In the following period, Gao Shun and the others continued to implement a policy of separation of military and political affairs within the empire, weakening the strength of the previous nobles. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ .!

The former nobles either chose to serve in the local area and the army under their jurisdiction was to be 'handed over' to the Empire, or they chose to serve in the military and continue to govern the existing army, and the Empire would send officials to administer the local government.

Most of those nobles chose to join the army, and Gao Shun appointed them different positions and enjoyed different treatments according to the number of their officers and soldiers.

At the same time, Gao Shun sent people to conduct a strict assessment of their army, and those who were not suitable for military service resolutely cleared out the army, and ordered them to replenish the troops within a time limit to ensure the strong combat effectiveness of the troops.

During this period, a group of young men were selected from various ethnic groups, and the imperial heavy cavalry and heavy infantry were formed, and they were granted citizenship and rigorous training, and military positions and treatment would be linked to military merit.

At the same time, Gao Shun continued to send troops to conquer many areas on the southern shore of the Gulf of 'Bo', and consolidated the three countries in the southeast of the peninsula that Gao Wei had previously commanded, setting up three provinces there.

Gao Shun remembered that historically, the Sassanid Dynasty was destroyed by the newly rising Arabs, so he had to persistently suppress them and not give them a chance to develop.

Subsequently, Gao Shun asked Sun Cheng to announce that the merchant class would be separated from the nobility and listed as a separate class; No one from any class other than the merchant class was allowed to engage in commercial trade; Although the merchant class could do business, they were not allowed to fight and have farmland, politics, or the army, and only had to contribute a large amount of taxes to the empire.

Gao Shun hoped to use this to weaken the trade advantages of the Arabs and force them into the inner desert region, where the coastal water sources around the peninsula were all Han Chinese territory.

In addition, Gao Shun and others also actively collected intelligence on the Roman Empire, but the situation was very unoptimistic.

The Roman Empire had thirty-six legions, twelve in Asia and two in Africa.

Six legions were stationed in the southwestern provinces of Syria and six in the provinces of Asia.

However, as the more information was gathered, the more favorable the situation became, and Gao Shun gradually became optimistic and made a plan for 'sex'.

In recent years, many emperors of the Roman Empire have been killed, and the internal "chaos" and "chaos" have reached the extreme, and the central government has almost been paralyzed, and the emperor not only has to face external enemies, but also has to suppress the army and the people who rebel from time to time; in addition, the senate and the army continue to support the new emperor, hoping for more rewards, and if the rewards are not generous, the emperor will be killed.

The army is constantly in rebellion.

Uprisings continue everywhere.

Always invaded by barbarians such as the Goths.

With the countryside drying up, the cities declining, the civil wars stretching on, and the total paralysis of the imperial government, the Roman Empire had nothing to fear.

Gao Shun was even more confident and decided that it would be him who would ring the death knell of the Roman Empire; Previously, his system had been upgraded to two levels, with a territory area of 30.18 million square kilometers, his strength had increased greatly, and his warships had been unlocked to the level of 3,000 tons; However, he is not going to 'reveal' the drawings, and only buys finished ships from the system.

He planned to strike hard at the Roman Empire's naval forces in the Earth Sea and make the Roman Empire a land country.

Moreover, after several upgrades, his system space is no longer huge, which will be his weapon against the Romans; His system map now shows a range of 1,000 kilometers, and the enemy within it will have nowhere to hide.

After a lot of intelligence collation, the Roman endangerment was actually a financial endangerment, and the more wars there were, the more money there was, and the more money there was, the more wars fought.

And there is plenty of money and food, and there are many officers and soldiers, but this is Gao Shun's strong point.

Li Qiang and others consulted Gao Shundao: "Your Majesty, when will we have a decisive battle with the Roman Empire?" ”

Gao Shun smiled: "Haha, no, if you don't fight them, I'm ready to drag them down." ”

"What is Your Majesty's plan?"

Gao Shun pointed to the map and said: "Alexandria in Egypt only has the 22nd Diotalyana Legion stationed, and in the provinces around Africa, only the 3rd Augusta Legion is stationed in the province of Numidia. Later, using it as a base, we continued to attract Roman legions to attack, how many come, how many we destroy, if there are too many troops, the Rest Empire is just to attack their rear and encircle them. ”

Li Qiang objected: "Your Majesty, why don't you first destroy the six Roman legions around Syria, and then go all the way to the west, in this way, the next war will be simple." ”

Ma Gui supported Gao Shun's opinion: "First of all, the provinces around Rome and Africa will be conquered, far away from Rome, and the cost of their coming is not low, and after eliminating a few Roman legions, they will eliminate six legions around Syria to gradually weaken the strength of the Roman Empire." ”

Gao Shun said: "Yes, gradually weaken their strength, and when they can't hold on, we will go west to conquer the provinces around Gaul and the provinces of Asia, and then 'force' the Roman Empire to negotiate peace with us." ”

Ma Gui said: "Your Majesty, if you don't destroy the Roman Empire at one time, they will once again pose a threat to the Egyptian Empire, the Rest Empire, etc., if Your Majesty is not here, how can you resist?" ”

Gao Shun vetoed: "No, the Romans must be allowed to shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting the northern barbarians." ”

Ma Gui said again: "What if they unite with the barbarians, or bribe the barbarians to deal with us? ”

"Haha, the barbarians are not stupid, they can't deal with the Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire can't defeat us, and we don't threaten the safety of the barbarians, how can they do stupid things to deal with us? If that's the case, then I'll have to postpone my trip to the Americas and wipe out these barbarians first. ”

Seeing Gao Shun's choice, everyone had no choice but to follow the order.

During this period, Gao Shun first expanded the city of Taixi and changed it to Stone City, which greatly strengthened the defense.

On the western border, a number of large cities were built and became bases to resist the attacks of the Romans.

In the later Kuwait, a large city was also built as a military port.

Zhao Xiong and others assisted in the construction of a wide gallop road connecting the main directions of the empire, which was convenient for the mobilization of troops.

Gao Shun discussed with Ma Gui and Xiang Rong, and they knew what Gao Shun meant, and Ma Gui's son would be the emperor of the Egyptian Empire, and Xiang Rong would be the emperor of the Western Wei Empire, and they would no longer follow the battle.

The first is that both countries were large enough to be the breadbasket of Egypt, and the environment and climate around Gaul were very suitable for agriculture, so they could develop into two large empires.

Everything was ready, Gao Shun felt that leaving Sun Cheng here would definitely protect the safety of the Rest Empire, so Gao Shun temporarily left Li Qiang here to assist Sun Cheng, and he led Ma Gui and others to lead Egypt.

The war with the Roman Empire began, and everyone was confident.