When approaching Paris, Herodrut received a letter from the city of Aachen.
At this time, she, Zhao Ziliang and others were riding on their way to Paris.
After reading the letter, Herodrut said to Zhao Ziliang: "Prince Yunge, my father wrote that he had dealt with the assassination incident.
The court poet Angelo Bertus was executed, and Gisla was deprived of the title of princess.
She was sent to a monastery in Purumia to live a religious life.
I hope she can realize her mistakes after this incident, and be a good person in the future.
By the way, her father also asked her in the letter I apologize to you on his behalf.
The assassination incident was something he did not want to see.
He hopes that His Highness will not change his view of the Frankish Kingdom because of this incident.
His Highness came here with sincerity to develop normal exchanges between the two countries.
Yes, our Frankish Kingdom also hopes to establish normal and friendly diplomatic relations with the Western Qin Kingdom and further exchange ideas.
My father will wait for His Highness to return to Aachen City before discussing with you in detail."
Zhao Ziliang was deeply moved and said: "His Majesty Charlie is indeed the darling of the times.
He has courage and decisiveness that no one else has.
I admire him very much.
I will talk to him in detail when I return to Aachen.
How long does it take to arrive in Paris?"
I heard that Paris used to be the capital of the Frankish Kingdom.
Why did the capital move to Aachen during the reign of His Majesty King Charles?"
Herod Rudd said: "It should be about two days' journey before we reach Paris.
You are right, Paris has always been the capital of the Frankish Kingdom.
When my father succeeded to the throne, he moved the capital to Aachen.
This is of course There is a reason” Zhao Ziliang asked: "What's the reason?"
Herod Rudd explained: "In the first ten years of my father's accession, the capital was still in Paris.
At that time, the main enemies of the Frankish Kingdom were Aquitaine and Gascony in the southwest and the Lombards in northern Italy. , my father led the army on an expedition.
After several wars, Aquitaine and Gascony surrendered successively.
The Lombards in northern Italy were also defeated and destroyed by my father.
The last king Desiderius was exiled and banished for life. , his son also He was expelled from Italy, and I heard that he finally fled to Constantinople.
However, after these enemies were dealt with, the only enemies of the Frankish Kingdom were Britain in the far west of the Atlantic and the Saxons and Slavs in the north.
Paris was far away from these The power is a little far away, which is not conducive to fighting against these forces, so my father chose the city of Aachen, his birthplace, which is very close to the British, Saxons and Slavs.
It is very convenient for fighting and can send troops at any time."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "King Charles is a man with a very strategic vision.
He was right to move the capital to Aachen."
Paris.
After the establishment of the Frankish Kingdom, Paris was the capital of the kingdom for a long time.
During the Merovingian Dynasty, the capital was moved elsewhere for a period of time.
Even though King Charles moved the capital to Aachen, Paris's political, economic and strategic status remained unchanged.
It has not weakened and is still as prosperous as ever.
In the Frankish Kingdom, Paris was one of the best in terms of city size, political and economic status, and prosperity, but it was obviously several notches lower than Xinjing, Chang'an, Constantinople, and Rome, which are today's leading international metropolises.
At this time, Paris had churches, city halls and other official institutions, as well as many buildings that combined Roman and Gothic styles.
Economically, it was still a little behind Aachen.
After checking into a hotel in Paris, Herodrut asked: "Prince Yunge, where are you going after your trip to Paris?"
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "I plan to go to the south to take a look, such as the Pyrenees or Provence on the southeast coast.
I heard that there is a port there called Marseille.
It is a city founded by the Franks and has been in existence for more than a thousand years.
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History has passed.
If Princess Herodrut doesn’t want to go, I can go by myself.”
Herodrut smiled and said: "It doesn't matter.
I also want to visit these two places.
I have never been there either."
Paris is indeed a very good city.
Although it did not have any modern, fashionable or dreamy elements of later generations during this period, as the capital for hundreds of years, it still left many praiseworthy things to the Frankish Kingdom, Zhao Zi Liang and Herodrut spent a week here, visiting all the scenic spots in and around Paris, and the relationship between the two became much closer.
On the first day of April, Zhao Ziliang and Herod Rudd set out from Paris for the Pyrenees.
"I heard that you had a lover before, but because you were betrothed to Constantine VI by your father, your sweetheart joined the northern army to fight against the Saxons in a fit of anger.
Soon he was fighting in the war.
He disappeared, and you have been waiting for him to come back for so many years."
Zhao Ziliang's words were asked casually, but Herodrut was silent for a long time.
Her mood quickly dropped and she said: "Yes, I am waiting for him."
Zhao Ziliang said: "There are three possibilities for people who disappeared in the war.
The first is that they died in the battle, and their bodies were chopped into countless pieces.
This is very common on the battlefield.
The second is that they were captured by the Saxons.
When Third, he was separated from the group during the war and was lost in the endless black forest in the north.
Because there were Saxons and Slavs everywhere, he could not return to the group in time.
How long has it been since he disappeared?"
Herodrut whispered: "Five years" Zhao Ziliang said: "Although I don't want to say it, I think the possibility that he will come back alive is not more than one in ten thousand men who can be liked by you.
I don't think he is too bad.
He should be the best in the army."
If a person with a certain status is captured, the Saxons will not pass on the news in exchange for a ransom, so the possibility of him being captured can basically be ruled out, but it is also possible that he will be captured by someone after being captured. saxon tribe The princess fell in love with him and became her son-in-law, and he would never be able to come back.
So there are only the first and third possibilities left.
I won’t talk about the first possibility.
He died silently and couldn’t even be found. to the bones; the third possibility is that the possibility of him coming back is even smaller.
If he is lost in the dark forest for five years, the possibility of surviving alone is very slim.
Even if he is still alive, five years Isn’t that enough time for him to find his way home?”
"Your Highness Princess, I admire your loyalty to love and your persistent courage.
There are few women in this world who can compare with you, but I have to say, you are very stupid.
You know that there is little hope, but you are still waiting persistently."
Herodrut whispered: "Without this persistence, I think I will die.
If one day he really comes back, but I am already dead, he will be very sad, so I must insist on waiting until In the last breath of my life, I would rather he die in front of me than be sad because I died in front of him."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Well, I won't advise you anymore.
Maybe in the eyes of others, you are worthy of sympathy and pity.
You are stupid and stupid.
But I know that you are happy in your heart because of this persistence."
Let’s go to the Pyrenees Pass first to see the battlefield where your father’s army was defeated by the Saracens and Roland died in that battle.”
Roland died in the battle of the Roncevo Gorge in the Pyrenees, which was later written into the epic Song of Roland.
The church's classics spared no effort to praise this deed.
Roland could have had the opportunity to send someone to ask King Charles for advice, but he insisted Fighting, fighting to the death without retreating, and finally fighting to death with all his strength, 20,000 cavalry were wiped out.
The church considered this a kind of chivalry and praised it.
After the battle, the enemy disappeared without a trace, and the Frankish army's baggage was plundered.
By the time Charles arrived with his army, the enemy had long disappeared, and it was not known which force the ambush was from.
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King Charles finally quartered Ganelon, one of the twelve knights who betrayed Roland, into four horses.
More than ten years have passed since the battle of Ronsevo.
There are no traces of the battle that took place on the scene, but the rugged and dangerous terrain between the canyons has not changed.
Zhao Ziliang’s purpose of coming here is of course not to pursue the ancient battlefield. ruins, but observe this dangerous passage.
Zhao Ziliang and Herodruit only stayed in Ronsevo for one day before turning east.
They arrived at the Port of Marseille in Provence half a month later.
The Port of Marseille is indeed one of the most prosperous ports on the Mediterranean coast.
Day and night The non-stop shipping industry keeps the city alive.
On the first day of June, Zhao Ziliang and Herodrut returned to the city of Aachen.
He was about to discuss with Charles the specific matters regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, but the palace minister, Count Liwen, received him and said: "I'm really sorry, Your Highness, His Majesty the King led an army to attack the Werzi people last month to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
His Majesty the King has given me full authority to hold talks with His Highness on his behalf."
Zhao Ziliang was surprised and said: "Weirqi people" Palace Minister Li Wen smiled and explained: "Yes, the Wilzi people are a branch of the West Slavs.
We call them Wilzi people, and they call themselves the Viratabi people."
The official position of Chancellor was very powerful in the Frankish Kingdom.
King Charles's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all served as Chancellor of the Merovingian Dynasty.
Their power was equivalent to that of Cao Cao.
The emperor was just a puppet and had no name.
No.
No power.
It was not until Charles' father, Pepin the Short, changed dynasties and became king that he believed that the power of the palace minister was too great, so he greatly reduced the palace minister's powers and was only responsible for some government affairs.
"Oh, I understand."
Zhao Ziliang suddenly realized and asked: "Why did His Majesty the King lead the army to attack the Werqi people?"
Palace Minister Liwen explained: "Because the Wilzi people are attacking the Abodriti, one of our allies, the Saxon tribe, and there are several other Saxon tribes who have surrendered to us.
Our army has a strong force and defeated the Wilzi people.
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