Chapter 1320 Duran History Lecture Hall

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'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, both 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, 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 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 bigger than Qin. However, when Dulan said that the country would be divided as soon as the other party died, she said: "Why should a great master respect such a king because he resorted to military violence and died in one lifetime?"

"Hey, you girl, you have such a strong 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. They can only plan to fail to 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 span 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 breakdown of etiquette and disloyalty: "The king still has heirs, but how can the generals occupy the Lord's territory? 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 was a matter of the upper beam being skewed and the lower beam being crooked. The king only knows how to fight, and the people below are not benevolent and righteous. If you can be king and hegemony just by looking at the size of your fist, 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 he had a small title when he was enfeoffed, and because he was too angry to become king, which was an irregular operation, he was despised for a long time. Even if the Chu State was powerful, he would 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 was nowhere like the Chu State who was crowned king during 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 that. 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 we can open up this Silk Road, our Great Qin will have a lot of economic income. By then, the people's lives will be prosperous, and the national fortune of Great Qin will be prosperous. "

European countries 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, inhabited by tribes that would later be called by the Romans as the three major barbarian tribes: Germans, Celts, and Slavs.

Shi Lan frowned. She had no interest in countries in the Western world, but what Dulan said was shocking. The Roman state was probably as cruel as the Qin Dynasty. When Da Qin and Rome meet, God knows what will happen? Shi Lan felt desperate when she thought of two cruel kings who wanted to make peace and harm the people of their respective countries together. The Grand Master seems to be very optimistic about Rome, and if he can really hope to prevent the rise of Rome.

Duran took a sip of water and thought to himself that in this era Jesus was not even born, and there was no shadow of Christianity or Islam, only Judaism. After the Jews left Egypt, they established a city in Jerusalem, which is still a holy place for Jews. Jesus had to wait until the Romans drove away the Macedonians before he was born.

A few hundred years later, the Christian Church became the state religion of Rome, but the Roman emperor who founded Christianity split Rome into two and gave them to his two sons. 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 have a vision. Not only our Daqin is 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 Lan thought that she was just here to deliver food, why should she understand? She was also wondering why Du Lan told her all this, was the Grand Master too bored?

"The reason I told you this is because the imperial examination is about to be implemented, I think you can try, maybe you can get a job, so you can serve Daqin."

...Shi Lan had never thought about serving Daqin, so she picked up the food box and prepared to leave: "Thank you for your kindness, Grand Master, but Shi Lan is a woman, and I don't have the idea of ​​serving the country, goodbye."

Du Lan thought why this girl had no curiosity: "The world is so big, don't you want to go and see it?"

"No." Shi Lan had already walked away.

Du Lan thought that she didn't want to? Then wouldn't she be wasting her time? She must be allowed to participate when the time comes.

Once the imperial examination was announced, it caused a stir in Daqin. Selecting talents through examinations obviously made some people with no talent but connections angry. It also made the Qin nobles very unhappy. In the past, the right to recommend talents was in their hands. Now the Grand Master actually wanted to share power?

No, so batches of clan leaders came to see the emperor, hoping to stop the imperial examination. The fake emperor Hu Hai did not expect that the Grand Master would make so much noise again. This time, even the old Qin clans came out to oppose. These were Hu Hai's elders, and he didn't know how to deal with them, so he just hid.

The emperor hid, but the clans would not give up. Didn't they want to take the exam? Smash your examination room. Anyway, the emperor hid, so they will do it themselves.

When the anti-Qin people saw that Qin was in chaos, they applauded. They wanted to see what the Grand Master could do to Qin.