svetikya Chapter 456
Chapter 456
To put it bluntly, the reason why Rome is in such chaos now is precisely because there is no absolute ruling force that cannot suppress the large and small nobles in various places. "
In a few words, Fusu made clear the current situation in Rome and the system of interests.
"Rome can be formed because of dozens of like-minded federal forces, so in the past tens or hundreds of years, it will naturally be divided because of the opinions of these dozens of federal forces. "
"Just like the previous feudal system, the first and second generations just now can still obey the orders of the Central Son of Heaven because of their blood relationship, and the princes and sons of heaven are closely connected with each other in everything, but in the back, the blood is thin, and the Central Son of Heaven gives too much freedom to the vassal states, causing them to develop one by one in their respective territories, which will lead to the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which has lasted for hundreds of years.
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"In today's era, only centralization is the only right way, if a country has multiple voices at the same time, there is no person who can be in an absolute position, the country will be like a horse led by multiple reins at the same time, in the end not only difficult to move an inch, but how can it not be divided. "
Ying Zheng said empathetically.
Before the establishment of Great Qin, the situation of Rome at this time was extremely similar, and Scipio at this time was equivalent to the victory of the government at that time, but now one has been successful, and the other still has a long way to go.
"Indeed, but Rome's internal and external troubles have not given us the opportunity to annex them, Father, do you remember that I once said that I would take Rome?"
Fusu smiled slightly.
"Well, if "Zero 30" wants to completely complete the great cause of unifying the world, the Western Regions is our primary goal, Rome, as a powerful country in the Western Regions, is definitely a threshold that cannot be bypassed, and it is a matter of time before Rome is captured, but haven't we discussed this issue before, and the result is to postpone it for a few years, Fusu, you already have a new plan in mind?"
Ying Zheng asked.
As early as the time of the joint venture with Rome to build a railway, Fusu and Yingzheng had already discussed the issue of capturing Rome.
At that time, because Rome and Great Qin were really far away, there was no border on the territory of the country, not to mention that when the war started, the Qin army would cause great losses because of the unfamiliarity with the homeland, even if Rome was really attacked, it would not be able to connect the territory of the two countries in everything, and it would also be subject to the crazy resistance of the local residents.
Although the Persian side is relatively close to Rome, but Persia and Seleucus have just been incorporated into the territory of Great Qin, and the proportion of Qin people is still very low, although because of various policies for the benefit of the people and the threat of the army, the Seleucids have not made waves for the time being, but the so-called non-our race will have different hearts, if you want to rely on them to defend Rome and assimilate Rome into a part of Great Qin, it is almost impossible.
It is precisely because of these factors that the matter of the capture of Rome was temporarily shelved by Yingzheng and Fusu at that time.
"Could it be that the Suez Canal has been dug or that the railroad to Rome has been built?"
Ying Zheng suddenly thought of this.
When Fusu dug the Suez Canal and laid the Roman railway, he had already mentioned to him that in addition to strengthening trade cooperation between the two countries and promoting the further development of the national economy, it was also to prepare for the capture of Rome.
"Of course not, whether it is digging a canal or paving a railway, it is a big project that requires a lot of financial, material and manpower resources, even if the industrial development of my Daqin is extremely rapid now, and the power of the steam engine is also constantly improving, but even with the help of these machines, those big projects cannot be completed so quickly. "
Fusu shook his head.
The excavation of canals and the construction of railways were still a big project even in the modern society of his previous life, not to mention that in Daqin thousands of years ago, even if the process of the times was accelerated through the industrial revolution, there were still many aspects that were very backward.
According to the current speed of Daqin's project, it is better to lay the railway inside Rome, at least the people from Rome cooperated in the construction, but the Suez Canal was dug by Daqin alone, not to mention that even if these two projects are successfully built, they need to be practiced and maintained in the later stage before they can really be used for military purposes, and it is impossible to complete it in a few years.
"Actually, the reason why Erchen suddenly mentioned the capture of Rome was because of Scipio's marriage to my Great Qin, which was a good opportunity. "
"In the past, our Great Qin only attacked Rome on a small scale, and did not officially launch an offensive, completely because our Great Qin was too far away from Rome, even if it was defeated, it would not be able to connect it with the country, and if there was no one to garrison it for a long time, the land that was beaten down would still be returned, but in vain. "
"In addition, because of the strength of Great Qin and the oppression of the Romans in commerce, Rome has always been very repulsive to the Qin people, and even trade has been squeezed out a lot, let alone entering the interior of Rome, which makes it difficult for Great Qin to infiltrate Rome. "
"But after the marriage, my Great Qin has concluded a friendly relationship with Rome, which is equivalent to a family of in-laws, with such a layer of identity, the trade between my Great Qin and Rome will be much smoother, and my Qin people will appear in all walks of life, and even infiltrate the interior of Rome, which will undoubtedly be of great help to Great Qin in the future localization of Rome." "
"In addition, as I mentioned earlier, the reason why Rome is in such chaos now is that there is no force that can suppress the nobility everywhere, and after the marriage, we can naturally support Scipio into such a force, and put an end to the division of Rome by his hand. "
"Of course, while giving help to Scipio, my Great Qin Ke continued to send officials and sergeants, and on the grounds of supporting Scipio, these people were placed on Scipio's side, and gradually infiltrated their upper echelons, in order to unify Rome, Scipio would not refuse even if he knew what our purpose was, this is an absolute conspiracy. "
"And by the time Scipio really completes the cause of unifying Rome, our people have turned into countless open and dark chess, so that even if he has the idea of rebelling against Daqin at that time, he will be shackled by the people we have planted in Rome in many ways, and he will not be able to do anything, and he will not be able to do anything after all. "
"At this time, the railway to Rome and the Suez Canal have probably been completed, and after the transportation is convenient, I Daqin can rest assured that Rome will be in my pocket. "
Fusu revealed the plan he had set to Ying Zhenghe.
There were two reasons why the Fusu Society decided to support Scipio.
One is naturally Scipio as Sophie's father, and Sophie married into Daqin, which is equivalent to Scipio being Daqin's father-in-law, and in one fell swoop he became a relative of Daqin, and in a certain level, he was naturally much closer than other nobles in Rome in terms of relationship.
Second, although Scipio is now in prison, with Hannibal's Carthaginian army on the outside, and the armed forces of the nobles in various places, the forces in his hands are not large or small, which is very embarrassing.
But in terms of identity, he is still the supreme consul of Rome, and the soldiers under his command are also regular soldiers, and he is still widely recognized in the hearts of the people.
Moreover, Rome is now in turmoil, and there are wars almost all the time, and in this environment, the people in all regions of Rome are fierce, from seventy-year-olds to six-year-old children, all of whom know how to kill. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
They are all brave and unafraid of death, and they are simply natural war machines.
At this time, Scipio's own appeal and prestige in Rome were revealed, and with some help from them, Scipio would soon be able to recruit troops locally and expand an army strong enough to crush the rest of Rome's secessionist powers.
With this army, it is believed that it was only a matter of time before Scipio defeated the Carthaginians and even unified all of Rome.
The third is that Scipio's own ability is strong enough, he is a good talent, and he is smart enough.
He was able to lead Roman orthodoxy to survive in the midst of internal and external troubles, and in the case of the division of Rome, Roman orthodoxy was always able to have a place, and even occupied a certain dominant position among the powers, which is already quite remarkable, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. []
If he hadn't been born in the wrong place, trapped in a country like Rome, which was already declining and difficult to save no matter how virtuous he was, and had an invincible Fusu as an opponent, Scipio would definitely be a generation of Ming monarchs who could go down in history.
Because of this, working with a talent like Scipio, he knows how to maximize the benefits of the resources given to him by Fusu, and eventually turn them into greater benefits to give back to Fusu, otherwise if he is supporting a fool, then even if Fusu gives him more resources, no matter how much Daqin supports him, he will not be arrogant after all.0
And the advantage of working with this kind of talent is that they have a clear mind, they know what to do and what not to do.
Scipio will have ambitions after the unification of Rome, he will want to conquer more countries, even Great Qin! This is normal, but anyone with ambition will think so, let alone a man like Scipio.
What is different from ordinary people is that ordinary people may think of anything and do it directly, but a smart person like Scipio will not, he knows very well how everything about himself came about, especially after experiencing the suffocating power of Great Qin, which is an insurmountable mountain, and he also knows better what the consequences of resisting Great Qin are.
Such smart people are very desperate for their lives, and they will never be stupid enough to hit a stone with an egg with their lives to win an absolutely impossible future, and Fusu likes to cooperate with such smart people.
When Daqin incorporated Rome into the territory in the future, Scipio would also be able to be used by Daqin, and I believe that by that time, he would be able to make a great contribution to stabilizing the situation and allowing Rome to completely integrate into Daqin.
"Fusu, your plan is indeed thorough, with such a complicated situation as Rome, it is not good for our Great Qin to forcibly intervene externally, support Scipio and let them solve internal problems internally, on the one hand, it can make them friction with each other and weaken the overall strength of Rome, on the other hand, it can also radiate the influence of Great Qin through Scipio, and strengthen Daqin's control over Rome in the future, it is simply better. "
"But I still have to say that there should be a limit to how much we can help them, such as steam engines, ships, and other items, which we must not be able to provide to them, otherwise if the core technology is leaked and stolen by the Romans, then I am afraid that it will be a wedding dress for others. "
Ying Zheng reminded.
In this regard, the father can rest assured that Rome has been in constant war in recent years, and the peasants who are a little younger and stronger have been captured as strong men, resulting in large areas of land that are not cultivated at all, and have gradually degraded into wasteland, coupled with the locust plague in recent years, Rome's food reserves can be described as extremely short. "
Therefore, in Erchen's vision, Great Qin's support for Scipio only required a certain amount of food, money, or weapons, and there was no need to fund advanced scientific and technological products such as steam engines. "
"Take 10,000 steps back, even if the situation on the Roman side has changed, causing us to have to invest in high-tech 4.0 products in Scipio, but complex and delicate mechanical products like the steam engine are not something that can be built, even if you already know the core technology, it is basically impossible to manufacture without sufficiently superb steel manufacturing technology. "
"And this kind of machine has almost no superfluous parts, each part is a whole, it can be said that it affects the whole body, many times, it may be just a small screw assembled inside there is a problem, the machine may not operate anymore. "
"With the current situation of Rome's division and fragmentation, the level of science and technology is probably inferior to before, not to mention compared with the current Great Qin, it is difficult for them to process such fine parts, so naturally they can only hope for steam engines and other utensils. "
Fusu has never been a loser, so he naturally thought about Scipio a long time ago.
"Since you say so, then I'm relieved. "
"Anyway, you also saw this Scipio's daughter Sophie just now, what do you think?"
Ying Zheng said with a smile.
The image instantly changed from the Great First Emperor who ruled the world to rebuke Fang Xuan, to an old father who loved gossip, this huge contrast, Fusu couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.
"Returning to her father, Princess Sophie is innocent, bright and moving, naturally a rare beauty in the world, and very filial, she is a rare virtuous woman. "
Fusu knew that he couldn't escape, so he had to answer truthfully.
"It seems that you have a good impression of her, but in fact, I also have a very good sense of this little girl, and she has a vitality that a Great Qin woman does not have. "。