At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 572: Han-Tuo Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Military Affairs
Compared with the Roman military aristocracy, the princes of the Seleucid Empire debated whether the Han Dynasty should be a republic or an empire.

Greek scholars prefer to have a comprehensive understanding of the political, military, and cultural systems of the Han Dynasty. Especially when they learned about the monthly reporting system of the Han Dynasty, they discovered that there were hundreds of newspapers and periodicals in the Han Dynasty. These newspapers and periodicals could publish not only the customs and culture of the Han Dynasty, but also the government affairs, academic journals, and even the punishments for corrupt officials, allowing all citizens of the Han Dynasty to supervise.

This system, which is more inclined towards scholars supervising officials, is more popular among Greek scholars, who believe that this system is exactly what Mediterranean countries lack.

They believed that the Greek city-states and the countries in the Mesopotamian region lacked the emphasis on knowledge and scholars, and therefore their development was not as good as that of the Han Dynasty.

The good thing about the civilization during this period was that they were in the first wave of prosperity and were not burdened by any historical corruption. The scholars and politicians of this era came from the aristocracy. They were curious and pragmatic, and did not think there was anything wrong with learning from the strong. Especially when they discovered that the Han Dynasty was dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than their own country, they hoped to bring the Han Dynasty's culture and political and military systems back to their own countries, so that their own countries could become as rich and powerful as the Han Dynasty.

The officials of Dianke took them to visit various factories, parks and libraries of Dahan, and to visit agricultural cooperatives in the countryside to let them understand the strength of Dahan.

This group of envoys and scholars quickly learned how to use the Han Dynasty's writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones. They then recorded what they saw in the Han Dynasty and prepared to bring them back to their country.

They praised the Han uprising with enthusiasm, believing that its progress was unprecedented and that the Han emperor had established a country that belonged to all citizens.

In this country, the land belongs to all the people. The monarch divides the land belonging to all the people into 100-acre portions and gives them to the farmers. He also sets an extremely low tax rate. Farmers only need to pay 1/10 of their income in tax each year, and they have fulfilled their obligations to the empire.

The scholars of the Han Dynasty were simple and pragmatic. They held themselves to extremely high moral standards and used their skills to serve farmers, helping them increase their income. In the Han Empire, ordinary people could wear silk at will, while these noble scholars wore the next-grade cotton and linen clothes. What noble character they had.

Moreover, under the leadership of the Han Dynasty's agricultural scholars, a farmer in the Han Dynasty could harvest 3 to 5 Roman pounds of gold every year. The income of ordinary nobles was not as high as that of Han Dynasty farmers, so these scholars believed that the Han Dynasty was a country with universal aristocracy.

Moreover, the Han Dynasty also treated its people with the standards of aristocrats. In the Han Dynasty, every child had to receive six years of compulsory education at the age of six, with teachers sent by the government to teach them to recognize characters and learn simple mathematical knowledge.

The best of these children will enter middle school to learn more advanced knowledge of geometry and algebra, military knowledge, natural science knowledge, and simple political knowledge. The emperor of the Han Dynasty was the philosopher king of this era. He truly educated every citizen of the Han Dynasty as a ruler. This may be the main reason why the Han Dynasty was so prosperous. There were no slaves in this country, and everyone was the master of this country.

The compulsory education in the Han Dynasty had already left these Greek scholars and scholars from the Mesopotamian region dumbfounded. When they found that these students were still studying political economy in the Han Dynasty's middle schools, they could not believe it.

In this era when knowledge is extremely expensive, to become a scholar, one must at least be a wealthy bourgeoisie. Political economy is the art of slaying dragons in this era. Only members of the royal family are qualified to learn it. Of course, they only learn from the experience accumulated by those monarchs and can only experience and summarize it by themselves. However, the current emperor of the Han Dynasty has copied thousands of copies of this confidential knowledge and taught it to ordinary people in the Han Dynasty. The shock this brought is imaginable. The education received by the princes of their country may not be comparable to that of middle school students in the Han Dynasty.

Then when they learned that the unemployment benefit system and the pension system had a more powerful impact than the Han Dynasty's muskets and artillery, it was like the post-60s generation encountered the opportunity to open the country's doors and discovered that people outside had incomes dozens or hundreds of times higher than theirs, every family lived in a building, and everyone had a car. Such an impact directly shattered their three views and broke their knees.

The same was true of this group of scholars in the Mesopotamian region of Greece. They simply called the Han Dynasty the Heaven on Earth. If their country wanted to become rich and strong, they only needed to copy the political system of the Han Dynasty.

However, the prince of the Seleucid Empire understood that the most important thing for their country now was the Han Dynasty's artillery and muskets to enhance their country's military strength in order to deal with the Huns.

Appatius, the Roman envoy who thought further, felt that in addition to purchasing Han Dynasty's arms, Rome should also introduce Han Dynasty's steel mills, arsenals and even textile mills.

In addition to being a military empire, Rome was also a commercial empire. However, in recent years, the Huns' textile industry had almost defeated all countries along the Mediterranean coast in the Mesopotamian Valley. The massive loss of wealth was also a matter of concern to the Roman nobles. When he saw these cloths woven like waterfalls, he finally understood why the Huns' cloth could easily defeat their textile industry.

So soon the Dianke Mansion received letters from these envoys expressing military support, political support, industrial support, etc. Some of the conditions they proposed could be agreed to by the Dianke officials, but most of them were not under their jurisdiction.

So all of this was finally fed back to Xu Fan.

This made Xu Fan realize that the Han Dynasty's external exchanges began to become frequent, and the Dianke Mansion could no longer meet the Han Dynasty's diplomatic needs. At least, it was difficult to pay attention to the specific developments of Daqinzhou and the integration of the two rivers in the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty needs to establish a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic missions, and a consulate general in each country in Daqinzhou to monitor Daqinzhou's military movements at all times. It needs to release certain rights, even military rights, to allow them to make independent decisions to launch military suppression against a powerful Mediterranean country.

Of course, there is another way, which is for the Han Dynasty to establish a wired telegraph network to replace the current optical telegraph network, which can achieve instant communication. Anything happening in Daqinzhou can be quickly transmitted to the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty can also issue orders immediately.

But this is another new technology tree task. The generator is easy to solve. Xu Fan has not forgotten all his knowledge of electromagnetic induction, but how does the wired telegraph work? Xu Fan doesn't know much.

He only remembered the physics knowledge he learned in high school. It seemed that if two copper plates were placed in a glass tube, they would repel each other. This was a simple diode, but how could such a simple diode release a signal? How could it be turned into a telegraph? Sorry, Xu Fan had no knowledge of this aspect, or he had forgotten it all.

His knowledge of electricity was limited to resistance, voltage, and current, which was remarkable. After learning about dry cell battery technology, he first looked for two-level materials, the positive and negative electrodes, one was graphite and the other was zinc. As for which of the two materials was the cathode and which was the anode, he had forgotten. But it didn't matter, he could work it out through experiments. When he was a child, he was full of exploratory spirit in science. He disassembled several No. 7 batteries before he realized that the batteries were full of graphite powder.

But these could not be accomplished in a short period of time. He could only pass the knowledge of electricity to the scholars of the Han Dynasty to study, hoping that they would develop wired telegraph as soon as possible.

However, this group of envoys has certain authority. Xu Fan sent Zhang Pijiang to negotiate with them. Other countries can provide limited support, but the Ptolemaic Dynasty must be controlled.

Xu Fan personally drafted a "Han-Tuo Friendship Military and Trade Treaty"

The contents of several treaties were roughly formulated.

First, the Han Dynasty can give Ptolemy 1 flintlock rifles for free, but in return, the Ptolemy Dynasty must give the Han Dynasty land along the Red Sea to build a military base (the area of ​​the land can be negotiated, but the minimum area must be enough to support 3 military personnel.)
Second, the Han Dynasty could sell 5 flintlock rifles and 100 cannons to the Ptolemaic Kingdom at a low price, and in order to deal with the common enemy, the Huns, the Han Dynasty would also send a corps of officers to form a new musket unit for the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

Third, the two sides formed a military alliance. Any country attacking the Ptolemaic Dynasty would be regarded as an attack on the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty would send troops to counterattack.

Fourth, the Han Dynasty and the Ptolemaic Dynasty conducted friendly trade. When the goods of the Ptolemaic Dynasty arrived in the Han Dynasty, the Han Customs collected a tax of no more than 10%. When the goods of the Han Dynasty were transported to the Ptolemaic Kingdom, the tax was also less than 10%.

Merchants from the Han Dynasty who went to Ptolemy for business enjoyed the same treatment as citizens of their own country. Merchants from Ptolemy who came to the Han Dynasty for business enjoyed the same treatment as citizens of the Han Dynasty.

After the signing of the Treaty of Friendly Military Trade, the Han Dynasty recognized the Ptolemaic royal family as the only ruler of the country. The Han Dynasty would not recognize any external attack, mutiny, or military subversion, and would provide military protection for the orthodox ruling status of the Ptolemaic royal family. After Xu Fan handed the treaty to Zhang Pijiang, Zhang Pijiang felt as if his idol had collapsed.

In his eyes, the emperor was kind, generous, fair, strict with himself, and lenient to others. But now it has completely disappeared. He can only see tyranny, arrogance, and unreasonableness in these treaties. Isn't this what the monarchs of the tyrannical Qin liked to do the most? The only difference between your majesty and the tyrannical Qin is that this treaty did not annex their land.

But Zhang Pijiang changed his mind and thought that the Han Dynasty wanted to establish a military base in the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

Okay, it’s complete. The emperor is learning from the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.

Zhang Pijiang said: "Your Majesty, this is not the way of the king."

He thought that the emperor would find a way to communicate with Ptolemy and get a piece of territory to establish Yanzhou Governor's Office. But he didn't expect that the emperor would be so domineering as to use Ptolemy as a puppet.

When he was a child, his father always told him about some things that happened in Korea. The time when Korea was most severely bullied by the tyrannical Qin Dynasty was exactly when Zhang Liang grew up. Now the Han Dynasty bullies other small countries, which makes him feel complicated, and he doesn't know how to say it.

Xu Fan saw his expression and smiled, "In my Great Han, you are the one who knows the situation in Great Qinzhou best. I also want you to become the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Qinzhou and handle the affairs of Great Qinzhou for the Great Han.

Now the known world has become larger, and the system of great unification cannot adapt to the current situation of the world. Instead, the pragmatic system of the Warring States period is more suitable for the situation of the army. The Han Dynasty is the powerful Qin, the Xiongnu is the Chu State, Rome, the Seleucid Empire, and the Ptolemy are Wei, Zhao, and Han. "

"Depending on the external environment, we must use different foreign policy strategies. In times of great contention, we must use the strategies of the Warring States period. Our ancestors of the Han Dynasty have set the best example for us. You should also read more books on vertical and horizontal alliances and learn how those strategists protect their country."

After thinking about those people like Zhang Yi who went back on their words and didn't keep their promises, Xu Fan felt that his moral standards were not that low after all, and that the Han Dynasty didn't need to use such means with its strength, so he said: "I don't want you to use deception to deal with these countries, but if these countries hinder the interests of our Han Dynasty, our Han Dynasty should act without mercy."

What the Han Dynasty needs to do is not to allow these countries to unite and fight against us. It is best to let them fight among themselves and give the Han Dynasty time to digest the New World. I estimate that it will take 100 to 200 years for the Han Dynasty to digest the New World. When the New World is completely digested by the Han Dynasty, the hegemony of the Han Dynasty will be unshakable. "

When Xu Fan was a child, he suffered a lot of humiliation and almost had to send out his calcium tablets. Now the strength of the Han people has become stronger. I won't say that you people will repay the debts of the younger generation, but if you dare to jump, the Han people will dare to fight. The concept of defensive counterattack is not suitable for the current Han people.

Zhang Pijiang said, "I understand."

In the next few days, Zhang Pijiang negotiated with the envoys of the Ptolemaic State according to the "Han-Ptolemy Friendship, Commerce and Military Treaty" proposed by the emperor. To his surprise, the envoys of the Ptolemaic State did not have much objection to the conditions stated by the emperor. The only requirement was that the military base of the Han Dynasty should not be too close to the capital of their country.

As for the other terms of friendly trade, the envoy did not think there was any problem with them. Instead, what he cared about most was the protection of the Ptolemaic royal family by the Han Dynasty. This condition was simply a pleasant surprise for them. The Mediterranean region was still in the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of the Han Dynasty. More than a decade ago, their old king was still competing with Antiochus the Great for the land along the Red Sea, but was beaten up.

The Ptolemaic Empire is now in a state of doubt, especially since the queen mother in power is the daughter of Antiochus III. The nobles in Ptolemy do not trust the queen mother and are worried that she will betray the interests of Ptolemy. Now that the powerful Han Empire guarantees their king, it is equivalent to holding the world's biggest thigh.

Prince Antiochus of the Seleucid Empire agreed to a treaty of trade and friendship, in which the Seleucid Empire could purchase firearms from the Han Dynasty, but rejected the Han Dynasty's military instructors.

Even though they were taught a lesson by the Romans, the Seleucids were still a powerful country. They felt that the only thing that made the Huns better than them was firearms. After they could purchase firearms from the Han Dynasty, the Huns might not be their opponents.

Moreover, they also gathered a large number of Parthian nobles and civilians. These people were originally from the Seleucid Empire, but they separated hundreds of years ago. Now these Parthian nobles defected to the Seleucid Empire and quickly integrated into it. With these military nobles who had mastered the temper of the enemy, they also felt that they did not need the help of the Han Dynasty. Although it is a Han Chinese saying that it is easier to invite a god than to send him away, it also applies to the Mediterranean region.

Prince Antiochus did not want to allow such a powerful Han military force to enter his territory.

Apatius, on the other hand, rejected the treaty of military alliance and friendly trade on the grounds that signing a treaty required the consent of the Roman Senate. Rome was also a commercial empire, different from the Seleucid Empire which only valued military and political treaties. He could feel that the trade treaty was unfair to Rome. The Han Dynasty's maritime merchants could go to the Red Sea, and then transfer the Han Dynasty's goods to the Mediterranean and enter Rome, but it was difficult for Roman ships to break through the Mediterranean and enter the Han Dynasty's waters.

After all, the Mediterranean is a stable sea. Their largest ships are not as good as the smallest ships of the Han Dynasty. How can they sell their goods to the Han Dynasty?
Not to mention that the black cannons on the Han ships were a silent warning that even if the Roman merchant ships really entered the Han waters, they would be devoured without a trace. Obviously, this friendly trade treaty was unilaterally beneficial to the Han.

Apatius did not care about the military friendship treaty. Now the Huns posed the greatest threat to the Seleucid Empire. Even if the Huns defeated the Seleucid Empire, they did not have a fleet to reach the Mediterranean.

Apatius only proposed to buy Han's arms, iron, silk, spices, sugar and various industrial equipment, and at the same time requested the Han court to allow Roman nobles and scholars to come to Han for study and exchange.

Rome's cultural system has always been its shortcoming, but the Romans themselves did not care about it. They liked Greek culture. In Roman aristocratic families and senatorial families, there were basically Greek teachers to teach their children.

But now the Han civilization is obviously more powerful. If Rome wants to keep up with the times, it must learn the advanced cultural system of the Han Dynasty, and it must send groups of international students and scholars to study in the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Pijiang also agreed with this point.

Then Zhang Pijiang recommended the Han Dynasty's military friendship treaty to Macedonia, Greece and other small countries, emphasizing the Han Dynasty's security system. As long as you sign a military friendship treaty with the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty will use military force to protect the continuation of your country.

This brought tears to the eyes of envoys from small countries such as Greece and Macedonia. The Han Dynasty was indeed a paradise on earth. These small countries were sandwiched between Rome and the Seleucid Empire, and they couldn't even live like dogs.

When Rome and the Seleucid Empire were competing for hegemony over the Mediterranean, they fought each other in Thrace, and a number of small Greek countries suffered heavy losses.

Just think about what the Russians and Japanese pirates did in the three northeastern provinces, Rome and the Seleucid Empire would not be much worse than the former two. They were looking forward to the Han Dynasty's righteous messenger, and they were so eager that they burst into tears.

Since they are all dogs, of course they have to be dogs of the strongest. These small countries have signed friendly military treaties with the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)