Diqin Designer

Chapter 414 How do you prove that Qin is powerful?

The Peacock State's envoy sighed, "From state governance to military strength, from knowledge and skills to cultural etiquette, the Qin people are superior to our country in every aspect. This is not my intention to exaggerate, but based on what we have seen in Qin, it is indeed true!"

"The Qin people are far superior to our country. If we can't catch up with them from now on, we will suffer the disaster of Qin in the future!"

The Peacock Envoy spoke in an earnest and sincere tone. He really wanted all the princes in the court to know the power of the Qin people and understand the threat posed by the Qin people, so that they would take Qin seriously and prepare to deal with it.

"As for how to prove what I said, the things we brought back from Qin can serve as evidence, and Master Moye from Tammolidi can serve as evidence!"

"When we left Qin, the Qin people gave us some things. If you have seen them, you will know. Master Maya and others have been to Qin with us, and they can also prove what I said!"

When the Maurya King heard the envoy of the Maurya Kingdom mention "Master Maya of Tamlidi", he immediately realized that this was the Buddhist monk sent by Tamlidi to the Qin State to preach.

It was said that he would send envoys to the Qin State in order to prevent the monks of Tammo Lidi from preaching in the Qin State. Unexpectedly, the two groups that were supposed to be hostile now seemed to be colluding with each other.

The Maurya King asked, "Where is Master Namoye?"

The Peacock Kingdom's envoy replied, "Your Majesty, we are waiting outside the palace and can be summoned by Your Majesty at any time."

The Peacock King nodded and said, "Then let them in!"

After a while, Master Moye came in from outside the hall with several monks. Dozens of eyes instantly fell on them, full of scrutiny and questioning.

During the time of King Ashoka, Buddhist monks could often enter this palace and discuss Buddhist scriptures with the king. But after King Ashoka passed away, very few Buddhist monks could enter this hall. Especially now that King Ashoka's grandson believes in Jainism, how could he allow Buddhist monks to enter here?

They did enter today, but unfortunately it was not because the king believed in their Buddhism and invited them in, but because he wanted them to be witnesses.

As soon as they entered the hall, Master Moye and his companions keenly noticed that the atmosphere here was not right. There was a feeling of restlessness and oppression as if a storm was about to come.

Master Moye and his companions knew very well what had happened here. It must be that the envoy of the Maurya Kingdom informed the grandson of King Ashoka and these princes and ministers that the Qin Kingdom was much more powerful than them, and these people were unwilling to accept it!

But what if they don't want to accept it? The Qin State is standing there, and it will not change because of their reluctance or unwillingness.

If they were unwilling to accept it, would Qin cease to exist? If they were unwilling to accept that Qin was stronger than them, would Qin cease to be strong? If they turned a blind eye to Qin's strength, would Qin not invade them?

These people have been immersed in the glory of the past for too long. It is time for them to realize that Qin is stronger than them. Only then will there be hope for the Peacock Kingdom.

After Master Maya and his companions paid their respects to the Maurya King, the Maurya King asked directly, "I have heard that the Qin State is much stronger than ours. Is this true?"

Master Moye replied without hesitation: "Your Majesty, it is true, the power of Qin is indeed stronger than our country!"

After the Peacock King, a Peacock King said: "It is said that the Qin State has a weapon called 'cannon'. This weapon is very powerful. If it touches you, you will be injured. If it hits you, you will die. Is this true?"

Master Moye replied again: "It is true. We were forced by the Qin army to watch the battle. Under the artillery fire, the men and horses were all destroyed. Unless we defend the city, we will definitely be defeated if we fight the Qin army head-on."

Another minister of the Peacock Kingdom asked, "Will the Qin people invade our country in the future?"

Master Moye also honestly served as a good tool witness: "Based on the Qin people's attitude towards us and their martial nature, it is likely to be true."

A prince of the Maurya Kingdom asked a different question: "In what ways are the Qin people better than our country?"

Master Moye said: "The knowledge and skills, spirit and will, system and policy of the Qin people are all superior to our country. If our country does not catch up, it will be left behind by the Qin people."

The words were slightly different from those of the Peacock Kingdom's envoy, but the meaning was the same: the Qin people were stronger than them in terms of politics and military, culture and thought, and knowledge and technology.

After Master Moye's proof, the atmosphere in the hall became more agitated and depressing. Many princes and ministers had gloomy faces. Master Moye's proof confirmed what they did not want to accept: Qin was really stronger than them!
The last glimmer of hope they still have is that Master Moye and the Maurya Kingdom are in collusion with each other, have accepted benefits from the Qin people, and are deliberately making up lies to deceive them.

A prince stared at Master Maya and asked, "Do you dare to swear to the Buddha that what you said is true?"

These Buddhist monks have the greatest faith in the Buddha. If they dare to swear to the Buddha, it would be almost impossible for what they say to be false!

But seeing that Master Maya swore to the Buddha without hesitation, many princes and ministers looked gloomy. Since this Buddhist monk dared to swear to the Buddha, it was basically certain that the Qin State was stronger than them.

One person was unwilling to accept it and shouted, "Impossible. Our country has been the strongest country in the world since the time of King Yue Hu. How could Qin be stronger than our country? Just based on your words, you want me to think that Qin is stronger than our country. You must have received benefits from Qin and deliberately made up lies for them!"

They have always regarded themselves as the strongest country in the world. Even those countries in the West are not as powerful as their Peacock Kingdom. Is the Western emperor as powerful as him? But he was driven away by the Moon Guardian King!
The Seleucid Empire, the country left behind by the great emperor, was also defeated by King Yuehu!
By the time of King Ashoka, they had become extremely powerful and believed that other countries could not catch up with them even if they sent elephants.

This has become common sense and a belief in their minds, but now someone tells them: Your common sense is wrong, your belief is wrong, you are not the strongest country in the world, Qin is!

This makes them feel like their faith has collapsed, which is why it is so difficult for them to accept it. It is just like the Qing Dynasty, before being severely beaten by foreigners, always thought it was the "Celestial Empire", but after being beaten up, it realized that the other side was not barbarians and it was not a superior country either.

The same was true for all the Peacock Kingdom princes and ministers in the hall at the moment. Our Peacock Kingdom was the strongest at that time, how could it suddenly change? Impossible, absolutely impossible, it must be fake!

Hearing the prince's roar of victory, Master Maya felt that he was even worse than the officials and nobles of Tamolidi. Perhaps because he was in the court and had a higher status and power, he was even more unwilling to accept that Qin was stronger than the Maurya Kingdom, and was more stubborn.

If this continues, the Peacock Kingdom will see no hope of confronting the Qin State. When the Qin people attack in the future, the Peacock Kingdom may perish at the hands of the Qin people.

Although they knew that these people were stubborn, they had to rely on them if they wanted to save the Peacock Kingdom. After all, these people were the top leaders of the Peacock Kingdom. Only by convincing them and making them sober could the Peacock Kingdom change and develop.

Just looking at the current situation, it is so difficult to convince these princes and ministers to accept the strength of Qin, not to mention the reforms to the Maurya Kingdom that will be discussed later. Master Moye sighed in his heart. He wanted to save the country, but he was powerless to change the reality.

"Could it be that the Qin people had already anticipated that we would encounter this after returning home, and knew that they would not listen to us, so they did not care about our return?"

Master Moye said: "It is indeed difficult to convince you with just words. I wonder if the things of Qin can prove it?"

The princes and ministers in the hall remembered what the envoy of the Peacock Kingdom had just said, that there was both human and physical evidence that the Qin people had given them something before they left.

A minister snorted coldly and questioned, "Who knows if you didn't make it up just to deceive us?"

The Peacock Envoy said helplessly: "It would be great if we could make those things. Unfortunately, we can't. We don't have the knowledge and skills of the Qin people."

The Peacock King asked, "What did you bring back from Qin?"

The Peacock Country's envoy said, "The Qin people are extremely wary of us. When they let us return home, they strictly checked everything we brought with us and only allowed us to bring back things that did not involve Qin's secrets."

A prince asked: "Since you say that Qin is stronger than our country, why does Qin restrict the items you can bring?"

The Peacock Nation's envoy said, "Because Qin wants to prevent their knowledge and skills from leaking to our country, so that our country can catch up with them. The Qin people let us know that they are powerful, but they don't want us to develop to be as powerful as them. This is also one of the reasons why we think Qin will harm our country in the future."

"However, even if what we brought back is considered rudimentary in Qin, it is quite advanced in our country. If you don't believe me, you can look at the enlightenment books used by Qin children."

When Master Moye was allowed to enter the hall just now, the things that the envoy of the Maurya Kingdom brought back from Daqin were also delivered to the hall.

The envoy of the Maurya Kingdom opened a box and took out the wooden tablets of mathematics that Master Maya had shown to the officials and nobles of Tamolidi, and asked the attendants in the palace to distribute them to the princes in the palace.

The reason for choosing mathematics instead of the study of things or Qin language, Qin music, and Qin history is that these princes and ministers all have certain knowledge of mathematics. After all, they use it in daily life and it is easier for them to tell the good from the bad. This is not necessarily the case with the study of things. I am afraid they cannot understand what the study of things is talking about.

As for Qin language, Qin music, and Qin history, these enlightenment books are not good at highlighting the gap between the two countries. In fact, the best way to show the gap between the two countries is to bring back a Qin cannon and fire it in front of these princes and ministers.

They wanted to take back the Qin people's artillery, but the Qin people would not give it to them, so they couldn't buy it even if they wanted to.

After the wooden slips were distributed, the princes and ministers took them in their hands and looked at them. They found that the contents had been translated into the language of the Maurya Kingdom by Master Maya, the envoy of the Maurya Kingdom and others, so they were able to understand them.

Mathematics is not something that will deceive you. If you know it, you know it, and if you don’t know it, you don’t know it. These princes and ministers are all high-ranking officials of the Peacock Kingdom. Most of them use some mathematical knowledge in their daily lives and have some basic knowledge of mathematics.

In a country where more than 90% of the population is illiterate, their math skills are among the best in the country. However, after seeing this math book that is said to be the enlightenment book for children in the Qin Dynasty...

Many princes and ministers felt complicated and heavy-hearted, as some of the mathematical knowledge mentioned in it was obviously ahead of what they had learned.

This could not have been fabricated by the Maurya Kingdom's envoy and Master Moye and others, because they were not at the level to fabricate such advanced mathematical knowledge.

At this moment, they also understood why the Peacock Kingdom's envoy had said, "It would be great if we could make those things." If they could make it up, it would prove that their Peacock Kingdom had such advanced mathematical knowledge.

But the Maurya Kingdom obviously did not have this, so where did this mathematical knowledge come from?

The answer emerged in the minds of the princes: Qin!

This is mathematical knowledge that came from the Qin State. It was discovered by the Qin people and has nothing to do with them. The fact that the Qin people had such advanced mathematical knowledge at least proved that they were superior to them in mathematics.

Seeing the silence of the princes and ministers who were reading the wooden slips, the Peacock Kingdom's envoy reminded them at the right time: "This is the classic book that the Qin people used to enlighten their children. The Qin people also have classic books of a higher level. It's a pity that we have no chance to see them."

"I occasionally heard Qin scholars mention that the more advanced mathematical books contain records of inequalities, functions, and coordinate systems..."

The princes were bewildered by these new terms. Is this still science? Either the Qin people made them up to deceive them, or the Qin people had developed to the point where they could not even understand the words they heard.

Judging from the current situation, the latter is more likely!
But some people were unwilling to accept that the Qin people were stronger and better than them. A prince looked at the Peacock Nation's envoy and said, "This can only prove that the Qin people are better than us in mathematics, but it cannot prove anything else."

This stubborn and obstinate attitude made the Maurya Kingdom's envoy and Master Moye feel very tired. They were clearly telling the truth and doing it for the good of the country, so why wouldn't these princes and ministers listen?

Do these princes and ministers think that they have won the refutation and continue to think that the Maurya Kingdom is the strongest country in the world, and that the Qin Kingdom is no longer powerful and will not invade them?
In reality, these princes and ministers were defending their beliefs and not letting what they had long believed in collapse, so that they could continue to maintain the pride of a great and powerful country.

The Peacock Nation's envoy said, "We also have some books from various schools of thought that we brought back from the Qin State. However, they are too difficult to translate and difficult for you to understand. So we will show you the scenes of the Qin State that we have recorded."

The envoy of the Peacock Kingdom realized at this time that if these princes and ministers insisted on stubbornly refutation, then they really didn't have much to prove the strength of the Qin State, because everything could be questioned by these people as being fabricated by them.

The envoy of the Peacock Kingdom took out the scene of Qin State that they had painted on their way back home and told it to everyone. Just as he thought, some princes and ministers still questioned whether they had made it up.

Faced with the doubts, the Peacock Envoy felt extremely tired. Before returning home, he had thought that some people would be unwilling to accept the strength of Qin, but he did not expect that there would be so many and so stubborn.

This made the Maurya Kingdom's envoy, Master Moye, feel that their Maurya Kingdom might be hopeless. With such insects occupying high positions in the temple, how could the country become prosperous and strong?

The Peacock Envoy once again earnestly explained: "These are all based on what we saw in Qin State. There is absolutely no falsehood. If we had not seen it with our own eyes, how could we have drawn it so clearly?"

(End of this chapter)