The presence of Constantius II silenced the council until he walked up to the high platform with his family and guards, and the noise reappeared.
Wang Meng knew some Roman, but the scene was so noisy that even if he was proficient in Roman, he couldn't hear what the Roman parliamentarians were muttering.
He only had one feeling now, the Romans seemed to be too casual, and when the supreme ruler was away, he liked to forget it, Constantius II came, but he was still foolish.
Constantius II did not sit down immediately, but instead sat down with all the men and women who came with him, and the guards formed a cordon near the high platform, and he looked at Wang Meng with interest.
Wang Meng was watched by at least a thousand pairs of eyes, and it must be false to say that he was not nervous in his heart, but even if he was nervous, there was not much.
He had a reserved smile on his face, his waist straight, the arm holding the Son of Heaven still strong, and the other hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Seriously, the current service of the Han Kingdom is improved on the basis of the pre-Han Dynasty, especially the official robe, which is divided into two styles: civil and military.
Wang Meng is now wearing the style of a martial artist, the color of the clothes is red as the main tone, there is a phoenix pattern embroidered with gold silk on the chest, the left and right sides are with yellow trim, there are no long sleeves to dance, there are wrist guards on the small arms of both hands, there is a jade belt around the waist, and the feet are wearing long hard-soled cowhide boots.
Constantius II looked curiously at the cloth bag on Wang Meng's chest, as if to guess what it contained.
He was even more curious about the angel festival in Wang Meng's hand, which looked very much like a weapon, but because of the presence of animal furs, tails, feathers and bells, it was obviously a ceremonial scepter.
Rome actually has its own special scepter, which is a kind of cane that resembles a short stick, but this thing is not a weapon used in combat, the scepter will be very beautifully made, inevitably inlaid with gold and silver, and will also be inlaid with gems, diamonds and other jewelry.
In the early days, the Roman scepter was an honor for the consuls, and later the councillors vied to imitate it, and now it has become a handful of the commanders of each legion, and it will also specially formulate a style to be used as a token of the command legion.
Therefore, the ends of their scepters are carved with various types of patterns, which is equivalent to a kind of seal.
If you look closely at the people of Roman status, they also wore a variable number of rings, which were often engraved with seals.
In fact, the ring was really invented by the Romans, and at first it was only used as a seal, and the aesthetic cultivation had a new development, and gradually the pursuit of beauty became a kind of jewelry.
Later, when the Romans got married, they even had the folk custom of exchanging rings with each other, they believed that the ring finger of the right hand was connected to the heart, and wearing the ring not only attached to the artistic conception of "heart-to-heart", but also felt that it was good for the heart.
I really want it to be scientifically confirmed, and it really works The volume of discussion in the conference hall slowly lowered the volume, and the Roman councillors, who had been standing, also sat down in twos and threes.
They didn't gather in this council hall because something had happened, they had been notified that they would be here to welcome the envoys of the Han Empire.
In fact, the greeting was just a formality, and the parliamentarians were concerned with the sea routes, and at the same time they were looking forward to the inevitable trade between Rome and the Han Empire.
Gallus's welcoming ceremony turned into a bloody fight, and when the news reached the council hall, any Roman councillor had only one attitude, the Persians who entered Constantinople with weapons must die, and the Han Chinese should also be punished, and as for the culprit, Archbishop Peter, no one should have this person from now on, and Gallus will also be punished as he deserves.
There was already a consensus among the Roman parliamentarians on how to punish the Han Chinese, and it was obviously impossible to kill the envoys from the Han Empire, or even to imprison them at all.
They would fine the Han envoys with a fine of up to 20,000 gold coins, and they would also demand that the Han envoys present the drawings of the sea routes.
If possible, they even have quite a lot of wants, anyway, the lion opens his mouth, and he can get more than he wants, and then distribute them internally when he gets them.
I don't know how long it took, Wang Meng, who had been standing, found that the council hall was quiet, he glanced at the scene, maintaining a reserved smile, but he didn't plan to speak first.
He also noticed a very peculiar phenomenon, that is, among the three women who accompanied Constantius II, the two young women kept pointing at him and talking to each other, one with a look of anticipation, the other with a puzzled face.
Constantius II stood on the high platform and nodded to the king from a distance, but turned his head to say a word to the woman with a tangled face.
From the conversation, Wang Meng knew that the woman with a tangled face was called Helena, and remembered some of what Julian had said, that is, the princess that Constantius II might have chosen to marry the Han Kingdom.
Helena stood up slowly, she took a few steps forward to the edge of the high platform, the long skirt on her body was really too soft when she walked, the skirt kept swaying at the same time, it may have been opened a little higher, a pair of snow-white long legs have been exposed, and Wang Meng kept frowning.
"Angel from the distant land of Seris, Rome welcomes you."
Helena's voice was very crisp, she spoke with an accent of Chinese, turned her head to look at Constantius II, and then looked back at Wang Meng, and continued: "I will be the interpreter for this meeting.
He said with a strange etiquette.
Wang Meng was a little stunned in his heart, if he was not mistaken, Helena's etiquette should be the court etiquette of the Han Kingdom, which is to attach her hands to the lower abdomen, and bow down with her legs together.
It's just that it is the way of courtiers, not folk etiquette, let alone the etiquette of aristocratic women.
"Thank you, Your Excellency."
Wang Meng also bent down and bowed in return: "Your Excellency the princess." ” There is nothing wrong with his title, there is no such thing as the title of Her Royal Highness the Princess, if you want to call it, it is the right way to call the princess directly, "Your Highness" is currently specifically referring to the prince or prince who owns the palace, they call themselves "the palace", and they can also call themselves "the palace".
And the "main palace" is not a queen, queen or concubine can call themselves, and at the same time there is no self-title of "concubine" at all, only the harem concubines with rank can call themselves "ministers", such as the queen and concubines to the emperor are "ministers", absolutely not "concubines", and it is impossible to call themselves "concubines".
Only the wives of officials of sufficient rank are qualified to call themselves "concubines" to the emperor, and their self-claim is not really the emperor's concubine, in fact, it is a very high etiquette.
There is only one kind of group that will call themselves "concubines" to Zhu Xiazi, that is, the heads of countries in the Zhuxia tributary system, whether they talk to Zhu Xiazi or put on the national letter, they claim to be "concubines", and there is an old example of the border countries in the pre-Han period scrambling to be the concubines of the Han family, and at the same time, the qualifications to call themselves "concubines" are limited to the head, and the rest of them do not have that qualification.
The origin of the word "concubine" comes from the first emperor, and all countries outside the Qin Empire after unification are concubines, but the real thing is done when Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty is Liu Yi has been in power, "where the sun and the moon shine, where the rivers go, are all the concubines of the Han Dynasty" is so really happened in the known world of the Western Han Dynasty.
Wang Meng calls Helena the princess is also an orthodox habit nowadays, and the nobles in the Han Kingdom all have "pavilions", and marriage is also called "out of the pavilion".
The princess's residence is the pavilion, and the full name of the princess on formal occasions is "Your Excellency the Princess", which means that no one other than the princess can be called "Your Excellency" on any formal occasion except the princess.
In addition, there is an honorific title of "Weng Lord", but Liu Yan has no sisters and brothers, and there are no princes and kings in the Han Kingdom, so there is actually no "Weng Lord" in the entire Han Kingdom.
Of course, many titles have been loosened with the development of time, for example, the "Gongsun" in ancient times is not for everyone, it has to be the heir of the princes and dukes, but the annexation of the countries is too frequent, and a considerable number of dukes' countries have perished, but Zhuxia has the custom of endless heirs, and the extinct dukes' countries still have heirs to inherit incense, they did not take Gongsun as their surname at the beginning, but showed that their ancestors had also developed, and then they became surnames.
Helena could understand "princess", but she didn't understand what "Your Excellency" meant.
The current occasion is not suitable for asking questions, it is just a courtesy salutation, which is also in line with the original intention.
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She walked down the high platform and stood not far from Wang Meng's side, and said again: "Are the angels coming with war?"
"The envoy carries silk in one hand and a sword in the other."
Wang Meng found that Helen was very tall and almost like himself.
At the same time, he found that Helena's hair was not pure black hair, and even her eyes were not black but blue, and he did not forget to speak while observing: "Whether to hand out the silk or hold the sword in your hand is all chosen by the Great Qin people." ” Helena frowned and translated Wang Meng's words, and the clamor of the parliamentarians followed, but Constantius II kept smiling.
"When the envoy first arrived, he felt the enthusiasm of the people of Daqin, thanked him for the grand welcome from Daqin, and when he was full of joy, he heard the declaration of war."
Wang Meng put away his smile, but his face was not stiff or ugly, he didn't have a single expression, and he didn't deliberately raise his voice: "If Archbishop Peter can represent Great Qin, this envoy can only understand that Great Qin has chosen the sword." ” Helena waited for Wang Meng to finish speaking, but when she opened the translation, she looked at Wang Meng and asked with a confused expression: "I don't understand some words of angel, what is Daqin?"
"The Han Dynasty and your country are thousands of miles away, and where the road is far away, where the powerful country is located in the west of the Han Dynasty at that time" Wang Meng was right, but he did not say the real connotation, for example, whether it is named a country as Great Xia or Great Qin, it is listed in the list that must be annexed: "All can be called Great Qin." ” "Then I can understand that the great powers of the world recognized by the kingdom of Cyris can be called Great Qin" Helena translated the words when she received Wang Meng's approval, causing laughter from all the Romans, including Constantius II.
She waited for Constantius II on the high platform to say something more before she continued to say to Wang Meng: "Augustus, please ask the angels, why would you want to break out into war since your kingdom recognized the strength of Rome.
Don't you worry about your safety, after all, the land you are standing on now is Roman land. ” "The Son of Heaven is not disrespectful, and any Han is willing to go thousands of miles away, just to defend the Son of Heaven."
Wang Meng raised his head as he spoke, and an arrogant expression appeared on his face for the first time: "Ah San spied on the southwest of the Great Han, and the Great Han Heavenly Soldiers appeared in the Ah San Continent.
Ah San is suffering the punishment he deserves. ” Helena's expression became strange, and she continued to translate Wang Meng's words, this time provoking bursts of angry roars, especially among some of the councillors whose trade with the Gupta dynasty had been damaged.
"As for the safety of the envoy" Wang Meng continued to raise his chin and looked around, especially for those who roared loudly enough, and said sonorously: "In the early years of Yuanshuo, Murong Hu Man killed the Han envoy, and the country that Murong saw in the sixth year of Yuanshuo was destroyed. ” "Excuse me, that country called Murong, how much territory do they have, how many troops do they have" Helena asked by herself, and after being corrected by Wang Meng that it was a pseudo-Yan country, she asked with interest: "Can the angel tell me?"
"It's comparable to the country of Ah San" Wang Meng could still see that Helena was asking by herself, but he didn't mind answering: "When Hu Man's army was at its peak, he had more than 500,000 soldiers. ” Helena subconsciously covered her mouth, and the person also took a step back, without exclaiming, but with deep suspicion, and asked: "The losses of Seris's army should be large, right?"
"Not really."
Wang Meng said truthfully: "In the battle to destroy the country, the Han suffered more than 10,000 casualties and annihilated more than 300,000 of the main force of the pseudo-Yan. ” Helena didn't know whether to believe it or not, and a young boy above asked what they were talking about, and she translated it, but the Romans who listened were stunned for a moment, but then laughed, probably thinking that Wang Meng was bragging.
Wang Meng did not refute, he told the truth, and the Romans loved to believe it or not.
Helena listened to some of the words of Constantius II, and then translated: "Is it true that our envoy sent back a message that about five years ago, the Cyris destroyed a country with a population of more than one million, and the Cyrans were wiped out, and more than three million people died in that racial war?"
Wang Meng bowed his head and said, "It's true." ” Helena, of course, translated, and at that moment the entire council hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin falling on the ground
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