Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 167 The Old Noble Archaeological Team

After the Purple Horde Khanate failed in its first attempt to control the majority, how to revise its strategy became a critical issue.At that time, Guo Kang's great-grandfather, Guo Gai, was the one who made the final decision, so their family knew about it very well.

The Cao clan, one of the founders of the country, pushed for the entry into Dadu with all its strength.At that time, Cao Meng, the ancestor of the Cao family, visited the Greek court as an envoy.Cao Meng has long sleeves and is good at dancing, and he is very good at dealing with affairs. Soon he hooked up with the great eunuch Mihail.

In the Greek court at that time, there were extremely many factions and the struggles were intricate.Not only are the officials fighting each other, but senior officials are also forming cliques.For example, the great financial officer, the great patriarch, the Grand Duke of the Navy and others at that time were all choosing sides and standing in teams, and at the same time they were also managing their own forces.

The great eunuch Michael was a confidant of the late emperor, so he sided with the late emperor's son, John V, against the co-emperor John VI who was once the late emperor's prime minister.

But the problem is that John V also has many factions.For example, the queen mother regarded herself as the guardian of John V, taking advantage of the situation to monopolize power and exclude other veterans.Mikhail also had disputes with the queen mother many times, seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, he began to think of other ways.

Seeing that John VI had already started hooking up with Osman, Mikhail took the initiative to make a connection and wanted to welcome the Purple Horde as foreign aid, so that he could also secure his seat because of this credit.Therefore, he began to help Cao Meng in his activities, and finally decided to accept Cao Meng as his adopted son and let him inherit his political property to show his determination.

And this failure hit the Cao family quite hard.Although the direct reason was that Li Tiance was busy watching the show and was not on guard, but Cao Meng felt that he did not arrange it well, and everyone was troubled.

Therefore, after the incident, he has been desperately covering the evacuation of Li Tiance and others.Finally, at the city gates, he was attacked while trying to negotiate with a mob.Although everyone ran out in disorder, Cao Meng was seriously injured and died not long after.

After this incident, the Li family and the Cao family had completely formed a relationship with the Greeks.Others were also outraged and demanded revenge.It just so happened that John Khan and Ye Xianbuhua Taishi led the Northern Tentacle Army to support them, so everyone hoped to fight back to the city and punish those thugs.The last time, we should set fire outside the city and make a good demonstration to let the Greeks know that they are not easy to mess with.

At this time, Guo Gai stood up and stopped Li Tiance and others who were about to draw their swords to kill people, trying to appease everyone.

He believes that this is a premeditated attack, and he has not heard the news before, and it is likely that the two factions of Greeks have achieved cooperation.Otherwise, someone would have come to inform and expose the conspiracy of the opposing party.

But this kind of cooperation is too rare to last long.

If you rush to attack the city now, you may have to suffer a lot of losses.Moreover, the Ottomans and Serbs are still operating nearby, so there are major risks in the operation.

The Art of War says: A monarch cannot start a war just because of a moment of anger, and a general cannot go out to fight because of a moment of anger.He knew that everyone felt aggrieved, but as a commander, he should always consider whether it was in the national interest or not before considering personal feelings.

Launching an attack now is tantamount to forcing other forces to work together.And venting anger outside the city will not do any harm to the enemies in the city—the outside of the city has long been looted by various forces, and even if there are still leftovers, it is not clear whether the nobles in the city will take pity on these villagers. easy to say.

Therefore, for the present plan, it is better to wait for them to change themselves.It won't be long.

Guo Gai was highly respected among this group of people, so everyone reluctantly followed his suggestion and withdrew for repairs.

And the subsequent development was exactly as he said.Seeing the retreat of the purple tent army, the Greeks thought that they were intimidated by the city wall and could only swallow this dumb loss, so they relaxed.

The city quickly returned to its old state, and more than two officials kept fighting among themselves.John V even played the Romance of the Three Kingdoms with his two sons.In a city in Dadu, at least four opposing forces appeared at once.

After a few years, the Greeks in the city finally couldn't stand it anymore.Some nobles took this opportunity to betray the water again.They took control of the city gates, greeted the purple tent army, and took the initiative to arrest and execute a large number of people who participated in the previous attack to express their sincerity.

As for the two officials, they were exiled to Crimea by the Purple Horde.

"The princess was thrown back to Constantinople, but the city has changed hands, and her father has also moved north to Crimea." Guo Kang said: "That's why I said that this situation is actually quite embarrassing. "

"Then Maria Ketun on your side, isn't it more embarrassing?" Jeanna asked.

"That's not enough." Guo Kang said: "She never took her family seriously. Later, during the Civil War, her first reaction was to avoid the front of the rebels and go to Moriah in the south to snatch the last of the family. Territory. I suspect that she is quite happy that her father has fallen."

"Of course, I think immature Greek nobles will be embarrassed. As for those with deep background and rich experience, I guess, we will embarrass them for them, and they will not."

"The nobles...maybe they really don't care about changing their allegiance." The heroine Jeanna could understand it herself.

"Yes." Guo Kang nodded: "If a noble family wants to continue for a long time, it is not only a question of whether it can fight. Whether it can stand in line in time and change the court may be more important. The Greek nobles are welcoming the new court. In terms of politics, it has been doing very well.”

"However, several generations have passed now. The military government has also begun to be implemented in the Greek region, and the remaining family properties of the nobles are constantly being dismantled and digested by the Khan court. Especially after the reform of the military government and the Anta War, they Within the traditional sphere of influence, the ability to intervene in local military affairs no longer exists."

"That's why Master Wang reminded you just now that Queen Anna is not a direct descendant of the family." Guo Kang finally said, "Because we don't need to marry Greeks anymore."

"The intermarriage of the Purple Horde, in fact, only the first generation was really to win over the Greeks here." He explained: "The marriage with the Queen Mother Helena is not so much to win over the Greek nobles, as it is to restrict the Greek nobles. .Because she is from Trabzon on the southern coast of the Black Sea, Georgia is behind that country, and she is not in the same group as the Greek nobles here."

"Kedun of Basil III is a Serbian. You should already understand it here."

"By the generation of their fathers, Rome has stabilized. There is no goal that needs to be stabilized through marriage, and there are no people outside the system that are worthy of special marriage. In this way, you can actually marry anyone you want. The scope has been relaxed a lot.”

"Didn't I just say that the relationship between their parents is okay? If it was back then, it would be a luxury." He shook his head and said.

"Then what about your grandfather's family, those distant relatives?" Jeanne turned her head and asked Theodora.

"The queen mother actually dislikes them." Theodora shook her head: "Don't look at them one by one, I really can't see who has any real skills at the moment."

"The only child of this generation who is smarter is Constantine. I don't know if there is any hope of becoming a talent in the future. The others... just forget it."

"A few years ago, I told my adoptive father and mother that it is better to let these old Greek nobles go to archaeology." Guo Kang said with a smile: "Anyway, they only know a little more about the unpopular Greek culture, so it's better to use their abilities as much as possible. Go to Athens, Crete and other places to dig ruins. As a result, last year, it seemed that it was really organized."

"It turned out to be your idea. The queen mother said that Mrs. Huang mentioned it. I thought it was her or Mr. Huang's idea." Theodora was a little surprised.

"Yes." Guo Kang was also a little proud: "By the way, whoever behaves well, let him go to the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and try digging there."

"Why?" Theodora asked strangely.

"He is Guo Banxian, just listen to him." Tuo Huan waved his hand and said indifferently.

(End of this chapter)