Chapter 2 Let's bathe in the glory of Song Dynasty civilization
The game was still early, so Zhao Si and Yue Zhuoqun walked around the arena, felt the atmosphere, and then temporarily went to rest in an attic near the water outside the arena.
Seeing the guards standing outside the attic, all of whom were familiar faces, Zhao Si smiled and said: "Tusuli, Buluxun, your eldest son battalion is on duty today."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the eldest son camp will always defend Your Majesty." The two fourteen-year-old and fifteen-year-old boys said with great effort, straightening their chests.
Tu Suli was the eldest son of Tu Gusa, the former leader of Jinshan Nianbage Guchu Uti Tribe. After Tu Gusa led his tribe to surrender, he became a member of the White Tiger Banner Thousand Households and changed his surname to Tu Su.
Bruxon was the eldest son and grandson of Malisitai, the leader of the Dalandaba tribe. The Malisitai family was the first tribal leader to surrender in Mobei and received preferential treatment.
After the youngest son Brutai joined the army, he was used as a priority. After achieving military merit, he was recommended to the Di Dingxiang Military Academy together with Yan Wanshi.
He studied in the advanced training class of Sheng Military Academy and became a member of the Qianhu family as soon as he came out.
The eldest son is relatively mediocre, but the eldest grandson Boluxun is completely different and performs well in the eldest son camp.
The Sixiang Banner follows the custom of the grassland, where the youngest son inherits the family business, so the eldest son, the second son... all separate the family as soon as they reach adulthood and go out to live their own lives, especially the eldest son, who has the greatest responsibility.
In the tenth year of Tianqi, Zhao Si established the eldest son camp after all the Sixiang Banners were established. He selected and recruited the eldest sons of households above the Sixiang Banner and under the age of fourteen. He took them under his side and trained them according to the examples of Huaide Camp and Xiaoqi Camp.
"Okay!" Zhao Si nodded, patted the two of them on the shoulders, and walked into the attic.
Sitting down in the attic, Zhao Si continued.
"As I said just now, your Byzantine country is not a big threat to the east. Your real threat comes from the west, your back. To the Holy See, you heretics are more hateful than heretics like Saracens. Because you also fight against
Under the banner of God, we have the same brand name as them, and we work together. Zhuo Qun, there is naked hatred between people who work together!”
Yue Zhuoqun seemed to understand what he heard, but he thought about the First Crusade called by Urban II at Montferrand in Frankfurt more than ten years ago. Although it captured the holy city of Jerusalem, it also brought disaster to the Byzantine nation.
What a disaster.
Some knowledgeable people in the Byzantine Kingdom knew that the Crusaders called by the Holy See would definitely turn their guns and target the Byzantine Kingdom when the threat from the Saracens weakened.
One is the religious reasons; the other is the location of Byzantium, which happened to be stuck at the pass on the Crusades. The more important reason is also the location of Byzantium, which happens to be the most important transit point for trade between the East and the West, and wealth
The source of it, which the greedy Franks and Venetians coveted.
"Your wise Majesty, what do you think we, the Byzantine Kingdom, should do?" Yue Zhuoqun asked respectfully, even with a bit of religious piety in his heart. Because he had witnessed with his own eyes how this great emperor destroyed a person.
An empire more powerful than the Caliphate or the Seljuk Empire.
"Zhuo Qun, let me ask you, who are most of those who responded to the call to participate in the Crusades?"
"Poor farmers and craftsmen, frustrated noble knights, bankrupt businessmen..."
"They participated in the Eastern Expedition and went through life and death. Why did they gain it?"
"Fanatical belief?"
"No! That's just a coat. From what you described, I feel that the so-called fanatical belief is just a coat to hide from others. After all, there are too few saints in this world. And there is a lot of water among the saints canonized by you in the Christian world.
"
"Then... Your Majesty, please tell me why?" Yue Zhuoqun didn't care about the officials' contempt for the Christian world and the saints. Because in his heart, the Emperor of Song Dynasty was qualified to despise them.
"Get some kind of hope. Bankrupt businessmen hope to get a chance to make a fortune; frustrated knights and nobles hope to gain glory and status; most ordinary people, in addition to hoping to make a fortune, also hope to regain the Holy City
, obtain salvation. According to your Christian teachings, everyone in the world is sinful, and only by devoutly believing in Jesus can you obtain salvation."
"Presumably those poor people think that they have suffered from poverty in this life because of their sins. They long for redemption and no longer suffer this torture. Zhuo Qun, am I right?"
Yue Zhuoqun thought for a while and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, you are right. The Holy See has tamed its sheep to be extremely docile, thinking that they are sinners and deserve to suffer hardship. So when they are docile and obedient, they long for
Salvation. No one wants to suffer this kind of pain forever."
Zhao Si waved his right hand in the air, "That's right! We have to take the right medicine! Since you people in the Christian world to the west have a strong demand for atonement, you should meet this demand. I believe you also have some in the Holy See.
The informants, tell them to persuade the bishops, archbishops, and cardinals to issue indulgences!"
"Your Majesty, atonement... coupons?"
"Yes. Officially issued by the Holy See and authoritatively certified by the successor of the Apostle Peter and the representative of Christ on earth. If you buy one ticket, you can redeem the sins of one year in this life. If you buy 60 tickets, you can redeem the sins of this life.
They have all been redeemed. If you are worried that your family’s sins are too serious and they will be separated from each other, then buy two hundred of them, all your sins will be redeemed, and your family can wait to go to heaven to enjoy blessings in peace and contentment.”
Yue Zhuoqun was dumbfounded and asked stammeringly: "Your Majesty, is this...this...is this useful?"
"Of course it works. Now the Christian world is united and is secretly an enemy of Byzantium because of the authority of the Holy See. After you returned to your country, you secretly instigated people to propose indulgence coupons. You can make money by printing just a few pieces of paper. This is still exclusive.
I believe that few people can withstand the temptation and test of monopoly business. How many true saints are there in the Holy See? Just open this Pandora's box, Zhuo Qun, and believe in my strategy."
"As the saying goes, men become bad when they have money. Why? Because money comes so easily, they have to enjoy it and become corrupt. When they are corrupt, you can quietly improve our movable type printing technology and give it to the Holy See.
There are also advanced papermaking techniques that can be taught together."
"Printing technology can print tens of thousands of indulgences a day, which is faster than robbing money. It is simply printing money. Can the priests resist this temptation? Of course, the printing press cannot only print indulgences.
You can also print Bibles and other religious books. If you print more, the books will naturally become cheaper and the average person can afford them."
"Zhuo Qun, the more people read, the more ideas there will be. This can be verified in our Song Dynasty. By reading the Four Books and Five Classics, you can read hundreds of sects, and some sects even
Treat each other as enemies. I believe that with the universal benefit of our printing press, the people of Western Christendom will recognize the corruption and depravity of the priests, and they will demand to be freed from the oppression and imprisonment of the church. What do you think will happen next?
?”
The more Yue Zhuoqun thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his hands could not help but tremble slightly.
"Your Majesty, given time, they will have a cruel war with each other."
"Yes, there are many smart people and ambitious people in this world. To ordinary people with different beliefs, they are just a bunch of rabble. If someone tells them that heretics are always more hateful than heretics, they will get rid of them first.
quick."
Having said this, Zhao Si said meaningfully: "Zhuo Qun, from your standpoint and that of Byzantium, their civil strife is a good thing."
Of course, it is also a good thing for the Song Dynasty.
Religious wars are endless once they start, and now the Song Dynasty and Byzantium are coordinating on the side, suppressing the strong and supporting the weak. Brothers, get excited and keep fighting!
It is estimated that the winner will not be determined without fighting for two to three hundred years.
The Song Dynasty can definitely accept the sparks of thought and civilization that have burst out from the fierce conflicts between dozens of countries. My place is quiet and peaceful, and it is a good place to continue studying knowledge. I can definitely bring together artists, mathematicians, thinkers and scientists from dozens of countries.
Received from the Song Dynasty, provided them with a favorable environment and continued to contribute to human civilization.
Science and art have no national boundaries.
In two to three hundred years, as long as his successors do not seek death, it will be enough for the Song Dynasty to take advantage of it and seize all the places that should be occupied. With the ability of the Chinese to reproduce and assimilate, the world's mountains and rivers should be red.
That's right, the Song Dynasty worshiped the virtue of fire, and red was the orthodox color!
"Report!" The report outside the door interrupted Zhao Si's reverie.
"What's up?"
"Your Majesty, the carrier pigeon from Lion Harbor sent the message. Half a month ago, our fleet arrived carrying the Byzantine envoy."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Half a month ago?
In the Song Dynasty, carrier pigeons were now spread all over the country, which was a supplement to the regular mail. The carrier pigeons were delivered station by station, and regular mail was used in between. It took half a month to reach Kaifeng City from Shizi Port, which should be very fast.
"Zhuo Qun, your compatriots are coming. They will arrive at Shanghai Port in fifteen to twenty days. You go and pick them up."
"It's your Majesty!" This chapter has been completed!
