"Yes." Li Xuanying was very proud: "In fact, as long as you have a deeper understanding, it is not difficult for you to find that our country is much more 'Rome' than you imagined."
"We really don't know much about it." Zelik said stutteringly: "At first, we only heard that this was an Orthodox Khanate."
"Strictly speaking, we are not actually a khanate." Guo Kang corrected: "Although everyone likes to call us the 'Roman Khanate' or the 'Purple Horde Khanate', in fact, our Rome is a head of state. The country is just that the head of state has been hereditary for a long time.”
"Yes." Li Xuanying nodded: "Our official name has always been 'Khuriltai and the Roman People', rather than really calling ourselves the Roman Khanate."
"This name seems familiar." Zhu Wenkui said curiously.
"This is not surprising, because the nature of Mongolia under the Kuriltai system is actually similar." Li Xuanying pointed out: "Starting from Genghis Khan, although the great khans paid less and less attention to the authority of the Kuriltai, the nature of the Mongol Khanate It is still a head-of-state country.”
"Later, Kublai Khan led the Hebei Army to cross the Tula River and disbanded Helin Huliletai by force. At this point, the transformation into an empire was completed."
"That's right...that's really similar." Zhu Wenkui nodded slightly in surprise.
"I suspect that these countries were not much different in the earliest times. However, there are not many early records in Mongolia, so it is impossible to judge." Guo Kang said: "Now even Genghis Khan's laws have basically been lost. I don’t know the specific laws and organizational details they had at that time.”
"How many years has it been?" Zhu Wenkui calculated and shook his head.
"It was mainly man-made sabotage." Li Xuanying explained: "At that time, he originally hoped that all members of the Golden Family in future generations would firmly abide by this set of laws. But what was the name of the one he formulated...? I can't even remember the name. Come on, it’s probably called the Golden Law. This thing may have been passed down for one generation, and then no one would listen to it.”
"The Kublai Khan I just mentioned took the lead in breaking the Golden Law, and also broke some basic provisions. At the earliest, according to Genghis Khan's order, he was not allowed to make portraits of him - this is a common method, and it is used to Emphasis on divinity.”
"Not only did Kublai Khan find someone to build a portrait of Genghis Khan, he also claimed that he looked similar to his grandfather and requested that it be made in his own likeness. The portraits circulating everywhere now actually show Kublai Khan."
"This method also emphasizes one's legitimacy." Jeanne said.
"Yes, this is a common method." Guo Kang nodded: "In order to control the Persian region, the Ilkhanate made a large number of holy images of the prophet, and then painted the face of the Great Khan and distributed them everywhere. This kind of holy images spreads It’s quite wide, we have it all here.”
"During the Timur era, the sacred elephants turned into Timur's face. The statue in our Empress Temple was personally sponsored by Emperor Timur's uncle, who specially asked Greek sculptors to carve his face."
"The same goes for people in the Central Plains." Li Xuanying said: "I heard that in order to usurp the throne of our Li family, Wu Zetian made a Buddha statue carved with his own face to enhance his sanctity - you see, everyone actually Everybody."
"Then it's not surprising." Zhu Wenkui agreed.
"Yes. I've also seen your great-grandfather's portrait. That face is probably..." Li Xuanying pursed her lips and gestured on her chin: "Just, it's probably this long..."
"Looks completely different from you." Li Xuanying looked at Zhu Wenkui and appraised.
"ah……"
"That one is for folk propaganda." Guo Kang said: "Central Plains people believe that people with destiny will look different. But I don't know why you are making a fuss about your face..."
"It's probably the face that's most obvious." Li Xuanying thought for a moment and said, "What's the vision of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty? There's a mole on his thigh, right? But look, how do you show that to everyone?"
"The portraits of emperors are all wearing royal robes and sitting upright. If the emperor of the Han Dynasty wanted to show his intentions to others, he would have to make an opening and then lift up the hem to show his thighs to everyone. This is not very elegant, right? …”
"Well, I don't think anyone wants to see Han Gaozu showing his thighs..." Guo Kang said helplessly.
"Right, then I have to sacrifice my face." Li Xuanying said.
Guo Kang nodded, but if he thought about it carefully, there were hidden dangers.
"There seem to be people with big chins here in Europe," he reminded.
"Is there any?" Li Xuanying seemed not to have noticed.
"It's not obvious now, but with the continuation of incest, in another hundred or two hundred years, it will probably be very noticeable." Guo Kang said, calculating: "Originally, apart from the genetic disease itself, there would be no problem. But now ...I don’t know if they will fake their bloodline.”
"Is he pretending to be a descendant of Taizu?" Zhu Wenkui seemed to have not considered this possibility at all and was shocked.
"Yes, Dad is traveling around Europe now, and he also likes to interact with the middle and lower classes." Guo Kang threatened him: "Nowadays, in European countries, the contradiction between the nobility and the people is very serious, and many people have long wanted to rebel. It's not like they haven't This idea is just because I had poor organizational skills before and couldn't make trouble."
"We in Rome not only gave them an example of how to organize, but also probably gave them a better reason to make claims."
"Europeans believe in bloodlines. If you have a good bloodline, it will be easier to attract people. Therefore, they are also likely to attract an ancestor who is far away and cannot be verified, but has a high reputation. If this ancestor has a similar deeds, that would be even better - just think about who is the most suitable."
"You don't even need to be related by blood. You can just claim that your ancestor was the adopted son back then." Li Xuanying pointed to Jashka and others who were leading the way, and said with a smile: "Look, they have already started, and they will definitely become more and more popular in the future." Come more and more.”
"I think it may not take long, at most one or two generations, before the descendants of the Second Prince Zhu are rebelling all over Europe."
"Yes. I also think that with the current situation, the farmers on the Shenluo side will definitely revolt on a large scale in the future." Guo Kang said: "Perhaps then, it will be the commoners on the right side of the Rhine River carrying three-foot swords. , to conquer the world."
"Ah..." Zhu Wenkui was completely dumbfounded.
