Eagle Byzantium

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The grand party lasted for many days. The bells of the church in the imperial capital, which had "more days in a year", rang for blessings and thanksgiving from morning to night. Almost all the envoys and foreigners in Constantinople were ringing. Got it: the emperor achieved a great victory over the steppe barbarians, brought back 10,000 prisoners of war, and the empire's borders became peaceful!

News spreads very quickly with the help of this extremely focused method. Sailors on the decks of sailing ships, traders with mule teams selling goods, and spies writing intelligence are all living media in it.

The whole celebration reached its climax in the prisoner presentation ceremony in front of the cathedral and the Grand Palace. In front of all the ministers and ladies, the emperor stepped on the neck of a barbarian prisoner with his purple-booted feet, "Mr. Lord help me, I will always crush you enemies under my feet.” Then, The prisoner begged for mercy loudly in a barbarian language that no one could understand, which added to the supreme glory and courage of those present. They once again firmly believed that the empire with the emperor would be safe and invincible, Alek Hughes will surely lead the ship and repeat the glory of ancient Rome.

In the Brachna Palace, a small palace against the mountain, where the bells echoed, Anna sat happily in front of the desk, bathed in the sunlight cast by the windows, and spread out a beautifully bound book in front of her. Little slender fingers were flipping through the pages quickly.

Queen Irene was sitting next to her daughter, looking at her, not only because she liked to watch Anna read, but also because the emperor did not take her with him at all during the major ceremony just now, but was with Marlena everywhere. Together, it seems that Marlena is not the deputy queen mother and the chief lady of the palace, but the real queen.

Now, only when she sees her daughter lowering her eyes and immersed in a book, can Erin's pain subside slightly.

When the maid at the door knelt down to worship, Anna raised her head slightly and saw her father walking in.

This caught Queen Irene off guard, so she first stood up and bowed to her husband, "What work are you reading?" Alexios seemed not to see his wife, and walked directly to the desk, looked at his daughter, and said kindly asked.

"Father, I am reading a Frankish work. What surprises me is that I originally thought that all excellent works can appear only when they are influenced by Roman antiquity, but this work is entirely written in barbarian language. , and it has a very special feeling." Anna touched the corner of the scroll and sighed.

"Oh, I think this work was circulated not long ago. Can you share your criticism with everyone present?" Alexios sat on the seat on the other side and seemed to be in a good mood.

"It's called The Song of Roland, and it's about a barbarian knight named Roland. Although he has no cultural accomplishment, he has a noble heart and a brave spirit." Anna then entered into the dream, and there seemed to be a man with short brown hair, light Tall template with blue eyes Standing in front of her, "He is a subordinate and retinue of Charlemagne, the emperor of the barbarians. He vowed to eliminate all pagan barbarians in the conquest. I'm sorry, father, I just used contradictory and abrupt words. Barbarians fight barbarians. We You should be happy.”

"So, this Roland must have died in battle." Alexios laughed, "because Frankish bards always like to sing the praises of tragic characters."

This joke also made Queen Irene laugh, and the atmosphere in the room immediately relaxed a lot. Anna nodded and continued, "Because of the traitor's betrayal, Roland faced the alien king's 400,000 troops and fought to the death." Then, The eldest princess read out the verses in rhythmic verse:

"As long as I am alive, your Majesty will have no fear of any enemy."

After hearing this, Alexios fell silent, "I also hope to have my own Roland knight, no, not a Frankish knight, but a real Roman warrior."

"Your Majesty, you have Mikhail Vatarsky." Erin reminded him at the right moment.

But Alexios shook his head and said that Mikhail was brave and loyal, but lacked noble temperament and a firm heart.

"Is it George Paralogus, the stable master?" Queen Irene then carefully tried out this sentence. To be honest, she was afraid that the emperor would have a positive attitude towards this, because she knew that the stable master was Marlene. Na's party, from the military aristocrats of the Dirasium region, has always been at odds with the military aristocrats of Asia Minor.

At this time, Anna went on to recite the verses that Charlemagne's traitor Ganaron said to King Marcelle of Spain:

"If Roland can be killed in this battle,

It was like cutting off Charlemagne's right arm.

The elite troops never recovered from the fall.

You will never be able to recruit such a strong team in the world.

There will be peace from now on. "

At this time, after Alexios heard this, his expression changed slightly. He suddenly said that my body was against my will, and hurriedly said goodbye to the queen and the eldest princess.

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When he quickly walked into his meeting hall, the imperial ink officer Melais hurriedly handed over a volume of documents, "Three hundred and seven Pulonia land contractors in Minor Asia collectively impeached Chief George Stable, saying Many of the military properties granted to the soldiers were originally awarded to them by their predecessors or predecessors, or the emperor before them, with golden edicts, but were now arbitrarily transferred to the soldiers by the chief of the stables. "

"I am the one sitting on this throne now!" Alexius seemed to have expected this long ago. He angrily scattered all the documents on the ground, then sat on the seat and slapped the armrests. "It must be Caesar Macolinus who colluded with him. Is he so jealous of George's achievements? It's not that I didn't give him a chance, but his asshole performance really disappointed me."

"Speaking of His Excellency Caesar, this is a joint letter from him and Prime Minister Buril, which was also submitted today." Meles hurriedly handed it over again.

Alexius took it, and then with a puzzled tone, even his body straightened up slightly on the throne, "What, George is recruiting the remnants of the Tefris heresy in Paphlagonia?"

"At least two old men in the empire said so, and promised to have solid evidence in their hands. The remnants of Tefris not only acted as farmers to cultivate the land of the empire, but some were also said to be recruited into George's army." Meles said, and handed over another document, "This is... sent, it seems to confirm that George, the stable master, not only recruited the remnants of Tefris, but also a group of thousands of new Manichaeans who came out of the mountains of Cappadocia and prepared to join the stable master's army."

"Recruiting soldiers is normal, but such behavior is a bit too arbitrary." Alexius's hand holding the document was shaking a little, and he couldn't help but think of the poem that his daughter Anna had just read out unintentionally.