Hunyadi gave Kalujie a small feast, but the long tables in the throne room of Székesbeò were all among the nobles of the Hungarian kingdom. Even Hunyadi's own family members were among them. The eldest son, Hunyadi Laszlo, who was a little older and dressed in a thick black trimmed aristocratic robe, and Hunyadi Matthiasz, who was still sitting next to a noblewoman, looked curiously at Kalujie.

Regarding the relationship between Hunyadi and the surrounding mercenaries, Kalujie has no doubt that it is ambiguous. As the master at the crossroads of Eastern Europe, the regent Hunyadi had to deal with the nobles who proclaimed rebellion in their respective territories or estates during the imprisonment of Laszló V and his disappearance after defection. It was not possible to fight the Ottomans against the nobles in order to achieve common interests, and since the separation of power in Hungary was extremely serious, even if it was only to quell a small domestic rebel, Hunyadi would probably need to rely on the help of mercenaries many times.

"The most recent collaboration with Ikazi...... It was probably the last time I helped John's little guy clean up Serbia, but at that time, Ikaez didn't bring many people. You know, the mercenary market is often not based on the head of the commission, and the army under the command of Ikaez is quite well-trained and well-equipped. As a result, Mittal always gets a bigger return. But that time......" Hunyati took a sip of wine, raised his gaze slightly, made a gesture of reminiscence, and after a moment, continued slowly, "Ikaiz has only brought two battalions of men, and they are not even full. Based on the level of trust between us, if it weren't for some accident, he probably wouldn't have been hiding it like this. ”

"Didn't you ask about the rest of Ikaiz's troops?" Kalujie wondered, "No matter what the style of the private is, Mittal is such an influential mercenary team, even if the power is divided, as the leader of the mercenary group, it will not be so shabby that he can only take out a few hundred people in the face of a big battle. ”

"Don't worry my girl. If you really have any trouble, I'll help you get back in touch with Ikaez...... It's a big deal, if you have any love and hatred between you, just deal with it face to face. ”

"Can you still contact Ikaez?"

"He didn't evaporate, my girl."

……

Before the stick in the hands of the garrison could finally be chiseled into the heads of the "nobles" in the audience, John finally dropped the rotten date. At a time when the power structure within the empire itself is still relatively fragile, whether it is necessary to completely eliminate this group of well-educated former citizens is actually a question that needs to be properly considered. Like Orsini, the commander of the legion who was promoted from a village like Blakenell, these guys have a lot of potential in their bones.

John, of course, was well aware of the importance of education, and for a long time the monopoly of learning and even the written word was in the hands of the upper nobility and the church. For a long time, the literacy rate of the entire European continent was probably only one percent, and even in the relatively civilized Eastern Empire, this figure did not increase by one level. Perhaps letting the common people only pursue morning cooking and farming can allow the empire to live a stable life for a short time, but if you want to fight against the infidels on the other side of the Aegean Sea, you can't do much with just a bunch of fools.

"Wait......" John waved his hand, stopping the impending violence, "I'll give you another chance." ”

It's not that John needs this group of nobles to be grateful to himself for letting them survive, but in the difficult road to popularization of education, he does need a group of pioneers who can be used as living targets—after all, although the church is now completely subject to the Palaiologos royal family, it does not mean that the rulers and nobles of each region will silently watch their leeks move towards civilization.

After thinking about it for a while, John asked Jeffrey to spread out the map of the empire hanging behind the wall, as he did on the fly. Cartographer John had made a few changes that made the map look more comfortable and clearer, but it would take some time for the other old nobles in the hall to crouch or kneel, or to hold their knees that had just been beaten by the guards.

"Mr. Jeffrey, I propose that the present empire be divided into four school districts, from top to bottom, to popularize literary, theological, cultural, and partly military, and administrative education." John picked up his cane from the dining table and circled a few directions on the map, "Future regional rulers, commanders of the middle and lower classes of the army, and architects who are currently in short supply in the empire, etc." We will have access to a new, uninterrupted supply. ”

John had not been informed of this proposal by Jeffrey in advance, and only after looking John up and down to make sure that His Majesty, the co-ruling emperor who seemed to be extremely on a whim, was not joking with these nobles, Jeffrey seriously thought about this proposal.

In fact, the importance of cultural popularization was scoffed at by the old aristocracy, including Geoffrey, and even Giovanni, who came from a commercial republic like Genoa, had no special opinion on it. In many cases, it is still necessary to measure a country's productivity and hard economic strength, that is, the national surplus, in the popularization of culture and writing. Whether it's an initial investment or follow-up funding, a break in the sector is likely to cause the fragile education system to collapse at any time. And although the current Orthodox Church, or the Patriarchate of Hagia Sophia, does not have such behavior as the Roman hypocrisy of suppressing human desires and selling indulgences for profit, the royal family and the Church are probably far from being enlightened enough to discuss natural human rights with ordinary people.

How to popularize education, to what extent, from what angle, and at what depth it is a decision that needs to be carefully considered, and John's proposal at the banquet today is to remind Jeffrey that he needs a complete, systematic and implementable proposal to find some decent jobs for these idle old aristocrats, and also to give the empire a new way of thinking.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we'll have to discuss this matter in another place. And...... This is not a trivial matter, and His Majesty Constantine should have the right to know. Jeffrey considered it and gave this advice.

John brought up this matter in public, and Jeffrey believed that it should be a deliberate choice, after all, these nobles who don't keep their mouths open will not know what the concept of secrecy is. I'm afraid that if you go out of this door, within three days Gombrigne will be known to everyone.

"Then let's go...... Let's go back to Constantinople. ”