God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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One family is enough to represent an empire, and it can also highlight the deep-rootedness of the Claudius family.

In the Roman Empire, the existence of the Claudius family, to a certain extent, stabilized the foundation of the Roman Empire. They prospered and suffered together.

When the Claudius family declines, the sacred glory of the Roman Empire will no longer exist.

Ganasis was very clear about this, but he didn't care too much about it, because some things exist just to make others alert.

The existence of the Claudius family is also a trust, a trust of the Roman Empire.

However, there are still some differences in the current situation. At least at this time Severus has not yet been named Claudius. He is considered an emperor outside the Claudius family and the first citizen of Rome.

Ganasis also informed and reported his actions in advance to prevent certain people from taking advantage of this behavior to plot against him.

After successfully entering Rome, the subsequent discussions and debates, as well as the corresponding distribution of interests, profit ratios, etc., were all decided in a very short period of time and the main tone of each party was set.

Small meetings are held for big matters, and big meetings are held for small matters. Even the democratic Senate of the Roman Empire was almost the same.

Once certain things are decided, the so-called conference is essentially a face-saving project and a mere formality.

However, the existence of this scene can better demonstrate the imperial glory and national glory of Rome, and become the brightest beacon on the entire European continent.

Faced with the attraction of this beacon of civilization, the three barbarians in Europe were completely unable to develop the confidence and self-strengthening power in terms of culture and economy.

Subsequently, in this constant tug of war, the country would lose the support of its main structural cultural beliefs and completely succumb to Rome's cultural output.

Of course, it will take time to digest and absorb what happened above.

The strength of a country never comes without reason, and the same is true for the Roman Empire.

The unique civil law and international law created different legal systems and constructed a rather unstable pyramid, which squeezed the interests of the barbarians while fattening the citizen class, thus enjoying enjoyment comparable to that of the nobility.

This method has a very obvious pitfall, but under the suppression of generations of wise Roman emperors, it has not completely erupted and the life of the Roman Empire is still continuing.

"So, when the welfare system of the Roman Empire can no longer pay all citizens the corresponding citizen status and citizen wealth, then collapse is not far away. In order to maintain this structure, it must have sufficient military force and still have centripetal rate for other barbarians..." Lu Jun used the command stick in his hand to indicate the information on the table and explained the characteristics of the Roman Empire to Xu Shu and Sima Yi. "According to this theory, if the Roman Empire wants to maintain the privileged class of citizens, it must continue to squeeze the barbarians to ensure the privileges. In order to ensure sufficient suppression, there must be more citizens, but every citizen needs a large number of barbarians to support..." Looking at the results he calculated, Sima Yi was completely silent.

"The Roman Empire's system is poisonous, isn't it? Why hasn't it collapsed yet? Is the enemy so strong?" After listening to this inference, Xu Shu knew that it was completely hopeless. This thing, which can be said to be the underlying logical structure of society, can actually get stuck in a vicious circle. What's the idea?
No matter how you look at it, this logical structure cannot be solved by common sense. In other words, as long as citizens' rights and class treatment are generated by the exploitation and degradation of barbarians, then this cycle is doomed to be unbreakable.

But if such behavior does not lead to visible and clear class gaps, then what is the point of the efforts of those at the bottom who work hard and strive for citizenship?

And how could those who have become citizens give up their rights?

The people in the ruling class are unwilling to give up, and those who are working hard to improve themselves do not want this situation to happen, so they can only push this dead carriage away into the distance. As for when the carriage will break, no one knows.

Sima Yi rubbed his forehead and recalled what he had learned, but in the end he was unable to find any possible solution.

Of course, there are still many short-term measures, but there is no such thing as a permanent solution that will not harm the country's foundation.

"They have been exploited too deeply and it is difficult to extricate themselves. Once they abandon this system, the collapse of the country will be imminent. I believe Zhongda should understand this point very well..." Lu Jun turned his head to look at Sima Yi and said with a chuckle.

Sima Yi nodded on the spot when faced with such words, and then he said, "In the past, the First Emperor established the country with military merits, but he was ultimately unable to implement the corresponding benefit distribution plan, which caused the country to lose a lot of credibility. After the First Emperor passed away, various places rose up in rebellion, but the Qin army in various places no longer had the power of tigers and wolves, and the soldiers of the six countries were afraid of the courage. When the First Emperor was there, the world was stable, but after the powerful First Emperor left, there was nothing left..."

Although we know that the First Emperor wanted to do more useful things during his life span, it is undeniable that this behavior overdrew the foundation of the Qin State to a large extent.

In other words, what Qin Shihuang lacked was probably not a Legalist talent like Li Si, but a master of governance like Chen Xi.

Perhaps exchanging the two can better realize the difference.

"So credibility is something very important, whether it is for a country or for an individual. A man cannot stand without credibility..." Xu Shu said seriously.

In this regard, Xu Shu, who has lived a wandering life for a long time, can better appreciate the profound meaning of it.

“But at this rate, there are ways to bleed the Roman Empire…” Sima Yi looked at the sketch on the table, the hundreds of scattered tribal population names that gave people a headache just by looking at them, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.

Sima Yi, who saw this map at the same time, immediately understood that there were masters in the Roman Empire who had curbed certain possibilities in advance.

The numerous barbarians were divided into hundreds of tribes according to their locations, and given different tribal names. Through this invisible way, one tribe after another was distinguished, which reduced the management cost while curbing the power that a single tribe could gather... (End of this chapter)