king of ros

Chapter 503 Ross Caesar
Ross Kaiser, to be honest, such a title is hard to say what it does.

Want to talk about the influence of this thing on Ross?It can be said that there is basically no one. Who cares whether you are Roman or not on Ross's side, you can't eat or drink, it's just boring.

And the title of Ross Caesar is also ridiculous. Rostislav ruled Ross and you still need Rome's approval?This thing has to add a "Caesar of the Romans" to be considered valuable. The Bulgarians had tossed with Constantinople for a long time because of this.

But that would be to recognize the rule of foreign barbarians over Rome, which is absolutely not allowed.

If you want to insist that the only value of this thing is to use it for bragging for the descendants of Rostislav, and then experience a wave of god-making in nationalism, and some national myths are invented, and finally use it for bragging in the Internet age use.

However, if it is based on his own reputation, it is quite valuable to do so. After all, bragging must be bragging, but it is related to negotiations. Considering that this title is useless now, adding this requirement is to give Alexios increased the stakes, so he killed the idea of ​​a Caesar title.

If you don’t need a title, you don’t need a title. This is not a big deal. His famous project has already been on the high road, and the printing workshop in Kyiv is exporting his works every day.

Now his works have a market all over the Christian world. Although the total market is very narrow, there is a market after all, and now his books are constantly being traded around the Christian world.

Relying on the influence of these works, the influence he can achieve in later generations has long surpassed the title of Ross Caesar, and he has achieved milestone status in a series of liberal arts fields such as literary history.

So he didn't take Ross Caesar's matter to heart. At most, he mentioned it when he was watching the game and chatting with people at the racetrack. Now it seems that Alexios has an eyeliner at the racetrack.

But Alexios wants to give him the title of Caesar, anyway, he is giving it away for nothing now, don't want it for nothing.

So Rostislav brought his wife forward immediately after he realized it. If the Romans dared to give, he dared to take it. Zoe was obviously caught off guard, but as Rostislav's wife, she quickly adjusted.

The Grand Duke and his wife of Kyiv knelt in front of the Universal Patriarch, while Alexios stood beside the Patriarch. This made Rostislav raise his eyebrows. He immediately noticed the intention of this position. Does it mean that Ross is a vassal of Rome?
Forget it, it's just a formal advantage. The one who crowned himself was the Universal Patriarch instead of being suddenly replaced by the Roman Emperor. Since Alexios gave himself the title of Caesar, it doesn't matter.

Many people in the Hagia Sophia looked at the Grand Duke Ross so curiously. Many people saw the Grand Duke for the first time. Rostislav stayed in this city after the war in Constantinople ended. In fact, apart from those guys who took the initiative to get together, there are really not many Romans who have seen him.

Then the Patriarch of the World began to walk again, those clichés about the Holy Son and the Holy Spirit, and the divine powers bestowed by God. After completing these, the Patriarch put the crown on Rostislav’s head, and After that, Rostislav could add to his title the title "All-Russian Caesar".

After completing the ceremony, Rostislav stood up and didn't feel anything special. He just repeated what Alexios had done before, and he finished it all. There were thunderous cheers in the Hagia Sophia Cathedral and applause.

Grand Duke Ross understood that these were not for him, but for Alexios.

Now, Rostislav understands what Alexios intends to do. In the eyes of those who know the inside story, this is just the emperor trying to curry favor with the barbarians who intervene strongly, but the public doesn't know the inside story.

After today's ceremony, he became a barbarian mercenary recruited by Alexios with his own prestige, and the barbarian monarch bowed to him at his coronation ceremony.

"It's been put on a little bit..."

Rostislav muttered a little dissatisfied, and his eyes met with Alexios. The emperor gave him a friendly look, betting back all the emotions Rostislav wanted to vent through his eyes.

But these are harmless to him. In fact, the loss of reputation is negligible. What Rostislav didn't expect was that Alexios' performance was not over yet.

"Everyone, everyone, please be quiet, we still have a ceremony next."

With a wave of Alexios' hand, a boy brought up a box, the box was exquisitely crafted, with gold and silver threads outlining the scene of "the coming of the three kings" in detail.

Seeing this casket, Rostislav was taken aback for a moment. He could tell at a glance that it was a reliquary, and the Romans present knew more about it. The top holy relic, isn't that something related to Jesus himself.

Everyone was quiet, this was the first time for 80.00% of the people to see such a holy relic, and on the other side, the Patriarch of the World opened the reliquary under Alexios' gesture.

"This is a personal letter from Jesus himself to King Edessa. Even in Constantinople, where there are many holy relics, it is extremely precious. Here, we will give this holy relic to Rostislav of Rus. Vladimirovich Rurik, after this we will select a group of saints and present them to the Grand Duke of Russia. May these objects with the blessing of God make the cause of Christ in Ross more prosperous, and may the glory of God last forever. stay."

"Stay forever!"

Countless voices shouted such voices, and these voices were louder than ever, as if the entire dome of Hagia Sophia was trembling.

Rostislav, who had stood aside now, could only lament Alexios' good tricks and manipulated the sending of the holy relic into his positive political event, but what Rostislav did not expect was that the emperor's operation was not over yet.

"It is also here that I make a request to the Church. You all know that the armies of heathens are now ravaging our land, and our empire is in ruins. There is death and ruins everywhere, and the empire The national treasury is now empty. Therefore, I ask the church to provide the gold and silver in the various churches to the empire, and melt them to supplement the military expenses."

These words were obviously unplanned. Rostislav keenly noticed that the Patriarch of the World had an ugly expression as if he had eaten a fly. However, the emperor had already guided the public opinion, so he had no choice but to agree.

"Of course the church will provide gold and silver to the empire, but no matter what the reason is, these things are used to worship God. It is all right for the empire to borrow these things, but as the borrower, the emperor must express his repentance to God."

Having said that, the patriarch paused, whetted everyone's appetite, "The emperor must sleep on the floor of the Hagia Sophia in his unlined clothes for three nights in order to express his repentance to God."

Rostislav immediately looked at Alexios, but the expression of Emperor Komnenos did not change, "Of course, this is no problem, I should do everything to repent to God, and I will use this to deal with the robbery together." Confessions of the capital."

Alexios completely borrowed his power to wash away all the guilt on his head at once. The expression of the Patriarch of the World was even worse, and he was beaten by the emperor again, and lost another restriction. The emperor's important bargaining chip can be said to be losing his wife and losing his army.

However, the Patriarch's next expression change surprised Rostislav. His gloominess actually lasted for a short time, and when he made such an expression, he tucked his head inside his robe, except for those who stood still. Being so close, the people below couldn't actually see his expression.

Damn, they're all human.

Rostislav sighed in his heart, and at the same time insisted on staying away from the political situation in the imperial capital, he did not want to intrigue with the Greeks.

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