Although it was a conquest led by the Great Min, the ascension to the throne was carried out in Constantinople, and it was still subject to the intervention of the local forces, and this coronation was a head-to-head confrontation between the Great Min and the old forces of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Except for Constantine the Great, who founded Constantinople, who was not baptized by Christianity until his later years, the remaining Roman emperors who ascended the throne in Constantinople almost always held the enthronement ceremony in Hagia Sophia, crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople, in other words, the position of Roman emperor required Christian recognition.

The rights of the Eastern Roman Emperor are much stronger than those of the ancient Roman Empire, and even sometimes the capital of Constantinople is a eunuch appointed by the emperor, but after all, Christianity still oppresses the emperor, and there are some things that even the emperor needs to bow to the church, such as Leo I, who was more than 100 years later in normal history, had to launch a campaign to destroy the icon in order to crack down on the land occupied by the Holy See and strengthen the national strength, which lasted for more than 100 years, and finally ended in the victory of Greek Orthodoxy.

Later, the Archbishop of Turin even expelled the emperor from the church because he did not conform to the rules of etiquette, and did not allow him to re-enter the church to pray until the emperor repented, and the emperor's authority was undoubtedly weakened by Christianity.

However, the Great Min from the East is Confucianism and etiquette as the general idea of governing the country, and Li Jie naturally cannot let Christianity shackle him, so this time Li Jie ascended the throne directly on the Grand Palace's new building in the past few months, and no one was needed to crown himself.

This undoubtedly angered the Christian forces in Eastern Rome.

Theodore, the Patriarch of Constantinople, simply said that he was ill, and a large group of priests, priests, and the upper nobles of Constantinople conspired together.

Hagia Sophia.

Just when the envoys of various countries in the Grand Palace were in full swing preparing to ascend the throne for the King of Min, here, the conspiracy assembly was also in full swing.

"Eastern heretics, this is blasphemy against God!" With this big red nose and a particularly tranquil belly, Archbishop Winkor of Arax roared with great rage, and his rosacea seemed to be red as if it were bleeding because of his anger.

On the other hand, in stark contrast to him, the thin and bamboo-like Duke Julius of Steyr was also full of indignation and raised his goatee on his mouth, and shouted angrily: "That's right, the Roman emperor who has not been recognized by God is not worthy of being called the Roman emperor at all, and Anna and her barbarian husband will never be recognized by the Roman people!"

Catering to the two of them, the rest of the more than 100 Eastern Roman nobles followed the discussion and roared, and their indignation was as impassioned as the righteous indignation of the nobles who gathered together to expel the tyrant at the beginning of the founding of Rome.

However, all the words of the politician are for their political purposes, although Li Jie retained the administrative system of the Eastern Roman Empire after entering Constantinople, but in the past few months, he has drastically adjudicated some old nobles, and many people present have been deprived of their territories by the Great Min, and they have been accustomed to being a parasite for generations, but now they want to squeeze the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination with tens of millions of candidates in Fujian, which is naturally unacceptable for these lords who think they are noble.

In particular, there are many powerful nobles of the former Constantine IV.

The aristocrats' discussion buzzed like flies, but as if someone in the class had come to say that the teacher was coming, in the blink of an eye everyone stopped talking, and a fat man dressed as the Patriarch of Constantinople and holding the holy staff of the ironwood cross left by St. Paul slammed into the hall accompanied by more than a dozen priests, and the flabby flesh on the fat man's face was full of extremely gloomy expressions like a Shar Pei dog about to bite, and the pretentious nobles stopped abruptly at the sight of his arrival.

"Patriarch Baldwin, Theodore's butcher's knife of fear of the infidels is no longer worthy to lead us Christians! Lead us, lead the righteous people of Constantinople, drive the infidels out of Constantinople, and let him know that the wrath of the Roman people is irresistible! ”

Wincole was the first to come out, and pleaded with Baldwin with courage and generosity, and immediately behind him, the nobles who had gathered shouted with the same indignation, raising their fists and shouting, "Patriarch Baldwin, please lead us!"

His face trembled unknowingly, but under the rush of human affection, Baldwin's face also quickly appeared extremely angry, and he also shouted at the crowd.

"You're doing the right thing!"

The shouting faded away, leaving only Baldwin's roar.

"You are all God's holy warriors, and you are doing righteous deeds! With God's blessing, I speak of leading you, leading the citizens of Constantinople to overthrow the tyrant and elect a true Roman emperor for everyone! ”

Raising his arms to the sky, Baldwin's last shout was "Fight for God!"

This sentence ignited everyone's enthusiasm, and more than a hundred nobles drew their various weapons almost at the same time, chanting along with them, and at the same time quickly rushed out of the Hagia Sophia.

In the square at the entrance of the cathedral, more citizens of Constantinople had gathered here at an unknown time, and the old people, merchants, or nobles of their own communities had gathered at the entrance of the church, shouting with the same excitement.

"Refuse the emperor who does not succeed to the throne in Hagia Sophia!"

"Tyrant! Get out of New Rome! ”

No one would have imagined that in just a few minutes, more than 50,000 people would gather here, and the overwhelming stones and dirt were thrown at the patrols of the Great Min, and the soldiers of Jin Wuwei here were only a few hundred, so they had to be forced to retreat far away, which further fueled the arrogance of these rebels, who loudly insulted the Min army and laughed at the Tang people.

Among these people, there are many trading houses that have profited a lot from the accession of the king of Min, and the owners and associates are not popular enough, and after entering Constantinople from the Great Min, Li Jie issued a series of policies that are beneficial to the people, which makes these people even more greedy and insufficient.

The riot came to an end with Baldwin's appearance, and everyone cheered Baldwin's name fiercely, standing on the high podium of the Patriarch's speech of Constantinople, Baldwin shouted even more fiercely.

"The people of Rome, rise! Come with me to bring down the infidels tyrants! ”

"For the victory of the Roman people!" Tens of thousands of people rushed to the Grand Palace like boiling water, followed by the great nobles who rushed out in advance, surging forward, and the faces of these men and women of Constantinople were completely full of morbid excitement.

Since the Nika Rebellion two hundred years ago, after Justinian the Great suppressed the rioters, the citizens of Rome have not revolted for the sake of participating in politics as they are now, and perhaps the arrival of a new emperor has made the Roman people rise again, thinking about the bright future of their own power, and the faces of every rioter are swollen as blood.

No one noticed that the face of Archbishop Baldwin, the leader of the riot, was always twitching nervously.

At this time, in the Grand Palace, Li Jie's enthronement ceremony has finally reached a * stage, the external criticism of the Xuanxi Nine Dragons is big, wearing a tortoiseshell streamer crown, Li Jie is like an ancient Chinese emperor holding a ribbon, leading the queen's eldest grandson weaving, co-ruling the emperor Anna, and the concubine Wu Meiniang appeared in the main square of the Jianji Dengtian Hall under the guidance of the honor guard, where the tens of thousands of civil and military ministers of the Great Min who had been waiting for a long time, more than 10,000 states, affiliated tribes and foreign envoys bowed to the ground almost at the same time, neatly shouted.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

There are already officials of the Ministry of Rites who have prepared ritual vessels for sacrificing to the sky, and there is a misty light smoke burning in the big tripod weighing a ton of weight, which is full of precious spices such as dipterocarp *, in front of the tripod, the three members of the Great Min Tiger will personally handle the knife, under the order of Li Jie, kill the horses, cattle and sheep used in the sacrifice to the heavens, and place the heads of the white horse, black cattle and green sheep in front of the altar.

But just when Li Jie was holding the sacrificial text written by jade to sacrifice to heaven and earth, outside the palace, loud chaos and noise came in, listening to the shouts and killings outside, groups of officials, ministers and envoys of Fanbang all turned their heads in shock, and even the garrison guarding the edge of the square drew their swords as if they were facing a great enemy.

There was no such thing in the plan, Xiao Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly went to inquire about the situation, and immediately came to the square sweating profusely, and hurriedly prayed behind Li Jie: "Your Majesty, the citizens of Constantinople have rioted, and they ask Your Majesty to succeed to the throne in Hagia Sophia."

"The situation is urgent, please take care of the overall situation, otherwise, promise them, after the sacrifice to the sky, visit the Hagia Sophia!"

Xiao Sheng was so anxious that beads of sweat flowed down, Anna, who was wearing a Roman-style purple dress, grew her mouth in shock, Wu Meiniang was stunned, but then she showed a charming but gloomy smile, and looked at Li Jie intoxicated, she understood the meaning of Li Jie's words just now.

As for Li Jie himself, he didn't even look back, and said lightly: "Without him, it's just three animals for the widow to sacrifice to the sky!"

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Hagia Sophia was not far from the Grand Palace, and in less than a few minutes, these gathered mobs had already rushed into the Colosseum, the only way to the Grand Palace, but as soon as they rushed into the arena, the leading Archbishop Baldwin's expression suddenly changed greatly, and with the support of two priests, he quickly climbed up the stairs on the slope of the arena to the audience with the support of two priests.

Tens of thousands of people were like a torrent, and everyone was stimulated by the coup d'état, and their eyes were red, rolling forward, not even noticing this small countercurrent.

However, ordinary people didn't notice it, but the leading nobles saw it, and Wincole hurriedly shouted behind him: "Archbishop Baldwin, where are you going?"

But the crowd that was rolling forward was so loud that it easily drowned out his shout, and a bad feeling rose in the hearts of the nobles who took the lead almost at the same time, and suddenly they remembered that things seemed to be going too well.

From the deposing of many local nobles three months ago, returning to Constantinople with their family subordinates and starting to plot, to uniting the bishops and priests of various churches, and then to using the incident of Li Jie's succession to incite the people, a total of seventeen rallies and arguments have been experienced, and they have not been discovered by Da Min once, and even once a guy was drunk and shouted in the public bath to rebel against Da Min, which did not arouse Da Min's suspicion, which is not normal in itself!

It's a pity that the nobles of the various opposition forces in Rome who want to understand it are also difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and they can't help but be constantly pushed forward by the crowd.

Seeing that the surging rebel citizens in front of him were about to crowd out of the gate on the other side of the arena and directly hit the palace, who knew that at this time, there was a loud creak, and the iron gate that was exactly the same as the gate that fell to the death of the beloved house fell violently from the inside of the arena portal, and almost at the same time, another iron gate also fell with a bang at the entrance, and the stunned rebel people hula spread out to both ends, and a bad feeling rose in their hearts, and the citizens of Constantinople at both ends immediately flocked to the gate, Desperately pulling at the floodgates.

But at this moment, a large group of footsteps rushed out from the middle seat of the arena, and countless Macedonian and Thracian recruited Fujian army Roman legions with bows and crossbows swarmed the entire audience, and in the crunching bowstrings, countless cold rays pointed directly at the rioting citizens of Constantinople who had become a pot of porridge below.

Without waiting for the chaotic party below to shout in horror, Maximian, the general of Damin Zhenwu, had already ordered with a blank face.

"Kill!"

After three rounds of fire, thousands of Arab cavalry roared and rushed out in the chariot passage, slashing straight at the crowd, the scene was exactly the same as when Justinian the Great suppressed the Nika rebellion more than 200 years ago.

The desperate Archbishop of Arakus, Wincor, with his dying resentment, shouted to Baldwin, who was standing side by side with General Damin and watching indifferently: "Baldwin, sooner or later, my children and grandchildren will kill you, a traitor to God!"

At this time, Baldwin was congratulating himself on the correct position, listening to Wincole's resentful roar, but he leaned on the railing contemptuously and laughed: "This is not to be bothered by Archbishop Wincole, Damin has a special criminal law for rebels."

"Yi Sanzu!"

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Outside the palace from the hustle and bustle to the screams, and then to the silence, during this time Li Jie just finished reading out the text of the sacrifice to the sky, and placed the heads of the pigs, cattle and sheep on the altar, below, the envoys who bowed and worshipped, but there was already a layer of sweat on the foreheads of the ministers at this time, and they had just heard Li Jie's words of sacrifice.

Just now, tens of thousands of people were sent to the sky as sacrifices in the prison, and the methods of the King of Min once again frightened these nobles of all ethnic groups who submitted to the Great Min, and even the Roman nobles who had a lot of reluctance in their hearts, that little rebellious heart also disappeared without a trace, Li Jie This is to use his cruel means again to prove the determination to defend the country!

In awe, Li Jie held the eldest grandson weaving with his left hand, Anna with his right hand, and Wu Meiniang behind him.

At the back of the stairs is the pinnacle of power!