Podare Rios created his own special unit. The "Matrix" special forces and the "Hawkeye" intelligence agencies were newly created.

The "matrix" is a descendant of troops under his direct command, and the number is kept at 1,000. On weekdays, as part of his personal guard, when there are special tasks, they are often carried out by this unit as a whole or in detachments.

"Matrix" has a deputy commander, who is the person in charge. His name is Ayaks and he is 37 years old. He once performed well in the cavalry battle of Campania, and was personally promoted by Aloyos to become the leader of the cavalry squadron. This person is extremely alert and has a very strong sense of surprise attacks. Therefore, he was favored by Podare Rios and accepted his fate as deputy commander. When the "Matrix" goes out to act alone, he will lead the team.

In fact, their predecessor was the Divine Machine Battalion. The tasks of the Shenji Battalion include reconnaissance, raids, or being sent in the form of detachments to carry out tasks such as sabotage, assassination, rescue, and escort. A soldier is multi-purpose. As Podare Rios took over the Divine Machine Battalion, he paid more attention to the use of this weapon. Due to its frequent use, the troops have gradually shown a trend of division of labor and specialization.

In order to facilitate command and scheduling, he simply split the Shenji Battalion into two parts, one of which still followed the army as the Shenji Battalion, and the number of people was expanded to 2,000; The other was remodeled as the "Matrix" special forces, which in essence were completely loyal to his private forces.

The "Hawkeye" intelligence agency is a carefully organized spy network of Podare Ríos. He himself often took part in the analysis of certain important information. The leader of the group was Hieronim. Their main tasks are divided into two directions: military intelligence and security. Eagle Eye is Podare Ríos' right-hand man, with a keen eye and ears.

These are concrete manifestations of his preparation for the centralization of power. Of course, he did it carefully, and he did not dare to act excessively, lest he alarm his father. In fact, Aloyos had already heard about it, and he understood his son's intentions, so he ignored it and let him do it. The king had only a pride in his heart that was better than the blue, and he trusted his children very much.

Although Podare Rios is blue, he is blue from Aloyos after all. You must know that the Divine Machine Battalion and the Intelligence Concentration were both founded by Aloyos and passed on to his eldest son, and he himself is good at it.

The king had his own vast intelligence network, and his Praetorian Guard was the Macedonian Guard, a high-caliber warrior who had been trained over many years of warfare.

King Aloyos taught his prince many, many things, and even his personality traits were passed on to Podare Ríos. For example, martial spirit, emphasis on quick victory, and violent temper. It's like the folk saying: "Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes." ”

Aloyos' ideas had a profound influence on Podare Ríos.

Concept 1, centralization.

The kingdom of Macedonia before Aloyos was a relatively decentralized state system. The aristocracy supported the king and conscripted troops for his tribute.

The king's vassals were nobles, and the vassals of nobles were commoners. And largely follow the principle that "the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals." The law.

Macedonia was in the Antigone generation, and the king gained more prestige and support through war, and the king's influence began to expand. By the time of Aloyous, the Macedonian king had already had a great deal of power, and coupled with his political centralization and the dependence of the army on the king, the Macedonian kingdom had gradually turned to an imperial system.

Aloyos knew that this was the general trend, but he personally did not intend to be emperor. Because there is still a lot to be done, and there will be people who will oppose it. So he decided to take on the pressure himself, so that his prince would naturally take over the power and reign over the world to accomplish great things. He successfully instilled this idea in his son.

Concept 2, move the capital to Rome.

Roman civilization was developed on the basis of absorbing the advantages of Greek civilization. Over time, Roman-Latin culture did in fact surpass the Greeks, and the students surpassed the teachers.

Aloyous was keenly aware of this and immediately humbly learned to absorb the essence of Roman culture and tried to incorporate it into Greek culture. It makes the kingdom civilization more extensive and profound, with depth and depth.

Of course, he couldn't do it alone. In this regard, he was assisted by Damasos and his wife, Venus.

One was a senior scholar in the field of Greek philosophy, and the other was an orthodox Roman. Both of them recommended him a large number of cultural exchange envoys.

Through these resources, Aloyos can establish a new type of university or research institute to complete the work of cultural exchange and integration.

He was met with resistance from Thessaloniki, and there were quite a few die-hard conservatives who were opposed to learning from Roman culture. The king of that time was a great lover of Greek Stoics, and the old king himself was not interested in the pragmatic philosophy of Rome. For this reason, the then king of Macedonia and the prince of the succession order had a very unpleasant quarrel for a time.

The situation changed after Aloyous' accession to the throne, but the old Saloniki remained grounded. This gave the idea of moving the capital to the new king, who was already accustomed to living in Rome.

Since the occupation of the Apennines by Macedonia, the domestic economy has taken a qualitative leap. Subsequently, the kingdom's economy, trade and other resources began to converge to Rome, and the economic center of gravity gradually tilted towards Rome. Especially during the period of the Macedonian plague, the city of Rome completely surpassed the capital Thessaloniki to become the economic center of the kingdom. The culture here is also far ahead.

On the one hand, it is necessary to follow the laws of economic development, and on the other hand, it is promoted by the policies of Aloyos.

The plague event in Macedonia itself became a watershed moment. Due to the long-term decline of the Macedonian economy, the city of Thessaloniki has also been deeply affected. From then on, Rome challenged Thessaloniki as the capital of the kingdom. The original capital city was weakened, and its development could no longer compete with the new megacity of Rome.

The facts in front of him strengthened the idea of Aloyos to move the capital. And Podarerios agrees with this idea.

Concept three, turn to the imperial system.

Now the last Roman republic on the continent capable of competing with it has been conquered, and the Macedonian Empire has taken shape. It became the most powerful sovereign of the era. The Kingdom of Macedonia was gradually transforming into a Macedonian Empire. One day, ascending the throne and becoming emperor is a tacit understanding between the king and prince of Macedonia. Aloyos paved the way and built bridges, and Podare Rios reached the pinnacle of glory. Just like defeating Rome, there are people who struggle to win and there are people who succeed in one fell swoop.

In 233 B.C., the Macedonian kingdom made Rome its capital, and the vast kingdom began its new way of governing.

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