Of course, in the past, the Orthodox Church of the capital would have complained about this decision, but now they have been replaced by the synagogues of the New Church, and this group of clergy has taken an active part in secular services, and has not made any objection to the decisions of the two emperors. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In order to cover up the bad reputation of hosting pagan races, Gawain also took the trouble to instruct the New Synagogue to "appoint" patron saints for each of the six races: for example, in the traditional sport of horse racing, the patron saint was St. Nicholas; The chief guarantor of Seris Keju was St. Stephen, who died of his injuries when he was martyred by a bulbous lump thrown from a stone...... "kicking away the ball that caused the saint's suffering." It became the slogan of the event.

Ceremonial security for the event was contracted to the Blues, while food supplies and sanitation were contracted to the Reds.

Gawain did brutally suppress the Athletic rebels in the capital, but then he had to buy and stabilize them with all sorts of pagan extravaganzas - "It is difficult for people's agitated hearts to be calmed by teachings, and a better solution is for them to find a catharsis for their addiction and obsession." ”

In this way, not only were the racecourse and the main horse course renovated and preserved, but the stadiums were also built in several open spaces near the Grand Palace for other competitions.

The pope of Tuscany reacted very quickly, scolding Gawain for his "stuporous backsliding", saying that he was going to "regain the terrible Olympiad and restore the sordid and chaotic idolatry of antiquity", and sooner or later he would "make his wife sit in the royal box in immoral clothes, watching the naked men compete and run in the arena".

Protest is protest, but the people of Constantinople think otherwise, they can finally vent their excess hormones in the excitement of watching such an exciting event, and the accusations of the Pope of Tuscany or the Pope of Rome are as boring and weak as the humming of mosquitoes and flies in summer.

Seventeen of the first offenders were arrested by the soldiers of the Imperial Palace Forbidden Army, who were patrolling the streets, and then the palace magistrate Muzafiadin locked them in a pig pen, whipped them severely, and punished them with five days of hard labor.

Later, in response to this incident, a new edict was enacted: at the edge of the Acropolis near the Golden Horn, an official prison was built to hold prisoners of all kinds.

Originally, there were no official prisons in Constantinople, and the prisoners were immediately sentenced, either by flogging or by fines or even by death, but there was no such thing as detention, and even the emperor only stabbed his political opponents and exiled them to islands or monasteries, or imprisoned them in the dungeons of the Blachna Palace.

His Majesty, however, was apparently not satisfied with the establishment of an open prison, and on 28 May he and Barcelisa's chariot returned to the Grand Senate in Constantine Square to convene the high-ranking officials and nobles to discuss an important matter.

"I'm going to go with ten brigades to conquer Constantine. The rebellion of Berdin, Isaac, and John may last for a long time, so who will protect the safety of Barcelissa who stays here? What should the imperial capital do if the previous riots happen again? ”

When the Emperor had finished his doubt, most of the attendees in the round seats of the Senate bowed their heads.

In fact, they all know that the emperor is just talking, and now there are three forbidden armies inside and outside the capital, the Great Palace Forbidden Army, the Imperial Tomb Forbidden Army and the Garrison Praetorian Cavalry, as well as a large number of Inner Palace Sword Attendants, even if Gao Wen goes out to take away one reserve as his own, but there are still two to control the inside and outside of the imperial capital, Anna's safety is a sure thing - now you might as well listen to the emperor's opinion.

"Yes, yes, yes." At the Imperial Kuria Assembly, most of the people shouted such slogans in unison.

Gawain was visibly pleased with this reaction, holding the Golden Eagle Scepter and standing in the center of the hall while Anna sat beside him, as Emperor Baselius demanded, "I had no choice but to suppress the turmoil in the Imperial Capital with the Forbidden Army, which caused me, Baselisa, and the Imperial Army to suffer reproach and humiliation. Therefore, I decreed that in the future, the regular army should not be directly involved in the affairs of law and order, arrest, arrest, and suppression of riots, and that the army could only be ordered to be mobilized when civil strife turned into war. Therefore, I plan to set up a team of postmen, Athletic Jimo, and acolytes in the Imperial Capital to correct the atmosphere in the Imperial Capital. ”

His Majesty's intention is very clear: from now on, the special secret investigation agency of the Post Department will be merged into the Inner Palace system and act as the emperor's eyes and ears (secret police); The blue party Jimo selected people to form a garrison to patrol the streets of the imperial capital (self-defense garrison), and the red party Jimo formed a fire fighting team; Eventually, some of the Inner Palace attendants were selected to defend the palace, the treasury, and the palace wall towers (the Internal Affairs Army).

Only in this way can the emperor "go out of Kinmen and go north to conquer with peace of mind", he wants to please the eyes and ears of the people, and of course control the eyes and ears of the people.

"Yes, yes, yes." Many officials below Berriel rose up in unison.

Andodart, on the other hand, stepped down from the army and was appointed as the new postmaster, and became the heart of the emperor's side along with Roland, Gottschalke, Magrundius, and others.

At the same time, Gawain sent a new edict to Wright, the magistrate of Great Sith County, asking him to cooperate with Wen Ruominna, the imperial ink official who remained at the court of Tarsus, to actively carry out diplomatic goodwill activities with the eastern countries, so that Gawain would have no worries about conquering the west and north in the future.

At the court of Tarsus, Wen Ruomina sat at her desk, painstakingly tending to all kinds of paperwork, and at the same time saddened: the palace was much more deserted, and there was no one except the necessary maids, gardeners, and servants, and although the new port of St. Paul continued to prosper greatly, she was the only one who was still in charge of the court......

Soon, the Isfahan court reaffirmed its rapprochement with the new Roman Empire, as it had a more pressing situation to deal with: a threat from a mysterious power from the East.

Bohemond of Antioch received Gawain's "aid" of 150,000 gold coins and was silent, in desperate need of healing the war wounds in his territory.

As for Baldwin, with the help of the people of the Tripoli region of the empire, he succeeded in capturing the city of Acre, swept away his worries, and contentedly crossed Mount Gammel back to the holy city, after which the king announced that he would march against Egypt in the coming year!

Sylvane, Haddadi, Great Armenia, Aleppo, and South Georgia enthusiastically responded to the call, and cobbled together 5,000 servant troops, along with the corresponding money, food, and straw, and sent them to the imperial capital.

Even the Rus' kingdoms and the Cumans farther north expressed a commitment to stick to their borders and not to harass them.

Only a group of Greek lords took advantage of the collapse of Trabzon to divide and hold "Kherson" (present-day Crimea), because of the distant sea, their attitude was ambiguous, and they ignored Gawain's letter asking them to submit to the empire as soon as possible.