Caesarea was already dressed up at this time, and although the city walls were not built, the outside of the city was enlarged twice, and the hills that were originally empty as a defense were all filled with newly built houses, shops, streets, and merchants and wealthy families.

As long as you are not afraid of the impeachment of the imperial history and send Borneo to accompany the cannibals, in addition to this, the information of officials and businessmen spreads very quickly, almost Li Jie announced that he would be the emperor of Constantinople as soon as possible, and countless big businessmen came here to build houses and invest in them.

From ancient times to the present, there is an unchanging truth, the capital housing prices and land prices have always been the highest, such as the current Jingshi, Taixi Fengjing, the land price is so high that many five-grade officials can't afford to buy a house, and they need to live in the collective official dormitory set up by the imperial court.

Since the king of Min wants to be the emperor in Constantinople, then the eastern, central, and western three capital models of Great Min are basically decided, Constantinople will be the future Xijing of Great Min, although Caesarea is not Constantinople, but the shortest distance from Constantinople is only 750 meters, I heard that there are officials of the Ministry of Industry who are considering building a cross-sea bridge here to connect Asia and Europe, then it will also belong to a part of Xijing, and the land price will naturally rise.

Savvy businessmen will naturally not let go of such a great opportunity, and the shops that are repaired now will be money in the future!

At this time, the temporary palace of King Min has also expanded a lot, behind the original Roman Doge's Palace, a new temporary palace of almost the size of the Huaqing Palace has been built, and a small half has been built, and the last dynasty can move into the newly repaired court hall without crowding the lobby of the Doge's Palace, the new mahogany vermilion lacquer pillars stand in the court, and the ministers are also beaming, just a few hours ago yesterday evening, the latest battle report came from the city of Constantinople, under the command of Li Ji, the chief of the Roman Road March, There has been a breakthrough in the siege, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the ministers will be busy preparing for the enthronement ceremony.

At this time, it was just in time for the three-day court meeting, and the court was beaten into a hot pot again, this time it was actually Xiao Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Gang, the imperial historian, Honglu Siqing and other old antique Wenchen factions had internal strife, Xiao Sheng advocated using Han rites to ascend the throne, Li Gang advocated and Li Jie's father Tang Taizong, directly using Tang rites to ascend the throne, and Honglu Siqing thought that Zhou Li should be used to ascend the throne.

However, there was also a fourth faction in the court, the last time they came to worship Li Jie, the Roman senators who were pitted by Constantine IV also occupied a place in the court of Damin, and the Roman faction represented by the Patriarch Theodor I and others strongly demanded to ascend the throne in accordance with Christian etiquette.

However, the foundation of this faction in the Great Min court is still shallow, and besides, they all mobilized troops to fight, and there is no need to care about their feelings, so although the voice of the Patriarch of Constantinople is particularly loud, no one pays attention to him.

Although in normal times, this kind of civil official chatter is the most troublesome thing for Li Jie, but today is a special thing.

It won't be long before the first fortress of the West, shielding the shield of European civilization for more than a thousand years, is about to lower its high head under its own artillery, and the future generations of Britain, France, Russia and other Western powers have not formed at this time, and this blank paper of Western civilization can completely rely on the canvas of Constantinople to be smeared by itself, and history will be rewritten in his own hands.

Under the sense of pride, looking at this group of scheming civil officials, they have also become much cuter, after all, the etiquette they represent is also one of the important parts of Chinese civilization, the symbol of China.

However, the civil officials have been arguing for a long time, after all, it is still a headache, about a sacrificial prison sacrifice, the three of them quarreled for half an hour, Li Jie himself finally interjected helplessly and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Han rites and Zhou rites are all my Chinese gifts, so just take half of each!" ”

"Your Majesty can't, etiquette can't be abolished, national affairs, how can you be sloppy?"

The three ministers who were eager to show their arms to fight came back in unison, which really made Li Jie cry and laugh, come on, just quarrel if you want, anyway, the world has been peaceful recently, and it's not a big deal!

But at this time, a black soldier with his whole body covered in black armor and even his face wrapped in a black veil suddenly broke in, and under the stunned gaze of the ministers, the black soldier hurriedly detoured to the corridor on the side, and when he arrived at His Royal Highness Li Jiedan, he knelt down heavily, holding a battle report in both hands.

There are still red feathers on the war report, which is a symbol of emergency military information, only yesterday it was reported that the city wall was destroyed, and today it is an emergency military situation, could it be that Constantinople surrendered?

In the discussion of the ministers, Li Jie also urgently opened the military newspaper, but at first glance, Li Jie's expression stiffened.

This, how is this possible?

His hands trembled violently, looking at the thin page of parchment, Li Jie seemed to feel that he was carrying a burden of thousands of catties in his hands, and his eyes were full of shocking words.

His ears were buzzing, and Li Jie felt that his vision was a little blurry as he looked at his eldest son Li Rang, who was trembling and picking up the military newspaper below, as if the entire hall was spinning with the sky, and there was a chaotic sound everywhere in his head, and finally, he couldn't help but feel a sweet chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Your Majesty!!"

The entire court immediately panicked.

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Things are not absolutely perfect, everything must have some shortcomings, such as the current royal Li family, although they have won the supreme throne in the world, they are still tormented by family genetic diseases for generations, and they are dizzy!

This is a kind of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, Li Jie's grandfather Gaozu Li Yuan, Taizong Li Shimin died here, and his sister Princess Changle also fell ill when she was young, Hainan was developed in the hands of Li Jie, and moved to Sanya, which is better, and Gaozong Li Zhi is also in history, otherwise he would not let the queen Wu Zetian control the government in the later stage, this time it is good, Li Jie was in a hurry, and he was angry.

When I woke up again, it was already dusk in the evening, and the palace was quiet, but as soon as Li Jie opened his eyes, the queen's eldest grandson Zhi, Qin Concubine Anna, as well as Hai Dai, Li'an and several other concubines all sent them in a swarm, and even Li Jie saw tears in the corners of their eyes.

"Okay, I'm fine, don't cry!" A warmth rose in his heart, and Li Jie casually grabbed the hands of Anna, who was closest to him, and said comfortingly.

However, the eldest grandson weaver is generally knowledgeable, although he is as urgent as the other concubines, the eldest grandson weaver turned his head to the outside of the hall and shouted loudly: "Come on, go to the Feng Pavilion quickly, Your Majesty will wake up and be safe!" ”

The hurried footsteps of the eunuch gradually faded away, but it pulled Li Jie back to reality, covered his head and sighed, and then Li Jie asked with difficulty: "How is it outside?" ”

"Your Majesty suddenly fainted, and the court was in chaos, but the prince and the prince maintained the situation, and now the hundreds of officials and the group are working in the central government office, and there is no more chaos!"

After hesitating, the eldest grandson Zhicai added in a slightly smaller voice: "Let Er Zheng urge the hundred officials, please rest assured, Your Majesty." ”

After all, it is his own son, after Li Rang was abolished, the eldest grandson Zhi did grow a lot, and he also worried a lot, although he didn't know what Li Jie thought, it seemed to repeat the mistakes of his father Li Shimin, on the one hand, Li Jin was the prince, and on the other hand, he gave Li military power and financial power, so that he could shake the prince's status, but no matter what, Li Rang was also her eldest grandson Weaving, and when he had the opportunity, he still wanted to try his best to let Li Rang perform in Li Jie.

The news from today is too important, the front line was defeated, the whole army retreated, and it was still like a thunderbolt, buzzing in Li Jie's ears, holding on to the edge of the bed, Li Jie gritted his teeth and wanted to stand up, but listening to the words of the eldest grandson Zhijia, he hesitated, and Li Jie sighed again.

"Then let Jean'er discuss countermeasures with the hundred officials tonight, and let him report to the widow tomorrow!"

With a sigh of relief in his heart, the eldest grandson turned around and went out again gratefully, looking at Anna's worried eyes, Li Jie stretched out his hand to Anna again: "Help me up!" Take a look at the city walls! ”

Behind the newly built palace is the city wall, next to the commanding height of the city, where the Bosphorus and Constantinople on the other side are almost unobstructed.

In the afterglow of the sun, the city across the strait seemed to be painted with a layer of golden light, as if it was as calm as ever, and the war did not seem to bring the slightest fluctuation to the city.

The rest of the concubines were persuaded by Li Jie to go back, leaving only Anna to follow him, looking at the huge and spectacular city opposite, Li Jie was really extremely depressed, and after a while, he turned his head melancholy and asked Anna.

"Am I destined to stop here?"

"How did my husband persuade me a few days ago, such as Julius Caesar and the first emperor of China, if they retreated when they encountered some setbacks, how could there have been the Qin Empire and the Roman Empire that unified China? The children of Jiangdong are talented, and the comeback has never been known! Isn't this a verse that you made yourself, husband? ”

Two months ago, Anna encountered the assassination of her teacher, and the blow to Anna was unprecedented, Li Jie had to persuade her for a long time to comfort her back, but now he came to persuade him to come, Li Jie finally shook his head funny, but then sighed again.

Does he know how many monarchs in history have folded under the city of Constantinople, such as this time, he is also full of confidence, but in the end he was beaten and sunk, this Constantinople is really evil!

And Li Jie also knew that the ministers he brought were indeed tired of fighting. Who is Li Ji? If he hadn't really encountered a major setback, he wouldn't have used the word "rout" of the whole army, what a hero Alexander the Great was back then, and he was finally poisoned by his subordinates who worshiped him as a god, because the Macedonian generals really didn't want to move forward anymore, and Li Jie, as the king of Fujian, he also had to weigh the consequences of going his own way.

Maybe he won't be able to conquer Constantinople in his life, and it's no wonder that Li Jie is melancholy.

The structure of men's heads and women's heads is really different, seeing that she was persuaded to nod her head again and again, but she couldn't persuade Li Jie's elm pimple, Anna was also depressed, pouting angrily, but she still accompanied Li Jie to quietly watch Constantinople on the other side.

Just watched calmly for a while, but Anna suddenly moved in front of her, and after staring at it, she immediately tugged at Li Jie's wide robe, pointed to the other side and shouted eagerly: "Lang Jun, look, what is that?" ”

Li Jie also looked in the direction of Anna's finger, but saw that in the direction of Sophia Cathedral, a dense black smoke rose into the sky, and soon this smoke column was dense again, after so many wars, this meaning Li Jie knew clearly, that is, there were troops looting and setting fire in the city!

What's going on? Could it be that the battle situation has changed again, and Li Ji has counterattacked?

With a solemn expression, Li Jie stretched out his hand and drank eagerly.

"Come on, bring the widow's telescope!"