Under Theodora's coercion, several others reluctantly agreed to obey her. Seeing this, Theodora let them go and asked Guo Kang to go back to eat.

When she returned to her seat, Shi Ke took a few probed glances, and when she saw that there was nothing wrong, she walked over. He pushed away Li Xuanying, who was lying next to him, and sat down.

"How?" He asked, "Tell me about the eldest brother?" ”

Guo Kang didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he told him about the performance of several other people at that time.

"Anyway, we finally compromised with each other for the time being." Guo Kang said: "Even Meltem said that he couldn't get along with her. At least it can stop for a while. ”

"I don't think it's that simple." Shi Ke thought for a while and judged: "These people are very smart, you can't underestimate them." ”

"Is Meltem smart, too?" Guo Kang said helplessly.

"That's right, including that little ghost Zhu Jeanna, including your stupid-looking cheap sister." Shi Ke said with certainty: "I still know who is stupid, what is just a lack of sufficient experience, and what people simply don't care." ”

"You're so experienced?" Guo Kang said unexpectedly.

"Nonsense, my sister is really stupid. As long as you compare with her, the characteristics of other people are self-explanatory. Shi Ke was obviously resentful.

"Then that's ......" Guo Kang became even more worried.

"These people won't give up." Shi Ke judged: "This is not peace, but a truce of twenty days at most. ”

When Guo Kang heard this, his heart was even more bottomless.

He decided that he would still find an opportunity to avoid the limelight.

Of course, this time it wasn't that he was deliberately avoiding things, but that there was really nothing he could help with now. Negotiations have reached this point, in fact, they are almost there.

For the Purple Horde, as long as the other side is willing, nothing else is a problem. Within the Khanate, there would certainly be no resistance to this.

The core area of the Purple Horde, "Romania", although nominally an Orthodox region, is actually a special religious belief. The local church calls itself the "Church of Rome", but it is not very doctrinally connected with either the Holy See or the Orthodox Church in Constantinople...... In other words, there may be no inheritance.

Strictly speaking, the Church in Romania is actually "Roman Orthodoxy". It did not originate from the existing church, but was created by the Khan's court itself.

Contrary to the common impression of Guo Kang's time, until the late Middle Ages and even modern times, the theological level of most believers and even clergy in the vast European countryside was as bad as their overall cultural level. Compared with those scholars at the top who studied philosophy and theology, they were almost two worlds. In some remote areas, there are even "believers" who can't even draw crosses.

In the final analysis, Europe at this time was only a feudal society - and it was an authentic feudalism, not the kind of "feudalism" peculiar to Seris. Although the church is one of the few "cultured" forces here, its upper limit cannot surpass this era.

As an organization, the church also has no ability to bring its own order to the grassroots level, and can only rely on the method of separation, so that the subordinates have a strong autonomy. The dioceses scattered throughout Europe are actually religious fiefdoms. The diocese, as a local feudal lord, does not even necessarily listen to the Holy See first. When the HRE was powerful, he could even order the Bishop of Mainz to be the vanguard and lead the army to attack the Pope.

In this case, the more downward the influence of the church, the more rapidly it declines. Moreover, in various places, there is a great reliance on the personal level of bishops and priests who are "divided lords".

But when the Purple Horde was first founded, the local church was already on the verge of collapse in the midst of war. The new citizens of the area, at most, knew that they should probably be believers in the worship of God. As for what the doctrine is and what they should do in their daily life, they basically have no idea. The only remaining country priests, who remember a few verses of scripture and know a few rituals, are also blinded. After all, in this place, at least those who know Greek, can read and write, and can read the scriptures on their own, can have the basic ability to learn theology. This request was too extravagant at the time.

And when the Purple Horde brought order to the countryside for the first time, conducted large-scale education in the army for the first time, and tried to establish its own organization in the countryside, it also had an opportunity to pass on its own ideas to everyone. And because they are more organized, and because of the greater prevalence of self-run education, they have a great advantage over other churches.

The one who set the tone for the worship of God was Patriarch Zhang at that time.

Patriarch Zhang was originally a Taoist priest, but it seemed that he was unwilling in his hometown, so he ran out, ready to try his luck. In the court of the Golden Horde, he became acquainted with Boyan Timur, Guo Gai and others.

However, the Golden Horde believed in the Tianfang Sect at that time, and found that Zhang Daochang, who was still not easy to mix, so he turned to the Tianfang Sect and organized a small sect, which attracted many herdsmen, so he called himself Zhang Yimamu.

Not long after the Purple Tent faction began to become self-reliant, Zhang Yimamu also came here. At that time, due to the constant fighting among the nobles, and the unwillingness of Boyan Timur and others to pay church taxes, many of the only priests and monks also left. Although the people didn't understand anything, no one recited the scriptures, so they felt weak and panicked for a while.

Seeing this, Zhang Yimu stood up and took the initiative to lead everyone to recite the scriptures and worship the Father. Anyway, the prayer ceremony is almost the same, and the villagers also think that there is a good thing, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

After consulting with Guo Gai, Zhang Yimu proclaimed himself Patriarch Zhang and established the first church in the Purple Horde.

Although the level of theology is questionable, Patriarch Zhang's ability to organize the followers is very strong, and everyone is quickly restored to an orderly life of faith. In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, he also found Greek scriptures and annotated them in Chinese and local vernacular, and explained them to everyone.

Patriarch Zhang is funny and approachable, and likes to use popular stories and metaphors when preaching the scriptures, and even writes some folk songs and singing. Everyone loved to hear him preach, and in the end, even the surrounding territories had good deeds to join in the fun.

After he became famous, some nobles and clergy accused him of heresy and brought troops to fight him. But at that time, there were too many people who came to attack the Purple Horde, and Boyan Timur and the others couldn't tell what they were doing, so they just fought anyway. Guo Gai also felt that there were many people who were popular, and it was actually a good thing that other priests were jealous of him.

Guo Gai suggested that since this is already the case, it is better to directly play his own signboard.

Patriarch Zhang thought so. He believes that the self-proclaimed names of the churches are now written in Greek and Latin, and they are not translated and cannot be understood and disseminated. Although there is a Nestorianism, the influence of Nestorianism on this side seems to be too small to rely on. If you want to formalize the church, you have to go your own way.

(End of chapter)