Chapter 719 The last homework
The defeat of Constantius marked that Sima Ji had achieved a complete victory over the Roman Empire, at least at the level of battle. Of course, it was still a little far from the destruction of the state, but the destruction of the state itself was not his purpose.
From the group of Roman surrendered soldiers, some officer-level figures were selected to go to Rome to report the news and put the two Caesars in their hands. It was time to prepare for peace talks.
On this day, Sima Ji held a victory meeting, but the tone of victory did not last long and soon turned into a summary meeting. "We lost to Persia and Rome all the way west, and these two countries are not as strong as our Great Jin. This victory has never been seen before. It depends on your bloody battle. Only the Jin people have no other ones in this army. Today we will participate in the grand event."
"This unprecedented victory was brought by the King of Yan. We will respect the King of Yan first." Tang Qiang raised his glass, which quickly attracted the consistency of a group of generals and schoolmen, pushing the entire atmosphere to the top.
"What respect is it? I am just one of the many living beings. As for how to plan, what is perfect, what is noble, and majestic, such words have nothing to do with me. If you want to be despicable and shameless, it is similar to my work style!" Sima Ji shook his head slightly, and still had a light tone. "For many years, I only have a lot of money in wars. Everything I do is for this world order. I massacre the city, slaughter, rape and plunder. Can you think of the sins that will occur in wars? I have done all of them, and I have done them without any hesitation. But what is that? I won, and the military and political affairs of a country are in my hands. I will follow the words and follow the rules. No one dares to say a word."
"But I cannot do these things in vain. As for what it means to not do for nothing, as I said before, all the evil deeds I have never avoided, and they will be passed down one by one. You must learn enough lessons from my life experience. I am in Jin, and others suffer. But I am a fair person and take care of all the consequences. I can kill others today, and others can deal with Jin people in the future."
"But others have reason to do this. The world is equal to every group. There is no such thing as we can beat others and others cannot beat us. Even if we are rotten in the future, we don't even have bones left, and we don't want to see some crying and snatching the earth. I look down on that kind of person."
"So, through the evil deeds in my life, you have developed a great achievement to prevent it from appearing in the Great Jin Dynasty." Sima Ji paused slightly, raised his wine glass and said loudly, "Grape wine luminous cup, and I want to drink the pipa to urge you immediately. Don't laugh at me when you lie drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from wars in ancient times? If you want to toast, you should toast me for your despicableness and shamelessness, and to your cruelty and violence, do it..."
"Respect King Yan, do it..." The generals and schools all bowed their necks and drank the wine in their glasses. "I admire you..."
After the wine was eaten, Sima Ji looked at the students who had survived the war and said slowly, "I am very satisfied with the performance of you and the soldiers of the army traveling west. After returning to the court, you will become the backbone of my great Jin Dynasty. I cannot guarantee that you will all be successful, because everyone has different qualifications. You are at the same starting line and the opportunities you get are equal. There must be most people who may not be able to reach a higher level, but that doesn't matter. I have said that I look down on those who can't stand failure. If you fail, you still have children, and they may not fail. Generations of handsome men will appear. Everyone will not go smoothly in their lives, and the same is true for the dynasty. But as long as generations of people are not disappointed with the country they live in, we can get up even if we fall."
"Even from Qin to now, it has only been five or six hundred years. For eternal time, five or six hundred years is just a drop in the ocean. If our descendants live for a long time, they will be the final winner."
"Today's Persia and Rome may have new great powers in the future, but I believe that as time goes by, the whole world will tell the whole world who is the real winner. The ancestors have been slashing and fire, eating raw meat and drinking blood, and living a hunger and cold life, and we are not smarter and stronger than any other group. In the future, we may have difficulties that I would not expect, and we cannot demonstrate to you in other countries."
Although he was less than forty years old, Sima Ji was like an old man in his twilight years, with a hint of bleakness in his voice, "Just as we could not predict our lifespan when we were young, what difficulties would arise in our dynasty? Will there be an unknown trap waiting ahead in the future? No one knows."
"King of Yan!" Many young generals and schools empathized with each other, and for some reason, the atmosphere was a little wrong in the celebration banquet.
"I'm fine!" Sima Ji put down his wine glass and smiled coldly, "It's just that he feels a little emotional. This is Egypt. You should also know that there have been many dynasties on this land of Egypt, and the history is much longer than our empire. Today, the King of Japan is going to arrange the last lesson before returning to the dynasty in this place with a long history. Just like before, you should not participate, but you should observe carefully. Do you understand?"
"I will understand!" Everyone was solemn as ever. Since the King of Yan stated that this was the last lesson, it means that the next operation was very important.
"Send the order, spread the news, and elect the pope." Sima Ji's eyes narrowed and he said coldly, "Any survivor who has participated in the resistance to the Roman offensive can run for election, and any Christian, regardless of gender, can vote. Candidates who run for the pope canvass vote by their own means, and except sending people to kill their competitors, they can do any trick. Half a month later, the election of the pope will officially begin."
Since he was about to prepare for his troops to return to the court, Sima Ji was not going to hide it and used Egypt, the oldest ancient civilization, to conduct the most trendy election. Before nightfall, the news had spread throughout Alexander and spread towards the entire Egypt. For those who had ambition and military achievements, the unknown of the pope was full of temptation.
The threshold for election depends on the result that the King of Yan wants, so the so-called threshold for election this time is very low, so low that any person with ulterior motives feels that he has a chance.
The show begins soon, and the alliances and slandering are spreading rumors and slander, and directly dismantling the united Christians who had shared the same hatred against the Roman Empire into a state of disarray.
Since the news and standards for electing the pope spread, many of their former comrades have become superficial brothers and even direct competitors.
The generals and escorts of the Jin army who received the order were only allowed to see the Jin army who did not need to participate. With the help of many translators, he saw this scene with his own eyes. The original election was naturally relatively rough, and Sima Ji had never participated in this kind of thing, so he naturally could not integrate it. But he could find people who were interested in the position of the pope to talk about it.
"If there are regional conflicts, you can use regional conflicts. If there are ethnic conflicts, you can use ethnic conflicts. Even different accents and different texts used can be used. Is there anything you can borrow money and not repay it? The relationship between men and women is inappropriate, and maybe there is a good thing about Long Yang."
What was shown to the students of Yan King was that their once close comrades revealed their former secrets. They kept saying that they had made achievements in the war, and they were steadfast and unyielding in the face of the Romans, and they fought to the last moment.
Chapter completed!