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Chapter 470 Roman Orthodoxy?

Only then did Wan'er notice that the princess was holding a thick new-style book in her hand.

The so-called new-style books are books printed and typeset by Longyou booksellers.

This kind of book glues all the pages together through the spine. The font of the book is often very small, and a book can print 10,000+ words.

At the beginning, this kind of book was criticized by scholars, but soon scholars found it really delicious.

You don't need to bring a box of books with you when you go out, one book is enough to read for a long time.

Longyou even considerately released books such as the collection of Four Books and Five Classics, the Analects of Confucius and Spring and Autumn Annals, allowing you to read Confucian classics with just one book in hand.

But what Princess Yanguang is holding in her hand is a book that Wan'er has never seen before.

On the cover of the kraft paper, only the title of the book is printed, and the seal of "Books in the Wangfu Collection, not for lending" is written on it.

Wan'er looked at the title curiously, "Civil War Chronicles", what kind of book is this?

Although Wan'er was told by the princess that she was uneducated, in fact, the maids who could serve the princess had read some books.

But Wan'er had never heard of such a classic.

Princess Yanguang watched seriously, and Wan'er didn't want to disturb her, so she just added gold silk charcoal to the charcoal stove in the carriage.

While adding charcoal, Wan'er couldn't help feeling that the things from Longyou were really good.

The charcoal burns evenly and slenderly, and some aromatic wood is fused inside, giving off a faint aroma when it burns.

And this golden silk charcoal burns without any soot.

The charcoal stove of this carriage is also quite ingeniously designed. A copper chimney extends to the top of the carriage. In the words of Shangbo, this way the "smoke poison" can be discharged out of the carriage, so that there will be no accidents of soot poisoning.

And the burned coal ash will fall into the ash box under the car. All Wan'er has to do is add charcoal to the stove.

Princess Yanguang read the book carefully for a while, only to feel that Mrs. Tang in her arms was a little cold.

Wan'er immediately untied Tang Pozi's wool cover, and put Tang Pozi on the stove to heat up.

Seeing the princess rubbing her eyes, Wan'er said distressedly: "Your Highness, studying is a man's business, and you don't want to test for fame, so don't spoil your eyes!"

Princess Yanguang smiled and said: "It's not a problem, but the embassy of the Shang Dynasty did say that reading in the car will waste your eyes, and I won't read it at night in the future."

Wan'er carefully took out a sandalwood bookmark, and stuck it where the princess had just found it.

"This book was borrowed from the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, but it must be kept well. I will return it when I arrive in Chang'an." Princess Yanguang reminded.

Wan'er pursed her lips and said, "Isn't it just a book? It's generous to keep it in the backyard. If the princess likes it, she can keep it."

Princess Yanguang shook her head and said: "If it is an ordinary treasure, it will definitely be given away if it is left in the backyard, but this is a rare book, and there are not many copies in the whole of Longyou. The younger brother of the prince will cause trouble after he wants to stay in business."

"His Royal Highness King Jianning wouldn't be so stingy."

Princess Yanguang smiled and said: "If you borrow something, you can pay it back. It's not difficult to borrow again."

Now Wan'er smiled, it turned out that this was what the princess meant by borrowing and returning books.

Princess Yanguang saw the thoughtfulness in the maid's eyes, and she knew that Wan'er had misunderstood, so she quickly said, "It's not what you think."

Wan'er showed an expression of "I understand", Princess Yanguang had no choice but to change the subject and said: "This is a book written by the great emperor himself."

"Emperor?" Wan'er was even more puzzled.

"It's not the emperor of our Central Plains, but a book written by Caesar, an imperial emperor named Great Qin in the far west."

"Great Qin, isn't it the Great Qin of the First Emperor?"

Princess Yanguang said: "Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty was sent to the Western Regions. He once heard from the envoys of the Western Regions that there was an empire as powerful as the Han Dynasty in the far west. It was called 'Great Qin' in the history books at that time."

"The author of this book is the process of the struggle between Daqin's consul Caesar and the Senate."

"However, Great Qin calls itself Rome. In this book, it refers to itself as Rome. I also use the word Rome to refer to Great Qin."

Wan'er was at a loss, but Princess Yanguang became interested in talking, she said:

"The consul in Rome is equivalent to our emperor. The senate is something we Han people don't have. It is a place where all nobles, ministers and ministers discuss state affairs."

Wan'er didn't understand why the princess was interested in a book written by an emperor in a distant capital, but she still pretended to be interested.

Princess Yanguang continued: "When Caesar is in power, it will be almost the time when the emperor is in power. Rome is already suffering from internal and external troubles."

"Rome's problems are exactly the same as our Tang's problems!"

Wan'er looked at Princess Yanguang suspiciously.

I only heard Princess Yanguang say: "At the beginning of the founding of Rome, it was the same as the beginning of the founding of our Tang Dynasty. Citizens were the soldiers. Citizens who joined the army could be granted land, and foreign expansion could get spoils of war."

"But when Caesar was in power, the territory of Rome was too large, and the citizen soldiers were no longer enough. At this time, in order to expand the army, the emperors before Caesar reformed from government soldiers to recruit soldiers."

"However, the rewards for recruiting soldiers come from the commanders of the corps, and the commanders of these border corps have the same independent power of conscription and appointment of officials as An Lushan. Don't do what's happening now."

Wan'er was horrified that they could be so similar?

Princess Yanguang touched the book and said, "I want to know how this brilliant Roman consul will solve these problems."

Wan'er was dizzy when she heard it, but she also knew that Princess Yanguang was talking about something very important.

Naturally, she couldn't answer Princess Yanguang's question. How could she, a court lady, understand what the government soldiers were recruiting.

Wan'er could only ask, "How did the princess think of borrowing this book?"

Princess Yanguang blushed and said: "That time, the envoy who stayed in the business drank some wine in the mansion and said, 'Rome is orthodox in the Tang Dynasty'. I asked him about Rome, and he borrowed it from the backyard. Show me this book."

"I didn't expect that Rome is really similar to Datang, and even the problems encountered are exactly the same."

Wan'er got a headache when she heard it, but fortunately the carriage stopped at this time, and the captain of the guard came to report in person.

"Your Highness, go to the village ahead, let's camp here and rest."

Princess Yanguang winked, and Wan'er asked:

"What did King Qi say?"

The captain of the guard army immediately said: "The last general has not asked the king of Qi, but first asked His Royal Highness the princess."

Wan'er immediately said: "Nonsense! Why don't you hurry up and ask His Highness!"

The lieutenant of the guard came to his senses and ran to ask King Qi, sweating profusely.

Among the horse-drawn carriages traveling together, King Qi's team is the largest.

This king of Qi was a bit older than Li Yan, but he was only in his 20s. King Qi looked very much like his biological mother, with a feminine and handsome look.

As an unfavored prince, King Qi's life has not been very good.

The father himself was trembling before he ascended the throne, and King Qi was the unfavored son of Li Heng. One can imagine the life of King Qi when he was young.

After Lingwu ascended the throne, Li Heng bestowed rewards on the princes, and then named Li Xi the king of Nanyang, and asked him to go to Nanyang to organize iron affairs.

At this time, Li Xi was still an unfavored son, and he didn't have any sense of presence in the court.

It wasn't until Li Xi returned to Fengxiang Mansion and was accepted as the heir by Empress Zhang that his status changed drastically.

First of all, it was the first king who was bestowed on a great country, from King Nanyang to King Qi.

You must know that the East Palace is now the King of Guangping. The word "wangjue" has a deep meaning, and the recent series of stupid tricks of the East Palace have made many ministers in the court think that the emperor has the idea of ​​​​changing the crown prince.

Many speculators in the court began to fall for King Qi, and this King Qi did not refuse anyone who came, and quickly gathered a force.

When the captain of the guard came to tell King Qi whether to set up camp, King Qi was drinking with his cronies.

"Then let's stay in the village and ask the head of the village to bring some wine and meat to the lonely king. Today the lonely king wants to drink to his heart's content!"

The captain of the guard army originally wanted to say that this was just a small village, and there might not be much meat in the village, but seeing King Qi like this, the captain of the guard army had no choice but to retreat.

The guard captain then went to report to Princess Yanguang. Seeing the captain's bitter face, Princess Yanguang asked, "Why is the captain so frowning?"

Then the captain of the guard said: "Princess Qi, the general will ask King Qi for instructions. King Qi asked the general to go to the village to find some wine and meat. This village is small and dilapidated, so I'm afraid we won't be able to find any wine or meat."

Princess Yanguang smiled slightly and said: "So that's the matter, you just take some wine and meat from my car and go there, don't disturb the people."

The lieutenant of the guard blushed and said, "How can I bother Her Royal Highness!"

Princess Yanguang said: "The people in Guanzhong are suffering enough because of the continuous wars. My father asked the princes, nobles, relatives and ministers to return to Chang'an so as not to disturb the people. Why do the people come here? I have a lot of wine and meat in the car. You can take some." .”

The guard captain knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness is benevolent!"

Taking some meat and wine from Princess Yanguang's convoy, the captain of the guard army hurriedly gave them to King Qi.

Just as the captain of the guard was delivering things to King Qi's convoy, he heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and several scantily clad orchids were dancing in front of the bonfire.

The young prince didn't pay any attention to the little lieutenant of the military guard at all, he just asked him to put down the wine and meat, and sent him to quickly arrange soldiers on duty.

After running around all night without even a good word, the captain of the guard army returned to the camp in a rage.

But he didn't expect to meet Shang Bo, the embassy in the backyard of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, who was standing at the gate of the camp with a pile of food.

Shang Bo said to the captain of the guarding army: "The captain has worked hard, this is the labor supplies from the backyard of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, the captain will share a point with the brothers, and we have to rely on the captain to protect us all the way. "

(End of this chapter)