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Chapter 203 The beginning of the annexation of Byzantium!
Andronikos was publicly executed.

This is a member of the royal family.

Moreover, he is still a prince.

He even once became the emperor of the empire.

As a result, now, he is being punished by officials of the Ming Dynasty.

But unfortunately, the people of Byzantium all applauded.

Because Andronikos, although he did not rule for a long time, was a complete tyrant.

Many people were unfavorable to Andronikos.

Otherwise, no one would have spontaneously rescued John V and overthrown him.

Although John V's performance as a monarch was not very good, he was much gentler than Andronikos.

Andronikos was quartered by five horses.

Afterwards, Luo Hang also began to speak and warned everyone: "Dear citizens of Byzantium, this time to deal with Andronikos, a traitor to the empire, is entirely under the instruction of His Majesty the Emperor, and will be carried out by His Majesty the King of Qin of the Great Tomorrow! I believe everyone It is also known that His Highness King Qin of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty will marry your princess, the future Queen. This is a good thing for the two countries to get married! Moreover, His Highness King Qin will also be entrusted by your emperor to become the chief consul and supervisor of Byzantium. State affairs. Your Highness, King Qin, can assure everyone that as long as he is here, no one will dare to attack Byzantium. Moreover, you can trade freely, and everyone can live a stable and prosperous life!"

"Worship His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Honor the Chief Consul!"

"Worship His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Honor the Chief Consul!"

"..."

The people shouted.

Chief Consul.

His status in Byzantium was equivalent to that of a military marshal plus a prime minister.

The status is second only to the emperor.

However, the future emperor will marry Zhu Xi, the chief consul.

In fact, everyone in Byzantium knows very well what this means... In the future, the entire Byzantium will be led by the chief consul.

As for Her Majesty the Queen, she is actually a mascot!
The Byzantine era may be coming to an end.

However, they will enter another era of strength.

No one will doubt Zhu Ping's ability.

After all, it had only been a few days since Zhu Ping gave Osman a severe lesson when he first arrived?

There are still many people spreading this story by word of mouth!
Of course, there are also some old people who are very dissatisfied with Zhu Xi, the chief consul who came by air. Among them are also some opponents of John V and even those who oppose Byzantine doctrine.

These people must be very dissatisfied with Zhu Ping in their hearts.

Even hatred and resentment!

However, these characters were soon purged by various means.

Among them were some Home Secretaries.

In just three days, all these people were secretly executed.

Then, they were quickly replaced by officials from the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xi also signed his first order after becoming chief consul, which was to establish trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the subjects of the Ming Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire could communicate with each other. All Byzantines who wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty only had to pay If you can afford it, you can go there by boat.

In addition, if Ming Dynasty merchants do business in Byzantium, they do not have to pay additional taxes, and there will be a three-year tax exemption policy.

For those righteous merchants who came to Byzantium to help refugees, the Byzantine Empire could also award them medals of honor and even appoint official positions.

People from the Ming Dynasty could serve as officials in Byzantium, and people from Byzantium would naturally have the opportunity to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty.

As long as they have the ability!
Even intermarriage is allowed!
Here, Zhu Xi took advantage.

Why do you say this way?
It's very simple. Based on the current conditions of Byzantium, if intermarriage between the two countries is carried out, only people from the Ming Dynasty can marry Byzantine women. It is almost impossible for Byzantine men to marry women from the Ming Dynasty!
Not even seen.What's more, Byzantium had been on war for many years and was surrounded and suppressed by the Ottomans many times.

In fact, the ratio of men to women in the country of Byzantium is now very imbalanced.

Zhu Ping had a summary of the population sent by the previous ministers. According to the description, there were only three men at most among the ten Byzantines, and the rest were women.

The Byzantine Empire was really in decline and was about to be wiped out.

No wonder everyone here, from the emperor to the common people, accepted Zhu Xi, the foreign chief executive, so easily.

After a series of decrees were signed, the rest was left to Luo Xu. He began to lead a large number of people from the Ming Dynasty into Byzantium, not to mention building roads, houses and other facilities. These people could even settle down in Byzantium. , still staring at the identity aura of the Ming Dynasty people.

They were all craftsmen who had been recruited to build the canal.

In the Ming Dynasty, they were at the bottom.

But when they arrived in Byzantium, everyone became an uncle.

Because they have money.

Moreover, they are also noble Ming Dynasty people.

His status was not low in Byzantium.

More importantly, they are all men.

Young strong man.

It just made up for the embarrassing situation of many Byzantine women who could not find a husband.

How many craftsmen are there in Zhenxicheng?
According to statistics, in one and a half years, Zhu Ping transported at least 30 craftsmen and civilians to the canal.

Now that the canal has been built, the construction of Zhenxi City is also relatively complete. Many craftsmen just have nothing to do, so they can seamlessly connect here.

Luo Xu transferred 20!

And the entire Byzantium was just an isolated city of Constantinople.

After many wars, the population has dropped to less than 50.

More than 30 of them are women, and there are as many as 20 women of the right marriage age.

It is equivalent to saying that these hard workers who were sent to build the canal have also been waiting for spring.

In more than a year, they all have a considerable net worth just from their salary and rewards.

Moreover, when they arrived in Byzantium and continued construction, King Qin would also pay them wages.

Now even my wife is assigned!
The Byzantine Empire also had an influx of nearly one-third of its population, and now they are all from the Ming Dynasty. If these 20 men marry local wives, at least half of the population will be from the Ming Dynasty.

This laid the solid foundation for the Ming Dynasty to successfully annex the Byzantine Empire in the future.

Under such circumstances, the day of Sophia's official ascension to the throne finally ushered in.

At this time, the old emperor John V was already sick in bed and couldn't get up.

He was also powerless to interfere with Byzantine government affairs.

Even now, at least half of the ministers around him are from the Ming Dynasty, but John V is still determined to put the crown on Sophia himself on this day, dragging his seriously ill body.

His appearance was tantamount to recognizing the legitimacy of Zhu Xi and Ming Dynasty's status in Byzantium!
On this day, ships kept coming to the sea outside Byzantium.

The major principalities, and even the Holy Roman Empire, which had been competing for legal rights with Byzantium, sent envoys.

The Ottomans, who surrounded Byzantium, even sent a grand team of envoys, and even sent princes and princesses to congratulate them, to show that they attached great importance to the Byzantine Queen's enthronement.

But everyone knows.

The reason why these principalities, including the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans, sent people to congratulate was not because of how powerful Byzantium was.

They are all here for Zhu Ping!

(End of this chapter)