Special Forces: Drop Fan Tianlei instantly at the start

Chapter 432

The next day, above the court.

"Your Majesty, today several small countries in the Western Regions have submitted their credentials, asking for the protection of my Great Qin, and are willing to take my Great Qin as their father country. "

Shang Shu Ling Li Si held a thick stack of folds and said.

"Fusu, the land of the Western Regions recently, but what are the new changes?"

Ying Zheng took the national letter written in Daqin script in Li Si's hand and looked through it for a long time, and did not answer Li Si directly, but turned his eyes to Fusu Dao.

"In order to appease the anger of the remaining noble families, the Roman consul Scipio allowed these nobles to expand their private army for the maintenance of non-main fronts, so as to concentrate more forces against the Carthaginians. "

To put it bluntly, the Roman aristocracy was allowed to plunder the small states of Gaul and Germania on the edge of Rome in order to compensate for their lost interests in the railway project. "

Fusu introduced with a smile.

The impact of such a huge project as the railway is not just 10 benefits on the surface, but involves all aspects.

Militarily speaking, the exploration of the railway allowed the Daqin railway engineering team to go deep into the mountains and rivers of the area where the Roman railway passed, and the degree of understanding of the surrounding geographical advantages was only above the Roman Senate.

Economically, the construction of the railway, so that the original monopoly of the local economic lifeline of the Roman aristocratic family suffered a lot of impact, a large number of cheaper and better quality Daqin goods continue to pour in, will inevitably occupy the entire market, Rome local goods can not resist at all, can only face the situation of continuous retreat and bankruptcy.

What's even more terrifying is that due to Rome's inferior position, the tariffs on Daqin goods entering Rome have been canceled, which means that the last line of defense for Rome's local goods has been lost, and Daqin merchants can first use low interest or even loss to defeat Rome's local merchants first, and then wait for a large-scale price increase to harvest after the market is unified, completing the classic dumping routine.

In reality, however, these were only factors of the Roman aristocracy's apparent resistance to the railroad, although they would have done damage to Rome.

The real reason is that after the construction of the railway, the city of Rome will become unobstructed to various regions, and the decrees will be more accessible, and the voice of the Roman nobles in their own original area will be greatly weakened, and they can no longer continue to live as emperors.

When Daqin first built the Qin Straight Road and the cement road, it also encountered delays and obstacles from many local wealthy families.

It's just that in Great Qin, the prestige of the First Emperor made these local heroes dare not be too presumptuous, and after being cleaned up by Fusu using the supervision storm set off by Meng Yi, the rest of the people could only obey honestly.

Rome, on the other hand, was originally developed from a federation of multiple forces, and the nobles not only had great influence, but even had their own private armies, united, and even the supreme consul Scipio had to worry about three points.

Scipio, who was originally from the largest family in Rome, was well aware of the unknown energy of these nobles.

You must know that there are tens of thousands of large nobles in Rome, and countless small nobles, many of whom have the privilege of recruiting attendants, although each person is only a few hundred at most, but it adds up to an extremely terrifying number.

Not to mention that among some of the big nobles, there are dozens of people who have titles, and a family can exert thousands of forces.

Moreover, although the combat effectiveness of these private armies is uneven, the equipment is armed to the teeth, which is much stronger than the regular Roman army.

In desperation, Scipio could only resort to the way of transferring contradictions to the outside world, allowing these nobles to plunder these small countries to make up for the losses, and by the way, he sent more main legions to fight the Carthaginians to the death.

"This is definitely the way to die!"

"Originally, the Roman Senate's control over the place was barely maintained, and after so openly allowing the aristocracy to expand the private army, this balance of power was even more unbalanced. "

"Unless the Roman legions win a complete victory in the war with Carthage, as long as there is a slight difference, even if it is a small victory, Scipio's position will most likely not be able to sit still. "

"If it is dragged by the Carthaginians, I am afraid that without my Great Qin's action, Rome itself will fall apart first. "

Ying Zheng frowned and said.

The reason why he created the county system under the huge pressure of the feudal system was to strengthen the centralized system and ensure the control of the localities, so as to prevent the aristocratic power from expanding too much and forming a situation where the tail could not be lost, and eventually the backlash led to the division of Great Qin.

And what happened to the Romans today is a completely negative teaching material.

Even as an opponent, Ying Zheng can't stand it anymore.

"My father had to take into account that if Scipio had not stabilized these nobles first, Rome would have been divided now. "

This move would at least allow the nobles to turn their attention to the outside of Rome and buy Scipio some time. "

"With time, Scipio can gather strength and have the foundation to turn the tables. "

"For example, let these nobles have some accidents when plundering the surrounding small countries, and both sides will be defeated, or they will simply be beaten to the head, and then the forces of the Roman legions or the Scipio family will go to the rescue, and receive the spoils of war by the way. "

"No matter how bad it is, when these big nobles' private armies are all transferred, you can use the power of your cronies to take down these big nobles in one fell swoop, change the Roman senate system, and monopolize power!"

Fusu introduced in a deep voice. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

In later history, although Rome defeated the surrounding countries, but the internal chaos was also a mess, and finally decades later, 873 parts of the Senate broke out in internal strife, and finally won by the more iron-blooded Octavian, after slaughtering the rest of the senators, became the only head of state, and Rome entered the imperial era.

And now, due to the Fusu reasons, the rise of Great Qin has completely squeezed the living space of Rome, and the collapse of the Roman Senate decades ahead of schedule is also completely reasonable.

Not to mention that there is still the power of Great Qin behind him, which has been fueling the troubles.

"The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!"

"But this is a good opportunity for my Great Qin!"

"When this time is over, I plan to tour Persia west and take a good look at the new frontier of my Great Qin!"

Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel that he also had a better understanding of the importance of Fusu's Tui'en Decree, as well as strengthening road construction, state and county reforms, and military reforms to ensure that the imperial family controlled the authority of Great Qin.

At the same time, I also understand better why Fusu was not in a hurry to attack Rome and Carthage.

These two old Mediterranean powers have been inherited for hundreds of years, and their internal forces are too complicated, even if Great Qin enters the power with a strong force, it will take a lot of energy to completely control the situation.

It is better to let them die by themselves, and complete the internal friction in advance, so that the grassroots people of Rome will completely despair of these nobles, so as to facilitate the rule of Great Qin after he becomes the master.

And what Daqin has to do is to stabilize the existing territory and wait for the opportunity.