Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

"The First Emperor?"

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "I actually don't know much about him, and I have never delved deeply into the history of Yan. My understanding of the Great Yan Empire is only in the realm of classics and history, and I probably can't give it to the Holy King. What inspiration, Your Highness?”

"It doesn't matter."

Jiang Chengdao said calmly: "I just said this, this is just a chat after dinner. Even if you get nothing, it's not a big deal. Lu Shaobao should not pay too much attention to it and just speak freely."

"in this way."

Lu Chen nodded slightly: "Then let me tell you my personal opinion. If His Royal Highness the Holy King disagrees with me, please let me know."

Jiang Chengdao waved his hand, indicating to Lu Chen not to worry about anything else.

Lu Chen cupped his hands towards him, and then organized his words. After a moment, he said, "Let's talk about the conclusion first."

"In my eyes, the First Emperor is worthy of being the first emperor of all time."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao's eyes flashed, while Jiang Chengwan's expression tightened slightly.

"Why? Everyone in the world says that the First Emperor was nepotistic, did not obey the sages, was tyrannical, ignored good advice, and burned books to trap sages. In the sages' books, he was called a tyrant of a generation. A monk who is also a sage, why do you think it is different from other people? People are completely different?”

Jiang Chengdao asked with interest.

Lu Chen packed his luggage and said quite casually:

"The conclusion that everyone agrees with may not be correct. For the following, although the First Emperor made many mistakes, no one is perfect, and there is no perfect emperor in this world. What's more, every era has its own mistakes. Limitations: The First Emperor was in the midst of unprecedented changes in thousands of years. Many things, including the imperial system and the system of prefectures and counties, were unprecedented. There was no precedent. It was like crossing a river by feeling for stones. Naturally, it was impossible to achieve perfection. Moreover, times are different, and the standards for judging things are naturally different. It would be too harsh and biased to judge the ancients by today's standards. At least, it must be analyzed based on the background of the times. "

"What's more, merit is merit and fault is fault. At any time, the two cannot be generalized. We cannot ignore its faults because of its great merits. On the contrary, we should not deny its merits because of its faults."

Seeing Lu Chen's busy figure, Jiang Chengdao narrowed his eyes inexplicably.

"Then Lu Shaobao thinks, what achievements of the First Emperor make him worthy of being called the first emperor of all times?"

Lu Chen responded without hesitation: "The cars track the same track, the books share the same text, the weights and measures are unified, the roads are built to connect the country, and the Great Wall is built to ward off the barbarians."

He listed out the far-reaching achievements of the First Emperor like a treasure trove.

Jiang Chengdao listened carefully, his expression did not change under his visor, and he didn't know whether he agreed with Lu Chen's remarks.

Lu Chen naturally didn't know what he was thinking and didn't care. After listing more than ten contributions of the First Emperor, he paused for no reason. When he spoke again, his tone suddenly became quite serious.

"The greatest achievement of the First Emperor is the achievement that has the most profound impact on Central Continent."

He paused slightly while packing his things.

“That is to let the concept of [Great Unification] take root in people’s hearts.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao's expression finally changed slightly.

"Great unification?"

"Yes, great unity."

Lu Chen said solemnly: "This concept is very important. Without this concept, there would be no Great Xia today. It can even be said that even if the First Emperor made countless mistakes in his life, this alone would be enough to make him a great emperor who will shine in the annals of history."

Jiang Chengdao fell silent, seeming to be thinking about Lu Chen's words.

At this time, Lu Chen continued: "It is precisely because of the concept of great unity that no matter how chaos and chaos change in Central Continent, it will eventually be unified, allowing hundreds of millions of creatures in Central Continent to return to peace, and not be like the Spring and Autumn Period and the present. The nations of Western Continent are fighting endlessly, and there is no peace.”

"If a figure like the First Emperor had not emerged from the sky and brought the Holy Kings of the Four Realms to unify the world with supreme power and create the concept of great unity, given the national power of the vassal states at that time, I am afraid that to this day, Central Continent would still be in the middle of strife among the nations. In turmoil.”

At this point, Lu Chen just packed up his luggage and handed it to Liyue, who had been waiting like a transparent person. At the same time, he said his final conclusion:

"The First Emperor has completed this mission of creating the world, so in my eyes, he is a well-deserved emperor of all time."

"Yeah."

Jiang Chengdao murmured.

If you look carefully at his appearance at this time, you will find that his eyes are a little divergent at this time, obviously digesting Lu Chen's words.

Jiang Chengwan remained silent, and his beautiful little face showed a look of thinking.

Lu Chen's remarks were extremely novel even for her, an emperor who was well-read and well versed in ancient and modern times. No one had ever evaluated the First Emperor from the historical background and other aspects like him.

Even without the preference filter, she felt that Lu Chen's remarks made sense, and Jiang Chengdao's reaction on the side also proved this.

At the same time, Lu Chen once again refreshed Jiang Chengwan's understanding of him.

What is polymath?

This is!

Click!

While thinking, Jiang Chengdao suddenly stood up, and then made a fist-cup salute to Lu Chen. At the same time, he bowed sharply and said in a very serious tone: "Lu Shaobao is indeed a scholar of heaven and earth. These remarks are refreshing to me and clear up my confusion for many years." , I would like to thank you."

Facing the sudden and solemn gift from Saint King Cangming, Lu Chen couldn't help but be startled.

I don't understand why he reacted so strongly.

Although his remarks are a bit unconventional and deviant. Well, it should be said that they are somewhat non-mainstream and completely alien. They are surprising to many people, but logically speaking, they should only be surprising.

After all, his own opinions could not influence much, and they would not be able to seal the coffin for the First Emperor. After all, many so-called sages had already rudely overshadowed him.

Moreover, are the merits and demerits of the First Emperor important to the Holy King Cangming? Why does he care so much?

What about the promised chat after dinner?

However, although he did not understand, Lu Chen still did not intend to get to the bottom of it. After all, this was the matter of Saint King Cangming and had nothing to do with him.

The Holy Realm is too mysterious. Even if the Cangming Realm is now trying its best to help the empress, many secrets will still not be revealed. Asking rashly may make people embarrassed. Anyway, this matter is not important to him, so there is no need to ask.

"His Royal Highness the Holy King is serious."

Lu Chen waved his hand and said casually: "This is just a personal opinion. Your Highness the Holy King can just take it as a joke. Just like what you said just now, His Highness the Holy King, this is just a chat after dinner, don't take it too seriously. "

"No."

Jiang Chengdao straightened up and looked at Lu Chen with bright eyes.

"To me, what Lu Shaobao said is not just some after-dinner chat. On the contrary, in my opinion, this theory of the First Emperor is a true insight."

Lu Chen: "."

Are you still in high spirits?

Shaking his head, Lu Chen was too lazy to dwell on this, just do what you like.

After a few polite words, he said to Jiang Chengwan, who had been silent all this time: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Let's set off back to Beijing now."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengwan nodded.

"Um."

She stood up slowly, then put her hands behind her hands, looked north in the direction of Luo Jing, and said meaningfully: "It is indeed time to go back and make a clean break with those people."