Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 255 Mongolia can become the new emperor of the Roman Empire

A lunatic is naturally no longer suitable to be the protector of the Orthodox Church.

Alexios said angrily to several of his archbishops, "John V has already wanted to betray the will of God for the sake of secular interests. This is absolutely unbearable for us pious people. Who can Figure out a way to get John V to change his stupid mind, and I'll consider giving him the next Archbishop of Constantine."

The Orthodox Church adopts a regional responsibility system for the jurisdiction of various places.

Each region has an archbishop.

Although these archbishops are equal in status, because of the different sizes of the areas under their jurisdiction, there are also differences in status.

Among them, the Archbishop of the Constantinople area is the most honorable. Generally speaking, the Archbishop of the Constantinople area will eventually become the next Orthodox Patriarch as long as there are no accidents.

This is equivalent to the religious prince of the Orthodox Church!
The words of Alexios made several archbishops under him gear up to offer advice.

Some of them suggested that a ten-thousand-person petition be carried out to allow John V to see the fundamental bottom line of Roman citizens' former piety to the Orthodox Church, and that they could not change their beliefs under any circumstances.

However, after everyone discussed this idea unanimously, they felt that it was useless.

Because John V has made it clear that whoever can save the Eastern Roman Empire, then he will honor whose beliefs.

It is difficult to persuade success by general means.

Moreover, the Roman citizens of Constantinople are no longer the Roman legions that fought and killed the enemy back then, but have become "Eastern Roman waste" who can only talk.

The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Alexios, felt that he could not organize a large petition team.

Because the Roman citizens of Constantinople have always been free and undisciplined, unless there is an enemy of life and death approaching the city, even if God comes, he cannot command them.

Unorganized and undisciplined is the true portrayal of the citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire today.

If one plan fails, everyone makes another plan.

They felt that they should send someone to contact the Genoese, as long as they persuaded the Genoese to retreat.

Give up attacking and blocking the ports of the Eastern Roman Empire, then John V can change his mind.

But this idea is tantamount to drawing a big pie to satisfy the hunger. The Genoese made a lot of demands for land cession and compensation, and the Eastern Roman Empire couldn't afford the money at all.

The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church is not the God of Wealth, so naturally he can't make money to feed those greedy Genoese. If he wants to sell the property of the Orthodox Church, it is absolutely not allowed.

How can mortals have the right to dispose of God's property on earth?
Therefore, the proposal to bribe the Genoese to retreat was unanimously rejected by everyone after discussion, and then these people put forward several seemingly feasible suggestions, but in the end they did not get unanimous approval from everyone.

Patriarch Alexios couldn't help becoming irritable looking at the archbishops under him.

Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly thought of a wonderful idea.

He clapped his hands to make everyone quiet, and then said to them, "Since John V wants to abandon our Orthodox Church, why don't we start by abolishing his Eastern Roman Emperor, and choose another powerful one who can defend the Orthodox Church?" and the interests of Roman citizens to be emperors of Rome?"

The words of Patriarch Alexios shocked everyone.

In the thousands of years of the Eastern Roman Empire, there have been more than a dozen dynasties, countless coups and mutinies, and many emperors.

But none of the Roman emperors was replaced by a political change initiated by the Orthodox Patriarch.

This proposal of Alexios can be said to be an unprecedented bold move.

Everyone quickly asked how to do it.

"Head Patriarch, who can replace John V as Emperor of Rome?"

"Is it possible to let the king of Bulgaria come?"

"In other words, the governor of Thrace can be appointed."

……

These archbishops talked about the candidates they thought were possible candidates.

These mentioned candidates are all more or less related to the current Roman emperor.

In terms of blood, it is not impossible to be a Roman emperor.

But the Patriarch Alexios sneered and said a name that no one would have thought of.

"John, John from Mongolia!"

"I think he can replace John V as the new emperor of the Roman Empire!"

Alexios said in an unquestionable tone.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard the name.

None of them knew who this John was.

Everyone asked Alexios, who is the John he was talking about?

Alexios said at this time: "Have you forgotten? On the northern shore of the Black Sea, the Mongols from the east have just replaced the Golden Horde. Their leaders converted to our Orthodox Church not long ago, and they have a new name called John, he is the descendant of the three sages who blessed Jesus back then, how deep is the relationship with God! And he also has a powerful force, as long as we can welcome him to Constantinople to replace John V as the empire Emperor, I think there is no problem at all."

After hearing these words, a group of people in the room opened their mouths in surprise.

Everyone didn't make a sound for a long time.

Because the news was so shocking that they couldn't digest it for a while.

Let a Mongol from the East become the emperor of the Roman Empire.

If Alexios, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in front of him, hadn't said it himself, everyone would have thought it was nonsense that a lunatic would say.

Alexios was not at all surprised by everyone's reaction.

Everyone questioned.

"This John is a Mongolian!"

"Yes, he was an unbelieving pagan not so long ago!"

"No! Worse than a heretic and an unbelievers."

"These Mongols just killed a hundred thousand Poles!"

"They are horrible butchers, Satan in hell! How can they be Roman emperors?"

"If the Mongols are allowed to become Roman emperors, all Roman citizens may take to the streets to rebel!"

Faced with so many doubts, Alexios showed a look of disdain. He waved his hands to the crowd, calming down the chattering archbishops, and then spoke slowly.

"What's wrong with him being a Mongol?"

"The current John V is still an Armenian! Among the previous Roman emperors, there were Thracians, Macedonians, and even slaves of unknown origin. Don't we still regard them as the emperors of the empire? "

Alexios was right about what he said.

In the history of the Roman Empire, countless coups and mutinies took place, and many generals in charge of the army were pushed to the throne of Roman emperor.

Because of the tradition of using foreign mercenaries, many mercenaries were not Roman citizens at all, and many became Roman emperors in a daze.

"So, if a Macedonian or an Armenian can become a Roman emperor, then there is nothing unusual about a Mongol becoming a Roman emperor."

This passage of Alexios made everyone feel that it really made sense.

Then, Patriarch Alexios said again. "It doesn't matter if he is a Mongol, and it doesn't matter if he didn't have a belief before. Before he converted to the Orthodox Church, he killed countless heretics. Isn't such a big credit enough to make up for it?"

"Being inspired by God in the dark, let this John come to us all the way!"

What Alexios said made everyone very convinced.

In the previous rumors, a fierce war broke out between the Mongols in the East and the Tianfang Cultists, and hundreds of thousands of Tianfang Cultists were massacred by the Mongols.The results of such a strong wind even surpassed all the results of the last two Crusades launched by the Pope of Rome.

Alexius continued: "This John from the prairie killed more than [-] people in Poland, but the Poles deserved their crimes. Who would destroy the Orthodox church and massacre many Orthodox believers!"

"Mongolian John, there is nothing wrong with punishing the Poles as a pious believer, on the contrary, it has a lot of credit."

The Poles are the licking dogs of the Pope. In order to show their piety to the Roman Catholic Church, they regard almost all Orthodox believers as heresies.The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Constantinople had long disliked the Poles. Now that the Poles were massacred by the Mongols, Patriarch Alexios was naturally very happy.

After some demonstrations by Patriarch Alexios, all the archbishops under him felt that John from the Mongolian grassland was the best candidate to be the Roman emperor.

Of course, all these reasons, not the last reason is decisive.

That is, John of the Prairie possessed a force unmatched by the current Roman Emperor John V!

Hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops!
They have now become believers of the Orthodox Church. Once they successfully settle in Constantinople, the glory of the Orthodox Church will flourish again!
The situation that has been suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church for hundreds of years will inevitably be completely overturned.

In this conference hall, the Orthodox Patriarch Alexios and a dozen of his archbishops finally made a secret decision to go to the northern shore of the Black Sea and ask John Timur to come to Constantinople to become the emperor of Rome.

In order to accomplish this great and arduous task, Alexios personally appointed Archbishop Joseph, the most trusted of his subordinates, as the plenipotentiary envoy to go to the Yuan Dynasty on his behalf.

In the city of Sarai, thousands of miles away from Constantinople.

It never occurred to Wang Baobao that he just wanted to spend the winter in the city of Salai.

Suddenly a crown fell from the sky, and it was about to fall on his head.

Sent by Patriarch Alexios, Archbishop Joseph disguised himself as a businessman and headed north along the Black Sea in a small boat, after evading the patrol of the Genoese navy.

Archbishop Joseph finally arrived in the Crimean Peninsula after going through untold hardships.

After expressing his intention to come, the local Mengyuan defenders immediately sent someone to report the situation to Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao thought that the envoy from Constantinople was someone sent by the Eastern Roman Emperor to discuss the alliance, so he naturally attached great importance to it, and sent a special person to lead elite cavalry to escort Archbishop Joseph to the city of Sarai.

After some trekking, when Archbishop Joseph saw Wang Baobao, he immediately knelt down on one knee and explained his purpose to Wang Baobao with the most pious attitude. After the translation, Wang Baobao just listened to it and thought that translation skills were not good. It is wrong to say what others say.

"How can you be an interpreter, you barbarian? They came to me to talk about the alliance between the two countries. How come you say that you want to give up the throne to me? I am an outsider and not the son of the Roman emperor. Why do you get the throne!?" Wang Baobao was annoyed.

This is a serious diplomatic accident!

But the Slavic translator in front of him looked innocent.

After another careful questioning, he looked at Wang Baobao with very pitiful eyes and said, "Your Highness, you are right, that is what Archbishop Joseph meant. Patriarch Alexios of Constantinople and More than a dozen archbishops have unanimously decided that they want you to go to Constantinople to replace Joseph John V as the new Roman emperor."

After confirming that the news was correct, Wang Baobao was stunned.

as big as World, nothing is nonexistent.

Wang Baobao felt that he had traveled far and wide, trekking mountains and rivers for tens of thousands of miles, so he was well-informed, but it was definitely the first time he had heard of such a thing of sending a royal throne to his door.

"I'm a Mongol, not your Roman!" Wang Baobao asked in a very suspicious tone.

"Although you are a Mongolian, if you become a Roman emperor, you are also a Roman." Archbishop Joseph said with an extremely solemn expression.

When Wang Baobao heard it, it was true, but he thought of his own identity.

Now he is the Fu Fu Grand Master of the Yuan Dynasty, and has been conferred the title of prince. After all, he is still a courtier of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Let the courtiers of one country be the emperor of another country.

No matter how you think about it, this kind of thing is not appropriate.

Then Wang Baobao expressed his concern.

"Ah?!" Archbishop Joseph was a little at a loss after hearing these words.

It turned out that because of poor information, when people in the Eastern Roman Empire received news about the Yuan Dynasty, they all thought that Wang Baobao, who controlled the state affairs of the Yuan Dynasty, was the monarch of the Yuan Dynasty.

They hadn't even heard of Bayan Timur, the Great Mongolian Khan and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Archbishop Joseph reacted flexibly and immediately resolved the embarrassment.

"The emperor of the Roman Empire can hold the titles of Caesar and Augustus, and both can perform the duties of the emperor. Just like your Great Mongol Kingdom, you and the current Great Mongol Emperor can respectively serve as Augustus of the Roman Empire With Caesar, in this way, the original relationship can be maintained, and the affairs of the empire can be presided over normally."

Archbishop Joseph is not an honest person, he just fooled Wang Baobao.

In the political system of the Roman Empire, the official title of the emperor was actually the head of state or the first citizen.

It's just that in the later evolution, Augustus and Caesar gradually had their own specific meanings.

Whether the pie falling from the sky is a trap or not, Wang Baobao doesn't feel any fear.

He now clearly understands that the military capabilities of these countries in Europe are very weak, and they are not opponents of the Great Mongolia at all.

Hao Hai led [-] Oirat cavalry and was able to fight seven times in and seven out of the Kingdom of Poland, and finally escaped unscathed, taking away a large amount of gold and silver treasures and tens of thousands of Polish women.

This shows that the combat power of the Mongols is far above that of European countries.

Among these European countries, the fighting power of the Eastern Roman Empire is the weakest.

Even if he has a glorious history, it can't change the current very embarrassing situation.

Wang Baobao himself is a robber, so why would he be afraid of some black shop!
(End of this chapter)