Chapter Thirty-One God Has No Relatives, Only Virtue Is Auxiliary (Part 1)
To this day, this series of wars is still having a huge impact.
Representatives from Novgorod and Moscow began to greet the distinguished guests as soon as they entered the venue. They were especially enthusiastic about Guo Kang and Li Xuanying, and said they must be allowed to come to greet them.
Needless to say, Guo Kang. Since his great-uncle Guo Di, also known as "Old Peter" among the Russians, was stationed in Novgorod, it has brought many unexpected benefits to the local area. The port of Petrograd is still there today.
After bringing huge profits to the Novgorod Republic, this is something they cannot ignore casually.
As for Li Xuanying, it's even simpler.
His grandfather Li Yinglin was the famous figure who took over the three arrows from his father. He turned the tide at the critical moment of the "Civil War" and left a very deep impression on the Russian countries.
At that time, the Beiya rebels formed an alliance with the Poles, joined forces and marched south along the Dnieper River to the hinterland of the Purple Tent. They threatened to capture Varna, where the Great Or'er is located, and expel the Khitans, Greeks and the puppets they supported.
Great Khan. On the way, some Rus principalities and steppe tribes joined one after another. After hearing the news, the Hungarians also mobilized in an attempt to attack eastward and regain the previously lost eastern region.
Facing a powerful enemy, Queen Regent Maria Kodun panicked. While planning to cede land for peace, she secretly prepared ships to take her son back to her parents' home and seek refuge in Morea. She ordered Li Yinglin and Cao Cao, who were on the southern front at the time, to
Xun, Guo Shuai and others stopped military operations, negotiated peace with surrounding forces, and escorted the Khan's court to escape.
The princes of various families were quite dissatisfied with this order. Taiwei Wang Fangzhong, Zuo Prime Minister Yelujian, Dazongzhengfu Zhaluhuchita Lishi and others intervened to persuade everyone that when the country is in crisis, they should not openly destroy the system. Even if the system is in danger, they should not openly destroy it.
Even if the Queen Mother's order is unreasonable, we must first find a solution within the system.
A group of veterans went to visit Maria Cordon, which showed how powerful they were. Yelujian pointed out that the Palaiolo family was in disarray. John V, who claimed to be emperor, could not only defeat the Ottomans, Serbia, but also the usurper John VI.
Cantacuzenus. Even he and his several sons could not unite and separated themselves from each other in the small territory.
There was only one Huizong and one Qinzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, but there were a group of Huizongs in the Palaeolian Dynasty. This kind of small political power has no future, and there is no need to consider them at all.
This statement should be correct, but Maria Cordon had more ideas. She believed that since her father and brother were useless, she could clean up the mess. She should give up the fight for the north and find compensation from the Greek region in the south.
.She is sure that with the help of diplomatic intrigue, the rebels, Poles, and Hungarians will soon fight for loot and not cause trouble here.
The Khan's army is enough to deal with the Greeks. They can drive away the good-for-nothing father and the good-for-nothing brothers, and become the empress of Rome. Afterwards, they will give everyone more power.
She thought that this exchange of interests could satisfy the ministers, but this kind of compromise completely disappointed the ministers and turned to support the Southern Army Prince.
However, Li Yinglin believed that this was a good opportunity. Originally, he was worried that Osman would take advantage of the situation, but the Queen Mother was just stupid enough to paralyze the enemy. Osman was happy to see the Greeks continue to fight, and would stay on the sidelines in the short term. As long as they
If you deal with at least one enemy in the north before you react, the situation will be much better. Therefore, you shouldn't break up now.
Soon, the peace talks were successfully completed. The Nanya troops were ordered to regroup and return to Daor'er to escort the Khan's court. However, on the night of entering the city, a bloodless palace coup occurred.
Li Yinglin and others quoted the example of the doctor's boxing soldiers admonishing the King of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and led the army into the palace to arrest Maria Kedun. Qie Xue, who was on duty, did not interfere, and Kedun fled in a hurry, and was captured by the Southern Army outside the city.
catch.
The prime minister, Taiwei and others listed the crimes of the Queen Mother and accused her of interfering in state affairs and even seeking power. Their intentions were obvious. If not stopped, the Qin Dynasty would suffer the same consequences as the Tang Dynasty and suffered the consequences of Empress Wu and Empress Wei.
Chaos.
The Great Khan was kind and filial, and could not bear to do anything to his mother. However, the country was more important than personal relationships, so the ministers had no choice but to enforce the national laws on their behalf.
From now on, the ancestral system must be reaffirmed, and the harem must not interfere in politics to avoid repeating the same mistakes. The Great Khan and the other pillar states jointly swore an oath and abide by their promises.
The ministers planned to make the Queen Mother a monk in accordance with the old Greek customs. However, they were too unfamiliar with the customs here and did not know that there were procedures such as piercing the eyes, so they thought it was a tonsure. As a result, Zongzheng Talisu presided over and ordered Maria to be a monk.
He shaved his head and was exiled to the island under house arrest.
This incident once again proves that there is no use in playing conspiracy when you can't defeat it. Of course, the Greeks are not lacking in this case...
Of course, this was only the first step. After stabilizing the interior, Li Yinglin immediately set off north to intercept the rebels.
At this time, the rebels were gathering more and more, and they were said to number one hundred thousand. Many middle- and lower-level officers in the army came from Bulgaria and Wallachia. They were a little afraid of the enemy and asked him for instructions on what to do. Li Yinglin told him with a look of disdain
They, that's because they have little knowledge.
He told everyone about the examples of Ban Chao, Li Jing, Yelu Dashi and others, telling them that thousands or even hundreds of people defeated a hundred thousand Central Asian and Turkic armies. That was the daily life in his hometown. It was just newcomers like them who didn't know how to do it.
, that’s why I was frightened by such a small scene.
The Bolers (called Poland in Yuan history) and Mazars (called Hungary in Yuan history) in Eastern Europe are not as effective as the Turks. Otherwise, they should have fought to Jerusalem. It can be seen that the rebels look like they have many people, but they are actually a bunch of locals.
Chickens and dogs. In the past, there were no people who could fight to command, so they seemed to be powerful. Now, he will show everyone what fighting means.
Everyone was doubtful of his story and thought it was too exaggerated. At this time, the Patriarch Yin who accompanied the army stood up and told everyone that in fact God had a will for this, but everyone was not pious enough to feel it.
Taoist priest Yin summoned the officers and soldiers, took out a handful of small silver coins, and passed them around. These were ordinary Roman silver coins, and they looked nothing special. Taoist priest Yin then prayed that if God really wanted them to win, he would send Siris, who was good at fighting, to win.
If someone leads them, please show a miracle and make all the silver coins face up.
He took back the silver coins, held them with his hands, shook them a few times, and then scattered them on the altar table in front of the cross. Everyone took a closer look and saw that the dozens of silver coins were actually face up, and they immediately let out a burst of exclamations.
Taoist priest Yin ordered people to nail the silver coins on the table with sacred iron nails and show them to the entire army.
The soldiers in the army had never seen so many things in the world, and they all shouted for miracles.
Taoist priest Yin said that in fact, God has blessed the Romans to defeat the barbarians more than once. Such records are everywhere in the history of the church. But now the church has declined and lost the noble feelings of the ancient apostolic era. The level of rural priests cannot be described in words.
That’s all everyone talks about.
However, God is a noble God and he cares about face. God’s grace is not given to just anyone. People choose people.
If you just believe in God and go to the temple to worship a few times, God will recognize you as a devout believer and bless you, then wouldn’t God become a hawker selling divine grace, which is too shameless? This is obviously impossible.
God is not a stupid and bad gentleman in the countryside who unprincipledly protects his relatives and favored ministers. The reason why God loves the world is because God is fair and strict and will not be partial. Only those who are virtuous, capable, and able to care for citizens
, Only those who protect the Roman Empire can get God's protection.
Now, everyone really believed it.
Of course, neither the identity of the Khitans, the flag of the Roman Legion, nor the grace of God can directly increase a person's combat effectiveness. However, if everyone believes from the bottom of their hearts that these are really useful, then they will
It will be more determined and its morale will be higher. And a more determined army will indeed have higher combat effectiveness.
Guo Kang has always suspected that every one of his old Li family is so good at boasting because they have been trained on the battlefield. However, boasting can only last for a while. They can realize the big words they boast and show it to everyone. In the past few decades, people have
The fundamental reason why I have always believed it. And this is really what I am capable of.
Chapter completed!