Irina walked to the window and looked at the high circular dome of Hagia Sophia in the distance.
She crossed her arms in front of her chest, and her proud spherical chest almost broke through the restraints.
"Tarrasius, what do you think he came to Constantinople for?"
Thalassius said: "Your Majesty, I can't guess.
This person's mind is unpredictable.
He is a contradictory person who combines kindness, cruelty, caution, boldness, war and other personalities.
Do you think he might When he was doing it, he unexpectedly did something else.
For example, we thought that as long as we were in the north to contain him. , the Western Qin State certainly did not dare to launch an all-out attack on the Arabs in Egypt easily, but he did so anyway, and he did not use Western Qin’s standing army, but prisoners.
Think about it, this is What a terrible person.
Who dares to use hundreds of thousands of prisoners to launch a war of annihilation against another country?
How much courage and courage does it take?"
Irina sighed: "Only he has the kind of prestige and ability to make hundreds of thousands of prisoners obey orders and make them willing to die.
No one else can do it.
No one can replace this."
Tarasius thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if you really want to know what he is here for, I think it is best for you to ask him personally.
Only when everything is made clear will the conspiracy have no place to survive."
After hearing this, Irina turned around and said with a smile: "You are right.
Once he entered the prison, he released thousands of extremely vicious prisoners to harm Constantinople.
If he is allowed to continue to hide his identity and continue to act like this , I'm afraid that Constantinople will be messed up by him.
Go to the Western Qin envoy's official residence in person and tell Liu Chongwen that I will go to the Western Qin envoy's official residence to pay a visit to His Majesty the Western Qin Holy King tomorrow morning.
The specific time is up to you.
Check with him to make sure” Tarasius agreed: "Understand that although we don't know where he is, Liu Chongwen will definitely know and will convey your wishes to him.
Since he knows that you already know that he is in Constantinople, he will not He refuses your request to meet, he is a proud man."
Holy Palace.
In the Golden Council Palace, Constantine VI sat on the throne and listened to ministers reporting on military and political affairs.
The escape of the prisoners from the seaside prison has caused huge losses and damage to the city of Constantinople.
If there are only a few prisoners, the harm will not be great, but with thousands of prisoners, this is definitely a huge threat.
Therefore, this matter has become the most important thing at present.
Alexius said to Constantine VI: "Your Majesty, after discovering that there was a problem in the seaside prison and a large number of prisoners escaped, we have notified various city gates by lighting beacon fires and closed them in time. , those prisoners should not have enough time to escape from the city.
Now the city guards have taken control of the situation.
There are City Guards standing guard and patrolling in the streets and alleys.
The prisoners have been hiding.
They dare not make any big moves.
If they do, they will definitely be discovered by the City Guards.
Now the City Guards are organizing groups of soldiers to attack the residents.
We will search the houses and it will only take two or three days to bring all the hiding prisoners back to prison.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty."
The eighteen-year-old Constantine VI had just obtained the power of pro-government.
He was extremely excited and wanted to realize his ambitions.
He asked: "Have you calculated the number of losses so far?"
This was not a military matter, so Alexius retreated to his original position, but no one stood up to answer the emperor's questions.
Constantine VI's face looked a little ugly, and he slapped the table and said angrily: "It's been happening for such a long time, shouldn't anyone report the damage to me?"
Alexius looked at the mayor of Constantinople, Grichis, and asked: "Gricchis, you are the mayor, should you give an explanation to His Majesty, or else should you, the mayor, What are you doing?”
Griches stood up and sneered: "Mayor, do you and the military still think that I am the mayor?
After the incident, your military took over everything.
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Our city hall sent people to rescue the wounded and rescue the injured residents.
All of them were blocked by your Imperial Guards on the outside.
Our people in the city hall couldn't get involved at all.
Now you ask me to give an explanation to His Majesty.
What should I explain to His Majesty?
You tell me."
Alexius's face changed, and he immediately said: "I definitely did not give such an order, Gritsis, I think you want to shirk responsibility and you said this in front of His Majesty the Emperor."
Gritsis spread his hands: "That's the truth.
Do you need me to find some witnesses for you?"
"It's enough.
It's time.
You are still shirking responsibilities to each other.
Don't you want to do it anymore?"
Constantine VI blurted out a very dissatisfied word, which made Acresius and Gritius look stern, and they quickly bowed and apologized.
Constantine VI looked at Alexius and said: "The city guards are responsible for martial law and hunting down fugitives, and the police department of the city hall is responsible for cooperating.
Treating the wounded, appeasing residents, counting losses, and other aftermath matters are all handled by The City Hall is in charge and all the Praetorian Guards have been withdrawn."
Alexius said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, there are thousands of prisoners who escaped, and they are all extremely vicious.
The strength of the city guards is too weak.
I am worried that it will be short-term if we withdraw the guards."
If we cannot catch all the fugitives within time, it will cause greater losses and harm to the entire Constantinople."
Constantine VI said: "You also said that there are thousands of fugitives hiding in the city.
Now you have transferred most of the imperial guards.
What if these fugitives gather together to attack the Holy Palace?
Who will be in charge of the Holy Palace?
There’s no need to say anything more about our safety, it’s settled like that.”
Having said that, even though Alexius was strong, he could only honestly agree to withdraw the Praetorian Guards.
In the end, no matter how great the damage was to Constantinople, there would still be no Holy Palace.
The safety of the emperor is important.
As long as the Holy Palace is safe, the emperor is safe.
If the emperor is safe, he, Alexius, will always be in control.
Foreign Minister Fukilos stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor, Liu Chongwen, the envoy of the Western Qin State to our country, came to me late last night and said that his nephew was captured by the city guards on the street.
Let us immediately He was released and given a serious warning.
After I heard about it, I immediately sent people to find the city.
The guards wanted people, but the people they sent didn't come back until dawn.
I'm worried that if this matter continues to be delayed, it will definitely cause Liu Chongwen's serious dissatisfaction.
By then, this matter will rise to the level of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
It’s easy to deal with.
Please give orders to the city guards to let them go.”
After listening to Fukilos' report, Constantine VI also paid attention to it.
This matter was not trivial.
If it were an ordinary Western Qin person, it would be fine.
But the person who was arrested was Liu Chongwen's nephew.
This was different.
He immediately ordered: "Gricis, Immediately give an order to the Sheriff's Department and ask them to investigate this matter.
If it is not a big problem, let the city guards release the person first.
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Don't stalemate the relationship with Xi Qin over a trivial matter.
I need you to handle it, so go ahead.”
"Yes, my lord" After Gritius left, Constantine VI continued to discuss military and political matters with his ministers.
When he first took power, he was full of energy.
He carefully inquired about all military and political affairs in the dynasty.
The ministers talked a lot and made many reports, but he really didn't understand much.
For some military and political affairs, the ministers asked They only gave a rough idea.
He lacked experience in governing, so he was no match for these veteran officials.
He was fooled around by these people.
The military and political meeting was held in the Golden Palace for a whole morning and did not end.
Constantine VI had had little contact with him before, and he was eager for success.
He was even more incomprehensible.
He was confused by what the ministers said. , so my mood became more and more irritable.
Fortunately, Mayor Gritches came back.
"Dear Your Majesty, after a morning's investigation at the City Hall, it has been roughly clarified.
So far, a total of 826 fugitives have been captured.
During the pursuit, the army killed 100 fugitives due to arrests.
Thirty-eight, the remaining 4,629 are all at large."
"According to the statistics just now, the fugitives caused the deaths of 266 residents, injured 328 people, burned down 54 houses, and the property damage reached 280,000 gold coins."
"When the fugitives launched a riot in the prison, 496 jailers and guards died and 127 were injured.
According to the investigation, the nephew of the Western Qin envoy Liu Chongwen was indeed captured by the city guards.
But he was sent to the seaside prison by the city guards.
When a big riot broke out in the seaside prison, his nephew was already in prison."
"What?"
Constantine VI stood up involuntarily.
Foreign Minister Fuquilos shouted: "No way, how could it be like this?
Why were the people arrested by the city guard sent to the seaside prison?
There is no prison in the Sheriff's Department.
How could they be sent to the seaside prison?
If in the middle of a big riot, Liu Chongwen’s nephew died in prison, so this matter will be very troublesome.”
Constantine VI's expression changed.
He had just taken power.
It was obviously not appropriate to be at odds with the Western Qin State at this time.
His internal problems had not been resolved.
If he provoked foreign troubles, his throne as emperor would not be stable. , he is already eighteen years old.
Although he has little experience in governing, how can he not understand this common sense?
When Constantine VI and other ministers felt bad, Gritsis added: "Things are not too bad.
The people in the city hall did not find the bodies of the Orientals among the corpses of the murdered prisoners.
It is certain that Liu Chongwen's nephew is not dead, he should have escaped from the seaside prison with other prisoners."
"Xu" Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"However, the arrest of Liu Chongwen's nephew is not simple.
Our officers and soldiers from the Sheriff's Department have already investigated and found that this matter is related to Sexta, the youngest son of General Alexius":