At the same time that the Roman emperor and the Golden Horde from China became good brothers. Emissary of the Holy See, Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Bernardo. Pinatelli also arrived in Constantinople aboard a galais galley provided by the Republic of Pisa.

This man in his fifties, with a thin build, a very pointed nose, and a slightly unshaven-looking beard, was an emissary to Pope Innocent II. It was on behalf of the Pope to meet with the "Prince of Peach Blossom Stone" Zong Bi.

On the way to Constantinople, the elderly cardinal was always sullen and sad.

Because the Holy See is now facing an unprecedented crisis – the universal Church now has two opposing popes at the same time. One was Innocent II, to whom Pinatelli was allegiant, and the other was called Anacletus II.

For Pinatelli, that's not the worst...... The worst thing is that Innocent II, to whom he is allegiated, was not actually legitimately elected!

After the return of the previous Pope, Honorius II, the cardinals of the universal Church were divided into two factions. One faction supported Innocent II, and Pinatelli belonged to this faction, which was in the minority. The other faction was the majority, all of whom were bribed by Pierleoni, who was born in a large Jewish banking family, and elected this rich man of Jewish Roman descent as the Pope, called Anacletus II!

Bribing the Pope and electing a Jew is simply tarnishing the sanctity of the universal Church!

So Archbishop Pinatelli was adamantly opposed to the pseudo-pope Anacletus II.

But...... Anacletus II did have the support of most of the cardinals who participated in the papal elections, and he also took control of the city of Rome.

That is, until now, Anacletus II has looked more like a legitimate pope...... Although it was bought with money, it could also be God's will!

Well, it can be explained religiously.

Because all wealth belongs to God, the money of Anacletus II was certainly no exception – although usury was despised. But without the grace of God, the usury that was released would have met with old men, and then Anacletus II would have been bankrupt long ago, where would the money come to buy the cardinals?

Moreover, although the vote for the election of the Pope was cast by the cardinals, the result undoubtedly represents the will of God.

Because God is omnipotent, it is impossible for His will to be tampered with, let alone tampered with for just a few gold coins...... Whoever the cardinal chooses is God's will, and even if he chooses a blasphemer, it is because God needs to test the faithful in this way.

And the appearance of Anacletus II may be a great test that God has given to believers - something that Archbishop Pinatelli firmly believes!

It is for this reason that he followed Innocent III out of Italy to Edamp in France, where he presided over the synod with Innocent III, declared Innocent III the legitimous pope, and actively contacted the French king and the Holy Roman Emperor to prepare to carry out God's will by force.

But just as the Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II (the Suplinburg dynasty) agreed to send troops to Italy, God seemed to have conveyed to the Holy Roman Emperor in some form the intention of "not sending troops" - a powerful pagan state had migrated from thousands of miles away to Europe, settled in the steppes of Eastern Europe, and attacked Kievan Rus'......

Although Kievan Rus' was still some distance from the borders of the Holy Roman Empire, what happened to Kievan Rus' frightened King Bolesław III of Poland. The latter was a rare hero in the history of the Kingdom of Poland, not only for unifying the fragmented state, but also for repeatedly defeating the invasions of the Holy Roman Empire.

However, after Kievan Rus' was invaded by the Golden Horde, the puppet Pope Anacletus II appealed to the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Poland, asking them to abandon their old grievances and form a crusade to resist the invasion of the Chinese Golden Horde.

Due to the great fighting power displayed by the Great Stone Empire in the attack on the Seljuk Empire, the Polish king Bolesław III was very afraid of the Golden Horde, which also came from China.

Therefore, he immediately responded to the appeal of Anacletos II. So the Polish king sent an emissary to the Holy Roman Empire to persuade Lothair II to respond to the Pope's call with him.

And the Polish emissaries also called the Golden Horde "God's test for Christians."

Now Lothair II is a little undecided, he doesn't know what God and his old man mean now? Will he test his followers with a bribed pope, or will he test his followers with the mighty army of the Golden Horde of China?

There's no mistake about that...... Otherwise, you will go to hell!

According to Innocent II's insider report at Lothair II's side, the Holy Roman Emperor was currently more inclined to prioritize threats from the east.

Because once the Golden Horde took Kievan Rus', the defense of Poland was a priority for the entire Christian world.

So Lothair II told Innocent II at the recent Liège Conference that he would not be able to march into Italy unless it was certain that Kievan Rus would not be ruled by the Golden Horde in the short term.

For the defense of Christian Poland will not in any way be contrary to God's intentions.

Forced to desperation, Innocent II had no choice but to send his most trusted cardinal, Cardinal Pinatelli, in the hope that he would sign a treaty with the princes of Constantinople and the Golden Horde that would guarantee the security of the Kingdom of Poland......

But Pinatelli, on his way to Constantinople, was plagued by the "Rus Question".

He knew that the Golden Horde would most likely agree to secure the Kingdom of Poland because Poland was far enough from the Volga River, and the Golden Horde who had escaped from China was small, and the vast black land of Rus' was enough for them to survive.

But here's the problem...... What to do with the Rus?

After the baptism of Rus, they became part of the Christian family, although they obeyed the Patriarch of Constantinople.

But if Innocent II's papacy abandoned the Rus', would God be angry?

What a shame for God!

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"What? Do you recognize that the Heavenly Principles of the Golden Horde are our Almighty Creators? ”

In the Cathedral of Sophia in Constantinople, Pinatelli heard an incredible message from the Patriarch of Constantinople, John IX.

The Patriarch of Constantinople and the Roman Emperor actually recognized that Heavenly Reason is the Lord!

As a religious expert on Christianity, Pinatelli immediately realized how serious this was to be.

"It's blasphemy!" The cardinal archbishop pointed out solemnly.

"Your Excellency the Cardinal!" John IX smiled bitterly, "Constantinople is not Rome, nor is it Etamp, the emperor is the lord here." A large stone empire has already terrified the emperor, and he does not want to clash with the Golden Horde again...... I guess that's what Innocent II meant, right? He didn't send you to Constantinople to declare war on the Golden Horde, did he? ”

Pinatelli shook his head, "Patriarch, you haven't understood the seriousness of this matter!

They have a Lord with us, which means that they are no longer barbarians, but civilized people like us!

In addition, you have acknowledged that the belief in Celestial Principles is as high as the belief in God, which means that believers in God can be converted! ”

This statement of his may not be well understood by the Orientals, but it is taken for granted in the Middle Ages in the West.

Because for religious scholars in medieval Europe, God was not a white-bearded old man who spoke Hakka (Hong Xiuquan's God), but the Almighty Creator, the origin of everything.

In other words, whether it is white, black, East Asian, Asan, or American Yin, they are all created by the same God.

The difference between believing in God and not is whether the soul can be saved......

Therefore, in the eyes of Westerners in the Middle Ages, "believing in God" and "not believing in God" were completely different concepts.

If you believe in Allah (Allah is also God), you are at least one of the people in this circle of God-believing - and Allah's followers see it that way.

If you don't believe it, then you are an outsider at all, and there is no common language.

Because of this, it is relatively easy for believers in Christianity, Judaism, and Tianfang, the three religions of the Apocalypse, to convert.

And once it is recognized that the Heavenly Principles of China are also a title of God, then it is equivalent to admitting that the Golden Horde, which came with the Heavenly Principles, has also entered the circle of the Western world.

Don't think it's a trivial matter...... After all, there are only a few hundred thousand people in the Golden Horde!

How much territory can you conquer if you can fight again, just such a few people?

This is just like the barbarians who conquered the Central Plains in history often had to respect Confucius, if the Jurchens and Manchus in history did not respect Confucius after entering the Central Plains, but regarded shamanism as the state religion, would they be able to last long?

And for the Golden Horde, it was possible for them to conquer Kievan Rus', and even Poland. But the easiest way to establish rule in Kievan Rus' and Poland was to convert to Christianity.

500,000 Golden Hordes surrounded by millions, if not millions, of blonde Europeans, all Christians. What the consequences will be can be imagined, or in a few generations, they will be assimilated. After that, there was no Golden Horde, only the Golden Horde.

But what if the Golden Horde had a religion that could be on an equal footing with Christianity?

Then they will become conquerors like the Saracens! They will turn believers in Christ into believers in the Doctrine of Heaven. Although in blood, sooner or later they will also turn blonde and blue-eyed. But in faith and culture, the Golden Horde Congress lives on forever!

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