In the scorching summer, Li Shilin was browsing in the Ayasophia Museum in Turkey, when he stood under the dome, the phantom formed when the light entered was like a holy angel spreading his wings, which made him feel a burst of surprise, but with the light brightening, the angel actually rushed towards him, and in a trance he saw the gate of heaven open and ascended into heaven.

As he struggled to wake up, he saw a beautiful young lady calling out to him with concern: "Alexios, are you alright, my child?" ”

Li Shilin was suddenly surprised when he heard this, this is Greek, if he hadn't studied eight foreign languages, he really wouldn't have understood what this lady was saying.

The beautiful lady called anxiously: "My child, your father, the great Augustus is about to be called to heaven by the Lord, and you should go and see him for the last time!" ”

Li Shilin did not answer his wife's words, he did not understand at all, what this lady meant, when he looked around at the buildings, he felt dizzy, the magnificent gilded bronze pillars stood between the halls, several richly dressed nobles were alongside, and there was silence in the hall.

At this time, a warrior with armor in armor rushed to the front and pulled Li Shilin, who was lying on the bed, "Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor ordered me to take you to meet him immediately, please forgive me for offending." ”

Li Shilin suddenly found that his body was not as good as before, and his slender body felt like a boy who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and then he was dragged all the way to a large hall by this strong warrior.

Li Shilin was completely shocked, he could already confirm that there was nothing familiar to him here, and it was not Turkey where he was traveling, only the whispered sobs and whispers around the palace made him understand that these people were at least Greeks.

When he came to a room full of the smell of medicine and saw a patient lying on the bed dying, an inexplicable sadness flowed through his body, and he fell to his knees on the edge of the bed.

On the bed was a middle-aged patient dressed in a narrow white kunika, a purple cloak draped from the side of the bed, and next to him was a noble attendant on the ground, holding a push plate and a crown encrusted with precious stones.

The dying patient on the bed called, "Alexios, come my child." ”

Li Shilin immediately understood that this was calling himself, and quickly knelt on the side of the bed, indicating that he was listening to the hadith, and the emperor called again: "Is Theodosius here?" ”

An archbishop approached and replied, "Great Augustus, you are calling me. ”

Lying on his bed, the Emperor said weakly: "I, the Roman Emperor Manuel, are here, and I ask God to bear witness that my son Alexios will inherit this crown." ”

When the Patriarch was about to speak, Li Shilin was so happy that he stepped forward and shook the emperor's hand, solemnly promised: "The order of the empire will be forged by my sword, the enemies of Rome will shed blood, and I will stand on their corpses to complete Justinian's unfinished business."

The emperor's eyes widened suddenly, "Okay, well, maybe you can really restore the glory of Emperor Constantine." ”

Patriarch Theodosius stepped forward and put his crown on Alexios' head, shouting: "God above, let us witness the coronation of the great Majesty Alexios." ”

Hula knelt down and shouted in unison, "Long live Augustus." ”

The old emperor on the bed let go of the hand holding Li Shilin in the midst of cheers, Li Shilin's eyes suddenly turned red, and he felt a faint pain permeating his heart, is this the original owner's feelings, and in an instant, the palace began to resound with the sound of crying.

Constantinople sounded the death knell on this day, and soon the people learned that their new master, the new monarch of the Eastern Roman Empire, had ascended the throne, and the fourteen-year-old monarch did not have a great reputation among the people, and whether he could survive the chaotic court struggles of the Roman Empire undoubtedly made the older generation shake their heads and sigh secretly, the empire was afraid that it would fall into turmoil again.

Alexios lay in his chamber that night, still a little overwhelmed by the events of that day, and when he learned that he had inherited the throne of Emperor Manuel, he understood what era he was in, the fifth emperor of the Komnenos, son of Manuel the Lion.

There was no doubt that it was a time of great contention, with the Roman rulers playing the role of world masters in the ruins of the empire, and the Battle of Manchicott broke the backbone of the Eastern Empire's army, and the ensuing intra-imperial rivalry lasted for a full decade, with the Komnenos coming victorious.

However, when Alexios I, the founder of the dynasty, looked around the empire and suddenly found in fear that the emerging Seljuk Turks in the east of the empire had established a huge empire, and its monarch was wise and promising, the Normans in the west began the Norman conquest from Italy to Sicily to the Balkans, and the former Republic of Venice had surrounded the empire's maritime frontiers from the western sea to the southern sea, and the islands of Crete, the southwestern Peloponnese and the coastal islands of the Aegean Sea had all fallen into the hands of the enemy.

When the crusades began, the territory of the Eastern Empire was sacked by bandits, and these bandits, dressed in the garb of jihad, were deeply hated by the subjects of the Empire, as did the Greeks, who were Christians.

However, three generations of the Komnenian dynasty managed to recover most of the Balkans, but half of Asia Minor in the east fell to the Turks, who occasionally raided the empire and plundered the empire. Those familiar with history know that the Ottoman Turkish Empire officially established its own state on the remains of the Seljuk Turks and the Eastern Roman Empire, and included all the territory of the Eastern Romans.

Alexios is still glad that the most powerful conquerors are far away from him at this time, but a little knowledge of the history of the Roman Empire knows the tradition of Roman generals killing kings, and only commanding the army is the secret to ensuring the longevity of the throne.

Alexios thought of the Varangian Guard, maybe he should have a good talk with those Nordic Viking warriors, after all, no one dislikes gold, and the monarch who is only fourteen years old is undoubtedly the time when his ruling power is extremely weak, even if Alexander ascends the throne is eighteen, Alexios is now worried that if there is no loyal warrior willing to serve a young monarch, then he may soon become a puppet of the generals, and then be abandoned like a marionette, Rome will not sympathize with the weak.