Liu Shen thought of something, and remembered very clearly that his father had mentioned two ways of foreign conquest.
The first form of conquest was very brutal, and that was the use of force.
It is very difficult to completely surrender and surrender the opponent, and what the Han Empire prefers to do now is to destroy the body and spirit since it is impossible for people to be subjugated mentally and physically.
From before the founding of the country in 340 A.D., until 354 A.D., the tribes destroyed after Liu Yan raised his army were a bit difficult to calculate.
After all, not all tribes are big ethnic groups, and the reason why Zahu is Zahu is that it can't be on the stage, but don't take that kind of tribe with hundreds or thousands of people is not an ethnic group.
Of the great ethnic groups that were wiped out, the Karma were the first to be swept into the dustbin of history.
The Qian people did not have their own culture, and the basic ones that could be killed were also killed by the Han people, and it didn't take too long for them to become some written records in the history of the Han people.
The Xianbei clan has not disappeared now, although Tuoba Xianbei fully surrendered and accepted sinicization, and Murong Xianbei also changed his name, but the Xianbei clan actually still exists, but it is impossible for the people who still retain the name of Xianbei to make any big noise.
The Duan Xianbei clan, who were the first to go south, were consumed in large quantities in the Zhao State under the rule of the Qianren, and later migrated some tribes to the southwest, but these tribes were destroyed by Huan Wen when he eliminated the Li clan and became Han.
Yuwen Xianbei was wiped out in the civil war, and the remaining Yuwen Xianbei either defected to the rest of the Xianbei tribe or was absorbed by Murong Xianbei.
Those Yuwen Xianbei, who did not take refuge in the rest of the tribes and were not absorbed by Murong, split themselves into eight parts, one of which was called the Khitan.
And this Khitan spent a long time later to subdue the tribes that were originally Yuwen Xianbei, united the Xi people by marriage, annexed and eliminated the rest of the disobedient nomads, replaced the Turks in Monan for hegemony, and later simply entered the Central Plains.
The other Murong Xianbei, that is, the one hiding in the Qaidam Basin in the northwest of the plateau, was completely defeated in the thirteenth year of Yuan Shuo, fled to the Western Regions and was intercepted by the Western Regions Protectorate.
Seriously, Xianbei is really a tribe with extremely tenacious vitality.
If history had not been changed by Liu Yan, Xianbei had not only established a number of tribal and royal families successively, and even controlled the Central Plains, but also went to the southwest and the Western Regions to establish a state, and even one of them went to Central Asia to establish a country, which needed to disappear after the complete rise of the Turks.
Liu Shen was extremely impressed by the second method mentioned by Liu Yan.
The second form of conquest is based on force, not violently exterminating the people it wants to evaporate, but culturally integrating.
The ancestors of Zhuxia have done this a long time ago, but the level of civilization is not advanced to the point of crushing, usually by force, and then it takes a long time to assimilate the defeated tribes.
The origin of the Han people is because the first Han did those great deeds Liu Shen was taught this, or his father personally taught, but some did not understand why his father continued to use the name of Han: or because the civilization of the first Han was the undisputed hegemon-level civilization on this continent.
Liu Shen was extremely impressed by Liu Yan's words, Liu Yan once said that the reason why he used the name "Han" was to inherit the role of the past and the future, otherwise those Hulu had successively used "Han" as the name of the country, and they also came up with some "Emperor Han", and the name of "Han" was actually almost corrupted.
Liu Shen, who is still young, does not really understand what it means to "inherit the past and open up the future", but probably knows that he must not forget his roots, remember and be grateful for the contributions of his ancestors, and then use his great achievements to urge future generations.
Hearing Liu Shen say that he was willing to suggest to the Son of Heaven of the Han Empire that the two countries should be opened to study, Julian and Xeas were completely excited.
Rome and Sassanid began to make requests in the twelfth year of Yuan Shuo, and at the beginning, they actually had the idea of understanding the civilization of the Han people, and it was not until they saw the Han army using firearms in the Asan continent that they really paid attention to it.
No new thing will come out of nowhere, especially technology is built on a certain cumulative foundation, and the so-called foundation is knowledge.
"Thank you so much," Julian said with great gratitude, slamming his right hand on his left chest, and said gratefully, "Rome will be an eternal friend of the Han Empire." ” Liu Shen had a smile on his face, but he scoffed at what kind of "eternal friend" he was.
Don't look at Liu Shen's young age, let alone him, no one in any country, even if it is a member of the royal family of a small country, no one is so naïve.
Although Liu Yan did not teach Liu Shen too much, he must instill the truth that "countries only have interests and no friendship between countries", and Liu Shen must remember it.
If Liu Shen only understood this truth before, he would have an intuitive impression when he came to Northern Xinjiang in person.
Very early, Liu Yan was only the patriarch of the Han tribe, and at that time, the Han tribe not only made friends with the Tuoba Dynasty, but also expressed goodwill to Murong Yanguo to the greatest extent.
At that time, Tuoba Daiguo and Murong Yanguo were friendly to the Han Dynasty, not that there was really any friendship between the two sides, but that they just took what they needed.
It was because of the expansion to the Liaodong Peninsula that the Han Dynasty turned against Murong Yan, and it was after gaining control over most of the Central Plains that the Han Dynasty turned against the Tuoba Dynasty.
For more recent examples, the Han State before Liu Yan became emperor expanded to Monan, because there were East Gaoche and West Gaoche, as well as the threat of Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei, so he chose to befriend the Rouran Tribal Alliance.
Who would have thought that two countries that have always shown friendship would turn hostile simply because of a fire in the steppe The Rouran people, Ding Lingren, and Xianbei people were still fighting for life and death Liu Shen expressed his gratitude to Kexias, but in his mind, he was thinking: Waiting to become an enemy country with the Great Han did not immediately become an ally of Ding Lingren and Xianbei people For example, Liu Shen believed in the saying that "countries only have interests and no friendship", and when he went to northern Xinjiang, he saw and heard with his own eyes and ears to fully understand what the so-called friendship between countries is all about.
The reason why Liu Shen has always resisted the enthusiasm shown by Julian and Xeias is not because he is the prince of the Han Empire, which is the most powerful state in the known world.
In fact, he had personally heard some of what Liu Yan said.
Liu Yan mentioned to Liu Shen that if the current conditions did not allow it, he might be able to make friends with the Romans, but he would definitely immediately send troops to attack Persian Sasanian, waiting for Sassanid to be defeated, and the next target to be destroyed was Rome.
That is, Liu Shen is still young and mentally immature, so he will show such obvious resistance to Julian and Ksiaias's enthusiasm.
Fortunately, Julian and Xeias sensed Liu Shen's resistance, but they understood that Liu Shen was reserved.
Julian still understands Liu Shen's reserve very well, taking himself as an example, a dignified member of the Roman royal family, or the top five heirs to the throne, there is no need for a reason to have such an identity to despise some people who want to befriend him.
The strong are proud, and the heir to the throne of a strong country especially needs to be proud.
According to Julian's understanding, he knew that Liu Shen was the eldest son of the royal family of the Han Empire, of course, there was no such thing as the eldest son in Rome, in other words, Liu Shen was the first heir to the throne of the Han Empire.
The Han Empire is a terrifyingly powerful overlord state, and it is natural for him to be arrogant as the first heir to the throne of the Han Empire, not to mention that he Julian is only the fifth heir to the throne of Rome, and the first heir to the throne of Rome will not be on an equal footing if he communicates with Liu Shen.
This is the gap in the strength of the country, as a politician, only people with brain problems will ignore this gap, their own strength is weak and they have to get the same respect as the strong, but they don't know that it is a matter of minutes for a strong country to destroy a weak country and a small country.
Liu Shen was summoned by Li Tan and left.
Julian and Xeias did not have Liu Shen with them, so they could not move around the camp at will, so they had to go back to their camp.
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"It's really great" Kesiaias's excitement and excitement were uncontrollable at all, and his face was full of joy: "To be able to send people to the Han Empire to study, we must select the best people" Cambyses didn't know what Ksiaias was excited about just now, and after knowing the reason, he was stunned at first, and then he was also excited and excited.
"Your Highness, is there a response from the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire" Cambyses laughed out loud after asking himself, where are they now, even if the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire agrees, they will not send someone to come over to inform them.
He probably guessed something, but he still asked: "Your Highness was with His Highness of the Han Empire just now, did His Highness of the Han Empire promise?"
It was only when asked that Ksiaias came back to his senses.
He has the intention to follow Liu Shen's side, knowing that the friendship is still very shallow, and he has not spoken, so he needs to be friends with Liu Shen, and only when he opens can he have weight.
"Yes," Ksiaias said to himself in confusion, "how could His Highness take the initiative to promise" Cambyses: "" On the other side, the Romans were having the same conversation.
"Kesias and I just expressed our longing, and His Royal Highness of the Han Empire was thoughtful at first" Julian was trying his best to recall the process just now: "I took the initiative to propose to the Han Emperor. ” Flavis' face was full of thought.
He knew that His Royal Highness of the Han Empire had always rejected Julian's deliberate friendship, and his attitude had only changed recently, so it was impossible for him to become so enthusiastic in an instant.
Rome has always not only collected food seeds from the Han Chinese, but also bought books as soon as they could be bought and then quietly sent back to Rome itself.
"The first time we wanted to send back the books, the officials of the Han Empire customs detained all of them.
From this point it can be shown that the Han Empire did not want us to learn from them.
As soon as Flavies said that, all the Romans were impressed.
He continued: "Later, we secretly hid it, and many books were searched, and even Roman citizens were seized for their collection. ” This situation occurred before the thirteenth year of the Yuan Shuo, and the most serious one was that the entire Roman army was imprisoned, and it was not eased until the thirteenth year of the Yuan Shuo, but the Romans needed to obtain permission from the Han Empire to bring books back to China, and the punishment for private collection of books became more severe.
"The Han Chinese are so strict about what books we want to bring back to China," Flavies said sullenly, "I heard that His Highness is very, very young, and maybe he just mentioned it casually. ” "That highness is the first heir of the Han Empire."
Julian knew that Flavis was just a nobleman, and he explained: "Even if His Highness mentions it casually, regardless of whether the Han Emperor finally accepts the suggestion or not, the official of the Han Empire will definitely need to go through a process." ” While they were talking, they were told to pack up their things and that they would be pulling out in half an hour.
"We all know that in the past, when we made a request, the Han Empire simply refused, and it is conceivable that there was no negotiation."
Julian naturally didn't need to clean up in person, and Flavis also had his own retinue.
He walked outside the tent and said, "It is also a success to be able to get the officials of the Han Empire to consult. ” "We allowed the barbarians to become Roman citizens, and it was impossible for the first generation of barbarians to become citizens to gain real power."
Flavies walked side by side with Julian: "To become a barbarian descendant of the Romans, it takes until the third generation to gain power."
In the same way, we only allow the third generation of barbarian descendants to become officers in the army. ” Julian, of course, understood what Flavies wanted to express, it was nothing more than that even if the Han Empire accepted the Romans to study, it would definitely treat the Romans differently, and the Han people could not treat the Romans equally.
"Of course it is."
Julian was not a fool or an idiot, and could have been naïve enough to rely on this method to learn how to make gunpowder: "This is just the beginning.
We need that kind of start too."
"Well, Rome wasn't built in a day."
Flavies also understood Julian's point: "The cultural similarity between us and the Han is too low, and the cultural similarity between the Persians and the Han is not as high.
If you want to progress, you really need to take it slowly, so start with the step of cultivating an understanding of Han culture. ” Let's not talk about whether they have thought about whether they will assimilate the Han culture after learning it, even if they think about it, they won't think it's such a big deal.
The culture of Rome itself has changed repeatedly in the process of expansion, and it can even be said that the core culture of Rome was plundered by the Greeks.
They were able to accept complete Hellenism, and the civilization level of the Han people was significantly higher, so what about complete Sinicization again: