Chapter 255 Mongolia can become the new emperor of the Roman Empire
Chapter 255 Mongolia can become the new emperor of the Roman Empire
A madman is naturally no longer suitable to be the protector of the Orthodox Church.
Alexios said angrily to several archbishops under his command, "John V has wanted to betray God's will for worldly interests. This is absolutely intolerable for those of us who are pious. Who can
If I can figure out a way to get John V to change his stupid idea, I will consider giving him the position of next Archbishop Constantine."
The Orthodox Church adopts a regional responsibility system for jurisdiction over various places.
Each region has an archbishop.
Although these archbishops are equal in status, there are differences in status due to the different sizes of the areas under their jurisdiction.
Among them, the Archbishop of Constantinople is the most noble. Generally speaking, those who serve as the Archbishop of Constantinople will eventually become the next Orthodox Patriarch as long as nothing unexpected happens.
This is the equivalent of the Orthodox religious prince!
Alexios's words made several of his archbishops gear up to come up with suggestions.
Some of them suggested that a petition of ten thousand people should be held to let John V see the basic bottom line that Roman citizens were devout to the Orthodox Church and could not change their faith under any circumstances.
However, after everyone unanimously discussed this idea, they felt that it was of no use.
Because John V has made it clear that whoever can save the Eastern Roman Empire will respect whose faith he will.
It is difficult to persuade successfully by ordinary means.
Moreover, the Roman citizens of Constantinople are no longer the Roman legions who went into battle to kill the enemy. They have all become the "waste of Eastern Rome" who can only talk about it.
The Orthodox Patriarch Alexios felt that he could not organize a large-scale petition team.
Because the Roman citizens of Constantinople have always been free and loose, unless a life and death enemy comes to the city, even if God comes, he cannot command them.
Being unorganized and undisciplined is the true portrayal of the citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire today.
If one plan fails, everyone will try another plan.
They felt that they should send someone to contact the Genoese people and just persuade them to withdraw their troops.
By giving up attacking and blocking the ports of the Eastern Roman Empire, John V could change his mind.
But this idea was tantamount to making a big cake to satisfy hunger. The Genoese people put forward a lot of demands for land cessation and compensation, and the Eastern Roman Empire could not provide the money at all.
The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church is not the God of Wealth, so naturally he cannot generate money to feed those greedy Genoese people. If he wants to sell off the property of the Orthodox Church, that 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 people to withdraw their troops was unanimously rejected by everyone after discussion. Then these people put forward several suggestions that seemed feasible, but in the end they did not gain unanimous approval from everyone.
Patriarch Alexios couldn't help but feel impatient when he looked at the archbishops under his command.
Suddenly, he suddenly had an idea and thought of a brilliant idea.
He clapped his hands to silence everyone, and then said to them, "Since John V wants to abandon our Orthodox Church, why don't we start by deposing his Eastern Roman Emperor and choose another powerful one who can defend the Orthodox Church?"
To be the emperor of Rome?"
In the history of the Roman Empire, there were countless coups and mutinies, and many generals in charge of the army were pushed to the throne of the Roman emperor.
Because of the tradition of using foreign mercenaries, many mercenaries were not Roman citizens at all, and many became Roman emperors inexplicably.
"So, if a Macedonian or Armenian can become the Roman emperor, it is not surprising that a Mongolian can become the Roman emperor."
Alexios's words made everyone feel that they really made sense.
Later, Patriarch Alexios said again. "It doesn't matter if he is a Mongolian. It doesn't matter if he had no faith before. He killed countless heretics before converting to Orthodoxy. Isn't such a great contribution enough?"
make up?"
"Inspired by God, John traveled thousands of miles to come to us!"
What Alexios said also convinced everyone.
According to previous rumors, a fierce war broke out between the Mongols in the East and the Tianfang believers. Hundreds of thousands of Tianfang believers were massacred by the Mongols. The results of such a powerful war even exceeded the last two crusades launched by the Pope of Rome.
All the results of the Eastern Campaign.
Alexios continued: "This John from the steppes killed more than 100,000 people in Poland, but the Poles deserved their punishment. Who allowed them to destroy Orthodox churches and massacre many Orthodox believers!"
"John of the Mongols, as a devout believer, there was nothing wrong in punishing the Poles. On the contrary, it was a great achievement."
The Poles are the licking dogs of the Roman Pope. In order to show their devotion to the Roman Catholic Church, they regard almost all Orthodox believers as heretics. The Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople has long disliked the Poles, and now Poland
The massacre of people by the Mongols naturally made Patriarch Alexios feel very happy.
After some arguments by Patriarch Alexius, all the archbishops under him felt that John, who came from the Mongolian steppe, was the best candidate to serve as Roman emperor.
Of course, all these reasons are not decisive to the last one.
That is, John who came up from the prairie possessed a force that the current Roman Emperor John V could not match!
Hundreds of thousands of Mongol troops!
They have now become Orthodox believers. 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 north shore of the Black Sea and invite John Tamerlane to come to Constantinople to become the Roman Emperor.
In order to complete this great and arduous task, Alexios personally appointed his most trusted Archbishop Joseph as the plenipotentiary envoy to represent him on a mission to the Yuan Dynasty.
In the city of Sarai, thousands of miles away from Constantinople.
Wang Baobao never thought that he just wanted to spend the winter in Sarai City.
Suddenly a crown fell from the sky and was about to fall on his head.
Sent by Patriarch Alexios, Archbishop Joseph disguised himself as a businessman and took a small boat heading north along the Black Sea, after evading the patrols of the Genoese navy.
Archbishop Joseph finally reached the Crimean Peninsula after going through all kinds of hardships.
After expressing their intention to come, the local Mongolian and Yuan garrison immediately sent someone to report the situation to Wang Baobao.
Wang Baobao naturally took the envoy from Constantinople seriously, thinking that it was the Eastern Roman emperor who had sent someone to discuss the alliance. He sent a special person to lead the elite cavalry to escort Archbishop Joseph to the city of Sarai.
After a long journey, as soon as Archbishop Joseph saw Wang Baobao, he immediately knelt down on one knee and explained the purpose of his visit to Wang Baobao in the most pious manner. After being relayed by the translator, Wang Baobao thought that his translation skills were not good at first.
What others said was wrong.
"How can you, a barbarian, act as a translator? I obviously came to talk to me about the alliance between the two countries, but why did you say that you want to give up the throne to me? I am an outsider and not a descendant of the Roman emperor.
Why do you get the throne from someone else!?" Wang Baobao looked angry.
This is a serious diplomatic accident!
But the Slavic translator in front of him looked innocent.
After further careful questioning, he looked at Wang Baobao with very pitiful eyes and said: "Your Highness, you are not wrong. This is what Archbishop Joseph said. Patriarch Alexius 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 simply stunned.
as big as World, nothing is nonexistent.
Wang Baobao felt that he had traveled extensively and traveled tens of thousands of miles across mountains and rivers, so he was well-informed. However, this was definitely the first time he had heard of the throne being offered to him.
"I am a Mongolian, 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 this, he thought it was true, but then he thought of his own identity.
Now he is the Grand Master Fufu of the Yuan Dynasty and has been granted the title of Wangjue. After all, he is still a minister of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Let the ministers of one country serve as the emperor of another country.
It's not appropriate to think about this kind of thing.
Wang Baobao then expressed his concerns.
"Ah?!" Archbishop Joseph was a little at a loss after hearing these words.
It turned out that due to lack of information, when people in the Eastern Roman Empire received news about the Yuan Dynasty, they all thought that Wang Baobao, who controlled the affairs of the Yuan Dynasty, was the monarch of the Yuan Dynasty.
They have never even heard of Bayan Timur, the Great Mongol Khan and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Archbishop Joseph reacted flexibly and resolved the embarrassment immediately.
"The emperor of the Roman Empire can have the titles of Caesar and Augustus, and both can perform the duties of the emperor. Just like your Great Mongolia, you and the current Great Mongolian Emperor can respectively serve as the Augustus of the Roman Empire.
In this way, we can maintain our original relationship with Caesar and be able to manage the affairs of the empire normally."
Archbishop Joseph was not an honest man either, and he just lied to 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.
However, in the subsequent evolution, Augustus and Caesar gradually acquired their own specific meanings.
As for whether the pie falling from the sky was a trap, Wang Baobao didn't feel that there was anything scary about it.
He now clearly understands that the military capabilities of these countries in Europe are very weak and are no match for the Great Mongolia.
Hao Hai led 10,000-horse cavalry and was able to kill seven in and seven out of the Kingdom of Poland, and finally retreated unscathed, taking away a large amount of gold and silver treasures and tens of thousands of Polish women.
This shows that the Mongols' combat power is far superior to that of European countries.
Among these European countries, the Eastern Roman Empire had the weakest combat effectiveness.
Even if he has a glorious history, he cannot change the current very embarrassing situation.
Wang Baobao is a robber himself, so how can he be afraid of some illegal shops?