Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 346 Great Changes in the Court
In the 2nd century AD, Rome ruled almost the whole of Europe, extending eastward to West Asia.Qin Feng's request was for European horses.

In ancient times, Chinese horses were inferior to European horses in size, which is also an important reason why armored riding equipment cannot be promoted and continued.

In the history of China, there have been famous generals in all dynasties, and the famous generals have roughly the same military regulations.It is stipulated that the heavy cavalry should dismount and walk on foot when marching, maintaining horsepower, and only allowed to mount when fighting.

This cannot say that Chinese horses are not good, but because of environmental reasons, the ancestors of European horses are heavy horses.The Chinese horse originated in the Mongolian grasslands. Because it is located in the alpine zone, in order to save energy consumption and survive, the individual is smaller than the European horse.

But Chinese horses also have advantages. European horses are large in size and carry heavy loads, while Chinese horses have strong durability and adaptability.

Qin Feng thought, if they can be combined to breed horses that are large in size, heavy in load, strong in durability, and strong in adaptability, they will be ancient off-road tanks, and they will not be afraid to go anywhere.

Speaking of horses, in this era, there are four kinds of horses outside China with high reputations.

The ranking is in no particular order. The first is the Arabian horse. The Arabian horse is the best horse in the world. It is tall and fast.

The second is the Western Thoroughbred horse. The West introduced Arabian horses early on. Combined with the tall European horses and the good quality of Arabian horses, the fastest thoroughbred horses are bred, which is the British Thoroughbred of later generations.This kind of horse creates and maintains the world record for speed power at various distances within 5000 meters.

The third is the North African Pabu horse, the Spanish horse derived from it, is the ancestral source of the American horse breed.The North African Pabu horse is the equipment of the Egyptian cavalry. The most notable feature is that it is resistant to heat and drought.Other horses can't do well in the tropics, but the North African Pabu horse is the most adaptable.

The last is the Don horse, which is always inextricably linked with the Cossack cavalry, and its advantage lies in long-distance galloping.The Don is strong and tall, and most of the horses are fiery red and golden in color.They are durable, adaptable, quick-witted, and loyal to their masters.They made outstanding contributions in the Russian Civil War and the two world wars in later generations, and were hailed as golden guards by brave light cavalry fighters.

Due to China's geographical location in ancient times was closed, the Han Dynasty and its previous dynasties closed their doors, except for a few Dawan horses that entered the Central Plains during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were no other excellent foreign breeds at all.This has kept the cultivation and development of Chinese horses at a standstill.

In the land of China ruled by the Eastern Han Dynasty today, there are no good foreign varieties at all.And Qin Feng is also in its infancy, searching for horse breeds from all over the world will involve too much of his energy and resources.

However, the Roman Empire ruled the West for hundreds of years, and its sphere of influence extended to West Asia early, and the Arabian Peninsula was also within its radiating range.This country's foreign trade is also very prosperous. There are Roman caravans in the depths of Africa and the extreme north of Europe.

It can be said that the current Roman Empire has the most comprehensive horse system, with various breeds.

So Qin Feng set his mind on Rome.

"Arabian horses, Roman purebreds, North African Papua horses, and Don horses. This Marquis wants these four, and the others are not." Qin Feng said.

The Romans were very surprised.

Severus looked Qin Feng up and down, and said in surprise: "We have dozens of horse breeds in Rome, and these four are the first. I didn't expect that Your Excellency, Champion Hou, also has research on horses?"

Qin Feng smiled modestly and said, "It's just so so...."

Konrad felt that Qin Feng was threatening his reputation, and wished to send him away immediately, so he said, "Well, how many horses does the champion want?"

Qin Feng thanked, and said: "It's all over, it's a thousand horses in total."

"What?" Rome was stunned.

The first elder, Antonik, laughed out of breath, and said, "A thousand horses? Your Excellency the Champion Hou really dares to ask for it. Why should we give you a thousand excellent war horses?"

Qin Feng said calmly, "I didn't ask you to give it away, I bought it."

The Romans frowned.

Severus said to Connard in private: "Your Majesty, this man bought my fine horse from Rome must be to strengthen China's horse breed. In the future, China must be our strong enemy and cannot be sold to them."

However, Conrad didn't think so. The threat from China that Severu said was too far away.Connard said: "This is the first exchange between East and West since thousands of years ago. You are too worrying."

"Thor's Hammer~." At this time, there was a burst of shouts from outside. Obviously, there were also Roman citizens cheering for Qin Feng's great achievements.

Conrad was greatly stimulated, and he immediately said: "Well, I will sell you one hundred horses each, and there will be no more."

Qin Feng said [-] horses because he was afraid that the Romans would not sell him horse breeds. He was actually a lion, and he didn't bring so much money.

Therefore, because the staff of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce brought by Qin Feng died on the way, he could not open a store in Rome immediately, so he took out the money and bought horse breeds.

Four hundred horse breeds, plus ten horse herders.

When these horses entered Huaxia, Qin Feng introduced the world's best horse breeds for Huaxia horses.In the future, the combat power of the Huaxia horse will definitely reach a new level.

The ten Roman horse herders will also become assistants of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce in Rome.I believe that with the reputation of Thor's Hammer, the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce will enter Rome very smoothly.

Therefore, even though Qin Feng lost his envoys, it was smooth sailing for his early entry into Rome.

When the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce settles in, it will be able to earn foreign exchange.After the intelligence guards settled in, regardless of Qin Feng's future, the intelligence guards would continue to send valuable information from the West to the East, which would be of great benefit to the East.

In short, Qin Feng's purpose of coming to Rome has been achieved.

One day later, with the sound of horns, the Roman people sent Qin Feng off. They shouted the name of Thor's Hammer. Many people also asked Qin Feng to stay and become a Roman.

Connard and Severus were taken aback, thinking that if Qin Feng stayed, the structure of the Senate would probably change.

Therefore, the high-level officials in Rome rushed to send Qin Feng out of the country without stopping, and wherever Qin Feng passed, the Romans came to greet him.For a moment, where Qin Feng's team passed by, the thunder of Thor's Hammer shook the sky.

It is said that half a year after Qin Feng left, by chance, the animal trainer discovered the function of Qin Feng's teasing grass.They reported the incident to Connard, who dropped his plate and shouted, "It turns out that Qin Zijin is playing tricks, he is too despicable!"

Because of Qin Feng's slander for Rome, Conrad not only failed to kill Qin Feng, but also had to hold Qin Feng up, becoming Thor's Hammer and the idol of the Romans.

Konrad was mad by this matter, he informed the whole country of this matter, but the people of the whole country did not believe it, they only thought that it was the jealousy of the emperor who was questioning Thor's Hammer.As for the cat grass, the Roman people believed that there was no such thing before, and it was the great achievement of Thor's Hammer that gave this grass new characteristics.

Ever since, teasing cat grass has become a kind of blessing grass, which can bring people courage, and it has been spread in the "mortal world" like a blessed beetle.

Conrad exposed Qin Feng, not only did not restore his reputation, but lowered his own reputation.

He was so depressed that he couldn't afford the last illness.

According to historical records, Konrad suddenly became seriously ill. After his death, a civil war broke out in the Roman Empire in order to compete for the throne.It turned out that the serious illness in history was made by Qin Feng.Qin Feng took a trip to Rome, which not only paved the way for his Huaxia Chamber of Commerce and Intelligence Guards to enter Rome, but also killed the Roman emperor with beriberi, which directly led to the Roman civil war. It was fate.

Since Konrad smeared Qin Feng, he was hacked instead. This is a lesson learned from the past. Although the upper echelon in Rome was very angry, no one dared to openly question Qin Feng again.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, in July 188 AD, Qin Feng and his party finished their journey to the west and returned to the land of China.

As soon as Qin Feng and the others entered Yumen Pass, they were caught by Ma Teng. At the same time, they also learned some important information.

Beginning in 188 AD, peasant uprisings continued in various parts of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the rest of the Yellow Turbans also resurged one after another.

In February, Mrs. Guo set up an uprising in Baibogu, Xihe, attacking Taiyuan County, Hedong County and other places.But the Yellow Turban Army in Runan County rose again and attacked counties and counties.The rest of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou also responded and attacked counties and counties.The ministries of the Yellow Turban rose one after another, and their momentum resumed.

In March, Taichang Liu Yan thought that there were endless soldiers and bandits in the world, and wrote to Emperor Ling, suggesting that the governor should be changed to the governor of the state, so as to emphasize his duties.The governor was originally a supervisor.Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, he has gradually transformed into a local administrator and possessed a state's military and political power. In order to suppress the peasant uprisings one after another, Emperor Ling changed the governor to the state pastor according to Liu Yan's proposal, and appointed Lieqing and Shangshu as state pastors.

As a result, Zhou Mu became the chief executive above the county, holding the military and administrative power of a state, and his position was very important.As a result, the prefect's position was strengthened, holding the military and administrative power of a county.

Since then, the prefectures, herdsmen, counties and counties each ruled on one side, which is like a separatist regime.This situation eventually evolved into a situation of separatism among the princes in the late Han Dynasty.

After hearing the news, Qin Feng refused the hospitality from the past counties.He asked someone to guide the horses obtained by Rome, and he whipped the horse fast without stopping, eating and sleeping in the open, looking for Luoyang to go on the road.

In a blink of an eye, it was July 188, 7. Qin Feng and the others had just passed Tongguan, and they were still some distance away from Luoyang.

Cao Yuanliu suffered hardships all the way back, and originally planned to enjoy it when he returned to China, but he didn't expect it to be more difficult than traveling abroad.

Cao Cao couldn't help asking: "Zi Jin, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Qin Feng said bluntly: "The imperial court reformed the military system, come back with me quickly, if it is too late, the consequences will be disastrous..."

The second half of 188 was really an eventful year, and many things happened in this year.Now that the state pastoral system has begun to be implemented, the reform of the central military will follow closely, that is, the birth of the eight captains of Xiyuan.

The Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan will be a force that determines the direction of history.

As a time traveler, Qin Feng is changing history on the one hand, and on the other hand needs to maintain the original history.Why does he maintain history?Because only the "express train" of history drives to troubled times, can the situation of separatist regimes appear.If history changes and troubled times do not appear, how can we fight for world hegemony?
In addition, it is much easier for the "express train" of maintaining history to go to troubled times by himself than Qin Feng himself to create a troubled world.

And Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are important roles in the Eight School Captains of Xiyuan.

The formation of the Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan was also a plan to seize power by the Shichangshi.

But He Jin did not sit still, but took the initiative to seek the position of Eighth School Captain.In the process of He Jin's counterattack to seize power, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were the backbone.

The current situation is that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are not in the capital.Without their help, He Jin might not be able to obtain the position of Eighth School Captain.In this way, He Jin's strength is not enough to fight against the ten permanent attendants.

The ten permanent attendants regained power, and Qin Feng and the others would be slapped to the end even if they were not chit-chat one by one.

Counting the time, the formation of the eighth school lieutenant of Xiyuan should have been put on the agenda. If they go back late, Qin Feng and the others will not be able to participate.A change in the general direction of history before the troubled times, for Qin Feng, was the result of wasting all previous efforts.

It is mentioned in history that the Eighth School Lieutenant Department was formed in August, and it is now mid-July.Important things must be planned in advance.So Qin Feng didn't stop, he was very worried that he would miss it.

On the other hand, above the court hall, the Fifteenth National Congress will be held.

He entered and left the squad, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has insufficient troops, and there are only [-] people left in the fifth school of the Northern Army. For the safety of the country, I request a large-scale recruitment..."

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was noncommittal, but only gestured to Zhang Rang who was on the side.

Zhang Rang walked out with a flick of his whisk, and said: "The local military system has been reformed. Your Majesty has been impressed by the reform of the Central Army's system, and specially decreed the establishment of the Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan. The Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan, so so so... It's like that... So, General, don't mention the matter of supplementing the Fifth School of the Northern Army under the General's Headquarters."

He Jin frowned, and said, "I don't know who will be in charge of the Eighth Colonel of the New Army?"

Emperor Han Ling said in real time: "The constant attendant Jian Shuo is responsible for the formation of the eight school captains..."

The famous Xiyuan Eighth Colonel was a reform of the military system promoted by the ten permanent servants. This reform was an action to seize power by the ten permanent servants, which would greatly weaken the military power of the general He Jin.This action is also in line with Emperor Han Ling's intention to weaken the power of the great general He Jin.

Whoever controls the military power is Daozu, and whoever loses military power is fish and meat.Only then did the officials headed by He Jin realize that the establishment of the Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan was to weaken He Jin's military power, and that it was not one of the officials who killed him, but the eunuch Jian Shuo. .

Jian Shuo is a eunuch with a different endowment, other eunuchs are powerless, but he is very powerful.If you want to win the hearts of the army, you can't do it without the power to restrain the chicken, so Shi Changshi launched Jian Shuo.

This is tantamount to a major earthquake in the imperial court, and all the officials were shaken, and they were dumbfounded at the time.

Zhang Rang saw Baiguan's shocked expression. Although he kept his expression on, he relieved his anger. After so many years, he finally got his chance.He gradually looked at He Jin coldly, and said in his heart that you, the butcher, will be waiting for this palace. When the eight captains are formed, you will be the first to be killed by this palace, Qin Zijin will be the second, Yuan Benchu ​​will be the third, and Yuan Benchu ​​will be the fourth. It is Cao Mengde....

The officials headed by He Jin really wanted to stop this matter, but this matter was initiated by Emperor Han Ling, and they could not stop it.

(End of this chapter)