"Then there's a problem here." Jeanne pointed out: "As you said, this was just the situation at that time. By now, the Greeks should have gotten used to all this and adapted to the rule of the Khanate. ”

"I heard that most of the city was desolate like a village at that time, but now it is indeed prosperous. Rome is also a big country now, unlike in the past, when people were beaten and robbed every day. With these exploits, what are you afraid of the Greeks? ”

"I compromised with the Greeks because I was a newcomer and needed to use the power of traditional habits to make them accept." Jeanne pointed out: "Now that you have done a good job, everyone is very satisfied, and you should not continue to be presumptuous. ”

"I think they're still making trouble all day long." Guo Kang said.

"That's the daily life of the citizens, don't take it seriously." Jeanne was unimpressed.

"And they're even tolerant of your strange religious beliefs, so what's not to do? I don't think these ordinary citizens really hate you. She judged: "The citizens of Greece used to be more noisy than we are, and the current behavior has said a lot." ”

"Is this all right?" Guo Kang felt that her standards were a bit too low.

"If you've ever been to Paris, you know that the government of the capital is already very popular." Jeanne told him firmly.

Guo Kang was a little puzzled by this, and decided to go back and discuss it with others.

Jeanne's reaction to him was not too surprising.

"Don't you understand?" She continued to express her doubts: "You have also said that you are Romans, so why do you have to deliberately disguise yourself to get close to those troublesome Greek women, and let the Romans disguise themselves in Greek skins? ”

"There's something wrong with that, too." Zhu Wenkui did not agree with his sister's idea: "The influence of the Greek culture here is still quite large, and it is not as simple as putting on a skin. ”

"You have seen those people in their Khan's court. In terms of understanding and mastering Greek culture, not only the Orientals, but also those Bulgarians and Slavs are actually very ...... Uh, it's rustic. ”

"Would they have been able to do it without the help of these Greeks? And if you decide directly to abandon these parts of Greek culture, is it the same as Shinra? Will this be considered as forgetting one's ancestors and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? He asked a series of questions.

"Isn't it just Greek culture now? It's not that you want to give up, it's that you can't keep it at all. Jeanne pointed out: "Haven't you noticed their hat of the Great Khan?" ”

"The crown of cymbals with fake braids, you say?" Zhu Wenkui gestured on his head: "What's wrong with that thing?" ”

"Do you know why they don't use the crown of the Greeks?" Jeanne asked.

"Is it to show tradition, to show that it is different from the Greeks?" Zhu Wenkui thought for a moment and asked.

"It's because there is no crown at all." Guo Kang explained with a wry smile.

At that time, John V's army was at the bottom of the civil war, and in order to attract more mercenaries, his mother, Queen Anna, sold the ancestral crown to the Venetians. So, there was no official crown after that. ”

"Uh......"

"John the Great Khan, the first Khan John VII, really wanted to have a coronation ceremony and put the Eastern Roman crown on it. For this reason, I also found a Venetian and wanted to spend money to redeem it. Guo Kang continued: "But the Venetians also claim to be the heirs of Rome, and they want to show off their crowns everywhere, and they are not willing to sell them. ”

"They were our important allies, and they didn't steal or rob this time, and we couldn't say anything, so we gave up."

"And then?" Zhu Wenkui asked.

"Later, when Basil III intervened in the Dalmatian War to help the Venetians against Hungary, the Venetian Council proposed that the crown could be returned to offset part of the military expenses."

"But at this time, decades have passed since the tent was established, and everyone has long been uncommon to this thing. At that time, the Khan's court was at war on all sides, and it was better to ask for money directly, so he didn't agree. ”

"When John the Great Khan entered the city, he brought this kind of cymbal crown imitating the Yuan Dynasty. Over time, it has become a habit in itself, and it has been used for generations to come. That braid ......" Guo Kang also gestured: "It was also true at the beginning, it was a hairstyle of the grassland nobles. But it was too cumbersome to comb, and then everyone kept a simple and convenient Roman hairstyle, so they changed it into a hanging ornament. ”

"There's such a thing." Zhu Wenkui was a little surprised: "Mr. Greece hasn't explained it to me in detail, I guess I think the officials are too ashamed, so I don't think it's for His Holiness." ”

"What the hell is the official family?" Jeanne laughed when she heard him say this: "Is this the translation you came up with?" ”

"That's what you say. I simply think it's easier to remember this translation. Zhu Wenkui explained: "And you see, although the official diplomacy of the Ming Dynasty does not take the initiative to mention this, everyone understands that this Barcelus should be called the emperor when translated." ”

"I've been here since I looked into it. In the Greeks' own perception, only the king of kings of Persia and the king of kings of Ethiopia enjoyed the same rank as Rome's Barcelus. They did not recognize other self-proclaimed Caesars and the like. If this corresponds, these Barcelus and the king of kings and the like are equal to the emperor. ”

"But looking at the recent 'emperors' of the Greeks, I feel that they are really unworthy. Whether it is national strength or ability, it is too far behind. There may be only one name left. He scratched his head and said, "Come to think of it, it is better to translate this honorific title as 'Guanjia', which not only retains the original rank, but also shows the distinction." It should be okay, right? ”

"I think it's very good." Guo Kang decisively praised: "Back then, a great Confucian said that the matter of translation was pursued by three standards. First, we must be loyal to the original meaning and call it 'faith'; second, we must be smooth and easy to understand, which is called 'reach'; and third, we must get its charm and call it 'elegant'. When I look at the translation of this 'official', it takes into account Xindaya, which is much better than simple transliteration. ”

"Didn't you just say that the level of education here is not good? I think that's a good idea. How did you meet so many learned Confucians? Jeanne asked curiously: "If there is such a background, then it should not be entangled in the problems of Greek women." ”

"Like Confucius, Confucianism likes to travel around the world, but he usually stays for a short time, so he often says a few words and leaves." Guo Kang began to talk nonsense: "What we lack is mainly the kind that can be permanent." ”

"Okay......" Jeanne had to stop asking.

"Still, there are people who think the same way you do." Guo Kang thought for a while and told her: "Before, Shi Ke told me that his younger brother Shi Dan was going to look for some learned Confucians to come back when he went on an envoy this time. ”

"They probably think the same way - hey, in the final analysis, it's still a matter of culture and education." He smiled helplessly and said to Zhu Wenkui: "If you father and son can manage to get a thousand teaching gentlemen from the Daming Sect to come here for permanent residence, we won't have to think about so many things anymore." ”

"We could really try." Jeanne didn't know why, but suddenly became motivated: "What I doubt now is whether these measures to 'maintain legitimacy', such as intermarriage with Greek women, are necessary. ”

"We should help them to get rid of the decaying and depraved Greek culture. This is our mission to Roman civilization. She said, and pulled Zhu Wenkui again: "Brother, are you right?" ”

"What's the matter with us...... Zhu Wenkui couldn't react.

"The continuation of the rise and fall is the common pursuit of the orthodox Chinese dynasty." Jeanne actually did this: "We do this, it is good for both civilizations." ”

"But they're not dead, are they?" Zhu Wenkui pointed out: "You yourself just said that Rome is now on the rise and developing very well, which is different from the beginning. ”

"But if it continues like this, it will definitely be killed by Greek women." Jeanna said, turning to Guo Kang: "Brother Kang, you don't want Rome to have a Jia Nanfeng and a rebellion of the eight kings." ”

"And what do you think should be done?" Guo Kang asked.

"The farther away from the Greek woman, the better!" Jeanne said without thinking.

(End of chapter)