When Jing Wen heard the eunuch's statement, he felt speechless and remembered an allusion in history. During the Ming Dynasty, foreign missionaries came to China and took the initiative to present the world map to the emperor. However, at that time, the civil and military officials in the dynasty protested that China was not the east of the world. As a result, the foreign missionary was forced to place China at the center of the world, and later became a laughing stock in history. Now Jing Wen did not expect that he would encounter such a thing. I wonder what the reason should be? Is it arrogance or too strong national confidence? But even national pride cannot change the reality. The Tang Dynasty was not at the center of the world, which is indisputable.

"The emperor, this great man's words remind me of an allusion. When the Qin envoys arrived in Yelang, Yelang asked the Qin envoys if Yelang was the largest country in the world. But the Qin envoys replied that the smallest county in the Qin Dynasty was much larger than Yelang." Jing Wen said.

Li Shimin's face turned dark and said, "Are you mocking me, Yelang of the Tang Dynasty?"

"No, no! Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty is actually very huge in the world. However, many of us now know nothing about the Western Regions and blindly think that we are the largest country in the world. Isn't this very similar to Yelang back then?" Jing Wen said.

Jing Wen used this Yelang as an analogy. In fact, the situation between the Tang Dynasty and Yelang is very similar. Because Yelang is in the south, it was still deserted during the Qin Dynasty, and transportation and communication are inconvenient. In that era when transportation and communication are very inconvenient, many people had little knowledge. Perhaps, at that time, Yelang's understanding of the world was around them. And they were nearby, which is the largest country, so he naturally thought that he was the largest country. This is actually a relative difference in space, so the idea caused. If we want to talk about a certain state of the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be very small for the Tang Dynasty. But if the Tang Dynasty is compared with the entire earth, it is also very small. Even if the earth is compared with the entire universe, the earth is nothing.

This is because of the differences caused by the human exploration of the unknown world. Perhaps Yelang did not think that the world was so vast, so he was "pretended" to be arrogant. The situation in the Tang Dynasty is not the same now, it is just an enlarged version of Yelang. Because the Tang Dynasty did not understand the unknown world, he considered himself the largest country. Although it was actually the largest country, what is the difference between this mentality and Yelang back then? Even if he had become the most powerful country in the world, there was still a Yelang mentality. Because they were not able to compare the outside world horizontally.

Li Shimin also understood what Jing Wen meant. In this situation without comparison, no matter how you brag about your strength, there is no horizontal comparison. Perhaps these are meaningless. The Tang Dynasty does not have the Western Regions now, and it has just conquered the Eastern Turks, and the Eastern Turks have not been able to be completely naturalized. Moreover, the Goguryeo in the Northeast was not able to annex, so the current territory of the Tang Dynasty is not at its peak, and Jing Wen is probably only four or five million square kilometers at most. It is similar to the former Alexander Empire in the West.

"Jing Wen, since you understand the Western Regions, then you can talk about the situation in the Western Regions. If we know, don't talk about it. Just talk about the Europa! Why is Europa bigger than my Tang Dynasty? What country is Europa?" Li Shimin said.

Jing Wen immediately explained: "Europa is not a country, but a synonym for a large place. For example, the Tang Dynasty said that the Lingnan area and the Guanzhong area were actually synonyms for a large place. It is not an absolute place. Although Europa is very large, it is not a country. It is composed of many small countries. These small countries are not as big as my Tang Dynasty, and some are not even as big as my Tang Dynasty, or even county towns."

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Europa was a country, so he was probably speechless. Now he heard that it was just a synonym for a big place, and nothing was wrong, which means that the Tang Dynasty was still very powerful.

"Then please introduce what powerful countries were there in the Europa area. I also want to know if they can be as powerful as my Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin said.

"If we want to talk about the powerful empires in Western history, we need to mention a country called the Macedonian Empire. When they were most powerful, their territory was equivalent to that of our two Qin dynasties. When they existed, they belonged to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty during our Warring States Period. At that time, the territory of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was obviously not as large as that of them. And their emperor at the most glorious time was called Alexander the Great." Jing Wen said.

Jing Wen began to introduce information about Alexander the Great, whom he knew from later generations. From the time Alexander the Great was poisoned to death when he was young, he inherited the throne and cleared the opposition. Then he began the eastern expedition and fought all the way to Asia. After Asia, he fought again to India and almost fought with the Warring States powers of China. If it weren't for the map error, he would probably have started a war with China.

When those merchants heard that Emperor Alexander wanted to conquer China with tens of thousands of troops, they immediately burst into laughter. This is so ridiculous. None of the Warring States powers had hundreds of thousands of troops back then. If Alexander dared to come, they would definitely be able to trample them to death. In terms of military strength, Alexander really started a war with China, he would probably not be the opponent of the Warring States powers of China. Even if he took a step back, a certain country was not an opponent, and those "Huaxia" who were fighting each other.

People will definitely carry forward the spirit of unity, first drive away these big noses and yellow-haired "monsters" and then decide their own internal victory and defeat again. Because no matter how hard the Central Plains countries fought during the Warring States Period, they were still the internal period of brothers. But if those yellow-haired and green-eyed guys were occupied, it would be really unacceptable, so they would probably unite to defeat Alexander. Alexander should be glad that he did not directly attack China, so he saved the Eurasian "golden body" of the conqueror.
Chapter completed!