The cheers of Constantinople continued throughout the night. Not only because of the Gregorian family's fortune that allowed the construction of the Arc de Triomphe at Hadrian to begin, but also because of a new royal decree issued by the royal family of Constantinople.

The royal family's decision to reinstate the Senate system was not the same as the millennial old Senate system, which was accompanied by a new administrative division of the Empire.

The entire set of decisions, the Imperial Council has only held dozens of meetings to discuss since the end of the entire Balkan Campaign. Compared with the long and complicated revision process of bills and systems, the preparation time is too short, although it is only a trial implementation, it must also be cautious. Far away in Gombrigne, however, John seems to have expressed strong support for the reforms, and has written three letters urging the experiment to begin as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, the core of the reform of the Senate system is to change the composition of the Senate class. If the composition of the senators still maintains the old system, then it makes no sense how the senate is reformed. ”

Several members of the Imperial Council accompanied Constantine XI to stand on the terrace of the Royal Palace, overlooking the noisy city.

In the old Senate, all the members were representatives of the upper bureaucrats and big slave owners of the empire, and the interests they represented were of course only directed against the upper classes. Especially for administrative and military decisions, the Senate can be said to be full of loopholes. Even though the power of the Senate has been tilted in favor of royalty and nobility since the imperial era, the nominal power of the Senate as a whole still indirectly influences imperial decision-making.

In order to prevent this from happening again, Agrippa and others negotiated a possible system.

The specific method is to divide the entire Senate in two. It is divided into two levels. The upper hierarchy consisted of a particular new aristocracy, a local governor, an administrative officer, or an imperial officer, a citizen with outstanding contributions, etc. The upper echelons have the right to recommend policies and the right to interfere with two-thirds of the seats, but they do not have the right to directly intervene in the administration. The so-called interference is also to suspend the issuance of the decree or refer it to the Imperial Council for reconsideration. Of course, the honorary status of the upper echelons will give the new patriarchs all sorts of innocuous but seemingly superior privileges. The upper hierarchy is similar to the old Senate, but the power is compressed and controlled, and there will be no situation that affects or even controls the entire royal family.

The lower hierarchy is made up of a completely new organization, the professional unions.

The rudiments of professional unions were actually proposed by John in his letters. For such a concept, Constantine XI and others also spent a lot of time to understand. According to John's own introduction, the prototype of the professional union came from the mercenary union's unified pricing management of various free mercenary organizations, and strictly controlled the industrial chain of the mercenary industry, and John applied this system to the major professions.

At present, in the empire, excluding those employed in agricultural production, the largest number of workers in various handicraft factories are employed. Despite being constrained by productivity, these artisanal factories sprung up as a result of the Empire's policies, and the Empire was even known as an investor's paradise.

The strict protection of domestic capital, while hastening the development of artisanal workshops, has also created a serious imbalance in the power held by the new class of workers, the workers, whose demands could be destabilized in the future if ignored.

In this way, professional trade unions in various occupations came into being.

Each professional trade union represents the concentrated interests of practitioners in various industries, and the arrangement of professional trade unions in the lower levels of the Senate is to reflect the demands of practitioners in various industries. In fact, this is a very sensible way of transferring the contradiction that John has come up with.

As long as there is a conflict of interest, there will be a contradiction, and the concentration of the source of the contradiction, the various professional unions, in such a place as the Senate is enough to make them no longer have the energy to resist the rule of the Empire. They will only quarrel in the Senate over the profession they represent.

Of course, the lower echelons of the Senate are not only responsible for quarrels, and the royal family will still prepare some appropriate "rights" for them. For example, professional trade unions may intervene in the current acts relating to any professional producer.

However, the most important point is to contain the rights of the big slave owners and big capitalists, especially foreign capitalists. The Venetians were happy to oppress the workers of the empire and seize the capital of the empire, and the royal family certainly did not sit idly by. And this time, the royal family handed over the power to the professional unions.

They can intervene in the Supreme Court in the name of the professional unions, and if the court finds that the relevant laws of the empire have been violated, then the professional unions have the right to outlaw any illegal assets of these capitalists in the empire.

Such interlocking constraints, and the refinement of such astute administrative geniuses as Agrippa and Kinch, led to the final proposal, which Constantine XI could not help but admire. Tonight, it is the preliminary selection of the various professional trade unions. The selection process lasts almost a month, and when the results are known, they represent the formal establishment of the prototype of the professional council.

The royal family delegated all the candidates of the professional unions to the citizens, and the royal family and the upper nobility were not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of any unions. Every professional union has its own interests at stake, and it will never make a final decision lightly.

"So...... Your Majesty, after the establishment of the new Senate, do we still need to use the old site? Jin Qi asked tentatively.

In any case, he gave a report on the overall state of the treasury in one word - very nervous. Although the old Senate hall has collapsed, it is full of deserted and dilapidated scenes, but if it is carefully cleaned and rebuilt...... It's not that you can't use it.

"Okay Jinqi, this is the first new policy promulgated by the empire to cut into the bone marrow, and this money is definitely worth sending." Constantine XI said, "The old Senate ...... After the renovation and cleaning, it will be used as a temporary venue and part of the academy. The new Senate, relocated and rebuilt. Recruit some idle farmers, and this project should be completed as soon as possible. ”

"Your Majesty, you seem to be very optimistic about the establishment of a new Senate?" Old Agrippa asked, leaning against the railing of the terrace, with a smile.

"If there must be something to contain the old and new aristocracy, capitalists, and slave owners, I am afraid I cannot think of a better existence than the new Senate, so that the contradictions concentrated on the royal family become their internal contradictions, let them digest themselves, and let me ...... Peace of mind! ”

"Then Your Majesty, as you wish."