The so-called gods are often nothing more than the result of people's imagination and speculation when they were unable to understand all things in nature in the age of ignorance. Thunder during thunder, lightning lightning and the god of fire, etc., are probably caused by people's ignorance of nature.

After the age of ignorance, the so-called "gods" were often deceptive, and their propagators were often ill-intentioned. There has always been a clear understanding of this point in the history of Chinese civilization, as evidenced by the countless extermination of Buddhas in history. As for what "worship God at every time, worship Buddha at every Buddha." To a certain extent, it is also the attitude of China towards religion, for the vast majority of people, it is at most respect, nothing more. In fact, to a certain extent, the root of this kind of "respect" is the development of civilization, and the more developed the civilization, the more rational it can look at those problems. In fact, this also shows the superiority of Chinese civilization over Western civilization from another aspect.

Because of this, after contact with the West, the most difficult thing for the people of the Celestial Empire to understand is that their religious devotion to them, whether it is Christianity or the New Moon, is something they cannot understand. Because of this, many Celestial Empire people who have just come to Egypt cannot understand what is happening here.

Amid the frenzied shouts, the monastery was razed to the ground. In the ruins, dozens of corpses clearly show that there is an extremely bloody scene behind the fanaticism, but all this obviously cannot stop those fanatics.

For the scene in front of him, on the way to Cairo, Gu Duping has seen too much, from Suez to Cairo, along the way, you can see such a tragic situation everywhere, all he can do is record all this in books.

"At the beginning of this year, the king of Egypt ordered that all the mosques in the city be converted into Coptic churches, and all non-Copts were ordered to convert, and those who did not want to convert were either expelled or killed...... It is said that in many places, conflicts have broken out, all of Egypt, as it is! ”

Referring to everything that happened in Egypt, Li An, who came to greet Gu Duping, did not have the slightest righteous indignation on his face, as the king's retainer, he knew very well that all this was not only due to the pressure of the bishops, but also for the future of Egypt, for the king's rule, after all, the king was the king of the Copts, which doomed him to not need to take the non-Copts in the Egyptian mirror seriously.

"This is understandable, and in the future, in Constantinople, perhaps, it will be more intense."

Gu Du said flatly. Although he was from the Celestial Empire, he was an envoy of the Byzantine Emperor, and he may not be able to understand all this, but he clearly knew what it meant to "follow the customs of the locals".

"It's necessary, perhaps, in our opinion, it doesn't seem to be a problem, but you don't know, here and in Europe as a whole, stubbornness in these matters is unimaginable, and if the king wants to sit on the throne, he must follow the customs of the locals, he must play according to their rules of the game, otherwise he will be overthrown......"

Ang Lee naturally mentioned what happened in England, thousands of miles away by ocean, and perhaps it was precisely because of the overthrow of the British king's rule that the king made up his mind to impose drastic measures throughout Egypt at the strong request of the bishops to force others to convert to Copticism.

"Overthrow, you mean like King James II? Overthrown by their own people? ”

Gu Duping asked resignedly.

"Yes, the King of England is a Catholic, so he was overthrown by the Protestants, and the army he relied on, even the army he created, was simply not released, and he defected, such a thing cannot but arouse the vigilance of the king, in Egypt, the conflict and contradiction between the Coptic and the non-Coptic, it seems to be different from the British, but in essence, there is not much difference, if the king continues to protect the non-Copts, only through relatively mild methods such as increasing labor and taxes, forcing them to convert, The Copts will certainly not be satisfied, choose one of the two...... The king has no other choice! ”

There is no other choice!

Even as a king, there are their helplessness, not to mention, the appearance of this king is completely different from the locals, although the king has been baptized and converted to the Coptic Church, but what about this? If he doesn't make the right choice, the people will still abandon him in the end.

"There's no way around it!"

Gu Duping let out a long sigh, then his eyebrows raised slightly, and he said in a deep voice.

"However, if they dare to be as rebellious as the British, then the Ming will definitely not sit idly by."

Daming will never sit idly by!

Although nominally the minister of the Byzantine Empire, deep down, Gu Duping still thinks that he is a Ming person, which may be the truest thought in the heart of every king and minister, deep in their hearts, they will never be able to abandon their feelings for the Ming Dynasty, so that in many cases, intentionally or unintentionally, they will show such thoughts.

"Hey, man, although the truth is like this, but you can't say that......"

Although he knew that the Coptic soldiers around him couldn't understand his words at all, Li An still deliberately lowered his voice and said.

"At least it can't be said in a high-sounding way, after all, for them, in their eyes, their king is even an outsider, since he has become their king, he must be their person, and he must put an end to the past, just like the Dutch ruler William, he and the Netherlands have severed their ties, and even the Dutch army he brought to England will soon return to the Netherlands, and in the end, William is William, and the Netherlands is the Netherlands, and there is nothing between the two, so they want the best in the country, and the same......"

Although it may be "naïve" to know this view, everyone knows that it is true, after all, for those who accept a foreigner as their king, they want the king to break with the past.

"Man, always so naïve! While accepting a foreigner as king, they had to deal with whatever might happen next. ”

Shaking his head and sighing lightly, Gu Duping couldn't help but think of his king, maybe the king has not yet worn the crown of the Byzantine Empire, but it is certain that one day he will definitely wear that crown, and at that time, will the Byzantines make the same request?

When this thought came to him, he shook his head and laughed at himself.

How many Byzantines are there in Turkey now...... Or the Romans, thinking of another name for the Byzantine Empire, Gu Duping thought of another possibility - were the Egyptians willing to help the Roman Empire restore their rule?

"It can't be!"

Without any doubt, Alexander loudly objected.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing for Egypt at the moment is to convert the pagans to the Coptic Church, and this is the most important thing, not to help a Roman emperor and restore his rule in Rome, my God, to defeat the Turks and retake Istanbul, this is simply an impossible task!"

For the Copts, the Byzantines are the Romans, the Byzantines are the Romans, and the Byzantine Empire is the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire also gave them bad memories thousands of years ago, but these memories have long disappeared in history, after all, after the invasion of the Arabs, the history before the invasion was called the "Ignorant Period", and the people of that period were "ignorant" and "sinful", but as we all know, all the water conservancy facilities in Egypt were left over from the so-called "Obscurantist Period", and after that, Water facilities that once fed millions of people have been destroyed, and much of the land is becoming barren because of the loss of irrigation.

As for the Copts, they may be able to remember the glory of history, but for the Roman Empire, what happened here is unfamiliar, of course, they are not interested, for the Copts, they are most concerned about the conversion of pagans, they are more concerned about the affairs of their own family, as for the affairs of the Romans, it is the affairs of the Romans.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Egypt does not need to provoke the Turks, and if the Emperor of Rome wants to regain his country, then he can go to Rome and ask for the help of the Pope, why should he come to us?"

Even Ampari, who had always been a confidant of the king, still showed strong opposition in the face of the "Romans'" pleas for help, and he may support the king, but it does not mean that he is willing to risk Egypt.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we can understand your desire to help your brother, but, Your Majesty, you should think more from the standpoint of Egypt, after all, you are now the king of Egypt......"

Facing the opposition of the ministers, Zhu Hemo said lightly.

"In that case, let the matter be put on hold!"

He seems to be calm, but in fact, he is deeply suppressed in his heart, and he can even be said to be annoyed, he knows what the subtext of those people is, if they can, they may say "You are the king of Egypt, no longer the prince of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to help your brother".

What if the king wants to help his brother? Besides, don't you all realize that this is also a very rare opportunity for Egypt?

Then, Zhu Hemo's eyes looked at the ministers' bodies, and then said.

"However, you must not forget that it may seem absurd for Egypt to help the Romans, but do not forget that it is not only Egypt that supports them, but also the Celestial Empire......"

Staring at those ministers, Zhu Hemo deliberately accentuated the word "Celestial Empire", which is different from the other words in Coptic, and the pronunciation of "Celestial Empire" is the pronunciation of the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty.

When he mentioned the "Celestial Empire", almost everyone's expressions were slightly stunned, since Egypt gained independence, they have become more and more aware of the Celestial Empire, and they also know the strength of the Celestial Empire, of course they know what the support of the Celestial Empire means, if the Celestial Empire is determined to support the Roman Emperor, of course, this is for sure, after all, the husband of the heir of the Roman Emperor is the prince of the Celestial Empire, and to some extent, like their king, the Celestial Empire will not give up its support for the princes.

This is even the reason why they took the initiative to invite the prince of the Ming Dynasty as the emperor...... But to what extent will this support go? It was hard for them to imagine that the Celestial Empire would send his army to help their prince conquer a country, even when Egypt became independent, the Celestial Empire did not send their army, but the king's guards and the mercenaries of the Celestial Empire played an extremely important role.

Who could defeat the Turks without the direct support of the Celestial Empire?

For these ministers, who knew their power, they were not willing to take risks, and they were not willing to take the risk of offending the Turks and participating in such a very risky matter. After all, in their opinion, the current environment is undoubtedly the safest, and the cession of the canal zone makes Egypt no longer need to think about the invasion from Turkey or Arabia, and the threat from the sea also does not need to be considered, after all, the Celestial Empire has a fleet stationed in the Mediterranean.

In that case, why risk offending the Turks and provoking them?

"Your Majesty, the support of the Celestial Empire may be able to help the Romans, but there are too many problems that need to be solved in Egypt now, so please think twice, Your Majesty ......"

Think!

In the face of this group of extremely short-sighted ministers, Zhu Hemo's heart swelled with a strong sense of powerlessness, he knew that even if he took out Jerusalem by himself now, he might not be able to convince these people.

"They didn't agree?"

When Zhu Hemo returned to the harem, Queen Maria understood the result as soon as she saw that his face was ugly.

"In the eyes of all of them, nothing more important than the conversion of the infidels was, of course, because they were afraid of the retribution of the Turks, for fear of angering the Turks!"

Facing the queen, although the two are politically married, since they got married, the queen has always fully supported him, and most of the time, the queen is the most trusted person by Zhu Hemo, thinking of what happened before, he couldn't help but complain.

"They don't know at all, even if we stay out of the way, after the outbreak of the war, the Turks can't be merciful to us because we are not involved, and the only option for Egypt is to support Rome with all their might, to support them in retaking their country......"

Facing her husband, who was still annoyed, Maria said with a smile.

"Is there anything I need to do?"

Maria's tone was very serious, and her family had more influence over the court's ministers than she could have imagined, which was why she became queen in the first place.

"Perhaps, I might be able to convince my father to let him ......"

Shaking his head, Zhu Hemo refused.

"No, Maria, it's not time yet, they have to know for themselves, know what they should do!"