Some Greek officials have shown obvious curiosity about Mr. Shi's claims.

"How is this unified dynasty calculated?" Tobe Shangshu John Papadopoulos asked.

"Just see if there are any other claimants." Shi Ke replied.

"A unified dynasty must itself be the claimant of the 'Son of Heaven,' and at the same time destroy all regimes that also claim the title of 'Son of Heaven,' or at least force them to abandon their claims in formal diplomatic settings." He explained: "In short, only by ensuring the uniqueness of the 'Son of Heaven' can it be regarded as a unified dynasty. ”

"Unification is not a geographical concept, but a ...... Theological concepts. Shi Ke finally said metaphorically: "Therefore, sometimes there will be a situation where the territory is small and the territory is considered a serious unified dynasty, but the territory is not large." ”

"Then I understand." Papadopoulos nodded: "The war between the Yuan and Ming is not only the war of the dynasty on our side. It actually has the nature of a religious war, right? ”

"It can be understood that way." Shi Ke nodded: "This is the religion of the Seris people. ”

"Then we really should avoid the question." The Grand Treasurer, O'Trifus, also reacted: "Religious matters cannot be considered in terms of purely economic matters. No wonder Ming wants to chase this Javanese regime every day to fight ......"

"Yes." Grand Lama Wang also agreed: "In fact, even the Tang Dynasty has not gone so deep into the southwest, let alone the Song Kingdom. But because the Yuan Dynasty had controlled the area and established a regime that claimed to be the successor of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had to devote its forces to destroying the 'legitimacy' of the Seris regime, even if it was a long way off. ”

"In general, subsequent dynasties tend to regain all the territory of the previous dynasty. Because Seris, like us in Rome, is a country with a very strong cultural appeal. He explained to the Greeks: "Wherever the Romans ruled, the local barbarians like to call themselves Romans, and they are the same. ”

"As a result, in places that were controlled by the previous dynasty, and even where they were influenced, there were a large number of regimes that called themselves 'Sons of Celestial' – similar to those of the HRE. If you don't eliminate all these guys, you can't say that you have achieved reunification. Therefore, although it is a religious concept, from a geographical point of view, it is indeed similar to the recovery of all the territory of the previous dynasty. ”

"But the Yuan Dynasty has a great ......" and it also reacts.

"yes, and it's not just big, it's also running." Wang Da Lama pointed out: "The remnants of the Yuan Dynasty are running everywhere, and the Ming State has to chase them one by one in order to prove that they are the orthodox 'Ming Dynasty', otherwise they still claim to be orthodox, and they will continue to have an impact and make the Ming Dynasty uncomfortable." ”

"Moreover, these Yuan Dynasty remnants ...... Friend, and very good at running. As soon as he hits, he may run away again, but he insists on not being willing to give up the orthodox title. This is the situation we are facing now. ”

"The belief of the Seris is really interesting." Otellifos said with great interest: "Then strictly speaking, the Ming Dynasty is still the 'Ming Kingdom'?" Is there any precedent for this? ”

"Yes, and there have been quite a few over the years." Yeluhin stroked his beard and said, "Since the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, this has always been the case in the Seris area. ”

"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, he once called the Turkic Khanate a vassal. But the Turks did not use this set of ...... from the Central Plains Uh, the legitimacy system, so the follow-up impact is not big. After Emperor Taizong defeated the Turks, there was no doubt. Datang's legitimacy system has been maintained for a long time, and it can be said that it has been affected until now. ”

"After the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, from Japan to the east of Persia, a large number of regimes emerged. Many of them claimed to be the Son of Heaven, so during this period, there was no unified dynasty. ”

"By the time of the Liao and Song dynasties, the world had stabilized, but there were still two opposing sons of heaven. My ancestor Liu Yi agreed on the state religion with the ministers, and the ministers thought that Buddhism was prevalent and should worship Buddha. Taizu said, 'Buddha is not a Chinese religion, it must not be'. Finally, the Confucius Temple was erected to worship. ”

"The Liao State has always demanded from China and fought for orthodoxy, and the Song State could not stop them. But Liao, in turn, was powerless to get Song to give up his claim. Therefore, at this time, there is still no unified dynasty. ”

Guo Kang is now familiar with these terms. For example, "Liu Yi" is Yelu Abaoji, the founder of the Liao State. This person is an "elite man", so he took Liu as his surname and gave him a Chinese name.

The word "Yelu" is the pronunciation of "Liu" in the Khitan language. The surname of the descendants is "Xiao", and they also moved from Xiao He, the Han Dynasty.

There are not many documents left by the Liao State. In Song's records, it is probably to grab orthodoxy, so the surname Xiao has been used, but the surname Liu has always insisted on writing "Yelu", and it has become a habit after a long time, so it continues to be used.

"You say Buddhism is not a Chinese religion? Does it mean that you can't believe in a foreign religion? Outlifus spotted a problem and asked, "Why is that?" ”

"At that time, the culture of the Liao State was not as developed as that of the Song Kingdom, but everyone still understands the basic truth." Yelukhin said very firmly: "Why? The reason is that we are Chinese. How can the Chinese take a foreign religion as the state religion? ”

"Huh? Isn't Christianity a foreign country to you? Otellifos asked curiously.

Guo Kang wanted to cover his face when he heard this. He is almost numb to these "Khitan wolf warriors".

Yeluhin is a stubborn old man, and he has always been quite unhappy with some people in his clan who believe in other religions, who knows that they can also say it in the court. In order to prevent these Khitans from directly giving everyone a "Chinese vs. foreigner" in the court, he hurriedly came out to play a round.

"That doesn't count." Guo Kang hurriedly got up, shook his hand and said, "Brother Heavenly Shifter, he is a Roman person. Brother Heavenly is a Roman, and Heavenly Father is naturally a Roman as well. ”

"In ancient Rome, it was called Great Qin, and "Wei Luo" said that the Great Qin people were another species in China. Therefore, the Romans are Chinese; Therefore, Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother are also Chinese, and Christianity is also a Chinese religion. Chinese believe in Chinese religion, nothing. ”

After saying a paragraph, there was a moment of silence in the hall.

Grand Lama Wang let out a long sigh of relief and gave Guo Kang a grateful look; The old pedant Borjan subconsciously began to applaud, as if he thought Guo Kang's logical statement was good, and when he found that only he was speaking, he quickly retracted his hand. Most of the others were still in a daze, as if they hadn't reacted yet.

Instead, his father-in-law smiled heartily at him again, as if encouraging him to continue.

He probably understood why his stepmother had specifically instructed him to support his speech more.