Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 323 The Big Brother Became the Great Patriarch, and the Younger Brothers Be the Little Patriarchs
When the Purple Horde rose, the first thing it faced was the mess left by Eastern Rome.

The churches of various countries are called patriarchs or metropolitans. In short, they have begun to act on their own. The patriarch of Constantinople is completely powerless-the empire has been unable to provide him with military support, and he is deeply bound to the empire. Like the bishop of Rome, he established his own family and established a church independent of the secular government.

Therefore, this split has continued.

The church of the Purple Horde Khanate was deeply influenced by Eastern Rome, and compared with the previous regimes, the think tanks from the East had higher requirements for the church to obey the court.Therefore, after conquering several small countries, the Purple Horde Khanate began to rectify the local church organization.

The word patriarch originally meant "patriarch". In the Western Catholic Church, it is also called patriarch.In the earliest days, Rome established five patriarchates, allowing them to lead other church organizations nearby.But with the division and decline of the empire, only Rome and Constantinople were left with authority.After the great schism between the East and the West, the Bishop of Rome began to use titles such as Pope and "Servant of the Servants of God" to distinguish himself from the Bishop of Constantinople who claimed to be the Universal Patriarch.

If it's just like this, then that's fine. The main problem is that the various Orthodox churches that have splintered out have also learned from each other and raised their status.For a time, self-proclaimed patriarchs and metropolitans were everywhere, with the style of "the elder brother being the big patriarch, and the younger brothers being the little patriarchs".Even if the Great Patriarch of Junbao uses excommunication, there is nothing he can do about him.

At the beginning of the Purple Horde Khanate, many such churches were incorporated.In order to maintain stability, their titles were basically left unchanged.And these churches and the extremely rough administrative system of the Purple Horde Khanate in the early days intertwined with each other, causing many problems.

When Empress Dowager Helena reorganized the provinces, she began to reorganize in the face of the constant instability both inside and outside the country.With the help of Patriarch Zhang at that time, a new batch of dioceses were established one after another.At the same time, because the history of provincial churches is too complicated, in order to reconcile the old and new dioceses, the imperial court simply granted the title of Patriarch to all the leaders of the provinces.In this way, everyone's title will not be devalued...

This simple and rude way even stunned the Ross people who were preparing to stand on their own at that time, so they had to let it go.Since then, the management model of the Purple Horde has been advancing on this basis.

But now, due to the binding and integration of the church and the government, basically, the plan of the diocese is the plan of the future local administrative region.Therefore, for Pronsky, even if he is a local nobleman and the son-in-law of a noble family, this matter is too big.He had to at least discuss it with other parties, and then let the head of the family come forward, and it was impossible to express his opinions abruptly by himself.

Guo Kang thought for a while, and then asked Wu Han: "It's normal for him to want to get involved in the conscription, but where did this person come from? Did he get a lot of support from Liangzan?"

"I heard that he has been sponsored by many local nobles." Wu Han said: "At the time of the old man, their family was a representative of the traditional aristocracy, and they had a great influence among the people of the country. Now no one suppresses him." Then, it is estimated that it will only become more powerful."

"Our relationship with the Principality of Ross is still the relationship between the suzerain and the vassal. Whether he wants to continue to advance in this system, or directly bypass the Grand Duke and join us, he must have some foundation. But I guess, he probably just wants to be a small Zhu Guo is working hard in this direction."

"So that's the case." Guo Kang thought for a while, and felt that it made sense.

Power does not leave a vacuum.With Cao's current state, not only other princes may squeeze their power, but the forces that were originally their "subordinates" will also take the opportunity to squeeze upwards, trying to take the opportunity to gain a higher position and gain the right to speak that they did not have before .To put it bluntly, it is everyone sharing together.

Pronsky is at least an in-law and has some strength. It is estimated that he wants to go further this time.

Guo Kang can't take care of other people's family affairs, but since this army will be a regular army in the future, he still has to take care of the issue of the source of troops.

"We still have to try our best to recruit people from areas where the rule is weak." He told Wu Han: "We want to set up military and parishes in rural areas to build our own foundation. Since he is a relative of the Cao family, he can be regarded as one of our own. But Because of this, it is even more necessary to abide by the requirements of laws and regulations.”

The Purple Horde did not refuse outsiders to join, and some people even achieved quite high positions.But for such powerful people in the local area, they are rarely entrusted with important tasks.Because in the history of Rome, there were too many tragedies caused by trusting barbarian leaders, and everyone still has lingering fears.

On the contrary, those who come from the middle and lower classes or from the church are more likely to be promoted.Because they have no external support, their status and wealth in the Purple Horde is their entire status and wealth.Such people are generally more reliable.

The only exception, of course, is war.If you can win enough military merits, the promotion channel of the Purple Horde is directly open to the top.Before, there was even an example of a Greek pirate leader who had always been the Grand Duke of the Navy.

Because the military management system of the Purple Horde is relatively complete, it is basically not afraid of foreign generals pulling soldiers to rebel—and in Europe, for some reason, this kind of situation is indeed rare.On the other hand, unlike Seris, in this place, it is a local tradition for military nobles to serve across borders.The Purple Horde can provide sufficient resources and troops to command, and foreign nobles who are uneasy about the status quo are naturally willing to try their luck.

Therefore, for Pronsky, the best choice is to take this opportunity to find a military position in the new Ross army, and let himself or his family's children fight with the army and make meritorious service.However, Guo Kang has never seen this person have any record before, and he has never heard of anyone in their family who is particularly capable of fighting.I don't know how he intends to solve this problem.

"Pronski...uh, I don't even know what his title is." Wu Han smiled awkwardly: "They have their own system over there, and it's very rough. We just use Ross's words directly. His 'lord' is his title."

"Anyway, this noble gentleman is waiting outside. Would you like some tea first? After about a quarter of an hour, after meeting with the priests, it will be his turn to receive him."

"No need, we've had lunch." Theodora replied calmly, then took out the bottle of juice from the bag and took a sip: "Besides, I have a drink specially given by Mr. Guo, so I won't bother you Tea is served."

"Uh...Okay, thank you princess for your understanding." Wu Han looked at the bottle with some doubts, and bowed: "The two of you, please sit down here for a while. I'll go and reply to Master Wang."

"Go and do your work," Guo Kang said.

Wu Han responded, turned and left.

"I just wanted to say that you are calm, what are you doing showing off to him?" When he walked away, Guo Kang said helplessly to Theodora: "It's fine to show off to little Jeanna, and anyone who catches someone passing on the message will be fine." I have to say something about…”

Theodora turned her head away and ignored him.

Guo Kang didn't know why she suddenly looked like a child, so he had no choice but to not mention it.

(End of this chapter)