Chapter 722 The Peace of Alexander
"How is the king doing recently?" Goodes was obviously much calmer than when he came last time. He actually greeted him with a smile, and it seemed that he had received some promise from Diocletian.
But this is just Sima Ji's speculation. Do you still have to slowly test each other and smile and said, "I have been doing well recently and am very happy. I am learning the traditions of you Romans."
If Goodes didn't come again, Sima Ji's nature would be fully exposed. Over the years, he had been close to the thinking of ancient rulers and had long since taken human life seriously. However, when he was in the Great Jin Dynasty, he had been controlling himself. Now that he is coming out, he will start to go back to court and let himself go.
This has nothing to do with the little girl from Slavic. I just know that the Roman nobles in the Colosseum have such an entertainment project. The King of Yan has never seen it before. This time I want to see it. The feeling of finding a tyrant is nothing more.
As a controlled vassal king, Sima Ji would not push things to women. He simply wanted to do evil and experience the days of his idols, Sui Yang and Liang Wu. If Guders was delaying for a while, he would soon slide into the next stage and stand shoulder to shoulder with Xia Jie and Shang Zhou.
Goodes smiled. He didn't know the commander in front of him. The so-called learning of the Roman tradition was to treat Roman soldiers as slaves and experience the daily life of the nobles in the Colosseum. Otherwise, Goodes might not be able to laugh.
Since it was a negotiation, it would be impossible for those who did not accompany him. Sima Ji asked someone to bring the two Caesars over, which was a sign of his attitude. He never valued the lives of ordinary people, but it did not mean that he did not value profitable people.
"We in Rome cannot raise enough gold in a short period of time. Augustus decided to use a certain amount of silver as a supplement and provide cattle and sheep for the Jin army to leave as a supply along the way. So I hope you can comprehensively consider the relationship between Rome and the Great Jin in the future." After seeing the two Caesars appear, Goodes stood up and signaled, and then talked about the topic.
"The relationship between Rome and the Great Jin?" Sima Ji's waist was slightly straightened. Is there any other relationship between the two? Isn't it just a simple relationship between the winner and the loser? Did the Romans become my unbreakable ally of the Great Jin in the future? Who would believe that Sima Ji is not a three-year-old child?
However, he also knew that his request was actually very excessive, even more than the West's disposal of modern China, and was based on the gold stock of the entire Roman Empire.
"Actually, I will tell you a few ways to save money. There are too many administrative regions of the Roman Empire now. My Jin area is not below Rome, there are only twenty provinces of the same level. The Roman Empire actually divided 100 provinces. The officials and soldiers in the 100 provinces have all expenses and money. In fact, it is not a bad thing to reduce the amount."
Sima Ji pretended to be pretending, "The unstable state is nothing more than a few factors, among which religious factors are also very important. A hundred years ago, a rebellion against the country in the name of religion occurred in our country, which caused the death of millions of people. After that, our country also studied some ways to deal with religion. All Christians are gathering in Egypt. You can use warships to pick up Roman citizens first. When you counterattack, everyone in Egypt is Christians. You can save a lot of trouble. The rapid war will inevitably bring back a reduction in military spending. If these rebellions are eradicated, Egypt needs a new population to move in, so that Rome can re-dividend administrative regions to achieve the goal of reducing spending."
"You can also hire Germans to attack Christians south and weaken the barbarians in the northern border, so that you can save money. Although I won the two Caesars, I respect them very much in my heart." Sima Ji said this and looked at Constantius and said slowly, "The two have the ability to eradicate the existence of Christians, inspire the fighting enthusiasm of Roman citizens, let them reflect the honor of Roman citizens, and spend this difficult time."
"What should I do?" Goodes thought for a while and found no omissions, but asked further.
"I also ask you to formally recognize Egypt's independence as the kingdom of Christ. In this way, Christians who are still hiding will come to Egypt and use two years to prepare to incite hatred against Christians in the country. The people's hearts can naturally come naturally. As for the end?" Sima Ji smiled and said in a low voice as if I were good for you, "The country rebelled, and everyone can kill it. On the day of Rome's counterattack, they will kill everyone when they see it, and they will slaughter the city when they see it. There are no innocent people in Egypt."
"There is also the retention of slave estates, which is not conducive to the authority of Augustus. Our country has long abolished slavery." Sima Ji lied again. At least a few years ago, the slave trade in our Great Jin Dynasty was in full swing, but because the policy of moving south had begun, he was afraid that the high-ranking families in the country would be greedy for low-level labor, so he made a strict ban. However, the Romans didn't know about this, so he would make up whatever he wanted.
The Romans could not go to the Great Jin to verify. Now he is the winner. The result of the war between the two sides is so obvious. Even if Sima Ji called the Great Jin as the kingdom of heaven on earth, it would be fine. The Romans were not qualified to question it. The scalping of the food was the original sin.
The first day of negotiations had no result, and in fact this was normal. Both sides were still trying to test each other's bottom line. Although Sima Ji was ready to return to the court, two Caesars were in the hands of 100,000 hostages and were still in the main position of negotiations.
"What do an empire want so many bastards in the Senate? All rights should be in the hands of Augustus and the governor below! In fact, if you copy the homes of those bastards, won't you have money?" Sima Ji was still instilling the thinking of a full-time empire in the Romans.
If such a democratic institution as the Senate is retained, wouldn’t it be a blow to Augustus in the face? Isn’t it fun to play imperialism in the agricultural era? It’s not sociable to create such an inappropriate freak that is not sociable at all.
Unfortunately, Constantius and others did not agree. Although they thought Sima Ji's words were correct, they still had to slowly solve the Christian rebellion first and then discuss it.
Sima Ji showed regret on his face. Now he remembered the cute Hu people next to the Jin Dynasty. He won the theory of casual cars and changed them according to his own suggestions. These civilized people just think too much and are not easy to fool, which is really hateful.
During the dispute between the two sides, Egyptian Christians selected the pope. The pope, whose sense of existence was not high in history, was called Peter I. The reason why he had a low sense of existence was because after the peace talks, before the Jin army left, the King of Yan taught a secret called "burning books and burying scholars".
After restoring freedom, Galerius and Constantius used the methods they learned from Simaji to apply to Egyptian Christians.
"I wonder Caesar, have you ever heard of a curse technique?" Before all the conditions were almost finalized, Sima Ji found Galerius again. If nothing unexpected happens, this Roman Caesar will be released. Sima Ji will also return to the court after the matter is done, and there are few opportunities for the two to meet.
Galerius was very surprised. The man in front of him had done so many bastards, was he still afraid of retribution? This was mainly because the King of Yan was so honest. When he brainwashed the two Caesars recently, he regarded the process of suppressing anti-Shenian elements as a course, and regarded the two captured Caesars as their own students.
"Don't know?" Galerius said with a puzzled expression, "How did the king ask this?"
"Do you have a bad reputation among the Christian community?" Sima Ji changed his tone and whispered, "I heard that many Christians have used curses on you!" Then he pointed at Galerius' lower body with malicious intentions and said, "They cursed your lower body and died of ulceration. I don't believe this, so I asked this."
Before leaving, Sima Ji gave Galerius a dose of strong medicine. The King of Yan happened to know that Galerius's death was probably the cancer of later generations. The reason why he knew this was that it was not that rare things were precious, and the rare cause of death could naturally be remembered. Moreover, Christians promoted Galerius' death very much, believing that it was God's will.
Since God also made this purpose, although the King of Yan did not believe in him, he must respect it. He revealed it to Galerius now, and then proposed a solution. The solution was very simple. As long as he could make a cruel mind, he would cut it.
Galerius naturally laughed silently and said that he did not believe in this matter. Sima Ji smiled and said that he did not believe in it either. It must be a Christian self-entertainment.
"When you are really sick, can you make up your mind?" When leaving Galerius' room, Sima Ji was thinking about this question solemnly. How many people can be cruel to Yue Buqun?
Anyway, as long as Galerius's illness occurs, no matter whether he can make up his mind or not, the fate of a Christian will not be better.
After a month and a half of specific negotiations, the Roman Empire finally agreed to Sima Ji's conditions, using seven million gold coins, ten million silver coins, and the flock provided as supplies for the Jin army to leave, in exchange for the 30,000 satin silk brought by Sima Ji.
I don’t know how the Romans raised the money, but Sima Ji paid the money and delivered the goods in one hand, and exchanged according to proportion. After exchanging silk and compensation, it was the turn to release the Roman captives.
Sima Ji did not forget to add one of these, which made the Romans recognize Egypt's independence as the kingdom of Christ, and the two sides exchanged populations, and the Romans in Egypt returned to other provinces of the empire.
Under the witness of Galerius and Constantius, who had not yet recovered their freedom, this literally means that there was no peace agreement with a humiliating clause except for Rome to recognize Egypt's independence. It is known in history that the Peace of Alexander was instigated by the Persians in the peace agreement, and the war broke out due to misunderstandings in Egypt and the Roman Empire.
"Will those Roman ladies who like silk? Will they thank me for attacking Rome?" Sima Ji, who had finalized the peace agreement, thought that this was very likely. Because there was no one in the literal sense of humiliation, the so-called compensation was just to pay the money for the purchase of silk.
Except for some people involved in core secrets, only 100,000 Roman prisoners may not agree. However, he had already caused trouble to the east and asked Christians to make white gloves for himself. Roman prisoners should seek revenge on Christians.
"I decided to return to the court after the Romans paid enough." Sima Ji announced this exciting news to the generals and schools, and the practical course could be said to be a successful end.
Galerius and Constantius left with the last group of prisoners, and the Romans also took away many Roman citizens, which seemed to have truly recognized the fact that Egypt was the kingdom of Christ, at least on the surface.
Chapter completed!