Li Lin took the lead and stepped forward.
Looking at the assembled civil and military officials, he cupped his hands and said, "To destroy a nation, one must first destroy its history; to exterminate a people, one must first exterminate their culture. As long as the Xiongnu people identify with the culture of our Great Qin and accept the rule of Great Qin, then they are people of Great Qin."
"Brilliant!"
"My God, Prime Minister Li's words are truly the greatest strategy of all time. In this way, all the barbarians in the four directions will become people of our Great Qin and be used by us. Naturally, the demand for the local population will be much less."
"Excellent. I have decided that once the Qin reforms are fully successful and the Qin state-owned banks are established, we can start from the vast grasslands of the Xiongnu and radiate outwards to the Mediterranean coast. The Qin army will then sweep across the entire world!"
"Very well, since you, Li Lin, have such lofty ambitions, then I entrust the future of Great Qin entirely to your hands! Guards, issue my decree: establish Prince Fusu as Crown Prince, and bestow upon Li Lin the title of Duke of Qin, to be inherited by his descendants, so that he may share the fate of the nation!"
"ah?"
Standing to the side, Fusu was quite surprised. Why did his father and the Grand Tutor, who were having a good chat, suddenly hand over the position of Crown Prince to him?
This unexpected joy left him somewhat incredulous.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
"Rise, Minister Li. I hope that in my lifetime, with your help, I can see the Mediterranean Sea with my own eyes and see the Roman Empire with my own eyes. Can you make it happen for me?"
The First Emperor looked at Li Lin with great anticipation.
He knew that although his body had become stronger, he could not escape the ravages of time.
It would be a miracle if they could live another five or six years.
Therefore, he hopes to see it soon.
They witnessed the Qin Dynasty's million-strong army crossing the Mediterranean and sweeping across the Roman Empire.
"Your humble servant will certainly do his utmost!"
Li Lin knelt on the ground, looking at him with utmost sincerity. The two stared at each other for a moment...
Five years later.
Along the Mediterranean coast, the artillery army from the Qin Dynasty had already crushed the Egyptian army that had come to stop the Qin army from crossing the Mediterranean.
Just now.
Li Lin then realized that he had remembered it wrong.
The Roman Empire did not yet exist at this time...
The current adversaries are the Egyptian Empire founded by Ptolemy Soter, a general under Alexander the Great.
"My dear Li, is this the elite force of the Roman Empire? I feel they're not even enough to take down one of our artillery battalions."
The First Emperor, with his full head of white hair, looked rather puzzled.
"Your Majesty, we may have arrived too early. There might not be a Roman Empire now, only an expanding Roman Republic. Wait, I'm mistaken! This should be the Egyptian Empire..."
"Huh? You brat, you little rascal, you didn't lie to me, did you?"
"Oh dear, Your Majesty, I've misremembered. What we know now is the Roman Republic, which hasn't yet extended its reach to the Mediterranean coast. It's very likely below... Wait, that resisting country we just conquered... wasn't that the Roman Republic...?"
Li Lin was covered in sweat, seemingly having made a real mistake.
"Cough cough cough, you scoundrel, you've given me false hope. I didn't expect the Roman Empire to still not have appeared. By the way, what other empires beyond the Mediterranean can take a beating? The Egyptian Empire isn't much better. How come there isn't a single one that can fight?"
(The End)
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