"Bektor, I really haven't seen that you are quite interested in this patriarch of Moscow!"

After listening to Bekotov's version of Nikon's resume, Hongyi said with great interest. It's not so much encouragement, but because I really don't know so much.

"Master, the slave is also hearsay. In fact, the one who cares more about this patriarch should be Alexei, a first-class duke. ”

Bekotov seems to know some of the situation, and he is already impatient to ask Xiao Xuanye for credit.

"More attentive? And it's not surprising that they don't go with each other? Nikon became like an emperor. ”

For a moment, Hongyi forgot his current era and environment, as well as his identity, and in a trance thought that he was discussing the history of 17th-century Russia with a colleague.

"Master, you naturally know that the slave is too talkative." Buictor said this, but his face was infinitely lost.

"Ha, it doesn't hurt for you to talk about it, I will listen to whether it is consistent with what the Jesuits know, and I can also fill in the gaps."

Hongyi, who wanted to completely get rid of the title of demon, hurriedly turned back, and as always, all the reasons for his "prophetic foresight" were deducted on the head of John Tang.

"Huh!" Bekotov unexpectedly got a rare opportunity, which he would never miss, so he narrated:

“…… This Nikon was not only eventually promoted to the position of Patriarch, but also became Alexei's so-called 'imperial teacher'. Master, allow me to put it this way, my Manchu vocabulary is really not rich enough. ”

"Emperor? You're using it perfectly! It's accurate! Hongyi didn't want to interrupt Bekto, so he didn't interrupt the question of whether Tsar Alexei I of Russia was "emperor" or not.

"Thank you, master! After Nikon received the throne of the highest priesthood. His next step was to greatly raise the status of the Orthodox Church in the whole Rakshasa and thus establish a model dominated by him......"

"Isn't this 'theocracy'? Will Alexei say yes? Hongyi couldn't help but flaunt some of his international political skills, but the focus was on the attitude of the central government in Moscow.

"You're right, First Class Duke Alexei is really obedient!" Buictor's answer was concise and to the point.

"Really? How could he be so self-tied? Hongyi knew the final fate of Tsar Alexei I and Patriarch Nikon, but fanned the flames to further explore the "honeymoon period" of these two.

"Yes, master. Because Alexei is now in a difficult situation at home and abroad, without Nikon's strong support, it is estimated that he will not be able to live a day. ”

Hearing that what Bekotov said was also reasonable, Hongyi turned to ask:

"What does Nikon want to do?"

"As far as the minions know. In order to achieve their own ends. Nikon made some arguments that clerical authority should take precedence over royal power, but ...... Because of the distance of thousands of miles, the slave only knew that he compared the clergy and the kingship to the sun and the moon respectively, and it was obvious that the clergy was the superior sun. ”

Speaking of Nikon's specific discourse. Buicto, who doesn't have much cultural water, is a little powerless. Fortunately, there is an important point.

In fact, this point does not need to be repeated by Buicto. Hongyi himself has learned.

The "founding king" of the Romanov dynasty - Mikhail. Fedorovich. After Romanov was elected Tsar at the age of 16, his father, Ferrarette, became the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. If calculated according to the family tree, Mikhail can also be regarded as a "relative of the imperial family". He has some ties to the Rurik dynasty, as he was the first wife of Ivan the Terrible and the grandnephew of Empress Anastasia.

In addition, the Romanov family also won the love of Russians and gained a certain reputation because of their unyielding actions in the "chaotic era" of Russia's internal and external troubles. At that time, Godunov forcibly put Mikhail's father, that is, Fyodor. Romanov was forcibly sent to a monastery, became a priest, and changed his name to Father Ferrarette. Later, Pseudo-Dimitri II plundered Father Filaret and appointed him Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church; After Poland was driven out of Moscow by the rebel armies of Minin and Pozharsky, Patriarch Ferraret refused to cooperate with the Polish king Sigmund and made no concessions in the interests of the nation, and was arrested by the Polish army and imprisoned for a long time.

In view of this, on February 21, 1613, the All-Russian Synod, the All-Russian Synod, elected Mikhail Murphy, the minor son of Patriarch Ferralet. The Romanov became Tsar, officially ending a three-year period of absence in Russia, and also marked the end of a phase of Russia's "interregnum".

In 1617, Sigmund III, "King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth", sent Vladislav to attack Moscow, hoping to seize the Russian Tsar's throne by force. In September 1618, Vladislav began an assault on the city of Moscow, but was repulsed by the defending army. In the ensuing battle, the Polish army suffered heavy losses and was forced to abandon military operations and start negotiations with Russia instead. Eventually, the two countries signed a fourteen-year treaty in which Russia ceded large swathes of territory to Poland, but Poland recognized Mikhail as Russian Tsar.

In 1619, Mikhail's father, Patriarch Ferrarete, was released by Poland and returned to Russia. Mikhail's edict stipulated that Ferraret, the patriarch and the son of the Tsar, was treated the same as the Tsar, and that Ferrarette's order was equivalent to the Tsar's edict, and that the Patriarch enjoyed the title of the so-called "Great Sovereign" and became the de facto "Emperor" - the Tsar had to consult him on everything, all high-level laws and regulations had to be signed by the two of them, and diplomatic envoys had to be received by the two of them.

After that, Patriarch Ferraret gradually seized real power, began to rule Russia with an iron fist, and finally pushed the power of the great nobility out of the decision-making center. Thanks to this period of "coexistence of two powers", Russia actually put an end to the "era of chaos" that began after Ivan the Terrible. The practical foundation of Nikon's theory of "the sun and the moon" originated from this extraordinary and prominent period of "coexistence of two powers".

But Hongyi knows better. Due to the peculiarity of the father-son relationship between the "Lao Tzu" Ferraret and the "son" Tsar, the power of the clergy far exceeds the actual situation of the royal power, which is irreproducible. Even then, the game of ecclesiastical and secular power never stopped, but was only temporarily "merged" because of the obedience of the Tsar's sons in the 'two regimes'. In fact, by the time of Alexei I, whether the Church had become an instrument of Tsarist rule, or whether the theocracy had dominated secular power, or even the great nobles who had been temporarily expelled from the center of power, were all uncertain in Moscow's fate. History has proven this:

In April 1632, King Sigmund III of Poland died, and the whole country mourned. Russia believes that the time has come. Raise troops in a big way. The army marched mightily to the Western Front. At first, the Russian army was overwhelmed, and soon conquered several cities, reaching under the city of Smolensk. Prince Vladislav of Poland succeeded to the throne and received a battle report. Assemble the army at once. Rush to the aid of Smolensk. The Russian army was overwhelmed under the city of Smolensk for a long time. Heavy casualties were inflicted, and eventually the soldiers ran out of food, so they had to return in vain.

Year 1633. The powerful Patriarch Ferraret died of illness. The great nobles of the Muscovite court made a comeback and once again seized real power. Tsar Mikhail did not fight against this, but relinquished power in his hands with a detached attitude of calming things down.

In 1626, Mikhail married again, this time the chosen empress was Yevdokia. Streshneva. After marriage, Mikhail had several children, but only two survived to adulthood: one was Crown Prince Alexei, and the other was Princess Irina.

In 1644, the depressed Tsar Mikhail fell seriously ill. On June 12, 1645, Mikhail, realizing that his death was approaching, summoned his ministers and the crown prince to his bed, and issued an edict to Alexei. Mikhailovich was appointed Tsar, and the great nobleman Morozov was appointed as auxiliary minister. Russia entered the era of Alexei I......

I don't know that Hongyi's thoughts have already flown out of the road, and Buicto is still adding fuel and vinegar to describe all kinds of Nikon-

“…… Nikon had already expressed his intention to be the 'head of the Patriarch of the Universal Church'. It is said that he was fond of solemn prayers, and on such occasions he always dressed lavishly and spent lavishly, showing the style of the 'Patriarch of the World'. ”

So, when the servant heard about it, he found an original proclamation signed by the patriarchs of the Orthodox Church in 1593 in the library of the Patriarch, agreeing to the establishment of the patriarchate in the Rakshasa kingdom, and studied it. The proclamation reads: The Patriarch of Moscow, as the brother of the patriarchs of the Orthodox Church, should be in concert with them in all respects, and should refrain from any unconventionality in his own church. ”

Thus, Nikon decided to proceed with the process of finally bringing the Rakshasa Orthodox Church into line with the ecumenical patriarch[1] in religious rituals. This meant that in the future, Orthodox Christians throughout the Rakshasa would have to change their religious rituals according to the Greek model, and Nikon was here to signify the orthodoxy from which he came. ”

"There is even a rumor that Nikon once reprimanded the young Duke Alexei in this way, saying: Since your accession to the throne, everyone has been subjected to illegal levies, the poor and the powerless have to pay heavy tribute, and everywhere there is mourning, and no one is happy in such days. So, whose Moscow is Moscow? The minions all privately said that it was Nikon's Moscow. Speaking of rumors, Buictor showed his gossip skills and described them with relish.

However, what Buicto said was right, because all kinds of materials read by Hongyi in later generations were also recorded in this way.

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding tears of joy -

[1] The Ecumenical Patriarch, commonly known as the Patriarch of Constantinople, was the archbishop of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and recognized as the nominally highest-ranking clergy in the Orthodox Church. He is the spiritual leader and chief spokesman of the Orthodox Church, but does not have any authority over the other patriarchs or the other 14 autonomous churches. The official position of the Ecumenical Patriarch is the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, which is one of the four earliest patriarchal positions in the Orthodox Church. As the head of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, he also holds another title: "Honored Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch". (To be continued......)