In the follow-up reception, Yuan Qiao has received enough goodwill from various countries, without exception, to reach mutual friendly relations and establish trade channels.
Yuan Qiao scoffed at the so-called friendly relations between those countries. What he wanted was that all countries agreed to go to Han to buy grain.
As for equal relations, there is no such thing at all. As long as they are the countries around them, the Central Plains elites have only two consistent attitudes towards those countries, that is, they choose to surrender or perish.
When the Central Plains Dynasty knew a country, it would want to beat it until it succumbed to becoming a younger brother or directly occupy the country's land. This thought has appeared since the spring and Autumn period, and the same is true to the unification of Qin Dynasty. The Western Han Dynasty paid this kind of hegemonic thinking to action, which is an attitude that does not want to be ignored for countries beyond the reach of the whip.
In the whole world, whether it is the king's land and the king's officials who lead the land is not just talking. It is something that the Central Plains dynasties have always said and done. All along, the Central Plains dynasties have basically done that in addition to the split period and the two Song dynasties. The tributary system also appeared under this kind of thinking.
Of course, Yuan Qiao will not show the psychology of an elite educated by the culture of the Central Plains, that is, he will show some arrogant behavior when receiving envoys from various countries, However, in any country including Persian sassanne (excluding the Romans who did not arrive), most people take yuan Qiao's arrogance for granted, even if they are not used to it or unconvinced.
A strong country should have the appearance of a strong country. It is a rule that the strong do not fake color to the weak. As a weak person, he is often even happy to accept the contempt from the strong. After all, it is better for the strong to despise the weak in attitude than to use force directly.
Yuan Qiao showed equality to the greatest extent to the chief and Deputy envoys from Persian sassanne, which was based on the premise that Persian sassanne was not a weak country. This attitude was very useful and even proud for aldasher.
"We have the strength of equal dialogue with the Han Empire." In fact, aldasher doesn't know much about the current Han country, but more about the western and Eastern Han Dynasties, especially the Western Han Dynasty, which beat the powerful Huns and fled: "the Han Empire obviously knows this."
Ugutai Bahram is looking at the scenery outside the carriage. They have left Jiankang city and have arrived at the boundary of Liangjun.
Jiankang City, as the largest city in the world today, has made a very deep impression on the envoys of various countries. They can be surprised by all kinds of things from Oriental civilization. After seeing the buildings of Oriental civilization and seeing how the Han people live, the most impressive thing is about the road.
In the period of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiankang, as the capital of the small imperial court, had traffic connecting all parts. The road was originally relatively wide. Later, it was incorporated into the territory of the Han state, and after the transformation of the left and right lanes, the diplomatic missions of all countries saw a clean, broad and orderly road.
It can be said that in the current countries in the world, there are not many roads on the left and right. Basically, people go in different directions on the same road. It's OK when there are few people, but it's very easy to crowd each other when there are many people.
The Han state has long implemented the left and right branches. The one-way street in one direction gives people who have not seen it a glance to see the benefits and a sense of order in an instant. To tell the truth, roads with order and without order are two very different situations.
"I don't know how many and how long similar roads are." Ugutai Bahram said the national highway level road: "after driving for so long, I didn't even feel a bump. I can imagine how smooth the road is."
Aldasher had to recall that bossashan naturally has a wide road, but it's not divided into left and right lanes. It can't be a long road section if the road is flat.
The national road they are walking on is reconstructed from the original road. According to the specifications, the total width of the national road is 16 meters, and the left and right sides are 8 meters wide respectively. There is an isolation road in the middle and guardrails are built on both sides. Similar roads can be seen in the Han country, even in Rome, which is famous for its convenient transportation.
They are not ordinary people. Who doesn't know what a country's traffic means? The higher the status, the more knowledgeable people are, the more they can judge the country's strength and local control from a country's traffic.
After entering Liangjun, some people who knew it were relieved and raised their hearts at the same time. That was because the road extending from Jiankang to Liangjun ended, but Liangjun saw that huge human and material resources were being used to build roads.
"All roads lead to Rome. Convenient transportation not only ensures the Romans' control over all provinces, but also expands their territory." Ugutai Bahram has personally been to Rome. He is very impressed by the traffic in Rome: "compared with Rome, our traffic is far inferior, so there will be constant rebellion in all provinces."
"I just learned that the Han Empire was going to build a national road thousands of miles long." Aldasher got the news from the official of Hongru Museum: "it's the kind of national highway we took when we came out of Jiankang city."
"What a bold country!" Ugutai What Bahram knows is that the kings of Persia Sassanian have similar ideas, but they have not been able to take action due to national strength and surrounding environment: "perhaps... The best thing we should do after we go back is to suggest your majesty to turn the plan into action."
Aldasher smiled bitterly. The reason why the kings of Persia Sasan had ideas but did not take action was not only because of national strength and surrounding environment, but also the exclusion of nobles in all provinces.
In fact, everyone knows that after convenient transportation, the central control over local areas will be strengthened. It is precisely because of this that local authorities will reject. What they want is that the central control over local areas is weak, so they can give them more convenience, such as developing their own family strength.
Whether in the Parthian period or the Sassanian period, the central government of the Persians has never had too strong control and binding force on the place.
In addition to the central royal family, there were six nobles in the Parthian period. Later, it was said that the Romans were so powerful that they could destroy Parthia. It was better to say that the contradiction between the central part of Parthia and the six nobles reached the general outbreak point, which made vologassis V break cans and fall. He had to hold the six noble families together, which was really finished, But what I didn't expect was that the aldasher family, which trusted Youjia, would rebel.
When the aldasher family became the royal family of Persians, the first generation king aldasher I and the second generation king Shapur I were committed to eliminating the remnants of the six nobles, but more often they had to compromise. The six nobles may be extinct and weak, but there will always be new nobles, and the political system of Persians is the same, As a result, although the Sassanian Dynasty was not as miserable as Parthia, its control over the place was not much better.
"Even in Rome with extremely developed transportation, Rome (referring to the capital) cannot fully control all provinces. Facts have proved that the convenient transportation is not a panacea, otherwise there would be no military chaos (officer chaos)." Aldasher is no stranger to Rome. He should even know more than his own country. Otherwise, he can't know himself, but he must know his sworn enemy. Pointing to the huge crowd working, he said: "it is said that the reunification of the Han Empire was only in recent years. Their emperor only ended the large-scale war with the outside world last year, but there are still many local wars, but there are large-scale projects at home."
Of course, Liu Yan has not yet claimed the title of emperor, but he will not use the king's name externally. He uses the title of emperor in height.
The news about the outbreak of a large-scale drought has not been disclosed, only a very few people know. They are worried that the news of the outbreak of drought will lead to unrest. The center is to take a step-by-step way to centralize the management of the people and wait for the establishment of sufficient control and order before detonating the news.
After the centralized management of the people is completed, the salary that will not starve to death is given, and then the announcement of the impending drought will make the people unite on the side of the country while causing panic, and will not give ambitious people more opportunities to coerce the victims. Therefore, the order of information disclosure is also a great knowledge.
The first group of envoys, including bossashan, did not stop until Shouchun. They could see a large number of people working together in all counties along the way. They were extremely amazed at the orderly and clear division of labor and the organizational ability of the Han state.
"It can be seen that although it was only eight years for the Han people to resume their country again, they (the people) were very obedient to the ruling class." Ugutai Bahram is a sensible man, saying: "only those who love rulers will be happy to be driven, and only those who trust rulers will be willing to accept assignments, which proves that the Han emperor is supported today."
Of course, aldasher knows this truth. He also has his own view: "it also proves that the Han Empire has an efficient administrative system."
In fact, it is not so simple to start the national level project. It is not enough human and material resources to start the national level project. It is also related to the vital organizational capacity. Many countries obviously have enough human and material resources, but they can't start the national project because of insufficient organizational capacity, which is not a problem in the Central Plains dynasties, and even have sufficient experience.
"The Romans are coming." Aldasher learned the news the second day after Shouchun stopped. His mood became gloomy. At the same time, he couldn't care to express more emotion to the Han state: "they have started from Jiankang. The reason why we stopped was to wait for the envoys of those countries, including Rome."
If the Han people and the Xiongnu people are mortal enemies, then the Persians and Romans are also mortal enemies that one of them must be eliminated. Before aldasher's mission, there were inquiries into Rome and envoys sent to Han. Even the navy of bossasan was ordered to intercept, but the Romans came after all.
At present, although Rome has been ruled by the four emperors, it has not yet formed a real division. It only has the concept of West and East. The division into West Rome and East Rome took place in AD 395.
After the disorderly administration of officers in Rome, the country fell into a weak period because of the long-term turmoil, but it stabilized in the period of the Illyrian Dynasty. The good time did not last long, and because of the rise of the four families, it entered the second era of "joint rule of the four emperors".
The second "co governance of the four emperors" of Rome ended in Constantine's hands, but it was only after 14 years of civil war that the unification was re formed, and Constantine became the only Augustus in Rome.
Now the Roman Augustus is Constantius. His road to Augustus is full of Roman characteristics, that is, he must decide with his brother before he can sit on the throne of Augustus. The problem is that he is the area that Augustus can really control, that is, the divided Eastern Rome, The Western Rome of Europa is under the autonomy of each family.
In the re confrontation between Rome and Persian sassanne, in fact, the eastern part of Rome is against the complete Persian sassanne. Even this can press Persian sassanne on the ground for a long time. The reason is that the Arabs and kusana remnants under Persian sassanne's rule will erupt great rebellion from time to time, and the nomads in the Northeast will often invade.
"The Han Empire knew that we were at war with Rome. Why did it make us stop and wait for the Romans?" Aldasher felt that he was not respected and said angrily, "we have shown enough sincerity!"
Aldasher was not only angry with the Persians, but also found yuan Qiao to express his dissatisfaction.
"It is my greatest sincerity to receive you personally." Yuan Qiao expressed his dissatisfaction with aldasher in an inexplicable mood: "I'm the Chamberlain of a big man. I'm only a general to receive Rome and other countries."
Aldasher didn't understand the official position of the Han state at all. He felt much better when he heard that Yuan Qiao, who received himself, was higher than the official position of the Han state in Rome.
"The believer is a friend of the Romans, and you have entered a state of war with the believer..." Bahram said in a confused tone, "the enemy's friend is also the enemy, and the enemy of the enemy is the friend, isn't it?"
Yuan Qiao smiled immediately after hearing the translation. Persian sassanne and jidoro are also enemies. It's just that Persian sassanne pulled jidoro before he came. Is it an enemy or a friend between countries.
Aldasher said, "we have a long-standing friendship with the Han Empire and will be natural allies in need. You don't need to receive the Romans. You should expel them from China."
Yuan Qiao's face turned black immediately and said very unhappily, "the big man doesn't need anyone to teach him what to do."
Aldasher wanted to continue what he said, standing on one side of ergutai Bahram hurriedly pulled to stop it regardless of the influence, but yuan Qiao brushed away.