The short video shows the ancient times, and the emperors cried with envy!

Chapter 450: Is the Great Wall of China really useful? Is it the Maginot Line as foreigners call it?

Compared to the excitement in the Qin Dynasty, there was a strong sense of disbelief in the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty.

"This...this Great Qin is so powerful? The First Emperor is indeed a great man!"

Looking at the hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers on the sky, who were as united as one, Li Shimin sighed and felt a sense of frustration in his heart.

Although his idol in life was Emperor Wen of Han, he still had a special respect for the First Dragon who unified China and created the world.

Looking at Chen Daoming's Ying Zheng in the video, Li Shimin weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and it seemed... he was a little at a disadvantage.

Although I know deep down that it is an act, what if it is real?

However, the most entangled person was not him, but a certain founding rogue of the Han Empire.

"Bullshit! If all Qin soldiers were like this, Nai Gong would have died when he went up Mount Mangdang. But this guy's portrayal of Ying Zheng does have some heroic spirit."

Liu Bang picked up a wooden stick and picked his teeth while speaking.

"You're right. These younger generations are also ignorant. They only know how to play the tyrant Ying Zheng, but don't know how to take some pictures for you."

The old brother Fan Kuai below started to speak along with what Liu Bang said, but was given a cold look by him.

"Slap me? Slap me for what? Asking you for pig offal at the age of 40? Or getting chased and spanked by a village father when you were young?"

Liu Bang spread his hands, pointed to a group of old brothers from Pei County in front of him and said earnestly:

"We brothers, even if we take a photo, no one will watch it, so it has to be Mr. Zifang..."

There was a little ripple in various time and space because of Chen Daoming's Ying Zheng, but the inventory continued, and a not-so-outstanding face appeared on the sky.

I'm used to seeing Chen Daoming's face, so when I see this one, I feel a little disappointed.

[“Dan, why do you want to kill me?”]

[“Because you disregarded the world and destroyed the six kingdoms for your own selfish desires!” Prince Dan’s eyes were about to burst as he looked at Ying Zheng in front of him. ]

[“It is also because you are lucky to be born in a powerful Qin. Otherwise, I will kill you!”]

"Yan Dan?"

Ying Zheng in front of the screen was disappointed. He never expected that the plot would be like this.

When he was a child, he was indeed a hostage in Handan with Prince Dan. In the end, Prince Dan sent Jing Ke, but he did not hold back. Let's see how this man performs.

[“Heh, how is my life?”]

[Ying Zheng, played by Fu Dalong, smiled slightly, and the moustache at the corners of his mouth seemed to carry a strong sense of sadness. ]

[“I lost my father when I was young. I was lucky enough to return home after surviving a disaster. I thought my father loved my mother, but I didn’t expect my father to die early! My mother wanted a lover, not me!

My own brother wants to kill me! Even the person next to me is afraid of me. This is my fate!"

【At the end of the story, a few tears welled up in Ying Zheng's eyes. 】

"Even the closest relatives in the world can harm each other. I can empathize with the First Emperor throughout his life. It is really sad."

In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di sighed. Although he was friendly and respectful to his brothers when he was young, his eldest nephew also wanted him dead.

How many emperors can have harmonious families? In the end, they will all end up killing each other.

A certain Emperor Li II of the Tang Dynasty did not express his opinion, because Ying Zheng's experience was not similar to his, but it could be said that they shared the same suffering.

But he had a mother who loved him and a wife who supported him. Thinking of this, Li Shimin held Empress Changsun's hand tightly beside him.

"Mother, and Chang'an Jun Chengjiao, what familiar names."

If Chen Daoming's Ying Zheng showed off his majesty and dominance, Li Xuejian's played his ruthlessness and tactics.

Then the Fu Dalong in front of him revealed the only remaining softness in his heart.

How could a person not have something he cares about in his life? He just lost everything, so he seems to be heartless.

"This person must have studied my life thoroughly. He can be said to be a close friend."

I feel the same way, that's all.

The many ministers in the audience also had complicated expressions as they looked at Ying Zheng above them. They had long been accustomed to the almighty and mysterious emperor.

Now that I think about it, the other party was just an ordinary person who accompanied Daqin and walked towards the unknown with them.

"Your Majesty, this is really not easy."

Li Si recalled the scene when he first met Ying Zheng when he was young. At that time, he was still a guest under Lu Buwei, and he saw the young Majesty through a curtain.

At that time, we were in the prime of our youth and full of scholarly spirit!
Now that I think about it, I have gray hair and am getting old.

Fu Dalong on the screen evoked everyone's memories with just a few words.

Sincere emotions will not deceive, let alone lie.

Watching Prince Dan in the video speechless and having to lower his head, Ying Zheng outside the screen breathed a sigh of relief. He had long wanted to meet Yan Dan in person and enumerate his crimes, but he did not expect to see it from the outside sky curtain.

[“I am the crane of the Great Qin! What kind of crane are you? You are made of the blood-drinking Qin sword of my Great Qin warriors!”]

[Ying Zheng climbed up the stairs, and the bronze crane beside him flashed a dazzling light, as if responding to his words.]

"The Millennium Crane is worthy of being the First Emperor! This person's interpretation is quite flavorful!"

Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and looked at the picture on the sky with admiration.

And in the Spring and Autumn Period, Luoyang Library.

Lao Dan raised his head and gazed towards the sky, hearing every word spoken in the sky.

"Qin He, this is interesting! Very interesting! There is a sign of purple air coming from the west. It's time for me to make some moves."

So Laozi bid farewell to Luoyang, rode the green ox upside down, and headed towards Hangu Pass.

In the Song Dynasty, Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen looked up at the sky, then looked at the two prime ministers, and couldn't help but ask:

"My fellow scholars, the official school has always believed that the First Emperor was a tyrant. Should we change our mind now?"

Wen Yanbo, who watched the entire video, nodded and said, "It's time to change. The First Emperor's merits outweigh his faults. In the past, Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty kept criticizing him in order to avoid suspicion. Now it's time to set things right."

"Yes, I agree with the Minister of Literature!"

Bao Zheng, the charcoal-haired Grand Secretary of Longtu Pavilion, spoke directly.

"Okay! Let's do it then!"

Zhao Zhen also seemed quite happy. He was an emperor with academic pursuits! He was happy to be able to overturn the verdict of the First Emperor!

Ying Zheng didn't know that a video review would trigger a trend of overturning his own verdict in many places and times in later generations.

After the inventory was over, a divine light descended from the sky and went straight into the center of his eyebrows. It turned out to be a question.

【Please select the actor you are most satisfied with. 】

Is this to let him choose the best one himself? Ying Zheng stroked his beard, laughed dumbly, looked at the sky, then shook his head and said lightly:

"The three things I just mentioned, the charm, bearing, and demeanor, are what make me who I am!
However, between heaven and earth, everything has its owner. As long as the descendants can remember, let him do whatever he wants! Hahaha! What's the point of worrying about these things? It's better to just stop! "

After saying this, he waved his sleeves, the sky shook, and the video ended abruptly without leaving a trace.

"Your Majesty is so courageous! Hahaha!"

Li Si and Wei Liao saw it clearly and bowed to Ying Zheng above them.

"I just don't know what to choose. I just said those words to encourage you all - hahaha!"

After saying this, Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back and returned to his bedroom.

All the civil and military officials in the court were left with their jaws dropped. Wang Jian even jumped up and asked in disbelief:

"Just now, Your Majesty was...joking with us?"

Not to mention how great a psychological impact Ying Zheng's changes had on the civil and military officials below, the inventory on the sky curtain had already ended.

Although everyone was still savoring the excellent performances of those "Ying Zhengs" just now, they still sat upright, waiting for the next video to appear.

The audience didn't have to wait too long before a bell rang out, resounding through heaven and earth.

What followed was a voice-over that lacked any human emotion:

[The Great Wall, as a military project that lasted for thousands of years in ancient China, has been considered by some scholars in recent years to be the Maginot Line of the East, which is good-looking but not practical.]

[They believed that the Great Wall in the north could not effectively resist the invasion of the grassland peoples, but was a waste of money and manpower, and was a complete representation of the dynasties' limitation to the Central Plains.]

[So, today we are going to discuss a question, that is, does the Great Wall have any effect? ​​]

The introductory voice-over has just ended, and knowledgeable people from all time and space have begun to speak.

The Yongle Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty stared with wide eyes and said unhappily:

"What bullshit is that? If the Great Wall were gone, we would be able to see those Northern Yuan Tartars wandering around outside the capital every day when we wake up."

However, Zhu Gaoxu had some doubts and scratched his head, saying, "Dad, I think it's okay if we don't repair the broken Great Wall. If we save the money and give it to the Three Thousand Battalions, we can have conquered the Mongolian court long ago."

There were many people who had the same idea as him. Cheng Yaojin's eyes lit up and he bowed to Li Shimin above him and said:
"Your Majesty, I also think that the Great Wall is useless. We have fought many battles over the years, whether it was against the Xueyantuo who claimed to be the reincarnation of Xiang Yu or Liu Heita.

It was the brothers who pushed it out with their flesh and blood, so the Great Wall built by the previous dynasty is of no use.”

But before he could continue his explanation, he was interrupted by Yuchi Jingde beside him:

"Hey! Brother Zhijie, if you say so, then I have to say something nice to you!"

Although Yuchi Gong was Li Shimin's minister in the palace, his participation in the court was not high and he remained silent most of the time. But now he took the initiative to speak, which attracted everyone's attention.

"Jingde, then you tell me."

To be honest, Li Shimin is now hesitating whether to follow the example of the previous dynasty and maintain the Great Wall defense system in the north.

The Turks and Khitans have become his subjects, and Goguryeo is also struggling to survive. Without the external environmental threats like the previous dynasty, is it necessary to maintain the Great Wall?

Yuchi Gong was from Shuozhou, which was close to the north. During the Sui Dynasty, he was the local garrison commander. Naturally, he was well aware of the effectiveness of the Great Wall.

"Your Majesty! I think that although there is no danger in the north of our Tang Dynasty now, who can bet on what will happen in a few hundred years?"

As soon as Yuchi Gong finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin, feeling humiliated, said unconvincedly:
"Every generation has its own talents. How do you know that future generations will not be able to defeat those barbarians?"

"Let's not talk about whether we can win or not. I just want to ask you one thing. If the city has no walls and only has garrisons, what will happen?"

Yuchi Gong's question made the whole audience silent. He wanted to take the opportunity to explain, but the next moment, a convincing analysis came from the sky:
【The person who raised this question essentially raised objections to these three issues. 】

[First, the Great Wall stretches for thousands of miles, and it can't stop the attack of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of nomadic troops, which always triggers border defense training.]

[Secondly, the Great Wall is not very useful in defending against foreign enemies, but may limit the pace of external expansion of the Central Plains dynasty.]

【The third is the suffering of the people who built the Great Wall. The tyrannical Qin and cruel Sui dynasties both built the Great Wall on a large scale, but the result was the tragic fate of the second emperor’s death.】

When these three questions came out, Ying Zheng and Yang Guang in front of the screen immediately turned pale.

Ying Zheng is okay. After all, I saw in the previous video how his descendants admired him, and I can comfort myself that the sayings about the tyrannical Qin Dynasty are all due to the ignorance and misleading of later generations.

But on the other side, Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was really defeated. He always prided himself on being wise and brave, looked down on the kings of previous dynasties, and even wanted to achieve eternal achievements and be on par with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

Now people are saying that he is Ku Sui. Isn't this just pointing at his nose and scolding him?

"Investigate! Go and investigate! See who among the people is spreading these rumors. Also, I remember whether the Great Wall in the north is still under construction?"

Yang Guang turned his head and looked at Pei Ji and Yu Wenzhi below. The two ministers were instantly sweating profusely, wondering what this ancestor was going to do next.

"Your Majesty, the city wall in Liaodong is still under construction, and the cavalry of Goguryeo has been harassing the Banghai Road all year round..."

Pei Ji started to speak tremblingly, but was interrupted by Yang Guang halfway through:

"Alright! Stop repairing it. Didn't you hear what was said in the sky? I don't know what those lowly people on the Great Wall are talking about me in private!"

"Not repairing it anymore?" Facing Yang Guang who was always thinking of something, Pei Ji looked bitter, "But the Goguryeo people will not give up!"

"Goguryeo?" Yang Guang scratched his head in annoyance, then his eyes lit up and he said, "Since they can come, my Great Sui Heavenly Soldiers can also go! I want to attack instead of defend! Conquer Goguryeo!"

"what?!"

The ministers in the hall could not help but look at Yang Guang and exclaimed in surprise.

The wheel of history continued to roll forward, and Yang Guang continued to dream of becoming the "Saint Khan".

On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking seriously about the question in the video, and asked Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang next to him:

"Gentlemen, do you think it is necessary for the Ming Dynasty to build the Great Wall? I think that if our descendants can treat the garrisons well, the Great Wall will be unnecessary."

Hearing the emperor's intention, Hu Weiyong, who was always good at understanding the emperor's intentions, quickly expressed his opinion:

"Your Majesty is right. When the Northern Yuan Tartars ruled the Central Plains, they built countless horse paths on the land of China.

If there is a war, along these post stations and horse roads, the Yingtianfu Beijing Camp can go north to the border of Shuntianfu in half a month, so I don’t think it’s necessary! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was delighted by Hu Weiyong's words. After all, building the Great Wall was indeed a costly and labor-intensive undertaking, and the three problems on the sky curtain were indeed true.

"Okay! We didn't intend to build such a thing in the first place. At most, we can tidy up the border wall and pass next to Shuntian. Our guard post system can protect the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years!"

Zhu Yuanzhang agreed and nodded confidently. It was this foresight that enabled him to rise from a mere cowherd to become the Hongwu Emperor!
Just as various forces were considering whether to continue building the Great Wall within their own territories, the voice-over on the sky curtain began to ask and answer itself.

[All of these questions are correct. The Great Wall does have some shortcomings. It can even be said that it is a spectacular project that was a waste of money and labor.]

[However, if you say that the Great Wall had little military effect, you are lying with open eyes.]

[First, the first problem is that the Great Wall could not stop the nomadic people from moving southward.

Indeed, it cannot be stopped, but have you ever thought about why the nomadic peoples would move south in large numbers? 】

(End of this chapter)