dognovel Chapter 500 Benefits of marrying Rome
Chapter 500 Benefits of marrying Rome
With a few words, Ying Yu clarified the current situation in Rome and the stakes.
"Rome can be formed because of dozens of like-minded federal forces, so in the past tens of hundreds of years, it will naturally be divided because of the disagreement of these dozens of federal forces."
"This is very similar to the enfeoffment system before the Great Qin Dynasty. At the beginning, these feudal princes would not have any ambitions, and would obey the orders of the central emperor. The princes and emperors were closely connected with each other.
However, with the passage of time, and the fact that the central emperor gave too much freedom to the vassal states, they developed one by one in their respective territories, which led to the chaos of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods that lasted for hundreds of years. "
"In today's era, only centralization is the only right way. If there are multiple voices in a country at the same time, and there is no figure who can be in an absolute position, the country will be like a horse being led by multiple reins at the same time. In the end, not only It is difficult to move an inch, and how can it not be divided."
Ying Zheng said empathetically.
Before the founding of Great Qin, the situation of Rome at this time is very similar, and Scipio at this time is equivalent to Yingzheng at that time, but now one has succeeded, and the other still has a long way to go.
"Indeed, but Rome's internal and external troubles have given us a chance to annex them. Father, do you still remember what I said about capturing Rome?"
Ying Yu smiled slightly.
"Well, if we want to completely complete the great cause of unifying the world, the Western Regions is our primary goal. As the most powerful country in the Western Regions, Rome is absolutely unavoidable.
It will be a matter of time to use troops against Rome, but haven't we discussed this issue before, and the result is also to postpone it for a few years. Do you already have a new plan in mind? "
Ying Zheng questioned.
As early as the joint venture with Rome to build the railway, Ying Yu and Ying Zheng had already discussed the issue of capturing Rome.
At that time, because Rome and Great Qin were really far away, and there was no border on the territory, not to mention that when the war started, the Qin army would cause greater losses due to unfamiliarity with the mainland.
Even if Rome is really captured, the borders of the two countries will not be linked together, and there will be wild resistance from the local residents.
Although Persia is relatively close to Rome, Persia and Seleucid have just been merged into the territory of Great Qin not long ago, and the proportion of Qin people is still very low.
Although the Seleucids have not made waves for the time being due to various policies that benefit the people and the threat of the army, the so-called non-my race must have a different heart.
If you want to rely on them to defend Rome and assimilate Rome into a part of Great Qin, it is almost impossible.
It was precisely because of these factors that Ying Zheng and Ying Yu temporarily shelved the capture of Rome.
"Could it be that the Suez Canal has been dug? Or the railway to Rome has been successfully laid?"
Ying Zheng suddenly thought of this.
When Ying Yu was digging the Suez Canal and laying the Roman Railway, he had already mentioned to him that in addition to strengthening the 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. Now Ying Yu mentioned it again, Ying Zheng naturally thought that things had changed.
"Of course not. Whether it is digging canals or laying railways, it is a big project that requires a lot of financial, material and manpower. Even though the industry in my Daqin is developing extremely fast now, and the power of steam engines is constantly improving, even in China. With the help of these machines, those big projects can't be completed so quickly."
Ying Yu shook his head.
Digging canals and building railways, even in the modern society of his previous life, are still big projects.
What's more, in the Great Qin thousands of years ago, even though the industrial revolution accelerated the progress of the times, the current Great Qin is still very backward in many aspects.
According to the current construction speed of Daqin, it is better to lay the railway inside Rome, at least people from Rome will cooperate to build it.
But the Suez Canal was excavated by Daqin alone, not to mention that even if these two projects are successfully constructed, they still need to be practiced and maintained in the later stage before they can be truly used for military purposes. It is impossible to complete them in a few years. .
"Actually, the reason why my son-in-law suddenly brought up the matter of capturing Rome is because of Scipio's marriage to Daqin. This is a very good opportunity."
"In the past, our Qin Dynasty only attacked Rome on a small scale, and did not launch a formal offensive. The main reason for this is that Rome is too far away from our Qin Dynasty.
Even if Rome was defeated in time, it could not be connected with the land. If no one was stationed after a long time, the land that had been defeated would still be returned, but it was futile. "
"In addition, because of the strength of our Great Qin and the oppression of the Romans in business, Rome is very repulsive to our Qin people. Even the businessmen have been excluded a lot, let alone entering the interior of Rome. This makes Great Qin penetrate into Rome. Things are very difficult and difficult to proceed.”
"But after the marriage, my Daqin has established a friendly relationship with Rome, which is equivalent to in-laws. With such a layer of identity, the business between my Daqin and Rome will go much smoother.
At that time, my Qin people will appear in all walks of life in Rome, and Jin Yiwei can also take the opportunity to infiltrate Rome, which will be of great help to my Great Qin to localize Rome in the future. "
"In addition, as I mentioned earlier, the reason why Rome is in chaos now is because there is no power that can suppress the nobles from all over the place.
However, after the marriage, I, Daqin, can logically support Scipio into such a force, and use his hand to end the status quo of Rome's division. "
"Of course, while helping Scipio, my Great Qin can continue to send officials and soldiers to support Scipio as a reason, and place these people next to Scipio, gradually infiltrating their high-level, in order to unify Rome, Even if Scipio knows what our purpose is, he will not refuse, so he can only agree to this conspiracy."
"And by the time Scipio truly completed the cause of unifying Rome, our people had already turned into countless open and dark chess, so that even if he had the idea of resisting the Great Qin, he would be defeated by the people we planted in Rome." Shackles, nothing can be done, after all, powerless."
"At this time, the railway to Rome and the Suez Canal have probably been built. After the transportation is convenient, I, Daqin, can safely take Rome into my pocket."