The fall of Constantinople not only marked the opening of the door to Europe, but also the fall of the mighty Eastern Roman Empire.

On October 15, an Athenian envoy came to Constantinople to submit to Li Jie on behalf of the Peloponnese, followed by Achaea next to the Adriatic Sea, then Thrace, and later, even the Bolgars in semi-independent Romania and the Scythian region even sent people to surrender.

Simon, who finally escaped death, never dared to come back to see Li Jie, and the envoys sent were respectful like grandsons, and came to recruit the Baogar people as soldiers, cut the land, and said that the ministers and tributes were all agreed, but the court did not agree to see Li Jie's death.

Now the Bolgars are already very injured, less than one in ten, and have lost the capital of the Bulgarian Empire in history, there is such a tribe that converted to Christianity and gradually entered the feudal agrarian society to guard the northern frontier against the plundering of the poor tribes in the Black Sea and the bitter cold land north of the Caucasus, which is also a beneficial and harmless thing, and Li Jie did not touch the Bolgars.

Before Li Jie set up a senate, this time it came in handy, the senate from Ctesiphon quickly took over the middle and lower level officers left over from Constantinople, because of the war and chaos for seven or eight years of the political situation of the Eastern Roman Empire re-circulated, the orders written by the scribes of Constantinople were smoothly conveyed to the municipal officials of various cities under the empire, and after being the governor of the emperor for several years, the municipal officials had to carry out the orders of the central government with a sad face, The intercepted taxes were sent back to Constantinople.

Even Apollonia or Epirus, which are the farthest away from the Adriatic coast, did not dare to refuse Li Jie's order, and now the voyage of the Damin navy is much farther, without Constantinople stuck here, the Damin fleet that is going down the river is advancing along the Aegean Sea, and it is really possible to hit whoever it wants, and no one dares to guarantee that when he wakes up, the port will be full of murderous three-story artillery warships.

However, not everything was so smooth sailing, and Anna didn't know where a big nephew came out of nowhere, pulled up the anti-flag, declared a decisive battle with the Fujian heretics, and led a guerrilla force of several hundred people to carry out an indomitable "struggle" against the "Fujian army" in the Eastern Alps.

Moreover, the Roman governor of southern Italy didn't know what kind of trick his head was pumping, and declared Anna, a distant nephew, as emperor. So after robbing about 20 chickens and ducks from a few small villages, the distant eldest nephew went to the Viceroyalty of Naples in southern Italy on a fishing boat to continue his power.

The only thing that made Constantinople difficult was not how to exterminate this rebel army, but to search through the Roman royal family genealogy, and really did not find that this distant nephew was a descendant of that house.

Another point is the religious contradiction, three years ago the defeat, more than 100,000 Arab troops were scattered in the Balkans, many survivors actually spread out in the local area, married the local widow who lost her husband because of the war, lived an agricultural life, and became a small piece of the I~Slan faith circle.

The Greek Orthodox Church strongly demanded that the imperial court relocate all these Arabs back to the Arabian Desert, but Li Jie was not willing to compromise with these gods at all, not only did not agree, but also began to build Hongwen Hall in Constantinople, Thessaloniki, Athens, Epirus, Apollonia and other important cities, built Confucius statues, Mencius statues, and spread Confucian culture.

Confucianism does not believe in any gods, what is particular about the strange and chaotic gods, the mainstream consciousness of not believing in gods is the first time to enter the Balkans, and the etiquette of the Great Min has really attracted many local nobles to join and learn, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the Greek Orthodox Church.

But even if they are dissatisfied, they are helpless, and now that the Great Min is in full swing, they can only watch the Great Min dilute the influence of Christianity little by little.

Li Jie's promise was really fulfilled, in the first year of Fengming, Fengming was in the west, taking over the huge territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, and after straightening out the political situation in the empire in December, the coronation of King Min became an imminent event.

Many ministers have been with Li Jie for almost 20 years, and many people have died before they became famous, and now they have finally achieved positive results, from the prime minister to the lowest-level officials of Damin, all of them sincerely hope that the king of Min will become the emperor, and Damin will become a real empire, completely get rid of the vassal relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and you can pat your chest confidently and say, Lao Tzu is also a minister of the empire, not a head lower than you!

On the day of the capture of Constantinople, Wang Fangyi and Di Renjie had already sent an order out, demanding that all governors of the country, feudal officials, and vassal states fulfill their Hajj obligations.

From the chieftains of the islands of the South Pacific in the south, to the Sogdian states of Central Asia in the north, the Tocharian surnames, and even the Turks sent envoys to congratulate them, and on the main roads of the Great Fujian, envoys of all languages and colors braved the cold wind to gather in Europe and converge on Constantinople.

In the spring of the second year of Mingfeng, Constantinople even reached the point where the residents splashed a basin of foot-washing water, which could splash to the point of five governors, three princes, and two chieftains or tribal nobles, and in the first year of the occupation of the Great Min, the worship mission brought the first dividend to the residents of Constantinople, and the hotels were even full, and some small royal families were reduced to the point of sleeping on the streets, and the nobles who came were more or less wealthy, and the king of Min was called the emperor, and the establishment of an empire was a rare occasion for a thousand years. Many aristocrats from the Eastern Hemisphere saw everything fresh in Constantinople, bought everything they saw, and wanted to take it back as souvenirs.

This kind of madness is about to catch up with the aunt to organize a group to go to Japan to buy smart toilet seats, sweeping the goods so that the pockets of the various guilds in Constantinople that have accompanied the family quickly bulge, and the guilds continue to recruit workers, giving new jobs to many citizens who were impoverished on the day of the city, and in less than half a year, Constantinople has restored the prosperity of the new Rome of the year.

Today's streets are full of new buildings, the sound of craftsmen banging nails is like woodpeckers in the forest, and even some residents of Constantinople have come to the church to pray for Li Jie, although the content of the prayer is a bit strange.

May His Majesty the King of Min be prosperous and ascend the throne once a year.

Under such a grand occasion, the exciting enthronement hall of King Min was finally officially held on March 17 of the second year of Mingfeng.

The Grand Palace of Constantinople, which has been renovated and renovated, is now busy with countless guards, eunuchs and court ladies carrying all kinds of ritual items needed for the ceremony, and decorating the palace with flowers.

In the inner palace, Li Jie and his wives and concubines were also dizzy, and several large boxes of cumbersome dark clothes were tossed by Wu Meiniang, Yang Xinyi, Li'an, Hu Qianer and other little girls.

In front of the huge mercury glass dressing mirror, I couldn't hold back the excitement and the mood of a woman's natural love for beauty, the eldest grandson weaving and Anna changed one dress after another, and the makeup was wiped over and over again, although Li Jie's harem wives and concubines also had double digits, but there were only three who were qualified to sing the leading role today.

The eldest grandson is the main palace, Anna is called the Roman emperor in her name, naturally she has a place, originally as the mother of the prince, Xiao Man'er also has a place, but she and Li Jin are too lucky, Karl Salt Desert has not had a rainstorm for a hundred years, just in time for Xiao Man'er to catch up with the seasick land route encountered a heavy rain, the convoy was trapped near a swamp, and it was not possible to catch up with Constantinople in two months.

Prince Zhengli's mother had to wait anyway, but the ministers were too anxious to claim the emperor, and even Xiao Man'er's clan secretary Xiao Sheng and the servant Xiao Lou made up a lot of high-sounding reasons not to wait for her, so the unlucky Xiao Man'er and Li Jin missed the emperor ceremony.

There is also a woman Li Jie who also hopes that she can appear at the enthronement ceremony, that is Qin Qing, this little girl who was taken in by herself when she was a child has been supporting her in Nanyang for so many years, and sometimes she can't see each other for a year, and Li Jie feels the most guilty about her.

However, Qin Qing was even more unlucky, and when she left, she talked about a business with the Zheng family in Xingyang and delayed some time, she and Li Gong, the king of Nanyang County, only arrived in Bangladesh now, and stayed with Fan Ziyue, the queen of Linyi, and it was even too late in time.

As for the third one to sing with Li Jie today, it is Wu Meiniang.

Originally, she almost couldn't come, the territory of Damin was too large and narrow, originally Wu Meiniang was not at ease no matter what, and wanted to stare at Cessifun, but this time Li Jie was also iron-hearted, and strictly ordered her to attend, and Wu Meiniang arrived in Constantinople.

Unlike the excited eldest grandson weaving, Wu Meiniang was still the same set of dark shawl and long-sleeved fairy dress, and she was not busy picking out clothes for herself, but she went around Li Jie endlessly, putting them on for Li Jie one by one, but she took them off unsatisfied.

After fasting and bathing for more than seven days, Li Jie was originally dizzy from red tape, and was pulled off a set of coats, Li Jie really couldn't help it, and raised his hand with a wry smile and said: "Mei Niang, it's okay, this set is very good, lonely is a man, any set of clothes is fine, but you women, you must dress up beautifully today, this can be the mother of the world."

"The concubines are all old and yellow, which annoys Your Majesty, and they are not beautiful." While turning out the next set of soap and dragon robes for Li Jie to put on, Wu Meiniang muttered angrily, she once again hugged her waist and put on her clothes, Li Jie's wry smile couldn't help but deepen, women are so contradictory, she is not willing to come when she is called, and she blames herself for alienating her.

Fortunately, Wu Meiniang is not an ordinary woman, she just complained, and put in the heavy work of picking clothes, smoothed out every wrinkle of Li Jie's clothes, and looked in the mirror for a long time, then nodded with a little satisfaction and said: "Your Majesty is the supreme in the world, the emperor of the West, how can you be sloppy?" Otherwise, wouldn't it be able to deter the group of clowns who jumped off the beam? ”

Listening to Wu Meiniang's awe-inspiring words, Li Jie was helpless again, she was really the only female emperor in history, no matter what, her heart was as careful as a hair, and her heart was as hard as iron.

However, when it came to this, Li Jie's eyes also revealed a little fierceness, and he sneered with a faint murderous intent and looked at his shadow in the mirror.

"Don't worry, it's okay, the ancient sacrifice is too strong! Today, the widow will sacrifice to the gods of the heavens! ”