"Because His Majesty Emperor Theodosius II did not have a male heir, and he died in an accident in Constantinople three years ago, the imperial courtiers proclaimed his sister Pulkaria Emperor, and at the same time Pulkaria married the general Malchian and made him co-emperor!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, but thought about it again and said, "No, I heard that thirty years ago, there was a female regent in your country of Constantinople who swore to keep her chastity for life, she should be Pulkaria, right?" How did she break her vow to marry Marchian? Isn't this a slap in the face? There must be something strange in this, Your Excellency, can you tell me why? ”

Alitste was shocked by Zhao Junsheng's keen political sense, he looked embarrassed, and saluted: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this involves some court secrets in Constantinople, I don't want to say more!" ”

"Tell me, I'm curious! I don't know you here, and not a word of what you say will go back to Constantinople! Zhao Junsheng said with a smile.

Arlitst had no choice but to say, "Well, since Your Majesty is interested, I will tell you what I know, but it may not be accurate, after all, this involves an old story!" ”

"His Majesty Emperor Theodosius II had a weak personality since childhood, and after the death of His Majesty Arcadius, he inherited the throne, when he was still young, and although his sister Pulkaria was only two years older than him, she was mature, resourceful, and skillful, and soon used her sister-brother relationship with His Majesty Theodosius II to become the regent queen, and in order to appease the nobles of the Senate, she swore to keep her chastity for the rest of her life and not let the imperial power go by, and was awarded the title of Augusta by the Senate!"

"Later, His Majesty Emperor Theodosius II grew older, and she had to return power to the emperor, but she was reluctant to give up power, so she married Eudogia, the daughter of a close minister, to Theodosius II, and used her to control the weak emperor and monitor his every move!"

Pulkaria's actions angered some ministers, they elected the great eunuch Chrysafis to confront her, but her power in the court was too great, the nobles of the Senate supported her, Chrysafis, the eunuch, could not fight her at all, in order to increase the chips and hole cards, Chrysafis secretly issued an order in the name of the emperor to transfer the generals Aldabrius and Aspar father and son to lead the army into Beijing, Ardabrius and Aspar father and son are Alan, there is no foundation in the capital, It was easy for Chrisafis to control and co-opt, but they were savage and fierce but wise, and Pulkaria and the Empress beat Dogia and lost the power struggle and were exiled for many years! ”

"In this power struggle, the nobles of the Senate suffered heavy losses, and Chrysafis's power grew, and they hated Chrysaphis, the eunuch, to death Ardabrius and Aspar and his sons, and staged a coup d'état to kill him!"

However, Ardabuus and Aspar did not want to be controlled by the Senate, and the emperor was too weak, so after Ardabuus's death, his son Alpas bribed the emperor's attendants and drugged his horse, causing the emperor to fall to his death while riding. The emperor died, the empire could not be without an heir, and the only person who had a direct blood relationship with Emperor Theodosius II was the exiled former regent Pulkaria, so she was taken back to Constantinople by Alpas as empress, but she was just a puppet who had lost her rights, and was squeezed out of the last bit of residual value by Alpas! ”

"Alpas originally wanted to marry Pulkaria so that he could be the co-emperor, but this woman was old and ugly at this time, and he was an Alan, so he was born to be the emperor of Rome in the open, and his general Malkarian was born in Thrace and was a pure-blooded Roman, so Alpas forced Malkarian to divorce his wife, and then married Pulkaria, and Malkarian became Pulkaria's husband and became the co-emperor of the eastern part of the empire!"

"Last November, the former queen regent and co-emperor of the eastern part of the empire died, and Marchian became the only emperor in the eastern part of the empire, but he is still just a poor puppet, under the control of Alpas, the commander of the Guards and the Guard!"

After listening to this, Zhao Junsheng sighed: "The plot of the court struggle in Constantinople turned out to be so bloody, it is really breathtaking!" ”

Arletste looked confused: "The plot is bloody? What do you mean? ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "It's about the meaning of twists and turns!" By the way, I wonder if you represent Emperor Marchian or the powerful minister Alpas? ”

Arlitste bowed and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I represent the Roman Empire, and I am the envoy of the Eastern Jurisdiction of the Roman Empire!" ”

"Well, it seems that you are a loyal patriot, so please tell me what you are here for, and I am listening!"

"A few years ago, His Majesty sent an envoy to Constantinople to visit and meet His Majesty the Emperor, and now I have come to visit your country as an appointment of the Emperor, to pay my respects to Your Majesty, and to bring his greetings to Your Majesty on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, which is a list of gifts from the Emperor of our country!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to the eunuch Kang Yide standing next to him, Kang Yide stepped forward and took the list of gifts and turned around and put it in front of Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng took the list of gifts and looked at it, he didn't know the Latin on it, he just glanced at it and put it down, and asked: "I am very happy, please convey my thanks to His Majesty the Emperor of your country after you go back!" ”

"I will!"

"Do you have any other intentions?"

Arletste bowed: "Yes, Your Majesty! His Majesty the Emperor and his ministers were very surprised to see the envoys sent by His Majesty and received the gifts from His Majesty, and there was such a powerful empire as the Great Qian Empire in the East, and that the Emperor and ordinary citizens of our country were very yearning for Oriental culture, and I came this time to undertake the task of strengthening the cultural exchanges between the West and the East, and we would stay here for more than five years, and I hope that Your Majesty can arrange a place for the students I brought to study Oriental culture, and at the same time, if the students of your country are interested in our Roman culture, I will also send tutors to give lectures wholeheartedly, and arrange two classes every week, so that interested cadres, officials, and students can come to listen to the lectures! ”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng said: "I and the people of the Daqian Empire are very welcome to visit His Excellency the envoy and members of the mission to conduct cultural exchanges, and also welcome the students of your country to come to study in our Daqian. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, we have never been exposed to the language and art of the East······"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Then how many students do you have?" ”

"When we set out from Constantinople, there were a hundred children from ten to twelve years old, but we encountered all kinds of accidents and monans on the way, and only thirty-nine of the hundred children remained!"

Zhao Junsheng's face was serious and he said with regret: "This is really unfortunate, please forgive me for my recklessness, I shouldn't mention Your Excellency's sadness, but I know that you must have experienced very terrible things along the way!" ”

"Your Majesty don't mind, it has happened, and we have accepted this sad reality!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "In view of the fact that the students brought by Your Excellency are all children, between the ages of ten and twelve, and they do not know Chinese, I suggest that your students study together with the school-age children of our country. They are the most famous academies and the most powerful faculty in my country! The 39 children brought by His Excellency were divided into five parts and were arranged to study in these five academies, but His Excellency needed to arrange an official in each of the five academies to take care of them and be responsible for liaising with our officials, so that even if something happened, the two sides could communicate and coordinate in time! ”

Arletistt asked, "Isn't there any of the five academies that Your Majesty spoke of?" ”

"Yes, they are located in five places, all of them are far apart, and the subjects taught are only focused, which I think will be very helpful for you to understand the oriental culture!"

Arletst thought for a moment and saluted: "Your Majesty has thought it through, I fully agree with Your Majesty's arrangement, thank you for your trouble!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Your Excellency the envoy is satisfied, for the details of the specific matter, I will send the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the officials of the Honglu Temple to contact Your Excellency the envoy, and then discuss in detail!" ”

Alitistus was very shocked, he thought that the education system of the Roman Empire was already the most systematic, the most perfect, the most advanced and excellent in the world, but he did not expect that there were similar schools in the Eastern world, and there were a large number of them, specializing in cultivating students on a large scale, spreading knowledge and culture, and setting up special government agencies to manage, which seemed to be more advanced than the education system of the Roman Empire.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, you are the most enlightened, generous and wise emperor I have ever met, and I believe that I will live a very wonderful life in the years after the Great Qian Empire!"

"There is one more thing that I am very puzzled about, I heard that His Majesty has issued an edict to impose tariffs on exports and imports, I wonder if this is the case?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Yes, Your Excellency's information is quite well-informed!" ”

On behalf of our emperor and the imperial court, I would like to express my indignation at your country's move, and I would like to ask your majesty to consider it carefully, hoping that your majesty can retract your decision, and I think this will be of great benefit to the relations between our two countries!" ”