Eagle Byzantium

Knowing that she was about to face the fate of being deposed, Piloska burst into tears. She had to give up the position of queen without even getting the Orthodox name. The entire garrison inside and outside the capital collapsed, and the hundreds of Hungarian warriors who were now guarding her also There is no way to fight against Gawain's several brigades.

What's even more desperate is that the capital bureaucrats and the empress dowager all have their permission for Gawain.

Gawain was a Varangian, a barbarian. But in the history of the Roman Empire, there was no precedent for a barbarian to become emperor. He had a strong armed force, which was the basis for his accession to the throne. What's more, Gawain's legal rule and governance were guaranteed by his mother-in-law, wife and children. So I, a poor man from Hungary, could only accept the sad ending.

In the end, Empress Dowager Irene made an oath to guarantee that if Piloska did not return to her motherland, she would be given a palace residence with a superior environment in Brachna and a generous salary. As for her security regiment, It will be reduced to twelve people, and the rest will be distributed by Gao Wenfang and sent back to Hungary.

Next, the Empress Dowager and Eudocia took the guards of honor through the streets of the capital to the Senate, where she met with Burrill and other senators again, "Gawain's army guarantees that they will not do anything after entering the city." Any atrocities, and promised to protect the lives and property interests of all people and nobles in the fourteen administrative districts of the capital. In addition, he will issue a pardon order, not to blame those who stayed in the capital, and to use their talents accordingly. "

Burrill was also very anxious. He expressed his position to the Queen Mother, "We have been able to do this a long time ago, but why hasn't the new emperor entered the city yet?"

Irene replied that of course the church was obstructing it, and Gawain was not willing to exchange Proskynesis power with Patriarch Masdas, and Masdas now also occupies the Holy Mountain, calling on Orthodox believers around the world to fight to the end.

Burrill was indeed a minister of the empire, and he was very clear about such matters: "Previously, the church instigated fanatics to launch an uprising in Lydia, but Gawain suppressed it mercilessly and was reportedly killed. The dead numbered thirty thousand, and now that Lydia was all set up in Gawain's synagogue, no one dared to resist Masdas. He is old and confused. Although he wants to forever inspire the believers to fight by acting as a martyr, Gawain is a barbarian. He doesn't care at all about killing everyone who stands in his way. From the perspective of his servants, Gawain is just... Waiting for your official attitude, once confirmed, he will definitely take iron-blooded measures."

"I have promised Gawain and Anna that even if the capital is filled with blood, we will welcome the new emperor."

After listening to the Empress Dowager's statement, Burrill pondered for a while, looked around at everyone, and said, "Then on behalf of the imperial court, the Senate and the citizens, we will write to Gawain outside the city and declare him the supreme 'Barcelona' Leus' (Greek for emperor), and Anna for the equally supreme 'Baselisa' (Queen in Greek, can also refer to the Queen Regent), so that he can take over the power granted by the people and ascend to the throne. Anyway, the original coronation ceremony of the Patriarch only represented the senators and people to put the crown on the emperor. It’s just a crown, it never represents the church!”

After the calculation was settled, Burrill immediately called his former assistants and quickly drafted a letter welcoming Gawain to the city. The two former assistants wrote very hard because they were already dissatisfied with the original aristocratic rule of Comnenus. ——The rule of Alexios was a feudal one in the West. Because he ascended to the throne The process of taking the throne was full of marriages and compromises between families, so he did not like the "central government rule" of the previous dynasty, but eagerly distributed land and power to a small group of his relatives and cronies. In his eyes, the term "empire" is equivalent to "the rule of Komnenos", which is exactly the same.

But now the new emperor has come, and I heard that Gawain was a Varyag noble and did not have a huge family behind him who was eager to divide glory and power. This made everyone who was a civil servant happy and thought that it could be traced back to the previous one. The glory of the era, that era from the death of Basil II to the Dukas dynasty, was the day when the bureaucracy in the capital became popular.

Generally speaking, in the minds of the bureaucrats, even if Gawain will not hand over power to them, after all, there are powerful clans like Dukas (Irene) and Comnenus (Anna) behind Gawain. and the military chiefs on whom he relies for power (commanders of brigades and generals of frontier areas). ), but re-cultivated a "civilian middle class" who made a living through writing, law, and taxation, who were loyal to the imperial power and had nothing to do with the army or local forces to govern the new country for him, and then assist his descendants. , this approach is in line with Gao Wen's vital interests.

Because Gawain reminds everyone of the founding emperor of the previous dynasty, Basil the Great (Vasili I), the groom emperor. There are too many similarities between them.

Vasily I was born in Armenia, Gawain was born in Varyag;

Basil I once moved to Adrianople as a military household, and Gawain once stood guard at Brachna Palace as a guard;

Basil I had been a prisoner-of-war slave of the Bulgarian invading army, and Gawain had also been a prisoner of the Turks during his previous pilgrimage (of course this was a lie he made);

Basil I came to the capital to seek life, and immediately verified the miracle that he would become an emperor in the future. Gawain also received a gift from Saint (A) Jo (Jie) Zhi (He) and possessed some terrible magic power;

There was a widow, Daenerys of Patras, in Greece, who was fanatically obsessed with Basil I before he became rich, and supported him with all her wealth. Another widow, Ingrina Mesadini of Corinth, did the same to Gawain.

Basil I took over the mistress of Emperor Michael III and married her. From then on, he rose rapidly in the palace and became the stablemaster and the sleeping officer. Gawain abducted the most beloved eldest daughter of Emperor Alexius, established a foothold in Cilicia, and enriched the country and strengthened the army.

In the end, Michael III was murdered and usurped by Basil the Great, and Gawain killed his father-in-law (indirectly, at least he did not have to bear legal responsibility for the emperor's death). The two were surprisingly consistent, and there was nothing wrong with them.

After Basil the Great usurped the throne, he reformed the laws and official system and was determined to make progress. Didn't he also become a "wise ruler of the Romans"? So what couldn't Gawain do?

With this in mind, the letter of request was completed and sent out.

A correct version was found in the 16-9 book forum!

After Irene returned to the palace, she was shocked to hear that the riots inside and outside the capital were getting worse. On the one hand, Masdas in the Holy Mountain openly put on red boots and purple robes, calling on the believers of Thessalonica and Macedonia to mobilize and fight Gawain, who had a "pagan devil's heart", to the death. On the other hand, the priests who stayed behind in Masdas in the city instigated countless guests of St. Paul's Almshouse and some lawless Green Party members to build barricades, kidnap and extort, kill and rob, and vowed to "perform well" at the coronation ceremony of "False Emperor Gawain".

"Self-destruction." Irene said, "Tell all soldiers to protect the palace and wait for Gawain to calm down the order."