It is because of the lack of strength, because of the dangerous situation, that the Catholic side can turn a blind eye to even if it is wrapped in more selfishness (crusaders).

It's all about strength.

The weak strength made the Byzantines' waist unable to stand upright, so that Bohemond in the First Crusade met with the Byzantine Empire's sword soldiers many times before and after.

This, of course, was a great humiliation for the Byzantines.

It would be strange if the two could be intimate from beginning to end.

Of course, any national focus is related to the rest of the country's strength. Strength is everything!

One of the reasons for the Byzantine Empire's policy shifts in recent years has been their growing power.

They're not what they used to be.

With the help of the Crusaders and decades of recuperation, the Byzantine Empire quickly regained its strength. Now that Byzantium has a strong fist as its backing, when you look at the crusaders, the meaning is different.

John II has been seeking to "rule" the Duchy of Antioch in recent years, and according to the law, Antioch belongs to Byzantium, but who will spit out the fat that has been eaten in his mouth? So much so that Byzantium and the Crusader countries had a lot of contradictions.

But contradiction is contradiction, and the Byzantine Empire did not want to see the complete collapse of the Crusader states.

It's a perfect shield, so why watch it ruin?

Although the strength of the Komnenos increased, John II never thought of defeating the Celestial World and completely restoring the glory of Byzantium's heyday.

Therefore, it is better for this shield to continue to block the Eastern Front.

It has been forty years since the First Crusade.

In the past forty years, the Crusader kingdom, which was at the forefront at the beginning, has now shown some decline.

The Zani dynasty, which occupied Aleppo, Haran, Mosul and parts of Syria, was a growing threat to Jerusalem, Edessa and Tripoli.

But the two sides couldn't tell a winner for a while.

Imad-uddin Zangi was very militarily capable, but Fulk V of Jerusalem was not in vain.

This could not have been better in the eyes of the Byzantines.

The fighting Crusader nations and the heavenly kingdoms such as Zangi could not become a threat to Byzantium.

And the only ones who can upset this balance are the Seljuks behind the Zangi dynasty and other forces.

The Byzantines had always feared that the Seljuks would end up in person.

That would have left Byzantium no longer able to stay out of the situation, and would have fallen into the mud with the Crusaders.

But now, this problem, which was a headache for many adults in Constantinople, has been completely solved.

The Song Empire's westward expedition defeated Sanjar with great ease, which not only caused heavy losses to the Celestial World, but also caused a major setback to the authority of the Seljuk Empire.

Sanjar's first priority at the moment is to stabilize his fundamentals, and his second priority is to restore his strength to deal with the threat of the Eastern world. The Crusaders and Byzantium were also ranked third and fourth......

"It's really wonderful." Oviteus was already singing and dancing.

"Theosido, go and gather the men of the mission, I think we're going back."

Oviteus did not go back to report to John II, the Byzantine Crescent had its own channels of information, and the news of the defeat of Sanjar certainly could not be hidden from the Byzantines.

But Oviteus believed that the Byzantine magnates were not sure how long-lasting the Song Empire in the East would be a threat to the celestial world.

No matter how great the threat is, once it can't last, it won't be of much use after all!

The Byzantine envoys were about to leave, and the news quickly spread to the palace, and Zhao Gou had nothing to disagree.

Things have been agreed, and it is useless for these people to continue to stay in Bianjing. And now they have rushed to Lingnan, and after confirming the ship, it is indeed the season to return.

In the same way, the two princes in the palace are also approaching their eighth birthdays day by day.

It's time to unravel the mystery.

In the past year, God knows how the two princes and their mothers, as well as the supporters behind them, have suffered.

Obviously, the answer is right in front of you, but you have to keep your mind at ease.

The cultural relics of the Great Song Dynasty are not stupid, even if some people didn't see through it at first, they slowly came back to their senses.

The emperor leaked the news early, and that depends on the people's heart.

It's just a pity that when some people realize something, it's hard for them to stay out of it.

At that time, I don't know how many people envied Yue Fei and Han Shizhonglai, and these two people were too favored by the emperor.

Thinking about the actions and useless efforts of the Xing family and the Pan family, it was clear that the emperor took action to block the trouble for the Yue and Han families.

What a Jane in the emperor's heart.

Therefore, even when the characters behind the two princes were a little uncomposed, or they couldn't tear each other apart, they told the two princes over and over again that they must be calm.

Don't show any undeserved emotions in front of your brother!

Isn't it hard to live like this?

Those who were involved in major events, looking at the emperor sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, wouldn't they be tormented these days?

Now, as the time approached, the day of their deliverance had finally arrived.

"Your Majesty, why?"

Pan was a little unrecognizable to this harsh reality. Why not choose your own child?

"Erlang is heroic and courageous, His Majesty obviously likes him so much...... "Why did you choose Xing's son?"

Pan Guifei is compared to Zhao Gou's appearance to shape Zhao Ming.

From behavior to personality, from hobbies to ambitions, Zhao Ying and Zhao Gou are so similar!

"Alas!" Zhao Gou sighed.

What to say? That's because the second child is a little too similar to him, so Zhao Gou chose the boss.

No one knows how many years he can 'live', but Zhao Gou knows it in his heart.

There are only two years left!

At that time, the two babies were only ten years old.

The uncertainty of a successor who is too much like him is too great.

Don't forget the lessons of the Qin Dynasty.

The First Emperor annexed the Six Kingdoms, but failed to completely merge the Six Kingdoms with the Qin State, although there were many reasons for the collapse of the Great Qin Empire, but the step was too big to pull the egg is one of them.

Or to use the example of Alexander's empire, it is more obvious.

Zhao Song Dynasty has expanded the territory over the years, it is not good to recuperate, the territory is completely digested and melted, if there is another emperor with good martial arts and poor soldiers, continue to implement Zhao Gou's expansion policy, according to the national strength of the Song Dynasty, even if it can continue to lay a lot of territory, such as Tianzhu, such as Tianfang, but after all, where will the consequences go, Zhao Gou is very bottomless in his heart.

Anyway, he thinks that the bamboo basket may not be empty!

As for saying that Zhao Ying is still young and can be corrected in the future, Zhao Gou is a little hehe.

Three-year-olds look big, seven-year-olds look old, as the saying goes, it's not that there is no truth at all.

"It's better to be the boss!"