Whether it was the Kingdom of Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, France, Savoy, Venice or the Papal States, they were all begged by John V.

but.

The Eastern Roman Empire still did not receive any effective assistance.

These national forces will only take advantage of the situation, or they are weak and of no use at all.

The Eastern Roman Empire urgently needed to find a strong ally to help it.

It happened that at this time, John V, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, heard that a major change of dynasty had occurred in the far east.

The Mongol Empire that once dominated the world was overthrown by another new dynasty, which I heard was called the Ming Empire.

Moreover, the Ming Empire also expanded its power to Persia.

Many merchants from the Eastern Roman Empire brought this news back, which made John V seem to see a life-saving straw.

John V sent a secret mission disguised as a caravan to Persia, hoping to seek support from the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding the Eastern Roman Empire that asked for help from the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han also wanted to use the Eastern Roman Empire to contain the surrounding Tianfang religious countries, such as the Ottoman Empire.

But he also had to consider the strength of the Eastern Roman Empire, otherwise it would be very uneconomical to fill up the Ming Dynasty's manpower and material resources.

"If the Byzantine Empire becomes an ally of the Ming Dynasty, will it guarantee the Ming Dynasty's future interests in Greece?" Zhu Han asked Luo Liedan directly.

Luo Liedan thought for a moment and immediately gave his opinion.

"Your Highness, the current Greek Empire is no longer the original Roman Empire. Not only are they weak, but they are also in internal chaos. Even with the help of Ming Dynasty, they may not be able to stabilize!"

In the minds of Europeans, the Roman Empire is not just a noun, but a symbol of glory and greatness.

Although the Eastern Roman Empire claims to have inherited the mantle of the Roman Empire, its decline in recent hundreds of years has already caused all its last bits of glory and dignity to be lost.

Therefore, Europeans most of the time refer to it contemptuously as the Greek Empire.

"Then tell me, how is the current chaos within the Eastern Roman Empire?" Zhu Han was very interested in the situation in Europe.

After some explanations by Luo Liedan, Zhu Han finally understood that the Eastern Roman Empire at this time was not only small in land area, but also seriously lacking in military strength.

There are less than 20,000 soldiers in such a large area, and most of them are composed of foreign mercenaries.

The citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire were all addicted to pleasure and entertainment. In addition to maintaining their religious fanaticism, they only paid lip service to the glory and dignity of the Roman Empire.

John V, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, was probably the most enterprising Eastern Roman, but John V's talent and academic vision were very mediocre. In terms of the ability to select allies and maintain allies, he had no ability at all.

Although the surrounding Kingdoms of Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary were very hostile to the advancing Ottoman Empire, they also tried their best to encroach on the Eastern Roman Empire.

territory and interests.

"Furthermore, the business of the Eastern Roman Empire has been completely controlled by the Genoese and we Venetians. When the Ming Dynasty trades with them, most of the profits will not fall into the hands of the Eastern Roman Emperor. The Eastern Roman Emperor only

Being able to collect a pitiful commercial tax and squeeze the farmers in the territory was the only source of finance for the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire!"

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Waiting for the event!」

Luo Liedan's description immediately reminded Zhu Han of a scene in which "business women did not know the hatred of their country's subjugation, but they still sang songs across the river."

However, within the Eastern Roman Empire, it was no longer just business women, but all citizens.

"It seems that the Eastern Roman Empire is really a piece of mud that cannot hold up a wall."

Zhu Han not only shook his head slightly and sighed.

The entire West Asia and Balkans are key areas that the Ming Dynasty will inevitably set foot in in the future. If there is a conflict between the Orthodox Church and the Tianfang Sect there, it will be very beneficial to the Ming Dynasty's future layout here.

So Zhu Han's original plan was to support the Eastern Roman Empire, but now after hearing these explanations from Luo Liedan, he immediately realized that the Eastern Roman Empire could not become stronger again on its own strength, even with the material and manpower assistance from the Ming Dynasty.

I'm afraid it will also be exhausted in the internal fighting.

"However, there are still many very precious things in Constantinople, such as books they have collected for hundreds of years, including a large number of medicine, astronomy, mathematics and other subjects. If possible, can these books and talents be collected?

Recruited to Daming?"

Zhu Han expressed his thoughts on poaching the humanities and science and technology of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Renaissance in European history happened after the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople. A large number of Eastern Roman scholars fled to Western Europe, integrating a large amount of scientific, technological and humanistic knowledge that originally belonged to the East into the European region.

With this knowledge, the European Renaissance ushered in a large-scale technological explosion.

What Zhu Han wants to do now is to bring these scholars and knowledge from the Eastern Roman Empire to the Ming Dynasty decades in advance.
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