Chapter 458: Empty Views (3)

"You are?" In the Tang Dynasty, some European races can be seen.

At one time, Li Wei was also curious, because in his previous life, he had heard a saying that the European race was very short at first, and then became tall after nutrition. Actually, no, they are still taller than the Central Plains, but in the face of the powerful Tang Dynasty, no matter how tall they are, after coming to the Tang Dynasty, they are Yidi, and they can only bow their tall heads with inferiority.

I haven't seen so many authentic European races yet, though.

Especially the blonde and blue-eyed sister in front of me, well, it has a bit of the taste of European and American beauties in later generations.

Hu Ying introduced: "She is the princess of Franks. ”

"Princess, why are you here?" Inertial thinking has not been reversed for a while.

Hu Ying gave a brief explanation.

So it turned out, Li Wei finally remembered one thing, now the essence of European civilization is in Byzantium, that is, Eastern Rome, or the Great Qin Empire in the mouth of the Tang Dynasty, Tianzhu also has a Great Qin State, in the area of Bangladesh in later generations. Later, the Frankish Empire was divided into three parts, one was France, the second was Germany, and the third was Italy, and Britain may still be a backward primitive country. Spain will be taken over by the Great Eclipse. Later it seems that it was France that brought civilization to England.

I remember so much, and no matter how specific I am, I have learned, but I have forgotten it. How the Franks became three, and how civilization spread from Byzantium to these three countries, I don't know.

This is not important, it is too far away, and the whip is beyond the reach.

But Li Wei thought of one thing, the most dangerous thing in the Tang Dynasty was the system of jiedu, or Hu Wei was used to make jiedu. The Anshi Rebellion was almost devastating to the Tang Dynasty. The second is the Tibetans, and the third is the Turks and Khitans. There is also a big cannibal, which prevented the Tang Dynasty's westward expansion, and I don't remember much, Gao Xianzhi was an encounter, although it seems that Gao Xianzhi's brutality caused Ge Lulu's betrayal, and the big cannibalism led to a big defeat, but that battle Gao Xianzhi encountered was not the most powerful main army of the big food. In other words, the combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army was no weaker than that of the Tang Army.

These were the four major evils of the Tang Dynasty.

But for China, the northern nomads, the Khitans, the Jurchens and the *** people, are the number one rivals. What about going further, the Japanese people, this problem is easy to solve, as long as he becomes the emperor, he can be strangled now. Either the Europeans.

However, with the current ability of the Tang Dynasty, it is obviously impractical to project troops to Europe. Therefore, this thought flashed through his mind, and without thinking about it again, he said with a smile: "Hello, princess. ”

"Hello, Prince," Xiang Dai made a European aristocratic salute, and said: "Prince, I came to your Tang Dynasty to ask for something." ”

"Ask for what?"

"I have heard for a long time that your Tang Dynasty is powerful, as long as you send troops to drive out Piping for my father, I am willing to marry your emperor of the Tang Dynasty, or the crown prince." Xiang Dai said seriously. In the Frankish kingdom, her beauty was famous, and many noble children wanted to pursue her.

Of course, in Li Wei's eyes, she is also a great beauty.

can make Xiang Dai choke on this sentence.

It doesn't matter if you are the daughter of a puppet emperor or the daughter of a real emperor, in the Tang Dynasty, your Europe was just a country of barbarians, and you looked good, about the reason of believing in Catholicism. Originally, the private life of Europeans was chaotic, but Catholicism was opposed to this kind of life and practiced monogamy. It is possible to be "nurtured by God", to be of good character, and to be beautiful, like a European lady. But in the Tang Dynasty, who cared that you were a European lady?

Maybe in his own eyes, he is still a beauty, but in the eyes of others, he is a monster.

smiled very gentlemanly and said, "Princess Xiangdai, that's impossible, our Tang Dynasty is polygamous, which is not in line with your beliefs." Moreover, our Tang Dynasty was not interested in the far west. ”

Feelings, but how to deploy troops? Could it be that learning from Genghis Khan, how can you occupy and rule?

Besides, there are still a lot of troubles in the current Tang Dynasty, and Tubo has not solved them, so that Silla will swallow a large piece of territory alive, and this breath cannot be endured. There are also the Turks in the north, whether Qinling will send people to instigate. The Western Turks were also not resolved, and Wang Fangyi was only temporarily depressed. What are the capabilities to manage to Europe? I can't even control the big food!

Shandai was disappointed.

Li Wei said again: "But our Tang Dynasty will give you asylum for life." ”

No matter how capable Piping is, he can't find Chang'an to find her trouble. As for this princess, it is difficult to say whether she can find her happiness in Chang'an.

A few more people came over, and Hu Ying introduced: "They are Catholic priests, and the subjects are looking for books, but the Holy See has stipulated that except for the Holy See, the people are not allowed to keep books privately, so I found them and promised a condition that they were allowed to come to the Tang Dynasty to preach the doctrine." Don't know if it's appropriate? ”

"Where's the books?"

Hu Ying pointed to the three or four carriages behind him and said, "These carts are full of all kinds of books, as well as all kinds of books from ancient Luogu. ”

"Well done. You told them that the Tang Dynasty allowed them to preach, but not to interfere in our politics. ”

The Tang Dynasty mainly believed in Buddhism and Taoism, and there were some foreign religions, which the Tang Dynasty people did not believe in, and they did not exclude it in an inclusive and open atmosphere, such as Zoroastrianism with the surname Zhaowu Jiu. Later, Europe developed, and Catholicism was preached, and there were many people who believed. If you don't get it right, these missionaries will be able to convert to Taoism or Buddhism in a few years. Getting these books is the most precious. Do you want to send another envoy to get all the scientific and technological books of the Holy See?

A few missionaries did not know what Li Wei was thinking in his heart, and when they heard it, they were overjoyed, and they wanted to kiss the hand.

Li Wei hurriedly put his hands behind his back, is it disgusting? If the princess of Xiangdai kisses her hand, she may still think about it.

A few missionaries chattered something again, but Li Wei didn't understand a word anyway. In his previous life, his specialty was poetry and singing, with a little ancient Chinese, so he could recite poetry as a cabbage. But English is not his forte, about three or four levels, can speak some simple language, can read and write, can only be like this.

But it definitely doesn't work now, after more than a thousand years of changes, even the British came, and they didn't speak the English of later generations. Just like the Tang Dynasty dialect, it is not the Mandarin of later generations. And now Europe is not English as the main language, I don't know if it's ancient Latin, or other languages, I can't distinguish them, I can't understand a single syllable.

One by one, the interviews lasted for a long time before they ended. Then he said: "Then go to Shancheng with Gu to rest." ”

I didn't really enter Shancheng, there were too many people, Shancheng was not big, and there were not so many inns to settle in. Just outside the city, let them pitch their tents. Then Li Wei approached Hu Ying and asked him about his experience over the years and the current situation in West Asia and Europe.

In particular, the history of the Franks made him feel close to him, and he didn't see it, and it was only about the level of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, at least five hundred years behind the Tang Dynasty. But then what?

The reason for this is not only the system, but also the education. In short, it's not a matter of one generation, it accumulates over time. Therefore, Li Wei attached more importance to the books brought by Hu Ying, and said, "Take Gu to see the gifts you brought back." ”

Take him to see the seeds first, this is what Li Wei has repeatedly instructed. There are all kinds of seeds, and there are even sugar sugar cabbage (sugar beet) seeds, which were available in the Tang Dynasty, which were used in that kind of dish. Not every seed was applicable in the Tang Dynasty, but there were certainly many that could grow. This will further enrich the variety of grains, vegetables, and fruits in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Wei was still very disappointed, what he wanted most was potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, with these three kinds of high-yield and drought-tolerant grains, with the current land of the Tang Dynasty, it was enough to feed three or four billion people, and even completely cultivated the north. Not too much, as long as more than half of the nomads walk off their horses and pick up shovels and hoes, the damage to the northern border will be reduced by half. And three or four hundred million open and enterprising, unyielding Tang Dynasty people, those poor Confucians don't talk about it, just like their father is soft enough, but did they let the group of small people say the fuck that peace is precious?

It is conceivable that the appearance of three or four hundred million powerful and confident Tang people in this world will have what impact it will have on this world?

But no.

But on the other hand, it brought him a surprise.

The carriage was opened, and books written on parchment were revealed. The word Li Wei also does not know one, but there is a translation. A local introduction, mostly a religious book. Not interested in this, I finally asked the interpreter to put the books aside, and the baby finally came out. The book of Aristotle, the book of the physicist mathematician Archimedes, the book of Euclid, the creator of geometry, the book of the astronomer Aristarchus, who proposed that the sun is a star, I don't know why the Catholic Church did not burn his book, is it not that the Catholic Dark Reign has not yet begun? Book by the geographer Eratosthenes.

Even later, some small countries in Central Asia with a strong academic atmosphere brought a large number of books and some scholars.

Greedily looking at the books, he said, "Good thing." ”

Hu Ying whispered: "Your Highness, the ministers have listened to their translations, and some of the books are very rebellious. ”

It refers to some books on republican democracy, especially some philosophical books in ancient Greece, which are very contrary to Confucianism.

"You don't understand this, if a country wants to be strong and progressive, it must continue to learn and improve, including the Yiren and Hu people, they have strengths, we can also learn from them, and improve their own shortcomings, so that the country can continue to prosper."

However, some books cannot be released to the public, but they can be translated and used as an internal reference for ministers to open up their own thinking and come up with better guidelines and policies for the country. It's too early to wait until a few months to see if you can succeed in ascending the throne.

"Prince, do you like to read too?" This European beauty turned from nowhere.

Hu Ying glared and said, "Princess, our prince is the most learned person in the Tang Dynasty, of course he likes to read. ”

Li Wei didn't want to provoke this princess, so he said lightly: "Knowledge is power." ”

After saying that, he left.

The group stayed in Shanzhou for a few days, and Li Wei sent them away. My father was also very happy, this time almost hundreds of envoys from hundreds of countries entered the court to see him, and some were even tens of thousands of miles away, which could satisfy my father's vanity. In addition, the Sanmen Canal was finally completed, and Qinghai was victorious.

Hello Father, retired.

As soon as he sent this group of people away, Di Renjie used a fast horse to send the great changes in Chang'an City to Qinghai.

Li Wei was at a loss, his second brother was really mad? Immediately called Pei Xingjian, Pei Xingjian was overjoyed, as for how much Shangguan Wan'er desecrated, Pei Xingjian didn't think about it, and the Tang Dynasty people didn't attach much importance to chastity. said: "Your Highness, great joy, if we knew this, we didn't have to report the information of Tibet. ”

This retribution is on the contrary.

As long as the contents of this letter are made public, there is a possibility that all the soldiers in Qinghai will mutiny. If the emperor doesn't summon him, he can't do it.

Li Wei also restrained himself from thinking about Shangguan Wan'er, looked at the letter and said, "Pei Shilang, I'm worried about the queen mother, take a look, these soapnails were purchased by the second brother?" ”

He didn't believe that the second brother was so dizzy that he wanted to rebel with two hundred armor soldiers. It's not the second brother, only the mother has this ability. There are some rusts, I think it was before I came back last year, and my mother was ready to make the last effort against my second brother. Later, he came back, so he endured it and became a backhand. But how did my mother put some of these soapnails on the second brother's mansion, and it was magnified for half a year, and all the servants in the second brother's mansion didn't know. If it weren't for these Wan'er incidents, it would have been possible to put it for a year or two, and Li Wei was also chilled by this skill......

He also said: "Even if you go back to Beijing, it will also be a dragon and tiger fight." ”

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