Monarchy and decentralization are not opposites, and if a balance can be found between them, the country may become more cohesive and centripetal. For example, this was the case in Britain and Japan, where constitutional monarchies were often superior to American-style democracies.

The 100,000 Qin troops from Huaxia and the huge olive branch thrown by Huaxia certainly made the hearts of the Roman triumvirate excited, but who can say that the role of the Roman emperor is not what the Romans expected? History always has its inevitability, and it is difficult for China, which has practiced the official standard for 3,000 years, to become an American-style democracy in the new era; A group of lawyers established the constitution from the beginning, Lao Mi had no historical baggage, pure democracy was simply something that they were born with, and Britain and the Japanese were proud of their male queen, isn't all this the inevitable result of history?

Rome, which has influenced the world for 3,000 years, has experienced a 300-year era of kingship, and even when the Roman Republic was established, there were still great dictators in different historical periods, such as the famous Caesar. And the emergence of the dictator is not exactly the nostalgia of the Romans for the era of kingship? With the development of history, the republic eventually evolved into the Roman Empire, and this is not an alternative restoration of royal power?

After two hundred years of republics, both the nobility and the citizens had had had enough of the endless bickering of the consuls and the senate, and the cloak of Roman democracy was torn away when the Gauls approached the city of Rome; In fact, the people have long remembered the great dictator Camillus in their hearts, just as the Oriental Baizi said, if a powerful figure like Camillus is still there, how could the barbaric and contemptuous Gauls fight under the city of Rome? How could the great Roman legions fall!

After the crisis in Rome was resolved, this discontent had gradually grown throughout Rome, from the nobility to the citizens. From the city halls of Rome to the dark taverns that dotted the city, everyone was scolding the senate for its stupidity and inaction, and secretly applauding Marcus for his efforts to bring in the East. Although the consul Marcus had lost face to the Romans, if he hadn't made a quick decision, the city of Rome would have been conquered by the Gauls long ago, and the ditches of Rome would now be full of rotting corpses and plagues!

Bai Dong, who represents Dongfang Huaxia, actually just put forward a suitable proposal at a suitable time, coupled with the lure of huge interests. So that the Roman giants simply had no reason to refuse.

When the decision of Rome to honor the Roman emperor was announced, the atmosphere in the whole city of Rome immediately became enthusiastic, and the opponents were less than 30%. Now the Romans only have to think about how much power and honor to give to the future Roman emperor, how to achieve a balance between the separation of powers between the Roman emperor, the consuls and the senate, and the most important question, who should be the Roman emperor?

The descendants of the expelled Roman kings were of course not considered, and part of the nostalgia of the Romans for the age of kingship could not be simply equated with their attitude towards the king. The first thing to consider was the senators of the Senate and the two current consuls, all of whom had behemoths behind them, even in Rome, which had embraced the spirit of Greek democracy. Nor is it possible for ordinary citizens to be candidates.

Once the list of candidates was determined, the century-old Roman Legislative Council began to work intensively, soon defining the scope of the Roman emperor's powers, the honors he enjoyed, and the succession system and election process for the emperor.

I have to say that the construction of the rule of law in Rome is really a hundred years ahead of China, and the emperor can be elected, and the right to vote will really be delegated to the citizens' assembly, and even the senate will only be a spectator; The only power they had was to ask the Citizens' Assembly to re-elect it if it was deemed that the results of the election would be detrimental to the interests of Rome. In the contradictory Senate, this is clearly unlikely.

Rome in the rainy season is not much better than England in later generations. The air was wet for more than ten days in a row, and the cold moisture seemed to penetrate into every human bone. It is actually difficult for foreigners like Bai Dong to understand why the Romans can still be willing to eat in this kind of weather. The soldiers of Rome actually wore cute little short leather skirts, naked~ showing their little short elephant legs, and the nobles loved to wear long-distance runs and dangle at the banquet, and none of them liked to wear bottoms

If you invent leggings, will you be able to make a lot of money in Rome? Bai Dong was amused by his own novel idea, this style of painting is obviously wrong. Now he is a figure who decides major events on a continent at every turn, but he is not the fledgling teenager who relied on some 'inventions and creations' to gain prestige.

"Aren't you proud? The Romans did not escape your calculations, just as they were so nervous and quick to formulate a decree against the Roman Emperor, and the proud Rome was very eager to cooperate with us."

Jing Jian toasted himself a glass of wine, lay down by the hot tub and unfolded a sheepskin to read. The mouth kept praising and praise: "It seems that you are not wrong, if it comes to legislation and justice, Rome is really ahead of China." Look at this edict: the Roman emperor was honored in the name of Rome, and appeared as the supreme head of Rome in foreign relations and wars; But it had only nominal ownership of the army, and the Roman army would be loyal to the emperor, but not at the emperor's disposal, and only responsible to the Roman consuls and senate; The Roman emperor has the power to propose legislation, but it is the legislative council that actually drafts the decree, and the person who approves it is the Senate, and the Roman emperor can be inherited by the family, but if two-thirds of the senate passes and the consuls propose impeachment, it will be handed over to the citizens' assembly for re-election Compared to the Greek citizenship system, this is undoubtedly a step further, it seems that the Roman legislative council values your opinion very much. ”

Even the imminent Roman emperor needed to address the concerns of various families and nobles in order to be established, and the opinion that Bai Dong forwarded to Marcus through the Jing Jian and then sent to the Roman Legislative Council played a role in facilitating it to some extent. Jing Jian is such a smart person, after reading Bai Dong's opinion, he can't imagine that this is made by a Marquis of the Great Zhou.

If the rule of law of the Romans was a hundred years ahead of that of China, Bai Dong's opinions, which integrated the legal ideas of later generations, were even more jaw-dropping to the Romans.

Jing Jian even once tried to imagine what would happen if Bai Dong's opinions were used in Huaxia? However, he was soon denied by himself, the political systems of the East and the West are very different, the Greeks and Romans may accept these ideas of Bai Dong, if they are placed in China, they will never be successful, Mo said that Zhou Tianzi will not agree, I am afraid that even Yingquliang will be the first to attack Bai Dong.

Bai Dong glanced at Jing Jian with a smile, as if he had guessed his thoughts: "These things are for the Romans, don't think about applying them to Huaxia, it will hurt you and me a lot." Now we have to think about how to ensure that Marcus wins the referendum election. Compared to other Roman families, the Valerius family is obviously more moderate and easier to influence and control by us" (To be continued.) )