Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Why is Tianzhu considered to be the core of the John Empire? Here we need to talk about the title issue in Europe.

Counting from the ancient Roman Empire in Europe, in the entire European region, there is only one country that truly holds the title of "Emperor", and that is the Roman Empire.

There is no doubt that the Roman Empire was powerful at that time, but even a strong country will have its moments of weakness.

When northern barbarians frequently invaded the territory of the Roman Empire, coupled with internal reasons within the empire, the Roman Empire split into two empires, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire.

In 476 AD, the Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus, also known as Romulus II, was deposed by the German mercenary leader Odoacer, and the Western Roman Empire was completely destroyed.

From that time on, there was only one emperor in Eastern Rome in the entire European continent, while the entire Western Europe region has been in a situation without an emperor.

At that time, the barbarians living in the original Western Roman territory used the Latin Rex as their title, which meant king and ruler. The English word king comes from Anglo-Saxon cyning, which in turn comes from Common Germanic kuningaz.

From that time on, the leader of the original Western Roman territory called himself king.

Later, a very powerful monarch appeared in Kievan Rus, the predecessor of the Rakshasa Empire, Grand Duke Vladimir.

Under his guidance, Kievan Rus joined the Eastern Roman camp, began to convert to Orthodox Christianity, and married Princess Anna, the sister of the then Eastern Roman Emperor.

Furthermore, from that time on, Kievan Rus began to claim that he was the brother-in-law of Eastern Rome.

Later, Eastern Rome was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and its capital, Constantinople, was destroyed.

At that time, the Rakshasa Empire, which had developed into a powerful empire, naturally took over the title of emperor as his brother-in-law.

Since then, the Tsar of the Rakshasa Empire has become the Roman emperor with the purest blood in Europe, possessing the title of emperor in the true sense.

Of course, this does not mean that other monarchs have not thought about obtaining the title of emperor.

The Germanic Charlemagne was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III in 800 AD.

The later King Otto I of East Francia was also crowned emperor by Pope John XII in Rome in 962, and received the title of "Holy Roman Emperor".

However, these two so-called empires did not exist for a long time, and they were crowned by the Pope, so in a certain sense, such an emperor title requires the title of emperor of the Eastern Roman and Rakshasa Empires.

The same goes for Napoleon.

But there is a problem here, that is, both the predecessor of the Gallic Empire and the predecessor of the Hans Empire had the title of emperor, but the most powerful Empire of John at the time did not.

Such arrogant kings and ministers of the John Empire were very unhappy and felt that they were lower than other empires.

The arrogant emperors and ministers of the John Empire were unwilling to have an emperor canonized by the pope, similar to the Holy Roman Empire. What they wanted was an inherited emperor's title similar to that of the Eastern Roman Empire.

So, they looked around the world and found that only Tianzhu in South Asia met their needs.

This also led to Tianzhu being favored by the John Empire and then fully occupied. Tianzhu was once known as the most dazzling treasure in the Queen's crown.

This is equivalent to elevating the colony of Tianzhu to a situation where it is slightly lower than the mainland and has a higher status than other colonies.

But what do these things have to do with my Gallic Empire?

Alex secretly thought in his heart that the Entente was originally created just to target the Allies. As long as Daxia did not join the Allies, the Gallic Empire would not be unable to negotiate with Southeast Asia.

Obviously, Andrew's expression on the side was a little unnatural.

Alex can understand the subtext, and he can also understand it.

Looking at the expressions of the two of them, Li Fu smiled slightly.

"You two, you may have misunderstood one thing. The empire is peace-loving and will not use force unless forced to do so."

"This commitment naturally includes Southeast Asian issues. Such issues can be resolved at the negotiating table."

"At the same time, I do not think that Southeast Asian countries' compliance with the old system and tributary empire will pose any threat to the legitimate interests of the two countries in the region."

Li Fu used the key word "legal" very strongly.

As if to remind Alex and Andrew.

And what about Alex and Andrew? Naturally, they heard it, but here, their understanding deviated.

Alex felt that Li Fu’s focus was on legality, so wouldn’t Daxia not guarantee any illegal benefits?

How to determine whether this interest is legitimate? Will the two countries sit down and talk slowly, or will Daxia do it unilaterally?

But Andrew mistakenly believed that the legitimate interests mentioned by Daxia were worth all the interests of the John Empire in Southeast Asia.

It is not impossible to allow Southeast Asian countries to continue to pay tribute to Daxia on the premise of ensuring existing interests. Anyway, the extra part of the tribute needed is not from his country.

Seeing that the expressions of the two men softened, Li Fu continued: "Of course, based on our friendship with the John Empire and the Gaul Empire, His Majesty the Emperor listened to Prince Rui's advice and prepared to increase exports to the John Empire and the Gaul Empire. ."

"The exports here include but are not limited to minerals, as well as various weapons and ammunition. At the same time, I am allowed to advertise that products produced by the empire must be high-quality."

Hearing Li Fu's words, Alex and Andrew also understood that Daxia was preparing to eat both ends.

However, to be honest, Alex and Andrew have been prepared for such a thing.

After all, Da Xia's family is not the only one who wants to make war fortune these days.

John's Empire has done this before, the Gallic Empire has done this, and Milicia on the other side of the ocean is doing this, so when it comes to Bactria, Bactria can do the same.

In fact, these are all minor issues. Are they just for Daxia to make some money?

This is acceptable to the empire. This is the inner thought of the two people.

"Dear Li, first of all, I would like to express my gratitude to Daxia for its generosity. In addition, I would like to know what military supplies Daxia can export." Andrew spoke first.

"Oh, dear Andrew, have you forgotten that we came out to have dinner today? We should discuss these matters of material prices in the office, not here." Li Fu felt that he had said enough.

"Yes, Andrew, don't disturb me and Lee's meal."

With that said, Alex picked up the wine on the table and said to Li Fu.

"Dear Li, this glass of wine is a toast to our friendship!"

After speaking, Alex drank the wine in one gulp, and then began to cough violently.