Li Shimin felt that Jingwen's words were interesting, and he actually went around in such a big circle to say that the Central Plains was strong. Of course, Li Shimin will not completely think that this is the answer, this is okay as a joke, but it is not of practical significance to compare who is stronger in the two countries.

Because the strength and weakness of a country are not eternal, but they will change. Didn't the Han Dynasty also be pressed and beaten by the Xiongnu at the beginning, and then slowly reversed? And many dynasties have also had the experience of being pressed and beaten by nomads, and then gradually became stronger. Therefore, judging heroes by temporary success or failure, this is obviously not very certain. So although it seems that I went around in a circle to fight once, this can't really be regarded as a result, so it is impossible to judge who is stronger in the Han Dynasty or Rome.

"Your Majesty, today I received a Roman who brought me a book and wanted me to translate it and publish it in the East. This is the book of their Western Greek scholars. Although Rome and the Greeks were not from the same country, Rome was now Hellenized. Although they conquered Greece, Greek civilization affected them from top to bottom. Jingwen said.

Jingwen then explained to Li Shimin the story of Rome being Hellenized, and Li Shimin also felt embarrassed, after all, when the Wuhu was chaotic, weren't many Hu people gradually sinicized? Although their military strength was much stronger than that of the Han Chinese, they finally had to admit defeat and surrender under the power of civilization, and in the end they were assimilated by the Han people. Who exactly perished whom, this is no longer conclusive. However, Li Shimin heard that such a powerful country as Rome was actually Hellenized, and Li Shimin obviously realized that the civilization of the Greeks was actually higher than that of the Romans. Although the Romans were temporarily stronger, they were inevitably Hellenized in the end. And this is also a characteristic of the Han civilization, which is able to assimilate the lower civilizations.

Therefore, Li Shimin is also a little proud, and he is curious about Greece. After all, according to Jingwen, Greece was actually formed earlier than the Central Plains civilization. And the four major ancient civilizations in the world. Two each from the east and west. But the other three are gradually burping, and only China remains. However, Greek civilization still preserved the hearts of the Romans, because the whole of Eastern Rome had been Hellenized.

"The Roman Caesar gave me a translated treatise on tools and wanted me to publish it. And this instrumentalism is the work of the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle, who wanted us to publish it in the East, and then let us Orientals know about the civilization of ancient Greece. Jingwen said.

"They want to publish a book too?" Li Shimin asked.

"Of course, they also want to publish a book, and if they don't, how can we learn that?" Jingwen asked.

Li Shimin frowned, and then asked, "Then what do they want to do?" Do you want to influence us with their culture? And then assimilate us Han Chinese into the same way as them? ”

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. How can a book influence us? It's not enough that they want us to know about their civilization, that's for sure. They came to the Central Plains and found that there was such a doctrine as Confucianism. The doctrine of Confucianism is also called philosophy to them. So they got some philosophical books that they wanted to show us, and then they just talked to each other. Jingwen said.

"Then you can decide this matter yourself, you don't need me to meet the other party!" Li Shimin asked.

And Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, if I say the author of this book on instrumentalism. It was Alexander the Great's mentor back then, do you think the emperor is interested in taking a look? ”

"What? Mentor of Alexander the Great? That's the emperor? Li Shimin was also surprised.

Since Jingwen told Li Shimin the story about Alexander, Li Shimin actually regarded Alexander as his benchmark. After all, Alexander was able to conquer so many lands on an expedition, and this was a miracle that one person created zào. The reason why Li Shimin was able to have the land of Datang. In fact, he also knew that he had inherited the Central Plains civilization of all dynasties. Alexander, on the other hand, led his army on an expedition to those strange and uncivilized lands. The difficulty of these two methods of obtaining territory is obvious, and Alexander's method of expedition to foreign races to obtain territory is actually much more difficult than the Tang Dynasty's inheritance of the territory of the previous dynasty.

Therefore, Li Shimin also regarded Alexander as a generation of heroes. It is definitely a rare male lord in both the East and the West. And now I hear that Aristotle, the author of this "Theory of Tools", is actually the mentor of Alexander the Great, that is, the emperor's teacher. As such a heroic emperor, it is not a simple character. China has always had a tradition of respecting teachers. And to be able to be the emperor's teacher, it is definitely a talent among talents. In addition to the fact that his students are so prestigious, then this emperor is of course also a person who is very worthy of study.

"What about books? I want to see it! Li Shimin said.

Jingwen showed the translated book to Li Shimin, and this instrumental theory was actually translated by that Caesar.

"Why don't I seem to be able to understand something?" Li Shimin asked.

"Hmph, if you can read it, it would be strange!" Jing Wen said in his heart.

How many Chinese in this era can read Western books? Even Jingwen, a later generation, read this kind of Western philosophical books and didn't understand it, and the ancients didn't have to think about it at all. So if you don't understand it, that's very normal. If you can understand it, then Jingwen will definitely think that Li Shimin is a traverser. Of course, Li Shimin can't understand it, which means that Li Shimin is definitely not a traverser. But Li Shimin still likes to read it very much, after all, this is a book written by the mentor of the dignified Alexander the Great, and the person with this halo, of course Li Shimin is interested.

For Li Shimin, Aristotle's other titles do not matter, even if he is a Western philosopher, which has nothing to do with Li Shimin. But he was Alexander the Great's mentor, and that title was the most important thing. Only then was Li Shimin able to take a look at the books written by the emperor of the Western Emperor. If it weren't for the fact that he was the mentor of Alexander the Great, no matter how good Aristotle's philosophical achievements were, Li Shimin would not have been interested in studying them carefully. (To be continued......)