Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 175 East and West Rome VS the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (monthly ticket plus updates)

"We and other believers have different understandings on some doctrinal details." Lama Wang said euphemistically: "So, they may not welcome us."

"Hey, we are the same as yours." Tuo Huan said with emotion: "I have never seen a church member help, it is better to say that most of the time, I am calling the church friend..."

"It's nothing, it's better to say it's a reasonable thing." Muhammad said it was understandable: "Actually, we continue the teacher's theory and have similar ideas."

"Let's hear it?" Tuo Huan also became interested.

"One of our basic views is that the geographical environment determines the local society, and the local social conditions determine the fate of the country and civilization. Therefore, although they believe in a religion, the nomadic Berbers on the edge of the desert and the Berbers who settled in the city There is a big difference between the Berbers. On the contrary, in the prosperous cities of Andalusia, the differences between Arabs, Berbers and even Christians are not so big." Mohammed analyzed.

"For example, when the teacher studied in the Alexandria Library in his later years, he divided the mortals into four types based on the numerous archives in Egypt."

"The most basic one is the farmer, that is, the planter. The second is the handicraft practitioner, but if this kind of occupation wants to scale up and develop, it can only be done in a settled city. The nomadic Bedouin and Berber There is no such situation in the Er tribe. In addition, there are merchants who engage in commodity exchange to obtain the price difference. Finally, they are engaged in management, service, lending, alchemy and other occupations, and directly obtain supplies without labor."

"Many tribes will also be engaged in planting, so farmers exist. Merchants are everywhere. But their handicrafts are very backward, and the number of unearned people is very small, which makes their society simple and backward, and Settled residents are almost completely different."

"We are even a little skeptical now. Does it mean that although religion is the highest idea of ​​belief, it is not the commonality of human civilization in the world?"

"I remember that I introduced before that Cordoba was once the second most prosperous Mediterranean city at that time. And the first was Constantinople." He compared: "When I came here, I was still counting with the Patriarch Wang. Once. Cordoba fell in 1236 of your calendar, and Constantinople in 1204. From this point of view, the time when the two were even destroyed by barbarians is not too different."

"Teacher has always believed that there are cycles and laws in history. However, we found that the cycles in different places are not the same, because the geographical endowments are different, and the characteristics of the resulting civilizations are also different. Of course, the laws of history are also somewhat different. "He reasoned.

"But on the other hand, that is to say, two places that are not adjacent but have similar civilizations may have similar historical laws. I even suspect that Constantinople and Cordoba are not related to each other from a historical perspective. In the not-too-distant time, they were looted and destroyed by the barbarians successively, is it caused by the same civilization cycle?"

"So, I heard that you are Taohuashi people, so I want to communicate with you even more." He looked at Guo Kang and explained: "Peach Blossom Stone is a place with extremely developed civilization. The prophet even told us that even if it is extremely far away If conditions permit, one should strive to pursue knowledge.”

"According to our theory, they should have the most obvious characteristics of a civilized society. If we summarize the history of peach blossom stones and compare them with our research results, we should be able to better discover the laws of history, right?"

"The cycle on our side is indeed obvious. I can find more books for you later." Guo Kang said, "But what does this have to do with our strategic goals?"

"We believe that the reason why the reinforcements we found are unreliable is because they are closer to regimes like Castile, but are quite different from our civilization. The common religion can't make up for it This huge difference - they don't take us for who we are because we are religious," Mohammad replied.

"But on the other hand, if you look at it from the perspective of civilization, who is the closest to Cordoba?"

"What do you mean..." Guo Kang nodded.

"Usually, this kind of cooperation is very difficult. If the two civilization areas are close, they will merge into one in most cases. And if they are far away, they will compete with each other, and it is not convenient to support each other. In addition The decline of everyone in the world is synchronous, when we encounter difficulties, you are also in suffering, so everyone is unable to do what they want."

"But now, the civilization here in Constantinople has suddenly risen again, which gives us great hope." He reminded: "Look, since our historical laws have many similarities, don't we Can you also refer to your experience to make Andalusia regain its glory? At least I personally think that this is a certain possibility.”

"I told my brothers and students about this point of view. Some people still have some doubts, but most of them think it is feasible—of course, even those who have doubts support this action. Because we are now , in fact, there is no other choice."

"Although our side has declined, we still persist in the habit of running schools. Sultans and emirs are willing to support education, and often appoint scholars as consultants and officials. Therefore, we still have some persuasion there."

"Before we came here, we had an agreement with the emir and the prime minister of Granada. As long as you send people to help, we are happy to pay tribute to you and join the Roman system. We will also try our best to persuade other emirs, Rome is the lord, under the guidance of your country, strive to defeat the enemy and preserve our civilization."

"Oh? They are all happy with this?" The Queen Mother was an exception.

"The Nasrid Dynasty in Granada was originally famous for its flexible diplomacy. It has paid tribute to Christian countries for a long time. It is better to say that those small countries over there, who have survived until now, understand the reality." Muhammad explained.

"The Tunisian dynasty and the local Banu tribe have long been influenced by the school the teacher belongs to. Although he was forced to leave because of the failure of the political struggle, the reputation of our school has always been. We can easily get supplies along the way, Even more people are called to join the war. With the support of Rome's elite, they will also muster courage."

"In addition, there are historical and nominal issues." He continued: "Castile and other countries claim that they are the indigenous peoples of Spain, and we are the invaders who took their territories. But now Thailand In France, most of them are also converted locals. The number of Arab immigrants is too small, and there is only one name left. What's more, there are not many Christian communities that have not converted—who would Only one religion is allowed to exist like they do."

"Of course, I also admit that the historical ownership over there is a bad account, full of various marriages that no one recognizes, and contracts that have been repeatedly made and torn up. But I can be sure of one thing-before we and them, This is the province of Rome."

"So, I think it's better to support the return of Rome and re-establish the various administrative regions in the west. In this way, we even have a name. England and Portugal can't say anything."

(End of this chapter)