The Rise of the European Emperor

To downplay the differences between the Germans and the English, Marin argues in the book that the Germans are a people. The Germans belonged to the main line of Germanic people, which also occupied a central position in Europe and inherited the Roman Empire.

The English belonged to the West Germanic peoples, the maritime branch of the Germanic peoples. The Nordics, who once produced powerful Viking pirates, belonged to the northern branch of the Germanic people. But in any case, all three belong to the great Germanic nation.

In order to emphasize the bravery of the Germans, after thinking about it, Marin decided to introduce a later online term - "fighting nation" to describe the Germans.

In the future generations that advocate peace, the word "fighting nation" is full of ridicule, and it also means that Maozi is brave and ruthless. Its battle to fame was Maozi playing 200 Russian hooligans and chasing 1,000 notorious English hooligans at the European Cup in France. After this war, Maozi was worshipped by netizens, thinking that they were Super Saiyans, worthy of being a "fighting nation"...

Of course, in later generations, this is just a neutral, even derogatory title. Because later generations advocate peace and despise violence.

But at the beginning of the 16th century, in this war-torn era, the "fighting nation" was not a derogatory meaning, but a compliment. Because ancient people, whether in the East or the West, advocated bravery and martial arts (except for the Song and Ming dynasties where Confucianism dominated). To say which nation is a fighting nation is definitely a compliment.

In fact, the reason why the wild boar Pi Nuerhaci was named Houjin was because he wanted to borrow the reputation of the authentic Jurchen "Jurchens are no more than 10,000, and if they exceed 10,000, they are invincible". But in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchen has little to do with the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty. The authentic Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty have long since entered the North China region and were either killed by the Yuan Dynasty people or integrated into the local Han people. The reason why Jianzhou Jurchen is called Jurchen is because they are located in the homeland of the old Jurchen, and the Yuan and Ming dynasties still use the Jurchen name to call them. But Nuerhaci borrowed the titles of Jurchen and Houjin, which was really intimidating, and the Ming Dynasty, which advocated Wenzhi, was intimidated. In fact, when the Manchus entered the customs, they mainly relied on Mongolian cavalry and Liaodong Han people. There is also relying on the wild Jurchen (actually not much related to the Jurchen) captured from the old forest in the deep mountains of the Northeast as cannon fodder death squads to attract the blow of the Ming army musket. And the real full people, not many at all.

The reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to become strong had a lot to do with Huang Taiji's acceptance of the Mongols and the Han people and the establishment of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners. It is precisely because of the establishment of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners that the Manchu and Qing troops reached more than 100,000 people, and they have the capital to enter the customs.

But the strange thing is that after the establishment of the Republic of China, the authorities directly included those Han and Eight Banners into the Manchu. The Mongolian Eight Banners still belong to Mongolia. In fact, most of the Manchus in later generations were descendants of the Han Eight Banners. Otherwise, how could there be tens of millions of full people in future generations? All the officials in the early years of the Republic of China were confused and divided the Han Eight Banners into the Manchus.

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Marlin knows that,

People of this age are very advocating for bravery. What are those knights trying their best to compete with, and even die in the competition? Isn't it to gain a reputation for bravery?

In fact, Marin is not exaggerating. If the fighting nation is selected, the Germans can really rank in the top three. Of course, the later Germany, after failing to fight against the world twice in a row, was manipulated behind the scenes by the United States, Britain, France and other countries to promote peace, and the blood of this nation gradually disappeared. But this process also lasted for decades. The United States, in particular, tried to export Hollywood movies and used the decadent Hollywood culture to decadent this fighting nation. On the other hand, Russia, because it has been hostile to the United States for a long time, has not been affected by the cultural output of the old and the United States, and still maintains its blood, so it is called a fighting nation.

However, before the defeat in World War II, there was no doubt that the Germans were called a fighting nation. Germany relies on the strength of a country to single out the world. If it was one-on-one, no country in the world at that time was an opponent. Don't look at Maozi withstood the German attack, but in fact, to a large extent relied on the cold weather. Of course, Maozi is not bad, and with the addition of weather effects, it has withstood the German attack.

At the beginning of the 16th century, Maozi was only a country that had just seceded from the Mongolian Golden Horde, and a unified nation had not yet been formed. Therefore, in the world at this time, there is really no fighting nation that can rival the Germans.

During the same period of time, the French were not brave enough, they just relied on the centralization of power and the national capital was relatively strong. Haven't seen the French fighting, why do you still need Swiss mercenaries? Who are the Swiss? In fact, it is also a branch of the Germans, belonging to the Germanic people.

And such as the Spaniards, the Italians, or the English, in valour, they are incomparable with the Germans. As for Ottoman Turkey? People rely on the number of troops to kill their opponents...

As for the East? Not to mention it. The Han people were actually very brave, otherwise there would be no strong Han and prosperous Tang. It was only after the castration of Cheng Zhuli of the Song and Ming dynasties that it would be strange to be brave. What's more, Cheng Zhu Li is not alone, there is also a Buddhism that persuades people to be patient and die early... The two are two-pronged, and the Han people are immediately castrated spiritually...

And Mongolia, a nation that once opened up, began to fall apart after being beaten by Ming Chengzu several times in the early Ming Dynasty. In the end, because it was torn apart, it was conquered by Houjin and reduced to cannon fodder and thugs.

So, in general, there is really no brave nation on a par with the Germans in this world. Don't look at the poor Germans, but they are very martial and belligerent. Otherwise, German mercenaries would not have swept Europe. Although the Italian mercenaries developed earlier, their reputation cannot be compared with the German mercenaries at all. Even the prestigious Swiss mercenaries were a branch of the Germans.

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Of course, when Marin compiled the book, he did not mention only the Germans, but also the whole Germanic people, including the English and the Norse and the Swedes in northern Europe.

In order to tout the English people, Marin also specially used the Hundred Years War between Britain and France to illustrate the bravery of the English people. In the end, Marin concluded that the reason why the English finally lost the war was because the population was too small, unlike France, which had so many people and died one after another. Therefore, the French defeated England by relying on their lives. But as far as valour is concerned, England, as a Germanic, is superior...

Moreover, in order to further prove the bravery of the Germans, Marin also took Vikings as an example to further prove the bravery of the Germans. At that time, the Viking pirates were all over Europe, and the level of bravery, naturally, needless to say. Even the Norman duchy of France was forcibly established by the Normans belonging to the Viking pirates on the conquered French land...

Through the brilliant record of German mercenaries including Swiss mercenaries, the victory of the British army in the Anglo-French war, and the ferocity of Viking pirates, Marin finally came to the conclusion at the end of the book "The Origin of European Nations" that Conclusion - Germanic peoples are fighting peoples...