My XX deal with Sister Nero

The founding monarch of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, was a girl...

Taking a deep breath, Rosa, a moon person, quickly accepted this setting. After all... it's feminization, right? There is no shortage of feminization in the Type-Moon world.

But if the other party is really the Son of the Plane, then... why didn't the Suppression Force say anything when I made a deal with it before?

Why didn't the restraining force tell Rosa this? The reason is simple.

Wang Mang's reforms are not in line with the current world view. Regardless of whether it is the later research that he was imitating the ancients or the folk legend that he was a time traveler, in short, his reforms were inappropriate.

But Wang Mang held state power. Logically speaking, even if he was unpopular, he still had a huge army in his hands. This army was enough to ensure his rule. At worst, this army could guarantee his own safety. But... this army encountered Liu Xiu.

Wang Mang's reforms were too advanced, and the restraining force could not allow Wang Mang to carry out such reforms. After all, if Wang Mang's reforms were successful, then this world would likely become a loss belt, so it had to rely on Liu Xiu to eliminate Wang Mang and prevent this world line from becoming a loss belt.

Of course, the Suppression Force did not expect that this guy Rosa had modified this world line through a series of means in another world. So when the Suppression Force discovered that this world was eventually turned into a lossbelt by Rosa's means, it was already powerless to save the situation. It could only cooperate with Rosa to prevent the destruction of the world as much as possible.

However, the Black Dog Corps from the Russian Lostbelt appeared.

In order to defeat the Black Dog Corps, the Suppressive Force had to re-activate Liu Xiu, the Son of the Plane, and allow her to strengthen the Eastern Han Empire as much as possible so that it could resist the invasion of the Black Dog Corps.

Of course, Rosa didn't know all this.

The only piece of information he had now was that Emperor Guangwu was a girl, a young girl, and she brought with her the Twenty-Eight Generals of the Yuntai in their prime.

"It seems... we need to meet this Emperor Guangwu." After taking a deep breath, Rosa stretched and said, "Let's go. Going south from here, we can just enter the territory of the Western Region. Maybe... we can run into Emperor Guangwu."

After leaving some men to continue pursuing the whereabouts of the Black Dog Corps, Rosa led the remaining troops quickly south. After crossing the territory of the Wusun Kingdom, Rosa and his party finally officially stepped into the territory of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions.

The Western Regions in a broad sense refers to the area west of Yumen Pass, including Xinjiang and even the more distant Central Asia and West Asia. The Western Regions in a narrow sense refers to the vast land west of Yumen Pass and east of the Pamir Mountains, or to be more precise, the area around the present-day Tarim Basin, Turpan Basin and Junggar Basin. This area was the ruling area of ​​the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions and was also the area of ​​conquest of the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time.

Logically speaking, the 36 kingdoms in the Western Regions had always been the younger brothers of the Han Empire and tributary states of the Han Empire. They even hoped to develop harmoniously under the leadership of the Western Regions Protectorate. The Han Empire... whether it was the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, had no reason to attack the 36 kingdoms in the Western Regions. But now, the Eastern Han Empire has assembled a large army and conquered Qiuci, Qiemo, Shache, Loulan and other countries. To be honest, Qiuci is already the most powerful kingdom among the 36 kingdoms in the Western Regions. After all, this country has 20,000 troops. What else is there besides Qiuci? What the hell are they?

Among the remaining thirty-five countries, a considerable number of them have less than one thousand troops, such as the most typical Shanhuan State. According to records, this country has a population of 194, including 45 troops. Well, it is only slightly more than the people brought by Rosa.

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

In short, perhaps because of the problem of the world line, after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and was destroyed, the Protectorate of the Western Regions lost contact with the Central Plains, and then the Huns occupied the Western Regions. Under the threat of the Huns, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions had to form a coalition force to besiege the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

Even Shan Huanguo sent an army of twenty people to participate in the siege.

Of course, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions could not even muster 30,000 troops together when they needed to leave some troops behind to protect their own country. However, such an army was enough to besiege the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions was a very special administrative unit of the Han Empire. Although there were troops stationed here, the number was not large, only a few thousand people. After all, the Protectorate of the Western Regions had the power to mobilize the countries in the Western Regions, and during the most prosperous period of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, it governed 48 countries in the Western Regions, including powerful Western Regions such as Wusun and Dayuan. Therefore, at that time, the Western Han Empire had no need to station a large number of troops in the Western Regions in peacetime, because the armies of these countries were enough for the Protectorate of the Western Regions to ensure the safety of the Silk Road.

However, after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he did not pay much attention to the management of the Western Regions because there were many things he needed to deal with in the Central Plains. It was precisely because of this that the powerful countries under the rule of the Western Regions Protectorate eventually became independent, and the remaining weak countries were forced to launch an attack on the Western Regions Protectorate under the threat of the Xiongnu.

So now, the newly-born Eastern Han Empire, which had recovered, under the leadership of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, had to personally open up the Silk Road and ensure the safety of the trade routes in the Western Regions.

At the same time, Liu Xiu had another reason for doing this, which was to border Dayuezhi as much as possible and complete the task of arranging deterrent forces.

Whether it was the Kingdom of Kucha or the Kingdom of Shache, these so-called Western Region powers had no choice but to be torn apart under the fangs of the Eastern Han Empire.

"Your Majesty, a team sent out by our army has captured Shan Huan State and captured Shan Huan Hou alive." On the wall of an earthen city, next to Liu Xiu, a young man with a resolute look and wearing a general's armor said with some embarrassment.

After fighting for so many years, this was the first time he heard his subordinates report that sending out a team of people could destroy a country. You have to know that a team of people from the Han Empire... was only fifty people.

Fifty people destroyed a country. Those who didn't know would think that this team had a very high command talent.

"I understand." Liu Xiu nodded, glanced at the flying yellow sand outside the city, and frowned, as if thinking about something.

On the other side, in a small town within the borders of Beiluhou, one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

"Beiluhou Kingdom, one of the countries in the Western Regions, has an army of more than 400 people..." At a roadside tea stall, Rosa looked at the water in the broken bowl in front of him with some disdain. The water was no different from mud. He shook his head gently, took out a bottle of mineral water from his bag, took a sip, and then took a long breath, muttering to himself: "It seems that in this area, Rosa's name should not be as effective as my real name. At least, my real name is still a Han Chinese name."

Chapter 510: Audience with Emperor Guangwu (Part 1)

The Eastern Han army’s camp is easy to find.

Although there were reasons why the Western Regions countries besieged the Protectorate, it does not mean that the Han Empire can forgive them. It did not have the time to take action before, but now that it has the time, the Han Empire will naturally launch a retaliatory attack on the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

The Han Empire's massive attack was so high-profile that not only the governments of various countries, but even the people knew where the Han Empire's army was stationed.

That’s right, Liu Xiu wanted to tell everyone, I, Tianhan, am here to take revenge!

It was easy to find out the location of the Han army's camp, and Rosa led a group of his men towards the direction of the Han army's camp.

After spending several days, Rosa finally saw the city where the Han army was rumored to be stationed.

"Hey, you can't go any further." Just when Rosa saw the city, a soldier holding a long spear suddenly walked out of a very dilapidated earthen house beside the road. He looked carefully at Rosa and the crowd behind him, and said with a frown.

To be honest, Rosa's group...the members are a bit mixed.

The organization, or the empire, that Rosa belongs to is a very large empire composed of people with superpowers. It is also the only country founded by people with superpowers in the world that Rosa originally belonged to. Therefore, this country has people from all over the world, not just Han people.

For example, Prince Lampadovich is a typical Russian.

Those who can follow Rosa to this world are naturally Rosa’s confidants, so perhaps the proportion of Han people will be relatively large, but... after all, there are people from other countries.

That is why the Han Empire soldier saw this strange team. Although almost all of them were dressed like Han Empire civilians, what were those guys with blond hair and blue eyes or all black? !

You have to know that this era is different from two thousand years later. Although the Han Empire had seen foreigners, they might not have seen people with blond hair and blue eyes or typical Africans like this...

So when the soldier saw that these people were also wearing the clothes of Han Empire civilians, he was completely stunned.

In this era, no, before the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasties, no matter which dynasty it was, were very powerful, so powerful that they looked at the individual countries around them with contempt. In ancient times, many people believed that except for the Han people, all others were monkeys.

What is a monkey? It is a monkey. In the eyes of the Han people at that time, foreigners...are they human beings?

It is precisely because of this that when the soldier saw the white and black people behind Rosa wearing Han costumes, the soldier had a strange expression on his face. It was like when you see a monkey wearing clothes walking on the street, it was that kind of really... awkward feeling.

"Ah... hello, it's like this, young man. I'm an envoy from... from the Roman Empire. On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Roman Empire, I would like to request an audience with His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Empire." Rosa looked at the soldier with a conflicted look on his face and spoke.

Tsk!

Originally, Rosa planned to give himself the identity of the leader of a merchant group, but then he changed his mind and thought... this identity was not enough for him to meet Liu Xiu, so he simply changed his identity and came to meet the emperor of the Han Empire as an envoy of the Roman Empire.

"Roman Empire?" Although somewhat surprised by Rosa's pure Chinese accent, the soldier still asked very dutifully: "Then... do you have anything that can prove that you are envoys?"

Emmmm, no way!

Rosa is not a real envoy, so how would he know what a real envoy should bring?

But...it's all nonsense anyway. No one among them should understand Latin, right?

Thinking of this, Rosa reached into his arms, took out a wooden token that looked a bit like a jade pendant, handed it to the soldier, and said to her: "This is our identity certificate."

"Ah?" The soldier took the badge from Rosa's hand and carefully tapped it. He found that the words written on it were completely new to him. He frowned and looked at Rosa carefully again, then said, "Okay, then you wait here. I'll go get the general. Remember, don't wander around!"

"No problem." Rosa nodded and said with a very friendly smile.

After the soldier walked away, Rosa glanced at the dilapidated earthen house where the soldier had stayed before, then waved slightly to his men, indicating that they should follow him to the roadside and wait for the soldier's reply with him.

Although Rosa tried his best to pretend that he was an envoy of a country... or even if Rosa was really an envoy of a country, the soldier did not dare to let him go to see Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu directly. What if? Right, what if this person was an assassin?

Besides, how could a sentry have the qualifications to bring outsiders to see His Majesty the Emperor?

So, the soldier first found his sergeant, and then the sergeant took him to see the team leader, and then the team leader took the wooden sign to find the military marquis, and then under the leadership of the military marquis, the two of them found the Sima of the other department together.

"This waist badge... I have indeed never seen the words on it, and it seems to be arranged according to a certain rule. This means that there is a certain possibility that this guy is really an envoy of the Roman Empire. However, this Roman Empire... I have never heard of it. Where is this country?" Inside the tent, the Sima of the separate tribe gently tossed the wooden badge of Rosa in his hand and pondered.

"Perhaps, this is a very distant country, Sima, look at this..." The military officer lowered his head and opened his mouth.

"This is not something we can handle. So, you send someone to take out some clean water and dry food for them to eat. I will send someone to ask Zhililang to see if those in charge of foreign affairs know about this country. Besides, this is something they should do. What does it have to do with us?" As he spoke, the Sima of the separate department stood up, called a personal guard, and ordered him to hand over the wooden sign of Rosa in his hand to Zhililang first to see what the Dahonglu Temple said.

The Dahonglu Temple was similar to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs two thousand years later, and was responsible for diplomacy with various countries. So when the envoys of the Roman Empire arrived... it would definitely be safest to hand over the matter to the Dahonglu Temple.

The Zhililang was an official under the Dahonglu Temple, and was originally responsible for the etiquette of the envoys. But there were some things... the officials of the Dahonglu Temple should all know about them, right?

Soon, after learning the details, Zhililang reported the matter to the Grand Herald who was accompanying the army. The Grand Herald decided to meet with Rosa first to find out where this guy came from.

Chapter 511: Audience with Emperor Guangwu (Part 2)

The Han Empire's expedition to the Western Regions was led by His Majesty himself, so at this moment, the entire Han court was divided into two parts. One was the court in Luoyang, and the other was a temporary small court composed of the ministers who followed Emperor Guangwu to conquer the Western Regions.

This temporary small court was prepared for "Your Majesty who leads the army in person", so the focus of this court was mainly on military and diplomacy. After all, the 36 countries in the Western Regions were relatively scattered. If the Han Empire conquered them all and then sent people to govern them, this... might take a lot of time.

Therefore, Liu Xiu's attitude was to pull some and fight some. He would eliminate the countries on the Silk Road first, and then beat or intimidate the countries that were not in power, and then recruit them as his followers.

"Roman Empire?" When these officials from the Grand Secretariat heard this name, they were almost subconsciously stunned at first, and then looked at each other in confusion.

I've never heard of this country!

"First... meet with him and see what this worldly person has to say. Also, go and report this matter to His Majesty. This kind of thing... must be made known to His Majesty." Finally, it was the Grand Herald who slapped the table and set the tone for the matter, deciding to meet with the foreign envoys first.

"You said... the Roman Empire?" In the royal palace in the center of this earthen city, Liu Xiu suddenly frowned and looked a little surprised when he heard the report from his subordinates.

Isn't the Roman Empire... the country that the restraining force is talking about? The source of all troubles.

According to normal history... or the entire human history, Nero was the last head of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. If she had not died, then... her influence on the whole of Europe would have been very long-lasting.

After all, Nero's death means that the position of the head of the Roman Empire no longer relies on bloodline, but on strength. As long as you are strong enough, then you are the head of the Roman Empire!

In addition, because of Tony and Rosa in this world line, the restraining force defines the Roman Empire as the source of chaos...there is nothing wrong with that.

Since Liu Xiu was designated as the Son of the Plane by the Suppressive Force, he naturally obtained corresponding information through the Suppressive Force, including some information about the Roman Empire.

Although the intelligence was not very clear, Liu Xiu had at least heard of the Roman Empire.

"The Grand Herald is now in contact with the envoys of the Roman Empire, right?" Liu Xiu asked in a low voice while sitting on the throne, looking at the official kneeling at the steps.

"Your Majesty, yes," the official said with his head lowered.

"...Let him come back. The Roman Empire...is a country that you have never heard of. You can't ask anything about it." Liu Xiu waved his hand and said to the official kneeling on the steps.

"Then..." The official looked up at Liu Xiu and asked cautiously, "Then, how should we deal with these Roman envoys?"

"During the war, everything should be kept simple. They don't need to bathe or change clothes. Just bring them directly to me." Liu Xiu nodded expressionlessly.

……

While chatting with Rosa, the Grand Herald was also actively sending people to find out whether there really was a country called the Roman Empire in this world, but... his inquiries were doomed to fail.

Through Rosa's real-time translation device, what Rosa said now was pure ancient Chinese, which was the common language of the Central Plains people in this era. So correspondingly, the four words "Roman Empire" were also pronounced in Chinese rather than Latin. If the Grand Herald wanted to find the corresponding country through this Chinese pronunciation, not to mention that there was not enough time, even if there was plenty of time, you would not be able to find it!

So even if what this guy in front of me, who looks exactly like a Han Chinese, said does make sense, but... I can't verify it myself, so I can't be sure whether what he said is true or false, and whether the Roman Empire is fictional or real.

But soon, the Grand Herald no longer needed to think about these things.

"You said, His Majesty invites you?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, the Grand Herald with white hair and beard was stunned for a moment. His Majesty... invites this envoy?

"Are you sure?" The Grand Herald asked the official standing next to him with some disbelief.

"Yes," the official nodded.

"This..." The Grand Herald glanced meaningfully at Rosa who was sitting in front of him, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, take him to see His Majesty."

After a thorough body search and confirmation that Rosa had no hidden weapons, he was led by a Yulin soldier to the palace.

According to Rosa's speculation, this city currently occupied by the Han Empire should have been the capital of a small country in the Western Regions. Otherwise... the Han Empire couldn't have demolished the buildings in the center of such a small city and built a palace for Liu Xiu to live in, right?

After passing through several palace gates, the Yulin soldier finally stopped in front of the palace. He turned to Rosa and said, "Your Majesty is waiting inside. Please... go in."

"Well, thank you very much, young lady." When the Yulin soldier turned around, Rosa discovered that this soldier who looked a little thin from the back was actually a young lady with a pretty cute appearance.

Well, think about it, after all, the emperor is a woman, and the guards around her should also be women, just like Nero of the Roman Empire.

Pushing open the palace gate, Rosa lowered his head, and tried his best to imitate the appearance of the ministers in the costume dramas he had watched when they were meeting the emperor. He came to the hall and stood still. He first clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to Liu Xiu, then knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Foreign minister, the envoy of the Roman Empire, Rosa Stysis, pays homage to the Emperor Jianwu of the Han Dynasty. Long live the emperor!"

"Hmm? You can speak Chinese?" On the throne, Liu Xiu lowered his head and looked down at the young man kneeling in front of him. Although he was a foreign envoy, but... he performed the tributary etiquette quite well just now. Moreover, judging from the appearance of this man, he also seemed to be Han Chinese?

"I... am originally a Han Chinese." Rosa pressed his forehead against the ground, his tone somewhat inexplicable.

Yes, Rosa is originally Han Chinese, but like Tony, they... are Han Chinese from two thousand years later.

"Hmm? You are originally from the Han ethnic group? That means that Rosa Stysis is not your real name?" Liu Xiu raised her eyebrows slightly, with a hint of curiosity in her words: "What is your real Han name?"

"This..." Rosa frowned and finally sighed. Well, no one in this world knows my real name anyway, right?

"Your Majesty, my Chinese name is Shen Haotian."

PS1: "Emperor Guangwu" is Liu Xiu's posthumous title, which was given to him after his death, so when Rosa met him, he addressed him as "Emperor Jianwu", which was one of Liu Xiu's two reign titles and also the reign title Liu Xiu was using at the time.

PS2: Regarding kowtow and long live the emperor, kowtow was established when Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, established the court ceremony. It is said that Liu Bang was very happy to see people kneeling down. As for long live the emperor, there is no unified answer in the historical community. Some say it was established in Liu Bang's court ceremony, while others say it was established by Emperor Wu of Han. After all, the earliest record of long live the emperor is in the "Book of Han: The Chronicle of Emperor Wu". Logically speaking, Liu Bang... may have established the rule of long live the emperor to make himself feel better. Well, no matter which one it was, kowtow and long live the emperor were both established in Liu Xiu's time.

Chapter 512 Enemy

"What a nice name." Hearing Rosa's name, Liu Xiu nodded and looked at Rosa and said, "You said you are an envoy of the Roman Empire, right? Then, are you here to visit the Han Empire on behalf of the Roman Empire?"

"Your Majesty, to some extent, I am visiting the Han Empire on behalf of the Roman Empire, but I also have personal reasons. I want to explain something to Your Majesty, about... the power of inhibition."

"Restraint?" Hearing this word, Liu Xiu couldn't help but take a closer look at Rosa. After dozens of seconds, the supreme ruler of the Han Empire suddenly stood up, waved to the guards and servants in the palace and said, "Everyone, please leave first. I want to talk to this person alone."

"Yes." After hearing His Majesty's words, the eunuch standing next to Liu Xiu looked at Rosa strangely, then bowed to Liu Xiu and retreated with the servants and guards in the hall.