As soon as Xiao Xuan finished speaking, there was a buzz in the court again. Everyone was discussing, and seemed to be shocked by the existence of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Li Xian was also shocked. No wonder it was said that "as long as the human race is not destroyed, the Great Zhou Dynasty will not be destroyed"; it turned out that everyone was inheriting the will from ancient times.
But there is a question, "Has the Great Zhou Dynasty existed since ancient times?"
Xiao Xuan explained: "A long time ago, when the human race was just rising, it was still the era when the demons ruled the earth. In order to compete with the demons, the human race had to stick together. So, at that time, there was the 'Great Zhou'. The Great Zhou means: to unite the strength of everyone to achieve the road of hope for the whole human race. Strictly speaking, the Great Zhou is a concept, an alliance."
Li Xian asked again: "The Great Zhou Dynasty also experienced ups and downs. What was the reason?"
Xiao Xuan sighed: "What other reasons could there be? It's nothing more than power struggles and political corruption. Since ancient times, almost all great countries have decayed little by little under the erosion of time. Even the Great Zhou Dynasty, the longest history does not exceed 100,000 years, and the shortest is only a few hundred years."
Li Xian was thoughtful, "How far is Dongsheng Shenzhou from our Yingzhou?"
"After passing Feitu Shenzhou, heading southwest, passing Yongzhou and passing the north of Luzhou, you can reach Dongsheng Shenzhou. This journey is a distance of 60 to 70 million miles. It took me 50 years to return from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Feitu Shenzhou. Of course, I didn't travel at full speed, but stopped and started. If we use the fastest plane now to go to Dongsheng Shenzhou, it will take about 13.5 months to go back and forth. The actual estimated time is two years."
Li Xian frowned slightly. It would take two years to get here and there. If there were some delays along the way and more communication after arrival, then it would not be a big deal to drag it on for three to five years.
After thinking for a while, Li Xian asked, "I remember that there are also Confucianism in the west of Yingzhou. Can we learn from it temporarily?"
Xiao Xuan directly denied it: "The Confucianism there is incomplete. They don't understand the core of Confucian governance at all. If the wise king wants to introduce the latest ideas of the human race, he should go to Dongsheng Shenzhou. When I went there a thousand years ago, there were already hundreds of schools of thought, and various academic thoughts emerged one after another. The Confucianism of the West in Yingzhou is at least two thousand years behind that of Dongsheng Shenzhou. Such thoughts can only hinder the development of the Shang Kingdom."
Li Xian nodded slightly, but ultimately did not make a decision on the spot.
Finally, everyone began to discuss the issue of demarcating the border with the Tang State. Of course, the old borders did not need to be demarcated, but how to demarcate the newly occupied areas became a problem. You know, the Cai State and the Wu State were conquered by the two countries together. In addition, there are many large rivers flowing through the territory of the Wu State, and the land is quite fertile.
Li Xian was so annoyed by the officials' quarrels that he finally waved his hands helplessly and said, "How about this, we don't want the lands of Cai and Wu. Tell the public that it's a birthday gift for my father this year. No other gifts will be given on my father's birthday this year. The most important thing right now is to resettle the people and discuss national policies."
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The annexation war in Yingzhou was still going on, with a large number of weak countries being annexed and large countries beginning to emerge. Almost all of these countries had vast territories of more than 10,000 miles.