In Great Qin, Du Lan was telling Shi Lan about the major forces on the Eurasian continent: "Although our Great Qin is a vassal from the sea and unifies the eight wastelands, in fact, the current territory of Great Qin is not necessarily the largest."
Shi Lan also knew this. She said: "There are Xiongnu in the north and Baiyue in the south. Both sides contain the Qin Dynasty's numerous troops."
"These are only the forces surrounding Da Qin, but there are many huge countries in the west." "For example, Rome has been developing for hundreds of years until now, and its national power is getting stronger and stronger."
"Isn't this very similar to the Qin State?" It is indeed very similar, from small to large.
"Like we'll talk about it later, I'll tell you about the Kingdom of Macedonia that is currently at war with Rome. This kingdom is incredible." Duran talked about the genius military strategist of the Kingdom of Macedonia a hundred years ago: "Speaking of this Macedonia
Well, we have to talk about Alexander III, who is also known as Alexander the Great. He led the army of the Kingdom of Macedonia to conquer much more land than the Qin Dynasty. Going all the way eastward, he almost met us in the Central Plains."
"Unfortunately, after Alexander's death, the land he conquered was divided into four parts and became four countries."
Shi Lan saw that the color on the world map went all the way to the east, and it was indeed larger than the Qin State. However, when Du Lan said that as soon as the other party died, the country would be divided, she said: "Using military force and dying in one lifetime, why should a great master respect this?
The king."
"Hey, you girl, you have such a good tone." Of course, this is the view of the Central Plains people. What the Central Plains people want from their rulers is not to be able to fight but to enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment. The only thing they can do is not be wise.
Duran continued: "Although the land Alexander conquered was indeed divided after his death, the four countries still exist today."
The colors on the map changed again, showing Macedonia, Seleucid, Thrace, and Ptolemy. These four countries spanned the three continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa.
"Alexander's last words were to 'give the throne to the strongest'. Except for his hometown of Macedonia, which was inherited by his son, his generals were the kings of the other three countries."
Shi Lan said that this was the collapse of etiquette and disloyalty: "The king still has heirs, but how can the generals occupy the Lord's land? Shouldn't they all assist the prince? These generals have no loyalty at all," Shi Lan said.
Lan ignored Alexander the Great's domineering last words and said: "It is indeed an uncivilized and barbaric land. It is too barbaric."
Having known Du Lan for a long time, Shi Lan also dared to express her own opinions. In her opinion, this period of history is just a matter of the upper beam being out of alignment and the lower beam being crooked. The king only knew how to fight, and the people below did not care about benevolence and righteousness. If you only look at the size of your fists,
If you can be the king and hegemony, then what rules are there?
In Shi Lan's view, kings who have not been enfeoffed are not authentic. Why was Chu State looked down upon for a long time? It was because when he was enfeoffed, he had a small title, and he was too angry to be crowned king.
This is an irregular operation, so it has been despised for a long time. Even if the Chu State is powerful, it will still be looked down upon. You must know that the countries in the Central Plains were crowned kings during the Warring States Period after the Zhou emperor was completely weakened. It is nowhere like the Chu State who was crowned king in the Spring and Autumn Period.
.
The reason why many people opposed the Qin State was because the First Emperor violated the rules of enfeoffment and established a system of prefectures and counties, which was inconsistent with the rules of hundreds of years.
"..." In such a magnificent history, Shi Lan only saw disloyalty and injustice, and Dulan didn't know what to say.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's continue talking about the rise of Rome. Now Rome is fighting against the former powerful country Macedonia. I think Rome is very likely to unify most of the lands that Alexander the Great visited. By then, a powerful country will
It will echo the east and west of Great Qin. If this Silk Road can be opened up, our Great Qin will have a lot of economic income. By then, the people's lives will be prosperous, and Great Qin's national destiny will be prosperous."
The countries in Europe on the map are mainly concentrated in the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East. The northwest part of Europe is now also a barbarian land, and there are tribes that will later be called the three barbarians by the Romans: Germans, Celts, and Slavs.
Shi Lan frowned. She had no interest in countries in the Western world, but what Du Lan said was shocking. The Roman state was probably as cruel as the Qin Dynasty. When the Qin Dynasty and Rome met, God knows what would happen? Two people came to mind.
Shi Lan felt desperate when the cruel kings agreed to make peace with each other and harmed the people of their respective countries. The Grand Master seemed to be very optimistic about Rome, and if he could really hope to prevent the rise of Rome.
Duran took a sip of water and thought to himself that Jesus was not even born in this era, and there was no trace of Christianity or Islam. There was only Judaism. After the Jews left Egypt, they established a city in Jerusalem. It is still a holy place for Jews. Jesus has to wait.
He was born after the Romans defeated the Macedonians.
A few hundred years later, the Christian Church became the state religion of Rome. However, the Roman emperor who founded Christianity split Rome into two and gave them to his two sons respectively. This gave rise to Eastern Rome and Western Rome. A hundred years later, Western Rome died.
The Byzantine Kingdom of Eastern Rome persisted for more than a thousand years, but Byzantium no longer had the power of the Roman Empire.
Dulan explained the current world situation clearly to Shi Lan, "So we, as Daqin people, must be discerning. Not only is our Daqin unifying, but the other side of the world is also unifying. Rome will definitely be able to defeat the Kingdom of Macedonia, and then
Other countries in Europe are not rivals, so it will be of great benefit to us, Great Qin, to engage in diplomacy with Rome first. Do you understand now?"
Shi Lanxin said that she was just here to deliver food, why should she understand? She also wondered why Dulan wanted to tell her this. Could it be that the Grand Master was so idle?
"The reason why I am telling you this is because the imperial examination is about to be implemented. I think you can give it a try. Maybe you can work as an official and serve the Qin Dynasty."
... Shi Lan had never thought of serving the Qin Dynasty, so she picked up the food box and prepared to leave: "Thank you, Grand Master, for your kindness, but Shi Lan is a female and has no intention of serving the country, so I will say goodbye."
Du Lanxin asked why this girl has no curiosity: "The world is so big, don't you want to go and see it?"
"I don't want to." Shi Lan had already walked away.
Du Lanxin said he didn't want to? Then wasn't he wasting his time? He must let her participate when the time comes.
As soon as the imperial examination was announced, it caused a commotion in the Qin Dynasty. The selection of talents through examinations obviously made some people with no talent and connections feel angry. It also made the Qin family very unhappy. In the past, the right to recommend talents was in their hands.
In his hands, now the Grand Master actually wants to decentralize power?
No, so a group of family chiefs visited the emperor, hoping to stop the imperial examination. Hu Hai, the fake emperor, did not expect that the great national master would make so much noise again. This time, even the family members of Lao Qin came out to oppose. These are all
Hu Hai's elders, he didn't know how to deal with it and just hid.
The emperor is hiding, but the family will not give up. Aren't we going to take an exam? Destroy your examination room. The emperor is hiding anyway, so they will do it themselves.
When the anti-Qin people saw that the Qin State was in chaos, they clapped their hands and applauded. They wanted to see what the great master could do to the Qin State.