The expo was discussed at the first meeting in late October, and although there were voices of opposition at the meeting, it was not relevant to the overall situation.

"Ya's theoretical foundation is a set, if he doesn't forget the country because of this, later generations may be able to publish a book for him, the name can be called "Emperor Yang of Sui Thought". Taichangqing Gao Gong thought viciously at this time, but this is indeed cranky,—— if Emperor Sui does not lose the country because of this, how can the nickname be derogatory?

Of course, this time it was Gao Gong who raised the objection, not because Gao Gong likes to disagree with Yang Guang, but because the young emperor is too idealistic and reckless. That's right, he always seems to stick to only two principles: first, my ideas are beneficial to the country and the great cause, and what I say is always 'great and righteous'. Second, if you do not agree with the emperor's idea, then please refer to the first article.

"It's been a waste of time. Now or levy, I am afraid that the ignorant will abandon the basics and teach each other. When he said these words in the court, Emperor Sui did not answer, and the other courtiers were silent, and the monarchs and ministers all treated this important minister coldly for a while.

Heavy ministers? Perhaps the word "was" should be added before these two words. Now Gao Gong is old, and he is becoming more and more unsuitable for the hypocrisy and grievances in the court, so the officials are getting smaller and smaller, from Nayan to Taichangqing, and he also feels that he is becoming more and more marginalized, and he can't even understand those colleagues who occupy important positions because of his recommendation, such as Su Wei, such as Yu Wenkai, and so on.

What's even more infuriating is that the main work of the World Expo now has to be done by Taichang Temple, but he can't raise objections on his own one-third of an acre. If it is against his will to agree, then to oppose is to evade responsibility, and his heart dies after he says that.

Mourning is greater than dying.

Woe! Gao Gong sat in the carriage dejectedly, and for a moment he thought of retreating, but why did he respond to his call to return to the court in the first place? sighed to himself, "Zhou Tianyuan died with good happiness, Yin Jian is not far away, and Anke Fuer." For a moment he thought of his mother, who had been dead for a long time, but her exhortation was like Confucius listening to Yale, the strings were still in his ears, but how could Gao Gong not know the taste of meat?

Maybe it's a good idea to go back to your hometown, and it's also an option to go to the countryside to become a teacher. How is the starting point academy in Qi County? After all, it's not far from home. But, look at the unfortunate name......

When Gao Gong was going down to court with sorrow, and chanting Mr. Wuliu's "Hu no return" in despair, Bai Mingda was already sitting in the lobby of heaven and earth to conduct auditions for the girls who came to take the exam. In fact, when Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was still discussing the World Expo plan in the court, he had already started the plan, which not only showed his determination to win, but also proved that the emperor did not take the opinions of his courtiers in his ears.

The winter day in the eastern capital in the second year of the Great Cause is obviously a season that can be painted with thick ink and heavy color. As the dust settled on the discussion in the court, the musicians from all over the country rushed to the direction of the eastern capital, and the people of the two capitals also began to work around the clock to weave to supply the colorful clothes of the musicians, and the silk ribbons were soon procured out, which led to the high price of grain, the high price of land, and when the Turkic people trembled and walked through the aisle of the fire tree and silver flower into the eastern capital, they found a false and prosperous city with high consumption.

Hit the water, no waves, but also ripples.

High consumption means high taxes, which means happiness index, which seems to be good news, of course, maybe this is just for Yang Guang. But what he doesn't know is that the powerful gate valve businessmen are also excited, what they are most afraid of is a pool of stagnant water, the speculative profits in the stagnant water are too meager, usually they look at the calm market when they are eager to rush into the wind and make waves, and now they have caught the free ride of the policy, how can they not strive to become the small group of people who get rich first?

It's just that the wealth of society is not an infinite piece of cake, and it is not a person who is fast to grab a large piece and a slow person who can grab a small piece. Rather, plunder. Reciprocal cooperation between the two parties can be a win-win situation, or a lose-lose situation. And the essence of the revolution is nothing more than plunder. - or rob other people's wives and daughters, or their own wives and daughters are robbed.

The opening of the World Expo was not as draconian as the revolution, but it was certainly a revolution, and the resulting soaring prices made some of the powerful rich and many more homeless. What is rare is that after two heavy snowfalls, the weather finally improved without warning, so on the surface, the markets in the eastern capital are still bustling, the streets are still peaceful, and more people are used to the new thing such as newspapers, and at the same time they are used to following the fashion of newspapers.

Recently, an article published in the "Dongdu News" strongly condemning the great disrespect of the Fusang Kingdom to the Celestial Empire has aroused widespread attention and high praise from the citizens of the Eastern Capital, and those patriots in the wine shop are even more impassioned.

"As long as the imperial court gives me 3,000 whip-wielding soldiers, I will definitely go to Fusang and destroy Ya!"

"Cut, and the Son of Heaven of the Sunrise Country greets the Son of Heaven of the Sunset Country, it's really ignorant and fearless, as if that envoy is called Ono Sister or what? Look at the broken name. ”

"Yes, the island nation is only in the Stone Age, I don't know if they are wearing clothes now."

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The most talked about in the Lefang wine shop is a distant country far away from oneself, but no one pays attention to the progress of the construction of Luokoucang after the heavy snowfall or how the people of Dongdu live a good year after the soaring prices; I really don't know if they are too ambitious or like to evade, but the newspaper's practice of guiding public opinion and shifting domestic contradictions to national contradictions is obviously very effective.

Su You was also wandering around the market at this time, and this year's World Expo was obviously supposed to be a national sport, as if he couldn't integrate into this mainstream society without participating in it, so he shamefully wasted more time trying to prove that he had indeed "come, seen, and...... Try to conquer. ”

It's just that at this time, the wine shops in the Eastern Capital are more like forums in the network of later generations, and the more unpopular the wine shops are, the louder the voices of foreign countries are discussed, and some people even insist that there are two moons abroad. made Su You sneer at this, which is more bold and avant-garde than what later generations said "foreign moons are rounder than China", but it seems that there seem to be two moons in "World of Warcraft".

"The water is too deep here, I'm afraid." Originally, Su You wanted to feel the passion of the nation and have fun with the people, but after sitting in the wine shop for a while or choosing to leave, he was almost ridiculed by these shameless people, these places are really dangerous.

"Sir, those people are from the West, right? A lot of beards. Qing Jing pointed to a few people and said.

"The World Expo has only been held for more than a month, how can people in the West come in time after receiving an invitation? Maybe they heard about the World Expo and came from Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other port cities? Su You followed her point, and sure enough, he saw that there was indeed a Hu Shang not far away, definitely Hu Shang, which could be judged from the beard on his face.

Seeing Su You smiling and nodding at him, Hu Shang came over with a few servants to say hello: "This gentleman, is there anything I can do to help you?" Chinese is a little stiff and seems to be humble, but when he said this, he already showed that there was no program of "asking someone to help" in his mind, only the setting of "what can I help you do", which is an unconscious, condescending position of consciousness, which is also a kind of great power consciousness.

"You're from Rome, aren't you?" Su You wanted to slap his mouth when he asked this, he had browsed the "History of the Decline and Fall of Rome", Rome had already declined into two empires two hundred years ago, one was Byzantium, and the other was Western Rome, unfortunately, the latter only existed for eighty years before it was destroyed by the Goths, that is to say, it has been more than one hundred and twenty years since now.

"Yes. Truly. Although more people are accustomed to calling me a Daqin, or, a Haixi national, you are obviously the first Great Sui person to correctly call out the name of my homeland. Regards to you, Erudite Sir. That Hu Shang was overjoyed, which made Su You also a second monk at a loss for a while.

In fact, the official name of the Byzantine Empire was Rome, or the Roman Empire, and in order to distinguish it from the Holy Roman Empire, which also called itself the Roman Empire, Western Europeans called it the "Eastern Roman Empire", although this seems to have been eight hundred years later. Although the culture and language of the Byzantine Empire were mostly Greek, its emperors and subjects saw themselves as Romans.

Before the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the "Byzantine Empire" never became the official or unofficial name of the state, and its subjects never referred to themselves as "Byzantines" or the capital of New Rome as "Byzantium". This is not a contradiction for those Eastern Romans who present themselves as the authentic heirs of the Roman Empire. Although their language was Greek, their culture was Greek for many centuries, and the surrounding countries also referred to them as Romans.

It would be an insult to them if they were to be called "Greeks", because "Greeks" means "primitives". The Byzantine Empire is the name given to the Byzantine Empire in medieval Chinese historical texts, also known as the Great Qin or Hercynian Kingdom.

"So, you also came to pay tribute to my emperor?" Su You also bowed in return, and smiled and raised his hand to signal him to walk towards a music shop by the market. However, Su You's tone deliberately accentuated the words "deliberately" and "tribute" to make it a special point, and the Roman laughed evilly, as if he was savoring the sweetness of the word "tribute", but he couldn't help but nod.

Tributaries are not trade, but they are ten times more profitable than the most profitable trade in the world, maritime trade. The generous reward of the Celestial Empire is based on the submission of Fanbang, the so-called "I walk the royal road, and the summer returns." "When all countries come to the court, it has always been the Confucian people's flaunted rule of the world, the four Yi guest clothes, and the prosperity of the country.

During the Cultural Revolution, British businessmen who arrived in China were flying red books, and the People's Daily was flattered to report, "This shows that the toiling masses of Britain support our revolutionary actions, and our great cause of the Cultural Revolution is well received around the world." "Later, after the reform and opening up, we learned that at that time, the business brochure printed by the British Ministry of Commerce reminded British businessmen that when they came to China to do business, they could get four times more profits than before when they got off the plane waving a red book. In order to help merchants obtain these profits, the British Ministry of Commerce specially purchased a large number of red books in China and distributed them to merchants free of charge.

In this way, tributary culture was not only deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the Celestial Empire, but also the ultimate means of making money for the seafaring merchants of the Western world.