It seems that the emperor and Empress Damin have not changed much.

After a few days of national celebration, life was still dull again, and every morning, the knighted ministers came out of the official houses that had been flattened by the Roman nobles and civilian rebels who had just been vacated after a coup d'état, and gathered in the square of the Grand Palace before dawn, waiting to enter the palace.

The sun rises from the east, and the portraits in the square are all shining, like white jade, these are all carved by Li Jie's order in recent months, and they are all heroes who have been kind to Min Tang or killed with him.

There are statues of Lao Yang Yi, Sheng Wenjian, Dugu Loss, Li Jing and Li Yexu's grandfather and grandson put together, two generations of famous generals stand in armor, looking majestic, and people who see it are admired, and there are Tang Dynasty celebrities such as Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yanjin and others who have helped Li Jie.

Standing with a Mo knife and still roaring on the battlefield, there was a strong man standing without a name, with a scar on his face, holding a machete, and he seemed to be a bit of a scoundrel, which made many officials passing by look at it in surprise.

Only those officials of the older generation who had followed Li Jie since the time of the Fujian Observation Envoy knew the meaning of this statue, and they couldn't help but look at it and sigh.

"Your Majesty Dorne!"

Li Shimin used the Lingyan Pavilion to enshrine the portraits of the heroes, and Li Jie said in a more intuitive way that these heroes were displayed in front of the palace square, just like St. Peter's Square carved with saints of all ages in front of the Vatican Palace, at this time, there are several statues being sculpted, that is the statues of Li Ji, Wang Xuance and others, it is said that Li Jie also made a will, when he himself died, the statue will also be erected here.

At the end of the day, the gate of the palace opened, and the ministers entered.

Today's Damin officials, is no longer the world of the Qing Yishui Tang people, the Tianzhu family that accepts Confucianism, the Persian family abounds, and some have achieved three or four grades, and now, in the ranks of these officials, there are many more Romans and Arabs with high noses and deep eyes.

The last Hippodrome massacre gave a huge shock to the entire Roman Empire, and let them see clearly who was the master, Min and Tang entered the Roman Empire by means of conquest, if you are not obedient, Min Tang does not spare the butcher knife in his hand, after this incident, Min Tang's rule in the Balkans is much smoother.

If you can't beat it, then join it, many Roman nobles began to choose to enter the newly opened Taixue in Damin, Hongwenguan to study Confucianism, anyway, Confucianism no matter what god you believe in, you can learn Confucianism on the one hand, while continuing to worship God, in the Balkans, it has set off a Confucianism fever.

From a very early stage, Li Jie had prepared for entering the European intellectual circles, and translated a large number of Confucian classics early, the thoughts of Confucius, the benevolence and righteousness of Mencius, the subtle words and righteousness in the Four Books and the Five Classics, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, loyalty, bravery, filial piety, and honesty, which were the sacred realms in the hearts of the Chinese people, which gave these Romans who did not have much thought life in Western life except for God suddenly enlightened.

There were even Roman priests who suddenly took off the robes of the clergy, hugged the Analects and wept bitterly, shouting: "This is the real God!"

After the founding of the Fujian and Tang Dynasties, it was on the rise, but there were still a lot of headaches for Li Jie every day.

It was no small task to continue to implement the Chinese model of rule in the Balkans, to transport grain for the poor tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, to reconcile the relations between the tribes of the Central Asian steppes, to organize unveiled assemblies for the various sects under the dominion, and to promote religious exchanges.

Inherited the position of the Roman emperor, and also inherited the troubles of the Roman emperor, just like now, Li Jie sat on the dragon chair like a toothache, and seemed to swear that he would not dare to come to the court in his life, Simon, the leader of the Bolgar people, knelt on the ground with a sad face, and on the side, more than a dozen white nomadic tribe barbarians wearing torn sheepskin jackets and the smell of the smell on their bodies made people dizzy were standing in the center of the golden and brilliant palace, and there were several tall, blond and blue-eyed Nordic people arrogantly holding their arms.

The only ones who received the gift were the envoys of the Frankish kingdom, but unfortunately the news they brought also made Min Tang angry and headaches.

"Your Majesty, Dear Roman Emperor, haven't you thought about it yet? You have so much gold and silk, and you give us only one-tenth of a tenth of the Magyars, and that little money will save you a war, what a good business? It's better than our warriors driving straight into your territory and taking it yourself, and in the end Your Majesty will have nothing left! ”

The power of the Huns was almost wiped out under the city of Constantinople, but soon there were new barbarians filling in, and the theory of the robbers could be high-sounding in Tang language, and it was also considered a bull's break.

However, the words of the Vikings who came out of Scandina made Sheng Lianshan know that he was angry early. The blond-haired Norseman with his arms in his arms said arrogantly: "We Vikings don't care who the Roman emperor replaces, but the gold tribute to the great Danish king is indispensable!" Your Emperor Constantine IV has been in arrears for three years, and if you don't see the gold anymore, the great Viking warriors will have to take it for themselves! ”

At this time, Sheng Lianshan was not in a hurry, and waited in the military generals with a wat board in his arms, because he knew that if he didn't do this, it would not be their Min and Tang Emperor Li Jie! Sheng Lianshan just needs to wait for the troops to grab the quota.

Li Jie himself is also angry, but after all, he is the emperor, he is a little more calm, and he didn't slap the table on the spot when he suppressed his anger, Li Jie turned his eyes to the envoy from the Frankish Kingdom, and barely showed a little kindness and asked: "My ally in the west, what kind of news did the lord of your country want to bring to the widow when he sent you?"

"His Majesty the Supreme Roman Emperor!" The Franks were full of courtesy and bowed deeply, but his request made Li Jie's head flutter.

"His Majesty Pepin, the king of my family, has now occupied most of the territories of the Western Roman Empire such as Gaul, Upper and Lower Germania, Britannia, Ceciru, Pannonia, etc., and His Majesty also wants to attack Britain and restore the entire territory of the Western Roman Empire, so His Majesty Pepin has sent an envoy to want to share the world equally with His Majesty the Eastern and Western Roman Empire!"

The Franks were really arrogant, occupying one acre and three points of land in the west, and they actually wanted to be on an equal footing with Li Jie, Li Jie used the last bit of reason to visit Baldwin, who was appointed by him as the chief deacon and assisted in the leadership of the Roman Senate, and asked in a dissatisfied tone: "How did the Roman Empire deal with this situation in the past?"

After Baldwin betrayed the citizens of Rome since the Colosseum, he had already made a name for himself in the Roman aristocratic circle, and with his guidance, the Min and Tang dynasties eradicated dozens of rebellious noble families and wiped out the three clans, which made the Romans hate him so much that Li Jie relied on his assistance to deal with Roman affairs.

Baldwin has no place to stand without Li Jieke, he can only be loyal to Li Jie, so when he heard Li Jie's question, he immediately gave two words in fear.

"Give money!"

"Your Majesty, according to the past practice, the Roman emperor will give the Danish king five hundred pounds of gold every year, a number of various goods, since Attila led the Huns to sweep the empire more than three hundred years ago, the barbarian Roman emperor from the east will also give gold, give land to settle their people, let them become a barrier to my Rome in the Danube."

"Your Majesty, this is much cheaper than fighting them, being defeated by them and then looting!"

Listening to Baldwin's heartfelt plans for himself, Li Jie almost didn't squirt out.

He now understood the biggest reason for the weakness of the Romans!

The early Romans were full of courage and unafraid of sacrifice and simplicity, Caesar's army, Wu Dawei's army, and Constantine the Great's army were almost all composed of Roman citizens and Romans living in the Italian peninsula, but later, the number of Romans in the proportion of the army became smaller and smaller, and the number of foreign races such as Germans, Slavs, and Goths became more and more numerous, taking the attack and defense of Constantinople as an example, Constantine IV's 80,000 troops were more than 50,000 foreign mercenaries.

The Romans themselves could no longer guard their wealth, they had to rely on greedy foreign guards and money to buy peace! Without the spirit of going in, he is not weak, who is weak?

Originally, the conquest of Rome had become the last battle that Li Jie had prepared for himself, and he only needed to defend himself in the future, but now it seems that the tiger is not powerful, and some people really use themselves as hellokitty! The muscles on his head were bruised, Li Jie patted the handrail and stood up angrily, about to declare war.

There are still loyal and brave eight guards under the city of Constantinople, as well as the iron cavalry of King Min Tielin and Guanning, as well as 80,000 Arab mercenary cavalry, and the recently built Roman government soldiers can also draw out 100,000, so many elite soldiers and strong generals, who is Lao Tzu afraid of?

But just as Li Jie was about to announce a war with the Magyars and the Vikings, a new envoy arrived outside the Lengbuding Hall, and the shrill voice of the eunuch Sporatita suddenly came into the hall.

"The envoy of Chang'an has arrived!"

After all, he was from his hometown, Li Jie was quite excited for a while, put aside the provocations of several barbarians, waved his hand violently and said, "Xuan!"

It turned out to be an acquaintance, Princess Gaoyang went on a blind date in order not to marry Tubo, Shangguan Yi! Listening to Li Jie's order, the guards on both sides opened the door of the hall, and Shangguan Yi, who has always been known for his demeanor, dressed as a Confucian scholar and entered the main hall elegantly.

When he was called emperor, Li Jie was like Chang'an sent an envoy and went to the temple to pay tribute, for the recognition from Chang'an, Li Jie was still very concerned, and even stood up in person, who knew that Shangguan Yi entered the center of the hall not only did not salute, but suddenly held out a bright yellow holy decree with both hands.

"Li Jie, King of Fujian, kneel to welcome the Son of Heaven!"

Li Jie's face immediately froze there!