Greece is undoubtedly a country with ancient traditions and civilizations, but since the Roman conquest, the glory of Greece seems to be gone, although the Romans think that they have inherited the Greek civilization and promoted it, but in fact the Romans do not have much commendable contribution, if it were not for the grand westward expedition of the Great Qin Empire one hundred and fifty years ago, so that this proud country suffered a defeat, and lost Greece, Asia Minor, North Africa these important places, I am afraid that they will maintain an inefficient slave economy as always, until they are completely destroyed by the nomads who migrated from the Eurasian steppes.

In that expedition to the west, the Great Qin showed great skill and strategy, they succeeded in freeing Greece and Egypt from Roman rule, and helped the Greeks and Egyptians to rebuild the country as vassals of the Great Qin to contain the Romans, although the situation of the two countries was slightly different, the Egyptians restored the imperial system, but their imperial system was guided by the Great Qin Confucian school. Greece, on the other hand, reverted to the classical democratic system. It may sound ridiculous that the world's most powerful imperial state has helped its vassal states become democracies, when it comes to this history. Contriano seemed a little emotional, in his cognition, Daqin respected the traditions of the Greeks, but did bad things with good intentions, and the citizens' assembly that was in the name of democracy was actually jealous and jealous, and filled his own pockets, which Contriano hated very much. In his opinion, the Greek democratic system is stupid, Socrates was sentenced to death in the classical era, and his disciple Plato once criticized this damned democracy, if Greece continues to be under democracy, then sooner or later, Greece will perish.

"I want Greece to be an imperial state, just like Great Qin." Contriano stated his ambition to be emperor of Greece. And not the son of a marshal, and then watch the citizens' assembly those stupid democratic politicians spoil the future of Greece.

"Mr. Chen, your ambitions are great, I want you to come to Chang'an. It's just to ask for help. Looking at the Greeks in front of him who did not hide his ambitions, Leon smiled coldly. This relieved Contriano, who had always been a little apprehensive.

"I'm glad Mr. Chen found me, but as far as I know, Mr. Chen has two older brothers, and Mr. Chen has been away from Greece for a long time." Although Leon thought Contriano was a worthy alliance, Contriano's desire for all of Greece forced him to be more cautious.

Hearing Leondi's question, Contriano knew his chance had come, he sat up straight to make himself look more sincere, and then answered Leondi's question, "General, I have to admit that my two brothers are very good people, they are very talented, but they are not suitable to be the head of a family, and my father knows this very well. At this, Contriano's expression became a little proud, he had been his father's favorite since he was a child, and his two older brothers loved him very much, and if it weren't for those two damned women, he would have established himself as the heir to the family.

"Hellenic Navy, something interesting?" Li Ang calculated in his heart, in the Asian region where Great Qin holds hegemony and contains Rome, the combined fleet of the Greek Navy and the Great Qin Inland Sea Fleet is undoubtedly the main force to contain the Roman Navy, if this Contriano can become the Greek emperor, the benefits he can get will never be less, thinking of this, Li Ang made a decision, he looked at Contriano, "I want to know Mr. Chen's chances of winning, after I join?" ”

Contriano could barely control the ecstasy in his heart, but he still did not lose his temper in front of Leon in the end, "As long as the general can ask for the emperor's royal edict for me, the chance of victory will be seventy percent." "Contriano said that he had come to Chang'an for six years and spent countless money dealing with officials, and he needed an edict that would make him the emperor of Greece in his name, as long as he had the support of Great Qin politically, then there was nothing to fear in Greece except for the people of Sparta who had a certain amount of resistance.

"The edict of the prince is not difficult." Thinking that even countries like Goryeo and Fuso could have royal titles, Li Ang couldn't help but say this to Contriano, but he didn't make the Greek happy too early, "But Mr. Chen must have something to impress my court, otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor will not agree." ”

"As long as I become the lord of Greece, I will cancel the taxes on the merchants of Great Qin, and at the same time allow the Great Qin army to enter the border between Greece and Rome, and all military expenses will be paid by Greece." Contriano made an offer that could not be refused, especially the one where the Greeks paid for the Great Qin legion to garrison Rome

Knowing that Great Qin had not moved before, the idea of sending troops to Greece to garrison Rome would cause Greece and Great Qin to be separated because of this, plus a lot of military spending. For Li Ang and Da Qin, these were all conditions that were difficult to refuse, and there was almost no hesitation, Li Ang agreed, "I will report this matter to the emperor, tonight, Mr. Chen will spend the night here with me, right?" Due to the lack of time, after retaining Contriano, Leon went directly to the imperial city to find Cao Anmin, which also made Contriano feel very lucky, he felt that his ambition was no longer just a flash, he had seen the hope of success.

In the imperial study, seeing that Li Ang, who should be busy with the expedition, hurriedly came to find him, Cao Anmin was just stunned, and waved his hand to rebuke the chamberlain beside him, he was now suffering from a headache by the Legalist's package of reformulating commercial tax land. Now that Leon came to him, it could be regarded as keeping him busy. However, after hearing about the Li Angdi incident, Cao Anmin also felt a little tricky, because he didn't know the specific situation in Asia Minor very well. According to the tradition of Great Qin in the past, the crown prince would go to Longcheng (Jerusalem) to guard the tomb after the age of fourteen, which was not only to let the prince inherit the ancestral martial arts, but also to let the prince have a clearer understanding of the surrounding countries in Asia and Rome, the only enemy of Great Qin, so that after ascending the throne, he could better protect the hegemony of Great Qin.

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I groaned for a long time. Cao Anmin made a decision, "The prince is not a problem, it is not bad for Greece to become an imperial country, and this matter will be left to you?" Cao Anmin once again chose to believe in Li Ang, and the conditions offered by Contriano were not only beneficial to Great Qin, but also to Li Ang's future plans for the west, and he had no reason to disagree.

"That's right. Take a look at this piece for me. Cao Anmin threw the Legalist cabinet on the table to Li Ang, hoping that he could give him some advice.

Li Ang didn't refuse, after all, now that he was a scholar of Longyuan Pavilion, it was his duty to help the emperor give advice. But when Leon's eyes fell on that piece of music, he couldn't help but be stunned. He secretly said in his heart, "The Legalist is worthy of being an iron-blooded faction, and the court has just stabilized, and it is planning to attack the big businessman!" It turned out to be a plan to raise taxes proposed by the Legalists, after nearly a year of investigation by capable officials, who believed that the tax system of the past was no longer suitable for the present situation, and that the taxes imposed on the peasants by Confucianism over the past thirty years would undoubtedly be abolished.

For the economic situation of Daqin, what Li Ang knows is that in this empire, merchants are the main force to bear the national taxes, and farmers are the main source of professional troops, before entering the industrial revolution, the Great Qin Empire can continue this situation, relying on war, war allows Daqin to control the main routes of trade between the East and the West, every year the Silk Road and the golden sea route have brought huge wealth to the Great Qin Empire, and the war has allowed the Great Qin Empire to have the entire South Seas and countless slaves, it is precisely because of this, Great Qin will never need to worry about taxes and food, Great Qin only needs to maintain a strong enough army to slaughter the rebels, maybe this sounds very bloody and cruel, but because of this, Great Qin has always maintained the status of the world hegemon, but in the past thirty years, the Confucians who came to power have done a lot of stupid things in order to clean up this barbarism in their eyes, such as increasing the taxes of the peasants and trying to reduce the number of merchants, but unfortunately in the end, Although some small businessmen were hit by Confucian policies and went bankrupt, those big businessmen and chambers of commerce with family backgrounds were even more powerful.

"Abolish the taxes on the peasants, and the minister agrees with this." After reading the recital, Li Ang expressed his opinion, in his eyes, the problems mentioned by the Legalists were realistic and acute, and the solutions they came up with were also correct, but they were a little too hasty, "It's just that this is the law of redefining taxation for big merchants, and the minister thinks that it should be delayed." ”

Looking at the somewhat conservative Li Ang, Cao Anmin was a little surprised, he showed this piece to the think tank of the Dragon Tooth Society, almost all the young Zhuang faction agreed, only a few people expressed similar opinions to Li Ang, he originally thought that Li Ang would also strongly support, but he didn't expect Li Ang to choose to be conservative.

"I think it's better to discuss this matter with the major families before making specific steps." Li Ang tried his best to make his tone tactful, he knew how ambitious Cao Anmin's ambitions were, as a monarch, Cao Anmin's bearing was magnificent, and his vision was also very unique, perhaps the only thing lacking was that he was too eager for things, he could see that although Cao Anmin had a headache with this movement, he actually agreed very much, and he asked for his own opinion just to get encouragement and support from himself, but Li Ang is not the kind of person who will deliberately greet him, and speaking out is his way of loyalty.

"You're right, I'm probably too eager." Seeing Li Ang talking about the family, Cao Anmin calmed down, he didn't think about this problem, but the people around him all loudly agreed and made him ignore this fact, Daqin is not a country where the emperor alone has the final say, he has to consider the reaction with the royal family and the family, it seems that he almost made a mistake