The Crescent of the Sultan

After finding Paul, Selim took his guards and walked to the imperial government.

Along the way, Selim has been thinking about a question.

From the mother's perspective, it seems that Selim, as the Sultan, is not worthy of Sophia, the British Princess.

But, is this the truth?

As far as Selim knew, there were only three crowns in all of Europe.

If it were a little more harsh, there would only be the crown belonging to the Ottoman Empire and the two half-crowns belonging to the Holy Roman Empire and the Russian Empire.

Strictly speaking from a legal perspective, Leopold II and Catherine II might as well just tie themselves and sacrifice them under the city of Constantiniya in order to ask the great Eastern Roman Empire Selim the Great to forgive themselves. The crime of claiming one's position in vain.

After all, the crown of the Ottoman Empire was inherited from the Eastern Roman Empire.

The so-called Roman orthodoxy has been transferred to Constantiniya since 330 AD, when Emperor Constantine built Constantinople, which is today's Constantiniya.

Subsequently, Theodosius I divided the Roman Empire into two parts, but Roman orthodoxy remained in Constantinople forever.

Especially after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, Rome was and would only be Eastern Rome.

But when the time came to the end of the eighth century AD, a shocking change took place in the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Empress Dowager Irina gouged out her son Constantine VI's eyes because he threatened her power. A few days later, Constantine VI died, and Irina was crowned emperor.

But Irina is a scumbag with extremely limited abilities. She is unable to protect the Holy See in the West and help it resist the Lombard attack.

Under such circumstances, Charlemagne, who had already conquered most of Western Europe through conquests in the north and south, and thought he was good enough to become emperor, got together with the Holy See, who just couldn't find an enemy to protect the Holy See. The two sides hit it off immediately.

In this way, the Holy See was protected, and Charlemagne relied on the Holy See's coronation to obtain a crown, an unconvincing crown, and thereby stole the title that belonged exclusively to the Roman Emperor.

The crown of Rome came from Augustus and became tainted with religious colors by the time of Constantine I. But why did the emperor of Rome need to be crowned by someone else?

Even after Christianity was established as the state religion of Rome, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire was the supreme leader of God on earth, and the Patriarch of Constantinople was also under the emperor.

After Charlemagne spent his miserable life wearing a false crown, his despicable successors did even more despicable things. Otto I, a shameless guy, actually cast a crown and spread it everywhere. Proclaimed himself emperor of the Romans.

As for the subsequent red-bearded Frederick, this man is no different from a clown.

Pretending to add the word "holy" in front of Rome is simply the greatest insult to Rome.

After selling madly to the Holy Roman Empire, which did not want Bilian, Selim thought of a more shameless country, the so-called "Third Rome".

Taking advantage of the opportunity of marrying Sophia of Paleleg, the niece of Constantine XI, the last emperor of Eastern Rome, Ivan III, a Russian barbarian, arbitrarily claimed that he was the third Rome.

In terms of pure blood, the Rurik family is not as good as the Ottoman family who married several Eastern Roman princesses. As for the later Romanovs, they can't even compare to the high imitation Rurik.

While Rurik only dared to give himself the title of Tsar (that is, Caesar in Latin, which refers to the vice-emperor, lower than Augustus), Peter I, a shameless guy, used the name of the so-called Russian Senate to name himself After being promoted to emperor, it is no wonder that many European countries still only refer to Tsarist Russia.

From a historical perspective, almost no country is qualified to declare itself Roman orthodoxy in front of the Ottoman Empire, and no monarch is qualified to think that he is more suitable for the title of Roman emperor than Selim.

Of course, Selim does not care about shameless people such as Habsburg and Romanov.

It doesn't matter if you don't do it now. When Emperor Sai finishes integrating the Ottoman Empire, he will pin your kid to the ground and give him a good beating.

After reaffirming his orthodox status in Rome, the Sultan happily went to the seat of the imperial government.

What kind of sultan is not worthy of a British princess? Looking through the history of Britain, I can't even find a crown. Selim marrying Sophia is simply a high achievement for Britain.

When he arrived in front of the imperial government, Selim did not show up directly, but hid in the dark and observed for a while.

The Sultan's mood gradually became serious, and the Sipaxi cavalry did not choose to cause trouble.

They adopted a sit-in demonstration and raised banners, which left the Ottoman government with no reason to provoke the other side.

The best trick in the world, "Since you can't solve the problem, then solve the people with the problem" no longer works here.

Selim was a little depressed. Why, Gandhi traveled to the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 18th century and started the "non-violent non-cooperation" movement, right?

Look at this banner.

"I have been wounded for the Empire, and I have bled for the Empire."

"Thirty years of fighting on the battlefield have resulted in the abandonment of the empire."

“On the battlefield, no one sheds tears when a broken arm is broken, but when at home the children have no food, we all grieve together.”

"We have worked so hard on the battlefield, and now we don't even have a broken house."

It almost made Sultan cry when he saw it, and Selim felt sympathy when he saw it.

In general, if Selim were not the Sultan, he would be a little excited by now and want to rush out to help others wave the flag.

However, the butt determines the head, and Selim would never compromise on such a matter, although from a certain point of view, this matter was indeed the Sultan's fault.

After all, it is not the Sipaxi cavalry who really benefit from the military fief system. After all, these people cannot inherit the land, and most of the benefits are actually taken away by officials.

Even from a certain perspective, the Sipaxi Cavalry was actually an ally of the Sudan.

As one of the two main forces of the empire, the Sipaxi cavalry and the Guards have always been at odds with each other. However, because the Guards are in the center, the Sipaxi cavalry is actually at a disadvantage all year round.

Therefore, in the auspicious event of the original time and space (named because it happened near the Auspicious Gate), when the Guards rose up in rebellion again and planned to change the Sultan.

Seeing that Mahmoud II had been prepared, the Sipaxi cavalry directly stood on the side of the Sultan, and joined forces with the new army to force the Guards back into the camp. Then they cleared the ground with artillery fire and sent the Guards directly to see Allah. .

Afterwards, Mahmud II allowed the Sipahi cavalry to enter the new army and served as the cavalry unit of the new army until the complete demise of the Ottoman Empire.

But the problem now is that Emperor Sai has won the success manually, and you, a theatergoer, have the nerve to join in the fun and want a piece of the pie.

There are no such good things in the world. What the Sultan gives you is yours. If the Sultan doesn't give it to you, you can't ask for it.

Here is another example where the Ottoman Empire was Roman orthodoxy.

Eastern Roman Empire, a central legion infantry, an iron armored paladin, a Vadarite archer, a Varangian guard, and a Praetorian Guard soldier made an appointment to go drinking, but the infantry was late.

He said: "His Majesty just ordered us to go back and hold on and then charge at full speed."

Paladin: "What is full speed?"

Vadaritai: "What is perseverance?"

Varangi: "What is an order?"

Praetorian Guard: "What is Your Majesty?"

How about it, doesn't it look like the Ottoman Guards?

Finally, please follow up. I am writing the third chapter. If it is not published today, it must be because I failed to evolve the third chapter beast.