Capital Datang

"Grand Duke Forres, you are too rude!" Queen Irina suddenly turned around, staring aggressively at the human who was speaking behind her. .

And Li Ke also turned around at this time, and saw the very handsome Forris standing behind him. Although the other party looked very calm, Li Ke could see a hint of hidden hostility in the other party's eyes.

"Isn't it? Marquis Ciro recorded very clearly in the book that a man in the Tang Dynasty can marry many women?" Forres walked over with a glass of wine, with a warm smile on his face.

"Your Excellency, Grand Duke, it seems that you have some understanding of the customs of our Tang Dynasty, but I have to say that your understanding is still too superficial!" Although Li Ke didn't know why this Forris was hostile to him, since everyone bullied him Naturally, he wouldn't bear it when it came to his own head, and Chris was also very angry at this guy who was disrespectful to her master, so she directly translated Li Ke's words without any modification.

Hearing Li Ke's unhesitating counterattack, the expression on Forres' face changed, and he was about to say something more, but at this moment Constance II also came up and took a deep look at Forres , there was a hint of displeasure in his eyes, which made him immediately swallow what he was about to say.Capital Datang 650

However, Queen Irina hated Forres very much, and the other party offended her honorable guest for no reason. Although Forres did not refute again, it still made her very angry, so she said sarcastically: " Your Highness King Wu need not be angry, some of the Roman nobles are indeed too self-righteous, thinking that with a pretty face, they can do whatever they want!"

It was not the first time that Irina confronted Forres so tit for tat, but she was so provocative in front of Li Ke today, which obviously made Constance II a little embarrassed, so he looked at his wife with some displeasure.

Because of his relationship with Constans II, Forres can say that one person is under one man and above ten thousand in Rome. Naturally, he can't stand Queen Irina's irony, but he can't directly attack Irina, so he turned his head to Li Ke said coldly: "Oh, since His Royal Highness Wu said that the Grand Duke's understanding is too superficial, what is your opinion on polygamy?"

Li Ke already knew that the other party would ask such a question, so he had already prepared an answer. He chuckled and said: "Every custom and system is related to the living environment of the local people. Take Rome and our Central Plains as examples. , although Rome has been established for nearly a thousand years and has experienced countless wars during this period, compared with our Central Plains region, it is still much more peaceful after all."

When Li Ke said this, a cold light burst out of his eyes and looked directly at Forres, and said in a serious tone: "In the past thousand years in our Central Plains, countless wars have broken out internally and externally. Many years ago, during the "rebellion" at the end of the Sui Dynasty, warlords of all sizes in the country fought against each other, and the northern Hu tribe invaded. In the end, more than 30 million Han people were killed and injured, and countless young and strong men died in battle. It is precisely this situation that makes not only The population has dropped sharply, and there are many boys and girls. If monogamy is implemented, there will be countless young girls who will not be able to marry, so our laws of the Tang Dynasty allow men to take concubines."

"More than 2000 million!" Queen Irina exclaimed, her face full of shock, and Constans II and Forres also showed expressions of disbelief. Their entire Eastern Roman Empire The total population is at most this number when added together, but it is unimaginable that so many people died in a war in the Central Plains.

Li Ke took a breath, calmed down his excitement, and then smiled at Forris: "In addition, I must correct a huge mistake made by Your Excellency, our Tang Dynasty men are only allowed to marry one wife, and the rest The most important ones are concubines. Although the status of these concubines is not as good as that of regular wives, they are still protected by the law. The children born can also inherit the family property. If the wife dies unfortunately, then the concubine is likely to become the man's second wife wife."

"I always thought that the Central Plains region was extremely rich. I didn't expect that, like Rome, it would be threatened by war, and tens of thousands of people died in a war. For the development of the country and the inheritance of foreign races, this kind of polygamy is practiced. It is indeed a last resort." Irina was the first to react, and said with some emotion at the same time.

She was born in a pious Christian aristocratic family. In her view, God first created a man and a woman, so monogamy is naturally God's original intention, but she never considered the relationship between husband and wife from political and humanistic aspects. Therefore, Li Ke's analysis made her feel very novel, and at the same time, she also felt that the prince of the Tang Dynasty considered the problem from a very special angle.

Forres didn't expect that one of his questions would lead to such a long discussion by Li Ke, and the perspective of this discussion was novel, which made him not know how to deal with it for a while.

Constans II was also worried that Li Ke would be dissatisfied with this issue, so he immediately changed the topic, and then Irina said: "The queen does not know, what His Royal Highness Wu said is already a thing of the past, and now the Tang Dynasty It has been reunified, and it has also destroyed the very powerful Turkic Empire in the northwest. The territory is several times larger than when Rome was the most powerful, and all this only took a few decades. Awe!"

Li Ke also didn't want to argue with Grand Duke Forres, besides, he had also heard about some customs among the Romans, and looking at Constance II's attitude towards Forres, this had already made him guess , I felt a chill in my heart, feeling that arguing with this kind of person would only lower my status, so I followed Constance II's words and said a few words of humility.

Irina heard that it took only a few decades for Datang to expand from unification to expansion, which made her even more curious. Xi Luo's book introduces the customs of Datang most, but does not say much about history. This was mainly because he himself was not very clear about it, so Irina took this opportunity to ask Li Ke about the unification process of the Tang Dynasty.

For Irina's maintenance just now, Li Ke's heart has greatly increased his favor for this beautiful queen. Therefore, seeing that she is interested in Tang Dynasty, I will start with my grandfather Yang Guang at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and then Because of wars and natural disasters[***], there was chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the people suffered unspeakably. Later, my grandfather Li Yuan had to rise up for the sake of the common people, and as a result, the domestic turmoil was quelled within a few short years. chaos".

Irina did not expect that Li Ke's background would be so prominent. Both his grandfather and grandfather were emperors. In other words, he bore the royal blood of two dynasties on his back. This was even more shocking to the Romans who valued blood.

Constans II was also very interested in the history of the Tang Dynasty, especially for the current Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. He always wanted to know more. The most dazzling star among them, so he slowly discussed with Li Ke.

Anyone who knows history knows that Li Shimin's life was a legend. He followed his father and invaded Chang'an in the second year. Then, in the following years, Li Shimin led the army to fight everywhere and conquered most of the Tang Dynasty. country.Especially when these deeds were told by his son Li Ke, they were even more credible. Even Forres, who had troubled him just now, was listening attentively.

Of course, Li Ke will not tell everything, such as the change of Xuanwu Gate, this kind of thing is also an indelible stain on Li Shimin, and Li Ke will naturally not spread it around, so when it comes to Li Shimin When he ascended the throne, he only vaguely said that his grandfather gave up the throne to his father.

What follows is the exciting journey of Datang expansion, especially when Li Shimin first came to the throne, the Turkic army rushed outside Chang'an City, Li Shimin's bluff, which made Jieli Khan dare not Marching, but later still let Datang sign the shameful Weishui alliance.As a result, four years later, Datang sent troops to wipe out the powerful Eastern Turks in one fell swoop, and then expanded again and again. The northern grasslands they fought were defeated, thus establishing the hegemony of Datang.Capital Datang 650

Li Ke let Constans II and Irina know what kind of country Datang is by telling the deeds of his father Li Shimin. No country can withstand the attack of Datang's army.

After listening to Li Ke's words, Constans II also showed a happy expression on his face. After all, they are allies with Datang, and naturally hope that Datang will be as strong as possible. Only in this way can Datang be suppressed. Cannibalism, so that they dare not act rashly.As for the threat that the Tang Dynasty might pose to Rome, Constans II was not worried at all, because in his opinion, the Tang Dynasty was too far away from Rome. The Black Sea, so as long as Rome does not take the initiative to provoke Datang, there will be no hostile relationship between the two countries.

Following Li Ke's conversation with Constans II and his wife, the reception slowly came to an end. At this time, people's enthusiasm began to fade slowly, and many people could not bear the torment of sleepiness. Groups of three or five bid farewell to Constance II and Li Ke, and then left the Holy Palace in a carriage.Irina felt that Li Ke had just arrived in Constantinople today, and his body also needed to rest, so she suggested ending the reception at this time, and Constans II immediately nodded in agreement.

Although there was some unhappiness with Forres during the period, in general, Li Ke felt very happy with this banquet, especially Constans II and Queen Irina were very enthusiastic about him. The conversation between them was also very pleasant, but at the end of the final banquet, Constans II sent an invitation and a request at the same time. (To be continued.) Capital Datang

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