Chapter 463: It's not that the ancestors are incompetent, but that the descendants are incompetent
To the west of the Imperial Palace of Constantinople is the Byzantine Imperial Theatre. In order to compete with other Renaissance countries in continental Europe, after all, the rest of continental Europe is engaged in [Renaissance], and the banner is [Revival of Greek and Roman culture]. Isn't this an eye medicine for Byzantium? What do you mean by reviving Greek and Roman culture? When I don't exist? So the Byzantine Empire, worthy of being the first European empire, built a large theater modeled after the greatest theater of the Roman Empire, the Golden Theater. By the way, the so-called [Golden Theater] is the one that Nero Xiu was made back then, and that's right, it was the one that Pandara Gun cultivated. People have a 3,000-year-old tradition, are you not convinced?
In front of the Imperial Theatre stood ancient obelisks from Egypt, statues of ancient gods from Greece, and marble and bronze statues from Rome – a good city in the classical era, and indeed in continental Europe. The National Theatre was not bad, but how could it be compared to Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire?
"Ask the gods to listen at this moment, you have no right to take your life. The existence of life is the choice of all things, so don't ruin miè hope. Please give me hope again, and though I know that there is no more good one, I beg you to forgive the world once again, to give hope to all, and to desire salvation!"
Since the beginning of the Roman era, from the Latin kingdoms to the Greco-Roman evolution, this sacred aria can still make people feel the purification of the soul.
At the end of the song, Cybertron was the first to stand up and chant "Wonderful", applauding enthusiastically and excitedly.
"What a wonderful performance. Cybertron applauded and cheered the singers on stage, and the audience applauded, and of course he and the emperor were accompanied by the senators, nobles, important ministers, courtiers, and the like. Laughing is almost like biting.,Recently, I only know to accompany Cybertron to eat, drink, and laugh.,It's basically a three-escort type.,What is depravity, but let Cybertron see it.。 But at this moment, he was quite moved by the cultural heritage of this old empire and said to Constantine XXIII: "What a rarity! so beautiful, so beautiful - this is perfect music!"
"Hehehehe...... If you like it, it's a repertoire that has been around since ancient times. After the musicians have sorted it out and studied it -- you should be thankful for the great musicians here. Constantine XXIII was very broad-hearted, and said with a smile as he pointed to a few people dressed in Greek clothes and toga.
"My Majesty, you are complimenting you too much. As soon as Cybertron turned his head, he saw a couple of court musicians, and the smile on his face was really like he was about to bite. To be honest, being mixed in this circle is mixing the word fame and fortune. Born in Vanity Fair, living in the circle of right and wrong, there is no profit without fame, and I don't know what to eat the next day. If you don't get drunk, you don't drink enough, and if you don't get drunk, you can't touch it.
Now Cybertron's praise would be the cornerstone of the future fortunes of these court musicians, and the words "We once touched the heroes who saved Constantinople by force with music" would instantly make them guests in any continent or even pagan court.
Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples.
"Well—thank you for being able to perpetuate the greatness of classical civilization once again. Cybertron took two steps forward with emotion, grabbing the two musicians closest to him one by one. In front of the almost 3,000 spectators at the Golden Theatre (more if it could have been filled, but unfortunately it was wartime) and nobles and knights, he said to several musicians: "When we come into this world, there will be countless adventures to be had. We bravely and fearlessly fight against the enemies who threaten the peace of the world, and we march to the east to drive the demon king of shadows and flames back into the abyss. When the plague death is about to swallow something precious, it is we who have been on the front line for thousands of years - we have experienced the collapse of the world, and we will challenge the destroyer. End the cycle of destruction, but we are about to take a new chapter - that is you, great artists. All the challenges we have experienced, all the highlights of our journey, will reveal the limits of this world – that living things will eventually pass on and cultures will last forever. The protection of civilization cannot support you with anything other than force, but the reason why we ran from the edge of the sky to the famous city in the center of this world is to protect our common civilization from being destroyed, and it is for you!"
Cybertron suddenly had an idea, and decided that this was the perfect opportunity, so he said a lot of the above words. In an instant, the height was raised by more than one grade - Guan Zhong held high the banner of respecting the king back then, and most of the empires in later generations also fought wars under the guise of war. This time, Cybertron did not only attribute his actions to the basis of the just Great Patriotic War, but even stood on the basis of defending civilization.
Though...... This civilization is only 3,000 years old, and it doesn't even count as a p compared to many monster civilizations such as dragons. However, human beings are creatures who always stand on their own basis and think about serving things, so Cybertron is once again raising the banner of reverence for the king at this moment - and the B level of this war has also increased in an instant.
"You...... Your compliments are so ...... It's great, great lord, please forgive us for not being able to bear it. ”
A group of court musicians, simply put, the royal literati were all about to die. Most of them were immersed in a kind of heartfelt excitement, feeling that they had completely achieved what they had been pursuing in their lives—compliments from big people. However, a very small number of royal literati who had not yet had convulsions calmed down and began to [politely declined], which was rare in Europe in this era.
I am so dazzling, what should I do for the emperor? -- You see the emperor's face change color, and you don't know what it feels like to be robbed of luster by a play. Considering that the meal ticket was given by Constantine and not by him Cybertron, some royal literati began to decline hypocritically.
"No, please let me present flowers to the peerless singer who just sang—" Cybertron thought that he had to do a full set of acts, and most of his courtiers knew him anyway. At the very least, they knew that they should shut up when the boss spoke, and the chieftains of Bourkeso expressed their reluctance to participate in the memorial of the [weak southerners]. There was no one in the room but him—if the spirit behind it didn't count—and so at this moment he, the young king, had shown his mature tricks—at least the shameless aspect.
"Uh...... Correct it. Emperor Constantine's face was a little unbearable, but he still smiled reluctantly and said that maybe the other party likes this mouthful?" ”
"What?"
"A melody of this kind is not sung by a woman—so this is a eunuch—and if you want to offer flowers, I'll arrange it." ”
Everyone also applauded Cybertron's great statement.
Cybertron suddenly felt like he had dug a big pit, a big pit set a small pit, a small pit covered an old pit, there was still water in the pit, there were nails in the water, and there would be no shadow when he went down!
“...... If you have the skills, how about arming the militia with this money?"
In the second performance, Cybertron didn't listen very carefully like the previous performance, and he was polite and polite to play on the topic, how could he have thought that there would be such a "end"?
I'm not in a very good mood, and I'm going to go on stage and hug later, I heard that according to etiquette, I have to kiss the left and right cheeks.
Do you think the other party is sick?
The mood is not very good, of course, there is no scruple when speaking, the other party is still singing stage, and it seems that he is more energetic. All the musicians are also increasing their horsepower and showing their best in their lives, and they are really working hard. But the listeners didn't make the effort to listen. Cybertron turned his head and whispered to the Emperor beside him.
"Nobody wants to be a soldier, everyone who wants to be a soldier has already come. Alas...... In fact, the population here is more than 623,000 people, except for the powerful monsters that have not yet been fully naturalized. With the exception of the Greek Minotaur tribes and the northern orc tribes, the others were basically all humanized and Hellenistic - their fighting power was the same with or without them, and in the face of a real army, ordinary militia were no different from the building materials in the warehouse. ”
The emperor is also a spread of hands, and Constantine 23 really feels that he is quite 233 sometimes--this can't be helped, don't you say?
"Ahhh......h You're really an emperor...... In other words, I remember that the emperor should be very powerful. Why do you have a Greece and so few soldiers?" Cybertron was amazed: "Such a big Constantinople, I heard that the maximum number of people is a million. At least there are more than 600,000 people -- what's the matter? There are less than 10,000 troops?"
"This ...... It has to start from a thousand years ago......"
"Your Majesty, can we make a long story short?"
"It's really long, so we'll have to start with 3,000 years ago -- so a thousand years ago is short. ”
“...... Well, then you say it. ”
"Twelve hundred years ago, the empire was struck by the army of the ruined Holy Light. You know all about the treachery of the Latin Holy Army, right?"
“...... Why do you mention this, the past is over -- don't always have the mentality of a victim, so that you can't get mixed up with the international community. ”
"yes, but we won't forget. The betrayal that brought our empire a chance to ruin is still fresh in our minds, and it cut off a dynasty. A new dynasty was established, but it was subjected to internal decline. The Byzantine Empire fell, but it was renamed the Latin Empire, which was ridiculously abnormal. After the rapid overthrow of the Latin Empire, a new dynasty was re-established. We wolf descendants (as the Romans call themselves) cannot be killed, because we are a dynasty that grew up drinking wolf milk! After the establishment of the new dynasty, in order to cope with the double crisis of the east and the west, the new emperor introduced the European feudal system, and the imperial bureaucracy was completely extinct -- on the one hand, it effectively played a role in conscription and resisted the attack of the east for 1,000 years. But...... In this thousand years, our empire has lost too much. Territory, Glory and Past ...... Even traditions. The bureaucracy of the empire was replaced by feudalism, which brought the empire to its knees. To this day, the princes do not obey the order...... But!"
The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up, and Constantine XXIII's eyes were filled with nameless fire: "This time, maybe the empire can be reborn from the ashes!"
...... They're almost all dead.