Lu Qi was in a daze, he watched the samurai with a whip whipping the slave.

The empire now had about 1.8 million slaves, most of whom were used to build roads, and a few were used for dangerous industrial jobs.

After more than ten years of expansion, the empire's armies stepped into the dense forests of the south, went to the depths of the steppes, crossed the ocean to the islands, and everywhere they went, in addition to plundering resources, it was the population.

Although there are more than 1.8 million registered slaves, those are just living slaves, so how many have died?

It is always said that poor people must have something to hate, and since there is such a saying, there is definitely a factor or reason for its formation.

Mo said that the reason why people are pitiful is because they are weak, so there is a saying that "weakness is the original sin". Isn't the misfortune of those alien races known to the Empire because they are weak and unable to resist the invasion of the Empire?

"What are you thinking?" Lu Yi likes to chat with Lu Qi very much, and always feels that it is difficult to chat with other people except Lu Qi. He also looked at the slaves who were building the roads, and naturally saw the scenes of being whipped and being whipped, and said, "Sympathize with them? ”

Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said as a matter of course: "If you are not from my clan, how can you sympathize?" ”

Look, this is the value that has been educated by long-term militarism, Lu Qi has lived under the banner of the empire in his past life and in this life, the imperial textbooks do not teach the people to sympathize with foreign races, and any mainstream public opinion also advertises that plundering foreign races is a necessary step for the empire to become strong.

If you enjoy the benefits of the plundering of the country, and then insult the cruelty of the country as a enjoyer, such a person is definitely sick in the brain.

"Hah! That's right. Lu Yi said as a matter of course: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different." ”

"Hmm." Lu Qi said without any hesitation: "The best world is a world where there is only one nation, and only one overlord is allowed on the earth, and that overlord is best us." ”

Lu Yile is happy, he likes to chat with Lu Qi because he can talk together. If you talk to other people, it's either a bunch of guys who don't understand what he's saying, or some echo bugs who just nod their heads, and there's no fun in chatting.

"There has been some discussion lately that the empire should properly protect the cultures of those alien races." Lu Qi rarely pays attention to anything, but he just pays attention to this, he said: "It's a funny thing, why protect the culture of the non-native race, shouldn't you try your best to erase it?" ”

"Oh?" Lu Yi didn't know about such a thing, he asked curiously, and after knowing what was going on, he scolded without concealing it: "Those idiots, what kind of world cultural heritage or something, that's cultivating resistance forces, or creating an artificial divisive environment!" ”

It is not wrong at all, how can the main nation do anything to protect the conquered foreign culture, and to what extent is the brain sick to do such a thing? Isn't it plainly saying that we are not the same race, and we don't treat you as our own! Or, after being protected, the interests of the Juche nation are not taken care of, and more resources are allocated to give preferential treatment to the few people, so where will the main taxpayer and the Juche nation that pays the most be placed?

"Fortunately, there are no officials among them, otherwise they will ......" Lu Yi made a gesture of wiping his neck: "Otherwise, they will be regarded as spies sent by hostile forces, and they will all be cut off." ”

It's just that the disappearing alien culture should be protected, and those people have an attitude that they don't know whether it's sincere or evil, saying that they should at least let future generations know what their ancestors did, and then they should have their generation strong, and so on.

It is precisely because those people used that kind of statement, not that it should be cultivated and strengthened, and the statement has been recognized by many people. Then, their actions were not officially stopped, or for the personality of the current emperor, those guys would definitely follow the path of some Confucian disciples and be assigned to some islands in the sea to do good deeds.

"Believe me, kindness to the alien race is cruelty to one's own people." Lu Yi said extremely seriously: "We must not do some stupid things, such as supporting foreign races, believing that foreign races can coexist peacefully or something." ”

Lu Qi didn't have much feeling about Lu Yi's words, after all, in the history of Lu Qi's time and space, since the first emperor established the empire, the empire had not suffered from foreign invasion at all, and it was the empire's army that fought in a foreign land.

Only those who have been hurt know how much it hurts, and Parliament Lu said that it was because the Chinese nation did not do less stupid things to cultivate its own enemies.

For example, during the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were able to regain their strength, and the Xiongnu fully demonstrated what it means to be wolf-natured, waiting for the Chinese nation to be the first to pounce when it was weak.

Another example is the Tang generation, although the Li Tang family has intermarried with the Hu people for a long time, not only does it have the blood of the Hu people in its blood, but it is actually a mixed idea of the Hu and Han people ideologically, but the Li Tang royal family really reuses the Hu people more than the Han people, and in the end, any Hu people who are supported jump up, and only the Han people are willing to guard Li Tang Jiangshan.

Without those Han ministers who turned the tide, Li Tang would have died during the Anshi Rebellion, but Li Tang did not become history long after the Anshi Rebellion.

Then there is the Ming generation, which is not a pure royal stupidity, but because the Zhu family royal family was fooled by hundreds of officials, and made some promise never to raise taxes, and then let the capital power become a powerful force in the land of China for the first time.

Then, those capital forces correctly demonstrated what it means to be a capitalist without borders, and the wild boar skin can survive in the early stage is the operation of the party and the capital consortium of those disgusting people, and then the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty is because of natural disasters, but the damage of businessmen hoarding and reselling is greater, and businessmen even continue to fund to make the wild boar skin stronger, strong enough to enter the main pass, and the first to kneel in front of the wild boar skin is those businessmen.

"That's right!" Lu Yi seemed to have thought of something, he smiled very strangely, and then said to Lu Qi: "Brother knows Rome, right?" ”

Lu Qi nodded, how could he not know Rome! You must know that in the history of the empire, the first time the expansion of the empire was blocked, it was the Romans who did it.

Lu Yi didn't know what was going on, he didn't know what he was doing, and said: "The Romans gave the center a credential, do you know what they call us?" ”

Lu Qi didn't pay attention to that at all, but he knew what Rome would call the Empire. However, instead of showing it, he had to ask curiously, "What do you call us?" ”

"They called us the Han Empire, and they said that the Han and Romans were the best people in the world, and that they should naturally become the most important ruling power in the world." Lu Yi was really happy, he always felt that the name of the country was too strange, and the empire sounded domineering, and every time he thought of calling himself "emperor", he always felt a little pain in his crotch. He said with a smile: "The reason is quite in line with our custom here, it is said that my father was the king of the Han Kingdom first, and the empire established is of course the Han Empire." ”

At first glance, it really sounds like that, there are similar concepts all over the world, with regions or regions as the name of the regime, such as the ancient pre-Qin era of the country name is mostly named after the region, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is even more so, such as the Zhao State is because the ancestors of the Zhao family have a fief as "Zhao", the origin of the surname is a fiefdom, and after the founding of the country, it is also "Zhao" as the country name.

The reason why Rome is Rome and Greece is Greece is also because they established their regimes and states in places that are called that name.

Lu Qi's face was full of strangeness, he really knew that the empire would be called the Han Empire in the future, and the initiator was sitting opposite him.

When Lü Yi was in power, this kid added the word "Han" in front of the name of the empire by a different race, and changed the name of the country to the Han Empire with a little bit of a smooth flow, but the name of the Han Empire only continued until Lü Yi abdicated and ended, and the name of the empire was still an empire.

This kind of strange thing will happen, it is nothing more than a problem of Lu Yi's sense of identity, he has considered himself a Han for many years, which is why he is so happy to hear others call his country the Han Empire, and others call Han people are also full of identity.

There is a reason why the name of the Han Empire was canceled, many of them were not recognized by Lu Yi, and he carried out a purge, which caused turmoil in the Xungui group and the country, it was internal turmoil, not turmoil under the invasion of foreign enemies, and the national policy was also changed.

To be honest, at that time, there was no smoke all over the country because the first generation of emperors was still alive, and the country's largest violent institution was also loyal to the country from beginning to end, otherwise it would be like the Qin generation and the Sui generation that founded the country and became strong, and perished in the second generation, it is really hard to say.

"O Romans! Their envoys are staying in Chang'an. Lü Qi felt the need to remind Lü Yi of something, and he pretended to be curious and asked, "The Romans are the most powerful country on the side of Europa, right?" ”

Lu Yi looked at Lu Qi with slight disdain and said, "You still ask me about this?" ”

Suddenly, Lu Qi was really embarrassed, they had been brothers for more than ten years, although they didn't know where they were "worn" from each other, and no one dared to break the tacit understanding to ask each other, but they definitely knew that the other party must have been "worn".

In fact, there is another point, Lu Qi didn't know that his emperor father also traveled at first, after all, the time and space he lived in, the empire existed from the beginning, and it has always remained strong. Because he didn't know that another time and space should be followed by the Great Qin, it should be the two Hans, and of course he didn't know that his emperor father had changed the original history. Later, he found out that something was wrong from Lu Yi, and only then did he know that his father was also "worn", and he almost didn't drop his chin on the ground at that time.

"Uh, the Romans...... They are very good learners, and their surroundings are only slightly worse than ours. "The words that Lu Qi worked hard to conceive, for a person who plays science, how to euphemistically remind someone of something is important, to be honest, a little embarrassing. He paused before continuing: "There are nomads around us, but because of the correct decision of my father, when the absolute hegemony of the northern grasslands has not yet appeared, we will first solve the hidden dangers on the northern grasslands......

Indeed, in addition to establishing an empire, the most correct thing for Lü Zhe should be to say that the Xiongnu have not really risen before they send troops.

What's going on now? The empire gave limited support to the Jitu Xiongnu, and then under the supervision of the imperial army, the Huns led by Jitu were fighting with the Donghu people on the side of the Langjuxu Mountain, and both sides had been fighting for nearly two years, and it seemed that they were still fighting fiercely.

"There are still Xiongnu and Donghu in the north, but soon they will no longer be a threat." Lu Yi is the crown prince, and he has the right to know more things, such as the empire's disposal plan for northern Xinjiang. He lowered his voice and said, "Either next year or the year after, the empire should clean up the Xiongnu and Donghu people." ”

Lu Qi knows, he has crossed over, how can he not know about some major historical events in the empire.

"According to the Taiwei's plan, it will give Ji Tu Xiongnu a chance." Lu Yi looked very unhappy, and he said: "What Taiwei means is that the empire is a big country and a strong country, and the strong should speak loudly and make any promises, as long as the other party does not violate the previous agreement, then it should be fulfilled." Therefore, if Gito had been wise, he should have migrated west with his people, and if he stayed, he would have cleaned up all of them. ”

"......" Lu Qi was stunned, his heart was full of surprise: "Isn't it?" There is no such thing in history, shouldn't it be that there is no direct warning to clean up, which makes it difficult to recover the reputation of the empire for a while, and also causes almost all countries to be wary of the empire? ”

"I'm not happy about it, but that's what I mentioned." Lu Yi looked down and said: "We are a contract society, and we can't keep our eyes on the gains and losses of temporary interests. Furthermore...... We are not afraid of the Xiongnu now, after all, the railway is already under construction, and the firearms force is getting stronger and stronger, and the Xiongnu go to the west to scourge those alien races first, and no matter what, it will clear the obstacles for the empire to advance westward. ”

Lu Qi finally knew what the problem was, it was because of the emergence of the railway, and then not only did the center's thinking change, but also Lu Yi, who had always had no sense of security, also changed.

By the way, after Touman returned to the Huns, he died within half a year, saying that he died of illness, as for it, isn't it? The empire doesn't care.

Touman returned to the Xiongnu, which was more beneficial to the empire, and Touman once again reaffirmed that Jituo was the heir, and also announced that Mao Dun was a traitor to the Xiongnu. Touman, who has completed the "mission", had better died, not died of illness, and in the end, he will definitely be disposed of by the empire.

"Next year or the year after?" Lu Qi's face was full of surprise, he remembered that it should be five years later! He asked, "Why?" ”

"It's easy!" Lu Yi pointed to the working slaves, and then said: "We need to build railways, not only do we need more slaves to build roads, because we need to increase the production of pig iron, and the mines everywhere also desperately need slaves. ”

Lu Qi couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and there was only a string of ellipses in his heart...... (To be continued.) )