In fact, if you have to think about it seriously, which nation doesn't have some fucking things? It's just that some ethnic groups think that it is common and are not ashamed at the same time, and some ethnic groups still have more or less courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame to know how to cover up shame.

"So, is the whole of the Mediterranean now Greece as the hegemon?"

"Not anymore."

"How?"

"That's a long story......"

No matter how long the story is, Huang Ye and Li Qi have enough time to listen. If nothing else, they would have worked for the road team for several years, and as the team moved from place to place, the slaves worked hard for the construction of the Empire's transportation, and they would promote the culture of the Empire to the slaves.

Chinese culture is broad and profound, and it is impossible to explain it clearly for a while, Huang Ye and Li Qi discussed it, maybe it is a good thing to learn more about the culture of the nation when promoting Chinese culture.

No, it's not just good, Huang Ye wants to find a way to make Confucianism acceptable to the ruling class of the empire, and he thinks that starting from the other side is a good direction.

Huang Ye wanted to transform Confucianism, and he told Li Qi his ideas, and received a more enthusiastic response from Li Qi. The two have the same ideals, and they have common interests in many things.

The emperor repeatedly suppressed Confucianism, and many of Confucianism's disciples knew very well that the attitude of those in power was extremely important whether a school could develop, or even whether it could continue to exist.

Although the emperor did not brutally raise the butcher's knife to Confucianism, seeing that the emperor had a bad sense of Confucianism, many Confucian disciples immediately became anxious. Some of them used the methods of hard resistance, such as launching exhortations or bloody acts like the one at the sacrifice ceremony, which was clearly counterproductive; There is a small group of Confucian disciples, but they think that they should find a path that suits the current situation. Huang Ye and Li Qi are not alone.

Xue Lianto knew what Huang Ye and Li Qi had been contacting him for, and he knew better the meaning behind the contact.

The Eastern Empire is a vast and militarily powerful country, and it has been committed to economic development for nearly a decade or so, and it is conceivable that if the class that rules this great empire does not make fatal mistakes, the country will inevitably continue to grow and become stronger.

The process of Greece's strength was relatively simple, and it was nothing more than a foundation built on constant exploitation and plunder. Use the wealth and population of the alien race as fertilizer for Greece to become stronger. The Greeks conquered so many peoples, conquered and destroyed so many peoples in the past few hundred years that no one can say, and the greatest victory was Alexander the Great's crusade.

It can be said that Greece really became the world hegemon precisely because of that crusade. With the assassination of Philip II and the fact that Alexander became king of Macedonia at a young age, he spent about three years suppressing the Greek rebellion and quelling internal conflicts.

Alexander's choice to settle internal contradictions was no different from that of Philip II, who was looking for an existence that could become an enemy of all Greek members. Unlike Philip II, Alexander once again subdued the rebellious Greek city-states or kingdoms, teaching them how to behave with blood, fire, and bronze.

There are many times when blood, fire, and bronze are necessary. Bloody repression and revenge were indispensable to the foundation of the rule, and after Alexander achieved the goal of suppression, he used the power of the fight to mobilize troops and prepare for the eastward crusade.

"Internal contradictions can't always be suppressed by repression, can they?" "Sometimes it is necessary to find an enemy in the event of a conflict," said Sherrianto, "and that's what Alexander the Great did. ”

Huang Ye listened attentively, and in his heart he agreed very much with Xue Lianto's remarks. He thought to himself, "yes, there is a contradiction inside. Then look for a common enemy, and it seems that His Majesty has always done this. ”

"Wow. Alexander the Great constantly preached to the city-states and kingdoms about the repeated invasions of Persia and the damage Persia had done to Greece. Sherianto laughed a few times and said, "Of course, it is also promoting the wealth of the Persians. In fact, the Persians were really rich, after all, Persia was a slave country. Oh, I said Persian slavery. It's not like slavery in many countries around the world......"

At present, there are slaves in every powerful country in the world, almost without any exceptions, but many powerful countries, their slaves are brought by war and captivity with enemy countries or foreign races, and relatively excluded their own citizens as slaves.

"Persia is a country where slaves exist even among the native peoples. It's really an incomprehensible phenomenon. Seeing that Huang Ye's expression was a little confused, Xue Lianto explained: "As far as I know, if the ruler of a country ignores the fact that most of the population of his own nation becomes slaves, you can imagine how corrupt~ and ridiculous the country is. ”

At that time, under the reign of Darius III of Persia, it was precisely a corrupt internal affair, a political instability, and a declining state...... A country that is close to a push and it should fall.

"......" Li Qi's mouth opened wide, he understood a little, and thought: "No wonder Your Majesty has always strictly forbidden his own people to become slaves, even if they are criminals, most of them choose to be exiled, not to become slaves. ”

"It's a lot like a dynasty in our history." Huang Ye pondered: "There is a dynasty in our history called 'Shang', which is a society where most people are slaves, and the royal family oppressed the commoners, which led to the boiling of popular resentment among the commoners, and was finally replaced by another dynasty. ”

Not? In the history recorded by Confucianism, the Shang generation was very unbearable, and that was to set off the greatness of the Zhou royal family. The Shang generation is indeed a highly slave society, but one thing that cannot be erased is that the Shang royal family has been committed to opening up outward, and when almost all the armies of the Shang royal family were invested against Dongyi, the surname Zhou Guoji rebelled.

The first appearance in history was the Zhou State surnamed Ji attacking the capital of the Shang royal family, perhaps the Zhou army was really welcomed by the civilians along the way, but it was not the people and the Shang Dynasty's army that easily killed the Chaoge City, and both sighed that the Zhou Guoji surnamed Rende of Fengming Qishan did not resist, and it was Wen Zhongtaishi who brought all the troops of the Shang Dynasty to fight Dongyi.

Confucianism respects Zhou, Huang Ye naturally told about the embellished and beautified ones when introducing the Zhou royal family to replace the Shang royal family, and finally he asked: "Your Alexander the Great's attack on Persia must have been extremely popular with ordinary Persians, right?" ”

"Huh? Welcome??? "Sherianto wondered incomparably, no matter how difficult it was, no one would welcome the invaders, right? He didn't quite understand if Huang Ye was talking back.

This guy from Greece doesn't understand. Confucianism does not have a concept of the state and the nation, although Huang Ye has begun to seek a new path of development for Confucianism, but he still accepts the Confucianism of the concept of "world harmony", and it is not surprising that there is no too clear concept of the state and the nation in his thinking.

"How could it be welcome? The Persian ruler was not recognized, but Kodoman was at least the king of the Persians. Sherrianto looked at Huang Ye strangely and said, "There are many people in Persia who choose to side with Kodoman. Even if you don't choose to side with Kodoman, you will be taking 'betrayal neutrality'. ”

Darius III was not called Kodoman, who was clearly a lame transliteration of Darius's real name by the Greeks. Ancient Babylonian texts show that his real name was Artashata. Darius was born around 380 BC to his grandfather, the brother of King Artaxerxes II of Persia, and his parents were cousins, a type of consanguineous marriage that was quite common in the Persian dynasty. Darius was tall, two meters tall, and extremely handsome.

The kingdom has been invaded, and the king is being hunted down. The Persians' choice of neutrality is a kind of betrayal, so Sherrianto will use the strange word "betrayal of neutrality", the correct reading should be "betrayal of neutrality", but who made Shelianto's imperial language only learn for a short time, and being able to speak fluently is already an amazing linguistic talent.

According to the deep-rooted Confucian thinking of "world harmony", as long as the invading king reuses Confucianism, then most Confucian disciples will simply admit that the so-called "neutrality" is a betrayal, and they will even shout all kinds of inexplicable slogans to join the invaders' side to help the abuse.

Oh. The "纣" who "aided the abuse" was the last king of the Shang Dynasty, and those who did not choose to stand on the side of the righteous but betrayed the Zhou State as a vassal were the ones who helped the king. Fighting against the righteous but really betrayed Ji surname is for abuse.

Now, Huang Ye and Li Qi, who want to find a new direction, have a little understanding that neutrality is a betrayal when they encounter an invasion, and they glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of struggle from each other.

What are you struggling with? Isn't it just that there is a contradiction in thinking?

Today's Confucianism has many contradictory views, among which there is a contradiction between "unconditional respect for the king" and "the world is where the virtuous live". Since it is an unconditional king. Does it mean that no matter what the king is, everyone must be loyal to the king? So the virtuous can replace the unvirtuous king, how to judge whether the king is virtuous or unvirtuous, and then what kind of person should replace him?

It has not been a year and a half since the empire propagated the people~clan~lord~righteousness, unless it is someone who stubbornly does not accept it. Otherwise, there should be some national ideas no matter what. Huang Ye and Li Qi are Confucian disciples who have begun to accept the righteousness of the people~clan~lord~, and then think that Confucianism should keep up with the "historical trend", otherwise they will not be able to escape the fate of being suppressed. But after a while, I am afraid that many of their thoughts are still a little difficult to bypass.

"In the autumn of about two hundred and thirty years ago (335 B.C.), Alexander formed an expeditionary force of about 30,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and 160 ships, mainly the Macedonian army, supplemented by mercenaries and allied troops of various states. In the early spring of the following year, Alexander the Great authorized General Antipater to become regent, and personally led an expeditionary force from the capital city of Pyra to cross the Hellespont Strait (present-day Dardanelles) to begin his crusade eastward. ”

"Wait, how many troops are you talking about?"

"The real warriors were thirty thousand infantry and five thousand cavalry, and counting the sailors and slaves on one hundred and sixty ships, the total was about fifty thousand."

"50,000 people, and then you have to cross tens of thousands of miles to fight against a vast country with nearly a million troops?"

"Yes, what a bold thing, but Alexander the Great was not out of arrogance. You should understand that the psychology and mind of a free man warrior and a slave warrior are never the same. Alexander the Great's freeman warriors were warriors who had learned martial arts from an early age, and they also had a heart for adventure and wealth. Persian slave warriors naturally also had martial arts, but first of all, it should be clear that slaves did not have private property, and everything they had, including their own lives, belonged to the slave owners. ”

Huang Ye and Li Qi looked at each other again, and they heard the word "private property".

"Huh? When did Greece confirm that private property could not be violated? I don't really know about that. But it can be said responsibly that there is only one class of people in the world who cannot own private property, and that is slaves. ”

It is strange for a slave to talk to a group of people about what a slave is, and it is a psychology that he wants to regain his freedom, and to do so in a relatively mild or legal way, and then to live in this seemingly powerful and powerful Eastern Empire.

Yes, yes, in Sherrianto's opinion, the Eastern Empire is really extremely powerful, he has come all the way from the place where the Eastern Empire is called the Western Regions, has seen the huge number of troops of the Eastern Empire and looks extremely strong, and after entering the borders of the Eastern Empire, he has seen the wealth of the people, in his opinion, it is difficult for a country in the world to live more than the Eastern Empire.

Why did Sherrianto think that? It's quite simple. The Greeks began plundering two or three thousand years ago, and they knew nothing more than what the world was all about.

In the perception of the Greeks, the world was full of beasts, and those beasts were certainly not beasts in the true sense of the word, but countries, forces, and more correctly, countless nations.

In the historical records and poems of the Greeks, any nation that is not aggressive will inevitably become fertilizer for the growth of other peoples, because the world is so cruel, and in a world with limited land and resources, how can there be enough land and resources without plundering others?

In Sherrianto's view, the Eastern Empire has no intention of being a country that has embarked on an incomparably correct path, as long as it is not confident in destroying it on the way forward, with the population, land and resources of the Eastern Empire, there is no country in the world that can destroy it at all.

"Perhaps." What Huang Ye is talking about is that Sherionto asks how to get free, and then if he can become a part of the empire after he is free. He thought to himself, "It seems that indoctrination is still very useful. The Greek man with whom he has the most contact can't wait to be a part of us! ”

The conscience of heaven and earth, things are not what Huang Ye thinks at all. (To be continued.) )