The diplomatic relations of every country are basically just out of necessity, and they can come together because they have the same interests, or they can become belligerents because of conflicts of interests, and they are still fighting for life and death one moment, and the next moment they may become friendly again for some reason, so what kind of relationship should be depends on the actual needs.

The Han Kingdom was far away in the east of the world, and the surrounding countries were either destroyed or became vassal states under the repeated conquests of the ancestors of Zhuxia, and the only long-term threat was the northern grasslands. In fact, this environment made the Zhuxia dynasty have a kind of arrogance, if it were not for the threat on the grassland, each dynasty would be eager to shout "I am invincible in the world".

The Persians have established a number of empire-level countries, their geographical location determines a point, once the Persians stabilize internally, they will expand outward, the east is not the first choice for the Persians to expand because of the desert, although there is a sea (the Mediterranean) in the west, but the sea does not seem dangerous, and the west has become the expansion direction of the Persians in the past, that is, it was blocked by the Greeks before, and the Romans encountered it more difficult to deal with.

Rome rose from the Italian peninsula and expanded rapidly during the Triumvirate until the first century AD, turning the Mediterranean Sea into an inland sea belonging to the Roman Empire, and the western part of Europa, with the exception of the eastern part of modern Germany, was effectively under Roman rule.

It was not in fact that the Central Plains Dynasty did not seek outward expansion.

Zhu Xia repeatedly conquered the grassland, but because the grassland could not be farmed, he did not know how to govern it, so he repeatedly conquered and gave up.

The Han people marched to the northeast during the Western Han Dynasty, and encountered a cold land, which was difficult to incorporate into the territory if they could not survive, and could only maintain the Yan land in the pre-Qin period to the greatest extent.

During Liu Che's reign, he had been expanding southward to the coast, and he had no idea of going to sea to explore in the face of the sea.

By the time of the Li and Tang dynasties, the road to the west was first blocked by the plateau, and from the Western Regions further west, it was faced with the Gobi and the desert.

Since the first emperor, he has expanded to the southwest to a great extent, but in the long history, there is nothing to do with the primeval forest, and it is simply the relative mildness of the alien races in this area that can maintain the ruling power and transition to modern times.

If you look at the topography of Asia, you will definitely find that the area that could be cultivated in ancient times was actually almost occupied by the Han Chinese, and they did not continue to expand outward, first because they did not stick to it and explore a little further, and then because of the problem of occupation.

Zhuxia in the east of the world only has the opponent of the steppe nomads, and the rest actually have no enemies at all, and the Central Plains Dynasty only needs to be wary of the threat from the grassland, resulting in the fact that except for the northern frontier of the dynasty, other regions can actually be said to be very peaceful. Normally, except for the northern frontier, where there is a sense of crisis, the rest of the region is always singing and dancing, resulting in the dynasty either perishing to the steppe nomads, or after developing to a certain extent, internal contradictions always erupt and go to extinction.

In contrast, the Romans, at the westernmost tip of the World Island, rarely had a peaceful life, ruling a large and vast territory with a very small population, and there were still rebellious barbarians in some of the conquered areas, and in Eastern Europe, the Germans and Goths had been invading Western Europe in the Roman part of Europa, and Southern Europe was engaged in endless entanglements and battles with the Persians.

Rome, of course, had its own civil strife, and each time a certain aristocrat grew to a certain extent to eliminate the previous generation of Roman ruling families, the ruling family changed without changing the name of the country, and each time they could inherit all the Roman territory. The water of this inheritance has always been not low, and the ruling family nominally ruled the whole of Rome, but in fact, the provinces were still decided by the local aristocracy, and there were two "four emperors co-rule", and then it was simply split into two parts: Western Rome and Eastern Rome.

The Han State under Liu Yan's rule actually faced the same problems as previous dynasties, such as the plateau climate problem to the west, how to manage the grassland to the north is a big problem, to the southwest is to face the boundless primeval jungle, to the northeast is the cold that cannot be ignored, and from the Western Regions to the west is to face the desert.

"Fortunately, the king advocated the development of navigation." Lu Yi has a reason to say this, otherwise he, a pawn, will be in an embarrassing situation of idleness for a long time: "As the king said, the sea is a treasure house!" ”

The Han Kingdom has not been in the operation of the sea for a long time, but the benefits obtained are infinite, and the continuous acquisition of seafood is only one aspect, and the discovery and occupation of ocean islands have already produced benefits, not to mention the contact with the real "world" because of navigation, and know how big the world is.

Lu Yi is in charge of leading the Persian Sassanid envoys into the palace city for an audience today, and he does not need to be with the Persian Sassanid envoys all the time.

At this moment, Kianush. Alta. Ardashir and other Persians were in the front section of the palace, and the person who taught them the process of the audience was Cui Zong.

In Zhuxia, there is a very strict process for meeting the Son of Heaven, especially for foreign envoys.

It must be said that the ministers of the Son of Heaven do not need to be kowtowers all the time, they only need to bow on some special occasions, and the rest of the occasions are bowing.

"No, no, no, I am a member of the royal family, and it is absolutely impossible to bow down to your Son of Heaven." Kianush. Alta. Ardashir's reaction was a little big, and at the same time his face was full of rejection and a reluctant statement: "You can't have such rude demands!" ”

Cui Zong listened to the translation and stared at Kianush strangely. Alta. Ardashir kept watching, looking at Kianush. Alta. Ardashir himself showed an inexplicable expression before he said: "Your emperor is the emperor, and our Son of Heaven is not the Son of Heaven?" ”

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir was stunned after listening to those somewhat forgiving translations, he really didn't know which one was bigger, the emperor or the Son of Heaven, according to the popular habits of the world, it was not a shame to submit to the emperor, on the contrary, showing respect to the emperor of other countries was tantamount to respecting the emperor of his own country.

So far, any alien race in the audience with the ruler of the Central Plains Dynasty is required to bow down, which is a kind of pride brought about by the long-term absolute hegemony of the Zhuxia Miao descendants, which is to put it bluntly that the alien race is inherently inferior to themselves. Until the Five Hu Chaohua, the descendants of Zhuxia and Miao were indeed qualified to be proud, and the subsequent Yang Sui and Li Tang were also qualified, and then the successive dynasties were only qualified for the Zhu Ming generation.

"We are here with a friendly ......," Kianush. Alta. Ardashir had actually hesitated: "Before the formal alliance, I will only bow down to my own emperor. ”

Cui Zong asked strangely, "Do you really want to form an alliance?" ”

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir, of course, hoped to succeed in forming an alliance with the Han State, and after hearing Cui Zong's seductive words, he hesitated again and again, and spit out the word "okay" in a tangled manner.

In fact, Lu Yi told Cui Zong that it must be done, it was really out of the audience process, not out of pride and complacency, and there was an essential difference between the wild boar skin in later generations that required foreigners to kneel and bow when they saw the emperor, one was to continue the "ceremony" of Zhuxia, and the other was more to want to get back some face after being taught again and again.

The process of the audience was taught beforehand, and Cui Zong was only making the final confirmation, not only for the Persians, but also for any mission, including the Romans.

The Persians were ready before they were led out of the side room by Cui Zong, and they walked around the complex indoor corridor for a while, but when they went out, it was empty.

The open space is a square, and the ground that should have been made of bricks has long been damaged and unmaintained, and it is filled with mud to level it, and it looks like you can see the repair pits outside of the masonry, and there is no magnificence at all that the Heavenly Empire should have.

There are Praetorian Guards standing guard in the square, and on both sides of the middle walkway are Janissaries standing every three meters, which extends to the front of the palace group, and the rest of the place is also standing guard sergeants.

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir could see the palace groups in the distance in front of him, and he was actually a little dumbfounded at a glance, just because many of those palaces looked damaged, not to mention the collapse of the pieces, most of the uncollapsed roofs lacked tiles a little seriously, only a small part looked like they had been repaired.

"If we hadn't seen the prosperity of Jiankang, I really doubt what kind of country we have come in." Ergutai. Bahram lowered his voice very low: "The fact that the Son of Heaven of the Han people is willing to live in such a dilapidated royal palace is enough to prove that he is a great man. ”

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir had nothing to refute, the ruler of any country would never have wronged himself, and what ruler would not have tried his best to build his residence in magnificence as long as he had the slightest condition? Anyone who is willing to resign himself to his rule will subconsciously think that he is a person with extraordinary ambitions.

Miyagi looked very dilapidated, but the sergeants standing guard showed a different side, and any sergeant was wearing a gorgeous and practical uniform.

"At least it proves that the emperor of the Han people is very frugal when it comes to treating himself." Kianush. Alta. Ardashir is talking about Liu Yan's willingness to live in the ruined palace city but to treat his army well: "They don't seem to care what we see in the ruined side? ”

They came by sea and saw Malacca, which was being developed and built on a large scale, and the first thing they entered after landing was a prosperous city, but they could see the post-war scene with their own eyes on the way to Chang'an.

"In exchange for our reception envoys...... "Ergutai. Bahram shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It must be the most prosperous route, even if it is pretended, it will pretend to be the best." ”

Therefore, it is not only Zhuxia who has a good face, but any civilization will have a good face.

"Did you find out?" Kianush. Alta. Ardashir deliberately gestured to Oguthai with his eyes. Bahram looked at the sergeants: "The Han soldiers must have been strictly selected. ”

They had already seen the field regiments of the Han State in the Pingman Captain's Department, and the height of the Han soldiers and soldiers would generally be above 1.6 meters, and there was no shortage of soldiers with a height of more than 1.8 meters. They originally thought that the Han people were all tall people, but after landing, they found that it was not like that, and Yu Jiankang City saw many people who were less than one meter six tall.

In fact, the height of Zhuxia Miao descendants depends on the region, northerners will be taller, southerners will be relatively short, to put it bluntly, not only genetic differences, but also differences in eating habits.

Similar to Zhuxia, this kind of territory is large, divided by the water system, there is a clear difference in the eating habits of the north and the south, and there are not many countries with a vast territory, all because of the obvious differences in the physical fitness of different people in the region, but there are really few countries with such a big difference as Zhuxia, all because the eating habits of the rest of the countries are basically the same.

They walked through the square, and saw Yuan Qiao who was waiting for him again, and the two sides did not talk, but Yuan Qiao led them through the palace gate and came to a corridor sandwiched by two city walls.

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir walked into the corridor surrounded by the tall city wall, like this kind of terrain is simply designed for killing, if there is an enemy attack, not to mention the front and rear encirclement and killing, there is no need to shoot arrows on the city wall, just keep dropping stones to wipe out the enemy.

After crossing the corridor, they need to pass through a palace gate, and when they walk up the stairs, they see another square, and there are many standing soldiers.

[The defense construction of the Han Empire was too particular. Kianush. Alta. Ardashir had been looking around, and found that there were not only sergeants standing guard in the Ming place, but also a lot of remote equipment arranged in some buildings: [Maybe we should learn from the model of the Han Empire and rebuild the royal city?] 】

They walked to the other end of the square, and had to walk through nine hundred and eighty-one stairs to actually reach the palace gate, and they were a little curious about the sculptures placed on the sides, which were some broken dragon sculptures, which they had never seen before.

Yuan Qiao stopped and said, "Please place the weapon in the weapon rack." ”

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir said very simply: "We are not armed. ”

Having said that, they still had to go through a rigorous search, and the Persians didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and they would do the same.

Really enter the temple, Kianush. Alta. Ardashir found that the interior space was really large, and he wanted to take a good look at the environment, but he saw that there were already kneeling officials on both sides of the front of the interior, and people who could only see a slight silhouette of a human figure on a high platform because of the dimness.

The temple was very quiet, and they were led forward with the sound of footsteps, until they came to a platform above a pool, when suddenly someone sang a string of words, and immediately knelt down in accordance with the etiquette they had been taught.

The high platform is not a high platform, just because the "ceremony" of Zhuxia needs to leave the steps of the "Ninety-Five Supreme", and the person sitting is naturally Liu Yan, who is expressionless when he sees the people who come to bow down.