According to the translator, no matter what origin or ethnic group the people in the territory of the Roman Empire are, as long as they are granted such an identity, they are Romans.

At the same time, the translator also told Guo Peng that before Rome had an emperor, there was a period when many people jointly governed Rome. At that time, Rome often chose the main rulers in a way of recommendation.

Later, such Rome fell into chaos, had power struggles, and then became an empire and had an emperor.

But the political situation of the Roman Empire was not stable.

The translator said that the Roman emperors had been assassinated many times, and the army around them was often the ones who did such things.

The translator had heard in his hometown that the army around the Roman emperor was very greedy and violent, and could even manipulate the emperor's life and death and destruction.

The emperor often needs to give huge benefits to the army in order to win over the army and let the army support him, thus becoming the emperor.

This feeling is like the emperor buying the throne from the army.

Despite this, this is not a very appropriate method. He also heard that some people spent huge sums of money to mercenaries to assassinate the emperor because of their dissatisfaction with the emperor, and there were also many emperors who died for it.

Guo Peng was quite surprised by this and then expressed his disdain.

Such a playful inheritance situation of the Roman emperor reminded him of the state of the emperor taking turns to come to my house next year during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

It is also the army that manipulates the emperor's power of life and death, and controls the ownership of the throne. Whether the emperor does it or not depends entirely on what the army thinks. To be an emperor, you must have the support of the army and give the army huge benefits.

So countless emperors died at the hands of the army and in the coup. The emperor's surname is Liu today, Wang tomorrow, and Zhang the day after tomorrow, which feels like a whole mascot.

That purgatory-like tragedy also happened in China, but it was finally over.

"Emperor, how can he be held hostage by the army? He was manipulated so frequently and deposed by the army. Can the emperor of the Qin Kingdom still have authority? Can he still order the army and officials?"

"Yes, use money, as long as the army can satisfy it, everything can be done, so the Roman emperor always had to start a war to get the army's spoils, otherwise the army would be dissatisfied."

The translator replied.

"Is this still the emperor?"

"It's the emperor, but it can't be compared with Your Majesty. Your Majesty's power is something that the emperor of the Qin people could never imagine in his dream."

After a few years of visiting the Wei Empire, the translator saw Guo Peng's powerful power and stable status as Emperor Wei.

He felt that the Roman emperor was far from comparable to him in this regard.

Not to mention anything else, the Imperial Guards of the Wei Empire were completely controlled by Emperor Wei and could not affect the ownership of the throne.

The Roman imperial guards were different. Those emperors who were not from the military background had to be recognized by the imperial guards before they could become emperors, and they would give the imperial guards a lot of money.

Otherwise there will be no military protection.

Without the support of the army, how could this emperor command the military leaders of all sizes on the empire's territory?

Guo Peng further asked why the army around the Roman emperor had such powerful power. Could it be that it was the case from the beginning?

The translator said he was not clear either, perhaps because the Imperial Guards were too close to the Roman emperor.

Just next to the city of Rome, there was a huge base camp of the Imperial Guards, all the Imperial Guards were there, under the command of the Imperial Guard General.

“Everything is stationed together?”

“Everything is stationed together.”

The translator affirmed it, saying that he had been to the city of Rome and had seen the base camp of the Imperial Guard from afar.

"Funny, funny, so that's it."

Guo Peng clapped his hands and smiled, "Give such a huge army and military power to the general, and arrange all the troops together. The general knows the soldiers, and the soldiers also know the general. The one who leads the troops and trains the troops is the same person. This is the root of the problem."

The translator said it was unclear.

"Under my command, the people who stay with the army on a daily basis are not generals who command combat, but professional training officers. Their status is not high and they are often retired veterans, but they can get in touch with these soldiers and guide them in training on a daily basis.

The soldiers did not live with the generals who were commanding the battle in daily life, but lived alone in the training camp. When the general was about to fight, they got the military talisman from me and then went to the training camp to mobilize troops and go to the training camp. After the war, the soldiers returned to the training camp."

Guo Peng shook his head: "How can we let the prestigious general live with the soldiers under his command for a long time? They must be separated. It is not during the war, and soldiers cannot live with the general day and night.

Otherwise, soldiers will only know the general but not the emperor. They will think that the general is the one who dominates their life and death, not the emperor. The emperor's authority will gradually disappear and become the authority of the general. With such authority, the general can threaten the emperor."

The translator feels like he sees the sun through clearing the clouds.

"So that's what it is..."

"Not only do we have to station troops without division, we will arrange the troops in a large camp, and then we will also let the soldiers train and command officers be the same group. It would be fine if the emperor has prestige, but if the emperor has no prestige, he will definitely be held hostage by the general.

Even if the army under my command is the same commander, it will still be stationed separately, stationed at different important intersections, stationed on different cities, and will continue to rotate over time, changing the stations. In the absence of war, it will inevitably be a whole."

Guo Peng said disdainfully: "If the emperor changes so frequently, how can the emperor talk about prestige? Without prestige, the emperor will not be able to sit firmly in the world without relying on the central army, and it is impossible for him to get allegiance from those local forces.

Without the support of the central army, the emperor could not sit still for a day. If he wanted to be an emperor, he would have to give money to the army and support him. If he wanted to have a stable power, he would have to control the dominance of the army from the side of the army.

If this happens, the army will definitely not agree. Then change the emperor. If the emperor changes, he will rely on the army and pay. After repeated cycles, the situation will become worse and worse.

The Qin State insisted on such rules, either the emperor eventually destroyed the army, or the army eventually destroyed the country, and the two were no longer compatible.

In this way, the emperor is not like the emperor, the general is not like the general, and the army is not like the army. What is the country? What is the future? The Qin State is not a big deal."

The translator felt a little complicated when he felt the naked contempt of the Roman Empire.

Although he also hated the Roman Empire, because the Roman Empire always invaded his hometown.

But because of this, he felt the power and inviolability of the Roman Empire.

The powerful army and powerful force made the Roman Empire almost do whatever it wanted in his hometown and was unscrupulous, making him and his family and friends very sad.

As a result, in the eyes of the Chinese emperor, he thought the Roman Empire was no big deal.

"Your Majesty thinks that your army can defeat the fierce Daqin people?"

"My country can definitely defeat the Great Qin State. If we directly break out of conflict, I will never lose. The Great Qin seems huge and powerful, but in fact there is a turbulent tide inside. The powerful factions in various places do not obey the emperor's orders at all. They accept the situation because the emperor has the support of the Central Army.

Once a national war occurs and the Central Army is defeated, what do you think the local powerful factions will do? Of course, I think this possibility is very small, because the distance between us is too far, and the war is basically impossible to break out, and none of us has the ability to allow a large number of troops to expedition each other."

The translator nodded in disappointment after hearing this.

"My hometown is often hit and invaded by the Great Qin State. They wantonly slaughtered my friends, which made me very painful. I hate them very much, but I can't resist because our force varies greatly."

Guo Peng looked at the translator.

"If it was just this problem, maybe I could solve it."

"ah?"

Guo Peng laughed out loud.

"It may not be completely solved, but at least, it can reduce the number of wars you have broken out. Of course, you and your family may be happy, your emperors and nobles may not be happy, and they may even be very angry."

The more I listened, the more confused I became, and I didn’t understand what Guo Peng was talking about.

The reason why the Romans repeatedly invaded the Sakura Empire was that Central Asian countries such as the Sakura Empire and the Kushan Empire controlled the trade route between Rome and China, increasing the price of goods several times or even dozens of times, causing the Romans to bleed and unacceptable.

If there is another channel that can avoid these intermediate costs and realize direct exchanges between Rome and China, and without intermediaries, the problem will not exist.

Of course, the Romans would not spend a lot of money to find trouble with the Rest.

Is it worth fighting?

If you make more money through trade, the emperor will have money to bribe the army. There is no need to fight a war. In this way, the emperor and the army will probably be happy.

But Central Asian countries should be very crazy.

Although sea routes cannot completely replace land trade, they will still share a large share. Over time, such trade share will continue to be transferred to sea instead of land.

The continuous reduction in returns will definitely drive them very crazy, but they dare not and cannot offend the two world powers at the same time through sea routes.

They can only exploit internally.

Their living and economic standards will decline significantly. I wonder what these businessmen will think at that time.

But it doesn't matter. This translator has become an official with him. It may not be certain whether he will return to his hometown in the future. The country of Anxu is estimated to have little lifespan to struggle.

Guo Peng learned about some of the situation in the Roman Empire through these translators who were familiar with the situation in Central Asia and who had been to the Roman Empire.

He didn't understand it at first. It was no longer easy for him to know the existence of the Roman Empire and to understand some of the past history of the Roman Empire.

He really doesn't know some details of this era, when and what happens, and he can only provide him with information through those who know it.

For example, he knew that Sassanthemum would be established during this period, but he didn't know when it was.

It is definitely not easy to search for information through backward traffic in this era, distinguish the authenticity of this information, and find the trajectory of history from it.

But this did not prevent him from doing business with those huge countries.

Because there is no country that can reject the luxury goods of ancient China, such as silk, iron pots and tea he created, he wants to use these high-end products to squeeze the oil and water of the Roman Empire.

To this end, he took the initiative to launch a nautical operation to find ways to contact the Romans directly through sea routes.

In the fourth year of Yande, the route and strongholds along the way began to be built. By the seventh year of Yande, the naval fleet encountered Roman merchant ships and Roman merchants in the Indian Ocean region.

And they conducted exchanges and first trade, and followed the Indian Ocean trade route of the Roman Empire.

However, due to the exhaustion of supplies, the fleet was forced to return to the Indian Ocean region only after eight years of Yande.

In the eighth year of Yande, when the Navy established a living base in the Arabian Peninsula, he encountered resistance from local indigenous peoples. A Roman merchant also provided the navy with a route to help the Navy eliminated the resistance of that tribe.

By the ninth year of Yande, an official fleet of seven sea ships arrived in Egypt for the first time under the leadership of Wang Wei, a naval general under Taishici, and entered the Egyptian region.
Chapter completed!