Chapter 1502 Roman Invasion
The war has ended, and other things have just begun. The statistics of military merits, rewards on merit, and dispatch of new land officials are all trivial matters, and the most annoying thing is Nanyang.
The population of Nanyang was migrated by the big-eared thieves. The world's largest county in the past has now become an empty county ghost town. You can't throw away the long grass all the time. You have to migrate some of the people to fill it in.
Not to mention the war and plague, how many people have moved to the grassland Liaodong, Yingzhou Caozhou in recent years, and the Central Plains are short of people, so how can they move to Nanyang?
The matters were broken, and the three provinces and six ministries and the Grand Governor's Office were in a state of great trouble. Even Cao Cao had not had a good sleep for several days.
As for Cao Ang, he should still eat and sleep. It seems that this matter has nothing to do with him. The officials in the court also knew that his prince could not count on him, so he felt lazy even when he came over to greet him, as if there was no such person in the court at all.
Time flies, and two months have passed quickly, and all kinds of trivial matters finally come to an end. Cao Ang was lazy and became more and more at ease. He got up at noon that day, walked out of the room and yawned and stretched. Before he could figure out where to go, he saw two four or five-year-old children running around outside the door, chasing and playing and having fun.
"Cao Xu, Cao Rui, come here."
Cao Ang sat on the threshold and waved to the two of them.
These two children are none other than his youngest son Cao Xu and Cao Pi's eldest son Cao Rui.
However, Cao Pi and his wife were both in Lu. When they went out to sea, Cao Rui was too young and forced to stay. Also, because he was too young, it was not suitable for him to know the truth for the time being, Cao Ang and his wife pretended to be his parents.
"Dad..." Hearing Cao Ang's shout, the two children ran over and rushed into his arms.
Cao Ang kissed the two of them on the faces and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you go to school? Have you skipped the class?"
Cao Rui was unhappy on the spot and complained in a slight voice: "Dad, it's summer vacation."
"Uh, is that?"
Cao Ang was a little surprised. Didn’t it be that the midterm exam just happened a few days ago? Cao Sheng’s unruly son was the second-last in the whole grade, and his total score was only three points higher than Lu Chang, who was one-on-one. He was beaten up by himself and did not dare to go home for two months and lived in the palace.
So, the final exam results have also come out, so I have reason to beat that villain?
OK, I have something to do today.
After returning to the room and changing his clothes, Cao Ang took Cao Xu and Cao Rui away from the Prince's Mansion and headed straight to the palace. The little bastard, if he can run away, the monk can't run away, the temple, don't think it's safe to hide in the palace.
The journey was unobstructed, but when I arrived at the palace gate, I found Dong Zhao, Cheng Yu, Zhong Yao and Xun You, Guo Jia and Liu Ye, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren, Cao Hong and Gao Shun and others were all there. Cao Ang asked in surprise: "What day is today? Did my father give birth to younger brothers and sisters for me?"
Several people rolled their eyes together, and after saluting, Dong Zhao took the lead and said, "Jiang Wan is back."
"Jiang Wan?"
Cao Ang thought for a long time before he remembered who it was, and smiled and said, "Good thing, why are you all frowning?"
Guo Jia said speechlessly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is really open-minded. I hope you can still laugh later."
Cao Ang was even more surprised and asked, "Why, he went to the side of the big-eared thief?"
The few of them were too lazy to pay attention to it, and looked down at their toes tacitly. Cao Ang was still waiting to ask again. An eunuch trotted over Cao Ang's face and replied quickly, saying, "Everyone, your Majesty, please."
Everyone immediately cheered up and rushed to the imperial study room. As for the two children, they were left to the eunuch to take the harem to play.
Cao Cao had already been waiting in the room, and when he saw everyone coming in, he said depressedly without waiting for the salute, "Do you all know?"
The ministers nodded at the same time, but Cao Ang Shang didn't understand what was going on, frowned and asked, "What happened? Can anyone explain it to me?"
Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said, "Jiang Wan wrote a letter saying that he fooled the Roman Empire to attack the Han Dynasty, and defeated the Wanxi Empire along the way. The two countries had more than 20 million soldiers and were almost entering the Western Regions."
Two...twenty million...Cao Ang was stunned and exclaimed: "The total population of Rome is not 20 million, right?"
Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said, "They have moved the entire empire here. There are regular troops, mercenaries, civilians, slaves in the team. In short, there are men, women, young and old. Lu Su and Jinyiwei rushed to send news from 800 miles at the same time. It will take half a day for the envoys sent by Jiang Wan to arrive."
Guo Jia told him in detail the news sent by Lu Su, and Cao Ang's mind buzzed after hearing this.
There are 20 million, and there are probably not so many people in the entire Wei Dynasty. In addition, the Southern Han can probably surpass it, but... "No, the Roman Empire is controlled by the Senate. Can the new emperor Caracal alone have such great appeal?"
Guo Jia's mouth was even bitter and he sighed: "Jiang Wan said that the Roman emperor Severu was a butcher. During his tenure, he carried out a major purge on the Roman Senate. At the most ruthless time, he killed more than 30 veterans at one time, and then he killed a few of them scattered and occasionally. There are few people left in the Senate now."
"Oh..." Cao Ang's eyes rolled. Although he had not studied Roman history specifically, he occasionally saw a horn of scales on the forum, knowing that Severu was such a person.
Severu was the horse emperor of Rome, and he was the only black emperor from Africa in Roman history. During his tenure, he fought everywhere and reunified the disintegrated Rome and was also considered an emperor with great potential.
Such people have a common characteristic: they are arbitrary. How can they tolerate such an existence as a Senate who is whispering all day long? It is normal to deal with them.
Severu transitioned the head of state to an absolute monarchy. At that time, some jurists said that he was not bound by all laws and was the master of anyone, and the entire empire was his property.
Severu died in battle and Caracala succeeded to the throne. The interval between the two was too short, and the senate, which was beaten only with blood, had no time to recover its vitality. Rome is still Caracala's one-man show.
As for Caracala's migration of the entire empire, it seemed incredible to the Han people, but it was common to Rome.
The Roman Empire seemed to be an empire, but in fact it was more like an alliance. Many times it was governed by emperors. At most, there were 114 emperors. The reason for this was that Rome had no natives, and they were all gathered by other countries. Many countries could not urinate in a pot and could only implement the so-called democracy.
All countries have armies and democracy. Everyone gathered together to discuss and went to war with their troops. After occupying a country, the group of people did not come back. Then the original people raised their hands and voted to fight and seize and come back. The prosperity of more than 100 emperors of the Roman Empire relied entirely on one thing and plunder.
Now that the European continent has been plundered, it is understandable that they turn their attention to other places. In the past, they were plundering small countries, and they could handle it with some army. Now they want to plunder the Han Dynasty, the world's largest power, and the journey is long, so naturally they have to prepare well.
This is very similar to the feudal period in the Yuxia period. At that time, the land of China was still wilderness. People had to fight against the sky and the earth and the harsh natural environment to survive. In order to expand the living space of mankind, the Human Emperor had to send his ministers to places that had not yet been involved in development. The vassal states were sent out. However, at that time, everyone was busy reclaiming land, and no one was willing or had the conditions to fight. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, wars became frequent.
Chapter completed!