"What?! You are Alexander's son! Theophrastus almost couldn't believe his ears, there were too many reasons to think that the king of Macedonia could not appear before him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's like a fake!"

"When your father was alive, Athens and the other Greek states, though under his command, had always been free and independent city-states, and we were all allies, but now we are all vassals of Cassander, ala......s," the old man sighed as he gradually regained his composure.

"The Corinthian League is sacrosanct, and it is still valid to this day, but now that the whole of Greece is controlled by Cassander's army, I can't do anything, but in the future I will definitely defeat him and restore the freedom and independence of the Greek city-states."

"Good!" Everyone clapped their hands and applauded.

"The father is like a lamp, burning himself, illuminating the earth, he spread Greek culture throughout Europe, Asia and Africa, and when the lamp burns out, his life is extinguished." Alexander said that he was excited, and shed tears: "However, I will definitely inherit my father's will and sow the seeds of Greek civilization to the whole world, so that all barbarism will become civilization, and everyone will know the greatness of Greek culture!" ”

Alexander's words were so emotional that everyone could not help but burst into tears when they heard them, what a great goal this was! At least they can't do it themselves.

Seeing that they were moved, Alexander said, "So I hope that you will give me your support so that we can fulfill this wish together." ”

Theophrastus and Epicurus fell into deep thought, but Epicurus was the first to ask, "What can we help you?" ”

"I hope you can go with me to the East, and build a Lycion-style university in Babylon, and then take Babylon as the center, radiate Greek culture to the surrounding areas, and spread the idea of democracy and republic, although I am the king, I understand that the country needs democracy, the people need democracy, and the people have democracy in order to have a sense of identity with the country, and then a sense of belonging, and those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. Any monarchy may be strong at first, but there will always be a mediocre and incompetent monarch who will succeed to the throne and then the country collapses, and Persia is an example. Even the current Macedonian Empire has been divided, it has only been thirteen years since Alexander the Great conquered Persia, and it has only been six years since Alexander the Great died, but this huge empire is so fragile, so I want to preach democracy, and only by combining democracy and autocracy can we build a huge and lasting state, and no one is missing. For example, there are many animals and plants in the East and south of North Africa that are not found in Greece or even Asia Minor, lions, tigers, crocodiles, date palms, coconuts, coffee, tea, etc., and there are many special products such as ambergris, porcelain, spices, and silk, which have not yet spread to this side. When you come with me, you can see a lot of things that you have never seen before, anytime, anywhere, and it is easy and convenient to study them in their place of origin. Isn't it interesting, you say? ”

"I have to say, you did impress me. When I went to Macedonia with Aristotle, I stayed with your father, but your father was the brainchild of Aristotle, and it was also my hard work for many years, and it was hard for me to give up. ”

"I never wanted you to give up the school, I just asked you to move to another place, and in fact, the Lukon School can continue to exist, you can send some students with the army, I personally hope that you can also go with you, and this place can be managed by someone you trust."

"Let me think about it again." Theophrastus replied with difficulty, that he was engaged in a fierce battle of ideas.

"I think I can be with you, my king." Epicurus owes a debt and continues: "Although you are still very young, everyone can see that you are a wise and learned man, and with you, I can discuss learning with you at any time, and I can travel all over the world, and I can learn a lot about human customs, which will be of great help to the development of my philosophical thoughts, and I think that even if Herodotus is still here, he must want to follow you, at least the cost of the trip will not be calculated by himself, right?" ”…,

"Hehe, of course." Alexander didn't expect him to have a funny side. No one could have known, because of his arrival, Epicurus' life changed completely.

"By the way, Mr. Theophrastus, I would like to ask you about the whereabouts of one of you, I wonder if you know?"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Lysyppus of Sijuon!"

"You mean the sculptor Lysippus! Oh, those hands, that gaze—Zeus is above, and I have never seen such a strong creativity burning in a man's eyes. When he looks at you, you will feel that he is communicating with your soul and that he is creating another person...... It didn't matter if it was clay, wax or marble, he was looking for that person and thinking about how he would create this person if he were God. "Theophrastus clearly had an infinite admiration for the great artist.

"The Great Lysyppus...... Once I saw a statue of Artemis in his temple. "Epicurus was also clearly one of the admirers of the artist.

"Oh, yes, Lucippus is the best sculptor in the world, and he went to Mieza to sculpt a bronze portrait of my father, and later a head of my father." Alexander chimed in.

"Do you know what he did before he became a famous artist? He was a worker, and he worked in a foundry for fifteen years, and he was paid two opos a day. ”

"What!?"

"Do you know how he became the holy Lysippus? This is thanks to the system of the city-state, which gives the space to genius so that everyone can thrive like a plant. ”

"In a way, the city-state system is good, but for me, I can't make my empire a city-state, and there is no such thing as a city-state empire. But I personally really like that the Aegean Sea gave birth to a special state unit like the city-state, which is small but powerful, and its institutional, economic, cultural, military aspects are almost perfect, and Athens is the representative. However, although the warriors were like Sparta and the economy was like Athens, its potential was limited in the vast place, and it was difficult for hundreds of thousands of Greek hoplites to resist hundreds of thousands of troops. Greece is a great miracle, and I never wanted to change anything, I would combine democracy and monarchy to create a strong and immortal state. First, to create a political body similar to the Senate, but it must be streamlined, representing the interests of the broadest masses of the people and not only the interests of the aristocracy, whose members are elected by the citizens, called universal suffrage; Second, to strengthen the centralization of power, so that the policies and orders of the central government can be vigorously implemented everywhere, and to greatly reduce local rebellions...... "In fact, the country that Alexander was committed to building was almost a copy of the Roman Republic, except that above the Senate, there was also his king." Years later, the Macedonian Empire replaced the Roman Republic in Europe.

Alexander paused and said meaningfully: "Only a peaceful and unified country can give the people a stable and prosperous living environment. In the end, Alexander read out Zhang Yanghao's Tong Care Gu:

Xing, the people are bitter.

Death, the people suffer.

The crowd fell into deep thought......

That night, Theophrastus gathered all the staff of the school and announced that he had decided to follow King Alexander to the east and appoint his friend Eudemus as the new director of the school. Everyone was surprised to learn that no one could understand why the director had made such a decision, but when Theophrastus explained the reason, many people enthusiastically signed up for the trip.

Alexander breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news.

Concentrate:

1 Opo: Oboros, the ancient Greek monetary unit, one Opo is equal to one-sixth drachma.

2 Cijuon: Located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth, it belongs to the Peloponnese.