Liu Che sat up slightly and said, "What's the matter with Yang Aiqing?" ”

Liu Che has always lacked enough care for the two institutions of Dahonglu and the Pawn State, and it can even be said that he has not paid attention to them at all.

The status of these two yamen in Liu Che's eyes is probably similar to that of the trade unions and women's federations of the Celestial Dynasty in the later generations.

It's basically a mascot-like existence.

In fact, it's pretty much the same.

Since Gongsun Kunxie was put on indefinite sick leave by Liu Che, many of the powers of the two yamen, Dahonglu and the Pawn State, have been snatched away by other departments.

Now, these two yamen were left with the power to communicate with the Siyi vassal and pass on the national credentials, and organize the vassal kings to enter the Hajj.

Yang Yuan respectfully bowed again and said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are thirty slaves in the gift list sent by the Xiongnu envoy this time, one of whom claims to be the envoy of Great Qin, and on the order of his lord, he traveled to and from China, and was obtained by the Xiongnu on the way...... The minister heard it from the young house, strange, and ordered it to have a division to receive the system, and ordered it to describe the history and geography of its country in detail, which has now been recorded, and is specially dedicated to the emperor, in order to present the holy news! ”

As he spoke, he took a thin piece of white paper in both hands and presented it to him.

Liu Che waved his hand, and Wang Dao immediately went down to take the blank paper and presented it to Liu Che.

Liu Che opened the blank paper and saw that the paper was full of neat words.

After a skimming of two glances, Liu Che's expression changed drastically.

"Great Qin, in the west of the sea, the clouds went to China for tens of thousands of miles, and the envoys went through the mountains and mountains, crossed the sea and crossed the river, and arrived in China at the age of three. Its country is vast and thousands of miles away. There are more than 400 cities, dozens of ministers of small countries, and stone is the city. Columns of post booths, all chalky. There are pines and cypresses, trees and grasses. ”

After reading this paragraph, Liu Che knew who this so-called Great Qin was.

Rome!

The Roman Republic, to be exact.

Liu Che's common sense of Western historiography is basically zero.

But I've seen gladiators, Sparta, three hundred warriors, and of course, Saint Seiya!

I also know some common sense in the West.

After Alexander's crusade. The vast world empire is falling apart.

In continental Europe, the Romans began to rise and inherited the spirit and culture of Greece. Externally aggressive.

In Western Asia, the remnants of Hellenistic colonies remained dominant for a long time.

The local indigenous Zoroastrianism, that is, Zoroastrianism. I don't know my mother who was beaten by the Greeks. I can only hide in some corners to survive.

And in Central Asia, there were also quite a few Hellenistic city-states.

The Kushan Dynasty as described in the history books was in fact a regime that combined the cultures of Greece and India, as well as the Otsuki clan itself.

Even, in some Buddhist scriptures, there are Greeks and even Romans who played a role in friendship. (Note 1)

And in the history of China, especially the history of the two Han Dynasty, between Han and Rome. In many cases, it's just one step away. You can communicate directly.

The envoys of the Han Dynasty, the farthest, once reached the Eurasian border.

Even, on the verge of boarding, a ship bound for the European continent.

Unfortunately, feudal superstition kills people, and the messenger believed the legend of the so-called mermaid of the Persians and did not dare to get on the ship.

The first and last direct contact between the East and the West in the classical world was stillborn.

But historically, rumors and stories about Rome in the Han Dynasty are not uncommon.

What disappeared legions, what Roman villages of the Han Dynasty, and so on, such stories can always arouse the curiosity of some people.

Liu Che used to be curious about these things.

And after becoming the emperor, Liu Che once found a peculiar county name in the official document of Longxi County: Daxia County.

After inquiry, Liu Che was stunned to find that this was a county that had been renamed in the sixth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen.

Why did you change your name?

The answer is that there is a report from the Si Song: Youyi Di came from the west over the mountains, please take refuge in the Han Dynasty, add favors, and order the Si to be placed in Caohan County, Longxi, which is a hundred miles east of Caohan, for its residence, and give it furniture fields, just like China. Because it claimed that it came from Great Xia, and fled to China to avoid the war in the country, he was given the name of the county Great Xia. (Note 2)

For this reason, Liu Che specially asked people to go to Daxia County, Longxi to find a few refugees who had been sinicized.

The result was a big disappointment.

Their appearance is not that of a blond and blue-eyed European race at all, but of a black-haired and brown-eyed Central Asian native.

After asking about their origins, Liu Che knew that most of these guys were just the lower echelons of the Great Xia Kingdom, and there were not no Greek lords who fled with them, but they basically died on the way to escape......

As a result, Liu Che also stopped learning about the idea of the Western world from these people.

But Liu Che didn't expect that another messenger suspected of Rome would appear.

Liu Che continued to look, and the more he looked, the more convinced he was that this suspected Roman envoy was indeed from Rome.

It is impossible for a non-Roman to know so much about the political system and historical past of Rome.

For example, this description: There are no ordinary people in its kings, and they are all simple and sage. From time to time, disasters and storms in the country are abandoned, and those who are released are willing to be deposed and do not complain. Its people are all upright and upright, similar to China, so it is called Great Qin.

Well, isn't this the so-called popular election of the Roman Republic?

This, of course, is an aristocratic republic.

Liu Che finished reading the whole text and knocked on the table.

Of course, he knew that most of the people living in the land of Italy and Greece in later generations in continental Europe were actually not of the Greek or Roman race for a long time.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, the real Romans had long since been killed and driven out.

Barbarian doves from France and Germany occupy the magpie's nest.

It's just that the ancient Roman race is similar to the Chinese race?

What international jokes?

Even if it's in the hip-hop mirror, it's impossible!

But no matter what, Liu Che planned to meet this guy who called himself a Roman envoy.

"After the dynasty is dispersed, bring the Great Qin envoy to the Qingliang Hall of Weiyang Palace......" Liu Che closed the white paper, commanded, and then handed it to the eunuch next to him, asking him to put it into the file of Shiqu Pavilion.

…………………………

Two hours later. Liu Che met the man who claimed to be a Roman envoy in the Qingliang Palace.

Liu Che observed slightly.

This person is really similar to the Chinese!

With black hair and black eyes, his height and physique are almost the same as those of the Han Chinese.

The only difference. It's probably skin color.

Liu Che scratched his head, a little unclear.

But in fact, he didn't know that in the classical world, the real Romans were like this, with black hair, black eyes and white skin.

Blonde. At this time, Rome was a symbol of the barbarians.

Only the Germanic barbarians, the Loman barbarians, and the Viking barbarians were blonde.

In addition, the Führer worshipped the ancestors. The Aryans, in fact, are black-haired and brown-eyed......

But he didn't know.

Gladiators, Sparta, left him with the impression that Europeans were blonde and blue-eyed......

"You are the envoy of Great Qin?" Liu Che stood up and asked the so-called Roman envoy who was kneeling in front of him.

Curitius. It's really nervous at this time.

Although he was in Rome. I've seen the consuls, I've seen the giants of the Senate.

However, no one has ever put so much pressure on him.

I stayed in Dahonglu in Chang'an for a few days.

He already knew that the capital of the Han Dynasty was a giant city several times larger than the city of Rome.

The territory of the Han Dynasty, combined, was at least the size of four or five Roman republics.

The population of the country. It is dozens or even hundreds of times that of Rome.

The ancestors of the Han Dynasty were back in the days when even the city of Rome did not exist. A splendid civilization has been established.

I'm afraid that only the pharaohs of Egypt can compare the long history with the Han Dynasty.

But, now, the pharaoh of Egypt has long been a joke.

And the son of the gods of the Han Dynasty still rules his world.

Even the Xiongnu, the terrifying barbarian country he had seen, did not dare to be defeated in front of the Han Dynasty.

The official of Da Honglu once told him.

A few decades ago, the founding king of the Han Dynasty once fought a brutal war with the founding king of the Xiongnu.

The number of troops invested by both sides is calculated in the unit of 100,000.

In contrast, the tens of thousands of Hannibal in the Second Punic War could only fight soy sauce in that war.

After the interpreter beside him reminded Curitius for the third time, he reacted, first using the Han Dynasty etiquette learned from Da Honglu to pay homage, and then, standing up, touching his chest with his right hand, and said to Liu Che as a nobleman of the Roman Republic: "Entrusted by His Excellency the Consul of the Roman Republic, contemptible, Roman citizen Curitios, greetings His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Han Dynasty, may the gods of Osspirin bless you, Your Majesty!" ”

This passage he said in Latin.

Not to mention the translation, even Liu Che was dumbfounded.

I don't know what he's talking about.

Fortunately, he then spoke in half-baked Chinese, mixed with Xiongnu and Dawan.

With the help of the translation attendant, Liu Che barely understood what the other party meant.

Before Liu Che could speak, the attendants and scholars who had been standing beside Liu Che had already glared at Curitius.

"Where did Yi Di come from, I don't know how to educate the saints, and dare to be so rude in front of Your Majesty!" Ji Di immediately jumped to his feet.

For the Han people, there are only two countries in this world.

One is China and the other is Yidi.

The Han people also have enough self-confidence and reasons to believe in this matter.

The known world, with the exception of China, is full of ignorance and barbarism.

Slash-and-burn farming, knotting ropes, and even making sacrifices to people.

Liu Che smiled slightly, waved his hand, and asked Ji Di to sit down.

Since the other party can say the terms consul and Ospirin, Liu Che can also believe that this man is from Rome and is indeed an envoy who has been ordained.

For the Western world, Liu Che does not have much affection, nor does he have much disgust.

It is known that the little freshmen boasted of what kind of folk cooking, Aristotle, Plato, for Liu Che, it is just the same thing.

However, there is one thing that Liu Che wants to admit.

At this moment, there are only two beacons of civilization shining around the world's human beings.

One is China in the East and Rome in the West.

It's just that......

Two thousand years later, both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire were in ruins. Only the remains of the gladiatorial arena and the excavated artifacts are for people to pay their respects to.

And China still stands in the east of the world.

Judging by the results, that kind of civilization is more viable and viable. Obvious.

Well, a civilization that was fucked into scum by the Jiyoujiao and brainwashed into a fool, is just a scum.

You know, China is also being invaded by various foreign religions.

But the end result is that all religions have to kneel to China.

The Ming Dynasty introduced the Friendship Sect. You even have to pinch your nose to have a Confucian confluence.

As for the Nestorian religion in the Tang Dynasty, it can only be described as a tragedy, claiming to be an inassimilate Jew. Sell baked cakes in Kaifeng.

A Confucian can do all kinds of religions crying dad and shouting mother, and now, all the sons are in the future. It can only be better.

So. Liu Che is still very interested in the Romans now.

"Judging from the current situation, the geographical distance between China and the European continent determines that the two cannot become enemies...... Liu Che pondered in his heart: "Do you want to do a test to verify one or two?" ”

Liu Che remembered the dream he had that morning in Hedong County.

"The lord of a small barbarian country does not know the face of the sky. It is not enlightened and offends the Son of Heaven. Capital offense capital offense ......"

Liu Che recalled that dream and thought it was very interesting.

It is necessary to give it a try.

Let's see if the Confucian culture from China can beat the Greek culture of Rome.

"Even the Friends of the Foundation can lie down in Rome, Confucianism can't do it, right?" Liu Che pondered.

Well, as for the ideas of the Legalists and the soldiers, it is better not to spread them, so as not to bring bad children.

The cultural part of the Virgin Mary of Confucianism can be promoted.

Let Europe enter the age of Our Lady two thousand years in advance, it is touching to think about it!

Therefore, Liu Che slapped his thigh and said: "Your envoy has worked hard from afar, look at your envoy, Chinese is very problematic, so let's go back first, and General Shu will order someone to teach your envoy to learn Chinese and Chinese, and when your envoy can communicate fluently in Chinese Chinese, I will summon your envoy again and talk with your envoy about the history and culture of your country, as well as the mission of your envoy!" ”

So, this matter was so happily decided in Liu Che's arbitrary and lonely behavior.

Liu Che asked the Roman to take him down, and at the same time, he asked Shaofu and Da Honglu to take care of it.

By the way, Liu Che asked Wang Zang to be sent to teach the Roman.

Wang Zang is one of the representatives of the Lu Confucian school, and now, he holds the position of Doctor of 2,000 Shi.

Of course, these two thousand stones of rice cannot be given in vain.

On the other hand, Liu Che plans to train a few young people to follow this Roman envoy on the road to Rome in the future.

One is that Rome was a very important trading country.

Specialties such as silks and spices produced in China were sold very well in Rome.

It's just that most of the profits are divided among the merchants on the way.

This thing is unbearable!

It has to be changed!

Second, the direct exchange between the two ancient civilizations of the East and the West made Liu Che feel a sense of pleasure in creating history.

Come and don't be rude.

Third, Liu Che knows that the future world is destined to be a struggle for the right to speak and values.

In order to avoid being invaded by Western culture in the future, Chinese culture must take the initiative to burn the flames of war in the past.

It is better to let the Omi ghost animal take the Chinese level 4 test than the Chinese to take the English level 4 test.

The most important thing, of course, is: the banner of industrialization, as long as China comes to resist.

Westerners are still quiet and stay in Europe to play in the mud.

In this regard, the advanced Confucian culture can accomplish this task very well. (To be continued......)

PS: Note 1: The Buddhist Sutra of Naxiu Bhikshu records a conversation between Naxiu Bhikkhu and a man named King Hume, who was a Greek who claimed to be from Rome. Interested students can check it out.

Note 2: Daxia County is in the ancient city of Xialimatu Township, Guanghe County, Gansu Province.

According to historical records, the Yue clan moved westward and attacked Bactria and part of the people of Bactria fled east to Longxi in the territory of the Han Dynasty. And it was accepted by the Han Dynasty and properly placed in Caohan County, which divided Caohan into two and set up Daxia County in the east.