The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 123 Civilization War ([-])

ten years?

Li Shimin's expression relaxed a lot. This time may not be long or short, but he is confident that within ten years he will wipe out the powerful enemies around him and open up the road to the Western Regions.

He didn't fully believe Chen Jingke's words, but there was no need to raise these doubts in person, it was enough for someone to investigate afterwards.

There are many Hu merchants from the Western Regions in Chang'an City, and it is easy to find out about the Sasanian and Arabs.

Compared with these, he was more concerned about Chen Jingke's origin. He didn't ask directly out of tacit understanding before, but now that the topic has been changed today, he doesn't have those concerns.

"Who are you? What is your purpose?"

Chen Jingke had also made mental preparations long ago, and said after hearing the words: "Before I say this, let me tell Your Majesty the outside world first, and you will naturally understand after listening."

Li Shimin said: "Okay, tell me."

Chen Jingke said: "The more you know about the outside world, the more you understand a truth."

"How much respect you can gain from outsiders does not depend on how strong your own ability is, but how strong your civilization and country are."

"When the Tang Dynasty sends an envoy to a vassal state, their lords will pay homage respectfully. And when their prime ministers arrive in the Tang Dynasty, they may be made things difficult by the officials of the Honglu Temple."

"Why? Because the Tang Dynasty is strong enough, even one of our little officials can embarrass their country's prime minister."

Li Shimin nodded approvingly, and was very proud in his heart.

I, the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

Chen Jingke continued: "This principle is also applicable to the outside world. We only need to tell them that we are from a big Han and are Han Chinese, and they will always be looked down upon."

Li Shimin couldn't help but said: "One day Datang can do it too, and everyone who goes to the outside world will be respected because of their identity as Tang people."

Chen Jingke said affirmatively: "I have no doubt about this, and this is why I came back."

"This world is a dark forest, and every civilization that exists in the world is a hunter with a sword."

"They not only have to fight ferocious beasts, but they also have to be careful of the attacks of other hunters at all times... The winner takes all, the loser loses some, and even the traces of existence will be erased."

"There have been five hunters born in this world so far, China, Tianzhu, Babylon, Greece and Egypt."

"Babylon was destroyed 2000 years ago, and almost all traces of their language, history, culture, etc. were wiped out."

"Greece was also destroyed. Rome chose to inherit their culture, but they will not inherit their history, let alone sing and commemorate their heroes."

"Egypt was first conquered by the Romans, forcing them to Romanize and speak the Roman language, and a large number of literary works and historical documents were destroyed."

"Later, the Romans established Christianity as the state religion and forced them to convert to Christianity, which further destroyed Egyptian civilization."

"The part that is finally left is also being attacked by the Arabs, and the country will be completely lost in at least two or three years."

"The Arabs have carried out a civilization extinction plan on that land, destroying all written and historical records, and forcing the local people to believe in Islam. It will not take long for Egyptian civilization to disappear completely."

"The ancient Tianzhu civilization was destroyed as early as 800 years ago. The new dynasty rebuilt the civilization on the ruins, but there has been a gap with the previous one."

"And it has developed to the point where they are once again on the verge of collapse, and they will die again in a few years."

"No matter how powerful they were, how splendid civilization they created, no matter how wise their monarch was, or how many heroes they produced, it is useless."

"All history has been destroyed, and the glorious past has almost disappeared and cannot be traced. We can only rely on poems and stories passed down by word of mouth to find some clues."

Li Shimin was a little stunned by the shock, and subconsciously began to think:
If Chinese civilization is destroyed and our history is destroyed, who will remember us?What's the point of what I'm doing now?
"Of the five major civilizations, only China remains prosperous, and will usher in a new glory and climb to a new peak."

"But..." Chen Jingke changed the subject and said, "Who can guarantee that we can prosper forever?"

"In other words, without knowing the outside world or the civilized war, can our Chinese civilization maintain its aggressiveness forever?"

"Everywhere regards the heaven as the top country, is self-styled, and looks at the sky from a well. This kind of ideological atmosphere is very strong."

It is also difficult for Li Shimin to refute this sentence, because he himself also has such thoughts, and he has always been skeptical of Chen Jingke's words:
"You came back just to tell me about the outside world? If so, there's no need to spend so much time, right? You can tell me when we first meet."

Chen Jingke moved out the answer he had prepared a long time ago, and said: "I have two purposes for coming back. One of them is to return to the roots. I am the few remaining leaves of the Chen family. I hope to fall under the roots of my homeland."

"The second is to tell the monarch of the Central Plains about the outside world, reminding him to be more vigilant and not to follow in the footsteps of the other four civilizations."

"The reason why I didn't tell His Majesty directly is because I need to know what kind of person you are and whether you are worthy of my allegiance."

"After observing for so long, I'm finally sure that you are the hero of China and worthy of my allegiance, so I will tell you this without reservation."

It was said that Li Shimin was very proud, but he was still dissatisfied and said: "Your sincerity is not enough to return to your hometown."

Chen Jingke sighed: "It's not that our sincerity is not enough, but that we actually have nothing left except this knowledge."

"Exploring the unknown world, digging out the hidden historical truth, and dealing with all kinds of people are all doing it with one's life, and the money spent is incalculable."

"Our lineage has paid a huge price for this, and countless lives have fallen. How many people does your majesty think will be left in our lineage after all this?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, he really hadn't thought about it, but as long as he thought about it, he knew the danger.

Chen Jingke continued: "There are less than five fingers left in our lineage, and they are unable to carry out exploration work. After discussion, we decided to divide up the remaining wealth and live in seclusion."

"I was young and suffered from a chronic illness. I was taken care of by everyone and returned to my homeland in the Central Plains. At the same time, I also brought the outside world back to tell the monarchs of the Central Plains. Others scattered around and concealed their names."

"In order to prevent someone from discovering the secret and stalking us, we cut off all contact with each other, and there has been no contact since then."

"This is my origin. I will accept whatever His Majesty wants to do with me."

"If you want to know where they went, all I can say is that I don't know. Even if you don't believe me, you should believe that no one puts his life in the hands of others."

(End of this chapter)