Credibility is a priceless treasure, in Li Jie's place, Constantine IV's credibility has become negative, and it is estimated that even if he swears to God, Li Jie will no longer trust him.

But on this letter, it was not only Constantine IV who signed it, but also attached the names of the two consuls of the Senate and more than 100 high-ranking councilors, this phenomenon is extraordinary, you must know that the Eastern Roman emperor at this time was compared to Octavian in power, and the period of the Five Sages Emperor was one step further.

Although the Eastern Roman Empire also set up a senate modeled after the ancient Roman system, it was basically without any rights, and both the consuls and parliamentarians were often fake spectators and humanoid stamps, and they were responsible for applauding when the emperor made any decisions.

Instead of the Senate to rule the country is the Emperor's Imperial Council, composed of a deacon, several regional governors, army commanders, justice ministers, and the mayor of Constantinople and other high-ranking bureaucrats, they are almost all close to the emperor, and the major and minor affairs of the Eastern Roman Empire are generally handled by them, even if they are signed, they should be signed by the deacon-chief Manius and others, and it is not the turn of the senators.

But now more than a hundred names do appear on this letter, that is, at least a large part of the power of the Imperial Council was taken back by the Senate at this time, and in view of the turmoil of the situation, Constantine IV also had to compromise with the Senate.

The interests of the Senate are tied to the land of the whole country, if the Arab cavalry scattered out of the Great Min really fought a guerrilla war in the Balkans for more than a year, the wealth of the grange on which most of the senators relied for their survival is estimated to be in ruins, and the Senate of 300 people was expanded to 900 in the Augustan era, with the purpose of having more people, more scattered opinions, and less easy to form a force against the imperial power, but once these 900 people were really united, the Roman emperor was helpless.

Just like Justinian the Great, the Roman senate and citizens joined in the rebellion, almost forcing the great emperor who had almost restored the territory of the ancient Roman Empire to abandon his throne and flee.

But today's Constantinople, not to mention famous generals like Belisarius, Constantine IV has almost lost even the royal guards under Antioch, and now the army he relies on to maintain his rule is either the newly hired guards from the Bolgars, or from Greece and Macedonia, both of which are the power of the Senate, so it is not impossible that the current situation will occur.

If the compromise with Damin really came from the intention of these patriarchs, then this letter of surrender would be guaranteed in terms of integrity.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, Li Jie is in the Aegean Sea, what he wants is not as simple as the Eastern Roman Empire ceding land and reparations, but Constantinople and the entire Roman Empire as the pinnacle of his imperial industry, the conditions set by the Roman Senate in this letter are that the Great Min stop the attack and withdraw the Arab bandits to the desert, and the Senate will welcome Li Jie and Anna into Constantinople to claim the emperor and recognize them as legitimate Roman emperors!

As for Constantine IV, he didn't want to sit still, he offered Italy, Constantine IV asked Damin to restore the Western Roman Empire, move him to rule Rome, and crown him as the Western Roman Emperor, then he would give up Constantinople and the entire Balkan Peninsula.

It is indeed a great temptation for Li Jie to take Constantinople without bloodshed, after all, this important city in the southeasternmost part of Europe is known as the city that will never fall, and its defense is indeed evil.

In addition to the Fourth Crusade, there were traitors leading the way, whether it was the Hun Emperor Attila in the northwest, or Sassanid Persia in the east, and even the Arab Empire, which had expanded to its peak, it was not taken down several times until the end of the Middle Ages, when Eastern Rome was weakened and only Constantinople and a few nearby cities remained, with no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, and it was calculated by the Pope, which was tragically destroyed and broken.

Moreover, the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Mehmed II led a waterway army of more than 200,000 people, and also carried the terrifying weapon of destruction such as the urban cannon, and the defenders in the city were only 9,000, so the Turkish army also attacked the city for more than two months, paying tens of thousands of casualties.

In the end, the Ottoman Turks still relied on the ******-controlled Galatia, from where they dragged the warship into the Golden Horn with huge logs, thinning the defense of Constantinople, and the defenders made mistakes, and the Kokbota Gate of the outer wall of Belakne forgot to lock it, so the Turks stormed the city and took the shield that had shielded Europe for more than a thousand years.

Although Li Jie was conceited to have more than a thousand years of knowledge than Mehmed II, and although the Min army did not have the Orban cannon that was more than five meters long, had an adult-thick bore, and weighed seventeen tons, which could be called a monster, the Fujian firepower could only be stronger than that of the Ottoman Turks, not weaker than them.

After all, the Sultan's artillery was only sixty-nine, and Li Jieguang had more than 200 cannons on the opposite side of the Golden Horn, and if Li Jie was willing, the large and small cannons placed under the city of Constantinople could even exceed 2,000, and the walls of Constantinople had never reached the peak level of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

However, fighting a war requires taking risks, sacrifices, and being able to enter the city without bloodshed is better than tens of thousands of dead and wounded and turning Constantinople into ruins, as for Constantine IV and the remaining senate nobles and their stubborn forces, there are means to clean them up in the future, and there is no need to rush at all.

But, can these cheeky senate politicians who can be used as shields be believed?

Tens of thousands of hearts moved Li Jie and Anna really glanced at each other, and then the smile of the King of Min was a lot more sincere, Li Jie smiled and said to Paul who was looking stupidly: "Paul Qing can **** me in the center of Constantine IV's perverse behavior, his loyalty inspires the sun and the moon, and it is not enough to be angry if you don't reward it!" ”

"Therefore, the widow decided to appoint Paul Qing as the Great Shepherd of the Great Min Protector, the official of the third grade, ranked under the Qin Heavenly Prison, and was enshrined by my Great Min, rewarded with 100 silk horses, a box of gold and silver coins, and served 20 nuns. Someone came, the royal tailor of the widow's court! Take Paul Qing to sew a new set of vestments immediately! ”

Listening to Li Jie's "angry" shouting, Paul almost didn't have a big snot bubble, even if he was born as a god stick liar outside the Heart Hangu Pass, he also knew what the concept of Zhengsanpin was, and he was at the same level as Zai! This is still nothing, a chest of gold and silver coins, a hundred horses of silk! Relying on him to be abducted and deceived for a hundred years, he can't save less than half of it, and there are twenty serving nuns, saying that they are nuns, and the word service is very particular, Paul is also a fake Taoist, thinking of the bewitching figure of the beautiful woman of Da Min is so beautiful that he bubbles up with big snot.

didn't know that in the future, he was almost not squeezed out by the twenty widows given by Li Jie, and Paul was led away by the guard officer in a daze, and he broke away from this eye-catching guy, and before Paul went far, Li Jie roared impatiently.

"Prime Minister Di Renjie, Laiji, Wang Fangyi, Yuwen Festival! Chuan Yu Shi Doctor Li Gang, the military department secretary Li Ji, the Honglu Temple Qing Yang Xiong, and the Ministry of Rites Xiao Sheng, let them put down everything and immediately let the widow enter the palace! ”

Listening to Li Jie's roar, more than a dozen eunuchs who passed the decree suddenly panicked and scattered.

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The administrative efficiency of Damin is quite high, in less than half an hour, even the old Xiao Sheng, who was far away in the school palace set up by Buddhism, rode a horse and was out of breath to the palace, tired and sweaty, but don't look at Xiao Sheng so old, but he is still old and strong, constantly exerting residual heat for the Damin society, just stumbling into the palace, and bowing to the ground without breathing.

"Taken Constantinople? Congratulations to Your Majesty on his ascension to the Great Treasure, long live the Emperor of Damin, long live, long live! ”

Xiao Sheng's bow was hung and Li Jie squirted out a mouthful of water, and the old Li Ji, who was planning that only the Arabs would continue to help the people of the Balkan Peninsula reduce the burden, explained listlessly with an old face: "It's not that Constantinople is captured, it's that the Romans are going to pay tribute again." ”

The old Li Gang, the imperial historian on the side, also just arrived, and he was always panting with an iron face to drink water and rest, he didn't know what was going on, listening to Li Ji's explanation, his saliva was really squirting out, and he didn't care about coughing, holding his breath Old Li Gang anxiously hugged the wat board and admonished loudly: "Your Majesty, the Romans are two-faced and three-faced, I can't believe it!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, the Romans are completely rude, openly beheaded my Min envoys, not educated, really beasts, ministers, when beheading the Roman envoys, send the head and return, he will capture the head of the thief one day, and ask for the guilt together! ”

Things gather by like, people are divided by groups, Zheng Li in the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Dazhong, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the two stupid hats who went to Constantinople to die last time are Xiao Sheng's friends, at this time, the old Xiao Sheng also hated Constantine IV, and even used the title of thief.

Doctors and scholars of the Ministry of Rites have always been conservatives in the court, and even they are not optimistic about the surrender of Constantine IV, which shows what the image of Augustus of this Roman has become, so that Li Jie has the strength to transcribe it into Latin, Chinese and two languages, and the bottom line of the negotiation book brought by Paul is spread on the table, and he said depressedly.

"This time is different from the past, the Romans are really scared by us, and in the name of Anna, this war is understood by many Romans as a civil war, and it is not Constantine IV who negotiates with us this time, but the Roman Senate, the difference, Anna, you can explain it to everyone."

can replace Wu Meiniang to stand in front of the most concentrated ministers in Damin to participate in politics, even if Anna and other characters are a little excited voices, but in the end it is Anna, the language is quite fluent, basically expressing the internal affairs of the Roman Empire, when they heard that Constantine IV was going to exchange Constantinople for Rome, Li Ji, Xiao Sheng, Wang Fangyi and others were all breathing a little heavier.

Frowning and muttering for a moment, Wang Fangyi still took the lead in shaking his head.

"No!"

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