It is no secret that the Frank king wanted to become an emperor and turned the Frank kingdom into the Frank empire. The update was fast and there was no advertisement. In fact, before Clove set out to China, he had already tried to communicate with the Ambassador of China to Frank many times about this matter.

It was precisely because of some good responses from the ambassador that Clovi came to Dahua in person.

A king came to Dahua from thousands of miles to pay homage to the Eastern Emperor, which was extremely special. However, with Rome Augustus Herac in front of him, he was not the first.

It was only when Clovi saw Herak coming to the Central Plains several times and saw Herak achieving good results that he firmly decided on his plan to come to China.

In Rome, Emperor Heraclio had passed away. Before his death, he finally decided to divide Rome into two and hand it over to his two sons to manage it separately. The eldest son inherited Constantinople and other places in the west coast of the Mediterranean, while the second son Herac was responsible for managing the Roman territory on the east coast of the Mediterranean, including the precarious Asia Minor Peninsula and Armenia, as well as Egypt, and the Syrian region that had been occupied by the Arabs.

The two emperors divided and ruled them.

Herac became the Eastern Emperor.

This result is what Herac dreamed of. After all, although he was called Augustus and obtained the title of emperor, according to the existing system, he, as an emperor, was at most the deputy head of the country, and the real emperor was his brother.

After adopting the division of East and West, Rome was still a whole empire in name, but he truly became the emperor of Eastern Rome. His status with his brother was truly on par.

Only when Clovi, who also knows Dahua well, thinks about seeking Dahua's help when he sees Herak's success.

Although the Frank Kingdom today is still quite powerful, it has always been very unstable.

They were feudal kingdoms established by a Frank of the Germans. The Franks were once a powerful tribe among the Germans. They moved south into the northeast of Gaul hundreds of years ago and settled in the lower reaches of the Rhine.

When Western Rome began to collapse, the Franks took the opportunity to expand their territory.

More than a hundred years ago, Clovi's ancestor Clovi began to expand with all his might after the tribe chief. They defeated the Huns, defeated the Rourans, defeated other forces such as Germans and Franks, and finally defeated the remnants of Western Rome in Gaul, occupied the entire Gaul area, and established the Melovin dynasty.

However, due to some traditional Frank systems, such as the inheritance system in which the sons divided their territories evenly after the death of the king, the kingdom was often in division.

The melee and reunification repeated over and over again, and in this process, the strength of the Franks was greatly weakened. Although, over the past hundred years, they had been greatly affected while expanding in the outside world while strife.

At the earliest, the Franks settled in the northeast of Gallic in the Roman Empire as a federalist.

The Roman Empire at that time had a vast territory, but there were many barbarians around it, and their military strength could not guarantee all its borders. Therefore, the Romans allowed some friendly nations known as federalists to enter their borders to help Rome maintain border security.

This is actually the same as the Central Plains dynasty's inward migration to some surrounding tribes. The Han Dynasty placed some defeated and surrendered Huns in Hetao or Yunzhong. During the Western Jin Dynasty, many Hu people were moved to the northern territory. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Turkic surrendered tribes were also placed in Hetao Daibei and other places.

When the empire was strong, this system was of course effective. The tribes on the border did not dare to act randomly and faithfully acted as gatekeepers.

But once the empire weakens, these former gatekeepers will inevitably devour their masters in reverse.

When Western Rome began to collapse, the Franks on the border began to take the opportunity to expand their territory. At that time, the Visigoths in their south were also rapidly expanding their territory.

At the beginning, there was an enclave near Suisson in the northern Gallic, which was isolated from other parts of the empire but was still loyal to Rome. Later, Clovi I led the Franks to defeat Sigrius, the last ruler of Gaul, in the northern empire, and expanded the Franks' rule to the north of the Loire and established the Frank Empire.

Clovie I named the kingdom the Melovin Dynasty after his grandfather.

At that time, the Melovin Dynasty was actually just one of many small Frank countries. While accepting the management of Rome, he eliminated other small Frank kingdoms and established a Germanic-Roman country.

After that, Clovy conquered the east and west, expanding the kingdom very much. He conquered Thuringians, the Alamani people, Dijon, and later the Segotese people.

When Clovi was expanding, he confiscated the land of the landlords who were killed or fled to the landlords and collected them as kings. He used these properties to consolidate the king's power and continue to expand, becoming the largest landlord.

The Frankish fief system was finally established by giving the land to other nobles.

Clovi later converted to Christianity, received baptism, and received support from the Catholic Church, which made the Franks support from the local Gauls and Romans.

After Clove I's death, his kingdom was divided by his four sons. Although it was later unified from time to time, according to the Frankish system, after each generation of kings died, his sons divided the country equally. This system caused the Frankish kingdom to continue to fight.

Three years ago, after Dagbel I's death, Clowin was able to inherit a unified kingdom, and the kingdom was not divided.

But he, known as Clowen II, failed to immediately gain real power.

The real power of the country is in the hands of the Prime Minister and the Queen Mother.

After being a king for three years, it was still difficult to truly grasp real power. Clowen II was dissatisfied. He did not want to be a king before, but they insisted on him being. But when he became a queen, he could not control real power.

Originally, he hoped that the Roman Empire would help him take power, but the Romans just wanted Frank to help them deal with the Arabs together, and were not very careful in changing the status quo of Frank.

He also puts his hopes on the church.

But the church still disappointed him.

Clovi II hoped that Frank would make some changes. He hoped that the king would regain real power, and that after the king died, he would no longer let his sons divide the country equally, but instead set up a prince to be the heir to the unified country.

He even hopes to learn from the advanced Great Watson Empire in the East.

Since the Romans did not support him, he would come to Emperor Dahua. Even the Roman emperors came to seek help from Emperor Dahua. Why did he even ask for the Roman emperor?

Beiyuan.

Spring is in full bloom, peach blossoms are blooming, and ducks are swimming in the water.

Emperor Zhang Chao was sitting under the peach tree drinking tea, and a group of little paparazzi were rolling and playing.

These dogs are chubby, as big as ordinary native dogs, but they are obviously cubs. Their fur is particularly long, and they feel like wolves and bears. Their heads are very wide, their ears are triangular, and their mouths are neither long nor thick, and their colors are gray, black, white, and reddish brown.

"Don't these dogs look like erhas, right?"

Prime Minister Ma Zhou, who was tortured by Erha, said in surprise while drinking tea while looking at the very stupid and cute puppies.

"Well, this dog is called the Alaska Sled Dog. It is a breed of dog in the ice field opposite the Liuguiguo Strait. It has great strength, many hairs, cold resistance and strong strength. It is the most suitable to pull a sled."

"This dog has strong limbs and is well-melted. The best thing about it is their endurance rather than speed. This dog is the cutest when it is small. Although it is not so cute when it grows up, it is much better than Erha. At least he is not that stupid."

Ma Zhou has a secret of these dogs. Although these little Alaskas are really cute now, he is still a little vigilant.

"Alaska? The name of this dog is not very good at first glance. Tear the family, this Erha is about the same virtue, right? The Erha comes from Liugui Country, and the Tear the family comes from opposite Liugui Country, and it looks like it is wild and difficult to tame at first glance."

"You will know whether it's good or bad if you send two of them back to raise them." Zhang Chao said with a smile.

"Don't." Ma Zhou waved his hand quickly. He had a little kid at home, which made him want to eat dog meat hot pot every day. He wanted to fight the house with two more, so he would not be angry to death.

He quickly changed the topic.

"Your Majesty, this Frank king came to China and wanted to be emperor. What does your Majesty think about this matter?"

Zhang Chao smiled.

"Old Ma, what do you think if the Frank king was emperor, Europe would be?"

Ma Zhou thought for a while, "Rome will definitely not agree."

There is only one empire in the whole of Europe, that is, the Roman Empire. The German barbarians such as Visigoth and Frank conquered Western Rome, but afterwards they also recognized the status of the Roman Empire as the sect leader. To put it, the barbarian countries were actually just vassals of the Roman emperor.

"The Roman emperors would be unhappy, but they could do nothing. Maybe they would impose some sanctions on the Franks, but in the current situation, they could actually do only a limited amount of time. They even ended up defaulting in order to get the Franks to support them against the Arabs."

Zhang Chao analyzed, "Actually, the Franks wanted to be emperors had nothing to do with us. But from the overall perspective, it wasn't okay. Although we decided to adopt a neutral strategy in the west, it didn't mean that we would do nothing."

"What does Your Majesty mean to support the Frank King to be Emperor?"

Zhang Chao still smiled at this.

"The Frank King came to China to ask me to crown him. Not only will the Romans be annoyed, but the church is also annoyed, but they are not very annoyed, and they can't even control the Franks, and they will not have any impact on our Dahua."

"On the contrary, if I crown the King of Frank, then in the future, Frank's relationship with the church and Rome will become worse, and they will be even more inseparable from our support from Dahua. At that time, whether we directly engage in more trade with the Frank or use the Frank to influence the situation around the Mediterranean more, it will be beneficial to us."
Chapter completed!