Chapter 1120 History is a pretty girl


    Building fat in the winter and losing weight in the summer, life is such a toss-up.


    Fei Qian is currently in a state of fattening up. Anyway, no one is qualified to challenge nature during the winter, at least in the current Han Dynasty.


    ?However, Fei Qian is still very happy now, and he is still very lucky, because he did not make a move to keep Liu Xie in Luoyang in a momentary move, otherwise Fei Qian himself should be the one who is in trouble now.


    At any time, there is always a group of people who clamor for your own good, and then rush in front of you to point fingers. The reason is that they feel that you are not taking the path that suits them.


    ??When Fei Qian learned about the quarrel between Liu Xie and Yang Biao, he couldn''t help but smile. Yang Biao must have had a headache. Of course, Liu Xie was not a fool, and he also knew how to use some means. He said that he had caught the corruption of the minister, and then severely reprimanded the minister and dismissed him in court.


    Even if Yang Biao is present, under such circumstances, he cannot keep the general as a minister. Although everyone knows that the general embezzles iron ingots and so on, is it not so that Yang Biao can successfully form a new army?


    ?Fei Qian can now understand Yang Biao''s dilemma.


    Not only that, Fei Qian also sent people to publicize Liu Xie’s wise anti-corruption, just like the officials in history who Liu Xie noticed the corruption in the porridge factory...


    To be honest, there are many doubts about the historical event of Liu Xie’s porridge inspection.


    At that time, it was said that there were many refugees in Chang''an City, so Liu Xie ordered the Taicang to be opened to store grain for cooking porridge. Then he discovered that Shihou Wen, the imperial censor, was corrupt, so he sent someone to the court to take five liters of rice and five liters of beans each and boil them into porridge, saying, If he could cook two pots, it was confirmed that Hou Wen, the imperial censor, was corrupt, so he beat Hou Wen with fifty imperial sticks to put an end to the problem. After that, the refugees in Chang''an City received full relief...


    Not to mention that cooking two pots of porridge is definitely better than cooking one pot of porridge. The thickness of the porridge is not only related to water, but also related to many things. The most important thing is whether Liu Xie has the power to order the opening of Taicang. ?


    ??In history, when Li and Guo still occupied Chang''an and the court, then Liu Xie had the power to mobilize the most important supplies in the army and take out Taicang''s grain and grass?


    ?Doesn''t this mean that Liu Xie is in charge of the grain bags that can affect the armies of Li and Guo at any time?


    Haha, history.


    ?However, doubts remain doubts. It is still okay to advocate a wave of propaganda, which can at least add some obstacles to Yang Biao.


    Fei Qian leisurely picked up the warm wine on the small red clay stove, then poured himself a bowl. He then looked at Pang Tong, who was almost lying on the table, and saw him staring at the table attentively. He looked at the map of the world on the table, looking like he was far away from the world, so he smiled and didn''t bother him. He picked up the bowl and drank it slowly.


    Wine that has not been completely filtered is like the fermented glutinous rice of later generations. It is sour and sweet, with some alcohol content, but not high.


    ??This is brewed from the corn harvested in the new year. In order to thank the reform of the land tax under Fei Qian''s rule, ordinary farmers turned in less output and had a somewhat surplus. Some elders in the countryside, after harvesting new corn, brewed it for two or three months and then personally delivered it to Fei Qian as a token of their affection.


    Of course, another meaning is to bribe Fei Qian, saying that the current agricultural policy is very good, and I hope Fei Qian can continue to maintain it. As long as you see these corn wine, you can remember the benefits of the folks...


    "Hey! I never thought the world could be so big!" Pang Tong suddenly slapped the table. Perhaps because he was so excited by what he saw, his lips were dry and his tongue was dry. He picked up the wine bowl on the table to drink, but found that he had been drinking from it a long time ago. He drank it all, stretched out his hand without thinking, and said to the attendant, "Here comes the wine! Drink it as a drink!"


    Xu Shu on the side also laughed. He didn''t care about Pang Tong''s rudeness, but picked up the wine spoon and added it to Pang Tong, just like he did under Lushan. Although he was also related to Pang Gong, he was more like an elder brother. Taking care of his younger brother.


    ?Pang Tong drank it down and let out a long breath before he finally came to his senses. Then he reacted, put down the wine bowl in embarrassment, and held his hand towards Xu Shu.


    ? Xu Shu smiled and said that there was no need to care: "When I first saw this picture of Junhou, I was also fascinated and could hardly help myself!"


    The maps of the Han Dynasty are like family heirlooms. Even the skill of drawing maps can support the family and be passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, there are great differences between maps. It is most common that there is no common scale. A question.


    Of course, this is only one of the more serious problems, and there are others.


    "But, sir..." Pang Tong said, "...where does this picture come from?"


    Fei Qian looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Where did it come from... This cannot be said, it cannot be said... But what can be said is that this picture may be lacking in details, but the general outline should be correct..."


    Naturally, the details cannot be complete, and for Fei Qian, the world map in his memory was actually used by later generations for the convenience of drawing and for a more intuitive representation, so he used a method called "Horizontal Maxi projection" "Map" drawing method, because the earth is generally round, but a three-dimensional surface must be projected onto a plane, and it must be connected and not divided, so this method can only be used.


    ?However, the result of such a drawing is that the land area of ??high-latitude countries is seriously distorted. To be precise, the higher the latitude, the more serious the amplification.


    As for where the map came from, Fei Qian couldn''t say.


    Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. Fei Qian had no choice but to hang him up and torture him...


    When your status reaches a certain level, you don''t have to emphasize saying words like "Please believe me" and "What I say is true" every day. Although Fei Qian is not an emperor now, to a certain extent, what he said If so, it is the truth in Bingbei.


    ?So Pang Tong gave up arguing with Fei Qian about the origin of this map, and chose to believe it, because he felt that if Fei Qian would talk about this issue in the future, he would. There are naturally reasons why he can''t talk about it now...


    “…junhou…where is Dawan located?” Pang Tong looked at the world map and suddenly asked.


    Fei Qian stretched out his head, then nodded near Central Asia, and said irresponsibly: "It''s almost here..."


    ???As for the children of the Han ethnic group, they have little interest in other countries, but they have always had an extreme desire for the country of Dayuan. It’s almost like the situation in later generations where people heard that a place with lots of money, stupid people, and good things was good...


    ??The deeds of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his western expedition to the Kingdom of Dayuan are naturally engraved in the hearts of every descendant of the Han gentry.


    "What? Dawan is actually here?!" Pang Tong raised his head suddenly, then looked down at the map, gestured and said, "This...this...is only half..."


    Xu Shu also came over, took a look, and said: "The country of Dayuan, to govern the mountain city of Guishan, is 12,550 miles away from Chang''an... In this way, the end of the Western Region is... um... 25,000 inside?"


    "Pfft..." Fei Qian was drinking a small drink. When he heard this, he almost couldn''t hold it back and puffed out. After all, the word was too familiar.


    The number of distances on the maps of the Han Dynasty is another huge problem, and it is very arbitrary. Just like the numerical values ??in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, they are approximate numbers and cannot be taken seriously at all.


    After all, Zhang Qian alone has the final say in this book about the Western Regions. No one has the right to say that Zhang Qian is lying about how many kilometers it really is. But the problem is that when Zhang Qian was in the Western Regions, he almost always ran around and was hunted down. In the beginning, there were people dedicated to measuring distances, which was more or less acceptable. But later on, when all the people were gone and they were on the run, they still had the energy to measure distances?


    "This... almost..." Fei Qian could only say this. Because Fei Qian really doesn''t know how far away the Pamir Plateau is.


    Pang Tong frowned, but said with some dissatisfaction: "It was almost the same before, and it is almost the same now. As for the princes, there are a few more similar ones. Let''s discuss it together..."


    Fei Qian laughed loudly and said, "How can you blame someone? I can know this, which is already good!" This cannot be said to be unreasonable, because there is no specific data in this regard in the original memory, not to mention There are many changes in the records in ancient documents, which are even more confusing, and there are different opinions.


    As for the country of Da Qin, Fei Qian originally thought it was Persia or Rome, but this was not the case. The name "Da Qin" represented different countries and regions in each dynasty. During the Han Dynasty, the Great Qin refers to the northeastern region of India. Then the Great Qin of the Tang Dynasty became Persia. The Great Qin of the Song Dynasty actually referred to the Seljuqs. The Great Qin of the Ming Dynasty referred to the Ottoman Empire...


    Who can you blame for this weird thing?


    Fei Qian seemed to be able to hear many historians hiding in the coffins, laughing.


    The Chinese historians are like this. In fact, the people who write history abroad are also the same...


    "I won''t talk about these specific values. This is just an outline. I''ll add it slowly when the dispatched people come back..." Fei Qian decided to divert Pang Tong''s attention away from the details, put down the wine bowl and said, "Actually, there is one thing that needs to be said..."


    "The big man is very strong!" Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong and Xu Shu seriously, and then said, "Even in the next hundreds or even thousands of years, we Chinese people, whether it is the way of farming or the skills of craftsmen, , are the best in the entire world..."


    “This is natural!” Pang Tong shook his big head and said, “The strong man will be in the center. This has been the rule since ancient times!”


    Fei Qian shook his head and said: "It''s not a fixed number, but a inheritance. The person who inherits this inheritance is you and me, and even everyone in the world who understands writing. It is a stroke by stroke, a trickle of details, and the ancient civilization is conveyed bit by bit. It has been handed down to this day... You and I should be the inheritance of China, drink it!"


    Hearing this, the three of them happily raised their glasses and drank from a bowl.


    "...The knowledge inherited by China today far exceeds all in this world...But these treasures were not created by one family. They were created by the people of China..." Fei Qian put down the wine bowl, was silent for a while, and then said, " ...Now, there are already some bad signs...Chinese civilization is shared by all Chinese people, how can it be something that only belongs to one family? Such a stupid policy will eventually harm the country and cause disaster for thousands of years..."


    ?On the one hand, to govern the country, scholars are needed, but at the same time, scholars must be ruled and shackles put on them, so in the end a weird thing was formed.


    Fei Qian has actually always had some doubts. The so-called civilization actually means having an ins and outs. Generally speaking, it is impossible to make any sudden leaps. However, the natives in Europe were catching witches and burning them to death one moment, and the next moment they were Suddenly there is a Renaissance?


    Transmigration?


    Of course this possibility cannot be ruled out.


    ?But there is a more reliable guess.


    ?The state of technological development after the European Renaissance cannot be used to prove the ignorance and barbaric state of Europe before the 15th century AD. In other words, Europe was civilized after the 15th century, that is, the Renaissance. This is the truth, so where does this Renaissance knowledge come from?


    The white lotus blooming from the midst of ignorance and chaos?


    There is an interesting saying in later generations, and Fei Qian still remembers it deeply - it is said that two complete versions of "Yongle Dadian" were hidden and stored in later generations, and one was secretly kept by the Vatican, which is called true wisdom. A replica is in Israel, hidden in a place known as Solomon’s Treasure…


    Anyway, Europeans have done a lot to make their faces shine on this matter. They claimed to have inherited the civilization of the Romans and Greeks, but in fact until later generations, no one could completely prove this. Most of the so-called ancient temples were reworked and made old by future generations in the 18th and 19th centuries.


    ?Just like the so-called ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, there was only one pillar at the beginning, and then after the French renovated it around 1960, it became a large group of magnificent buildings. A city was abandoned in the 18th century, with only one pillar left. Europeans actually created magnificent palaces and cities...


    The ancient Western civilization had nothing to do with Greece and Rome, and it had no connection with Europeans. Therefore, the vast majority of people in Europe during the Han Dynasty should still be purely indigenous...


    There are no so-called Arabic books by Europeans. The Europeans themselves fabricated European history on the basis of Arab records. In fact, there are no so-called Arab records. It is a pity that the Arabs have to bear the blame.


    ?As long as you ask about the sources of the so-called "History of Rome", "History of Greece" and "General History of the World", you will find that they are all in one sentence and have been lost originally. Since the original has been lost, where is the so-called record?


    In the Arab historical materials, there are no words such as Byzantium and East Rome at all. There are only mentions of Roma, Istanbulites, Turks, Sudanese, etc., and then after European translation and publication, it became Byzantium, East Rome...


    "This world is very big..." Fei Qian said leisurely to Pang Tong and Xu Shu who were thoughtful, "But after all, you and I have limited life spans, so maybe this generation can''t see it... But I think maybe we can pass on these things. Go down and let the next generation, or even the next generation, go out and see what this world is like... Of course, the premise is that we have to spread these things, just like the Zhuanghe sown in the spring, and one day it will change. Become the wine before us..."


    (End of this chapter)