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The expression on Duke William's face was a little embarrassed. He looked at King Arthur and said, "This is something I will consider in the future. The emperor I am talking about is not the emperor of Greece, but the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire."
Duke William did not have the noble sentiments to sacrifice himself and traveled all the way to Constantinople to save the Eastern Roman Empire.
There were actually two imperial crowns in the Roman Empire, one was the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, and the other was the Holy Roman Empire.
Duke William's desire to become emperor is actually no secret for a long time. However, being the emperor of the Byzantine Empire requires facing the Ottomans directly, while the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire only needs to deal with the electors within the empire.
"My monarch wants the title of emperor more than anyone else. As his vassal, I don't have enough justice to compete with him. If I want to get rid of this embarrassing situation, I must first become a king myself."
Duke William said without hesitation that his title as Duke of Normandy came from the King of France. The Principality of Normandy is part of France, and he is a vassal of the King of France. He himself is also a knight personally canonized by the King of France, even though his ancestors forcibly "surrendered" Since the King of France, the Principality of Normandy has been stronger than the French royal family, but no matter what, the King of France is still his undisputed monarch.
When he was young, he relied on the power of the King of France to stabilize his position. Therefore, this also brought about a huge trouble, that is, the King of France, as his monarch, had the legal basis to interfere in the Principality of Normandy, and the honor of the monarch and his ministers was righteous. His strength made it impossible for him to ignore the edict from the Paris court.
He was able to summon his nobles and knights to expedition to Britain because he was a monarch, and his nobles and knights, as his vassals, had the obligation to serve in the military for him.
In the same way, if his monarch, the King of France, has a headache and wants to attack Italy or other countries, then once the King of France calls him, he can only bring his own troops to perform military service and fight for the King of France.
Therefore, if he wants not to be controlled by others, he can only compete with his own monarch, the Dharma King, by becoming a king himself.
The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was not hereditary, but was elected by the three archbishops and four great nobles of the Roman Empire. These seven people who were qualified to elect the emperor were called electors. Normally, only seven electors were required. If the emperor is willing, they can elect the subjects of the empire, the nobles of other countries, and even the Byzantine emperor to serve as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. It is also legal.
In the history of the Roman Empire, foreign monarchs such as the King of France and the King of Spain also served as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, although the political stance of the electors was more inclined to elect the emperor from their own people.
Just like the Pope in Rome is elected by cardinals, in theory every priest and layperson can be elected as Pope. In fact, the Pope has only been born among cardinals. However, unlike the election of the Pope, the election of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire only requires With proper diplomacy, he, the Duke of Normandy and the King of England, could be elected emperor.
King Arthur sneered, "Once you can be elected emperor, I'm afraid you can use the title of emperor to suppress your monarch."
Before the rise of nation-states and the disintegration of the idea of divine right of kings, the emperor, as the chosen one of God, had a higher status than any king. Even the Roman Empire unified the world, with its territory spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and almost all countries were Roman Empires. part of the country, so both Eastern Rome (Byzantine Empire) and Western Rome (Holy Roman Empire) have unlimited claims to the country where their fallen territories are located.
This is why the king's title is only the fourth level, while the Roman emperor's title is the fifth level. As long as his strength can keep up, then the emperor is the true lord of the world and the king of kings.
Duke William understood King Arthur's disgust for him from the bottom of his heart, but he could not go back to the past. No matter what, he had to become the king and then the emperor.
"Yes, that's right. Once I become emperor, even if I only hold this title, I will be enough to suppress the King of France in France." Duke William expressed his ambition without hesitation. The authority of the Holy Roman Emperor comes from him. territory, but since the throne of this huge empire became vacant, the Roman Emperor was more like a title in name only. As the Emperor of Holy Rome, his identity was first the elector of Holy Rome, and then the Holy Roman Emperor. emperor.
The emperors of the past dynasties did not so much want to govern the empire with peace of mind as they wanted to deliberately attack Italy. Only through the wealth collected from Italy could the ambitious princes in the empire be suppressed.
"The three gold coins of destiny, the past represents death, and the future is illusory. Only reality connects the past and the future. The gold coin that symbolizes reality is the most powerful of the three gold coins of destiny. It is the core of destiny, so even if the country boy gets two It doesn’t help to become a king with a gold coin of destiny.”
The gold coin of destiny symbolizes that the current gold coin is the most powerful. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was defeated by King Edward, the patron saint of England. His martial arts, strategy, and ability to govern the country as a king were all taught by King Arthur. , Duke William has extraordinary information about his own strength, wisdom and courage, so how can he care about the other party.
Duke William was feeling proud when suddenly there was a commotion in the camp. A cavalryman ran towards Duke William with a letter in his hand. When Duke William saw the cavalryman stop, he handed him the letter in his hand and he tore it open. The letter above and Juanxiu's words made his face look ugly.
"Snow White's letter, how could it be like this?" Duke William looked at the words on the envelope, and his eagerness made him want to leave here quickly. However, the war was imminent, and he absolutely could not leave Britain regardless of his own army.
Snow White, Snow White Hanover von El, the daughter of the contemporary Earl of Hanover and the heir to the Earl of Hanover, is an indispensable part of him to realize his ambition.
Snow White's father was the Holy Roman Count of Hanover, one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Because of his beauty, his cruel stepmother sent hunters to chase her all the way into the forest. It was he who saved the girl at that time. The down and out Snow White, so just like in the fairy tale, the prince saved the princess, and the beautiful princess fell in love with the prince.
The marriage between Duke William and Snow White formed a political alliance between his Principality of Normandy and Snow White's Electorate of Hanover. This also gave him the confidence to run for Roman Emperor. As long as he could become the King of England, he would You can use Hanover's seat to aspire to the emperor's throne.
"When you save Snow White, you offend her mother, Snow Queen. Friends of friends may not be friends, but the enemies of enemies are largely friends."
King Arthur analyzed the intelligence for Duke William and said, "Queen Snow White is a powerful witch whose magic power is greater than that of my sister Morgan le Fay. Now she is tantamount to forming an alliance with us."
"So what, I know what you are thinking, I understand you, just like you understand me. You and I have the same red dragon blood flowing in our bodies, and we both have the arrogance of the dragon clan, but this does not mean that I have to I can no longer bear to allow danger, and I want to deal with that guy myself."
Duke William clenched his fists and said as if he had made up his mind, "There is a saying that adults beat children. My destiny gold coin can guide me to find him and kill him."
