In Sinan Pei's opinion, this is the case, no matter in any aspect, the Selman Empire is more advanced than the countries of the Litian Sect, which must be admitted. At a time when the kingdoms of the Litian Sect were still playing the trick of feudal secession and the nobles and kings vying for power and profit, the Selman Empire had developed an effective centralized power system; when the countries of the Litian Sect were still playing the trick of heavy knights and longbowmen, the army of the Selman Empire already had more than 50 percent of the use of firearms; while the Litian Sect was still persecuting the infidels in its territory, the Selman Empire was able to treat those who did not agree with its own beliefs more peacefully. Although there was no less exploitation, after all, there was no persecution, and what was even more terrifying was that compared to the already somewhat weakened religious fervor of the countries of the Litian Sect, the Selman Empire was still as fanatical as it had been hundreds of years ago.

Perhaps the description of heaven in the scriptures of the Jihad is more detailed and more stimulating in the hearts of every believer, and the Jihad never fears death when carrying out their philosophy of preaching with sword and fire, especially when facing the heathen.

There are some pious Litian knights who can also do this, but compared to the collective fanaticism of the Jihadians, this is a little weaker after all, and the armies of those commercial republics are even worse, and the result of long-term mercantilism is the rapid decline of religious enthusiasm, and people's profit-seeking nature begins to surface, and everyone only thinks about making money, but does not think about dying for any so-called righteousness.

The mobilization systems of several commercial republics were the most advanced on the continent, and large numbers of citizens were mobilized for military service in each war, and a small projectile was usually able to contend with a so-called great power, but this also reflected the fact that these countries were unable to use the traditional methods of recruiting troops in the face of pagan invasions in the same way as other countries.

Even the top brass of the republic often like to work against the Holy See, such as the Adriatic Republic. He was given the right to appoint and dismiss bishops in his own territory, which is simply unthinkable in other countries.

Sinan Pei saw this very clearly, after all, he had lived on this continent for several years, and he dared to assert that in the last two hundred years, he would face the aggressive Selman Empire. The Litian Sect world could only take a defensive position, not to mention, there was a traverser on the other side who was serving them.

"Why, then, would you assert that in two hundred years, the world of the Celestial Sect will be able to fight back against the infidels?" the Pope asked with a smile, "Are you still a prophet?"

"Your Majesty, as the Pope, there is something inappropriate for you to ask such a question, and you should not pin your hopes on some vague prophecy like an ignorant nobleman who turns to a wizard for help. Theresa interjected suddenly.

Sinampei quietly dragged Theresa. She's a little too rude.

However, this is actually Si Nanpei being too cautious, and the Pope just waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

But the pope did not respond positively to Theresa's question.

Sinampei had no choice but to continue with the Pope's question: "This question, it is difficult for me to explain, Your Majesty, this is not a question that can be explained clearly for a while. ”

"Let's talk about it briefly. The Pope continued to ask.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Sinan Pei frowned slightly, which was ridiculous. Many of his impressions of the Selman Empire came from Ottoman Turkey on Earth. However, although the history here is so different from the earth in details, the general "potential" is similar, and Sinan Pei feels that there should be nothing wrong. Anyway, the Pope only asked him to talk about his opinion, but did not say that he wanted him to come up with a specific strategy. Then it probably doesn't hurt to talk on paper once, but you need to be careful not to let the Pope think that he is too pompous.

"Your Majesty, although it seems that the Selman Empire is unrivaled at the moment, once it continues to let him expand. Then, the problems that you can't see today will come to you in the future. Sinan paused and sorted out his thoughts, "First, that is the national problem of Selman, as we all know, the Tuke people are nomads who migrated from the far east, and when they came from the east, there were very few people left, even if they intermarried with the locals for so many years, their main ethnic population still did not grow effectively. ”

"Oh, does a small population lead to any bad consequences?" asked the Pope, "there is no example in the history of Eugenia where nations have declined and perished because of such things. For example, the ancient Roman Empire developed from a small city-state until it unified the entire Central Sea. ”

"Your Majesty, this is not the same. Sinampei shook his head, "Maybe the Romans were very few in number at the beginning, but later, they have turned the surrounding civilized peoples into Romans, and the expansion of the Roman Empire is accompanied by the expansion of citizenship." But the Selman Empire was different. He is quite different from the Romans in that he has absolute monarchical power, which is a remnant of nomadic habits and cannot be changed. At the same time, they lacked the ability to assimilate the Romans like the Romans, and now Selman was alive and could choose the best and the best, but if one day a fool or a madman became a sultan, then the decline of Selman would not be far off. ”

"Do you mean that it is not a good thing for a king to have unrivaled power?" the Pope frowned, "to be able to bring the power of a vast empire together at one point would produce a power that you and I could not imagine." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. However, under such a system, it is also too much to value the monarch's personal ability. Sinampei shook his head, "In the long run, this is not a good thing for a country, whether it is the countries of the Litian Sect or the Selman Empire, this truth is applicable everywhere. ”

"Interesting, is this a theory from Seris?" the Pope laughed.

"Partially, but also in my own understanding. Sinampei shook his head. In the Celestial Empire of this era, some people may be aware of the disadvantages of unlimited monarchy, but absolutely no one dares to bring it up.

Maybe there was a change after Kawagoe Tetsu came, but he "left the Celestial Empire" before he made his fortune, so you must be careful about this kind of problem.

"Listen to Fengming, your father was executed for disobeying your Emperor Seris's orders, right?" asked the Pope, as if suddenly remembering something. (To be continued......)