Cai He became famous in the first battle. His erratic pace and unscientific strength made the Romans doubt their life. Why can such a huge power burst out from a petite body?
They knew from Cai He's words that what he practiced was "martial arts", which could form a force within the body. Of course, they did not fully understand. How could a person, except for gods, cultivate power within the body?
There are no gods with great influence in Rome, but there are legends such as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Legend has it that the founder of Rome was raised by wolves. He was originally a descendant of Latins and had a younger brother.
Legend has it that the king of the Latins had two sons. The king gave his two children the power of the kingdom and the wealth he brought back from Troy. In the end, the son who got the wealth of Troy used the wealth in exchange for more power than the king.
, he began to persecute his brothers, leaving only his niece. Because he was afraid that his brother's descendants would take revenge, he also made his niece a virgin priest, so that she would not have any more descendants.
But the niece still had a child. It was said that they were the children of the God of War. They were twins. They were thrown into the wild by their fearful uncle as soon as they were born. The twins were raised by a she-wolf in the wild and became strong adults.
What follows is a traditional revenge story, but naturally only one twin can be left behind after revenge. The legend goes that the twins had a disagreement over the address where the city was built, so they decided to find an auspicious place through 'vulture divination'.
The younger brother saw six vultures in the place he chose and thought the place he chose was auspicious. However, the older brother saw twelve vultures.
The younger brother said he saw the vultures first, while the older brother said he saw twice as many as his younger brother.
So the quarreling twins started a war, the younger brother died in the war, and the older brother became the founder of the city of Rome.
The city of Rome was not built in a day, but it began to be built on that day.
However, the Romans now mainly imitate Greek myths and construct a similar myth. However, the influence of these myths is not great at this time, and everyone is still accustomed to reading Greek myths.
Although most of Greece was still under the control of the Macedonian Empire at this time, art knew no borders, and the Romans also knew about Zeus on Mount Olympus.
But that was too far away, and it was not as good as the surprise Cai He gave them.
At the request of the hospitable Roman nobles, Cai He had to perform another flying needle stunt.
A wooden stake wearing Roman armor was erected in front, and Cai He held an enlarged flying needle in his hand. In order to let everyone see clearly, Cai He deliberately used the largest flying needle.
Press your shoulders, shake your wrists, and raise your arms to shoot.
boom!
Before anyone could react, radiating cracks appeared on the wall behind the wooden piles, spreading like spider webs.
When the people around looked closer, they discovered that the armor and wooden stakes had been shot through, and the flying needles had penetrated the stone wall within a hand's reach.
"It's amazing. Is your Great Qin the Kingdom of God?" With magical products and incredible martial arts, I'm afraid only the Kingdom of God can have such strength.
"We all live on the same continent as you, and we are not gods. I have only practiced advanced internal skills."
"Can you teach me?" Piris was very thick-skinned, or maybe he was lacking in brains. Anyway, he had no intention of avoiding Cai He. Instead, he was very curious about Cai He's kung fu.
Doesn't this guy know what shame is?
"If you want to learn, you must go to Qin." Cai He is not stupid. It's okay to give out insignificant things like porcelain and silk, but secrets like internal strength that can increase combat effectiveness cannot be given away like cabbage. Of course, if they
It was different when we arrived in Qin. Even if we learned it, it would not be easy to pass it back to Rome.
Piris was silent. He had never thought about going to Qin. He heard that Qin was very far away.
Other curious people were also disappointed. They also wanted to spend money to buy cultivation methods, but Cai He rejected them.
Everyone became more and more curious about Great Qin, and finally the Council of Elders decided to invite Cai He to tell us what Great Qin was like.
This is one of the most important institutions in Rome. It is the highest power and decision-making body. The House of Elders, also known as the Senate and the House of Elders. It is mainly composed of big clans, big slave owners, and former state officials.
There were about a hundred people, these were the administrators and owners of Rome.
This is a system that puzzles Cai He. How can they decide on major strategies without the emperor to make the decision?
In fact, in addition to the Senate, Rome also has institutions and offices such as the Assembly of Citizens, Consuls, and Prosecutors.
The reason for this is because the Romans were afraid of well ropes once they were bitten by snakes for ten years. There were kings in Rome in the past. About two hundred years ago, an extremely cruel king appeared, so he was overthrown. From then on, Rome
We have always adopted this republican approach to management.
The reason why this system was successful was that Rome was a slave country, a small country with few people. The welfare of its citizens could be achieved by relying on a large number of slaves, and everyone could obtain a very decent status.
Because of this, all citizens will spontaneously protect this system and ensure that Rome can continue to operate.
It is not surprising that Cai He, as a guest, did not understand the secrets. In the Senate, Cai He carefully explained the political system and geographical customs of Qin, which of course made people feel relaxed and fascinated.
It’s just that the Romans thought that a country like Qin with an emperor would be very unreasonable: “If the emperor is unjust, wouldn’t you all be in trouble?”
Cai He said: "If the emperor is innocent, someone will naturally stand up and overthrow the emperor." This is treacherous, but Cai He is now overseas and can speak boldly.
"Overthrow one and then elect another emperor?" The senators were very surprised: "Since the emperor has been overthrown, why bother to find another emperor? A person with power will always be cruel. Instead of hoping that the emperor will be merciful, it is better to grasp the power.
It’s in your own hands.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
There are too many differences in concepts, but Cai He also stayed in the Qin Palace and knew a lot of things: "The emperor has his own responsibilities, and he must be responsible for the entire country. This responsibility is not something ordinary people can bear. The emperor has no way and the country is in chaos.
, the emperor's head is naturally at stake. Therefore, if the emperor wants to hold on to his head, he must work hard to govern and work hard for the common people of the world."
...I still don’t understand: “According to what you said, isn’t the emperor very pitiful?”
The elders felt that if one person took over all their responsibilities and suffered, they would be happy while I left.
"The emperor has great power."
"The power conference is brutal." This issue is back to its original point.
This is the difference in the way of thinking between Westerners and Easterners. In the eyes of Westerners, good is good, bad is bad, and the two are independent and incompatible. But Easterners believe that yin and yang change, and good and bad are dependent on each other.
It can become bad, and bad can also become good.
A system must have advantages and disadvantages. When the Romans saw the shortcomings, they resisted them with all their strength and never thought of restraining the shortcomings or even reversing them; when they saw the advantages, they tried their best to publicize them, and they had to make the advantages the best in the world, but they could not see behind the advantages.
hidden dangers.
Easterners know that emperors can be unethical, so they try their best to make up for it. There is even a saying of "taking history as a guide". Of course, because of this mentality, people often accept their shortcomings for granted and let them develop. Sometimes they are lucky and
There is really only a thin line between optimism, so a change of government is inevitable.
This is a collision between two systems. Before both sides understand each other deeply, this collision can only become a ring that can never be solved.
The Romans believed that the emperor would be cruel and unkind sooner or later. Cai He believed that the emperor could be changed, but the Romans believed that it was a change of soup without changing the medicine. Cai He believed that Roman slaves were also common people and should be treated as citizens, but the Romans did not
The deep-rooted belief that slaves are not citizens is absolutely impossible to change, and even the slaves themselves will not say they want freedom.
Because in this world of low productivity, a single slave cannot support himself at all, so it is better to be a slave and at least survive.