Since figuring out the problem, Director Wang has never been in a hurry for negotiations, because he knows that no one and no force can stop him under the general trend. Letting go of the burden that should not be carried, Director Wang began to easily train the second prince Sima Zang.

Although the second prince, Sima Zang, was only twelve years old, he was very mature and intelligent because he had received a complete education since he was a child. These days, he followed his grandfather's advice, and came to his uncle every day when he had free time, and Director Wang didn't teach him anything, but just asked the second prince to follow him every day.

When some ministers of the imperial court saw this situation, they made suggestions to the emperor one after another, asking Sima Shu to issue an order to stop this matter. But after Sima Shu heard about it, not only did he not blame Wang Yan, but specially summoned Wang Dao into the palace to offer condolences.

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Wang Dao knelt down and bowed to pay respects, and since he received Sima Shu's will, he quickly rushed to the palace. For this Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty who turned the tide of the Great Jin Dynasty to the fall, Wang Dao himself is still full of respect, no matter what kind of misunderstanding he had about Sima Shu at the beginning, but now he only has full respect in his heart, if he is not involuntary now, coupled with the fact that the King of Jin has the grace of knowing him, I am afraid that he would have been unable to help but cast himself under the command of the current saint.

Sima Shu raised his head from behind the bookcase, looking at the famous talents in both later generations and today, and his heart was a little abrupt. When Sima Shu recruited talents, he didn't think about recruiting the Wang brothers, but with his reputation and strength at that time, he couldn't recruit any family talents, and he didn't expect that the two would meet in this way more than ten years later.

"Shigehiro, get up. Oh, I've been friends with Maohong for a long time! Today, I finally saw the true face of Lushan, and Xiao Dengzi moved a chair for Lord Wang. Sima Shu commanded.

"After Zang'er came back yesterday, he told me that I had learned a lot of things from Maohong, and I told him that you Wang Maohong is a great talent, let him learn from you, how can I say that you are also Zang'er's uncle, and it is good to teach your nephew more!"

"Your Majesty Xie is magnanimous, and I hope Your Majesty will not blame him!" As soon as Director Wang heard Sima Shu mention the matter of the second prince, he hurriedly fell to the ground and pleaded guilty.

"Eh, Maohong, what are you doing here? Hurry up. I don't mean to blame you. Zang'er, you teach me what else I don't worry about. Mao Hong is a world-famous celebrity, and at the same time has rich experience in managing internal affairs, and has a noble character, so it is very good for Zang Er to follow you to learn the truth of dealing with people! ”

"Your Majesty. Overrated. Don't dare to be a minister! ”

"Maohong. Is that nephew okay? ”

"Nephew? Oh, Your Majesty is talking about His Royal Highness the King of Jin, right? It's okay, it's just that the king has been worried about Jiangdong. So ......"

"Humph! It was all his own doing, although he did not follow the other vassal kings to make trouble, but it was a great rebellion for him to lead Jiangdong to claim himself the king of Jin! Now that I have given him a way to live, let him enter Beijing to be an idle prince, he Sima Rui even dares to pick and choose! Sooner or later, I will order the army to go south, and then all those who oppose the court will be crushed into powder! ”

"Please atone for your sins, Your Majesty! The king of Jin led Jiangdong at the beginning, it was because of the turmoil in the Central Plains, Hu Lu was everywhere, the situation was urgent, in order to save a glimmer of hope for the Jin family, the king of Jin crossed the river to the south. In fact, over the years, Jiangdong has been thriving under the governance of King Jin, although it is not as rich as the north, but it can be regarded as ensuring the peace of the people! ”

"Humph! Hahaha, Maohong, Maohong, look at your mouth, you can really say that the dead are alive. Forget it, let's stop arguing about Jiangdong, anyway, the result will be known soon. This time, I came to you mainly to get to know Jiangdong, Maohong, you can introduce me well! ”

"Your Majesty......" Director Wang wanted to speak and stopped, Sima Shu's words he was a little embarrassed, he didn't know if this was Sima Shu tempting or sincerely asking!

"Mao Hong should not have a psychological burden, no matter what the outcome of this negotiation is, the imperial court will definitely take the entire Jiangdong, there is no doubt about it! At present, I am doing this to prepare for the future governance of Jiangdong, don't look at your development of Jiangdong has been fruitful, but it is still far from Liaodong developed by the imperial court! ”

"In this case, the minister is presumptuous, and your Majesty, Jiangdong now has a total of 610,000 households, 3.21 million mouths, 200,000 troops, 350 warships, and an annual financial income of only 2 million yuan."

"Only two million? Maohong, Jiangdong really has unlimited potential! Do you know that the financial revenue of Qingdao Port in the north is as high as 5 million yuan a year, which means that a port in Qingdao is more than twice that of Jiangdong. But Maohong must know that there are several ports in your Jiangdong that are no less than Qingdao, but because of the confrontation between the north and the south, these ports cannot be fully developed! ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty said yes!" In the face of Sima Shu's accusations, Director Wang could only promise to be. In the face of the emperor, the biggest main battle faction, Wang Dao was completely numb, and he no longer had any hope for peace talks.

"Do you think I'm too harsh on Jiangdong?" Sima Shu looked at Wang Dao with a gloomy expression and asked, but Wang Dao didn't say anything, he couldn't answer and could only be treated in silence.

"Alas, I knew that you Jiangdong people would think so, but you didn't know that I had a hard time, if it weren't for dealing with the western powers, I wouldn't be in a hurry to recover Jiangdong, after all, we are considered internal contradictions, even if we want to solve them, it won't be a while and a half. But there is a strong enemy eyeing the outside, I have to speed up the pace of reunification, only by fully integrating the power of China, can I have the confidence to compete with the Western powers for world hegemony! ”

Speaking of this, Sima Shu stood up from behind the bookcase, personally opened a curtain, and suddenly a huge world map appeared in front of Wang Dao. Director Wang stared at this huge base map with both eyes, on which the Great Jin Dynasty only occupied a small place, and the entire Jiangdong seemed incomparably small.

"Come, Maohong, take a look here, you see this huge territory is the Western Roman Empire!" Sima Shu pointed to a huge territory in the west and told Wang Dao, "In the Roman Empire, they have a population, territory, and military power that is not inferior to my Great Jin. ”

"And this empire is extremely long-lived, it existed before the Han Dynasty. The Roman Empire may not be as centralized as China, but its military achievements are not low, and they have conquered many countries and nations in the West. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has been in the north for a long time, and I have always heard about this Roman Empire recently, but due to limited information and information, the minister is always a little ignorant of this, I wonder if Your Majesty can give the minister a detailed introduction?"

"Okay, then I'll tell Maohong about it. Let's talk about the Roman system of government first, the Roman system of government was originally a monarchy, this kind of monarchy is different from my China, if it is more appropriate to explain it with a tribal alliance, the monarch's power is limited. The early Roman kings had tried to expand their power, but he failed, and Rome began a long period of republic, until the advent of Caesar, and finally at the time of his nephew Octavian, Rome once again imposed a monarchy. ”

"The Roman monarchy was relatively stable in the early Caesar era, and when Nero, the last emperor of Caesar blood, was killed, there was a period of great instability, and the army became the main force to control the throne, and countless emperors were deposed as a result."

"This situation is quite similar to the period of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Great Jin Dynasty, and I have received accurate information that it was only a few years ago that the Roman Empire Constantine the Great reunited and consolidated Roman rule and moved his capital eastward, after which the political situation in the Roman Empire was stabilized."

"Then I will tell you about the military aspect, the military ability of the Roman Empire is not inferior to my Huaxia, but in some respects it is superior to my Huaxia. The weapons of the Roman army were known for their heaviness, which indicates that the strength of the Roman army was superior to that of our Chinese soldiers. ”

"The power of the Roman army also lies in field warfare, and the Romans are famous for their infantry, so the role of cavalry in the Roman army is only to raid and pursue, and it is not as rich as the application of cavalry in China. The main weapons of Rome were swords, and ranged weapons were mainly javelins and darts. ”

"Speaking of the Roman army, we have to mention the mercenaries of the Romans, by the time of the empire, the mercenaries had become the main body of the Roman army, and the mercenaries were much more capable of fighting than ordinary citizens."

"That'...... Your Majesty, once my Great Jin soldiers meet the Roman army, what will be the consequences? After listening to Sima Shu's introduction, Director Wang had a general understanding of Rome, and his intuitive impression was that the Great Jin was stronger than the Great Jin in terms of economy and politics, but not necessarily militarily. Of course, this is Wang Dao's conventional view, in fact, Sima Shu is not too worried, he believes that the Xiang army in this era must be the most powerful army in the world.

"Well, in my opinion, if the Roman army and the former Han army meet, the scene after the battle will be like this: the two armies face each other, and in the face of the Han army's bow and crossbow, the Romans will approach and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Han army step by step! The heavy shields of the Romans would resist the crossbow arrows of the Han army, and the Han army's position would be frustrated. At the same time, the duel between the cavalry would end with the Han army winning, and as long as the Han infantry could resist until the moment of the cavalry victory, the Han army would win the war. ”

Sima Shu did not directly answer Wang Dao's question, but made a comparison with the former Han army, after all, the Jin people knew a lot about the former Han Dynasty, and I believe that with this comparison, Wang Dao would have a clearer understanding of the strength of the Roman Empire. Sure enough, as soon as Sima Shu's words fell, Director Wang's face became solemn.

In Wang Dao's view, if it is according to the Great Jin before the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Jin army is by no means the opponent of the Roman Empire, but over the years, Emperor Sima Shu has worked hard in the north, and the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty has far exceeded that of the Emperor Wu period. If Sima Shu can really integrate the power of China, he may not have the strength to fight with the Roman Empire. At this time, Director Wang unconsciously began to favor unity, which he may not even be aware of. (To be continued......)