"The officials say that Iberian horses are the best thoroughbreds, and that's true." Yang calmly stroked the smooth back of the Iberian horse's fur, and watching the horse's docile and sharp reactions, he couldn't help but admire it again.

Boyan continued, "I heard that the Great Song Half-Bred Horse is extremely powerful. I don't know how to compare it to Iberian horses. ”

"Arabian horses, sweat horses, Iberian horses, Mongolian horses, and forest horses are all ancient populations that have evolved unique habitats that have been stable for tens of thousands of years. These horses with ancient pedigrees have distinct characteristics, and the mixed horses are the new product selected after the breeding of these thoroughbreds. Despite the great advantages, it is not certain that all the characteristics of the individual can be stably inherited. Compared to the two, the advantages of the Iberian horse can be inherited steadily. That's the great advantage of ancient populations. ”

When he was young, he had little interest in animal husbandry, and now that his body is weak, he is even more reluctant to waste his energy. found that he actually understood what Yang calmly answered, but Boyan was a little surprised. Yang calmly speaks elegantly, and the background he describes is a picture scroll with a background of tens of thousands of years. The answer to the question "Can all the characteristics of an individual be stably inherited?" is precisely aimed at Boyan's question. Boyan sincerely hoped that the upper echelons of Western Rome could also have the level of Yang Congrong, the foreign minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and the beautiful narrative poetry had made Boyan inclined to believe Yang Congrong's discourse.

Gathering his feelings, Boyan asked: "If there is a war between Western Rome and the countries of the European Bass Department in the future, I hope that the Great Song Dynasty can help." ”

"Your Excellency Boyan is preparing to march west?" Yang asked calmly and naturally.

Boyan replied indifferently: "I'm already old, and I won't live for a few years." I don't want to put an unnecessary burden on future generations at times like these. It's just that sooner or later war will break out, and the richer the Eastern Mediterranean, the more likely it is that war will break out. ”

Yang Congrong felt that there was probably a big gap between his understanding of affluence and Boyan, and the Great Song Dynasty, which seemed to be rich by the standards of the Eastern Mediterranean, was not rich in Yang Congrong's eyes. As for the countries of the European Mediterranean, the intelligence gathered so far indicates that they are even poorer than in the Eastern Mediterranean. Yang calmly did not mention these useless things, and he talked to Boyan about the prospects for the future development of Western Rome. Boyan talks about the system he is promoting, which is a mixture of the Venetian region and the Eastern Roman region and the Augustan era of the Roman Republic.

After finishing speaking, Boyan asked Yang Congrong about the future institutional arrangements of the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Congrong did not answer the matter of the Great Song Dynasty for the time being, he suggested: "I heard that His Excellency Tiberius of Eastern Rome is very researched in this regard, why didn't His Excellency Boyan invite His Excellency Tiberius to come to Rome as a guest?" ”

Boyan's eyes lit up, he didn't tell his opinion, but continued the previous topic, "The Great Song Dynasty system has changed a lot, I don't know where the Zhao official family will end up attributing it?" ”

"I look at the Western Roman banner on the SPQR, which means Senate and the Roman people. The Zhao Guanjia has already established the concept of a modern nation-state in which sovereignty rests with the people, governance rests with the monarch, and the emperor, the academy and the imperial court serve the people wholeheartedly. It should be quite different from Rome. ”

It took Boyan a while to fully understand Yang Congrong's words, Eastern Rome is the sovereignty of the people, and the sovereignty of Western Rome is in the Senate led by the emperor. The Great Song Dynasty established the concept of sovereignty in the people. Regardless of their differences, the three civilizations have all proposed their own ideas for the future of their countries after a radical upheaval. As far as Boyan knows, at this time, there are probably only these three countries on the earth who petition or reluctantly carry out system changes. Other countries are completely unqualified to compare with the Great Song Dynasty and Rome, let alone establish a system according to a certain concept, they are afraid that they will not even be able to rationally consider what the system is.

originally wanted to mention the matter of Yuanguo, but Boyan decided to wait for Yang Congrong to mention it first. Hao Ren had worked hard to establish a new system belonging to Mongolia, and now looking at Boyan's efforts, it is probably the last aftermath of the sinicization of Kublai Khan. Mongolia has not improved, and the Yuan State, a country that has been sinicized to a considerable extent, has also stopped the pace of sinicization, let alone further build the Yuan State's own system on the basis of sinicization.

Just thinking about it, I heard Yang calmly ask: "I don't know why Your Excellency Boyan regrets it?" ”

"Can you see that?" Boyan asked.

Yang nodded calmly. If it was before, Yang Congrong would feel that Boyan's expression represented who he was calculating. Accustomed to seeing some guys from Zhao Guanjia and Yang Congrong who had to believe that they were for the country and the people, Yang Congrong had some new judgments about his expression.

Boyan replied: "I think it's a pity for the Yuan Kingdom, they actually have the opportunity to establish their own system. ”

"Why is Your Excellency so insistent?" Yang Congrong no longer had any feelings for the Yuan Kingdom, and the various actions of the country after Hao Ren's death completely showed that they were taking great strides back on the road of the past. What made Yang Congrong interested was Boyan.

"I love to read and have wanted to be a Roman since I was very young." After Boyan finished speaking, he didn't say any more. He felt that Yang Congrong's level was enough to understand everything in these words. Calling himself a Roman, or conquering Italy, was a done business for Boyan, and the problem was that Boyan didn't think that meant he had become a Roman. If so, the barbarians of the Holy Roman Empire claimed their relationship with Rome earlier. If you can't inherit the civilization of Rome, why call yourself a Roman?

Yang calmly understood Boyan's thoughts, and after seeing so many powerful people, he could finally understand that these people are not just imaginative, and the really powerful people must have a different foothold, which is also their destination. After being in the Eastern Mediterranean for so long, Yang calmly listened to the story of the Antai Giant in Greek mythology, and the Antai Giant could not be defeated when he stepped on the earth, and this character setting was quite a bit of an institutional setting.

Since Boyan is a very powerful person, Yang Congrong asked: "We want to establish diplomatic relations with the countries of the European Race, I wonder if His Excellency Boyan has any suggestions?" ”

"That's going to have to be done. Many of the countries of Eurobasi have only lieges. I think the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire, who were previously captive, can get in touch. ”

Yang calmly knew that what Boyan said made sense. To think of the countries of Europa as nations is to be a donkey's mouth, and in those countries there is only one theoretical allegiance, and that allegiance is often just a crown.

After talking for a while, Boyan introduced his eldest son Gaius to Yang Congrong. It can be seen that Yang Congrong is very interested in this future heir, and the questions asked are quite tentative. Although Gaius is not very accustomed to Da Song's question and answer paths, at least he is not pretending to be smart.

Overall, the meeting made both sides feel the other's candor. However, based on the relationship between Da Song and Boyan himself, everyone can only do some negotiated exchanges. Boyan didn't expect his son to ask a question at the end, "Your Excellency Yang, what does the so-called China of the Han people mean?" ”

"Hua refers to Huaxia. Zhonghua refers to the country where the Han people are located in the center. Yang calmly replied naturally.

"Does this mean that other nations inhabit the Four Barbarian Lands?" Gaius cites some of the views of Huaxia.

Boyan sighed secretly in his heart. Everyone wants to be at the center of the world, and if you admit that other countries are at the center of the world, you are acknowledging that you are at the edge of the world. This kind of victory or defeat is actually not interesting, but people in every civilized country cannot accept that they are naturally disadvantaged. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that young people are young and vigorous after all.

"Our Han ancestors were indeed full of confidence when they said this, but they didn't mean to show off. At the same time as establishing China, we also established that other countries also have the power to exist outside of China. ”

Gaius was a little surprised, his teacher's understanding of the concept of China was obviously not as profound as Yang's, he thought for a moment and asked, "How do you talk about this?" ”

Yang calmly replied: "As long as a civilized country like Western Rome does not launch an attack on the Great Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry about the Great Song Dynasty launching an attack on Western Rome." ”

Although Gaius wanted to face any problem as calmly as his father Boyan, his brows still wrinkled unconsciously because of his mood fluctuations. The young man sensed that what the man in front of him was saying was dangerous, that it was some kind of threat. But Gaius couldn't do it, and he reluctantly asked, "What if there is a dispute between the two countries?" ”

"Therefore, regular exchanges between the two countries are the best means of resolving disputes peacefully." Yang Congrong is not polite to young people, and young people need to tell them the rules of the world. After saying this, Yang calmly looked at Gaius, and saw the young man bow his head with his lips tensed. Yang calmly saw that Gaius did not look up, so he turned his head to look at Boyan. I saw Boyan smile slightly bitterly, and then said, "I'll send Your Excellency Yang out." ”

The two adults didn't talk about this anymore, the current system was built by Yang Congrong and Boyan in a lot of negotiations, and for these two people, there is no need to talk nonsense about the various systems that have been formed. If they needed to make adjustments, they would have done so long ago.

Boyan sent Yang Congrong to the door, and the two shook hands and said goodbye. Looking at Yang Congrong's back, Boyan couldn't help but sigh again in his heart. A person like Yang Congrong is not a prime minister in the Great Song Dynasty, but just a minister. In the Great Song Dynasty, there were at least a dozen ministers whose status was not under Yang Congrong. The Great Song Dynasty is so confident now, relying on the fact that there are many talents like Yang Congrong in the Great Song Dynasty.

Perhaps the Western Romans also had to learn from the Great Song Dynasty and establish their own examination system. This idea was just an idea in Boyan's mind before, but the Yuan State had a system similar to the imperial examination, but it turned out that the imperial examination system did not make the Yuan country stable. Now Boyan has decided to implement this system, and the failure of the Yuan State to do a good job does not mean that the Western Roman Empire is not doing well. If this system can be effectively implemented, Western Rome will also have excellent personnel comparable to Yang Congrong in the future.