As outrageous as it sounds, Hellenization is currently a very thorny issue in the Roman Khanate. Moreover, not only the Mongols were Hellenizing, but also the ministers of Bulgaria and Serbia, and even the Han military and political leaders who always claimed to be literate, were facing this troublesome situation all the time.
This issue was first raised by some Bulgarian officials. As the place where the Khan's court made its fortune, Bulgarians accounted for a large proportion of high-level officials. But with the expansion of the Khanate, what was established was more of an order based on "Greek rules."
The purple tent system is said to be derived from the Tang system, but in fact it incorporates a large number of organizational methods and terms from the Liao and Yuan Dynasties, but in terms of execution, it is biased towards the Greek tradition. For example, their military government was the product of a mixture of the Tang Dynasty's system and the habits of the Greeks. To this day, in some Greek documents, it is still called a "military district".
In Europe, only the Greek organizational system was most similar to the Tang Dynasty and could be easily understood by the officials and the people. Other countries, even France, which has the most complete system, are far behind. Therefore, this situation may be difficult to avoid.
These Bulgarians question whether we are using the Chinese system that has been appropriately modified to adapt to the local situation, or is it a Greek system that has been upgraded with the help of the Chinese system?
If it is the former, it is still acceptable, which is equivalent to everyone learning from the advanced experience of the Seris people. If it was the latter, these Bulgarians would inevitably start to murmur in their hearts.
The Kingdom of Bulgaria has been established for hundreds of years and has been at war with the Greeks all year round. Although heavily influenced by Greece and even ruled by the Roman Empire many times, their independence has always been strong.
As experienced officials, they could also see that the Han system introduced by the Purple Horde Khanate emphasized centralization more than the Eastern Roman system and could eliminate local independence. Will this cause the Bulgarians to disappear and be assimilated by the Greeks?
In short, as a part of Rome, they can completely accept it and are even proud of it. After all, they were the first to respond and build the current Roman Empire bit by bit. But if you want to turn them all into Greeks, everyone will definitely feel uncomfortable.
As for Bulgaria, the situation is even better.
Since Asbaruch Khan led the Bulgar tribe to migrate here, Bulgaria has been a country for nearly 800 years and has its own inheritance and historical memory. But other regions, such as Wallachia and even Serbia, only became independent countries in the true sense after the decline and contraction of Rome, which was only a hundred or two hundred years ago. Now that the Purple Horde Khanate has unified various regions and implemented the Greek system, it is likely that they will assimilate them back again.
As for other places, such as Moldavia and Crimea, they lacked even a formal political power in the past. Now the Purple Horde Khanate is promoting reclamation there, establishing military regions and organizing legions. It is conceivable that the future will also become Hellenistic.
Doesn't this mean that everyone is fighting to the death but making wedding clothes for the Greeks?
The Easterners at the top of the Purple Horde Khanate might not care much. Even if that were the case, they could just join Greece themselves. But the Bulgarians are obviously the most unacceptable.
Last time the Greeks invited an Armenian emperor to treat the eyes of the Bulgarians, and everyone still remembers it. When Greece is so strong, if they find someone who can fight to lead the team, the Bulgarians will probably suffer again.
In this regard, the Khan's current strategy is to use the Roman flag as much as possible and avoid Greek elements.
The new administrative region established in the Purple Horde Khanate, no matter what it was called before, now uses the Chinese character "Da Qin" as its official name and the Greek word "Rome" as its pronunciation.
It stands to reason that Latin is the most orthodox, but now "Latin" has other meanings. When people mention Latin and Latin people, what everyone thinks of is the barbarians in the homeland of Western Rome. This word has been contaminated by barbarians and is no longer useful.
As a result, the only mature scripts that everyone can use are Greek and Chinese - the Mongols haven't even decided which alphabet they should use to write, and the Yuan Dynasty itself can't decide whether to use Uighur or Phasiba script; Other countries here all use Greek letters or derivative characters for recording, and have not yet formed their own unique writing system.
In order to avoid "Hellenization", the Greek text also had to be removed. That’s it, all that’s left is the Chinese characters…
Therefore, there is a strange phenomenon in the Purple Horde: in the legion farms along the Black Sea coast, whether they are migrating Bulgarians, local Slavs, or recruited steppe people, they all call themselves "Romans". Braided together.
There is a "Da Qin" sign hanging at the entrance of the manor, and there is even a traditional Roman red flag with "Qin" written on it. It's a pity that it's not "Han", otherwise I wouldn't be able to tell whose flag this is...
The soldiers in training set off from the manor to train in the field. These people also use Chinese for their passwords and written orders. The Purple Horde Khanate relied on legions to get its start, and the power of the Han Shihou also originated from here. This was how everyone trained their soldiers a hundred years ago. Therefore, this unique legion culture was formed very early.
But having said that, officers do like this set of things because it is very concise in pronunciation and writing. It is very suitable for giving orders in the army. Even the Greeks are using it. Therefore, there are still no signs of decline.
Of course, this thing can hardly be called real Chinese. Due to the cultural level of the users, this "language" is very simplified, often with only one word, and then roughly organized using the grammar that the locals are familiar with, so that everyone can understand it. Locally, it is commonly known as "Roman Chinese characters" or "Legion Script" to distinguish it from the long-winded "Chinese" written by scribes.
From a broader perspective, with these legionary farms and Roman towns as the center, the true foundation of the Purple Horde Khanate - "Romania" was formed.
This word is not the specific country of Guo Kang's previous life. Today, that concept is far from taking shape, and it’s hard to say whether it will ever take shape in this world.
Originally, the Wallachians would defeat Hungary in 1330 and establish the first precursor to modern Romania. But looking at the history books of the Purple Horde Khanate, it was the troops of the Golden Horde Khanate led by Boyan Timur, Guo Gai and others who expelled Hungary at this time. Therefore, there is no such thing as the latter.
In the past, political power in Eastern Europe was often just a matter of kings coming and going, with little local change. However, after the establishment of the Purple Horde Khanate, it suffered from too many enemies and insufficient combat effectiveness. The Golden Horde was still a behemoth at that time, and it was possible that they would come to investigate their rebellion at any time. Hungary and Poland are also among the most powerful countries in Europe. In this case, everyone can only do their best to improve their organizational capabilities and combat effectiveness.
Therefore, under tremendous pressure, the Khan's court began to promote the abolition and relocation of local nobles and the establishment of local military mansions. Guo Gai, the ancestor of the Guo family, and Li Tianying, the ancestor of the Li family, were the main promoters of this measure.
The Khanate spent decades of energy and huge costs, and many people, including Li Tianying, died in internal and external wars. Later, when Li Tianying's younger brother Li Tiance, who loved going to the theater, came to power, the core area was finally stabilized. The reform was basically completed only after Li Yinglin won the Civil War.
The result is that in these places, a relatively complete official system was finally established, and a restoration was successfully achieved, returning to the era before the feudalization of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Purple Horde Khanate's mobilization ability is therefore much higher than that of surrounding countries. It can easily manage more than a dozen troops all year round. This is where its confidence lies.
Since the original nobility and territories were dispersed, the Khan's court also adopted a new naming method.
These developed territories extended from Thrace to Crimea and even included the Georgian region on the Black Sea coast. The Khan called them collectively the land of Rome, "Romania".
However, "Romania" itself also adopted a large number of Greek cultural and institutional products. As time went by, even Rome began to become more and more Greek, which was very worrying.
This is not because everyone is hostile to and rejects Greece. In fact, people like Li Xuanying like Greek culture very much. But everyone is also very aware of the consequences of Hellenization.
