continued: "This Roman Empire is amazing, it was born in the Western Han Dynasty, and the territory area of the heyday reached more than five million square kilometers, which is larger than the territory actually controlled by our Ming Dynasty today. After 1,600 years, that is, it did not fall until the fourth year of our Ming Dynasty's Jingtai, which can be said to be an empire with a very long history. ”
Hearing this, everyone including Wu Zhenliang, Lan Shanyou and other officials was stunned, they really didn't expect that there was any country in this world besides Daming that had such a large territory and such a long history.
What surprised them the most was that this dynasty could last for nearly 1,600 years, what kind of concept is this.
Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the longest dynasty under the rule of the Han people was the Zhou Dynasty, but even so the Zhou Dynasty only existed for more than 800 years, but this Roman Empire has existed for 1,600 years, what does this mean? The Roman Empire outlived any dynasty ruled by the Han Chinese.
Next, Yang Feng talked about Caesar, the founder of the Roman Empire, about the Roman republican system, about why the huge Roman Empire was divided into Eastern Rome and Western Rome, and finally until 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II led his army to break through Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire collapsed.
Although many people present asked themselves with extensive knowledge, where had they heard such a magnificent and thrilling story? Especially Zheng Toniang, when Yang Feng spoke, her beautiful big eyes seemed to be shining, and a pair of small hands only held the zither in her hand with the plot of the story, and she didn't even know that her finger joints were a little white because she was too hard.
It wasn't until Yang Feng finished saying that everyone was still immersed in the storyline that Yang Feng said and couldn't extricate themselves, and Wu Zhenliang sighed for a long time and said, "What a Roman Empire...... It's a great Qin, it's a pity......"
Yang Feng smiled slightly: "Lord Wu and all the adults don't have to feel nostalgic, Tang Taizong once said, taking history as a mirror to know the rise and fall, there has been no long-lasting dynasty since ancient times, now my Ming Dynasty has experienced more than two hundred years, and now it is the time of internal and external troubles, if you want to continue to prosper, you have to rely on the joint efforts of the people and officials of my Ming Dynasty."
Xiaguan said so much tonight just to tell you that the ancestors of our Han people did leave a lot of good things. This is our advantage, but please also remember that many things will change, the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Zijing History Collection are good things, but we can't hold them and gnaw them forever, don't say anything at every turn, Meng Yun, the times are changing, and our vision must also change.
For example, the Ida system, do you think it's good? Of course it's good, but why don't we use the Ida system now? Isn't it because the Ida system is outdated and doesn't meet today's needs? For example, why can we earn tens of millions of taels of silver a year during the Hongwu Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, but now we don't even have five million, and it's not ......."
"Lord Yang......"
Wu Zhenliang suddenly interrupted Yang Feng's words, only to see him smile bitterly: "Lord Yang, tonight's banquet is for you, let's not talk about state affairs." ”
Yang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then realized that his words had exceeded a bit, and if he continued to talk about it, he was afraid that it would touch the interests of many people.
With a long sigh slightly, Yang Feng, who was a little excited, threw the chopsticks in his hand casually, walked to his position and picked up the wine glass and said: "Lord Wu, Lord Lan, everyone Zheng, all the virtuous people, Yang is going to patrol the camp tonight, it seems that he can't accompany you to get drunk and rest, Yang finally toasts you." ”
"!"
After speaking, Yang Feng raised his wine glass and drank it all, grabbed the horse chopping knife on the table and strode out of the hall, and with the sound of footsteps, a burst of singing also rang out.
"You don't see, the final army of the Han Dynasty, the weak crown is the captive, please Changying;
You don't see, Ban Dingyuan, the peerless light cavalry urges the battle clouds!
The boy should be in serious danger, how can he let the Confucian crown miss this life?
The situation is that the country is in danger, and the feather is constantly fighting!
Abandon my old pen and write my wartime time,"
More than 100,000 comrades sang war songs and joined the army.
Qi joined the army, cleaned the dust, and swore to sweep away the Japanese slaves!
Listening to the high-pitched and passionate singing from downstairs, everyone was silent, and it took a long time for a crisp voice to sound.
"What a Han Junjun ......"