One day in July, as usual, the Roman envoy of Curitios, or Zhao Qin, had just finished washing up, and was preparing to go to watch the Han Dynasty examination that was now taking place as usual.

So long in the Han Dynasty.

Curitios' main concern is to find a way to solve the doom of lead poisoning in his homeland.

It's the examination of the Han Dynasty.

Regardless of aristocrats and commoners, except for criminals, all of them were eligible to participate in this grand banquet.

Rely on knowledge and talent, rather than bloodline and background, to become an official, step into the official career, and change the fate of yourself and your family.

In Curitios' eyes, this is the most fascinating place in this eastern country.

Unfortunately, the Senate of the Roman Republic could never have agreed to such a policy.

It is only in this eastern country, in this land of freedom and equality, that such a splendid fruit can be born!

Thinking about this, Curitios couldn't help but sigh.

After coming to the Han Dynasty for so long, Curitios's thoughts and behaviors have already been inevitably sinicized.

He can now speak fluent Han Dynasty Mandarin, write with a brush, and even recite many passages of the Book of Songs.

Naturally, he was no longer the emissary who had just been commissioned by the Roman consuls to embark on the road to the East.

His way of thinking about problems and his attitude became closer to the Han dynasty as a result.

"If I can return to the Roman Republic, I must inform my compatriots of what I have seen and heard in the East!" Curitios thought to himself: "Let them know: the prince will have a kind of peace!" ”

Unfortunately, it seems like a dream that can never be achieved.

The mighty barbarian empire in the north blocked the way between the Han Dynasty in the east and Rome in the west.

Anyone who tries to cross the country called the 'Huns' will surely die!

As he sighed, the door was pushed open.

A big Honglu official walked in and said to him: "Brother Zhao, I have sent you two fellow villagers, maybe you know each other......

Then, two men walked in.

When one of the people at the head was darker-skinned, wearing a simple cloth robe, walking barefoot, he saw Curitios, he folded his hands, made a ritual, and said: "Origin and extinction, all have a cause, and the donor is polite......"

It's still authentic Greek!

Curitios is not a model for such people.

He had seen such monks when he was in the kingdom of Bactria.

These monks differed from the sacrifices of the Zoroides of Western Asia and the Ospirin gods of Rome.

They seem to be advocating asceticism, paying attention to what kind of fate and the four realms.

Moreover, these monks were more enthusiastic about spreading their so-called 'floating teachings' than the sacrifices of the Zoroides and the Ospirin gods, which is the pronunciation anyway.

How, Curitios is not clear.

And the man behind this monk surprised Curitios.

"Okorati!" Curitios was surprised and said, "Why did you come to the Han Dynasty?" ”

It was from Dawan that the man ventured across the entire desert to the Han Dynasty's Dawan vice-king Okolati.

"The Ionian Kingdom has been invaded by barbarians, and I have come to the Silk Kingdom to ask for help......" Okorati looked at Curitios and was also very surprised.

This Roman nobleman, who is said to be on the mission of the Roman consul, has really arrived in the legendary Silk Country!

"That's lucky!" Okorati said in his heart.

This time, he went through a lot of hardships, and only dared to take trails and mountain roads along the way, through mountains and dense forests, and after more than a month of difficult trekking, he arrived at the foot of the Great Wall.

Then, he was left by the officials of the Silk Kingdom in a city called 'Jinyang' hundreds of miles away from the capital of the Han Dynasty.

It wasn't until recently that he was allowed to come to Chang'an.

This back and forth is two months.

Okorati now does not know if his kingdom still exists.

But, he knew, even though the Ionian kingdom had perished.

But he still needs to ask for help from this silk country in the east, a vast empire that calls itself 'China' but is written 'Han Dynasty'.

In the hope that the emperor of the Han Dynasty would show mercy and save the poor Greek city-states of Central Asia that were attacked by barbarian horseshoe.

Of course, it would have been better if the Han emperors had been able to further help the Greeks regain the Seleucid Empire's sphere of influence.

But......

Now it seems that the people of the Han Dynasty were not so concerned about their own extraterritorial affairs, and they were not so virgin.

So, after meeting Curitios, Okorati couldn't wait to learn more specific information about the empire from Curitios.

The Great Honglu official looked at the three 'Yidi', looked at Curitios, and arched his hand: "Brother Zhao, since these two people can communicate with Brother Zhao, then please ask Brother Zhao to teach them Chinese etiquette and language, Your Majesty may have to summon them when!" ”

"Especially this person who came with poison, please Brother Zhao must teach him the language and etiquette as soon as possible!"

When Curitios heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "No, the servant will be fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

Watching the great official leave, Curitios closed the door.

Then he looked at the monks and nobles in front of him.

He first said to Okorati: "Your Excellency, have you accurately informed the officials of the Han Dynasty of your identity?" ”

Okorati nodded and said, "This is natural, as soon as I arrived in the Silk Country and met the officials of the Silk Country, I told them that my intention was ......."

"It's a pity that the officials and nobles of this silk country don't seem to think much of me......" He shook his head regretfully, and then, eagerly looking at the old acquaintance of Curitios, said: "Your Excellency should have been in the Silk Country for a long time, can you tell me: Who is stronger between this Silk Country and the barbarian empire called the 'Huns'?" ”

When Curitios heard this, he said with a smile: "Last year, there was a great war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and the troops invested by both sides were calculated in tens of thousands!" ”

"The result?" Okorati asked nervously.

"The army of the Han Dynasty, in two months, completely annihilated the invading Hun cavalry, a full 40,000 people!" Curitios looked proud and proud: "Now, in the prisoner of war camp of the Han Dynasty, there are still twenty or thirty thousand Xiongnu prisoners!" ”

This sentence not only made Okorati's eyes shine.

The monk, who had been standing aside and muttering words in his mouth, suddenly opened his eyes.

He folded his hands together and praised, "World-honored One, this place should be the place where my teachings flourish, and I should come here to teach the Fa!" ”

When Curitios and Okorati heard this, they looked at the monk as if they were mentally ill.

Especially Curitios.

The longer he lived in this eastern country, the more Curitios became aware of the pride and strength of this empire.

Want to serve in this kingdom?

Have you asked the government and local celebrities?

Proselytizing acts that are not approved by the government are called 'obscenity'.

But the monk didn't seem to see the eyes of Curitios and Okolati, and he bowed to them and said, "Two donors, I am Chokodharma, the heirloom of the World-Honored One!" ”

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"Your Majesty, that poisonous monk and Yi Di, who claims to be the vice king of Dawan, have been sent to the Great Qin envoy to teach according to your instructions......

Liu Che lay on the collapse, closed his eyes, and listened to Ji Di's report.

"Send people to monitor it strictly, don't stop day and night!" When Liu Che heard this, he gave instructions: "Especially that monk, without my order, he is not allowed to step out of the Great Honglu Yamen!" ”

Liu Che also didn't expect that Jiang Duguo reported that he had found a poisonous merchant ship, and in the end, it was actually a primitive Buddhist monk who sent it to Chang'an.

After learning of this situation, he immediately ordered Jiang Duguo to send this scourge to Chang'an immediately.

This is to prevent the spread of certain ideas that are not river crabs and poison the Chinese people.

What is suffering in this life and enjoying happiness in the next life, that set, Liu Che has never been very cold.

Of course, there is no denying that there is a progressive side to Buddhist thought.

But there are too many backward and rotten things.

Moreover, the Buddhism of today is not the Buddhism of later generations.

Without the adjustment and teaching of the three martial arts to destroy the Buddha, Buddhism naturally did not become localized.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Liu Che to let it spread on Chinese soil.

"What retribution in this life...... Good fortune in the afterlife......" Liu Che shook his head.

The religious outlook of the Chinese has been very simple since ancient times.

When the sky is broken, he will make up for it with stones, and when it collapses, he will cut off the limbs of the turtle and re-establish the pillar of heaven.

When God sent a great flood to destroy the world, I dug ditches everywhere to drain the floods.

When the disease strikes, he doesn't seek ghosts and gods, he refines his own medicine and tests his own medicine, even if he is poisoned, he has no regrets.

If you drown in the East China Sea, you will fill in the East China Sea.

When you are exposed to the sun, you shoot the sun.

The Emperor of Heaven is unfair, even if he dies and his head is gone, I want my navel as my mouth, **** as my eyes, and I will kill the Nine Heavens with both hands in my hands.

The Son of Heaven is unfair and unjustly kills me, then he will become a powerful ghost and take him away!

Whoever loves to be a herding lamb and a slave of XX, let them do it.

Whoever loves to be obedient slaves, let them do it!

Anyway, the people of this land in China.

It has always been - the prince will have a kind of Xiangning!

The country has a way, and the gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement.

There is no way for the country, I can replace it!

The artifact is only the master of virtue!

Even, even the so-called Five Emperors and the so-called Eight Masters are just the incarnation of the first kings and the sublimation of heroes.

In China, talent is God!

In China, only heaven and earth and ancestors are in awe.

What is the World-Honored Buddha God Savior?

Hell you all!

Of course, Buddhism is not without merit.

"At least you can brainwash alien slaves!" Liu Che thought in his heart.

Historically, Buddhism became popular in China because of the Wuhu Rebellion.

The alien conquerors needed a psychotropic narcotic to hypnotize the Chinese people.

Therefore, Buddhism flourished.

It would be nice to brainwash the slaves and slave laborers who have been imported or captured and keep them content with the status quo.

Therefore, that monk, Liu Che only ordered house arrest, not directly killed.

Put aside the matter of the monk from India.

Liu Che picked up the eight-hundred-mile urgent report that had just been sent from Yunzhong County.

The content of the report is very simple - the Xiongnu have broken Dawan and captured hundreds of thousands of Dawan soldiers and civilians to return to the south.

This is the top-secret information that is difficult to send to Yunzhong County through secret channels.

I read this information several times.

Liu Che put it down.

"The strategy must be revised!" Liu Che thought to himself, and then he cast his gaze on the map hanging on the wall.

After defeating Dawan, the military ministers did not choose to continue the westward expedition, but accepted it when they saw it and returned south with the spoils of war.

This greatly surprised Liu Che.

Suppose this is true.

It is very likely, then, that henceforth, this expedition will become a regular entertainment.

The Huns went west once, then returned with the spoils, and after digesting it, they went west again.

In this repeated cycle, the power of the Xiongnu will become stronger and stronger.

And that's just one of them.

More importantly, the choice of military ministers made Liu Che's original plan to wait until the main force of the Xiongnu went away, and then go out of the fortress to bully the remaining Xiongnu tribes.

"The Huns must not be allowed to march west so comfortably and smoothly!" Liu Che said in his heart.

"Immediately go and invite the prime minister, the general of the chariot cavalry and the governor of Anton to enter the palace!" Liu Che commanded: "In addition, summon the generals again!" ”

"No!" Ji Di Gong took the order.

Liu Che also took the report, stood in front of the map, and stared at the map that had been discovered and marked with a clear name.

This is a map of the Hetao that has just been sent to Chang'an from Yunzhong County recently.

Liu Che's hand touched the map.

Gaoque Fortress built by King Wuling of Zhao, the Yinshan defense line of Qin Shi Huang.

And these two places have been lost for more than 70 years.

Liu Che could feel that these two places and the entire Hetao were calling his name, eager for his army to go and recover.

Let this natural pasture be stuffed with pearls, and the valley bottom watered by the mother river of the Zhuxia nation will return to the embrace of the homeland.

"The Huns are not stupid......" Liu Che looked at the mountains, rivers and lakes on the map.

Originally, his plan was to wait for the Xiongnu to march westward, cross the Green Ridge, and then start a war with the Xiongnu.

But, alas, the Huns did not give him this opportunity at all.

But it's understandable when you think about it.

The Huns were not stupid after all.

The main force crossed the Green Mountains and penetrated deep into Central Asia, and the long roads and supply lines were enough for the Han family to take the entire Munan, but the Huns on the expedition may still be in the dark.

Naturally, the Huns would not allow such a situation to happen, and they were even less likely to give up their lair easily.

Therefore, it is understandable that he chose to gradually march westward.

Since the Huns did not give the Han family a chance, Liu Che naturally would not be stupid and still act according to the stereotyped plan.

"Then prepare for the Battle of the Loop!" Liu Che fixed his eyes on the Gaoque Fortress and the Yinshan Defense Line on the map.

In the Hetao and Hexi regions, the Han dynasty has now figured out that there are seven tribes active in the Xiongnu region.

Counting the tribes of Qilian Mountain and Helan Mountain, the number of local Xiongnu tribes is as high as twenty or thirty.

Of course, most of them are just fish bellies and minions.

There are only three or five that are really noteworthy and can threaten the Han army. (To be continued.) )